US10410432B2
A method, a system and a computer program product are provided. At least one processing system receives information regarding a real world sound detected in an environment in which a virtual reality device is located. The at least one processing system identifies a source of the real world sound and provides a visual representation of the source of the real world sound in virtual reality content provided to the virtual reality device for presentation to a user in a virtual reality session.
US10410431B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for simulating deformable solids undergoing large plastic deformation and topological changes using shape matching. Positional information for particles and orientation information from clusters is used to simulate deformable solids represented by particles. Each visual vertex stores references to particles that influence the vertex, and stores the local position of the particles. A two-step method interpolates orientation from clusters to particles, and uses the orientation and position of particles to skin the visual mesh vertices. This results in a fast method that can reproduce rotation and does not require the visual mesh vertex to be located within a convex hull of particles.
US10410428B1
Various embodiments of the invention provide methods, systems, and computer program products for providing support to a party who is using an augmented reality device and seeking to resolve an issue. One or more pieces of information are obtained through the augmented reality device and a cause of the issue is identified by utilizing one or more predictive models and the pieces of information as input to the models. Once the cause has been identified, a script is queried that includes instructions to be performed by the party to address the cause and media to execute on the augmented reality device to aid the party in performing the instructions. Accordingly, the instructions and media are communicated to the party through the augmented reality device so that the party may perform the instructions with the aid of the media to address the cause of the issue.
US10410424B1
System health related information is obtained from a system being monitored, wherein the system being monitored comprises an information processing system. One or more graphics representing at least a portion of the system health related information are generated. The one or more graphics are overlaid onto a real-world view of the system being monitored to generate an augmented reality view illustrating the system health related information for the system being monitored. The augmented reality view may be presented on a user device.
US10410419B2
A method of identifying accurate location of a component onto a workpiece is disclosed. A laser projector projects laser images relative to the workpiece. An imaging device generates a video image and a display device displays the video image from a view of the imaging device. The display device generates a video image from a view of the workpiece by the imaging device. The laser projector projects a plurality of laser images relative to the workpiece and the display device registers the view of the imaging device relative to the workpiece from the plurality of laser images. The display device generates a virtual image of the component upon the video image of workpiece. The virtual image of the component disposed in a geometrically accurate location upon the video image of the workpiece.
US10410418B2
At least one determination coordinate is set near a virtual camera, and whether or not an obstacle object is present in a predetermined range in a direction based on a predetermined object from the determination coordinate, is determined. As a result, if the obstacle object is present, the virtual camera is moved so that the obstacle object will not be present in the predetermined range.
US10410417B2
A system and method for displaying and navigating breast tissue is configured for or includes obtaining a plurality of 2D and/or 3D images of a patient's breast; generating a synthesized 2D image of the breast from the obtained images; displaying the synthesized 2D image; receiving a user command, or otherwise detecting through a user interface, a user selection or other indication of an object or region in the synthesized 2D image; and displaying at least a portion of one or more images from the plurality, including a source image and/or most similar representation of the user selected or indicated object or region.
US10410413B2
A process for receiving, from a computing device, a series of captured building images. The process continues by processing, in real-time, each building image in the series of captured building images to determine if each building image meets a minimum criterion, wherein the minimum criteria includes applicability to be used in constructing a specific digital multi-dimensional building model. The process continues by aggregating each image meeting the minimum criteria, determining when a base set of building images has been aggregated, wherein the base set of building images includes a threshold number images to model at least a partial multi-dimensional building model representing the series of captured building images, determining one or more facades present in the partial multi-dimensional building model, determining preliminary dimensions for one or more architectural features of the one or more facades and returning, incrementally (in real-time), the preliminary dimensions to the computing device.
US10410410B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for generating viewpoints and/or digital images of defects in a three-dimensional model. In particular, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods generate exterior viewpoints by clustering intersection points between a bounding sphere and rays originating from exterior vertices corresponding to one or more defects. In addition, in one or more embodiments, the disclosed systems and methods generate interior viewpoints by clustering intersection points between one or more medial spheres and rays originating from vertices corresponding to interior vertices corresponding to one or more defects. Furthermore, the disclosed systems and methods can apply colors to vertices corresponding to defects in the three-dimensional model such that adjacent vertices in the three-dimensional model have different colors and are more readily discernable.
US10410409B2
An ultrasound system and method are described for acquiring standard views of the fetal heart simultaneously with real-time imaging. A matrix array probe is manipulated until a first standard view such as a 4-chamber view is acquired. The first standard view image is matched to its corresponding plane in a fetal heart model. From the matched plane of the heart model, the orientations of the other standard views are known from the geometrical relationships of structures within the heart model. This orientation information is used to control the matrix array probe to automatically scan the planes of all of the standard views simultaneously in real-time.
US10410406B2
A method of rendering a three-dimensional point cloud in a two-dimensional display includes inputting the three-dimensional point cloud that includes three-dimensional coordinates of a set of points, creating a depth buffer for the three-dimensional point cloud that includes depth data for the set of points from a viewpoint location. The method further includes determining a foreground depth buffer by, for each respective pixel area of the two-dimensional display, determining a foreground depth by detecting a closest point to the viewpoint location among a subset of the set of points corresponding to the respective pixel area, and assigning a depth of the closest point as the foreground depth for the respective pixel area. The method further includes filtering the depth buffer to obtain a filtered depth buffer by removing points that are not in the foreground, and outputting the filtered depth buffer to the two-dimensional display.
US10410399B2
Methods and apparatus relating to techniques for. In an example, an apparatus comprises logic, at least partially comprising hardware logic, to determine a first line and a second line which define a chord to approximate a curve in two-dimensional (2D) space; and extend first line and the second line to a three-dimensional (3D) space using a line approximation between the 2D space and the 3D space. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US10410384B2
Computationally efficient anatomy segmentation through low-resolution multi-atlas label fusion and corrective learning is provided. In some embodiments, an input image is read. The input image has a first resolution. The input image is downsampled to a second resolution lower than the first resolution. The downsampled image is segmented into a plurality of labeled anatomical segments. Error correction is applied to the segmented image to generate an output image. The output image has the first resolution.
US10410383B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for reconstructing a PET image. The systems may execute the methods to acquire PET data of a subject. The PET data may include position information of a plurality of coincident events. The plurality of coincident events may include scattering events and random events. The systems may execute the methods to select a portion of the PET data from the PET data based on the position information. The systems may execute the methods to reconstruct a first preliminary image of the subject based on the selected portion of the PET data, and project the first preliminary image. The systems may execute the methods to may determine, based on the PET data and the projection of the first preliminary image, preliminary correction data relating to the scattering events and the random events.
US10410367B2
Various embodiments provide systems, methods, devices, and instructions for performing simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) that involve initializing a SLAM process using images from as few as two different poses of a camera within a physical environment. Some embodiments may achieve this by disregarding errors in matching corresponding features depicted in image frames captured by an image sensor of a mobile computing device, and by updating the SLAM process in a way that causes the minimization process to converge to global minima rather than fall into a local minimum.
US10410364B2
A method for generating virtual reality (VR) content includes obtaining source information from original media content. retrieving characteristic information stored in a first memory based on the obtained source information wherein the retrieved characteristic information related to the original media content, generating the VR content by combining the retrieved characteristics information and the obtained source information, wherein at least one feature of the retrieved characteristic information is mapped to a corresponding at least one feature of the obtained source information, and outputting the generated VR content and the original media content to be reproduced to a viewer.
US10410359B2
A method for real-time motion capture for a person when interfacing with an application executed by a computer is provided. The method includes capturing a space using a camera interfaced with the computer. The space includes at least part of the person. Identifying a plurality of markers disposed on the person. The plurality of markers is associated with at least a torso, arms and legs of the person. Capturing movement of the person by tracking the plurality of markers from images taken by the camera. The method is configured to interpret one or more movements of the person as an input for the application, while the movement of the person is tracked using the plurality of markers.
US10410357B1
Embodiments disclosed herein are directed to an autonomous camera-to-camera scene change detection system whereby a first camera controls a second camera without human input. More specifically, a first camera having a field of view may receive and process an image. Based on the processed image, the first camera sends instructions to a second camera to focus in on an area of interest or a target identified in the processed image.
US10410353B2
A image processing system for multi-label semantic edge detection in an image includes an image interface to receive an image of a scene including at least one object, a memory to store a neural network trained for performing a multi-label edge classification of input images assigning each pixel of edges of objects in the input images into one or multiple semantic classes, a processor to transform the image into a multi-label edge-map using the neural network detecting an edge of the object in the image and assigning multiple semantic labels to at least some pixels forming the edge, and an output interface to render the multi-label edge-map.
US10410350B2
A method of using a computer to semantically segment an image using a convolutional neural network system where a processor configured to convolve an input image with a plurality of filters and outputting a first output volume, pool the first output volume and creating a first activation map, determine the level of influence of the first activation map on the semantic segmentation, up-pool the first activation map to form an output image having a same number of pixels as the input image, output a probabilistic segmentation result, labeling each pixel's probability that it is a particular label, and the determination of the level of influence of the first activation map on the semantic segmentation is done using a gate layer that is positioned between a pooling layer and an up-pooling layer.
US10410349B2
Optimizations are provided for late stage reprojection processing for a multi-layered scene. A scene is generated, which is based on a predicted pose of a portion of a computer system. A sub-region is identified within one of the layers and is isolated from the other regions in the scene. Thereafter, late stage reprojection processing is applied to that sub-region selectively/differently than other regions in the scene that do not undergo the same late state reprojection processing.
US10410344B2
Systems and methods for generating a medical image of a subject that includes functional information. First, two medical images are acquired. One is weighted based on functional information reflecting physiological functions of the subject and the other weighted based on anatomic information of the subject. A difference image between the two images are generated. By subjecting the difference image and the second image to a localized kernel, a local similarity image is generated. Using the local similarity image, an improved difference image is generated. Lastly, by subtracting the improved difference image from the first image, an enhanced medical image that retains the functional information reflecting physiological functions of the subject is generated.
US10410337B2
A system and method of inspection may include capturing image data by a stereo imaging device. A determination as to whether noise indicative of a transparent or specular object exists in the image data may be made. A report that a transparent or specular object was captured in the image data may be made.
US10410334B2
A computer platform implements a precision agriculture system that predicts output conditions, such as diseases, salt damage, soil problems, water leaks and generic anomalies, for orchards under analysis. The computer platform stores site and crop datasets and processed satellite image for the orchards. An orchard data learned model predicts a propensity for existence of output conditions associated with the permanent crops based on the data values for the variables of the site and crop datasets. Also, a satellite model predicts a propensity for existence of the output conditions at the orchard based on processed satellite images. A precision agriculture management model is disclosed that integrates the orchard data learned model with the satellite model to accurately predict the output conditions.
US10410318B2
Information in a diagram is logically structured using lists, containers, and callouts without requiring the diagram author to explicitly define a structure or map any diagram contents to a structure. Logical relationships are inferred based on actions associated with shapes, groupings, and attributes of shapes/groupings taken by the author. Feedback mechanisms are provided to communicate an underlying structure to the author. Intelligent behaviors are enabled to expose manipulation of diagrams based on their logical structure.
US10410313B2
This disclosure describes examples for determining an amount of foveation that is to be applied for rendering an image. The example techniques may use information indicative of a performance of a graphics processing unit (GPU) to determine the amount of foveation that is to be applied. The GPU may render an image based on the determined amount of foveation.
US10410307B2
The present invention is directed to a brand value growth and retention system for brand drugs commercialized by brand drug advertisers through a brand drug's lifecycle during patent exclusivity and after loss of exclusivity. The brand value growth and retention system iteratively analyzes combined computational models of consumer, healthcare provider retailer and payor segment data to produce brand drug promotional campaigns that are predictive with modifying parameters that transform the promotional campaigns over time. As a result, the brand drug promotional campaign generates an increased number of brand drug purchases while predicting the point where incremental promotional campaign investments produce a diminishing number of incremental brand drug purchases.
US10410306B1
A method and system for providing remote access to data for display on a client computer via a computer network is provided. A first and second server computer connected to a computer network execute a first and second server remote access program, respectively, for communicating with an associated first and second application program. The client computer, which is also connected to the computer network, executes a client remote access program for simultaneously communicating with the first and second server remote access programs via a first and second communication link. The first and second server remote access programs determine first and second presentation data indicative of an application state of the first and second application programs. The client remote access program receives the first and the second presentation data and determines display data in dependence thereupon for substantially simultaneously displaying the first and the second presentation data.
US10410304B2
Provisioning of digital asset management is provided. A service such as a management service retrieves digital assets from external resources in response to a search of the external resources. The digital assets are classified to asset categories, which are used to match the digital assets to suggested actions to dispose of the digital assets in case of an incapacitation of the asset owner. The digital assets, the asset categories, suggested trigger events, or the suggested actions are transmitted to an asset manager to prompt the asset manager customize the digital assets, the asset categories, suggested trigger events, or the suggested actions. A workflow is created from the digital assets, the asset categories, the suggested trigger events, and the suggested actions to dispose of the digital assets in case of the incapacitation of the asset owner.
US10410300B2
A thermostat for a building space includes a network communication module and a processing circuit. The network communication module is communicatively coupled to at least one of one or more social media servers and one or more calendar servers. The processing circuit is configured to receive at least one of social media activity, social media events, and calendar events associated with a user via the network communication module. The processing circuit is further configured to determine an expected occupancy of the building based on at least one of the social media events and the calendar events. The processing circuit is further configured to adjust a setpoint of the thermostat based on at least one of the expected occupancy and the social media activity.
US10410295B1
A tax data collection system includes a navigation module configured to obtain user data. The system also includes a data graph including information relating to the user data. The system further includes a knowledge engine configured to map the user data onto a data model using the information from the data graph. Moreover, the system includes an inference engine configured to suggest a system action by analyzing at least the data model after the user data has been mapped thereon.
US10410293B2
Systems and methods are discussed for providing sensor enhanced safety, recovery, and activity evaluation systems. Sensors that monitor user activity and behavior are worn by a user and/or placed in the user environment. Data from the sensors are processed to obtain a safety, recovery, and/or activity evaluation. Based on the evaluation, recommendations or adjustments to the terms of an insurance policy covering the user, the user's employer, or a facility providing health care to the user to accurately reflect the risks associated with the user, employer, and/or facility. In embodiments, an alert may be generated when a failure to conform with activity guidelines is detected.
US10410290B2
A vehicle damage detector includes: a vehicle with a motor, a suspension, a wheel, a sensor configured to report a suspension displacement; processor(s) configured to: estimate existing suspension damage based on the reports, project marginal future suspension damage based on a route and the existing suspension damage, calculate a marginal decrease in vehicle value from taking the projected route.
US10410283B2
A system and method for managing transactions of financial instruments that comprises generating a graphical representation having a plurality of multi-dimensional objects positioned along an axis. Each position along the axis represents a price of a financial instrument. The system receives an indication that at least one multi-dimensional object has been selected. The system generates, in response to the at least one multi-dimensional object being selected, a dialog box in the graphical representation. The system receives information relating to a transaction of the financial instrument. The information is displayed in the dialog box and comprises a desired volume of the financial instrument at a specific price. The system communicates to a remote device the information. The remote device is in communication with the processor over a network. The system receives an indication that the transaction of the financial instrument has been executed for the desired volume at the specific price.
US10410276B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating gift campaigns in association with a social networking system. A computing device may identify a user of a social networking system that is associated with a recipient for a gift campaign. An invitation for the user to participate in the gift campaign can be transmitted by the computing device. The computing device may identify a product as a suggested gift for the gift campaign. In addition, the computing device may generate content for a network page for the social networking system, and the network page can include a user interface container in which the product is represented. The computing device may also obtain a selection of the product made via the network page and perform a transaction to order the product for the recipient.
US10410266B2
Methods, devices, systems and computer readable media can be configured to facilitate receipt of a unique product identifier. The unique product identifier can correspond to a customized product. In one embodiment, an account identifier is received. The account identifier may correspond to an online account of a consumer purchasing the customized product. In an embodiment, an object associated with the online account is determined. The object may represent a portion of a building. In an embodiment, the object is associated with the customized product.
US10410262B2
A computerized system for sale of products having non pre-catalogued parameters in a multi-lingual environment wherein a buyer and a seller communicate in different languages, the system including a non pre-catalogued parameter database, a listing engine operative to prompt in a first language a listing seller to enter multiple non pre-catalogued parameters relating to a product being listed and to store the non pre-catalogued parameters in the non pre-catalogued parameter database and a non pre-catalogued multiple language parameter description engine which is operative to provide human-readable descriptions of the non pre-catalogued parameters in at least one language other than the first language.
US10410260B1
A cloud access cost estimate application may receive a request message for access to at least one cloud application from a client computing device and identify one or more application cost variables corresponding to the cloud application identified. The application may then calculate a cost estimate to use the at least one cloud application, and transmit the cost estimate to the client computing device for approval prior to providing access to the at least one cloud application. A user interface may provide purchase options to demonstrate various options based on cost variables so a user device may identify the cost option best suited for the application usage.
US10410258B2
According to various aspects of the present invention, a user interface capable of effectively manipulating high volumes of data is provided. The system and/or user interface is specially configured to aggregate large data volumes and translate the large data volumes into summary information and incorporate navigable categorizations that enable dynamic selection and visualization of portions of the large data volumes. Such interfaces may be particularly useful for managing large amounts of information, such as ad placement and performance information that is generated within an advertising network associated with ad campaigns. Moreover the integration of such summary menus in detailed visualizations improves information access, limits rendering operations by the system, and enables more efficient retrieval and visualization of information. In some examples, the contextual views limit errors in data entry, for example, by providing contextual visualization for subsequent functions.
US10410255B2
Methods, articles, and systems for determining a bidding strategy for on-line query answer set or contextual advertisement positions for marketing options is described herein.
US10410254B2
An electronic advertisement system including an advertiser-side computer for sending billing tag-attached electronic advertisement data describing a billing condition, a multitude of member-side terminal computers, and an advertisement agency-side administration computer connected via the Internet. Under the control by the advertisement agency-side administration computer, the billing tag-attached electronic advertisement data outputted from the advertiser-side computer is added with the corrected billing tag and the resultant data is sent to the respective member-side terminal computers. The member-side terminal computer determines whether the corrected billing condition of the received electronic advertisement data is achieved or not by analyzing the input data from the electronic device. The advertisement agency-side administration computer counts the corrected billing condition determination data from the member-side terminal computer and generates billing charge data to be processed by the advertiser-side computer.
US10410237B1
Systems and methods for inventory management integrating subscriber and targeting data are provided. The method includes tracking historical inventory during a first time period for each of a plurality of advertising spots, the number of impressions for each spot. Each impression is categorized by segment. The method further includes predicting a future inventory available for a second time period based on the tracked inventory, and subtracting, on a segment-by-segment basis, inventory that is sold from the future inventory.
US10410231B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a recycling system and method thereof. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to a method of implementing an incentive-based recycling system which rewards clients for recycling recyclable goods via financial or other incentives. In one embodiment, a method of implementing a system of incentive-based recycling comprises dispatching a vehicle on a collection route, collecting recyclable material from a series of collection points, obtaining unique identification data from each collection point, dropping off recyclable material at a drop-off facility, uploading the unique identification data to a central database, and allocating rewards to a customer corresponding to a measurement of the unique identifying data.
US10410225B1
Systems, apparatus, and methods for determining unique contacts from a collection or pool of merchant data are discussed herein. Some embodiments may provide for an apparatus including circuitry configured to determine programmatic match results indicating whether different instances of merchant data match (e.g., describe the same contact). The circuitry may further determine probabilities of precision or recall errors with the programmatic match results. Programmatic match results having a high probability of error may be annotated by a user to generate user match results. The user match results may be used to generate a more reliable contacts database including unique contacts, as well as to train and/or update the match scoring algorithm. As such, the accuracy of machine-implemented binary classification is improved.
US10410224B1
Technologies for determining, displaying, and leveraging reasons to buy for categories of items. Aspects (reasons to buy) may be predetermined for categories of items from a corpus of item information. For each item in a category, community-sourced content (e.g., customer reviews) may be identified for (aligned to) each aspect, and relevant comments may be extracted from the content. The comments may be analyzed, for example according to sentiment, to provide scoring and summary statistics for the aspects. Items may be ranked according to the summary statistics. The aspects for an item may be displayed, with extracted comments and/or summary statistics provided for each aspect. Items in a category or across categories may be compared according to the aspects. Aspects may be used in searches for items within categories to filter the items according to one or more of the aspects.
US10410221B2
A method for determining a grouping of segments within a market. The method includes forming a bias mitigated square matrix from a square matrix populated with second choice data, and forming a compressed matrix from the bias mitigated square matrix. Each different segment is initially associated with a row of the square matrix and a column of the square matrix. The method also includes determining a matrix consistency score for the compressed matrix, forming at least one additional compressed matrix from the bias mitigated square matrix, and determining matrix consistency scores for each additional compressed matrix. The method further includes determining which matrix consistency score is best.
US10410219B1
Providing automatic initial responses to service requests. An automated support engine receives a service request including a problem description from a client. A text analysis component analyzes the problem description to identify an issue. A search component searches response reference sources to identify a set of suggested solutions and a set of reference materials associated with the issue. The response reference sources include structured data materials and unstructured data materials. The automated support engine combines the set of suggested solutions and a set of links corresponding to the set of reference materials to generate an automatic initial response. The automated support engine sends the automatic initial response to the client to assist a user in resolving the identified issue.
US10410211B2
Methods, systems, and storage media are described for processing point of sale (POS) transactions. In embodiments, a computing device may receive a transaction initiation, and provide a selection of a payment credential to be used to process a POS transaction. The computing device may include a trusted execution environment to process the POS transaction in response to the selection of the payment credential. The trusted execution environment may comprise a payment credential storage unit to store payment credentials and a virtual POS terminal that may validate a merchant terminal associated with the transaction initiation, process the POS transaction using the selected payment credential to generate payment data, and encrypt the payment data. The computing device may communicate the encrypted payment data to a cloud POS service for further processing. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10410200B2
This disclosure describes, in part, cloud-based generation of receipts using transaction information. In some examples, a payment service can send receipt templates to a point-of-sale (POS) device of a merchant, receive an indication of a selected receipt template from the POS device, and associated the selected receipt template in a merchant profile of the merchant. The payment system can then receive transaction information from the POS device of the merchant, generate a receipt for the transaction using the selected receipt template associated with the merchant profile, and send data representing the receipt to the POS device. In some examples, the receipt template defines a layout of the receipt, text to include in the receipt, and one or more graphics to include in the receipt.
US10410197B2
According to one embodiment, a tax calculation apparatus includes a display, a printer and a processor. The processor is configured to execute processes of accepting a tax calculation operation by a user; deriving tax calculation result data by executing a calculation based on a numerical data, in response to a input of the numerical data and the acceptance of the tax calculation operation, causing the display to display the tax calculation result data, and causing the printer to print tax calculation print data including the tax calculation result data and tax amount data corresponding to the tax calculation result data; and causing the display to display the tax amount data without printing, if the tax calculation operation is accepted in a state in which the tax calculation result data is displayed on the display.
US10410181B2
A method, performed by an on-board diagnostic (OBD) interface coupled to a diagnostic port of a vehicle, including receiving, via a wireless network, a message containing text from a user device associated with a user; converting the text contained in the message into an audio file that corresponds to an audio reminder; detecting a key-on event for the vehicle; establishing, responsive to the key-on event, a first wireless connection to a speaker device located in the vehicle; sending, via the first wireless connection, a notification to the speaker device that the audio reminder is pending; terminating, after the notification is sent, the first wireless connection; establishing a second wireless connection to the speaker device; and transferring the audio file to the speaker device via the second wireless connection.
US10410177B2
The subject disclosure provides devices, systems, and methods for interacting with a home inventory system. Home inventory systems may include appliances and storages which take inventory of their contents. Home inventory systems may interact with mobile devices to alert users of necessary or desired products. Using location information, users may be alerted when their mobile device is within proximity of a necessary or desired product.
US10410170B1
Described is a system and method for propagating, synchronizing and expiring user specific information among multiple output devices. In some implementations, retention information is provided along with the user specific information and the output device and/or output device controller will determine when to expire the user specific information based on the retention information. In other implementations, the output device controller and/or output device may periodically request updates from other output devices, output device controllers and/or the inventory management system to determine whether to expire user specific information.
US10410168B2
A system for preventing restricted transactions using physical trade documents includes a document intake machine comprising a document scanner and a data extractor. The document intake machine receives a physical trade document associated with a transaction of goods from an entity. The document scanner scans the physical trade document to create an electronic file. The data extractor identifies trade terms from the electronic file. A trade-executing machine receives the trade terms and compares them to a database of restricted trade terms. For each of the trade terms that match a restricted trade term, the trade executing machines identifies a confidence level associated with the trade term indicating a likelihood that the transaction of goods is a restricted transaction. If the confidence level is greater than a predetermined threshold, the trade executing machine flags the transaction of goods as a potential restricted transaction and communicates a notification message to the entity.
US10410165B2
An exemplary item return shipping system is configured to: receive a request to return an item to a retailer; provide the user with a unique identifier associated with the request; and receive an indication that the user has presented the parcel and the unique identifier at an access point. The system may then facilitate placement of a pre-printed machine-readable indicia (e.g., a barcode) on the parcel at the access point and associate it with the retailer information. The system then facilitates delivery of the parcel from the access point to a handling facility and facilitates placement of a shipping label (that includes the address of a returns processing facility that is determined using the retailer information) on the parcel at the handling facility. In various embodiments, the system then facilitates shipment of the parcel to the returns processing facility.
US10410164B2
A shipping system, according to various embodiments, is configured for: (1) receiving a request to ship a parcel, the request including shipping information; (2) providing the user with a unique identifier for use in shipping the parcel; (3) receiving an indication that the user has presented the parcel and the unique identifier at an access point; (4) in response to receiving the indication, facilitating placement of a pre-printed bar code (or other indicia) on the parcel at the access point and associating it with the shipping information; (5) facilitating delivery of the parcel from the access point to a handling facility and (6) facilitating placement of a shipping label on parcel at the handling facility. The system may then use the shipping label to facilitate shipment of the parcel from the handling facility to the parcel's final destination.
US10410161B2
The disclosure provides a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for managing inspection of items. In one embodiment, an identifier for an item is received in a shipment of items to form a received item. Inspection criteria for inspecting the shipment of items are adjusted using a quality history. The quality history is data regarding results of inspections of items. A result of the inspection is received. The quality history is updated with the result of the inspection.
US10410153B2
The present disclosure is directed to machine learning of electrical power system behavior, and related systems, apparatuses, and methods. A controller of an electrical power system includes a data storage device configured to store model data indicating a model load power consumed by loads of the electrical power system. The controller also includes a processor configured to determine current data including current load power consumed by the loads, modify the model data by aggregating the model data with the current data, and determine a set of control values for a set of control variables to effectuate a change to operation of the electrical power system based, at least in part, on the model data.
US10410151B2
A device may provide a user interface for receiving a set of project variables for a replacement project. The device may receive the set of project variables for the replacement project via the user interface. The replacement project may include a decision regarding replacing a product. The device may determine a set of deployment strategies associated with the replacement project based on the set of project variables. Each deployment strategy, in the set of deployment strategies, may be associated with a type of replacement, a timeframe for deployment of the type of replacement, and a geographical scope for deployment of the type of replacement. The device may determine a set of end-to-end cost scores for the set of deployment strategies. The device may provide information identifying a deployment strategy of the set of deployment strategies based on the set of end-to-end cost scores for the set of deployment strategies.
US10410148B1
A mobile computerized apparatus configured to provide membership status in a roadside assistance program after occurrence of a roadside event is disclosed. The apparatus executes instructions that cause/allow the apparatus to receive input related to an electronic membership card, retrieve from a data store membership information associated with the vehicle, and dynamically update the electronic membership card for display on the apparatus.
US10410133B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments include receiving training data comprising historical states for network resources of a communication network. Further embodiments include generating a Riemannian geometry of the communication network according to the historical states for network resources. Each network resource is one of a vertex or an edge within the first Riemannian geometry. Additional embodiments include determining paths along the Riemannian geometry. Each path comprises at least one network resource. Also, embodiments include determining a velocity vector of each path according to at least one historical state. Embodiments include identifying a group of velocity vectors that generate a sub-geometry within the Riemannian geometry and provisioning a portion of network resources according to the group of velocity vectors and the sub-geometry. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10410129B2
One embodiment provides an apparatus. The apparatus includes a companion device. The companion device includes pattern recognition logic to construct a reference graph model based, at least in part, on a plurality of events captured from at least one of the companion device and a wearable device. The reference graph model includes at least one path, each path including one trigger node, at least one event node and a respective edge incident to each event node, a first edge coupling the trigger node and a first event node, a weight associated with each edge corresponding to a likelihood that a second event will follow a first event within a minimum trigger time interval.
US10410124B1
An apparatus for providing a user with a lifting capacity of a lifting machine includes a graphical display displaying a spectrum of lifting capacity across a continuous range of boom height and boom radii. Related methods are disclosed.
US10410116B2
An aspect of the present invention is to provide a system and method for predicting the remaining useful time of mechanical components such as bearings. Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a system and method for predicting the remaining useful time of bearings based on available condition monitoring data. Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a system and method for automatically deciding which columns of input information are the most significant for predicting the remaining useful life of bearings. Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a system and method for performing an analysis of both test bearings and training bearings and determining which training bearings are most similar to a given test bearing. Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a system and method for training an artificial neural network.
US10410111B2
A computer system includes a memory storing a data structure representing a neural network. The data structure includes a plurality of fields including values representing topology of the neural network. The computer system also includes one or more processors configured to perform neural network classification by operations including generating a vector representing at least a portion of the neural network based on the data structure. The operations also include providing the vector as input to a trained classifier to generate a classification result associated with at least the portion of the neural network, where the classification result is indicative of expected performance or reliability of the neural network. The operations also include generating an output indicative of the classification result.
US10410109B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a system and circuit interconnecting peripheral devices to neurosynaptic core circuits. The neurosynaptic system includes an interconnect that includes different types of communication channels. A device connects to the neurosynaptic system via the interconnect.
US10410103B2
A two-dimensional dot matrix barcode encoding method comprises: forming a plurality of coordinate calibration blocks, a plurality of data storage blocks, a first indication block and a second indication block respectively by filling code points into the virtual code point storage blocks, wherein the first indication block and the plurality of coordinate calibration blocks are filled with a code point located in the center of the virtual code point storage blocks; and forming, by means of a combination of the first indication block and the second indication block, a direction and coordinate indication set indicative of a direction and a coordinate, wherein the second indication block is not filled with a code point or is filled, in the center thereof, with an ink code point capable of reflecting a light having a specific wavelength, and the plurality of coordinate calibration blocks are separated from each other.
