US10410429B2
Improved mechanisms for three-dimensional image reconstruction are disclosed. A user is presented with a scene image and allowed to select elements of the image, such as planes, within which features are to be detected. The features are detected and tracked and objects (such as planes) are constructed. The user is allowed to revise the constructed objects and may be allowed to repeat image element selection, with feature detection and tracking and object construction being repeated. When element selection and object construction and user revision are completed, a three-dimensional reconstruction of the scene image is computed.
US10410427B2
The disclosure includes a system and method for wireless data sharing between a mobile client device and a three-dimensional heads-up display unit. A system may include a three-dimensional heads-up display unit (“3D HUD”) installed in a vehicle. The system may include a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to: establish a peer-to-peer video stream between a mobile client device and the vehicle; generate live video data for providing a video stream for causing a screen of the mobile client device to display visual content of the 3D HUD that includes substantially live images depicting what the driver of the vehicle sees when looking at the 3D HUD; and stream the live video data to the mobile client device to cause the screen of the mobile client device to display the video stream that depicts what the driver of the vehicle sees when looking at the 3D HUD.
US10410425B1
The position of a virtual object in a scene, such as a scene of augmented reality (AR) content to be rendered, can be adjusted at least in part using pressure input. A user can apply varying amounts of pressure to a pressure sensor, for example, to control a distance between the virtual object and a virtual camera rendering a current view of the scene. An increase in pressure can increase the distance, or cause the object to move “away” from the user, while a decrease in pressure can decrease that distance, causing the virtual object to move “toward” the user. An acceleration function can be used to control the movement, to provide more accurate and user-friendly position control. Smoothing can be applied to the pressure data to reduce the presence of noise or jitter in the data. Other inputs can be used to control lateral movements or rotations.
US10410420B2
An apparatus includes an image acquisition unit configured to acquire a captured image of a real space, a position and orientation acquisition unit configured to acquire a position and orientation of each of a plurality of virtual objects, an interference determination unit configured to determine whether interference is present between the virtual objects based on the position and orientation of each of the plurality of virtual objects and model data of the plurality of virtual objects, an interference information recording unit configured to record an outline of an interference part where the virtual objects interfere with each other as interference information, based on a result of the interference determination unit, a generation unit configured to generate a composite image including the captured image, an image of the plurality of virtual objects, and an image representing the outline of the interference part.
US10410414B2
Techniques for extraction of body parameters, dimensions and shape of a customer are presented herein. A model descriptive of a garment, a corresponding calibration factor and reference garment shapes can be assessed. A garment shape corresponding to the three-dimensional model can be selected from the reference garment shapes based on a comparison of the three-dimensional model with the reference garment shapes. A reference feature from the plurality of reference features may be associated with the model feature. A measurement of the reference feature may be calculated based on the association and the calibration factor. The computed measurement can be stored in a body profile associated with a user. An avatar can be generated for the user based on the body profile and be used to show or indicate fit of a garment, as well as make fit and size recommendations.
US10410411B2
Methods and systems for capturing motion and/or determining the shapes and positions of one or more objects in 3D space utilize cross-sections thereof. In various embodiments, images of the cross-sections are captured using a camera based on edge points thereof.
US10410407B2
A device and method for applying a virtual lighting effect in an electronic device are provided. The electronic device includes a display, a memory configured to store a first normal map and a second normal map corresponding to a face, and a processor. The processor is configured to acquire a first image and detect a face region in the first image. Additionally, the processor is configured to determine a normal map corresponding to at least a partial region of the face region based on the first normal map and the second normal map; and display a second image, based on the determined normal map, on the display. The second image includes the first image after a virtual lighting effect is applied thereto.
US10410401B1
The present disclosure describes a novel way of generating coherent secondary rays for a global illumination ray tracing. The Acceleration Structures of prior art are replaced by a new and novel device—a Dynamically Aligned Structure (DAS), a means for carrying out the intersection between secondary rays and scene geometry in large groups of rays, gaining high speed and lowering computational complexity.