US10410101B2
A method, system and apparatus for printing and encoding RFID products may be disclosed. The method, system, and apparatus can include a printer which can read and program an RFID device contained in a label, tag, or any other desired product, and also print onto the product without damaging the RFID device. The method, system, and apparatus can further include a quality control system. In some exemplary embodiments, the products can be arranged into sheets or rolls, and multiple products can be printed or encoded at the same time or substantially simultaneously. In some exemplary embodiments, reader and antenna configurations can allow the encoding to occur in line, so that printing, encoding, variable data imaging, and finishing can all be completed in one continuous process.
US10410100B1
Apparatus and methods for printing multi-level and multi-color digital image are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, first and second level AM half-tone screens are respectively applied to first and second multi-level color-components of the multi-level and multi-color input digital image to respectively generate first and second target binary images. The first and second target binary images are printed respectively using first and second inks (e.g. of different colors) onto a common surface. Specific properties of the AM half-tone screens as well as techniques for producing the AM half-tone screens are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the techniques overcome objectionable textures derived from rounding errors in divisional of conventional AM supercells.
US10410090B1
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are provided for labeling depictions of objects within images. An image may be obtained. The image may include a depiction of an object. A user's marking of a set of dots within the image may be received. The set of dots may include one or more dots. The set of dots may be positioned within or near the depiction of the object. The depiction of the object within the image may be labeled based on the set of dots.
US10410089B2
A method of detecting an object in a real scene using a computer includes specifying a 3D model corresponding to the object. The method further includes acquiring, from a capture camera, an image frame of a reference object captured from a first view angle. The method further includes generating a 2D synthetic image by rendering the 3D model in a second view angle that is different from the first view angle. The method further includes generating training data using (i) the image frame, (ii) the 2D synthetic image, (iii) the run-time camera parameter, and (iv) the capture camera parameter. The method further includes storing the generated training data in one or more memories.
US10410086B2
The various implementations described herein include systems and methods for recognizing persons in video streams. In one aspect, a method includes: (1) obtaining a live video stream; (2) detecting person(s) in the stream; and (3) determining, from analysis of the live video stream, personally identifiable information of the detected person(s); (4) determining, based on the personally identifiable information, that the first person is not known to the computing system; (5) in accordance with the determination that the first person is not known: (a) storing the personally identifiable information; and (b) requesting a user to classify the first person; and (6) in accordance with (i) a determination that a predetermined amount of time has elapsed since the request was transmitted and a response was not received, or (ii) a determination that a response was received classifying the first person as a stranger, deleting the stored personally identifiable information.
US10410085B2
Systems and methods for monitoring Web page content associated with processing a resource request are provided. A client computing device generates a sample image corresponding to a set of resources rendered in response to a resource request. A processing component, such as an image analysis component, then compares the sample image with an averaged reference image to identify a compared image. The averaged reference image is determined from averaging a pixel intensity value for each pixel in a first reference image with a pixel intensity value for each pixel in a second reference image. These first and second reference images both correspond to the same set of requested resources. The processing component then weights the compared image to produce a weighted compared image and determines whether a sum of the intensity values for each pixel in the weighted compared image exceeds a threshold. Aspects of systems and methods for generating an alert message if the threshold is exceeded are also provided.
US10410081B2
An apparatus and method are described for a high throughput rasterizer. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: block selection logic to select a plurality of pixel blocks associated with edges of a primitive, the plurality of pixel blocks selected based on the pixel blocks having samples which are both inside and outside of the primitive; and edge determination logic to analyze samples of the plurality of pixel blocks selected by the block selection logic and responsively generate data identifying each edge of the primitive; and final mask determination logic to combine the data identifying each edge and generate a final mask representing the primitive.
US10410077B2
A method and apparatus for detecting an error in gesture recognition are provided. The method includes sensing whether an effective gesture occurs in a first area for gesture recognition of a user; setting a second area and sensing an occurrence of an event due to a movement of the user, based on a result of the sensing in the first area; and detecting the error in the gesture recognition based on whether the occurrence of the event is sensed in the second area.
US10410071B2
A visual display for use by a user for navigation and obstacle avoidance. A typical user employs the invention in operating a vehicle. The display may include a conventional video feed. A visual arch metaphor is also provided. If used in conjunction with a video feed, the arch metaphor preferably extends from the left side of the video, over the top of the video, and on to the right side of the video. The ranging data is then correlated to a predefined color scale. The ranging data is also correlated to a position on the arch metaphor.
US10410043B2
The system and method deal with three-dimensional (3D) scanning technology which produces object representations which permit rapid, highly-accurate part identification which is not afforded by traditional two-dimensional (2D) camera imaging. The system and method are applicable to any field wherein repair/replacement parts are needed, such as the plumbing, automotive, fastener, marine, window, door, etc. fields.
US10410037B2
Devices and optical sensor modules are provided for provide on-screen optical sensing of fingerprints by using a under-screen optical sensor module that captures and detects returned light that is emitted by the display screen for displaying images and that is reflected back by the top surface of the screen assembly. Optical collimators are provided in the under-screen optical sensor module to enhance the optical imaging performance.
US10410033B2
Devices and optical sensor modules are provided for provide on-screen optical sensing of fingerprints by using a under-screen optical sensor module that captures and detects returned light that is emitted by a LCD display screen for displaying images and that is reflected back by the top surface of the screen assembly.
US10410031B2
For purposes of fingerprint identification, a fingerprint acquisition apparatus and method, a terminal device, and a method for controlling a screen to be on or off, are provided. The fingerprint acquisition apparatus includes: a fingerprint sensor, an optical sensor and a signal processing unit. The fingerprint sensor and the optical sensor connect to the signal processing unit, respectively. The optical sensor is configured to emit an optical signal and receive a reflected signal formed after reflection of the optical signal via a human finger. The signal processing unit is configured to activate the fingerprint sensor according to the reflected signal; and the fingerprint sensor is configured to acquire fingerprints of the human finger after being activated.
US10410022B2
A card reader use in a higher-level device may include a card transfer path; a card insertion detecting mechanism; a transfer roller; a turn detecting mechanism structured to detect a turn of the transfer roller; a card detecting mechanism; and a control unit. The control unit structured such that, if the card detecting mechanism switches from the OFF situation to the ON situation after the card insertion detecting mechanism switches from the OFF situation to the ON situation, even though no turn of the transfer roller is detected by the turn detecting mechanism, the control unit of the card reader sends a control unit of the higher-level device an alarm signal for notifying that a skimming device has been inserted through the insertion slot.
US10410020B2
The invention relates to a method for checking the presence and/or readability of an item of product information, in particular an item of packaging content information. An item of product information, in particular packaging content information, is applied to the product, in particular packaging, by using a printing device. A means of identification is applied by using the same printing device; and the product, in particular the packaging, is scanned with a reader in order to ascertain whether the means of identification is present and can be read, the means of identification comprising a barcode and/or a smart code, individual lines of the barcode being aligned parallel to a direction of print application, and the reader comprising an optical reader, in particular a barcode and/or smart-code reader, preferably a barcode and/or smart-code scanner.
US10410018B2
A data integrity system generates a transaction signature associated with a transaction based on transaction data received from a data producer. The transaction signature is unique to the transaction and is generated by applying a hash function to the transaction data. When the transaction data is to be transmitted to a data consumer, the data integrity system redacts the transaction data based on permission information associated with the data consumer and transmits the redacted transaction data to the data consumer. To enable the data consumer to verify the integrity of the received data, the data integrity system also transmits a cryptographic assurance that includes at least the transaction signature associated with the transaction. The data consumer verifies the integrity of the received data by independently generating a transaction signature based on the redacted transaction data and matching the independently generated signature with the transaction signature in the cryptographic assurance.
US10410007B2
A robotic customer service agent (“robot”) is provided to a service location. The robot may present a number of security concerns that, whether realized or not, present barriers to acceptance. A robot is provided that is determined to be in compliance with a security criteria. The security criteria may be related to software (e.g., running anti-virus software), hardware (e.g., an added camera is secure), communication (e.g., no unexpected communications), or other aspect. Should the robot be in compliance, it may operate in a secure mode, such as to perform or access more sensitive information. If the robot is not in compliance, the robot is operated in a non-secure mode, such as to block data transmissions, information capturing, or other process or operation that may present a security risk.
US10410004B2
A technique is provided for controlling access by an application to data or a service supported by a computing system, a computer program product and an access control unit. The technique includes identifying a request from an application for access to data or a service supported by the system, determining whether access has been restricted to the data or service, and, if so, indicating to the application that the request for access has been granted by the system and emulating the data or service when the data or service is accessed by the application.
US10410003B2
The disclosed technology addresses the need in the art for assigning multiple containers to a single application. A container can be a specified area of a file system that an assigned application can access to store data, while other applications are restricted access to the container. In some instances, it may be beneficial for multiple applications to share some data, while still maintaining other data in a secure location, thus an application can be assigned to multiple containers, a personal container that can only be accessed by the application, and a shared container that can be accessed by multiple applications. Further, an application can be assigned an alternate container, in addition to the personal container. The alternate container can be used when an alternate user is using the client device, thus restricting the alternate user from accessing any sensitive data stored in the personal container.
US10409997B2
A technique for preventing malicious observance of private information includes presenting, via a graphical user interface, a visible input cue for user input. The visible input cues is associated with an expected input value that differs from the visible input cue. The technique further includes determining a correspondence between the visible input cue and the expected input value before the visible input cue is selected. The correspondence indicates how the visible input cues differs from the expected input value. The technique further includes generating an invisible output that indicates the correspondence between the visible input cue and the expected input value and detecting a selection of the visible input cue via the graphical user interface. The technique further includes using, as the user input, the expected input value instead of the visible input cue in response to the selection of the visible input cue.
US10409992B2
An investigation apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processor that executes a process including: analyzing uniqueness of a plurality of values included in an attribute for each attribute of a table; reducing a plurality of values included in an attribute of which the analyzed uniqueness is lower than a predetermined value by a predetermined ratio with respect to an investigation original table and outputting a feature of the investigation original table; reducing a plurality of values included in an attribute of which the analyzed uniqueness is higher than a predetermined value by a predetermined ratio with respect to an investigation target table and outputting a feature of the investigation target table; and investigating similarity of the investigation target table to the investigation original table by comparing the feature of the investigation original table with the feature of the investigation target table.
US10409965B2
A digital rights management system includes two digital rights management servers (RMS servers) connected to a client computer. The two RMS servers implement different but related digital rights management (DRM) policies, with the first RMS server implementing conventional DRM policies and the second RMS server implementing extended DRM policies. An application program on the client computer interacts with a document on the client computer, and communicates with the first RMS server to obtain access authorization for the document. A plug-in program in the client computer cooperates with the application program, and communicates with the second RMS server to obtain additional access authorization for the document. Access to the document is granted when both RMS servers grant access to the document. This achieves extended digital rights management control which can provide a more flexible access control than that provided by existing DRM systems.
US10409963B2
An image processing apparatus includes: a signal receiver configured to receive an encrypted image signal; a storage configured to temporarily store the encrypted image signal received in the signal receiver; a signal decryptor configured to convert the encrypted image signal into a decrypted image signal by decrypting the encrypted image signal output from the storage with a preset first secret key; and a decoder configured to decode the decrypted image signal output from the signal decryptor to be displayed an image.
US10409960B2
We disclose a telemedicine device for tracking, dispensing, and retrieving medical supplies as well as methods of its use. The device includes a medical supply dispensing and retrieving station which includes a medical supply dispenser and medical supply receptacle. Both the medical supply dispenser and medical supply receptacle may include multiple compartments which house medical supplies. The device may include a communication port for receiving prescription information. The device includes a personal identification indicator which verifies the identity of the user and links the identity to the user's prescription information. The device may include medical devices. The medical devices may conduct measurements to confirm efficacy of a medical supply or screen for side effects. The device may confirm proper usage of a medical supply by weighing an unused portion of the medical supply and comparing it to the weight expected for the amount that should be remaining.
US10409958B2
Methods, systems, and devices for consumer interaction are described. An example method may include receiving, by a computing device, an indication that a mobile device associated with a first user account is located within a facility. The method may also include accessing, in response to the received indication, information from a pharmacy management software system associated with the first user account. The method may also include determining a refill opportunity associated with the first user account. Additionally, the method may include transmitting a refill opportunity notification to the mobile device based at least in part on the determined refill opportunity.
US10409955B2
A method for at least one of characterizing, diagnosing, and treating a locomotor system condition in at least a subject, the method comprising: receiving an aggregate set of biological samples from a population of subjects; generating at least one of a microbiome composition dataset and a microbiome functional diversity dataset for the population of subjects; generating a characterization of the locomotor system condition based upon features extracted from at least one of the microbiome composition dataset and the microbiome functional diversity dataset; based upon the characterization, generating a therapy model configured to correct the locomotor system condition; and at an output device associated with the subject, promoting a therapy to the subject based upon the characterization and the therapy model.
US10409947B2
According to one general aspect, a method may include receiving a data file that includes placement data regarding a plurality of circuit cells. The circuit cells may include respective layout portions. The layout portions may be associated with a plurality of respective lithographic colors. The method may include determining if a violating circuit cell is to be re-colored. The method may include indicating that, via at least one shape on a color swap layer in the data file, the violating circuit cell is to be at least partially re-colored. A color swap layer shape may cause a mask generator to re-color the portion of the violating circuit cell indicated by the color swap layer shape.
US10409945B1
Disclosed are techniques for verifying connectivity of an electronic design. These techniques Identify connectivity information for a design description of an electronic design, generate a partition of a plurality of partitions for the connectivity information by partitioning the connectivity into the plurality of partitions based in part or in whole upon one or more factors, and performing a pre-proof verification flow on the partition by proving or disproving at least one connection candidate of a plurality of connection candidates for the partition to generate proof results for the partition. These techniques may further additionally generate a property for a connection candidate that fails to result in definitive proof results and prove or disprove the property with formal methods or techniques.
US10409937B2
A method for simulating behavior of first and second interrelated components within a system. The method comprises modelling behavior of said first and second components using first and second functional specifications; simulating behavior of said first and second components in predetermined circumstances by instantiating at least one first entity within a hierarchy of interrelated entities; and instantiating at least one further entity in response to the or each instantiated first entity. The or each further entity is selected by a simulation system on the basis of its hierarchical relationship with the at least one first entity.
US10409934B1
The present disclosure relates to a computer-implemented method for electronic design simulation. The method may include providing, at an electronic design associated with one or more computing devices, a differential pair between a driver and a receiver. The method may further include identifying one or more segments associated with the differential pair and automatically solving, using the one or more computing devices, for a dynamic phase associated with the one or more segments.
US10409924B2
The instant disclosure provides an intelligent CAA (Critical Area Analysis) failure pre-diagnosis system and method for a design layout. The intelligent CAA failure pre-diagnosis method includes the steps of obtaining a design layout of an object and defining at least one layout region having a layout pattern thereon, obtaining a plurality of defects, comparing the defects one-by-one to a predetermined portion of the layout pattern in the order of their sizes, and calculating a CAA failure risk level of the layout region according to the comparison result.
US10409923B2
A method of modeling an oilfield network can include identifying a well and a tying point, identifying locations of the well and tying point, identifying elevations of the well and tying point, creating a model pipeline along a path between the well and the tying point, such as a straight line path between the well and the tying point, defining a length of the path, calculating an elevation difference between the well and the tying point, determining whether an obstacle exists in the path, and defining a length of the pipeline. A method can include creating a second path that circumvents the obstacle and adjusting a length of a pipeline accordingly. A method can include implementing one or more nudging algorithms and incrementally adjusting the length of a pipeline. A method can include defining one or more limits for adjusting a length of a pipeline model.
US10409913B2
Methods and systems for training a conversation-classification model are disclosed. A first set of conversations in a source domain and a second set of conversation in a target domain are received. Each of the first set of conversations has an associated predetermined tag. One or more features are extracted from the first set of conversations and from the second set of conversations. Based on the similarity of content in the first set of conversations and the second set of conversations, a first weight is assigned to each conversation of the first set of conversations. Further, a second weight is assigned to the one or more features of the first set of conversations based on the similarity of the one or more features of the first set of conversations and of the second set of conversations. A conversation-classification model is trained based on the first weight and the second weight.
US10409912B2
Disclosed is an approach for allowing an entity to perform semantic analysis upon private data possessed by an enterprise, and to automatically perform categorization of that data for processing within the enterprise. A semantic API can be provided to allow the enterprise to provide the private data to a semantic analysis system, even when the semantic analysis system is configured as a multi-tenant system that handles other items of public or private data. A rules-based routing architecture may be provided to facilitate analysis and routing of analyzed messages to the appropriate destination within the organization.
US10409910B2
Techniques are disclosed for generating a syntax for a neuro-linguistic model of input data obtained from one or more sources. A stream of words of a dictionary built from a sequence of symbols are received. The symbols are generated from an ordered stream of normalized vectors generated from input data. Statistics for combinations of words co-occurring in the stream are evaluated. The statistics includes a frequency upon which the combinations of words co-occur. A model of combinations of words based on the evaluated statistics is updated. The model identifies statistically relevant words. A connected graph is generated. Each node in the connected graph represents one of the words in the stream. Edges connecting the nodes represent a probabilistic relationship between words in the stream. Phrases are identified based on the connected graph.
US10409882B2
The present disclosure provides method and a system (200) for navigation in a webpage. The system (200) operates at least in accordance with the method that comprises: receiving (step 101) a navigation command to navigate in the webpage, identifying (step 104) at least one content based setting; and navigating (step 106) through the webpage from a webpage element to another webpage element based on said content based setting.
US10409874B2
A search request including user information and query information sent by a user is received. A search is conducted according to the query information to acquire a first search result associated with the query information. User relationship data associated with the user information is acquired. A second search result associated with both the query information and the user relationship data is acquired. A display order for various search result items in the first search result and the second search result is set. The first search result and the second search result are sent to the user after the display order is set. The techniques of the present disclosure provide abundant personalized search data for users, and meanwhile avoid poor user experience caused by excessive personalization.
US10409872B2
An online system receives content items from one or more content sources. The content items are mapped to objects in a database of the online system based on measures of affinity of the content items for the objects. When a query identifying an object in the database is received by the online system, the online system identifies content items associated with the identified object. Information describing the identified content items is generated by the online system and provided to a user or entity from which the query was received. Additionally, information describing social engagement with the identified object may be determined based on the content items mapped to the identified object and included in the information describing the identified content items.
US10409871B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for searching information. The method is for, in response to receipt of a keyword from a search user of a plurality of users, searching in an information repository to obtain one or more information items to be returned; and returning the information item to the search user based on an importance of each information item of the one or more information items. With the method, it is possible to fully leverage various objective internal relationships between search users, information items and creators and thus improve the search accuracy.
US10409870B2
In various exemplary embodiments, a system and associated method perform a search for a plurality of items in an electronic environment. In one embodiment, the system includes a keyword prompt engine to receive a plurality of keywords from an end-user. Each of the plurality of keywords is related to the plurality of items for which the end-user is searching. A price range engine prompts the end-user to input a price range for each of the plurality of items. A search engine uses one or more processors to locate the plurality of items in an inventory within the electronic environment based on the plurality of keywords and the price range. The search engine further matches concurrently one or more sellers having the plurality of items available for sale.
US10409866B1
A method and apparatus for generating normalized occupations for job titles at a job aggregation system is described. The method may include receiving a job title having a plurality of words that make up the job title, the job title received as part of a request of a job aggregation system to perform a service. The method may also include translating the plurality of words into standardized terms of the job aggregation system to generate a translated job title. Furthermore, the method may include mapping the translated job title to one of a plurality of normalized occupations of the job aggregation system by a machine learning based classifier of the translated job title, wherein the machine learning based classifier is trained based on user search behavior of users that have searched for jobs at the job aggregation system.
US10409861B2
Useful search results are obtained when the search logic retrieves, not only text strings, or “words,” that match exactly the search arguments but also when the search logic retrieves phonetically similar words, which are misspelled. The method and system disclosed herein provide both results faster than known conventional methods and systems, and in some embodiments such speed may be achieved using conventional resources as described.
US10409858B2
Described are systems, media, and methods for discovery of media relevant to a user and sharing the media with the user.
US10409856B2
A computing device can determine visual words for images in a first set of images associated with a description that includes a term. Each visual word can describe pixels in an image. The device can determine visual words for images in a second set of images that are associated with a description that does not include the term. The device can determine a set of visual words that are associated with the term. The device can determine regions in images corresponding to visual words in the set of visual words. The device can associate the respective determined regions for the images with the term in a database. When a search query is received that includes an image that is determined to be associated with the term, the database can be utilized to determine images responsive to the query by identifying images that are also associated with the term.
US10409853B2
An image filtering method is provided, including: acquiring a sample characteristic value of a sample image; ranking images to be filtered in a specific chronological order; acquiring characteristic values of the images to be filtered; comparing the characteristic values of the images to be filtered with that of the sample image, selecting, from the images, filtered images conforming to preset conditions, storing the filtered images in the specific chronological order, and displaying the filtered images. Accordingly, a user is enabled to easily find identical or similar images amongst a large number of images.
US10409836B2
The subject disclosure is directed towards a sensor fusion interface that enables interaction between one or more entities of a physical environment and a computerized device component. A plurality of sensor modules generate multiple sensor input data associated with one or more entities in an environment and store such data in a shared library in accordance with a uniform and common schema. The multiple sensor input data is refined until a certain level of accuracy is achieved. Using the sensor fusion interface, entity state data is extracted from the shared library and exposed to the computerized device component.
US10409834B2
A device includes circuitry configured to provide a configurable platform including a rules-based processing engine, access and manipulate a plurality of configurable databases, retrieve first data from one of the configurable databases, register the first data for task programs, authenticate the first data according to authenticity parameters, process the first data against processing rules, identify and configure each task program when the assessment of the first data satisfies predetermined criteria, measure the ETL data load flow against a predetermined performance threshold, route the ETL data load flow to a database processing engine, and output a data disbursement of results when the first data is authenticated and the predetermined performance threshold has been satisfied by the rules-based processing engine. In one aspect, such implementation can increase data search and retrieval times as well as outputting a more thorough and accurate count of eligible end-user services.
US10409829B2
Described is a system and method for updating a contact and adding a new contact from a call log in a communications device. The system includes a contact manager that is directed towards creating and updating call contact cards in a contact database with information retrieved from call logs of phone calls made to or from the communications device. In one embodiment, information is pre-populated into a predetermined data field of the contact card, thereby reducing workload to a user. The method includes determining if a request is for updating an existing contact card or for adding a new contact card to the contact database. The update or addition is made with information retrieved from call logs. Call information is pre-populated into a predetermined data field of the contact card, when it is determined that the request is to add a new contact card to the contact database.
US10409828B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for incremental frequent subgraph mining on dynamic graphs. An exemplary subgraph mining method comprises maintaining a set of embeddings comprising matching embeddings of a given subgraph in an input graph; maintaining a first fringe set of subgraphs comprising subgraphs substantially on a fringe of frequent subgraphs in the input graph that satisfy a predefined support threshold; maintaining a second fringe set of subgraphs comprising subgraphs substantially on a fringe of infrequent subgraphs in the input graph that do not satisfy the predefined support threshold; for an edge addition, checking a support of the subgraphs in the second fringe set based on the set of the embeddings and searching for new embeddings created by the edge addition; and for an edge deletion, removing obsolete embeddings that comprise the deleted edge from the first fringe set based on the set of embeddings.
US10409821B2
Various embodiments include systems and methods for search result ranking using machine learning. A goal model can be created using machine learning. Responsive to a search query, a plurality of data factors can be inputted into the goal model to create a model output. Search results can be presented to a user based on the model output.
US10409815B2
A system comprises generation of a parse tree comprising a plurality of query parse nodes, each of the plurality of query parse nodes corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of portions of a script definition, generation of a first intermediate representation tree comprising an intermediate representation node corresponding to a respective one of each of the plurality of query parse nodes, wherein an intermediate representation node represents a logical operation corresponding to the portion of the script definition of the query parse node which corresponds to the intermediate representation node, definition of links between each of the plurality of query parse nodes and its corresponding the intermediate representation node, determination of a second intermediate representation tree, the second intermediate representation tree resulting from an optimizer transformation executed on the first intermediate representation tree, generation of an intermediate representation node corresponding to a transformed first one or more of the intermediate representation nodes of the first intermediate representation tree, definition of links associating the intermediate representation node corresponding to the transformed first one or more of the intermediate representation nodes with the transformed first one or more of the intermediate representation nodes of the first intermediate representation tree, generation of a script execution graph of script execution nodes, each of the script execution nodes corresponding to a second one or more nodes of the second intermediate representation tree, definition of links associating each of the script execution nodes with its corresponding second one or more of the intermediate representation nodes, generation of a graph comprising the plurality of query parse nodes, the intermediate representation nodes, the script execution nodes and the links, and presentation of the graph.
US10409805B1
Embodiments are directed to managing documents where clauses in a document may be identified. Evaluations of the clauses may be provided based on evaluators and machine learning (ML) models that assign each of the clauses to a category and a confidence score. Actions associated with the clauses may be monitored including updates to content of the clauses. Inconsistent evaluations associated with the clauses be identified. The ML models may be retrained based on the content of the clauses associated with the inconsistent evaluations.
US10409797B2
A system and method is provided for providing searchable customer call indexes. Consistent with disclosed embodiments, a system may receive call information associated with telephone conversations between callers and a vendor, the call information including an audio recording or transcript for each telephone conversation. The system may also identify one or more keywords from the audio recordings or transcripts and index the call information into one or more indexes based on the identified keywords. Finally, the system may determine search results responsive to a search query based on the indexing. In some embodiments, changes to customer service may be identified based on the search results.
US10409792B1
An apparatus, method, and computer program product are provided to generate, transform, and control menu data object in network environment. In some example implementations, menu data objects and related parameters are parsed and translated into a stratified data structure that can be used in connection with creating a renderable object associated with an interactive user interface accessible via a mobile system associated with a user. Control over the menu data object and its associated interface can be automated, and/or implemented in a manner that detects interrelated elements of the data structure such that alterations made to one element cause the related elements to be rendered in an alternate manner for visual verification.
US10409773B2
A method and device for cleaning up a terminal resource and a terminal are provided. The method includes: receiving a cleanup instruction, and acquiring a resource saved on a terminal according to the cleanup instruction; processing the resource, and saving the processed resource, in which a storage space occupied by the processed resource is less than a storage space occupied by the resource; and querying whether a resource is saved on a server, if the resource is saved on the server, displaying deletion prompt information, and deleting the resource according to an operation executed by a user.
US10409771B2
A method for authenticating a node of a dispersed storage network (DSN). In various embodiments, a dispersed storage (DS) management unit receives a device list originating from a hardware certificate authority (HCA). The HCA also provides a hardware certificate to the node. Upon receiving the hardware certificate from the node, the DS management unit determines if the certificate is valid by comparing it to information contained in the device list (such as a device ID or a serial number associated with the node). If the certificate is valid, the DS management unit sends a challenge message to the node and analyzes the resulting challenge message response to determine if it is valid. If the response is valid, the DS management unit provides a signed certificate to the node for use in authenticating the node to perform dispersed storage operations within the DSN.
US10409770B1
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for automatic archiving of data store log data are disclosed. One or more operation records in a log are selected for archival. The one or more operation records comprise data indicative of operations performed on one or more data objects of a data store. The one or more operation records are selected for archival prior to deletion from the log. The one or more operation records are replicated from the log to an archive. Based at least in part on the replicating, the one or more operation records in the log are marked as archived. Based at least in part on the marking as archived, the deletion of the one or more operation records from the log is permitted.
US10409766B2
A computer subsystem and a computer system, where the computer subsystem includes L composite nodes (CNs), each CN includes M basic nodes, each basic node includes N central processing units (CPUs) and one node controller (NC). Any two CPUs in each basic node are interconnected. Each CPU in each basic node is connected to the NC in the basic node. The NC in each basic node has a routing function. Any two NCs in the M basic nodes are interconnected. A connection between the L CNs formed through connections between NCs enables communication between any two NCs to be no more than three hops. Hence, the computer subsystem and the computer system can reduce the kinds and the number of interconnection chips, and simplify an interconnection structure of a system, thereby improving reliability of the system.
US10409758B1
The present invention provides an integrated system-on-chip device. The device is configured on a single silicon substrate member. The device has a data input/output interface provided on the substrate member. The device has an input/output block provided on the substrate member and coupled to the data input/output interface. The device has a signal processing block provided on the substrate member and coupled to the input/output block. The device has a driver module provided on the substrate member and coupled to the signal processing block. The device further includes a driver interface and coupled to the driver module and configured to be coupled to a silicon photonics device. In an example, a control block is configured to receive and send instruction(s) in a digital format to the communication block and is configured to receive and send signals in an analog format to communicate with the silicon photonics device.
US10409755B2
A merchant device has a USB interface that includes an ID pin and a voltage pin. When the merchant device receives an oscillating signal at the ID pin, it connects the voltage pin to a power supply of the merchant device. The merchant device also includes a download switch coupled to the ID pin. When it is desired to reprogram a device connected by the USB interface, the download switch provides a programming voltage to the ID pin.
US10409750B2
An aspect of obtaining optical signal health data in a SAN includes receiving, by a computer processor, a request for data corresponding to current operational characteristics of elements of a storage area network to which a host system computer has access. A further aspect includes instantiating, by the computer processor, a virtual host bus adapter interface on the host system computer, transmitting, via the virtual host bus adapter interface, the request to the elements in the portion of the storage area network, aggregating data received from each of the elements, and displaying the aggregated data via the computer processor.
US10409745B2
Interruption facility for adjunct processor queues. In response to a queue transitioning from a no replies pending state to a reply pending state, an interruption is initiated. This interruption signals to a processor that a reply to a request is waiting on the queue. In order for the queue to take advantage of the interruption capability, it is enabled for interruptions.
US10409742B2
Memory controllers, devices, modules, systems and associated methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, an integrated circuit (IC) memory component is disclosed that includes a memory core, a primary interface, and a secondary interface. The primary interface includes data input/output (I/O) circuitry and control/address (C/A) input circuitry, and accesses the memory core during a normal mode of operation. The secondary interface accesses the memory core during a fault mode of operation.
US10409730B2
One embodiment of the present invention includes a microcontroller coupled to a memory management unit (MMU). The MMU is coupled to a page table included in a physical memory, and the microcontroller is configured to perform one or more virtual memory operations associated with the physical memory and the page table. In operation, the microcontroller receives a page fault generated by the MMU in response to an invalid memory access via a virtual memory address. To remedy such a page fault, the microcontroller performs actions to map the virtual memory address to an appropriate location in the physical memory. By contrast, in prior-art systems, a fault handler would typically remedy the page fault. Advantageously, because the microcontroller executes these tasks locally with respect to the MMU and the physical memory, latency associated with remedying page faults may be decreased. Consequently, overall system performance may be increased.
US10409729B1
Control over the overall data cache hit rate is obtained by managing partitioning caching responsibility by address space. Data caches determine whether to cache data by hashing the data address. Each data cache is assigned a range of hash values to serve. By choosing hash value ranges that do not overlap, data duplication can be eliminated if desired, or degrees of overlap can be allowed. Control over hit rate maximization of data caches having best hit response times is obtained by maintaining separate dedicated and undedicated partitions within each cache. The dedicated partition is only used for the assigned range of hash values.
US10409721B2
Comparator circuitry comprises carry-save-addition (CSA) circuitry to generate a set of partial sum bits and a set of carry bits in respect of corresponding bit positions in a first input value, a second input value, a carry-in value associated with the first and second input values, and a third input value, the CSA circuitry comprising inverter circuitry to provide a relative inversion between the third input value and the group consisting of the first and second input values; and combiner circuitry to combine the set of partial sum bits, the set of carry bits offset by a predetermined number of bits in a more significant bit direction, the carry-in value and 1, to generate at least a carry output bit; in which the carry output bit is indicative of whether the third input value is greater than the sum of the first and second input values.
US10409717B2
A data storage device includes a flash memory, a data processing module and a flash memory controller. Corresponding to the operation of a host, the flash memory controller arranges the flash memory to store data, and it stores a mapping table to record the mapping information between the flash memory and the logical address of the host. When the host transmits a trim command to invalidate a specific portion of the mapping table and the host manages to read the data of the specific portion, the flash memory controller sets up a flag to be open so that the data is transmitted to the host without the implement of the data processing module.
US10409716B2
A non-volatile storage apparatus includes a set of non-volatile memory cells and one or more control circuits in communication with the set of non-volatile memory cells. The one or more control circuits are configured to remap logical addresses to physical addresses of the set of non-volatile memory cells according to a plurality of placement mappings and to select a new placement mapping from the plurality of placement mappings according to a cost function associated with the new placement mapping.
US10409711B2
A method and system of determining whether a specification is an accurate representation of an application program interface (API) is provided. The specification is received electronically over a network. Service calls to be tested are identified based on the specification. A test case is created for each of the identified service calls. A sequence is created for the test cases. A test plan is generated based on the created sequence. The generated test plan is executed. Upon identifying an error in response to the executed test plan, a notification is generated, indicating that the specification is not an accurate representation of the API.
US10409705B2
A processor is configured to execute an event-driven program along a plurality of execution paths. Each of the plurality of execution paths is determined by randomly chosen outcomes at non-deterministic points along the plurality of execution paths. A memory is configured to store values of properties of the event-driven code in response to executing the event-driven program along the plurality of execution paths. The processor is also configured to infer normal ranges of the properties of the event-driven program based on the values stored in the memory.
US10409702B2
Methods and systems for a networked storage environment are provided. One method includes maintaining by a processor of a management console, a plurality of structured objects representing a plurality of resources in a networked storage system for storing and retrieving client data from a plurality of storage devices; receiving by the processor unstructured data from an application programming interface (API) associated with a resource of the networked storage system; parsing by the processor, the unstructured data and generating an identifier hash value based on uniquely identifying fields of the unstructured data for an unstructured object; and generating by the processor a logical index with a configuration index and a performance index for the unstructured object identified by the identifier hash value for responding to user requests for performance information regarding the unstructured object.
US10409699B1
Systems and methods are described for testing computing resources. In one embodiment, a search space of computing settings is analyzed in accordance with weighted data that maps computing performance parameters with the computing settings. A subset of the computing settings is selected to generate a test population to optimize at least one computing performance parameter. One or more computing devices in a computing environment are configured in accordance with the test population, and the test conditions are iteratively updated based on test results in accordance with the test population and a fitness function.
US10409698B2
A method for performing a plurality of tests on a device under test comprises performing a plurality of tests on a device under test. Each test of the plurality of tests comprises a foreground process and a background process. The foreground process comprises a setup process during which a desired test mode is set. The background process comprises an upload process during which data captured from the device under test is provided. The foreground process is executed with a higher priority than the background process, thereby minimizing a delay between a start of consecutive tests of the device under test.
US10409691B1
A system identifies a first partition and another partition in a full backup created at a first time for a dataset. The system identifies a revision of the first partition in a first incremental backup created at a second time for the dataset, and links the first incremental backup to the full backup based on the first partition and the revision of the first partition. The system identifies a revision of the other partition in another incremental backup created at a third time for the dataset, and links the other incremental backup to the full backup based on the other partition and the revision of the other partition. The system restores the other partition in the dataset based on the link from the other incremental backup to the full backup, in response to receiving a request to restore the other partition in the dataset.
US10409686B2
An apparatus includes first and second circuits that transmit and receive information to and from each other through first paths, where each of the first and second circuits includes second paths respectively coupled to the first paths, and matrix switches that are provided across the second paths and switch a transmission path of information transmitted to any one of the second paths. Upon detecting an error in the second paths, the apparatus conducts a loop-back test in which each matrix switch is switched to a loop-back state in which information to be transmitted to the second path in which the error has been detected, is looped back. Upon detecting an error in the loop-back test, the apparatus switches the matrix switches to a bypass state in which the second path in which the error is detected is bypassed to another one of the second paths to continue the loop-back test.
US10409685B2
An application recovery system is configured to recover an application executing on a client device by determining that an application is operating abnormally and providing recovery instructions to the application. The application executing on a client device includes a main portion of the application and a recovery portion of the application. The recovery portion of the application sends requests for recovery instructions to a network system. The network system receives the recovery requests and analyzes operational requests generated by the main portion of the application to identify failing functions and their associated software packages. The recovery instructions are determined based on the identified failing functions and their associated software packages and sent to the client device. The client device applies the recovery instructions to modify the application such that the application recovers normal operation.
US10409667B2
An online system identifies an assignment for a computer program error indicated in an error message by applying an assignment model to token sequences identified in the error message. The error message includes a sequence of execution paths of the computer program. Each execution path indicates a function call active in computer memory when the error was generated. In other words, the error message allows tracking of the sequence of nested paths up to the point where the error was generated. In one example, the error message is a stack trace message that reports active stack frames in computer memory during the execution of the program.
US10409664B2
A method, a computer system, and a computer program product for clustering operational parameter values in a micro-service architecture used in a computing infrastructure. The computer system measures a plurality of operational parameter values of elements of the computing infrastructure and logs identifiers for elements having caused a problem situation and related problem resolution times. The computer system clusters the operational parameter values of the elements having caused the problem situation, according to a correlation function. The computer system orders the operational parameter values within a cluster and the elements having caused the problem situation. The computer system periodically performs the clustering and the ordering such that a sequence of the operational parameter values and the elements having caused the problem situation is indicative of a resolution time required for a new problem situation.
US10409660B2
This storage system has a plurality of modules that encode data being written to a storage medium and decode data being read from said storage medium. The storage system also has an adapter that controls the reading and writing of data from and to the storage medium such that, when an error is detected and determined to be the error of at least one of said plurality of modules, the adapter prevents the module(s) in question from being used to read or write data.
US10409658B2
A method and associated system. For each message of a message batch, the message is assigned by a consumer to a partition of a log. Each partition of the log is associated with a respective processing engine. The message batch includes messages that includes the message. The consumer stores an offset value for each partition. Responsive to completion, by a distributor, of sending a last message in the message batch to the consumer, the distributor ascertains a target offset value for each partition based on a current offset value. In response to a processing engine completing processing of a message assigned to the partition associated with the processing engine, the consumer updates the stored offset value associated with the partition. The distributor determines when all messages of the batch have been processed based on the target offset values and the stored offset values.
US10409655B2
A method and data processing system are provided. The data processing system comprises an application associated with a plurality of sockets and a sub-system for making data available to the application via the plurality of sockets. The sub-system is configured to provide in response to a request from the application: an indication of events that have occurred on one or more of the plurality of sockets; and an indication of an order in which the events should be processed.
US10409648B1
Processing responsibility for a data set may be split according to separately stored partitions of the data set. A data set may be stored in different storage units that separately store different partitions of the data set. Mapping information may be maintained indicating the assignment of a node to process access requests to multiple partitions of a data set. A split event may be detected for the node, and one or more partitions assigned to the node may be reassigned to a different node. The storage units for the reassigned partitions may be made accessible to the different node. Then mapping information can be updated to indicate change in assignment from the original node to the different node so that the different node can begin processing access requests for the reassigned partitions.
US10409647B2
A method, system and computer program product for managing a software application. Load information indicative of a workload over time of one or more computing resources being used by the software application is monitored. Furthermore, social information indicative of a social activity over time relating to the software application is monitored. An estimated correlation between the monitored load information and the monitored social information is determined. A future requirement of the computing resources for the software application is then forecasted according to the monitored social information and the estimated correlation for use in provisioning the computing resources to the software application accordingly.
US10409643B2
Operations include selectively presenting application features to a service request interface. A service request interface may present service request data to an agent. The service request data may be used by the agent to process the service request. Based on the service request data, the system identifies application features which would be useful to the agent in processing the service request. The application features may be presented in the form of a set of toolbars customized for a particular kind of service request. The toolbars may be refined and restructured using a heuristic machine-learning model. The presence of a particular application feature may be reinforced or weakened based on factors such as frequency of use.
US10409641B1
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are provided for managing assignment of modules. A job from a client may be received. The job may be inserted into a job queue. The job within the job queue may be compared with a set of cooldown modules to determine whether a compatible cooldown module is available. The job may be assigned to the compatible cooldown module responsive to the compatible cooldown module being available.
US10409633B2
Responsive to receiving a first request from an application to create a thread for the application, a guest operating system sends a first notification to a hypervisor to create a dedicated virtual processor for the thread. Responsive to receiving an identifier associated with the dedicated virtual processor from the hypervisor, the guest operating system starts the thread using the dedicated virtual processor, and pins the thread to the dedicated virtual processor.
US10409630B2
A method, system and computer program product for selecting virtual machines to be migrated to a public cloud. The current resource usage for virtual machine instances running in the private cloud is determined. Furthermore, any scaling policies attached to the virtual machine instances running in the private cloud are obtained. Additional resource usages for any of the virtual machine instances with a scaling policy are computed for when these virtual machine instances are scaled out. A cost of running a virtual machine instance in the public cloud is then determined using its current resource usage as well as any additional resource usage if a scaling policy is attached to the virtual machine instance based on the cost for running virtual machine instances in a public cloud. If the cost is less than a threshold cost, then the virtual machine instance is selected to be migrated to the public cloud.
US10409629B1
A computer program product, system, and method for generating coded fragments comprises determining a set of available data protection plans; determining one or more parameters associated with a customer, a host, or a data protection system; generating a recommended host protection configuration for the host using the parameters, wherein the recommended host protection configuration includes one or more of the available data protection plans; and assigning the recommended host protection configuration to the host.
US10409623B2
Outputs from a graphical user interface of a target computer program are captured during actual use of the target computer program. The captured outputs are processed to recognize strings and associate those strings with content derived from the outputs. The recognized strings and associated content are stored as context data. A translation editing tool accesses the context data and message data of the target computer program. The translation editing tool presents the message data through a graphical user interface to a user. In response to selected text from the message data, the context data are accessed to retrieve content associated with a recognized string that matches the selected text. The retrieved content is presented in the graphical user interface of the translation editing tool to provide contextual information to inform how to translate a message. Text input from the translator can be stored in the message data.
US10409621B2
Systems involving distributed control functions are described herein. Each member or device within the system has responsibility for controlling part of the system's behavior, and includes logic to determine what action, if any, will follow as a response to determining information or receiving information from other members or devices within the system. A change of status of one member of a system may provide a basis for action by another member of the system. Status may be the result of sensing a condition of the environment, sensing the condition of a component, receiving the output of a conventional sensor, and/or sensing the condition of a link between components. In some embodiments, action taken by a member of the system may include collecting data during law enforcement activities.
US10409606B2
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for implementing bad jump detection in block-based processor architectures. In one example of the disclosed technology, a block-based processor includes one or more block-based processing cores configured to fetch and execute atomic blocks of instructions and a control unit configured to, based at least in part on receiving a branch signal indicating a target location is received from one of the instruction blocks, verify that the target location is a valid branch target.
US10409601B2
An apparatus and method for loop flattening and reduction in a SIMD pipeline including broadcast, move, and reduction instructions. For example, one embodiment of a processor comprises: a decoder to decode a broadcast instruction to generate a decoded broadcast instruction identifying a plurality of operations, the broadcast instruction including an opcode, first and second source operands, and at least one destination operand, the broadcast instruction having a split value associated therewith; a first source register associated with the first source operand to store a first plurality of packed data elements; a second source register associated with the second source operand to store a second plurality of packed data elements; execution circuitry to execute the operations of the decoded broadcast instruction, the execution circuitry to copy a first number of contiguous data elements from the first source register to a first set of contiguous data element locations in a destination register specified by the destination operand, the execution circuitry to further copy a second number of contiguous data elements from the second source register to a second set of contiguous data element locations in the destination register, wherein the execution circuitry is to determine the first number and the second number in accordance with the split value associated with the broadcast instruction.
US10409600B1
In an embodiment, a processor includes hardware circuitry and/or supports instructions which may be used to detect that a return address or jump address has been modified since it was written to memory. In response to detecting the modification, the processor may be configured to signal an exception or otherwise initiate error handling to prevent execution at the modified address. In an embodiment, the processor may perform a cryptographic sign operation on the return address/jump address before writing the signed return address/jump address to memory and the signature may be verified before the to address is used as a return target or jump target. Security of the system may be improved by foiling ROP/JOP attacks.
US10409598B2
Handling unaligned load operations, including: receiving a request to load data stored within a range of addresses; determining that the range of addresses includes addresses associated with a plurality of caches, wherein each of the plurality of caches are associated with a distinct processor slice; issuing, to each distinct processor slice, a request to load data stored within a cache associated with the distinct processor slice, wherein the request to load data stored within the cache associated with the distinct processor slice includes a portion of the range of addresses; executing, by each distinct processor slice, the request to load data stored within the cache associated with the distinct processor slice; and receiving, over a plurality of data communications busses, execution results from each distinct processor slice, wherein each data communications busses is associated with one of the distinct processor slices.
US10409597B2
Embodiments of an invention for memory management in secure enclaves are disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor includes an instruction unit and an execution unit. The instruction unit is to receive a first instruction and a second instruction. The execution unit is to execute the first instruction, wherein execution of the first instruction includes allocating a page in an enclave page cache to a secure enclave. The execution unit is also to execute the second instruction, wherein execution of the second instruction includes confirming the allocation of the page.
US10409595B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may include a controller configured to control a process value using closed-loop control, wherein: (i) when using closed-loop control, the controller controls the process value based on a measured process value indicative of the process value communicated from a sensor and by generating a driving signal that is a maximum of a first driving signal which is the function of the measured process value and a second driving signal; and (ii) the controller is configured to disable polling by the controller of the sensor for the measured process value when the driving signal is greater than a threshold open-loop driving signal sufficient to maintain the process value within a desired range of the process value in the absence of closed-loop control.
US10409586B1
This disclosure relates generally to a human machine interface (HMI) application, and more particularly to method and system for developing and delivering the HMI application from a host service delivery platform (HSDP) to a target platform. In one embodiment, a method for delivering an update on the HMI application from the HSDP to the target platform is disclosed. The method may include determining a need for updating the HMI application on the target platform, which implements a previous version of the HMI application. Based on the need, the method may further include, generating a package based on a comparison between a database emulating a current version of the HMI application and a database emulating the previous version of the HMI application, and delivering the package for updating the HMI application on the target platform. The database may be implemented in a database schema.
US10409572B2
A method performed by a computing system includes, with the computing system, extracting non-compiler specific components from a first compiled file, the first compiled file being compiled from a piece of source code, and with the computing system, rearranging the extracted non-compiler specific components into a normalized order, the normalized order being used to consistently arrange a plurality of compiled files.
US10409556B2
A binary logic circuit for determining the ratio x/d in accordance with a rounding scheme, where x is a variable integer input of bit length w and d is a fixed positive integer of the form 2n±1, the binary logic circuit being configured to form the ratio as a plurality of bit slices, the bit slices collectively representing the ratio, wherein the binary logic circuit is configured to generate each bit slice according to a first modulo operation for calculating mod(2n±1) of a respective bit selection of the input x and in dependence on a check for a carry bit, wherein the binary logic circuit is configured to, responsive to the check, selectively combine a carry bit with the result of the first modulo operation.
US10409554B2
Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for performing multiplication operations in a memory. An example method comprises performing a multiplication operation on a first element stored in a group of memory cells coupled to a first access line and a number of sense lines of a memory array and a second element stored in a group of memory cells coupled to a second access line and the number of sense lines of the memory array. The method can include a number operations performed without transferring data via an input/output (I/O) line.
US10409553B2
An optimized test data selection strategy references a sampling file that identifies data attributes that serve as the basis of the test data selection strategy. By analyzing fields and the corresponding field values of the sample imprint, a total number of test data selected for inclusion into a sample dataset is reduced. The test data selection strategy provides an efficient methodology for implementing a data comparison testing process.
US10409548B2
A system and method for differentially locating and modifying audio sources that includes receiving multiple audio inputs from a set of distinct locations; determining a multi-dimensional audio map from the audio inputs; acquiring a set of positional audio control inputs applied to the audio map, each audio control input comprising a location and audio processing property; and generating an audio output according to the audio control inputs and the audio inputs. The audio control inputs capable of configuration through manual, automatic, computer vision analysis, and other configuration modes.
US10409545B1
A first device receives a bit sequence from a second device via a serial communication cable having one or more wires that connect the first device to a first set of one or more pins of a first chip of the second device. The first chip has a second set of pins. For each respective pin of the second set of pins, the bit sequence includes a set of one or more bits for the respective pin that are based at least in part on whether a first voltage or a second voltage is applied to the respective pin. The first device determines, based on the bit sequence, a type of the second device.
US10409543B2
When a plurality of amplification devices each including a display unit are used in combination, deterioration in visibility of displayed information is prevented. An amplifier unit includes a connection mode specifying unit that detects another amplifier unit including another display unit which is disposed to form one display area along with the display unit and a display control unit that displays information in the display area formed by a plurality of display units.
US10409541B2
The invention is generally directed to an attraction which draws a visitor's attention from other visual attractions in a fashion which provides a stunning visual perspective including a collection of curated images organized and facilitated by a human ambassador providing narrative and visual content and varying the visual presentation in an interactive fashion with an audience utilizing a gesture-based language to manufacture a bespoke experience.
US10409539B2
A method, an apparatus, and a terminal device for displaying an application message are provided. The method includes: extracting a logic controller that controls application message sending and receiving from an application; determining the extracted logic controller as a common controller object of the application and a desktop; creating a desktop instance object corresponding to the common controller object; and loading and displaying a set user interface component on the desktop by using the desktop instance object, and when the application has a new application message, displaying the new application message in the set user interface component by pulling the new application message by the logic controller. Embodiments of the present invention enable a user to view a new application message on the desktop more conveniently, and reduce power consumption of the terminal device.
US10409534B2
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a set of program instructions for an information processing apparatus including: a processor; a communication interface; and a storage. The set of program instructions, when executed by the processor, causes the information processing apparatus to perform: acquire a print job; determining whether a second accumulated sheet number acquired from the printer is equal to a first accumulated sheet number acquired from the storage; when the second accumulated sheet number is different from the first accumulated sheet number, transmitting a first print job; and when the second accumulated sheet number is equal to the first accumulated sheet number, transmitting a second print job. The first print job includes a print command to insert the separating sheet for separating the acquired print job from another print job, while the second print job does not include the print command to insert the separating sheet.
US10409533B2
An image forming apparatus includes a main memory device, an auxiliary storage device, a print request receiving unit, and a print processing unit. The print request receiving unit is configured to (a) receive from an external device a print request that includes the number of printing pages and print image data, (b) select one of the main memory device and the auxiliary storage device as a device to which the print image data is to be written on the basis of the number of printing pages, and (c) write the print image data in the selected main memory device or auxiliary storage device. The print processing unit is configured to read the print image data from the main memory device or the auxiliary storage device and perform a print process based on the print image data.
US10409532B2
A multifunction peripheral includes a printer and a panel. The printer may perform a print process based on a print job and a process of printing an eco-report. The panel may simultaneously display a print instruction screen and a notification screen. The panel may instruct the print process based on a print job when the two screens are simultaneously displayed.
US10409529B2
An information processing apparatus, capable of being connected to an image processing apparatus including an image forming unit, includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a judgment result as to whether a colorimetric value obtained as a result of measuring a color of a chart image formed by the image forming unit satisfies a predetermined criterion in terms of a difference between the colorimetric value and a target value, a notification unit configured to notify the image processing apparatus that the judgment result acquired by the acquisition unit does not satisfy the criterion, and an instruction unit configured to, before the notification unit issues the notification to the image processing apparatus, instruct the image processing apparatus to execute an adjustment process.
US10409528B2
A printing system includes a data processing device and an image forming apparatus. The data processing device includes a data managing unit, a data transmitting unit, and a partial-data generating unit. The image forming apparatus includes a data reporting unit and a data request unit. The data reporting unit reports interrupted print data as the print data for which the image forming apparatus has terminated performance of a printing at a page in a middle. The partial-data generating unit generates unprinted-page print data as the partial-page print data, the unprinted-page print data being the print data of the pages the printing of which has been un-performed by the image forming apparatus in the interrupted print data. The data transmitting unit transmits the unprinted-page print data generated by the partial-data generating unit to the image forming apparatus when the interrupted print data is requested from the image forming apparatus.
US10409527B1
Example embodiments of the present invention provide a method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for providing protection storage in the storage environment to protect production storage. The method includes decoupling data protection of a storage environment from physical characteristics of protected storage in the storage environment and providing protection storage in the storage environment to protect production storage.
US10409521B1
Embodiments are directed to a method of performing block based backups for large-scale source volumes, by obtaining a total source volume size to determine if the source volume exceeds 64 TB, creating a number of sub-volumes to divide the total source volume into discrete sub-volumes of 64 TB each, grouping the discrete sub-volumes into a container, and storing, upon a read operation for a block based backup operation, each block of the source volume into a corresponding sub-volume of the sub-volumes. The method determines a block number and offset of each block and derives the corresponding sub-volume from the offset. Each sub-volume represents an individual saveset of the backup operation, and the container manages the individual saveset for the block based backup operation.
US10409520B1
A computer program product, system, and method for determining one or more slices of a logical address space assigned to replication processor; determining an elapsed time since a start of a replication cycle; determining an expected number of slices that should have been replicated based on the elapsed time; and replicating one or more slices of the logical address space in response to determining the expected number of slices that should have been replicated is less than an actual number of slices replicated by the replication processor within the replication cycle.
US10409518B1
A device may include a SSD having multiple storage units and a deduplication control circuit configured to determine whether selected data content to be stored is a duplicate of previous data content already in a first buffer of data buffered to be stored in a set of storage units. The deduplication circuit may be further configured to, based on a determination that the selected data content is a duplicate of first previous data content already buffered in the first buffer, instead of buffering another copy of the selected data content, buffer a first header including a first pointer that associates the first header with the first previous data content already buffered in the first buffer. The deduplication circuit may also be configured to reorder the first buffer such that individual data contents in the first buffer are grouped near headers associated with the individual data contents.
US10409514B2
A method for a dispersed storage network (DSN) begins when storing data associated with a vault, by identifying a multicast IP address associated with the vault. The method continues by generating and sending a multicast IP message to a plurality of storage units of the DSN and extracting, by each storage unit receiving the multicast IP message, the multicast IP address. The method continues when the extracted IP address compares favorably to a subscribed IP address, by storing, by the storage unit, the one or more encoded data slices for storage and the corresponding slice name for each encoded data slice. The method continues by each storage unit issuing a status multicast IP message. The method continues when an extracted IP address of a plurality of received status multicast IP messages compares favorably to a subscribed IP address, by executing an associated task.
US10409507B1
The present disclosure describes methods and apparatuses for implementing virtual dynamic library loading in embedded systems. In some aspects, a determination is made that a feature is not available in firmware executed from a first memory. Based on information associated with the feature, a portion of a second memory is allocated for code of the feature. In some cases, the portion of the second memory is allocated from a data buffer or part of a shared memory. The code of the feature is loaded to the allocated portion of the second memory and address aliasing logic is configured enable execution of the feature from the second memory. By allocating and executing firmware features from the second memory, a size of the firmware executed from the first memory can be reduced to conserve memory space and other firmware features may be dynamically loaded and executed from the second memory.
US10409499B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a memory string including first and second selection transistors, a first transistor, and first and second memory cell transistors, first and second selection gate lines, first to third word lines, and a row decoder. A write operation includes a first mode to write one-bit data and a second mode to write two-bit data. In a case of writing the one-bit data to the first memory cell transistor in the first mode, the row decoder applies a first voltage to the first word line. In a case of writing the two-bit data to the first memory cell transistor in the second mode, the row decoder applies, to the first word line, a second voltage that is higher than the first voltage.
US10409498B2
A method for managing a memory and an electronic device are provided. The method includes setting a list including an exclusive relationship, between a page unit memory allocation requester and a contiguous memory allocation requester, corresponding to a segment of a contiguous memory allocation region, receiving a memory allocation request, confirming whether the memory allocation requester comprises the memory allocation requester included in the list, and allocating a page of the contiguous memory allocation region corresponding to the segment, if the memory allocation requester is included in the list.
US10409482B2
The present invention provides a touch sensitive processing method for switch an electronic system into a normal operation mode upon receiving a touch gesture in a power saving mode. The electronic system includes a host and a power supply module. The host is configured to execute an operating system to control the electronic system in the normal operation mode. The power supply module is configured to supply power to the host in the normal operation mode and to cut power supply to the host in the power saving mode. The touch sensitive processing method includes: detecting multiple touch events via multiple touch sensitive electrodes of a touch panel; determining whether a power-on command is formed by these touch events; and sending a power-on notification to the power supply module for supplying power to the host and switching to the normal operation mode when the power-on command is formed by these touch events.
US10409481B2
A presentation system capable of detecting one or more gestures and contacts on a touch sensitive display. The presentation system can displaying indicia of such contacts, such as when a user writes with a fingertip, and can remove or alter such indicia responsive to other gestures and contacts. The system can accurately distinguish between types of gestures detected, such as between a writing gesture and an erasing gesture, on both large and small touch sensitive displays, thereby obviating the need for a user to make additional selective inputs to transition from one type of gesture to another. The presentation system can distinguish between gestures appropriate for one type of writing and another. For example the system can determine that gestures correspond to writing in Chinese versus English, and display the writing in a style that is appropriate for that language.
US10409455B2
A system for selecting, through a mobile device provided with accelerometer sensors, items of lists that can be displayed on a visual display of an interactive display system, is provided. The system includes a receiver located at a surface of a user interaction station distinct from the visual display and adapted to wirelessly receive data from the mobile device when in short range communication with the mobile device. The system further comprises a processor adapted to collect acceleration data received through the receiver and generated by the accelerometer sensors in response to movements of the mobile device carried out when the mobile device is in short range communication with the receiver. The processor is further adapted to associate the collected acceleration data with corresponding selection values over a selection scale. The processor is also adapted to control the interactive display system to select items based on the selection values.
US10409453B2
A user interacts with a predefined portion of a given data item in a set of structured data. All other items in the set of structured data, that have the same value as the given data item, in a corresponding portion, are selected and treated as a group.
US10409451B2
A method of controlling lighting that includes color coding at least one group icon for a scene for lighting on a light control interface. The at least one group icon can be color coded with a first type color coded identifier corresponding to the scene. The method can continue with grouping at least one member icon designating a light function form for at least one lamp to the at least one group icon on the light control interface. The at least one member icon may include a second type color identifier, in which a member icon being grouped to a group icon has a same color for the second type color identifier for the member icon as the first type color identifier for the group icon.
US10409448B2
Multi-dimensional temporal data can provide insight into patterns, trends and correlations. Traditional 2D-charts are widely used to support domain analysts' work, but are limited to present large-scale complicated data intuitively and do not allow further exploration to gain insight. A visual analytics system and method which supports interactive analysis of multi-dimensional temporal data, incorporating the idea of a novel visualization method is provided. The system extends the ability of mapping techniques by visualizing domain data based on a 3D geometry enhanced by color, motion and sound. It allows a compact universal overview of large-scale data and drilling down for further exploration. By customizable visualization, it can be adapted to different data models and applied to multiple domains. It helps analysts interact directly with large-scale data, gain insight into the data, and make better decisions.
US10409446B2
An information processing apparatus according to the present technology includes an input detection unit configured to detect a position of a manipulation body for inputting manipulation in a three dimensional space, an arithmetic unit configured to identify a manipulation object image to be manipulated, from among three-dimensional images displayed on a display unit, and calculate a target display position of the manipulation object image, on the basis of a detection result by the input detection unit, and a display processing unit configured to cause the display unit to display the manipulation object image at the target display position calculated by the arithmetic unit.
US10409435B2
An input device that enables wires to be bent together with a base material without deteriorating translucency and conductivity of the wires has: a base material having translucency and flexibility; first electrode parts and second electrode parts, both having translucency, that are provided in a sensing region on the base material; and lead wires that are electrically continuous to the first electrode parts and second electrode parts, the lead wires extending, on the base material, from the sensing region to a peripheral region. A bent portion is provided in the peripheral region on the base material. Each lead wire has a flexible laminated body provided on the bent portion. The flexible laminated body has a first amorphous ITO layer provided on the base material, a conductive layer provided on the first amorphous ITO layer, and a second amorphous ITO layer provided on the conductive layer.
US10409425B2
An in-cell touch panel and a display device are provided, and the in-cell touch panel includes: an upper substrate and a lower substrate arranged oppositely to each other; a plurality of self-capacitance electrodes arranged in a same layer and insulated from each other at a side, facing the lower substrate, of the upper substrate or a side, facing the upper substrate, of the lower substrate; a shielding electrode provided at a side, facing the lower substrate, of each of the self-capacitance electrodes, which is insulated from the shielding electrode; and an insulating layer arranged between each of the self-capacitance electrodes and the shielding electrode. Such an in-cell touch panel may isolate the touch detection signals applied to the self-capacitance electrodes from the display signals, so as to avoid mutual interference therebetween.
US10409412B1
An electronic device utilizing an input component that is configured to receive various types of inputs is disclosed. The electronic device may include an enclosure including a top surface, a set of keys exposed on the top surface of the enclosure, and an input component. The input component may be a space bar included in the set of keys. Alternatively the input component may be a touchpad positioned adjacent the set of keys, which may not include a space bar. The input component is configured to receive or have various inputs performed thereon. The various inputs can include keypress inputs and touch-based gesture inputs. Additionally, the electronic device includes a process in electrical communication with the input component. The processing unit is configured to determine an input performed on the input component and subsequently provide a corresponding signal (e.g., keystroke signal, touch-based gesture signal) to the electronic device.