US10410398B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for displaying data on a display device. An example method of displaying data on a display device includes computing a texture based on a difference between a high quality (HQ) tile and a corresponding low quality (LQ) tile. The method also includes storing the texture into an alpha channel of the LQ tile. The method further includes compositing the LQ tile onto the display device when an attribute of the alpha channel satisfies a threshold.
US10410397B2
The present application discloses a picture presentation method and apparatus. A specific implementation of the method includes: acquiring an original picture set encompassing a same scene; selecting, from the original picture set, a reconstruction picture set for reconstructing a three-dimensional structure of the scene, and reconstructing the three-dimensional structure of the scene by using reconstruction pictures in the reconstruction picture set, the three-dimensional structure of the scene comprising three-dimensional feature points; selecting a to-be-presented picture set from the reconstruction picture set, a number of the three-dimensional feature points included in the to-be-presented picture set being above a preset threshold; determining a presentation order of to-be-presented pictures in the to-be-presented picture set, and generating a picture presentation sequence based on the presentation order of the to-be-presented pictures; and presenting pictures in the picture presentation sequence continuously. By acquiring pictures encompassing a same scene, determining a presentation order of the pictures based on the association relationship between the pictures, and continuously presenting the pictures according to the presentation order, this implementation improves the spatial continuity of the scene in the pictures when the pictures are presented.
US10410389B2
Systems and methods for creating a collaborative video campaign. The method comprises receiving, at a server, a plurality of videos from remote contributor image capture devices, then sorting the plurality of videos at the server into separate categories, each corresponding to a shot type. Then, the method may comprise displaying, on a page of an edit creation interface of a computing device, representative images of at least some of the plurality of videos within a plurality of sections, wherein the plurality of sections on the edit creation interface comprise: a first section for at least one of the plurality of videos to be reviewed; and a second section at least one of the plurality of videos that have been selected; and providing a selection tool associated with each representative image that allows a user to select the associated video as suitable for inclusion in the campaign.
US10410387B2
A system for generating user interface elements comprises a data analysis module, an element generation module and a positioning module. The data analysis module is arranged to identify a plurality of classes in input data, wherein each class is associated with at least one characteristic value. The element generation module is arranged to generate a plurality of user interface elements each associated with a class by calculating, for each user interface element, at least one value indicative of a two-dimensional area based on the characteristic value associated with the class of the element. The positioning module is arranged to generate a position layout by determining positions for the user interface elements, wherein each position is determined independently of an axis associated with a class or a variable relating to a class.
US10410385B2
Methods, systems and computer program products for generating hypergraph representations of dialog are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes analyzing at least one dialog to identify one or more topics and one or more contributions by one or more persons to the one or more topics, tracking evolution of the identified topics over time in the at least one dialog, generating a hypergraph representation of the at least one dialog utilizing the identified topics, the identified contributions and the tracked evolution of the identified topics, and providing an interactive visualization tool based on the hypergraph representation of the at least one dialog.
US10410380B2
An apparatus in one embodiment comprises a multi-stage processing pipeline configured to generate a procedural yarn model by fitting procedural yarn model parameters to input data comprising computed tomography measurements of one or more actual yarn samples. The apparatus further comprises an image rendering system configured to execute one or more procedural yarn generation algorithms utilizing the procedural yarn model and to generate based at least in part on results of execution of the one or more procedural yarn generation algorithms at least one corresponding output image for presentation on a display. The multi-stage processing pipeline comprises a first stage configured to perform ply twisting estimation and ply cross-sectional estimation, a second stage configured to classify constituent fibers into regular fibers and flyaway fibers, and third and fourth stages configured to process the respective regular and flyaway fibers to fit respective different sets of parameters of the procedural yarn model.
US10410377B2
The invention notably relates to a computer-implemented method for compressing data representing values of a physical attribute in a predetermined space. The method comprises providing a signal that includes a mapping from leaf cells of a hierarchical subdivision of the predetermined space each onto a respective coefficient representative of a value of the physical attribute at the respective leaf cell. The method also comprises determining a discrete wavelet transform of the signal and encoding the determined discrete wavelet transform. The method provides an improved way to compress a modeled object that represents a real object.