US10409410B2
A display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area adjacent to the display area and a display member formed over the substrate in the display area. The display device also includes an encapsulation layer formed over the display member and encapsulating the display member together with the substrate and a plurality of first touch lines formed over the encapsulation layer in the display area. The first touch lines extend in a first direction. The display device further includes a plurality of second touch lines formed on the same layer as the first touch lines in the display area. The second touch lines extend in the first direction and are spaced apart from the first touch lines.
US10409406B2
Systems and methods for increased security in authentication code entry for touch-sensitive screen enabled devices are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a method for enhanced security in entering data to a data entry device comprising at least one computer processor and a touch-sensitive screen may include (1) the touch-sensitive screen displaying a touch instruction, the instruction indicating a touch location where a user touch is to be made on the touch-sensitive screen; (2) the touch-sensitive screen sensing a first touch; and (3) the at least one computer processor determining that the first touch is within a predetermined threshold of the touch location indicated by the touch instruction.
US10409399B2
A contact unit includes a plurality of areas capable of exciting a surface of a touch panel individually. A control unit controls a state of the plurality of areas individually based on a pre-stored excitation pattern when a user control unit is used. The excitation pattern describes a state transition pattern of the plurality of areas corresponding to a track of a multi-touch gesture such as a pinch-out gesture and a pinch-in gesture.
US10409388B2
A portable computing device is disclosed which may include a base element, a lid element, a first motion sensor, a second motion sensor, a processor, and an eye tracking system. The first motion sensor may be disposed in the base element. The second motion sensor may be disposed in the lid element. The processor may be configured to control the first motion sensor to detect first motion information, control the second motion sensor to detect second motion information; and determine final motion information based at least in part on the first motion information and the second motion information. The eye tracking system may be configured to determine a gaze position of a user based at least in part on the final motion information, wherein the processor is further configured to execute one or more control processes based at least in part on the determined gaze position meeting a predetermined condition.
US10409386B2
Provided is a convenient display device including: a display unit capable of projecting a projection image on a domain in accordance with a position of a user; and a judgment unit that judges whether the projection image can be projected on the domain.
US10409382B2
A method includes monitoring a plurality of system inputs, and detecting a behavioral pattern performed by a user and associated with the plurality of system inputs, When the behavioral pattern is detected, the method includes associating, in a memory, a gesture with at least one action, the at least one action being determined by the plurality of system inputs, and, upon detecting the gesture, executing the action associated with the gesture.
US10409375B1
The disclosed apparatus may include a support structure that holds a portion of the apparatus in physical contact with a user's fingertip, a feedback mechanism that provides tactile feedback to the user's fingertip, a position tracking element that facilitates tracking the position of the user's fingertip, and a communication component that facilitates communication between the apparatus and a control device. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US10409369B2
Provided is a display control apparatus including a display control unit that controls a display unit in a manner that a plurality of symbols is visibly displayed to a user, and a position acquisition unit that acquires information indicating a pointing position for specifying one or more symbols among the plurality of symbols. The display control unit controls the display unit in a manner that a predetermined object is displayed to indicate a group to which the plurality of symbols belongs according to the pointing position.
US10409363B1
A mixed-reality golf simulation system includes a ball-tracking sub-system to generate ball-tracking data when a golf ball is hit by a user, a near-eye display, a storage device to store panoramic images of a hole of a golf course associated with location coordinates of a plurality of locations along the hole, and a controller. The controller may direct the near-eye display to display a mixed-reality environment including a virtual reality scene from the perspective of a first location on the hole over based on images associated with location coordinates of the first location, receive ball-tracking data of a ball hit by the user in real-time, and direct the near-eye display to display the mixed-reality environment including a virtual reality scene from the perspective of a landing location of the ball based on images device associated with location coordinates of the landing location of the ball.
US10409357B1
Embodiments of the invention provide a command-oriented method to lower power consumption of PHY during idle time periods. The idle time periods occur because HBM Commands have certain timing windows where there is no data transmission on DFI data signals between the memory controller and the PHY data slice. These windows may be utilized to power down the PHY data slice data path through DFI signal handshaking. In contrast to the conventional low power mode, this method provides an advanced low power mode that can further reduce power consumption in different modes at each suitable idle time based on different command types.
US10409355B2
Embodiments apply user-specific usage patterns to estimate and preserve remaining battery life on a computing device. An amount of battery drain and an execution context are determined and stored for a plurality of recurring time periods. The execution context identifies operations executed by the computing device, signal strength, and other data describing the associated time period. If one of the operations is expected to be executed during a recurrence of at least one of the time periods, the expected execution is adjusted based on execution context and an estimated remaining battery life for the computing device. For example, the computing device may postpone or reschedule the operation for a time period during which the operation is expected to have a greater likelihood of completing successfully. In some embodiments, the battery preservation operations are automatically enabled at a particular threshold.
US10409343B2
A cooling system is provided for a 3D integrated circuit (IC) to deliver fluid in x, y, and z dimensions to interior regions of the IC as a means to regulate heat. An IC includes a microfluidic network of channels, at least one sensor and at least one microelectromechanical system (MEMS)-based device that is disposed within the network of channels and that is configured to regulate a flow of fluid within the network of channels. Each sensor monitors a state of the IC. Each MEMS-based device receives control signals based on a state of the IC and regulates a flow of fluid within the network of channels based on control signals that area received on a real-time basis based on changes detected in a state of the IC.
US10409337B2
A display device includes a display panel configured to display an image, a window member covering the display panel and having a sensing area provided with a first opening and a second opening, a proximity sensor which overlaps with the sensing area and is configured to provide a first light to the window member through the first opening and receive through the second opening, a portion of a second light defined as a reflected light of the first light, and an optical member including a prism sheet disposed between the window member and the proximity sensor. A first angle between the first light incident from the proximity sensor to the prism sheet and a normal line of the window member is greater than a second angle between the first light which passes through the prism sheet and the normal line of the window member.
US10409333B2
A keypad bezel for attaching to a housing of a handheld computer comprises a main body including plurality of screw holes and tabs for connecting the main body to the computer housing and a plurality of leverage points in the main body useful for removing the keypad bezel from the housing. To remove the keypad bezel, the screws are removed from the screw holes and a removal tool is positioned so that it mates with recesses the keypad bezel and force is applied to the removal tool in a direction way from the housing. The force removes the tabs out of corresponding slots in the housing, allowing the bezel to be removed.
US10409323B2
A kiosk chassis includes first and second oppositely disposed, vertically extending u-channel side members; a top region, a middle region, and a bottom region disposed between the first and second side members; and a cross brace disposed within the middle region and extending between the first and second side members. The cross brace includes two intersecting members secured together and forms respective first and second acute angles with one of the u-channel side members.
US10409317B2
Aspects of the disclosure are directed to reducing clock-ungating induced voltage droop by determining a maximum frequency value associated with an output clock waveform; modulating a clock frequency of the output clock waveform for a first time duration based on a first programmable mask pattern or a first Boolean function; and determining if either the first programmable mask pattern or the first Boolean function should be changed. In accordance with one aspect, a voltage droop mitigation circuit includes a control logic for receiving an input clock waveform and a clock enable signal waveform and for outputting a gated clock enable signal waveform; a latch coupled to the control logic, the latch for holding a state of the gated clock enable signal waveform and a AND gate coupled to the latch, the AND gate for outputting an output clock waveform.
US10409316B1
A key device includes a substrate having an assembling area, a keycap, and a restoring member. A pivot coupling member and an elastic arm are provided in the assembling area. The pivot coupling member has a pivot axis, and the elastic arm is extending in a direction parallel to the pivot axis. The elastic arm includes a limiting member protruding out of the substrate. The keycap is disposed above the assembling area. A connection arm is extending from the keycap and includes a pivot portion pivoted with the pivot coupling member, so that the keycap is swingable relative to the substrate. The keycap further includes a limiting groove for detachably fitted with the limiting member. The restoring member is disposed between the substrate and the keycap. The restoring member is adapted to provide a restoring force for swinging the keycap relative to the substrate.
US10409314B2
A cooking appliance is provided including a cooking surface, a heating element, a control surface, and a control element positioned on the control surface. The control element is associated with the heating element, which is positioned on the cooking surface. The cooking appliance also includes an integrated housing positioned below the control surface aligned with the control element. The integrated housing encloses both a lighting assembly for providing light to at least one of the control element or the control surface and an electromechanical switch operably coupled to the control element.
US10409303B2
A manipulated variable calculator having a plurality of control loops and configured to calculate manipulated variables to be respectively given to a plurality of temperature adjusters includes: a reference model output generator configured to generate a reference model that is a response output until reaching a temperature setpoint when, in the plurality of control loops, a manipulated variable of a control loop having the slowest response speed is defined as 100%; a simulator configured to sequentially search for a switching time to determine a manipulated variable pattern; a reference model configured to generate a reference model output based on the searched switching time; and a control switching unit configured to switch to a feed-back control using an error between the reference model outlet and the temperature setpoint when the reference model outlet reaches a predetermined time or a predetermined temperature after the reference model outlet starts.
US10409302B2
A controller for controlling a machine includes a coolant monitoring function. The controller generates and records history information in which the measurement values of a state of a coolant are associated with time information on the time when the measurement values are measured. Then, a rate of change in a measurement value for a state of the coolant is calculated based on the recorded history information, and a state of the coolant and a countermeasure therefore are determined based on the calculated rate of change in the measurement value.
US10409294B2
A field service device (280) for facilitating a processing system replacement in a vibratory flowmeter is provided. The field service device (280) includes a field service device processor (282) configured to interface with one or more vibratory flowmeter processing systems and a storage system (285) configured to store pre-replacement operationally-derived values (252a), post-replacement operationally-derived values (252b), and one or more scaling factors (266). The field service device processor (282) is configured to obtain pre-replacement operationally-derived values (252a), obtain post-replacement operationally-derived values (252b) after an old processing system has been replaced with a replacement processing system, generate the one or more scaling factors (266) as a ratio of one or more pre-replacement operationally-derived values (252a) to one or more post-replacement operationally-derived values (252b), and download the one or more scaling factors (266).
US10409293B1
The present invention extends to methods, systems, devices, apparatus, and computer program products for gimbal stabilized components for remotely operated vehicles. Aspects of the invention include a gimbal stabilized radar system. A radar unit is mounted on a vertical (or horizontal) gimbal attached to a remotely operated aerial vehicle. In aspects, a radar unit is mounted to a gimbal having multiple degrees of freedom. When the remotely operated aerial vehicle rotates and/or changes its orientation in space, the gimbal compensates keeping the direction and elevation angle of the radar essentially constant.
US10409292B2
A method for controlling the movement of an autonomous mobile robot includes acquiring information regarding a person present around the autonomous mobile robot, calculating a visible range in which the autonomous mobile robot is visible to the eyes of the person on the basis of the acquired information regarding the person, and determining a movement range in which the autonomous mobile robot is movable on the basis of the calculated visible range, and causing the autonomous mobile robot to move within the determined movement range.
US10409289B2
The present invention belongs to the field of computer technologies, and discloses a self-driving car scheduling method, a car scheduling server, and a self-driving car. The method includes: receiving a ride request; determining, according to the ride request and driving information of self-driving cars within a management range, at least one first candidate car from the multiple self-driving cars; calculating a first time required by each first candidate car to arrive at a ride destination according to current location information, current road status information, and planned route information of each first candidate car; determining a final candidate car from the at least one first candidate car according to the first time corresponding to each first candidate car, where the final candidate car at least meets an expected destination arrival time; and delivering the ride request to the final candidate car.
US10409287B2
A display module and method are disclosed to show the positional relationship of both the direction and distance of a vehicle relative to a desired approach course leading to a loading point.
US10409281B1
A monitoring system for automated detection of egress or ingress of a drive unit between first and second spaces in an inventory system includes a path for conveying the drive unit between the first and second spaces that defines an intermediate space between the two spaces. A sensor is configured to detect passage of the drive unit between the first space and the intermediate space, and an identification sensor is arranged to read an identifier of the drive unit. In combination with an inventory management system, the monitoring system can be used to update and maintain accuracy of a virtual representation of a physical inventory space that employs automated drive units or shuttles.
US10409277B2
Remotely controlled rescue systems and associated methods and kits are described. An example embodiment of a remotely controlled rescue system includes a vehicle, a storage container attached to the vehicle, a cord disposed within the storage container, a personal floatation device attached to the vehicle, and a controller. The vehicle includes a first motor, a support frame, a main body formed of a material that is buoyant in water, a second motor, and a bottom plate formed of a material that is buoyant in water. The first motor is attached to the support frame and produces ground propulsion. The second motor produces marine propulsion and is attached to the bottom plate. The cord has a first end attached to a portion of the remotely controlled rescue system.
US10409273B2
A method of monitoring power usage of a load includes defining one or more parameters of the load that vary with a mode of operation of the load, receiving measurement data related to the one or more parameters of the load over a first period of time, recording the measurement data, determining a plurality of groups, each group defining a set of measurements in a continuous range of values, each group having a lower threshold value and an upper threshold value, the lower and upper threshold values defined by having less than a minimum threshold number of recorded measurements of the lower and upper threshold values, and associating a mode of operation with each of the plurality of groups.
US10409267B2
A main spindle controller of a machine tool varies a rotation speed of a main spindle that grips a workpiece to a varied maximum speed higher than a reference rotation speed set value as a set value of a reference rotation speed by a variation width set value as a set value of a variation width or a varied minimum speed lower than the reference rotation speed set value by the variation width set value in units of the tool path. At the same time, the main spindle controller refers to speed condition information that indicates a condition of the preliminarily stored reference rotation speed and variation width assuming that a chatter vibration is to be reduced, and when at least one of the reference rotation speed set value and the variation width set value does not satisfy the condition of the speed condition information.
US10409265B2
A control device reads a slice image, positions a boundary line in an overlapped area in the slice image, extracts first and second image segments from the slice image, converts luminance values in the boundary line and an area in the first image segment to zero, converts luminance values in the boundary line and an area in the second image segment to zero, and outputs picture signals according to the image segments to projectors, respectively. The control device displaces the boundary line every time when it positions the boundary line in repeating such operations.
US10409264B2
A factory server receives part requests from customer devices and controls one or more manufacturing tools, such as 3D printers, to fabricate the requested parts. The factory server implements several features to streamline the process of fabricating parts using the manufacturing tools. For instance, the factory server can facilitate the design of a part by extracting features from the part request and identifying model files having those features. The factory server can also select an orientation in which to fabricate the part and determine print settings to use when fabricating the part. In addition, the factory server can implement a process to fabricate a three-dimensional part with a two-dimensional image applied to one or more of its external surfaces. Furthermore, the factory server can also generate a layout of multiple part instances on a build plate of a 3D printer so that multiple part instances can be fabricated at once.
US10409263B2
A method of diffusing an error in three-dimensional contone model data includes generating halftone data for a slice among a number of slices of the three-dimensional contone model data, generating compensatory error values based on the generated halftone data, and adding the generated compensatory error values to contone data for a successive slice.
US10409254B2
A method of operating an intelligent programmable logic controller over a plurality of scan cycles includes the intelligent programmable logic controller executing a control program and one or more reasoning algorithms for analyzing data received and transmitted by the intelligent programmable logic controller. The intelligent programmable logic controller receives one or more user-specified declarative knowledge models from an external source via a deployment interface included in the intelligent programmable logic controller. The intelligent programmable logic controller dynamically modifies the reasoning algorithms during runtime of the control program based on the user-specified declarative knowledge models.
US10409253B2
A modular control system includes a modular controller that implements control logic of the modular control system, where the controller is built natively on a platform of a distributed control system, equipment configured to perform a physical function in a process plant according to the control logic, and a configuration database storing configuration parameters of the modular control system. In a first mode of operation, the modular control system operates as a standalone module, and in a second mode of operation, the modular control system operates natively as one or several nodes of a distributed control system.
US10409245B2
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 local data collection system includes multiple multiplexing units and multiple data acquisition units receiving multiple data streams from multiple machines in the industrial environment. The local data collection system includes distributed complex programmable hardware device (CPLD) chips each dedicated to a data bus for logic control of the multiple multiplexing units and the multiple data acquisition units that receive the multiple data streams from the multiple machines in the industrial environment. The local data collection system is configured to manage data collection bands.
US10409243B2
A system and approach having a display that shows a dashboard of smart buttons or tiles. The smart buttons or tiles may be situated in a matrix-like or other arrangement on the dashboard. The display may be customized. A smart button or tile may be operated like a standard button but conveniently pull summary information about a particular area of, for instance, a building controls system, for a user. The arrangement may permit the user to view the health of the whole system at a glance and permit the user a shortcut to see details of the particular area of the system quickly.
US10409240B2
Disclosed are a method of controlling a self-service washing machine, and a terminal and a system utilizing same. The method includes: outputting position information and state information of at least one peripheral washing machine; acquiring a target washing machine selected by a user; sending a reservation request to a server, wherein the reservation request includes a target time period and an identifier of the target washing machine input by the user so as to enable the server to schedule the target washing machine to provide a washing function for the user in the target time period; and receiving and outputting a reservation result fed back by the server.
US10409239B2
The disclosure relates generally to wireless sensor devices, and more particularly, to remote programming of wireless sensor devices. A wireless sensor device wirelessly may receive messages from a remotely located device to a wireless sensor device. The wireless sensor device may be programmed via the receive messages. In one example, a building controller may be programmed to wirelessly send one or more messages to a wireless sensor device in order to change the behavior of the wireless sensor device, even while the wireless sensor device and building controller are on-line and actively controlling a building control system. In some instances, a technician or installer may use a diagnostic or setup tool to send one or more messages to a wireless sensor device to change the behavior of the wireless sensor device. These are just some examples.
US10409237B2
A method and a device automatically manage mobile devices (1) with a storage device (10) with plural mobile device storage stations (12) and a mobile device maintenance station (14). A detection device (16, 18) detects the release and/or a return of a mobile device. A controller (30) is configured to determine a group of mobile devices (1) as a function of a ratio of at least one maintenance parameter of the particular mobile devices (1) to a corresponding maintenance threshold value, to select one of the mobile devices (1) from the group as a release device, to release the selected release device, and/or to receive the return device into the at least one maintenance station (14) or into one of the at least two storage stations (12) as a function of a ratio of at least one maintenance parameter of the return device to a corresponding maintenance threshold value.
US10409234B2
The HEMS controls equipment provided in a consumer. The HEMS comprises a transceiver unit that transmits a command to instruct processing executed by the equipment and a control unit that acquires start time information indicating a time from when the equipment receives the command to when the equipment starts processing according to the command from the equipment and controls the equipment based on the acquired start time information.
US10409227B2
A microfabricated sensor includes a sensor cell with a cell body and a window attached to the cell body. A sensor cavity containing sensor fluid material is located in cell body, open to the window. A signal path extends from a signal emitter outside the sensor cell, through the window and sensor cavity, and to a signal detector. The sensor cell may have an asymmetric thermal configuration, conducive to developing a temperature gradient in the sensor cell. One or more heaters are disposed on the sensor cell, possibly in an asymmetric configuration. Power is applied to the heaters, possibly asymmetrically, so as to develop a temperature gradient in the sensor cell with a low temperature region in the sensor cell, sufficient to condense the sensor fluid in the low temperature region, outside of the signal path.
US10409225B2
A dial including: a rotating body which is provided to be rotatable; and a dial main body which includes a covering section that covers a peripheral portion of the rotating body.
US10409224B2
A method of manufacturing a decorative member, including: molding a base with a mold having a transferring surface, the transferring surface having a recessed area and the other area, the recessed area and the other area having different surface roughnesses in the base in a finished state; and treating a surface of the base molded by the transferring surface of the mold under a single condition.
US10409223B2
An assembly (300) includes (i) a hairspring (2) made of a paramagnetic alloy including at least one of the following elements: Nb, V, Ta, Ti, Zr and Hf, notably an alloy including the elements Nb and Zr with between 5% and 25% by mass of Zr and an interstitial doping agent including oxygen, and (ii) at least one fastening part (1; 1′), notably two parts (1; 1′), in particular a stud (1) or a collet (1′), for an end (2a; 2b) of the hairspring (2), the at least one part (1; 1′) having a first portion (10; 10′) that is designed to come into contact with the hairspring (2) and that is made of titanium or titanium alloy or of tantalum or tantalum alloy, notably grade 2 titanium or grade 5 titanium.
US10409221B2
The present invention relates to a system and method for displaying and capturing holographic true 3D images. The system comprises elements which may form both a wide viewing angle holographic true 3D display and a holographic true 3D video camera. The system mainly comprises a light source, a spatial light modulator or an electro-optical capturing device in different embodiments of the invention, a phase plate, a computer and an opaque mask in some embodiments of the invention.
US10409220B2
An optically trapped atom transfer tweezer includes an optical modulator which modulates incident light and generates a first hologram; a first lens which images the first hologram on an intermediate image plane and generates a first holographic image having any potential shape; a second lens which re-images the first holographic image on an entrance pupil of a third lens; the third lens which re-images a second hologram generated by the re-imaging of the second lens on a plane where an optically trapped atom array exists; a photographing device which captures optically trapped cold atoms from a second holographic image generated on the plane where an optically trapped atom array exists; and a controller which controls the optical modulator to adjust the second holographic image on the basis of the optically trapped atom image captured by the photographing device such that the optically trapped atom array is transferred to any spatial position.
US10409207B2
A transmission control apparatus includes a first control board including a first control unit with an input/output port and a first board connector; and a second control board including a second control unit with an input/output port and a second board connector. The first control board is connected to the second control board via a general purpose cable, the general purpose cable is used for transmission of an indication signal as a digital signal controlling a power-supply mode transition and is used for serial communications. Lengths of change periods, during which a logical value of the indication signal is changed and with which transitions among three or more power-supply modes are associated, are preset and stored in the first control unit and the second control unit, respectively. The power-supply mode is transitioned to a specific mode according to the lengths of the change periods of the indication signal.
US10409203B2
An image forming apparatus includes an executing portion for cleaning a rotatable heating member by introducing, into a nip, sheets, of a plurality of sheets, on which a predetermined toner image is formed by an image forming portion, a changing mechanism for making positional relationships of first and second sheets, of the plurality of sheets, relative to the rotatable heating member, different from each other with respect to a widthwise direction of the rotatable heating member when the first and second sheets are successively introduced into the nip in a cleaning mode, and a re-introducing mechanism for re-introducing the first and second sheets into the nip, the first and second sheets having passed through the nip and having been turned upside down, wherein the changing mechanism changes the relative positional relationship of the first and second sheets, which are turned upside down, relative to the rotatable heating member.
US10409200B2
In one example, a method for drying a developer unit of a liquid electrophotographic printer. After printing is complete, development voltage biases are applied to the developer unit while a liquid marking agent flows to the developer unit. The liquid marking agent flow to the developer unit is stopped. Drying voltage biases, lower than the development voltage biases, are applied to the developer unit. Idle voltage biases are applied to the developer unit when dry.
US10409199B2
An image forming apparatus includes a housing in which a developing device is disposed, a cover member attached to the housing, a developer storage container to be detachably attached to the developing device, and a sensor unit. The developer storage container includes a container body having a storage space for storing a developer and a developer discharge port, and a moving wall configured to move in the container body. The sensor unit is arranged at a detection position where a detection sensor faces a specific area located above the developer discharge port on an outer peripheral surface of the container body when the cover member is in a closing posture, and arranged at a detection disable position where the detection sensor is distant from the specific area when the cover member is in an opening posture.
US10409192B2
An optical scanner includes a light source including a plurality of light emitting elements, a polygon mirror which deflects light from the light source for scanning a surface of a subject, an optical element arranged between the light source and the polygon mirror, having optical power in a sub scanning direction, a synchronous detector which detects the light deflected by the polygon mirror for synchronous detection and generates a signal for controlling a timing at which the scanning of the surface is started, and a fixing element which secures one end of the optical element. The light emitting elements of the light source are aligned with a certain tilt angle relative to the sub scanning direction. Light from one of the light emitting elements disposed closest to the fixing element in a main scanning direction is used for synchronous detection.
US10409191B2
An image forming apparatus, including: a light source configured to emit a light beam; a rotary polygon mirror having a plurality of reflection surfaces configured to deflect the light beam; a beam detector configured to receive the light beam to output a pulse; a pulse interval measurement unit configured to measure a pulse interval of pulses output from the beam detector; a reflection surface identification unit configured to identify each of the plurality of reflection surfaces; a storage portion configured to store a reference pulse interval of each of the plurality of reflection surfaces; a correction amount calculation unit configured to calculate a correction amount based on the pulse interval and the reference pulse interval for each of the plurality of reflection surfaces; and a light source control unit configured to control the light source based on the correction amount.
US10409187B2
Toner particles each contain a binder resin and a releasing agent. The releasing agent includes an ester mixture. The ester mixture includes an ester and a fatty acid. The ester includes at least one monoester. The monoester is a dehydration condensation product of a monovalent linear saturated carboxylic acid and a monovalent linear saturated alcohol. The fatty acid includes at least one monovalent linear saturated carboxylic acid. The fatty acid includes a monovalent linear saturated carboxylic acid having a carbon number of at least 14 and no greater than 24 but does not include a monovalent linear saturated carboxylic acid having a carbon number of less than 14 or a monovalent linear saturated carboxylic acid having a carbon number of greater than 24. The fatty acid has a melting point of 60° C. to 80° C. The fatty acid accounts for 5% by mass to 20% by mass of the ester mixture.
US10409186B2
A toner is provided, where good cleanability is exhibited, abrasion variations of the photo conductor surface is reduced, and contamination of a charge member is reduced. The toner includes toner particles and organic-inorganic composite fine particles on the toner particle surfaces, wherein each of the organic-inorganic composite fine particles is a particle in which inorganic fine particles are exposed at the surfaces of vinyl based resin particles in such a way that convex portions derived from the inorganic fine particles are formed on the surfaces, the average circularity of the toner is 0.960 or more, and the absolute value Q of the amount of triboelectricity of the toner measured by a two-component method and the electrostatic adhesion F of the toner satisfy 0.003≤F/Q2≤0.040.
US10409183B1
A positively chargeable toner includes toner particles. The toner particles each include a toner mother particle and an external additive attached to a surface of the toner mother particle. The external additive includes external additive particles each including a silica base and a coat layer covering the silica base. The coat layer contains lanthanum atoms. The coat layer has a surface having hydrophobicity.
US10409167B2
A method for illuminating an object field of a projection exposure apparatus includes providing a subset of first facets to be positioned in park positions, which are each spaced apart from an associated target position, but at most by a maximum distance.
US10409160B2
Embodiments in accordance with the present invention encompass self-imagable polymer compositions containing a variety of photobase generators which are useful for forming films that can be patterned to create structures for microelectronic devices, microelectronic packaging, microelectromechanical systems, optoelectronic devices and displays. The compositions of this invention can be tailored to form positive tone or negative tone images depending upon the intended application in aqueous developable medium. The images formed therefrom exhibit improved properties including low wafer stress and better thermo-mechanical properties, among other property enhancements.
US10409156B2
A mold includes a pattern portion in which a pattern is formed, and a concave portion formed in the back surface of the pattern portion and having a size to include the pattern portion in a planar view. The edge of the pattern portion has an almost rectangular shape in the planar view. The concave portion has an almost rectangular shape with four rounded corners in the planar view. The shortest distance from each point on a side of the edge of the pattern portion to the edge of the concave portion is constant.
US10409154B2
A method and apparatus for removing a pellicle from a photomask wherein the adhesive between the pellicle frame and photomask is cooled sufficiently to allow the adhesive property of the adhesive to diminish to the point where the adhesive will release from the photomask with little or no mechanical force and leaving minimal adhesive on the photomask. The adhesive is cooled by way of manifolds containing coolant being brought in contact with the pellicle frame or by way of a coolant spray nozzles spraying coolant directly onto the pellicle frame.
US10409150B2
An image projection structure includes a first transparent layer having an irregular surface; a reflection layer arranged on the irregular surface of the first transparent layer; an adhesion layer arranged on the reflection surface; and a second transparent layer arranged on the adhesion layer.The adhesion layer is configured of linear polymers with a mold shrinkage factor of less than 3%.The second transparent layer is configured of a resin having a cross-linking structure.
US10409148B2
A high dynamic range projector (HDRP) is configured with at least one spatial light modulator having red, green and blue digital light projector (DPL) chips, a light laser source including red, green and blue (RGB) light laser systems which are operative to illuminate respective DLP chips; and a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to the DLP engines and respective RGB light laser systems, wherein the CPU is operative to determine an optimal average power of each of the RGB light laser systems at a frame rate based on a desired contrast ratio.
US10409124B2
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device, includes a first substrate including a scanning signal line, a video signal line, a first electrode, a color filter, a common line in contact with the first electrode along the video signal line, an antireflection layer located on the common line, a transparent layer located on the antireflection layer, and a second electrode, a liquid crystal layer located on the first substrate, and a second substrate located on the liquid crystal layer, the transparent layer having a thickness of 10 nm or more and 40 nm or less.
US10409120B2
A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a first substrate having a step area; a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, wherein the second substrate has a first surface facing the first substrate and an opposite second surface; a Chip On Flex (COF) disposed on the step area of the first substrate and including at least one ground pad; a conductive layer disposed on the second surface of the second substrate; and a conductive adhesive electrically connected to the conductive layer and the at least one ground pad.
US10409119B2
A special-shaped display panel having a display area and a peripheral area, including: a peripheral light-shading layer at least partially located in the peripheral area and defining the display area; and a plurality of edge pixels, each of the edge pixels comprising an aperture portion located in the display area, and a light-shading portion located in the peripheral area and covered by the peripheral light-shading layer an area of the aperture portion of each edge pixel is defined as S, a transmittance of each edge pixel is defined as T, it is further defined that M=S*T, and the M values of the edge pixels are identical. Such solution improves the edge color cast problem of special-shaped display panel, makes the color displayed at the edge of the special-shaped display panel uniform, and improves the visual effect of the edge of the display panel.
US10409117B2
A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate; and pixel electrodes disposed on the first substrate, each of the pixel electrodes including: a stem including a first stem and a second stem perpendicularly crossing each other; and a plurality of branch electrodes extending from the stem, wherein one of the first stem of and the second stem of each pixel electrode has a different width corresponding to a location of pixel electrodes on the display.
US10409114B2
Color irregularity caused by color mixture in peripheral parts of the screen is avoided when a liquid crystal display device is used in a curved state. The liquid crystal display device includes a liquid crystal display panel in which a liquid crystal is sandwiched between a counter substrate and a TFT substrate having pixels formed thereon like a matrix, the TFT substrate and the counter substrate are bonded to each other with a seal member, an upper polarizing plate is arranged on the counter substrate, and a lower polarizing plate is arranged under the TFT substrate. In the liquid crystal display device, the liquid crystal display panel is curved along a curvature axis and width wsa of the seal member on each side orthogonal to the curvature axis is greater than width wsb of the seal member on each side parallel to the curvature axis.
US10409111B2
The invention provides a liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal display module and a liquid crystal cell thereof. The liquid crystal cell includes an upper substrate, a lower substrate, and a mixture of a quantum dot material and a liquid crystal material disposed between the upper substrate and the lower substrate. The quantum dot material includes a red quantum dot material and a green quantum dot material. A mass ratio of a total mixing amount of the two quantum dot materials occupied in a total mass of the mixture is 0.05˜5 wt %. As to the liquid crystal cell, the introduction of the QD material promotes the directional arrangement of liquid crystal molecules and thus plays a role of alignment; in another aspect, the liquid crystal cell being used in conjunction with a backlight source of blue or white LED can enhance the color gamut.
US10409108B2
A backlight module is disclosed, which includes a light source; a light guide plate disposed on the light source. The light guide plate has a bottom surface receiving light from the light source and a front surface emitting light, and the front surface is perpendicular to the bottom surface. The light guide plate has a first notch placed on a top corner; and a plastic frame circumventing the light source and the light guide plate. The plastic frame comprises a portion starting from a frame light incident section near the light source and ending at a first frame light emitting section near the first notch, and the portion is light transparent to pass light from the light source, and has a reflective coating.
US10409102B2
A light shielding layer overlapping with a peripheral region of a display device includes extension portions each extending along a Y direction, bent portions located between the extension portions, and another extension portion located between the bent portions. In a region overlapping with the another extension portion, an enable line (first potential supply line), which supplies a potential to a plurality of scanning signal lines via a driving circuit (first driving circuit), goes through a wiring layer (first wiring layer) and another wiring layer (second wiring layer) made of a material having resistivity lower than that of the wiring layer.
US10409094B2
The object of the invention is a phase modulator including a modulation guide intended to guide die propagation of a light flow, said guide comprising a PN junction extending mainly along the main axis of propagation according to an oscillating continuous function. Advantageously, the oscillating continuous function is defined in such a way that the PN junction covers at least 50% of the light flow between the input and the output of the modulation guide. According to one possibility, the continuous function is sinusoidal. The object of the invention is also a switch and an intensity modulator each comprising a phase modulator.
US10409090B2
The present invention relates to light-emitting diode glasses, a control system for multiple light-emitting diode glasses, and a control method therefor. The light-emitting diode glasses according to the present invention comprise: a glasses frame comprising a pair of leg frames and a front frame which is connected to one end of each of the pair of leg frames and has a plurality of light-emitting diodes provided thereon; a memory unit which is provided on the glasses frame and has one or more items of first pattern data stored therein; a communication module for communicating one or more items of second pattern data with a control terminal unit; and a control unit, provided on the glasses frame, for controlling the operation of the light-emitting diodes so that the first pattern data or the second pattern data are displayed via the light-emitting diodes.
US10409089B2
A variable focus ophthalmic device is described. The device comprises a front curve optical portion of the variable focus ophthalmic device comprising a front curve top optical surface and a front curve bottom optical surface and a back curve optical portion of the variable focus ophthalmic device comprising a back curve top optical surface and a back curve bottom optical surface. A cavity is formed by the front curve bottom optical surface of the front curve optical portion of the variable ophthalmic device and the back curve top optical surface of the back curve portion of the variable focus ophthalmic device. A fluid with a first index of refraction and a dielectric film is in contact with at least a portion of the fluid with a first index of refraction and overlaying an electrode capable of establishing an electric field. A gas with a second index of refraction is provided, wherein the first index of refraction and the second index of refraction are different. One or more reservoir regions operable to change its volume for containment of a volume less than or equal to the volume of said fluid are provided and wherein the reservoir is in fluid connection with said formed cavity.
US10409085B2
An X-axis movable object holding portion to hold an X-axis movable object is provided at a position facing an X-axis actuator in a base member. A Y-axis movable object holding portion to hold a Y-axis movable object is provided at a position facing a Y-axis actuator in the X-axis movable object. An X-axis stopper mechanism for restricting a movement range of the X-axis movable object is provided in the base member. A Y-axis stopper mechanism for restricting a movement range of the Y-axis movable object is provided in the X-axis movable object.
US10409083B2
An optical system, including: (a) an emitter array including a plurality of individual emitters, wherein each emitter in the emitter array is operable to emit a light beam which is characterized by a native beam width; (b) an optical subunit, operable to transform a plurality of light beams emitted by the emitter array, wherein each of the transformed light beams is characterized by an expanded beam width that is wider than the native beam width of the corresponding light beam and is wider than a facilitating beam width; and (c) a diffractive optical element that is capable of diffracting the transformed light beams to provide light patterns whose angular resolution meets a light pattern target angular resolution criteria.
US10409082B2
Disclosed herein are systems and techniques related to optical projection systems. In some examples, the system may include a scanning mirror arrangement for receiving a light beam and reflecting the light beam to a projection surface and a dynamic optical lens for focusing the light beam at points on a focal plane. Dynamic optical lens can be adjusted to focus the light beam on multiple points of the focal plane, where some of the points are disposed a different distance from the dynamic optical lens.
US10409070B2
A virtual image display apparatus includes an image projection apparatus that emits image light, and a display optical system that forms a virtual image according to the image light from a liquid crystal device (image forming device). The display optical system is configured by at least two members having different refractive indices and bends the image light a plurality of times between mediums having different refractive indices in a predetermined direction. A cumulative value of an index for chromatic dispersion with respect to the predetermined direction on a refractive surface of each bent portion is smaller than or equal to a predetermined reference value.
US10409063B2
An image display device includes a light source, a screen, a scanning unit, an optical system, a drive unit, a support base, and a fixed base. The screen is irradiated with light from the light source, and an image is thus formed on the screen. The scanning unit scans the light from the light source along multiple scanning lines on the screen. The optical system forms a virtual image using the light from the screen. The drive unit moves the screen in an optical axis direction. The support base supports the drive unit. The fixed base supports the support base via a damper. The support base is supported by the fixed base such that the support base has support rigidity higher in a first direction in which a visual distance of a display image is changed in association with the movement of the screen than in directions other than the first direction.
US10409057B2
Systems, devices, and methods that use elements of a scanning laser projector (“SLP”) to determine the gaze direction of a user of a wearable heads-up display (“WHUD”) are described. An infrared laser diode is added to an RGB SLP and an infrared photodetector is aligned to detect reflections of the infrared light from the eye. A scan mirror in the SLP sweeps through a range of orientations and the intensities of reflections of the infrared light are monitored by a processor to determine when a spectral reflection or “glint” is produced. The processor determines the orientation of the scan mirror that produced the glint and maps the scan mirror orientation to a region in the field of view of the eye of the user, such as a region in visible display content projected by the WHUD, to determine the gaze direction of the user.
US10409055B2
Vehicle camera assemblies comprising integrated self-cleaning assemblies. In some embodiments, the self-cleaning assembly may be configured to engage the camera housing and/or assembly by way of a snap-fit connection. In some embodiments, the snap-fit means may comprise a flexible coupling member. In some such embodiments, the snap-fit means may further comprise a rigid coupling member. The cleaning assembly may be removably coupleable with the camera housing to allow for cleaning, maintenance, and the like.
US10409043B2
A variable power optical system (ZL) used for an optical apparatus, such as a camera (1), includes, in order from an object: a first lens group (G1) having positive refractive power; a second lens group (G2) having negative refractive power; a third lens group (G3) having positive refractive power; and a fourth lens group (G4) having positive refractive power. The distance between the respective lens groups changes upon zooming from the wide-angle end state to the telephoto end state. The third lens group (G3) includes: an intermediate group (G3b) constituted by a positive lens, a negative lens, a negative lens, and a positive lens; and an image side group (G3c) having negative refractive power and disposed to an image side of the intermediate group (G3b). Upon focusing, the position of the intermediate group (G3b) with respect to the image plane is fixed and the image side group (G3c) moves along the optical axis.
US10409031B2
An image projection apparatus has: a deformable mirror configured from a plurality of micromirrors; an optical system to form, on the deformable mirror, an intermediate image of an image to be formed based on image data outputted from an image output unit; an imaging device; an image comparator; and a controller for controlling the deformable mirror. The image comparator performs comparison between the image data outputted from the image output unit, and image pickup data of a projection surface, the image of which is picked up by the imaging device, and obtains blur correction amount of the image on the projection surface by each divided region of a projection image, and based on the blur correction amount of the image on the projection surface, said blur correction amount having been obtained by each region, the controller moves, corresponding to the blur correction amount, the micromirrors corresponding to respective regions.
US10409028B2
A lens driving module for holding and moving a lens is provided, including a lens holder having an accommodating space, a driving coil, a plurality of first magnetic members having a longitudinal structure, a virtual plane, and a plurality of second magnetic members, wherein the lens is disposed in the accommodating space. The lens holder is disposed between the first magnetic members and between the second magnetic members. The driving coil is disposed on the lens holder and surrounds the accommodating space. The virtual plane is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the longitudinal structure. The projections of the driving coil and the first magnetic members on the virtual plane along the longitudinal axis of the longitudinal structure overlap each other. When a first current flows through the driving coil, the lens holder moves relative to the first and second magnetic members along a first direction.
US10409026B2
A lens driving device includes a movable part, a plate spring that movably supports the movable part, a coil provided on the movable part, and magnets facing the coil. An outer portion of the movable part includes protrusion opposing parts where first restricting protrusion and second restricting protrusions face each other in an optical axis direction and non-opposing parts where the first restricting protrusion and the second restricting protrusions do not face each other in the optical axis direction, the coil is formed by winding a conductor wire around the outer portion in a circumferential direction and includes first coil portions positioned in the protrusion opposing parts and second coil portions positioned in at least some of the non-opposing parts, and the width of the second coil portions in the optical axis direction is greater than the width of the first coil portions in the optical axis direction.
US10409023B2
A laser alignment arrangement includes a first stage configured to structurally support a laser at a first longitudinal position of the laser, the first stage being configured to adjust the first longitudinal position of the laser in at least one direction orthogonal to an axis of the laser, and a second stage configured to structurally support the laser at a second longitudinal position of the laser, the second stage being configured to adjust the second longitudinal position of the laser in at least one direction orthogonal to the axis of the laser.
US10409021B2
A holder for a plurality of fiber optic cable modules. The holder may includes a tray, wherein the tray is movably positionable in a chassis; and a plurality of mounts coupled to the tray, each mount configured to releasably retain a module of a plurality of various types of modules relative to the tray.
US10409017B2
A flexible optical ribbon and associated systems and methods of manufacturing are provided. The ribbon includes a plurality of optical transmission elements and an inner layer comprising a cross-linked polymer material and an outer surface. The outer surface of the inner layer includes first areas having first concentrations of uncrosslinked polymer material and second areas having second concentrations of uncrosslinked polymer material. The first concentrations are greater than the second concentrations. The ribbon includes an outer polymer layer having an inner surface interfacing with the outer surface of the inner layer. The outer polymer layer has a higher level of bonding to the inner layer at the first areas than at the second areas due to the ability of the outer polymer material to bond or crosslink with the larger numbers of uncrosslinked polymer material in the first areas.
US10409014B1
A photonic integrated circuit (PIC) package includes a PIC die including electro-optical circuitry having an optical waveguide system therein and a V-groove fiber optic receptacle on a first surface thereof. The V-groove fiber optic receptacle positions an optical element, e.g., optical fiber(s), for optical coupling with the optical waveguide system. An optical element is operatively coupled to the optical waveguide system and positioned in the V-groove fiber optic receptacle. A magnetic force inducer (MFI) is positioned to forcibly direct the optical element into position in the V-groove fiber optic receptacle in response to application of a magnetic field from a direction opposite the V-groove fiber optic receptacle in the first surface. During assembly, a magnetic field may be applied to the MFI to generate the magnetic force. After adhering the optical element, the magnetic field may remain to allow the PIC package to be moved with more security. The MFI may remain with and become part of the finished assembly.
US10409004B2
Disclosed is a method and system for passively aligning optical fibers (4), a first waveguide array (62), and a second waveguide array (42) using chip-to-chip vertical evanescent optical waveguides (44) and (64), that can be used with fully automated die bonding equipment. The assembled system (2, 30, 60) can achieve high optical coupling and high process throughput for needs of high volume manufacturing of photonics, silicon photonics, and other applications that would benefit from aligning optical fibers to lasers efficiently.
US10409003B2
A planar lightwave circuit may include a set of components. The set of components may include an input waveguide to couple to an optical communications transceiver. The set of components may include an output waveguide to couple to the optical communications transceiver. The set of components may include a common port to couple to an optical fiber. The set of components may include a first polarization beam splitter. The set of components may include a second polarization beam splitter. The set of components may include a third polarization beam splitter. The set of components may include a rotator assembly including a Faraday rotator and a quarter-wave plate.
US10408997B1
A ceramic micro-truss structure. In one embodiment green state polymer micro-truss structure is formed by exposing a photomonomer resin through a mask to collimated light from three or more directions. The green state polymer micro-truss structure is shaped and post-cured to form a cured polymer micro-truss structure. The cured polymer micro-truss structure is pyrolyzed to form a ceramic micro-truss structure, which may subsequently be coated with metal.
US10408984B2
An optical phase difference component includes: a transparent base with a concave-convex pattern; gaps defined between convex portions of the concave-convex pattern; and a closing layer provided on the concave-convex pattern to connect the convex portions of the concave-convex pattern and to close the gaps. The phase difference property of the optical phase difference component is not reduced, even when the optical phase difference component is joined to another component with adhesive or when load is applied to the optical phase difference component.
US10408969B2
Devices and methods for a rugged semiconductor radiation detector are provided. The semiconductor detector may include a hermetically sealed housing and a semiconductor disposed within the housing that has a first surface and a second surface opposite one another. A first metallization layer may at least partially cover the first surface of the semiconductor and a second metallization layer may at least partially cover the second surface of the semiconductor. The first metallization layer or the second metallization layer, or both, do not extend completely to an edge of the semiconductor, thereby providing a nonconductive buffer zone. This reduces electrical field stresses that occur when a voltage potential is applied between the first metallization layer and the second metallization layer and reduces a likelihood of electrical failure (e.g., due to arcing).
US10408966B2
The present disclosure discloses an inspection device, an inspection method and an inspection system. The device comprises a distributed ray source comprising multiple source points; a light source collimator configured to converge the rays generated by the distributed ray source to form an inverted fan-shaped ray beam; a scatter collimator configured to only allow rays scattered at one or more particular scattering angles which are generated by the rays from the light source collimator interacting with inspected objects to pass; at least one detector each comprising multiple detection units which have an energy resolution capability and are substantially arranged in a cylindrical surface to receive the scattered rays passing through the scatter collimator; and a processing apparatus configured to calculate energy spectrum information of the scattered rays from the inspected objects based on a signal output by the detectors.
US10408964B2
Systems and methods are described herein for investigating a downhole formation using a nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) tool. The tool includes multiple detectors spaced along an axis parallel to a length of the wellbore. While the tool is moving through the wellbore, NMR pulse sequences are applied to the formation and resulting NMR signals are detected by the detectors. The data obtained over a period of time by the multiple detectors are inverted together to obtain an indication of a parameter of the formation at multiple locations along the length of the wellbore.
US10408956B1
A microseismic array includes a series of sensors that are arranged in combinations of various sensor formations that collectively provide an improved radial anti-azimuthal aliasing function for microseismic mapping a wellbore. The sensors may be organized into one or more formations that resemble arms that extend radially outward from a central region around the wellbore, patches distributed in a field around the wellbore, ovals that are centered around the wellbore and concentric rings within the sensor ovals.
US10408953B1
According to one embodiment, a radiation detector includes a metal member, a capacitor, and a first charge-sensitive amplifier. The metal member includes a first portion and a second portion. The capacitor is electrically connected to the second portion. The first charge-sensitive amplifier is electrically connected to the first portion. The first charge-sensitive amplifier outputs a signal corresponding to α-rays incident on the metal member.
US10408952B2
A radiation scintillator detector comprising a substrate on which are arranged a scintillator module and a silicon photomultiplier optically coupled one to the other. The detector includes a package comprising an outer casing enclosing said scintillator module and said photomultiplier, said package comprising inside said outer casing an inner casing comprising resin reflecting photons, in particular infrared and/or visible photons, emitted by said scintillator module upon receiving a ionizing radiation, enclosing said scintillator module and said photomultiplier.
US10408949B2
An indirect, photon-counting X-ray detector capable of detecting the low-energy X-rays includes a scintillator screen that is directly coupled to a two-dimensional optical sensor. A signal filter receives an electrical output signal from the optical sensor and removes high intensity signal contributions therefrom that are indicative of direct interaction between said X-ray signal and said optical sensor. The scintillator screen has a sufficient thickness to ensure a high absorption of incident X-ray photons, and uses phosphor grains with a relatively small grain size. A cooling apparatus in thermal communication with the optical sensor may be used to control its temperature. The signal filter maintains a running average of changes in measured pixel output values for consecutive measurements, and replaces a measured value caused by a direct interaction event with a value equal to a previous measured value plus said running average.
US10408947B2
In the present invention, an integrated scintillator and collimator array for a detector utilized in a CT imaging system is provided. The integrated scintillator and collimator assembly is are fabricated from a manufacturing process or technique in which a scintillator array including a number of scintillation pixels is optically measured to determine the precise position of each pixel on the array. A transition material is applied to the array in a 3D printing method using the position data from the optical measurement and in subsequently bonded thereto in a sintering process to form a transition material layer. A collimator material is then 3D printed onto the transition material layer using the optical measurement data to form collimator plates on the array in alignment with the pixels thereby forming a unitary scintillator/collimator assembly for use in a detector for a CT imaging system.
US10408944B2
A GNSS device includes an antenna configured to receive a first plurality of GNSS signals from a first plurality of GNSS satellites and a second plurality of GNSS signals from a second plurality of GNSS satellites. The GNSS device also includes a communications interface configured to receive correction signals from a GNSS base unit. A processor of the GNSS device is coupled to the antenna and communications interface for processing data from the first plurality of GNSS signals and the second plurality of GNSS signals. Memory of the GNSS device includes executable instructions for several steps. A first algorithm is executed to determine first position data for the GNSS device based on the first plurality of GNSS signals and a correction signal received at the GNSS device from the GNSS base unit. The first position data is stored memory of the GNSS device. A second algorithm is executed to determine second position data for the GNSS device based on the second plurality of GNSS signals. In response to the second algorithm failing to determine the second position data, GNSS signal data is stored in memory of the GNSS device. The GNSS signal data is based on the second plurality of GNSS signals. The GNSS signal data are transmitted to an external device.
US10408940B2
Optical time-of-flight detector arrays are costly and therefore enhancing their utilization (e.g. angular coverage range) is desirable. In one embodiment, a vehicle-based distributed LIDAR is disclosed, comprising a plurality of coherent fiber optic image bundles that transfer laser reflections from fields of view (FOVs) around the vehicle to a shared remotely located detector array. An optical multiplexor timeshares the FOVs from the coherent fiber bundles onto the remote detector array. Individual fibers in the coherent bundles gather laser reflections from distinct portions of a FOV, thereby enabling correlation of the original reflection directions with fiber locations within a bundle. Unlike an externally mounted LIDAR with direct access to a single FOV, or a LIDAR using a single optic fiber that loses direction data associated with laser reflections, the coherent fiber optic image bundles transfer both the timing and direction of laser reflections from multiple FOVs to a shared remote detector array.
US10408939B1
A method for integrating, at each convolution stage in a neural network, an image generated by a camera and its corresponding point-cloud map generated by a radar, a LiDAR, or a heterogeneous sensor fusion is provided to be used for an HD map update. The method includes steps of: a computing device instructing an initial operation layer to integrate the image and its corresponding original point-cloud map, to generate a first fused feature map and a first fused point-cloud map; instructing a transformation layer to apply a first transformation operation to the first fused feature map, and to apply a second transformation operation to the first fused point-cloud map; and instructing an integration layer to integrate feature maps outputted from the transformation layer, to generate a second fused point-cloud map. By the method, an object detection and a segmentation can be performed more efficiently with a distance estimation.
US10408935B1
Embodiments disclosed herein address these and other issues by providing for an optical tag that uses an optical assembly with beam splitters to allow for simultaneous detection and retro-modulation, as well as the use of a camera to facilitate alignment of the optical tag with a laser interrogator. Additional components may be used to allow for a large aperture to be used, to help maximize light received by the optical tag and minimize diffraction of retro-modulated light, which can significantly increase distances at which the optical tag can operate. Moreover, a beam splitter may further be used to balance the light directed toward an optical sensor and a retro-modulator, to help achieve optimal results.
US10408923B2
A laser radar device comprises a laser projecting system and a laser radar detecting system. The laser projecting system comprises a laser diode; and a light source orientation adjustment unit comprising a collimating lens and a Powell lens to modulate the angle at which the first incident laser beam is projected onto an object. The laser radar detecting system comprises at least two laser radar detection units disposed in the horizontal direction and vertical direction of the object, respectively. The laser radar detection units each comprise a wedge-shaped lens, an aspherical lens system and an optical detector. By designing optical parameters of the wedge-shaped lens and stacking the laser radar detection units in the horizontal direction and vertical direction, it is feasible to facilitate overall device manufacturing and processing, meet R&D needs, and adjust an optical system in its entirety easily.
US10408922B2
The present disclosure describes optoelectronic modules with low- and high-power illumination modes for distance measurements and/or multi-dimensional imaging. Various implementations are described that include low- and high-power emitters. In some instances, a low-power mode may be used to monitor a scene where object movement can activate a high-power mode. In such instances, power reduction may be achieved.
US10408921B2
A vehicle computer is programmed to receive reflections of radio-magnetic beams transmitted by an antenna mounted to a vehicle body, and, when it is determined that the vehicle is moving, determine whether the vehicle body has changed shape based on the received reflections and a predetermined base reflection pattern. The computer is further programmed to generate a second base reflection pattern based at least on the received reflections and the predetermined base reflection pattern. The computer can then use the received reflections as vehicle sensor data.
US10408917B2
Systems and methods for locating a position of a target object are provided. The target object can be equipped with a plurality of spatially distributed antennas, and can be located within a network of a plurality of anchors at fixed locations. A plurality of anchor pairs can be assigned. Each anchor pair can include at least two anchors. The anchor pairs can transmit and receive range request (REQ) and range response (RSP) packets. The REQ and RSP packets can be received by the antennas on the target object. Distance differences between the target object to the first anchor and from the target object to the second anchor of each anchor pair can be estimated, based on times at which the REQ packet and the RSP packet are received at the target object. The position of the target object can be estimated based on the distance differences.
US10408914B1
Using a location sensor, a location including a latitude and a longitude of a device is determined. Using an air pressure sensor, a first elevation of a device is determined. Using the location, a corresponding street address is determined. Using the street address and the first elevation, a floor number is determined. The street address and the floor number are reported to an emergency response system.
US10408905B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus provided with a plurality of transmission channels includes a signal processing unit and a control unit. The signal processing unit acquires a radio frequency magnetic field emitted from each of the plurality of transmission channels through a receiver coil mounted on an object and measure a phase of the radio frequency magnetic field. The control unit determines a phase difference between the plurality of transmission channels based on the phase of the radio frequency magnetic field of each of the plurality of transmission channels measured by the signal processing unit. The control unit controls a phase of a radio frequency pulse inputted to each of the plurality of transmission channels, based on the phase difference.
US10408895B2
A carrier for a sample of highly polarized material includes a shell having a radially exterior surface and a radially interior surface, and a sample of highly polarized material interiorly adjacent to the radially interior surface. The shell may be substantially cylindrical, and may be constructed from a magnetic or non-magnetic material. The sample of highly polarized material may comprise a methyl rotor group material. The sample of highly polarized material may comprise pyruvic acid or an acetic acid. The sample of highly polarized material may be co-axial with the cylindrical shell. The sample of highly polarized material may be bonded or frozen to the radially interior surface of the shell. The carrier may further comprise a wad of material that forms a volume and contacts an axially proximate end of at least one of the shell or the sample.
US10408892B2
In one aspect, a magnetic field sensor is configured to detect a ferromagnetic object. The magnetic field sensor includes a magnet that includes two North regions and two South regions configured to generate opposing directions of magnetization to form a magnetic flux. The magnetic field sensor also includes a magnetic field sensing element configured to generate an is output signal responsive to changes in the magnetic flux caused by movement of the ferromagnetic object.
US10408883B2
Evaluation of a DC power source can include communication with a voltmeter that is arranged to monitor electrical potential across positive and negative electrodes. The method includes determining a full-cell open-circuit voltage (“OCV”), an associated positive half-cell OCV, and an associated negative half-cell OCV at a start-of-life point of the DC power source. A lithium balance model is executed to determine a plurality of beginning states associated with an electrode alignment of the DC power source. An in-use state for the full-cell OCV is determined. An optimization routine is executed employing the lithium balance model to determine in-use states associated with the electrode alignment of the DC power source based upon the in-use state for the full-cell OCV and the beginning states associated with electrode alignment. A negative-to-positive (“N/P”) ratio is determined based upon the in-use states, and battery life is evaluated based upon the N/P ratio.
US10408879B2
A method for diagnosing a fault condition in an electric machine includes measuring at least one physical parameter generated during operation of the electric machine; analyzing the or each measured parameter in a frequency domain; and determining whether the electric machine has a stator or rotor winding fault based on a comparison of an amplitude of the or each analyzed parameter at a first predetermined frequency and a first threshold amplitude for the first frequency. The at least one physical parameter includes a sound generated by the electric machine.
US10408875B2
A testing system includes a subtractor and a divider. The subtractor is configured to receive a first voltage of a circuit being tested and a second voltage of the circuit, and to derive a difference between the first voltage and the second voltage. The divider is configured to receive the difference between the first voltage and the second voltage, and to derive a resistance of the circuit by dividing (i) the difference between the first voltage and the second voltage by (ii) a difference between a first current applied to the circuit and a second current applied to the circuit. The first voltage is corresponding to the first current, and the second voltage is corresponding to the second current.
US10408874B2
A light source device includes a light source that generates incoherent light, and an optical amplifier having gain characteristics indicating a gain at each wavelength, which receives the incoherent light output by the light source as input light, and outputs amplified light obtained by amplifying the input light, and a central wavelength of an intensity distribution indicating an intensity at each wavelength of the input light is a wavelength longer than a central wavelength of the gain characteristics indicating a gain at each wavelength of the optical amplifier.
US10408872B2
Systems and methods of measuring and determining noise parameters. An exemplary method measures noise data and determines element values of a device noise model for a device under test (DUT), using a test system including an impedance tuner coupled to an input of the DUT for presenting a controllable variable impedance to the DUT and a noise receiver coupled to an output of the DUT. Noise data is measured as a function of at least one measurement parameter. The measured data includes raw noise data read from the noise receiver, and is used to determine element values of the device noise model. The system may include a database of device models.
US10408870B2
A capacitor sensor apparatus and a sensing method thereof are provided. Oscillation signals with different frequencies are provided to a driving circuit and a mixer separately. The mixer mixes the oscillation signal with a lower frequency with a band-pass filtered signal. A band-pass filtering operation for generating the band-pass filtered signal is performed on a sensing signal before the mixer performs the mixing operation.
US10408864B2
A voltage measuring apparatus that individually measures voltages of n-pieces (2≤n) of power storage elements B(1) to B(n) connected in series includes: first to n-th voltage detecting units that respectively individually measure voltages of the power storage elements; a switching circuit that switches a connection state between the power storage elements and the first to n-th voltage detecting units; a SW control unit that drives the switching circuit; and an operation processing unit. The power storage elements are arranged in order so that potential becomes higher as n increases. The switching circuit includes a capacitor connected in parallel to the power storage element B(1). In the switching circuit, the negative terminals of the power storage elements are connected to a first terminal of the capacitor via respective corresponding first switches. The positive terminals of the power storage elements are connected to a second terminal of the capacitor via respective corresponding second switches. A third switch SW3 is interposed between the first voltage detecting unit and the first terminal. When the first switch and the second switch corresponding to the power storage element B(j) (j is any of 1 to n) are respectively switches SWj1 and SWj2, the SW control unit closes the switches SWj1 and SWj2 and opens other first and second switches according to an instruction of the operation processing unit, so that the capacitor is connected in parallel to the power storage element B(j).
US10408856B2
A physical quantity sensor includes a first sensor element, an outer edge portion arranged on at least a portion of the outer periphery of the first sensor element, in which a first groove portion extending in a first direction is provided on the outer edge portion when the outer edge portion is seen in plan view.
US10408855B1
Aspects of the disclosure provide a system for detecting a movement that includes a moving state detector, a profile-based movement state detector, and a refined movement state detector. The moving state detector is configured to generate a moving state based on a detected speed. The profile-based movement state detector is configured to determine an estimated movement state based on the moving state and detected accelerations. The refined movement state detector is configured to generate, in response to the estimated movement state corresponding to a predetermined triggering movement state, a refined movement state based on a detected angular velocity.
US10408847B2
The present application includes biomarkers, methods, devices, reagents, systems, and kits for the detection, treatment and diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB). In one aspect, the present application includes the identification of biomarkers that can be used alone or in various combinations for the detection of TB, including those set forth in Tables 1, 2, 4, 5, and 8 to 12. In another aspect, the application provides biomarkers that can be used alone or in various combinations to diagnose or prognose TB or follow treatment response. In another aspect, methods are provided for diagnosing TB in an individual, where the methods include detecting, in a biological sample from an individual, at least one biomarker value corresponding to at least one biomarker selected from the group of biomarkers provided in Tables 1, 2, 4, 5, and 8 to 12, wherein the individual is classified as having TB, or the likelihood of the individual having TB is determined, based on the at least one biomarker value.
US10408846B2
The present technology relates generally to determining a risk of recurrence of disease in a cancer patient. In particular, this approach to determining a risk of recurrence involves utilizing standardized quantitative assessments of the level of biomarker expression selected from estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and Ki-67 (Ki67) in a patient's tumor to determine the risk of recurrence, thereby allowing a caretaker to determine the best course of treatment for the patient.
US10408844B2
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions that find use in facilitating a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) in a subject. The methods and compositions involve measurement of at least one of proteins: IL-16, IL-7, VEGF, CXCL9, CX3CL1, CCL24, CCL19, and CCL11 in a body fluid sample of a subject suspected of having CFS/ME. Levels of one or more of the aforementioned proteins can be used to facilitate a diagnosis of a CFS/ME and/or confirm a diagnosis of CFS/ME. The methods and compositions of the present disclosure also find use in screening subjects for clinical trials and facilitating treatment decisions for a subject.
US10408841B2
Polypeptides of the p-ORF2 protein of the hepatitis E virus, including at least the amino acid sequence 394-660, numbered in relation to a p-ORF2 protein of 660 amino acids, in which the three cysteines at positions 627, 630 and 638 have been mutated or, for a p-ORF2 protein of different length, at least the amino acid sequence corresponding to amino acids 394-660 of the p-ORF2 protein of 660 amino acids, in which the three cysteines located at the three positions corresponding to positions 627, 630 and 638 of the p-ORF2 protein of 660 amino acids have been mutated. Also, methods for determining the presence of the humoral response or the titer of antibodies directed against the p-ORF2 protein using these polypeptides, and also the use thereof in the context of infection with the hepatitis E virus.
US10408839B2
An in vitro method for the diagnosis, prognosis, stratification and/or monitoring of colorectal cancer in a subject includes detecting the level of AREG, CEA, HGF-receptor, ErbB4-Her4, CD69, PSA, EMMPRIN, and INF-gamma biomarkers in a biological sample of the subject. In an embodiment, the subject is administered a treatment when a differential level of the biomarkers compared to a healthy control or a reference value is indicative for the presence of colorectal cancer in the subject.
US10408838B2
Methods for diagnosis to allow prediction of the likelihood of preterm birth based upon the concentration of lipocalin-type prostaglandin D2 synthase (L-PGDS) in cervical vaginal secretions. In addition, specific prostaglandin D2 receptor antagonists may represent novel tocolytic therapeutics.
US10408829B2
The invention relates to diagnostics, namely to a reagent kit, a rapid method and a device for detecting the fact of chronic, ischemia-linked brain pathology. A special feature of the invention is the use of an immunoactive hybrid peptide produced as a product of two fragments of the NMDA neuroreceptor subunits. A device is described that allows quick and convenient testing of autoantibodies in the patient's blood that recognize the hybrid peptide. The method of detection of autoantibodies is based on the principle of lateral flow immunochromatography. The invention can be used for prophylactic medical examination (screening of chronic ischemia-linked brain lesions), to detect decompensated chronic cerebral ischemia at the prehospital stage by general practitioners or neurologists, as well as in neurosurgery and sports medicine for diagnostics of delayed cerebral ischemia in persons with craniocerebral injury.
US10408816B2
In a method for automated determination of the relative position (x/y/z) between a first hole (27) on a first microsystem component (11), which is preferably provided with a first channel (44) opening in the first hole (27), and at least one second hole (29) on a second microsystem component (12), which is preferably provided with a second channel (45) opening in the second hole (29), the two microsystem components (11, 12) lie in a liquid medium (41) at least in the region (25, 26) of the holes (27, 29). Under the supervision of a control device (15) controlled by a computer (22), the first and second microsystem components (11, 12) are displaced relative to one another into different relative positions (x/y/z). Electrical signals (37) are delivered to one of the two microsystem components (12, 12) and are recorded on the other of the two microsystem components (11, 12) as measurement values (38) which depend on the relative position of the two microsystem components (11, 12) with respect to one another. For different relative positions (x/y/z) between the two microsystem components (11, 12), measurement values (38) are determined, from which the relative position (xn/yn/zn) in which the two microsystem components (11, 12) are to be positioned with respect to one another in such a way that their holes (27, 29) are mutually aligned is ascertained in the control device (15).
US10408810B2
A soil testing method determines available nutrient levels and effective and economical fertilizer/treatment, based on what nutrients in the soil will actually reach the root of a growing plant. A soil is tested to determine initial nutrient(s) available to a plant root if it were growing in that soil when no nutrients have been added, followed by comparing/correlating the initial available nutrient to nutrient requirements for desired plant growth during one or more periods of time and/or to a yield outcome desired. Various doses of fertilizer(s) or treatment(s) are then added to portions of the soil, and those dosed portions are then tested for available nutrient levels, to determine the effect of the fertilizer(s)/treatment(s) on the nutrients that would be available in that particular soil to a plant root if that soil were fertilized with the various doses.
US10408804B2
A darkroom type security inspection apparatus and a method of performing an inspection using the darkroom type security inspection apparatus. An apparatus includes a housing constituting a closed darkroom, and assemblies disposed inside the housing. The assemblies disposed inside the housing include: a sample collecting unit configured to collect a sample, a conveyor unit, and a X-ray detection unit to detect a position of the objected to be inspected, wherein the X-ray detection unit is configured to determine the position of the objected to be inspected within the sampling assembly so that the object to be inspected together with the conveyor unit is conveyed to an expected position; and a sample processing assembly, wherein the assemblies disposed inside the housing are communicated by fittings or connectors.
US10408797B2
An electronic device including an array of ultrasonic transducers, a temperature sensor for determining a temperature of the array of ultrasonic transducers, and a control module communicatively coupled to the array of ultrasonic devices and the temperature sensor. The control module is for receiving the temperature and for controlling operation of the array of ultrasonic transducers based at least in part on the temperature.
US10408795B2
A method for checking a flexible line, the flexible line including at least one layer of armors (24, 25) surrounded by an external sheath (30), the external sheath (30) delimiting an internal space (33) receiving the layer of armors (24, 25) and including at least one medium (M) at the interface between the external sheath (30) and the internal space (33). The method includes sending an ultrasonic signal on a region to be checked of the external sheath (30), and receiving the reflected signal at the interface between the region to be checked of the external sheath (30) and the internal space (33) facing the region to be checked of the external sheath (30); and analyzing the polarity of the reflected signal and determining, according to the analyzed polarity, at least the nature of the medium (M) at the interface.
US10408794B2
In a general aspect, an apparatus can include a porous, monolithic resonator having nanoscale pores defined therein. The apparatus can also include an adsorbent selective to a given analyte disposed on an exterior of the porous, monolithic resonator, the exterior of the porous, monolithic resonator including surfaces defining the nanoscale pores.
US10408792B2
The invention proposes a mass spectrometer comprising two ion mobility analyzers in tandem arrangement, of which at least one is a trapped ion mobility spectrometer (TIMS), and an ion gate which is located between the two ion mobility analyzers, and use thereof wherein ions are selectively transferred between the two ion mobility analyzers by adjusting the transmission of the ion gate while ions are separated in time according to ion mobility in the first ion mobility analyzer.
US10408787B2
In an apparatus for analyzing small number of samples, wasteful consumption of a polymer as a separation Medium is suppressed.The apparatus has a configuration provided with a plurality of capillary units each of which can be attached/detached to/from the apparatus, and performs analysis for capillaries after sealing of a polymer by attaching the capillaries by the number in accordance with the number of samples. Since analysis can be performed by using capillaries by the number identical with that of the samples to be analyzed, wasteful polymer is not used in the capillaries not used for the analysis. In addition, the polymer injection mechanism is unnecessary and the polymer is not necessary for maintenance and upon starting of analysis. An electrophoresis apparatus which is small in the size with no polymer injection mechanism, and with low running cost not wastefully consuming the polymer can be provided.
US10408786B2
A distributable sampling and sensing instrument for chemical analysis of consumable foods and other agricultural products. The distributable sampling system is used to separate and concentrate the chemicals of interest obtained from samples at remote locations via thermal desorption onto a detachable target substrate that can be analyzed on-site or off-site. The volatile components adsorbed onto the target substrate can be analyzed with specific sensors (e.g., electrochemical sensors) or the assembly can be sent to a central lab and analyzed with conventional chemical instrumentation (e.g., GC-MS). This instrument provides the capability to enable chemical analysis of a wide range of chemical species of interest in a wide range of environments and conditions.
US10408784B2
The concentration of glucose in a blood sample is determined by methods utilizing test strips having a sample receiving cavity having a volume from about 0.3 μl to less than 1 μl and determining the glucose concentration within a time period from about 3.5 seconds to about 8 seconds.
US10408783B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods for the electrochemical detection of enzymes, such as enzymes that are indicative of disease, disorders, or pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi, or other disorders. These methods can be used in point-of-care diagnostic assays for the detection of disease, disorder, or pathogen (e.g., to identify the strain of pathogen infecting a patient in a healthcare setting). The electrochemical methods described herein can also be used to assess the susceptibility of a pathogen to an antipathogen drug. Also provided are probes suitable for use in conjunction with the methods described herein.
US10408781B2
A reference electrode insert (14) for an electrochemical test cell (10), in particular for testing lithium ion cells, comprising a reference electrode (46) and a sleeve (15) for holding the reference electrode (46), characterized in that the sleeve (15) and the annular reference electrode (46) form a structural unit, the reference electrode (46) being secured firmly and captively in the sleeve in an encapsulated manner.
US10408780B2
The present invention provides a structure of a gas sensor, comprising: a support, having a front side, a back side opposite to the front side, a cell region, and a peripheral region circling the cell region; a cavity, formed on the back side of the support in the cell region; a heater, disposed on the front side of the support covering the cavity; a sensing element, disposed on the heater; and a sealing layer, formed on the back side of the support covering inside the cavity.
US10408779B2
A gas sensor includes: a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer including a first region having a first thickness and a second region having a second thickness larger than the first thickness; a metal oxide layer disposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, the metal oxide layer including a bulk region and a local region surrounded by the bulk region, a degree of oxygen deficiency of the local region being higher than that of the bulk region; and an insulation layer covering the first conductive layer, the second region of the second conductive layer, and the metal oxide layer and not covering the first region of the second conductive layer.
US10408778B2
A polymer mixture is provided suitable for use in a cable as a sensor polymer mixture for determining the mechanical and/or electrical stability or aging of a cable. The method may use the determination of changes in the polymer mixture, especially for determination of the aging and/or stability, for example as a measure for estimation of the wear or the remaining service life of a cable having the polymer mixture.
US10408774B2
An Electron Paramagnetic resonance (EPR) system and method allows the measurement paramagnetic characteristics of materials in real-time, such as heavy oil, hydrocarbons, asphaltenes, heptane, vanadium, resins, drilling fluid, mud, wax deposits or the like. The EPR systems and methods discussed herein are low cost, small and light weight, making them usable in flow-assurance or logging applications. The EPR sensor is capable of measuring paramagnetic properties of materials from a distance of several inches. In some embodiments, a window will be used to separate the EPR sensor from the materials in a pipeline or wellbore. Since the sensor does need to be in direct contact with the materials, it can operate at a lower temperature or pressure. In other embodiments, the EPR sensor may be placed in the materials.
US10408773B2
Systems, methods, and software for predicting total organic carbon (TOC) values are described. A representative method includes obtaining nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data and training a radial basis function (RBF) model based on the NMR data and measured total organic carbon (TOC) values. The method also includes obtaining subsequent NMR data and employing the trained RBF model to predict TOC values based at least in part on the subsequent NMR data. The method also includes storing or displaying the predicted TOC values.
US10408763B2
Methods and systems of testing for a gas leak between an inlet zone and an outlet zone of a gas flow component in a shut state are provided. Different tracer and carrier gases are used. The carrier gas is circulated through the outlet zone of the gas flow component to purge the tracer gas from this outlet zone. A spectroscopic emission from the carrier gas indicative of an amount of the purged tracer gas is monitored. A test flow of the tracer gas is introduced in the inlet zone of the gas flow component, and the inlet pressure is increased for successive pressure increments. The presence of a gas leak is determined upon detecting an intensity step variation in the monitored spectroscopic emission following one of the pressure increments in the inlet pressure.
US10408761B2
A surface-enhanced Raman scattering element comprises a substrate having a principal surface; a molded layer having a support part formed on the principal surface of the substrate so as to extend along the principal surface and a fine structure part formed on the support part; a frame part formed on the principal surface of the substrate so as to surround the support part and fine structure part along the principal surface; and a conductor layer formed on at least the fine structure part and constituting an optical functional part for generating surface-enhanced Raman scattering; while the fine structure part are formed integrally with the support part.
US10408738B1
A first signal generator for generating a first AC current signal and a second signal generator for generating a second AC current signal. A first combiner is coupled to the first signal generator and the second signal generator for combing the first AC current signal and the second AC current signal into a probe signal for applying directly to the unit under test. A receiver for detecting intermodulation distortion in the unit under test.
US10408737B1
A cell capture system including an array, an inlet manifold, and an outlet manifold. The array includes a plurality of parallel pores, each pore including a chamber and a pore channel, an inlet channel fluidly connected to the chambers of the pores; an outlet channel fluidly connected to the pore channels of the pores. The inlet manifold is fluidly connected to the inlet channel, and the outlet channel is fluidly connected to the outlet channel. A cell removal tool is also disclosed, wherein the cell removal tool is configured to remove a captured cell from a pore chamber.
US10408733B2
A method for determining the presence of crystalline silica particles in a sample comprising a plurality of particles. The method comprises: receiving first data generated based upon light scattered by at least one particle of said plurality of particles; receiving second data generated based upon intensity and polarization change of the light transmitted through at least one particle of said plurality of particles; and determining the presence of crystalline silica particles in the sample based upon the first data and second data.
US10408726B2
In order to reduce a calculation time of a particle size distribution, a particle size distribution measuring apparatus includes: a light source for irradiating light to particles to be measured; a plurality of photodetectors for detecting light intensities of diffracted/scattered lights caused by the irradiation of the light; and an operation part for receiving light intensity signals outputted from the respective photodetectors and calculating a particle size distribution of the particles based on the fact that a vector s is represented by a predetermined expression including a product of a vector q and a coefficient matrix K, and the operation part is configured to compute in parallel and calculate at least two elements of the elements of the coefficient matrix K.
US10408719B2
A system for testing bonded joints that comprises a swing tool, an actuator, pressure measuring device and a first fixing arrangement. The actuator of the system is configured to apply a compression force or a traction force on the swing tool in order to separate two elements, and the pressure measuring device is configured to measure the force applied on the swing tool. A method for testing bonded joints using the system is also provided.
US10408702B2
The present invention discloses a system comprising a hydraulic plate assembly, a hydraulic grapple pipe connection assembly, hydraulic circuit assembly, or a combination thereof to set and attach pipe connections to equipment, such as oilfield equipment and method(s) of using the system. The use of this system makes the process of attaching the connections to the pipe safe, quick and easy.
US10408697B2
Techniques for improving implementation of a downhole tool string to be deployed in a borehole formed in a sub-surface formation. In some embodiments, a design device determines a model that describes expected relationship between properties of the downhole tool string, the borehole, the sub-surface formation, and mud cake expected to be formed in the borehole; determines calibration locations along the borehole based on properties of the borehole; determines candidate spacer configurations based on contact force expected to occur at contact points between the downhole tool string and the mud cake when deployed with each of the candidate spacer configuration via the model; and determines a final spacer configuration to be used to attach one or more spacers along the downhole tool string based on expected head tension to move the downhole tool string when deployed in the borehole with each of the candidate spacer configurations via the model.
US10408692B2
Provided are a mechanical quantity measurement device having a higher signal-to-noise ratio and resolution than the prior art and a pressure sensor using the same. A mechanical quantity measurement device that is provided with a plurality of Wheatstone bridges on the main surface of a single semiconductor substrate that are composed from impurity-diffused resistors and detect the difference between the strain amount occurring in the x-axis direction and the strain amount occurring in the y-axis direction, which intersect at right angles on the main surface of the semiconductor substrate, said mechanical quantity measurement device being characterized in that the impurity-diffused resistors composing the plurality of Wheatstone bridges are disposed evenly in an area to be measured.
US10408690B2
According to a manufacturing method of a heat flux sensor, the heat flux sensor is sandwiched between a heater plate and a cooling unit. The heater plate is disposed on the first surface of the heat flux sensor, and the cooling unit is disposed on the second surface of the same. A heat radiation measurement plate is disposed on a surface of the heater plate opposite to the surface on which the heat flux sensor is disposed. According to this configuration, the temperature of the heater plate is controlled in an inspection process such that the heater plate is kept at an ambient temperature. This makes it possible to stabilize the temperature of the heater plate in a short time.
US10408688B2
Provided is a feedback device providing thermal feedback. The feedback device, according to one embodiment, may comprise a casing, a heat output module, and a feedback controller. The casing comprises: a contact part, with which a user makes contact when the feedback device moves when a content is being played; and a noncontact part with which the user does not make contact even though the feedback device moves. The heat output module comprises: flexible first and second substrates; a thermoelectric element interposed between the first the second substrates and performing a thermoelectric operation for thermal feedback; and a contact surface disposed on the second substrate. The heat output module is disposed on the curve-shaped inside or outside of the contact part, and outputs thermal feedback to the user via the second substrate and the contact surface. The feedback controller is configured so as to control the thermal output module.
US10408685B2
Some aspects of the present disclosure feature a sensing device comprising a magnetic bias layer, a resonator, a spacer, and an environmental change receptor. The environmental change receptor is disposed on a surface of the resonator. The mass of the environmental change receptor is changed in response to a change in environment. The resonant frequency of the sensing device shifts in response to the mass change of the environmental change receptor.
US10408680B2
Provided is an apparatus for optical emission spectroscopy. The apparatus for the optical emission spectroscopy includes a light collection unit configured to collect light within a plasma process chamber in which plasma is generated to process a substrate, a light transmission unit configured to transmit the collected light, and an analysis unit configured to analyze the light provided through the light transmission unit, thereby analyzing a plasma state. The light collection unit includes a light collection part configured to concentrate the light generated in the plasma process chamber and provide the concentrated light to the light transmission unit.
US10408676B2
A device for creating an optic pulse with different wavelengths separated by time. A pump laser is configured to output energy to a dye cell which, responsive to the energy, outputs an optic pulse. Mirrors direct the optic pulse away from the dye cell towards a spectrograph. The spectrograph has an input and two or more outputs. The spectrograph receives and converts the optic pulse to a wavelength separated optic signal presented on the two or more outputs. A first optic cable has an input end and an output end. The input end receives a first output from the spectrograph. A second optic cable has an input end and an output end. The input end receives a second output from the spectrograph. The second optic cable is a different length than the first optic cable to establish a time shift between the signals exiting the first and second cable.
US10408674B2
An apparatus comprises a light source configured to generate light, and a modulator coupled to the light source and configured to modulate the light above a predetermined frequency. A slider is configured for heat-assisted magnetic recording and to receive the modulated light. A resistive sensor is integral to the slider and subject to heating by absorption of electromagnetic radiation and conduction of heat. Measuring circuitry is coupled to the resistive sensor and configured to measure a response of the resistive sensor due to absorbed electromagnetic radiation and not from the heat conduction. The measuring circuitry may further be configured to determine output optical power of the light source using the measured resistive sensor response.
US10408668B2
An apparatus of estimating a vehicle weight may include: an acceleration detector detecting a longitudinal direction acceleration of the vehicle; a data detector detecting state data to estimate the vehicle weight; an engine clutch disposed between an engine and a drive motor and selectively connecting the engine to the drive motor; an integrated starter-generator for starting the engine and generating electric energy; and a vehicle controller calculating a basic vehicle weight based on an engine torque, a motor torque and the longitudinal direction acceleration detected by the acceleration detector. The vehicle controller estimates a final vehicle weight based on the basic vehicle weight and a predetermined weight when an estimating entrance condition is satisfied from the state data.
US10408658B2
A fill level switch arrangement (1) for determining the fill level of a medium (2) in a container (3) and a method for determining the fill level of a medium (2) in a container (3) using a fill level switch arrangement (1). The fill level switch arrangement (1) has at least one alarm threshold that can be implemented in a simplified manner due to the fill level switch arrangement (1) having a transmitting element (4) and a receiving element (5), wherein the transmitting element (4) is used for transmitting a radio signal and is operatively connected to the receiving element (4), wherein the receiving element (5) is configured to detect radio signals, and wherein the receiving element (5) is configured such that it generates and transmits a switching signal in the event of a change in the received radio signal caused by the medium (2).
US10408652B2
A Coriolis mass flow measuring device includes four bent measuring tubes, two exciter mechanisms, and two sensor arrangements. All four measuring tubes are joined inlet end and outlet end with collectors, where the measuring tubes are connected inlet end and outlet end pairwise with node plates to form oscillators, where the exciter mechanisms are adapted to excite bending oscillation working modes between the two measuring tubes of an oscillator, where the first oscillator and the second oscillator have bending oscillation working modes with first and second working mode eigenfrequencies (f11, f12), where the magnitude of the difference of the working mode eigenfrequencies of the two oscillators (|f11−f12|) amounts to at least 0.1 times, for example, at least 0.2 times and especially at least 0.4 times the lower of the two working mode eigenfrequencies, where the sensor arrangements are adapted to register oscillations of the oscillators.
US10408650B2
A system, method, and apparatus for attenuating acoustic back-coupling in a ultrasonic meter transducer that includes a gasket band comprising a loop of a material, a first gasket ring integrated in the gasket band configured to match a diameter of a first bracket hole, and a second gasket ring integrated in the gasket band configured to match a diameter of a second bracket hole wherein the loop of material comprises a material that provides both environmental sealing and acoustic attenuation.
US10408635B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for generating localized environmental information along a route of travel are generally described, for example, to notify users of travel conditions along a specific route and/or to generate alternative routes based on the environmental conditions. In some embodiments, an environmental information route mapping system may generate environmental maps configured to graphically display a route of travel and associated environmental conditions along the route of travel at certain travel times. In some embodiments, the environmental route maps may be configured to include alternative routes based on the environmental conditions along a route path, such as an alternative route configured to avoid an area associated with an actual or predicted hazardous or otherwise undesirable environmental condition.
US10408634B2
A navigation system for providing navigation directions to a user comprising: an input for receiving user commands to define a navigation route; processing means arranged to determine navigation directions relating to the user selected route; an output arranged to output navigation directions to the user wherein the processing means is arranged to determine the boundary of the navigation route and the output is arranged to output an indication signal to mark the boundaries of the navigation route.
US10408623B2
Techniques for creating breadcrumbs for a trail of activity are described. The trail of activity may be created by recording movement information based on inferred actions of walking, not walking, or changing floor levels. The movement information may be recorded with an accelerometer and a pressure sensor. A representation of a list of breadcrumbs may be visually displayed on a user interface of a mobile device, in a reverse order to retrace steps. In some implementations, a compass may additionally or alternatively be used to collect directional information relative to the earth's magnetic poles.
US10408604B1
A method for estimating distances from a baseplate to arbitrary objects or surfaces around the baseplate. Two laser emitters emitting converging collimated laser beams, an image sensor, and an image processor are provided on the baseplate. Images of the laser projections on surfaces are captured by the image sensor. Captured images are sent to the image processor which extracts the pixel data of the laser projections within the images. The distance between the laser projections of the two laser emitters is analyzed and compared to figures in a preconfigured table that relates distances between laser projections with corresponding distances of the baseplate to projection surfaces in order to estimate a distance of the baseplate to the projection surface in the images.
US10408603B2
There is described herein a method and system for inspecting various fabrication features of composite components, such as tow/ply location, angle deviation, and gap size, using a laser-vision assembly. In some embodiments, a tolerance for that fabrication feature is provided as an inspection feature and a laser projecting device projects the inspection feature onto the material. Alternatively or in combination thereof, a calibration feature is projected onto the material, the calibration feature comprising known dimensional information. An image acquisition device acquires an image of the material with the inspection/calibration feature(s) projected thereon. The images can be analysed automatically or manually to detect whether the fabrication features are compliant and/or to obtain measurement data of the fabrication features.
US10408601B2
The present disclosure provides a visualization system for performing optimized optical coherence tomography (OCT) by determining the absolute distance between the OCT source and a sample. The present disclosure also provides a method for optimizing OCT, which includes determining an absolute distance between the OCT source and a sample using data relating to the focal length or position of an autofocus imager lens.
US10408599B2
The present invention discloses a sensing circuit, a processing method of the sensing circuit and a curved surface profile measuring method. Conductors of the sensing circuit are arranged in flexible protection bodies in a braiding manner, and the conductors and the flexible protection bodies are at a compressed state. Therefore, the sensing circuit of the present invention has better flexibility and tensile property, can be attached to a surface of equipment, can be used for sensing multiple situations of the equipment, such as slight touch and collision of a large displacement, and can also be applied to precise measurement of a size of a curved surface profile.
US10408597B2
A measuring assembly for measuring the contour of a workpiece has a measuring probe that is pivotably supported and deflectable about a first axis (measuring axis) in order to contact a surface of the workpiece, and has a second axis that is associated with the workpiece. The first axis and the second axis are parallel or approximately parallel to one another for radially contacting a surface of the workpiece. A device for rotating the measuring probe and the workpiece relative to one another is provided, such that the measuring probe contacts the surface of the workpiece during the rotation, and a device for plotting the angular deflection of the measuring probe as a function of the particular rotational position of the workpiece relative to the measuring probe is provided.
US10408594B1
Embodiments are directed to a shock mitigation device including a hollow fuze well having an inner surface and an outer surface. A plurality of vents are axially spaced at equal distance about the outer surface. A shock dampening liner is affixed to the inner surface. A shock dampening ring is concentric about the hollow fuze well.
US10408593B1
Embodiments are directed to a vented torque release device including hollow fuze well having a proximal end, a distal end, an inner surface, and an outer surface. A wall is defined by the inner surface and the outer surface. A plurality of vents are axially spaced at equal distance about the outer surface.
US10408578B2
An armored cab comprises a top wall, two side walls, a front wall, a back wall, and a bottom wall, the cab having a longitudinal axis. The bottom wall comprises a generally centrally disposed downwardly facing smooth concave wall portion extending substantially an entire length of the cab and generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cab and forming a power train tunnel of the cab, and a pair of opposite laterally disposed wall portions extending substantially the entire length of the cab and generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cab, each of the opposite laterally disposed wall portions extending downwardly and laterally inwardly and terminating in a lowermost portion of the bottom wall on either lateral side of the concave wall portion. The concave wall portion and the opposite laterally disposed wall portions are configured so as to present a substantially reduced surface area of the lowermost portions of the bottom wall in a downwardly facing direction. The armored cab includes various additional features that improve occupant survivability.
US10408576B2
The present invention provides a bi-active method of mounting a monolithic polycarbonate sheet or a laminate in a semi-rigid metallic framing system along two parallel sides of a rectangular shaped sheet or laminate with the two shorter parallel sides being unconstrained. In the case of a square shaped sheet, two parallel sides are supported in the semi-rigid frame, and the other two parallel sides are unconstrained. The semi-rigid frame utilizes cylindrically shaped hardware (i.e., bolts, rivets, studs, etc.) to hold the sheet or laminate. The semi-rigid frame is designed, via section and material properties, to flex and hinge about fixed mounting points along the length of the frame.
US10408569B2
A rear-sight aiming device to aid a shooter of a firearm. The device includes a housing with a tunnel alignable with the front aiming sight; an elongated optical fiber in a non-linear configuration is disposed inboard within the tunnel; an annular light-transmitting cylinder, disposed within the tunnel between the optical fiber and the shooter of the firearm during shooting; and a self-activating light source coaxially and completely disposed within the cylinder.
US10408565B2
In one example, an apparatus for mounting accessories on a rifle includes a base that is mountable to a rifle, an accessory mounting bracket that is L-shaped, the accessory mounting bracket comprising an accessory mounting leg and a depth positioning leg. The depth positioning leg may include a plurality of attachment features disposed along a length thereof that enable attaching the depth positioning leg to the base at a plurality of depth positions. The accessory mounting leg may include a slot for mounting a photographic device at any lateral position within a lateral positioning range (e.g., 3 inches). In some embodiments, the base is mountable to both the left side and the right side of the rifle and the accessory mounting bracket is attachable to the base (on either side of the rifle) at each depth position for any of four orientations.
US10408564B2
An arrow gun is provided having a controllable retention force on the arrow. By setting the retention force on the arrow, increased energy from motive compressed gas can be imparted to the arrow. The arrow gun also includes a damping coupling for reducing vibration of an unsupported length of the barrel.
US10408558B2
A crossbow having an energizer is described herein. The crossbow, in an embodiment, includes a stock, a body coupled to the stock, and a plurality of limbs. Each of the limbs has a coupled limb end and an uncoupled limb end. The energizer, which includes an electrical power source, is operatively coupled to the limbs.
US10408550B2
There is provided a heat exchanger and a fin material for the heat exchanger that can suppress occurrence of hollow corrosion in a fin and hold cooling performance for a long period of time under a high corrosion environment. The heat exchanger includes an aluminum tube through which a working fluid circulates and an aluminum fin which is bonded to the tube. The fin has a region B around a grain boundary, and a region A around the region B. In the region B, 5.0×104 pieces/mm2 less of Al—Fe—Mn—Si based intermetallic compound, each of which has equivalent circle diameters of 0.1 to 2.5 μm, are present. In the region A, 5.0×104 pieces/mm2 to 1.0×107 pieces/mm2 of Al—Fe—Mn—Si based intermetallic compound, each of which has equivalent circle diameters of 0.1 to 2.5 μm, are present.
US10408541B2
A hybrid wet/dry cooling tower and novel splash fill material are provided. In one embodiment, the cooling tower includes a wet cooling section having a draft fan disposed above the wet section for drawing air through the wet section to cool liquid traversing the wet section. The cooling tower also includes a dry cooling section disposed laterally adjacent the wet section and configured to enable the draft fan to draw air through the dry section. In another embodiment, the dry cooling section has one or more added draft fan(s) for drawing air through the dry section with or without operation of the draft fan disposed above the wet section. In other embodiments, different structures and configurations of plastic splash fill material are described.
US10408537B2
The present invention is related to an UV LED curing apparatus, and more particularly, to an UV LED curing apparatus with improved housing and switch controller. The light reflective inner casing is preferably provided as an effective UV light reflector and as a supporting substrate of the UV LED light source while being capable of transmitting heat from the UV LED light source away for further heat dissipation to the ambient by the outer casing. The outer casing is detachably attached to the inner casing and allows a greater user interaction for decorative and entertainment purposes while also being a protective and heat dissipation means.
US10408535B2
A multistage bath condenser-reboiler according to the present invention includes: a heat exchanger core composed of (i) a heat exchange section formed by adjacently stacking condensation passages and evaporation passages, and (ii) a liquid communication section formed from liquid communication passages provided on at least one side surface in the stacking height direction of the heat exchange section; and one or more stages of liquid reservoir sections formed on at least one side surface in the width direction of the heat exchanger core.
US10408521B2
A portable insulating device kit may be configured to fit within a smaller container for easier shipment. In one example, the assembly may include a base, a top wall having an opening, an inner liner configured to extend into the opening of the top wall to form an interior cavity defining a volumetric storage capacity and an exterior wall. The container can have a flat configuration defining a length, height, and width. The base, the top wall, the inner liner, and the exterior wall may be configured to be assembled into a portable insulating device. The volume of the container may be less than the volumetric storage capacity of the assembled portable insulating device, and the base, the inner liner, and the exterior wall are configured to be detached from one another and shipped in the container.
US10408519B2
An ice making apparatus for an appliance comprising an ice making tray having at least one specialty feature chosen from the group consisting of: a convex bottom surface, a ledge disposed about a perimeter of the at least one ice compartment and proximate a bottom portion of the at least one ice compartment, at least one thread extending from one corner of the at least one ice compartment to another corner of the at least one ice compartment, or any combination thereof.
US10408516B2
In various implementations, an air conditioner may include one or more compressors, more than one expansion device, and/or a microchannel condenser. High pressure events may occur during operation of the air conditioner and may be identified. When a high pressure event is identified a bypass operation may be allowed.
US10408512B2
A valve in receiver (VIR) for a climate control system includes a receiver drier shell having an outer surface and an inner surface defining an interior portion having an opening. A drier housing is disposed in the receiver drier shell and a molded desiccant is disposed internal to the drier housing. The molded desiccant is configured to form a restrictive fluid flow passage along an interior surface of the drier housing.
US10408511B2
A heat exchange device includes a heat exchanger and a mounting plate for fixing the heat exchange device, and includes first and second flow passages which are not in communication with each other. The mounting plate includes a communication hole, a protruding portion and a mounting hole. The protruding portion protrudes outwards from the front side of the mounting plate. The mounting hole extends through the protruding portion and the mounting plate and includes a valve core receiving cavity. The valve core receiving cavity is in communication with the communication hole via a connection groove at a back side of the mounting plate; the mounting plate is fixed to the heat exchanger in a sealed manner, the mounting hole is in communication with the first flow passage, and the communication hole is in communication with the first flow passage via the connection groove and the mounting hole.
US10408507B2
A solar drink holder system includes a hand held thermoelectric temperature controlled beverage receptacle configured to receive and hold a cylindrical beverage container. A Peltier thermoelectric module is coupled to the hand held thermoelectric temperature controlled beverage receptacle and is configured to generate and regulate internal temperature of a beverage held within the cylindrical beverage container. At least one solar panel is hingeably attached to the hand held thermoelectric temperature controlled beverage receptacle. A device body is coupled to the hand held thermoelectric temperature controlled beverage receptacle including a rechargeable power source; a control panel, at least one USB port, at least one digital display, at least one audio speaker, a short range wireless communication protocol, a thermal indicator, said solar drink holder which is configured to provide a solar powered thermally controlled beverage receptacle having electronic device charging and wireless sound transmitting capability.
US10408502B2
An air conditioning system and a method for controlling the same are provided. The air conditioning system includes an enhanced vapor injection compressor, first and second direction switching assemblies, first and second heat exchangers and a flash evaporator. The enhanced vapor injection compressor has a gaseous refrigerant discharge port, a gaseous refrigerant supplement port, first and second gaseous refrigerant suction ports, and a gaseous refrigerant return port. Pressure in a sliding vane chamber of a gaseous refrigerant cylinder corresponding to the second gaseous refrigerant suction port is equal to a discharge pressure at the gaseous refrigerant discharge port. A first pipe port of the first direction switching assembly is connected with the second gaseous refrigerant suction port, a second pipe port thereof is connected with the gaseous refrigerant discharge port and a third pipe port thereof is connected with the liquid accumulator, and the first pipe port is communicated with one of the second and third pipe ports.
US10408501B2
An environmental control system includes a primary heat exchanger operable to transfer heat from an air source to a refrigerant in a generator flow and output an air flow. An ejector is operable to produce an intermediate refrigerant flow based on receiving the generator flow as a motive fluid and drawing a vapor refrigerant flow as a suction fluid. A refrigerant condenser is operable to convert the intermediate refrigerant flow to a liquid refrigerant flow. A pump is operable to provide the refrigerant to the primary heat exchanger from a portion of the liquid refrigerant flow. An expansion device is operable to expand the liquid refrigerant flow prior to entering an evaporator. The evaporator is operable to convert the liquid refrigerant flow to the vapor refrigerant flow and produce a cooled evaporator air flow output based on the air flow.
US10408497B2
Radiant energy traps are disclosed which comprise diffuse radiant energy concentrators with at least one reflector and receiver. A diffuse light concentrator (DLC) with optimizable flexibility may be used in multiple applications, such as solar electric, thermal (air or water), hybrid or a combination system.
US10408494B2
A clamp for securing an air conditioning unit in a window without the need for any modification and/or damage to the air conditioning unit or window. The clamp includes a plurality of planar members forming two oppositely facing channels. A first channel engages the air conditioning unit rail while a second channel engages the window sash of the window. The clamp further includes two fasteners to abut the window sash and the air conditioning unit rail. The clamp therefore prevents the window from being opened and the air conditioning unit from being pushed through the window.
US10408491B2
This panel (6) for a module of an air handling unit defines a main axis perpendicular to its surface and includes an outer plate (8), an inner plate (10), a layer (12) of insulating material arranged between the outer plate and the inner plate, and a joining element (14) arranged around the layer of insulating material and intercalated between the outer plate and the inner plate along the main axis. The plates and the layer of insulating material are parallel to each other and perpendicular to the main axis of the panel. The joining element includes both a male assembly part (34) formed by a projecting rib and a female assembly part (36) formed by a hollow groove and the projecting rib of the joining element is configured to nest into the hollow groove of another joining element with an identical transversal section belonging to another panel.
US10408490B2
An air vent includes air-conveying surfaces in a housing arranged to guide separate first and second volumetric flows of air through the housing from an inlet end to a discharge end via respective first and second air channels. The air channels are arranged so that the first and second volumetric flows of air exit an air discharge opening in intersecting directions and collide after exiting the housing. The air vent includes an air flow adjustment element that is movable to change a ratio of the first volumetric flow to the second volumetric flow.
US10408485B2
This application discloses an installation check system used for checking installation of an air conditioner before a start of a trail run of the air conditioner. The installation check system includes a display portion for displaying work instruction information about the installation, an input means configured to be operated for entering a check result based on the work instruction information, a determination portion configured to determine whether the start of the trail run is allowed based on the check result, and a signal generator which generates a drive signal to execute the trail run. The signal generator generates the drive signal under condition of the determination portion allowing the start of the trail run.
US10408481B2
A controller is configured to exchange information with a building automation system and includes various executable programs for determining a real time operating efficiency, simulating a predicted or theoretical operating efficiency, comparing the same, and then adjusting one or more operating parameters on equipment utilized by a building's HVAC system. The controller operates to adjust an operating efficiency of the HVAC system. An adjustment module utilized by the controller may modify the HVAC equipment parameters based on the likelihood that various HVAC equipment operates in parallel and on-line near its natural operating curve. In addition, the adjustment module may include a self-learning aspect that permits the controller to more efficiently make similar, future adjustments as needed.
US10408479B2
This counter-current dual-flow air/air exchanger (1) includes a first network of channels oriented along a longitudinal axis (X-X′) of the exchanger (1), suitable for the circulation of a first airflow (F1) in a first direction, and a second network of channels oriented along the longitudinal axis (X-X′) of the exchanger (1), suitable for the circulation of a second airflow (F2) in the direction opposite the first airflow (F1). The exchanger (1) includes members (10, 12, 14) for reversing the flow direction of the second airflow (F2) in the second network of channels, such that the first and second airflows (F1, F2) circulate co-currently, suitable for protecting the exchanger (1) from ice.
US10408477B2
An air conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor for compressing heat source-side refrigerant, a first refrigerant channel switching device, a heat source side heat exchanger, an expansion device, and intermediate heat exchangers for performing heat exchange between the heat source-side refrigerant and a heat medium different from the heat source-side refrigerant are connected by pipes. Also, the air conditioning apparatus includes a heat medium circuit in which pumps for circulating the heat medium to be used for the heat exchange performed by the intermediate heat exchangers, a use-side heat exchanger, and channel switching devices for switching passages of the heat medium heated or cooled to the use-side heat exchanger are connected by pipes. The heat medium circuit includes a strainer configured to capture foreign matter contained in the heat medium; and a heat medium relay unit control device configured to perform an operation that causes the strainer to capture foreign matter contained in the heat medium circuit during construction of the heat medium circuit.
US10408469B2
An underlayment system is provided that includes a plurality of protrusions that extend from a common base member. The protrusions and base member can include an opening therethrough that allows for subsequent layers of material, such as adhesive, to interact and bond to each other. The protrusions are arranged in such a way to contain a wire, string, or heating element, within a receiving area. The arrangement of the protrusions allow for routing of the wire, string, or heating element in a variety of angles, bends, and other routing layouts.
US10408466B2
A frame is provided for supporting a hob plate of a hob. The frame includes a frame body and at least one mounting tongue depending from the frame body and extending from an underside thereof for connecting the frame to a chassis of a cooking appliance.
US10408462B2
A range has burner coil elements which have temperature switches as a portion of the replaceable coils. Upon reaching a predetermined temperatures, the switch opens and power through the burner element is secured. The burner elements are preferably open coil units. Lowering the temperature in a cooking utensil below common ignition temperatures while still allowing boiling is an objective of many embodiments.
US10408459B2
A pellet stove includes a hopper for storing pellets, a basket for receiving the pellets by gravity, a duct for conveying combustion air to the basket, and a conduit for conducting heated air away from the basket. The position of the basket is adjustable, such as by raising and lowering it, or by rotating it, so as to control the number of pellets in the area of most intense combustion. One or more burn plates, positioned below the basket, provide platforms on which pellets falling through the basket can burn down to a smaller size. The pellet stove requires no external source of power. The stove so constructed enables quiet, efficient and clean burning of the pellets.
US10408458B2
An apparatus having a substantially air-sealed, transparent, front through which a flame within the firebox may be viewed. The apparatus may include a burner configured to hold and burn a liquid fuel and positioned so as to cause a flame from the burning fuel to appear within the firebox. The liquid fuel may be ethanol. The apparatus may include an igniter that has a user-operated igniter control that may be operated by a user from outside of the firebox that, upon operation, causes the liquid fuel within the burner to be ignited. The apparatus may include an extinguisher that has a user-operated extinguisher control that may be operated by a user from outside of the firebox that, upon operation, causes the flame to be extinguished. The apparatus may include a fuel inlet located outside of the firebox, and a fuel channel between the fuel inlet and the burner. A fuel tank may also be provided.
US10408432B2
A display assembly having a first backlit display including a first panel with a first color image formed thereon, the first color image including a first transparent portion of a first color and a second transparent portion of a second color, a second panel including a first transparent portion of a first color and an opaque portion so that light from the light source does not pass through a corresponding portion of the first panel, and a light source that emits at least a first color light and a second color light, wherein the first color of the first transparent portion of the first panel is a different color than the first color of the first transparent portion of the second panel, and light from the light source passes through the first transparent portions of both the first panel and the second panel.
US10408429B2
A lens for distribution of light from a light emitter having an axis, the lens including a (1) base forming a substantially rectangular opening to an emitter cavity defined by an inner surface, (2) a main output surface transverse the axis, (3) a reflecting surface positioned to reflect light received from the inner surface toward the main output surface, the reflecting surface including front and back curvatures and a pair of substantially-identical lateral curvatures each adjoining the front and back curvatures. Configuration of the lateral curvatures differs from configurations of the front and back curvatures, which differ from one another.
US10408427B2
A portable fashion modeling runway comprising one or more runway panels disposed on an underlying surface and positioned proximate to one or more other runway panels, wherein each of the runway panels comprise one or more luminescent materials.
US10408425B2
A lighting device includes a housing; a socket with a first portion coupled to an inner surface of the housing and a second portion extending from the first portion and including a connector; a light source body having a light emitting module with a terminal received by and in electrical communication with the connector; and a reflector facing the light source body, the light source body supported by the socket at a position apart from the housing.
US10408424B2
A housing or pocket for supporting a light guide device for an illumination device, especially for a motor vehicle or an indicator device in a rearview device of a motor vehicle. The housing has a first side which is configured to support the light guiding device for exposure to the pictogram of the reflection layer. The housing also include a second side containing exposed wire connectors to connect the light guide device to a power source. One of the light guide device, the printed circuit board or both structures are fitted with an encapsulation member and secured to the housing through the use of a fixative mount.
US10408423B2
An ultraviolet (UV) curing system is configured to cure a composite structure. The UV curing system includes a plurality of UV light assemblies that are configured to adaptively conform to a shape of the composite structure. A UV curing method is configured to cure a composite structure. The UV curing method includes positioning a UV curing system on the composite structure, and adaptively conforming a plurality of UV light assemblies of the UV curing system to a shape of the composite structure.
US10408410B2
A device for projecting a light beam and having a mechanical actuator, notably for a motor vehicle, including an array of light sources able to emit light rays in order to form the light beam along an optical axis, each light source defining a component of the light beam which has an angle of resolution defined in a plane, the device including moreover a mechanical actuator configured for displacing at least one element of the device in such a way that the optical axis of the light beam is moved between at least two projection directions at a specified frequency of displacement, the projection directions forming between them an angle of displacement substantially coplanar with the angle of resolution, the angle of displacement being equal to a fraction of the angle of resolution of the beam.
US10408403B2
A headlamp for vehicles, in which the laser beam of at least one laser light source (1) is directed via a beam deflection means (7) towards at least one light conversion means (8) in a scanning manner, which at least one light conversion means comprises a phosphor for converting light, and having a projection system (10) for projecting the light image (9) generated at the light conversion means onto the roadway (11), characterized in that at least one electro-optical modulator (4) is arranged in the beam path of the at least one laser light source (1), which at least one electro-optical modulator is controlled by a control unit (12) and lies before the light conversion means (8) in the beam path and affects the polarization of the light, wherein a polarization element (3, 5, 17) is arranged at least after the modulator in the beam path.
US10408400B2
A beacon device to be installed on a tower, the device including: an electric energy generating unit comprising: at least one photovoltaic module able to be wound over at least part of the circumference of the tower, and a light energy generating unit configured to be fastened on the tower the light energy generating unit comprising: a housing having a periphery, a storage member storing the electric energy generated by the electric energy generating unit, a regulating member regulating the charge of the storage member, and a light-emitting member supplied by the storage member, the light-emitting member extending over the periphery of the housing.
US10408357B2
A valve for an adsorption heat pump may be adjustable between a closed position, a first open position, a second open position, and at least one intermediate position. The valve may include a first channel, a second channel, a third channel, a first valve unit, a second valve unit, and a spring element providing a closing force upon the first valve body and the second valve body. The valve may also include an actuating drive configured to hold the valve in position without power. The actuating drive may include a stepping motor and a gear unit constructed and arranged to hold the valve in position via a currentless holding moment. The first valve unit and the second valve unit may have a valve opening characteristic of a flow coefficient dependent on an adjustment path that is not linear. The valve opening characteristic may include at least one flat region.
US10408350B2
To provide a gland packing capable of suppressing a fluid from permeating into a packing body or leaking from the packing body through a contact surface between a laminating member and a protrusion of the packing body. The gland packing includes an annular packing body (21) which is formed by winding an expanded graphite tape material in a spiral shape and a laminating member (22) that is bonded to an axial end surface of the packing body (21) and is formed of an annular expanded graphite sheet material, the axial end surface of the packing body (21) being provided with a protrusion (24) facing and contacting an inner peripheral portion or an outer peripheral portion of the laminating member (22) in the radial direction, in which a contact surface (27) between the protrusion (24) and the laminating member (22) is formed so that a radius changes in at least a part in the axial direction.
US10408349B2
A seal ring includes, on a side of a sliding surface thereof, a groove part (120) having a first groove (121) extending in a circumferential direction thereof and a second groove (122) extending from a central position of the first groove (121) in the circumferential direction to an inner peripheral surface and guiding sealed fluid into the first groove (121), the first groove (121) having dynamic pressure generation grooves (121a) configured to have a groove bottom made shallower at an end thereof in the circumferential direction than at a center thereof in the circumferential direction, and a foreign matter catching groove (121b) that has a groove bottom deeper than the groove bottoms of the dynamic pressure generation grooves (121a) and is capable of catching foreign matter, and the first groove (121) being provided at a position that falls within a sliding region in which the seal ring slides on the lateral wall surface.
US10408337B2
A movable switch module for an automatic transmission of a vehicle includes an actuating cylinder including a body and a rod extendable to a vehicle interior space through the center fascia, a body rotating unit provided at the body of the actuating cylinder, a switch box connected to an end of the rod, to move in accordance with operation of the actuating cylinder, and provided with switches at one side of the switch box, a pressure-sensitive touch pad disposed in the interior space at a position spaced apart from the center fascia, to sense a variation in pressure applied thereto, and a controller for controlling the actuating cylinder and the body rotating unit when sensing an intention of a driver to operate one switch, based on a signal from the touch pad, to control the switch box to protrude to a position where a hand of the driver is located.
US10408334B2
In an attachment structure for an oil guide plate including an oil guide plate and a seal member, the seal member is disposed at an edge part of the oil guide plate along an outer peripheral end portion, the seal member is an elastic body element protruding from both sides of the oil guide plate in a plate thickness direction, a pair of facing surfaces facing each other and pinching the edge part from both sides of the edge part in the plate thickness direction is disposed in a fixing portion in the case where the oil guide plate is attached, and the fixing portion pinches and compressively deforms the seal member with the pair of facing surfaces and supports the oil guide plate via the seal member.
US10408327B2
A mounting arrangement for mounting at least a gear box of a rotorcraft to a fuselage of a rotorcraft, the mounting arrangement comprising a gear box of a rotorcraft and at least two support plates that are rigidly attached to at least approximately opposing sides of the gear box, each one of the at least two support plates comprising at least two attachment means that are adapted to allow attachment of the at least two support plates to a fuselage of a rotorcraft by means of associated struts in order to enable transfer of induced loads occurring in operation, which are directed into a predetermined load direction, via the associated struts.
US10408325B2
A ring gear for a planetary gear set has an annular gear body with a first annular side and a second annular side concentric about a center axis. The first annular side defines a toothed periphery. The gear body may include an annular groove in the first annular side proximate a first axial side of the gear body. An axial flow passage section may extend axially into the gear body from the annular groove without intersecting the first and second annular sides. A radial flow passage section extends radially into the gear body from the second annular side to the axial flow passage section.
US10408323B2
A drive unit with twin side shaft torque coupling has an intermediate shaft with a first end portion and a second end portion and a central portion with a ring gear. A first clutch drum is directly mounted on the first end portion of the intermediate shaft. The first clutch drum has a first plurality of clutch plates. A first clutch can is located radially inboard of the first clutch drum. The first clutch can supports selective axial movement of a second plurality of clutch plates. The first and second plates are interleaved with one another to form a clutch pack. The first clutch can is connected to one end portion of a first output shaft located radially inboard from said first clutch can. A first clutch actuator assembly selectively actuates the first clutch. The drive unit also comprises a second clutch drum, clutch can and clutch actuator assembly.
US10408320B2
A torque converter is provided. The torque converter includes a front cover and an impeller shell including an axially extending section fixed to the front cover. The impeller shell includes a connector on the axially extending section. The connector is configured for connecting to an engine drive plate assembly. A method for forming a torque converter is also provided. The method includes providing connector on an axially extending section of an impeller shell, the connector being configured for connecting to an engine drive plate assembly; and fixing the axially extending section to a front cover.
US10408309B2
A motor vehicle transmission comprising a drive shaft, an output shaft, a planetary gear set system, and four shift elements. The first planet gear meshes with the first sun gear, first ring gear, and with one of the second planet gears. The second planet gear meshes with the second sun gear and second ring gear. The first sun gear has a smaller diameter than the second sun gear. The first ring gear has a larger diameter than the second ring gear, and is connected to the output shaft. The second ring gear is rotationally fixable by closing the first shift element. The drive shaft is connectable to the second sun gear by closing the third shift element. The drive shaft is connectable to the planet carrier by closing the fourth shift element. The first sun gear is rotationally fixable by closing the second shift element.
US10408307B2
A multi-stage transmission for vehicles includes an input shaft for receiving power from an engine; an output shaft for outputting the power; and a first, a second, a third, and a fourth planetary gear device. Each of the planetary gear devices has three rotary elements. The transmission further includes a first rotary shaft connected to the input shaft; a second rotary shaft; a third rotary shaft; a fourth rotary shaft; a fifth rotary shaft; a sixth rotary shaft; a seventh rotary shaft connected to a first rotary element of the third planetary gear device; and an eighth rotary shaft connected to a third rotary element of the fourth planetary gear device and to the output shaft.
US10408302B2
A roller chain includes pins, bushings, rollers, inner plates and outer plates. Two bushings are connected to one another in each case by way of at least two inner plates to form a chain link. Two consecutive chain links are articulately connected to one another in each case by way of each bushing being seated on a pin projecting beyond both ends of the bushing. At least one combination, which consist of two mutually frictionally engaged components—the pin and bushing on the one hand, the bushing and roller on the other hand,—include one component consisting of austenitic stainless steel with an S-phase formed at least on the surface by way of nitriding at a temperature between about 400° C. and 500° C., and another component consisting of a stainless ferritic steel, which at least on the surface, is nitrided at a temperature between about 1000° C. and 1200° C.
US10408299B2
A vibration damping system for a transmission system, exhibiting a stiffness K, of a motor vehicle having a combustion engine, having a support member able to be rotationally driven around an axis X, having a moment of inertia I; and a pendulum flyweight mounted movably on the support member, the pendulum flyweight being tuned to a tuning order n, the pendulum flyweight having a first resonance order of an order lower than the tuning order n, and a second resonance order higher than the tuning order n; the moment of inertia I of the support being configured for any engine speed value within an engine speed range of the combustion engine from 600 to 5000/n revolutions per minute, and for a given stiffness K of the transmission system, the second resonance order of the pendulum flyweight is different from an order y*n, where y is an integer.
US10408285B2
A fluid assembly in a hydraulic circuit, comprising one or more reservoirs configured to store fluid. The fluid assembly also includes a pump configured to transport the fluid in the hydraulic circuit and actuate a load from a transmission of a motor vehicle, a pressure accumulator configured to collect pressure built up by the pump and actuate the load, and a valve system configured to allow fluid communication of the load with the pump.
US10408279B2
A transmission is provided. The transmission may include a planetary gearset. The transmission may also include a thrust hub that may be fixed to the planetary gearset and engaged with a thrust bearing. A clutch hub may be connected with and spaced away from the thrust hub such that the thrust and clutch hubs are not in contact with each other to reduce vibration transfer between the thrust and clutch hubs.
US10408274B2
A driveshaft assembly includes a driveshaft with a shaft axis, a first end, and a radially outer surface. The first end includes a plurality of recesses extending radially inward from the radially outer surface and each including an engagement surface. The driveshaft assembly also includes an end housing with a receptacle including a plurality of planar receptacle surfaces. Further, the driveshaft assembly includes a torque transfer assembly including a plurality of torque transfer keys each with a planar key surface and a convex key surface, and an adapter including a plurality of concave adapter surfaces and a plurality of planar adapter surfaces. The engagement surface of the each recess engages the planar key surface of one of the keys. The convex key surface of each key engages one of the concave adapter surfaces. Each of the planar adapter surfaces of the adapter engage with one of the receptacle surfaces.
US10408260B2
A bearing structure includes: a ball bearing disposed in a bearing hole formed in a housing of a turbocharger, the ball bearing having an outer ring formed with a damper portion on an outer circumferential surface thereof; an opposed member fixed to the housing, the opposed member opposed to the outer ring in an axial direction of a shaft; a protruding portion formed on one of the outer ring and the opposed member, the protruding portion protruding toward another one of the outer ring and the opposed member; and a regulating portion formed on the other one of the outer ring and the opposed member, the regulating portion opposed to the protruding portion in a rotation direction of the shaft.
US10408256B2
A half thrust bearing includes a sliding surface for receiving an axial force of a crankshaft of an engine, and a rear surface on an opposite side thereto. The sliding surface includes a flat surface portion near a circumferentially central portion, and two inclined flat surface portions on both circumferential sides of the flat surface portion. The axial distance between the rear surface and the sliding surface is maximum at the flat surface portion. At any radial positions, the axial distance in each inclined flat surface portion is maximum on a circumferentially central portion side and is reduced toward a circumferential end portion of the half thrust bearing. Each inclined flat surface portion is arranged to form one constant thickness portion extending linearly from a radially inner end to a radially outer end at a circumferential angle of 45°.
US10408254B2
A motion transmitting remote control assembly (100) comprises a first conduit section having a first end fitting (114) extending along a first longitudinal axis, and a second conduit section having a second end fitting (120) extending along a second longitudinal axis. The second end fitting has an open position where the second axis is transverse to the first axis, and a closed position where a portion of the first and second axes align. A first core element has a first coupler (128) mounted thereto, and a second core element has a second coupler (140) mounted thereto. A guide mechanism (144) having a first portion coupled to the first end fitting and a second portion coupled to the second end fitting, aligns the end fittings when the second end fitting is in the open position. The guide mechanism also guides the second end fitting toward the first end fitting until the second end fitting is in the closed position.
US10408248B1
An inner housing defines a pin retaining receptacle elongated in an X-direction with entry ramps extending parallel to the X-direction. The inner housing is slidably coupled to an outer housing for movement in a Y-direction. The outer housing has an enclosed interior defined by outer housing walls extending from an outer housing flange. Resilient retention wings can extend outwardly from the outer housing walls without providing adjacent openings therethrough to facilitate water resistance. A water resistant seal is positionable between an outer housing flange and a first component to seal therebetween when the outer housing is coupled to the first component by the retention wings. Centering blades extend between the inner and outer housings to initially locate the pin retaining receptacle in a central position within the interior in a Y-direction and the centering blades are movable during insertion of the pin into the pin retaining receptacle.
US10408237B2
A hydraulic system for a mobile work vehicle is configurable in a hybrid mode and a hydrostatic mode. The hydraulic system includes a pump/motor, a propel circuit, a pump, a hydraulic accumulator, and an accessory circuit. The pump/motor is adapted to exchange power with a drive train of the mobile work vehicle. The propel circuit is adapted to exchange hydraulic fluid power with the pump/motor. The pump is adapted to transfer power from a prime mover of the mobile work vehicle to the propel circuit. The hydraulic accumulator is adapted to exchange hydraulic fluid power via an accumulator isolation valve with the propel circuit when the hydraulic system is configured in the hybrid mode. The accessory circuit is adapted to receive hydraulic fluid power from the hydraulic accumulator, at least when the hydraulic system is configured in the hydrostatic mode and the accumulator isolation valve is closed.
US10408215B2
An actuation apparatus may include a magnetic shape memory (MSM) element configured to contract locally at a portion of the MSM element in response to local exposure to a magnetic field distribution component that is substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the MSM element. The apparatus may further include a plurality of conductive coils laterally offset from the MSM element. Central axes of each conductive coil of the plurality of conductive coils may be substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the MSM element.
US10408207B2
A bellows pump device includes first and second bellows mounted on a pump head so as to be expandable/contractible independently of each other and configured to suck a fluid from a suction passage thereinto by expansion thereof and discharge the fluid therefrom to a discharge passage by contraction thereof. First and second air cylinder portions are configured to respectively cause the first and second bellows to perform expansion/contraction operation. First and second detection devices are configured to detect expanded/contracted states of the first and second bellows, respectively. A control unit is configured to control drive of the first and second air cylinder portions on the basis of each of detection signals of the first and second detection devices such that, before one bellows comes into a most contracted state, the other bellows is caused to contract from a most expanded state.
US10408206B2
Methods and apparatus to determine parameters of a pumping unit for use with wells are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a housing and a processor positioned in the housing. The processor is to determine a first load on a polished rod of a pumping unit, to estimate a first torque of a motor of the pumping unit, and determine a first torque factor for the pumping unit. The processor is to, based on the first load, the first torque, and the first torque factor, determine a phase angle of a counterbalance of the pumping unit or a moment of the counterbalance.
US10408201B2
A positive displacement pump comprising a cam for driving a piston assembly. The cam having an odd number of lobes, a first face, a second opposing face, and a peripheral surface extending between the first face and the second face. Each of the first face and the second face having a shoulder formed thereon conforming to the contour of the peripheral surface. The piston assemblies having at least two connector members extending from a piston in a spaced apart, parallel relationship to one another. A compression stroke bearing extends between the connector members in rolling contact with the peripheral surface, a first retraction bearing extends inwardly from one of the connector members and is rollingly positioned in contact with the shoulder of the first face, and a second retraction bearing extends inwardly from another one of the connector members and is rollingly positioned in contact with the shoulder of the second face.
US10408200B2
A vertical pumping unit for pumping oil from a well is disclosed including a vertically oriented frame, an electrically powered motor, a flexible beam connected on a first end to pumping machinery lowered into an oil well hole, a counterweight connected to a second end of the flexible beam and suspended by the frame, and a drum-type deceleration roller cone. The roller cone includes an input shaft receiving torque from the motor, internal reduction machinery, and an output drum translating the flexible beam back and forth to activate a pumping action.
US10408195B2
An apparatus for harnessing energy from a wheel travelling on a railroad track includes an elongate body with a plurality of pockets spaced apart along a top surface thereof. Energy collection devices are installed in the pockets, and each includes an actuator extending proud of the top surface. A mounting assembly releasably mounts the body adjacent to the railroad track so that the actuators of the energy collection devices are positioned in a path of the wheel to be actuated thereby. The energy collection devices may be coupled to a low pressure fluid supply reservoir and a high pressure fluid accumulator, and used to pump fluid from the reservoir to the accumulator upon actuation.
US10408182B2
A fuel system that in at least some implementations includes a carburetor having a fluid passage, a solenoid, a valve, a driver circuit and a control circuit. The valve may be moved by the solenoid between an open position permitting fluid flow through the fluid passage and a closed position at least partially inhibiting fluid flow through the fluid passage. The driver circuit and control circuit are communicated with the solenoid to contribute to providing power to the solenoid and controlling actuation of the solenoid. The driver circuit and control circuit provide a first magnitude of power to the solenoid to initially change the solenoid from its closed position to its open position and a second magnitude of power to maintain the solenoid in its open position wherein the second magnitude of power is less than the first magnitude.
US10408179B2
The damper mechanism used for a high-pressure fuel supply pump is configured so that an outer circumferential surface of a cover in regard to the thickness direction of the base material of the cover engages with the inner circumference of an open end part of a bottomed tubular concave part formed in a damper housing or in a pump housing of the high-pressure fuel supply pump. The total height of the damper as a low-pressure pulsation reducing mechanism can be reduced, and the dimensions of the damper in the radial directions can also be reduced. In cases where the damper mechanism is formed integrally with the high-pressure fuel supply pump, the total height of the high-pressure fuel supply pump can be reduced and the dimensions of the damper part in the radial directions can also be reduced.
US10408172B2
The disclosure herein relates to devices for improving combustion engine performance. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to ionizing devices for improving combustion engine performance. Engine improvements include, but are not limited to reducing emissions, improving fuel efficiency, improving power, and reducing engine noise in combustion engines that utilizes a computer to control the air/fuel mixture.
US10408169B2
Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust gas recirculation mixer. In one example, a mixer may include a separate chambers configured to receive exhaust gas and intake gas, and where the exhaust gas and intake gas merge in an outlet of the mixer. The outlet of the mixer is located at an intersection of upstream and downstream surfaces of the mixer.
US10408168B2
A power system including a variable volume combustion chamber for a two-stroke engine having a controlled exhaust port, a fuel injector to the combustion chamber and an oxygen injector to the combustion chamber. The oxygen injector provides repeated oxygen injection pulses to complete a charge. The controlled exhaust port includes an oscillating rotatably mounted valve. A source of pressurized concentrated oxygen to the oxygen injector is in a closed case having a ceramic fiber membrane. An air inlet and a waste outlet are in communication with a first side of the ceramic fiber membrane. An oxygen outlet is in communication with a second side of the ceramic fiber Ionic transport membrane. The case has a heat transfer surface in communication with the controlled exhaust port from the combustion chamber.
US10408159B2
A cylinder block of an internal combustion engine includes a cylinder bore wall that holds a piston so as to allow the piston to reciprocate. In at least one part of the cylinder bore wall in a cylinder axial direction, the density of a layer located farther from a cylinder head is lower than the density of a layer located closer to the cylinder head in the cylinder axial direction.
US10408156B2
A control device that is to output a driving signal to a fuel injector includes a full-lifting valve-closing response acquisition unit to acquire a full-lifting valve-closing profile indicating a valve-closing behavior of the fuel injector from a full-lifting state of a valve body constituting the fuel injector, based on a behavior of an electric signal from the full-lifting state to a closing state of the valve body, and a valve-opening response estimation unit to estimate a valve-opening profile indicating a valve-opening behavior when a valve-opening driving signal is input to the fuel injector, based on at least the full-lifting valve-closing profile.
US10408153B2
An engine control device controls an engine including a turbo-supercharger, a waste gate valve, an air-bypass valve, and a high-pressure fuel system. The engine control device includes: an air-bypass valve control unit and an abnormality detection unit. The air-bypass valve control unit controls the air-bypass valve. The abnormality detection unit detects an abnormality in the high-pressure fuel system. The air-bypass valve control unit increases an opening degree of the air-bypass valve in accordance with detection of the abnormality by the abnormality detection unit.
US10408141B2
In a lean-burn engine equipped with a turbocharger, a responsiveness of a supercharging pressure in a lean region is enhanced by control of a valve timing of an exhaust valve while a combustion state is restrained from varying. A variable valve mechanism that can change an opening timing of the exhaust valve while keeping a closing timing of the exhaust valve constant, is included in the lean-burn engine. When a target operation point is located in the lean region, and when an actual supercharging pressure is lower than a target supercharging pressure, supercharging pressure increasing control that advances the opening timing while keeping the closing timing constant is executed by operating the variable valve mechanism.
US10408140B2
Methods and arrangements for transitioning an engine between a deceleration cylinder cutoff (DCCO) state and an operational state are described. In one aspect, transitions from DCCO may begin with reactivating cylinders to pump air to reduce the pressure in the intake manifold prior to firing any cylinders. The number of pumping cycles, if any, is based on intake manifold absolute pressure (MAP).
US10408135B2
A method for operating a gas turbine below the nominal power includes: determining a lower power threshold value of the gas turbine which causes the gas turbine to leave a CO-emission-compliant partial load range of the gas turbine; providing a specified threshold value for output gas turbine power, wherein the specified threshold value is less than the nominal power of the gas turbine; and operating the gas turbine at an output gas turbine power above the specified threshold value at a constant exhaust gas temperature, wherein the inlet guide blades of a compressor of the gas turbine are closed further in order to reduce the output gas turbine power. A sufficiently large valve is selected for the specified threshold value so that increases of the primary zone temperature, combustion temperature, and exhaust temperature extend over a CO-emission-compliant partial load range of the gas turbine that is as large as possible.
US10408128B2
A system for generating electricity, heat, and desalinated water having a gas turbine system connected to a first electric generator, a waste heat recovery boiler (WHRB) system, a combined heat and power (CHP) generation system connected to a second electric generator, one or more solar powered energy systems, and a desalination system. The desalination system is connected to the CHP generation system and the WHRB system. The gas turbine system generates electricity and heat, the WHRB system is connected to and uses the exhaust of the gas turbine system to provide heat and steam power to the CHP generation system. The CHP generation system produces and provides electricity and heat to the desalination system, which produces product water, and at least one solar powered energy system provides thermal energy to one or more of the gas turbine system, the WHRB system, the CHP generation system, and the desalination system.
US10408126B2
A variable length connecting rod includes a connecting rod body, an eccentric member, a switching mechanism and a stopping mechanism. The eccentric member is provided at a small diameter end of the connecting rod body. The eccentric member rotates such that an effective length of the variable length connecting rod is varied. The switching mechanism includes a hydraulic piston connected to the eccentric member. The eccentric member reaches a first position when the switching mechanism is in a first state. The eccentric member reaches a second position when the switching mechanism is in a second state. The stopping mechanism includes a stopping member that abuts against or engages with the eccentric member or the hydraulic piston such that the eccentric member is maintained at an intermediate position between the first position and the second position.
US10408122B2
Synergistic induction and turbocharging includes the use of one or more throttles in close proximity to each cylinder intake valve to control air flow in each intake port delivering air to combustion cylinders in an internal combustion engine system. A turbocharger may also be affixed in close proximity to each cylinder exhaust valve to enable a synergistic combination of hyper-filling cylinders with combustion air and immediate harvesting of exhaust gas by adjacent turbochargers. In some implementations the turbochargers may be low-inertia turbochargers. The combination of individual throttles per intake port and a turbocharger in close proximity to each cylinder enables faster ramp-up of an engine in the early stages of acceleration. Various implementations thus provide improved fuel economy and improved engine performance in tandem, instead of one at the expense of the other.
US10408121B2
A supercharging device for an internal combustion engine, in particular for a vehicle, with a compressor having a compressor housing and having a compressor space in which a compressor wheel is arranged, an electric motor having a rotor and a stator, a motor housing having a motor space for accommodating the rotor and the stator, and a fluid-conducting connection from the compressor space into the motor space in order to permit pressure equalization between the compressor space and the motor space.
US10408120B2
An opening/closing valve structure for an engine is provided with a valve body for opening and closing an intake passage or an exhaust passage of the engine; a pair of bush members mounted on axial ends of the valve body; and a shaft member axially passing through one of the bush members and projecting from the bush member by a predetermined length within one end of the valve body. Each of the bush members is mounted in such a manner that a part of the bush member is axially received in an end of the valve body and the remaining part thereof axially projects from the end of the valve body. A portion of the shaft member projecting from the one of the bush members is connected to the valve body in such a manner that relative rotation of the shaft member with respect to the valve body is disabled.
US10408118B2
An engine coolant monitoring system for a machine is disclosed. The engine coolant monitoring system may have a test device configured to test a fluid sample of an engine coolant. The engine coolant monitoring system may also have a database configured to store a test result generated by the test device, the test result including a plurality of characteristics of the fluid sample. In addition, the engine coolant monitoring system may have a controller. The controller may be configured to access a rule-set associated with the engine coolant from the database, the rule-set having criteria associated with the characteristics. The controller may also be configured to label the engine coolant as normal when the characteristics of the fluid sample satisfy the criteria and label the engine coolant as abnormal when the characteristics do not satisfy at least one criterion included in the rule-set.
US10408116B2
A cooling system for an internal portion of an engine assembly. The cooling system includes a fan assembly. The fan assembly rotates with a flywheel mounted to a crankshaft.
US10408115B2
An electric generator for generating electric energy upon rotation of a crankshaft supported in a crankcase of an internal combustion engine has an outer rotor and an inner rotor. An electric generator cooling structure includes a first cooling oil passage and a second cooling oil passage that are branched from a lubricating oil passage of a lubricating system of the engine toward the electric generator. A first ejection port is defined in a downstream end of the first cooling oil passage for ejecting lubricating oil to an outer side surface of the outer rotor, and a second ejection port is defined in a downstream end of the second cooling oil passage for ejecting lubricating oil to the inner stator disposed in the outer rotor. The electric generator cooling structure can thus efficiently cool the electric generator in its entirety.
US10408110B2
A decomposition reactor for an exhaust system includes an exterior component defining an internal volume and having an inlet and an outlet with the inlet and outlet are formed on a same side of the exterior component. A flow divider is positioned within the internal volume and defines a thermal management chamber and a main flow chamber. A first flow path of exhaust flows from the inlet into the main flow chamber to mix with dosed, and a second flow path of exhaust flows from the inlet into the thermal management chamber to control a temperature of a portion of the flow divider. In some implementations, one or more swirling diverters can be coupled to the flow divider and positioned proximate the outlet of the exterior component to impart a vortical motion to a combined reductant and exhaust gas flow exiting out the outlet.
US10408104B2
A catalyst apparatus is disposed in an exhaust passage for exhaust gas discharged from an internal combustion engine and includes a catalyst section for purifying the exhaust gas, and a heater section disposed upstream of the catalyst section in the exhaust passage and adapted to heat the exhaust gas. The heater section is configured such that a plurality of metal thin plates and insulators are stacked alternatingly are wound. The heater section contains a pair comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode for energizing and heating the metal thin plates. The positive and negative electrodes are joined to each of the metal thin plates in such a manner that the positive electrode is located away from the negative electrode in a winding direction of the metal thin plates.
US10408093B2
A welded high-pressure fuel pump roller tappet, which is used for the fuel injection system in an engine, includes a guide sleeve, a U-shaped holder and a pin-shaft-roller set. Symmetrical positions on the upper portion of left and right sidewalls of the guide sleeve are provided with inflexed flanges. Two sides of the flange are folded inwardly to form a limiting slot. The U-shaped holder includes a bottom plate and side plates located on left and right sides of the bottom plate. Symmetrical positions on two side plates are provided with axle holes. The pin-shaft-roller set is set up between two side plates of the U-shaped holder. Symmetrical positions on the upper portion of the flange are provided with opening slots. After assembly, the U-shaped holder is located between two flanges. Two side plates are located inside the limiting slots in the flanges.
US10408089B2
The annulus is bound by an inner hub wall and an outer casing and includes a support structure, the support structure bearing the inner hub wall; at least one spigot passing through the hub wall and at least one strut arranged to pass through the spigot of the inner hub wall and across the annulus. The strut has a first end having an abutment arm extending to form an abutment shoulder. Alignable holes pass through the abutment arm and the spigot and these holes are configured to receive a cross pin which is in turn configured to fit snugly through the holes. The configuration is such that, the abutment rim and abutment shoulder are located radially inwardly of the holes and cross pin and outside of the annulus.
US10408084B2
A vane assembly for a gas turbine engine is disclosed herein. The vane assembly includes an inner platform, an outer platform, and a ceramic-containing airfoil that extends from the inner platform to the outer platform. The ceramic-containing airfoil is manufactured to have radially discontinuous ribs spaced radially apart from one another between the inner platform and the outer platform.
US10408083B2
A method of making a hollow metal component comprising the steps of providing at least one core comprising a first side and a reverse side; utilizing a first metal spray process to apply at least one metal or metal alloy to the first side of the core, resulting in a partially-formed structure comprising a first side and a reverse side; and utilizing a second metal spray process to apply at least one metal or metal alloy to the reverse sides of the partially-formed structure and the core, resulting in a rough structure. A hollow metal component comprising a first side having interior and exterior surfaces, a reverse side having interior and exterior surfaces, the interior surfaces of the first side and the reverse side defining at least one cavity. The component is integrally formed and has regions comprising relatively different material compositions, the regions having gradual transitions of materials therebetween.
US10408082B2
An airfoil includes an airfoil body that has a retention pocket and an airfoil piece disposed in the retention pocket. The retention pocket secures the airfoil piece in place. The airfoil piece defines a portion of an airfoil profile of an airfoil section of the airfoil body.
US10408069B2
A radial control shaft for a device for controlling the pitch of fan blades of a turbine engine having an unducted fan, is disclosed. The shaft includes an external portion that is designed to be mounted in the control device from its outside and to be coupled to at least one fan blade in order to adjust its pitch, and an internal portion, independent of the external portion, that is designed to be mounted from the inside of the control device, to be connected to a load transfer bearing in order to pivot the shaft about a radial axis, and to close an oil enclosure in which the bearing is housed, the external and internal portions of the shaft being coupled to each other. A method of mounting such a shaft and a control device including such a shaft are also disclosed.
US10408064B2
An internal cooling system (14) including an impingement jet strike channel system (16) for increasing the effectiveness of impingement jets (18) is disclosed. The impingement jet strike channel system (16) may include an impingement jet strike cavity (20) offset from one or more impingement orifices (22). A plurality of impingement jet strike channels (24) may extend radially outward from the impingement jet strike cavity (20) forming a starburst pattern of impingement jet strike channels (24) and may be formed by a plurality of ribs (26) that each separate adjacent impingement jet strike channels (24). The ribs (26) forming the impingement jet strike channels (24) may be split one or more times into multiple channels to increase the number of stagnation points (28, 38, 52) to increase the cooling capacity. The impingement jet strike channel system (16) may be used within components, such as, but not limited to, gas turbine engines (12), including vane inserts, airfoil leading edge cooling systems, platforms, advanced transitions, acoustic resonators, ring segments and the like.
US10408062B2
An airfoil includes an exterior wall, a triple trailing edge pin bank, and an impingement system. The exterior wall defines a first interior space. The exterior wall also includes a pressure sidewall and a suction sidewall. The impingement system is disposed within the first interior space. The impingement system includes an interior wall which defines a second interior space a plurality of impingement holes configured to channel a flow of coolant from the second interior space to the first interior space. The interior wall has an impingement hole density with a varying hole density pattern. The impingement system also includes dividing walls extending from the interior wall to the exterior wall. The interior wall, exterior wall, and dividing walls define a first and second zone coupled in flow communication. The impingement hole density is configured to separately meter flow to the first and second zones.
US10408056B2
In a drum housing for a working drum of a construction machine or mining machine, said working drum being provided with tools and rotating about a drum axis, with a housing shell which at least partially encloses the circumference of the working drum, and with at least one inspection opening for a monitoring device arranged in the housing shell, wherein said monitoring device inspects the condition of the working drum or the tools thereof, it is provided for the following features to be achieved: a closing mechanism is arranged on the outside of the housing shell, said closing mechanism enabling closure of the at least one inspection opening.
US10408049B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for providing adaptive feedback in downhole telemetry in a wellbore. A feedback system includes a source assembly, which can be located on the surface or downhole, and a receiving assembly, which can likewise be located on the surface or downhole. The source assembly includes a source device that transmits a light signal having a first phase, and an encoder coupled to the source device. The receiving assembly comprising an oscillator that transmits an oscillator having a second phase, a coupler that couples the light signal with the oscillator signal, a detector and difference amplifier that detect and determine the difference between the first phase and second phase and a processor that receives the difference between the phases and provides the difference to an encoder so that the encoder can adjust the oscillator phase.
US10408047B2
A method of transmitting data in a wellbore uses a signal receiver that is run into the wellbore on a working string. The signal receiver receives wireless signals from receiver communications nodes placed along the wellbore. The data from those signals is then sent up the wellbore, either by directing the signals directly up the working string, or by spooling the string to the surface and uploading the data. Sensors and associated communications nodes are placed within the wellbore to collect data. The communications nodes may be the signal receiver nodes; alternatively, the communications nodes may send data from the sensors up the wellbore through acoustic signals to a receiver communications node. In the latter instance, intermediate communications nodes having electro-acoustic transducers are used as part of a novel telemetry system.
US10408045B2
Tracing subterranean fluid flow includes providing a first polymeric tracer to a first injector, collecting a first aqueous sample from a first producer, and assessing the presence of the first polymeric tracer in the first aqueous sample. The first polymeric tracer includes a first polymer formed from at least a first monomer. The presence of the first polymeric tracer in the first aqueous sample is assessed by removing water from the first aqueous sample to yield a first dehydrated sample. pyrolyzing the first dehydrated sample to yield a first gaseous sample, and assessing the presence of a pyrolization product of the first polymer in the first gaseous sample. The presence of the pyrolization product of the first polymer in the first gaseous sample is indicative of the presence of a first subterranean flow pathway between the first injector location and the first producer location.
US10408034B2
The present invention concerns a system for extracting the liquids from a well producing liquid and gas. The system comprises a separation wall defining, in the well, a first space and a second space; a liquid-gas separator; and a system for eliminating separated liquid. The first space is suitable for conveying a mixture comprising the gas and liquid from a production area to the separator. The separator is suitable for separating the gas and liquid from the mixture. The second space receives the liquid separated from the mixture. Finally, the elimination system is suitable for eliminating the separated liquid using at least the gravitational potential energy of said separated liquid in the second space.
US10408031B2
An automated hydraulic fracturing system, including a pump system, a blender configured to form the fracturing fluid, a proppant storage and delivery system, a hydration unit configured to mix an additive into a fluid to form the fluid mixture and provide the fluid mixture to the blender, a fluid storage and delivery system, and an additive storage and delivery system, and an automated control system including a plurality of sensing devices and a plurality of control devices integrated into the pump system, the blender system, the proppant storage and delivery system, the fluid storage and delivery system, and the additive storage and delivery system, the automated control system configured to monitor parameters of the automated hydraulic fracturing system via the plurality of sensing devices and transmit control instructions for one or more of the plurality of control devices to control an aspect of the automated hydraulic fracturing system.
US10408025B2
A downhole setting tool and method of using the setting tool, the setting tool including a firing head, an igniter, a housing connected to the firing head, a power charge positioned within a chamber of the housing, and a connector connecting a portion of the power charge to the firing head. The connector may be connected to the uphole end of the power charge. The connector may connect the power charge to an adapter that connects the power charge to the firing head. The connector may be a ring having an outer engagement feature that engages the adapter and an inner engagement feature that engages the power charge. The connector may be a collet including an outer engagement feature that engages the adapter and a plurality of fingers that engage the power charge. The ignitor is used to detonate the power charge to set a device within a wellbore.
US10408022B2
A filter assembly comprising a tubular member, one or more support members disposed on the tubular member, and a wire disposed on the support members. One or more spaces are formed between adjacent portions of the wire. The wire includes a wire shape having substantially flat side surfaces such that an elongated channel is formed between adjacent wire shapes.
US10408012B2
A downhole tool and a tool assembly, of which the downhole tool includes an expandable sleeve defining a bore extending axially therethrough, a first swage positioned at least partially within the bore and including a valve seat configured to receive an obstructing member, such that the obstructing member and the first swage substantially prevent fluid communication through the bore when the obstructing member is seated in the valve seat, and a second swage positioned at least partially within the bore. The first and second swages are configured to move toward one another in the bore, such that the first and second swages deform end portions of the expandable sleeve radially outwards and into engagement with a surrounding tubular, and the expandable sleeve, in an expanded configuration in which the end portions engage the surrounding tubular, defines an unexpanded portion between the expanded end portions.
US10408007B2
A downhole tool includes a valve assembly and a shock absorbing assembly. The valve assembly includes a valve spring operatively connected to a valve body. The shock absorbing assembly includes a spring operatively connected to a shock absorbing body having a fluid passage therethrough. The valve body is configured to selectively engage the shock absorbing body to create a fluid tight seal over the fluid passage in a first position, and to allow a fluid flow through the fluid passage in a second position. The repeated movement cycle of the selective engagement between the valve body and the shock absorbing body generates a pressure pulse or a varying pressure differential across the downhole tool. The repeated movement cycle is powered by a fluid flow. The tool may be selectively activated and deactivated.
US10408002B2
An example mobile drilling fluid plant includes a plurality of intermodal containers each exhibiting a length, a width, and a height compliant with universal shipping container dimensions and configurations dictated by the International Organization for Standardization, wherein the plurality of intermodal containers include a plurality of fluid storage containers and one or more fluid mixing containers, one or more pumps in fluid communication with the plurality of fluid storage containers and the one or more fluid mixing containers, and one or more flexible hoses fluidly coupled to the one or more pumps and placing the plurality of fluid storage containers in fluid communication with the one or more fluid mixing containers.
US10408001B2
A self contained/self powered hydraulic catwalk is equipped with a slider positioned at the base of a lifting arm. As the lifting arm is elevated to deliver pipe to the drill rig floor, the slider moves the base of the lifting arm toward the drill rig keeping the distal end of the lifting arm in close proximity to the drill rig floor. Conversely, when the lifting arm is lowered, the slider retracts the base of the lifting arm onto the catwalk. By this method it is not necessary to reposition the catwalk after raising or lowering the lifting arm to maintain close proximity to the drill rig. Pipe can then be transported to the drill floor or removed efficiently and safely.
US10407999B2
A dampener device is configured for incorporation into a downhole measurement tool in a drilling system, for absorbing axial, lateral and torsional shocks and vibrations to protect measurement instrumentation located above the device during drilling. The device includes: a main sleeve having a main cavity containing a main spring; an adapter connected to or formed monolithically relative to the main sleeve, the adapter configured for connection to a first tool component; a plunger configured to compress the main spring; a connector configured for connection to a second tool component, the connector attached to or formed monolithically relative to the plunger; a shaft extending between the adapter and the connector, the shaft provided with an anti-rotation structure; and one or more passages leading from the outside of the device into the main cavity. The passages are provided to allow drilling fluid to enter the main cavity to act as vibration dampening fluid.
US10407992B2
A directional drilling system comprises a driveshaft to couple to a drill string or a drill bit and an apparatus. The apparatus comprises an eccentric coupler disposed at the driveshaft and a coil coupled at one end to the eccentric coupler. In some embodiments, the coil comprises a fixed end and a rotating end. In response to a first transition temperature, the rotating end of the coil causes the eccentric coupler to rotate about the driveshaft, so as to move the driveshaft from a first orientation to a second orientation. Additional apparatus, methods, and systems are disclosed.
US10407991B2
A rotation brake for stopping rotation of a spindle assembly on a horizontal directional drill. The rotation brake comprises a brake lock that is actuated by a cylinder and spring to interact with a non-rotating brake cap and a rotating pinion, thereby stopping rotation of the pinion. The brake lock is removed from the pinion by applying pressurized fluid to a cylinder such that a cylinder rod moves the brake lock out of a cavity between the brake cap and the pinion. Upon removing fluid pressure from the cylinder, a compressed spring moves the brake lock back to into the cavity, preventing rotation.
US10407983B2
An operating system for an architectural covering is provided. The operating system allows at least three modes of operation of an architectural covering. A transmission may be included between an input assembly and an output drive member, and the transmission may be selectively engaged to place the operating system into one of the at least three modes of operation. The operating system may include a first drive section including an input, a second drive section including an output, and a control mechanism arranged to selectively lock an element of the first and second drive sections to control movement of the output of the operating system upon actuation of the input. A shift lock is also disclosed herein. In use, the shift lock operates to restrict shifting operation of the operating system from one operating mode to another.
US10407980B2
We disclose a cordless window covering that may raise, lower, and tilt a plurality of slats without the use of lift cords. The covering may include an external frame with two vertical sides and a headrail. The covering may also include a plurality of slats, each of which may be connected to an adjacent slat by at least one string on each side and the headrail. This may allow the slats to hang freely when lowered. It may also allow all the slats to tilt when only the top slat has been mechanically tilted by a drive belt. The bottom slat may include a bottom bearing connector which may interact with a drive belt such that it may be raised and lowered when the drive belt rotates. Each slat may be connected to a bearing and a bearing connector that may be slidably connected to a guide channel.
US10407979B1
A free standing barrier includes two panels that slide parallel to each other. Each of the panels includes a lower outer corner portion on which is mounted a foot. The feet, in combination with each other, hold the barrier upright and make the barrier free standing. One foot engages one sliding panel and the other foot engages the other sliding panel. Each of the feet includes an outward extension that works as a stop against, for example, a doorjamb, to prevent the barrier from being pushed, such as by a dog, through the opening that the barrier is intended to close off.
US10407978B2
A flood barrier shield system for installation in a building opening such as a door frame includes a water impervious panel having a base edge and at least two side edges generally complementary in shape to the base and side edges of the opening into which it is to be installed. Channel shaped seal housings are mounted on the panels adjacent its base and side edges which contain seal bars including a relatively rigid bar having a flexible seal mounted thereon and extending the length of the housing. The seal is located to face the opposing surface of the opening and the bar is connected to the housing by selectively operable devices which move the bar and seal between retracted and extended positions for ease of positioning the flood barrier in the opening and then forming a water tight seal along the base and sides of the system.
US10407975B2
A threshold includes a substantially vertically upstanding nosing extending along a longitudinal axis of the threshold and a substantially vertically upstanding dam spaced from and substantially parallel to the upstanding nosing. A threshold cap is disposed at least partially across a gap between the upstanding nosing and the upstanding dam. A support, which supports the threshold cap, is located at least partially within the gap. The threshold cap is adjustable between at least a raised position and a lowered position. The threshold cap is biased toward the raised position when the door panel of the entryway is in an open position. The threshold cap pivots about a pivot axis parallel with the longitudinal axis. The pivot axis is not a central axis of the threshold cap.
US10407971B2
A system for analyzing a current movement of a point on a garage door can include a memory, a port, and a processor. The memory can be configured to store a profile. The profile can be produced from one or more previous movements of the point on the garage door. The port can be configured to receive, from a sensor, a signal that corresponds to the current movement of the point on the garage door. The processor can be configured to perform an analysis of the signal with respect to the profile. The processor can be configured to produce a result of the analysis.
US10407963B2
A hinge for leaves of furniture and the like, which comprises a fixed part which is shaped to be inserted in a seat provided within the thickness of an upper or lower wall of a piece of furniture and a moveable part which can be connected to a leaf of the piece of furniture, the fixed part and the moveable part being mutually connected so as to oscillate by way of an articulation system which comprises at least one articulation axis and a rocker, the hinge further comprising elastic elements for closing the hinge which are functionally connected to the at least one rocker, and a deceleration device which is adapted to decelerate at least part of the closing and/or opening motion of the hinge, the deceleration device being actuated by actuation elements which are entirely concealed within the fixed part of the hinge.
US10407956B2
A metal cabinet with electrically conductive hinges comprises a cabinet body and a cabinet door that are made of an electrically conductive metal. An LED luminous body is disposed in the cabinet door, and at least two electrically conductive hinges for enabling the cabinet door to rotate relative to the cabinet body are disposed between the cabinet door and the cabinet body. Each of the hinges comprises a first hinge body and a second hinge body. The first hinge body is connected to a first electrically conducts wire connecting the first hinge body to a power supply. A first outer insulation pad is disposed between the first hinge body and the cabinet body. The second hinge body is connected to a second electrically conductive wire connecting the second hinge body to the LED luminous body. A second outer insulation pad is disposed between the second hinge body and the cabinet door.
US10407954B2
A door security device for preventing opening of a door. A first device includes a bar that seats against a doorframe on opposite sides of the door and a clamp that clasps a door latch and applies a force to draw the bar against the doorframe while pulling the door latch toward the bar. The door cannot be opened away from the bar. A second device has a bar that seats against a doorframe at the floor with a two plates that extend beneath the door and around to opposite sides of the doorframe. Removable pins or other locks obstruct the plates from sliding along the bar. The bar is tall enough that the door cannot pass over the bar, thus obstructing the door from opening inwardly. A closer cover slides over a mechanical door closing mechanism to be used alone or with the other devices.
US10407950B2
A vehicle door latch device includes: a seal sticking portion at which an upper seal portion of a waterproof seal is stuck, and which is provided upward in a protruding manner at an upper portion of a body accommodating portion; an upper positioning unit which is provided at a lower edge and a side edge on an extra-vehicle side of the seal sticking portion, the upper positioning unit being configured to receive and position a lower surface and an end face on the extra-vehicle side of the upper seal; and a side positioning unit which is configured to position a side seal portion of the waterproof seal to be directed diagonally downward, and which is provided on a surface on an intra-vehicle side of the cover where the side seal portion is stuck.
US10407949B2
A tray device for a vehicle may include a tray provided in the vehicle and having a cover configured for being opened, a locking module provided in the cover to lock or unlock the cover, and a touch pad provided on an outer side of the cover and interworking with the locking module to unlock the cover through a touch operation.
US10407948B2
The invention relates to a detection device for detecting mechanical functional states of a motor vehicle lock, in which at least two binary signal outputs are provided which define a logical state of the detection device through the respective electrical potentials present there. It is proposed that the functional state of the motor vehicle lock is determined on the basis of the logical state of the signal outputs and of the electrical resistance between the predetermined signal outputs.
US10407947B2
A vehicle door lock device includes a latch mechanism holding and releasing a striker of a door; a locking/unlocking member switching between locking and unlocking of the door; a first switch detecting a state of the locking/unlocking member; a second switch switching between on and off of a room lamp of the vehicle; a connection portion to which a connector for an external device is connected; and a switch plate connecting at least the first switch and the second switch to the connection portion. Further, the switch plate includes a first switch plate connecting the first switch to the connection portion, a second switch plate connecting the second switch to the connection portion, and a switch-plate joining portion joining the first switch plate and the second switch plate together and passing between a bottom surface of a case and the locking/unlocking member.
US10407943B2
A temporary door hardware system includes a latch assembly securable between a first side component and a second side component when the first and second side component are installed in the door. The latch assembly is dimensioned for integration with an opening in an door frame. The latch assembly includes first assembled position relative to the first and second side components. The latch assembly includes a second assembled position relative to the first and second side components. The latch assembly in the first assembled position extends from the first and second side components a greater distance than the latch assembly in the second position. Further disclosed is a door utilizing the latch assembly.
US10407938B2
The drilling rig includes a first substructure and a second substructure. The second substructure is positioned generally parallel to and spaced apart from the first substructure and generally the same height as the first substructure. The drilling rig further includes a drill floor coupled to the first and second substructures, where the drill floor positioned substantially at the top of the first and second substructures.
US10407936B2
A sign post support system can include a central column and a plurality of arms extending outward from the central column, the central column configured to support a bottom end of a sign post. A sign post support system can include a plurality of arms coupled to a bottom end of a sign post. A sign post support system can support a sign post without either the sign post or the support system extending below ground level.
US10407930B2
The present disclosure relates to an electric top bottom cleaner for pools or spas that includes internal pumps for suction and propulsion purposes. The pool cleaner includes a housing having a front end, a rear end, a first side, a second side, a bottom wall, and a top wall, with a first aperture extending through the bottom wall and a second aperture extending through the top wall. A tube extends through the housing between the first aperture and the second aperture. A debris retention mechanism is connectable to the housing. A first pump, a second pump, and a third pump are positioned within the housing.
US10407928B2
The present invention is a modular pool skimmer faceplate cover with a pre-wired integrated underwater light. The faceplate cover of the present invention clips onto a faceplate of any pool skimmer inside a swimming pool. The faceplate cover is provided with a cavity below the faceplate cover's mouth that accommodates a light source element, and this light source element connects to a low-voltage power supply. The light source element can be a LED, and be located below or around the faceplate cover's mouth.