US10410375B2
An image processing apparatus comprising: a storage device storing weather data representing a state of an atmospheric air in at least one of a plurality of areas existing within a predetermined range; and a control device computing a color of a cloud about at least one area by using the weather data.
US10410373B1
A depth camera assembly (DCA) determines distances between the DCA and objects in a local area within a field of view of the DCA. The DCA projects a series of sinusoidal patterns into the local area DCA and captures images of the sinusoidal patterns via a sensor. The DCA determines a distance between the DCA and locations in the local area based on a phase shift each of the sinusoidal patterns captured by each pixel of the sensor. Initially, a calibration offset is determined for each pixel of the sensor by emitting the sinusoidal patterns onto a target at a predetermined distance from the DCA and using phase shifts for a pixel and the predetermined distance to determine the pixel's calibration offset.
US10410370B2
An information handling system and method includes a display screen for displaying a three dimensional image captured via a three dimensional camera and the processor to detect a selection of a first pixel within the three dimensional image that is proximate to an edge of a first object in the three dimensional image and redefine the selected first pixel to snap to a second pixel within the three dimensional image on the edge of the first object, wherein the second pixel has a large disparity within the three dimensional image and the processor to detect a selection of a third pixel within the three dimensional image that is proximate to an edge of a second object in the three dimensional image and redefine the selected third pixel to snap to a fourth pixel within the three dimensional image on the edge of the second object, wherein the fourth pixel has a large disparity within the three dimensional image.
US10410361B2
A moving object detection method and a moving object detection system are provided. The method includes: predetermining a background image corresponding to a scene monitored by a video monitoring device; performing a subtraction processing on a grayscale image to be detected and the background image to acquire a difference image; and binarizing the difference image and determining a moving object in the grayscale image to be detected, where the determining the background image includes: dividing a first grayscale image frame and a second grayscale image frame in a grayscale image frame sequence captured by the video monitoring device into image blocks to acquire a first image block set and a second image block set respectively, and determining the background image using a difference between the first image block set and the second image block set.
US10410346B2
A method for detecting tooth wear using digital 3D models of teeth taken at different times. The digital 3D models of teeth are segmented to identify individual teeth within the digital 3D model. The segmentation includes performing a first segmentation method that over segments at least some of the teeth within the model and a second segmentation method that classifies points within the model as being either on an interior of a tooth or on a boundary between teeth. The results of the first and second segmentation methods are combined to generate segmented digital 3D models. The segmented digital 3D models of teeth are compared to detect tooth wear by determining differences between the segmented models, where the differences relate to the same tooth to detect wear on the tooth over time.
US10410341B2
An X ray diagnostic apparatus includes an X ray tube generating X rays, a first detector detecting the X rays, at least one second detector arranged in front of a first detection surface of the first detector and including a second detection surface narrower than the first detection surface and indicator points provided on a rear surface of the second detection surface, a projection data generation unit generating first projection data based on an output from the first detector, and a positional shift detection unit detecting a positional shift of the second detector relative to the first detector in accordance with an imaging direction by using the first projection data and a predetermined positional relationship between the points and detection elements in the second detector.
US10410336B2
An inspection device includes: an irradiation unit irradiating an inspection target with light by causing a predetermined position within a display screen to emit light; a captured image acquisition unit acquiring a captured image obtained by imaging the inspection target; a calculation unit calculating coordinates in the display screen corresponding to coordinates in the captured image on the basis of light emission position coordinate information and light reception position coordinate information indicating coordinates of a light emission position and a light reception position; and an inspection pattern creation unit creating an inspection pattern which is displayed on the display screen so that first patterns and second patterns are alternately arranged in the captured image and which is used to inspect presence a defect on a surface of the inspection target, on the basis of a calculation result of the calculation unit.
US10410332B2
A method of analyzing lattice strain of a semiconductor device includes generating a spectrum image by performing a Fourier Transform on an image of a semiconductor device, providing a first hybrid mask filter t filter designed to select at least one peak frequency from the spectrum image, filtering the spectrum image using the first hybrid mask filter to generate a filtered spectrum image, and generating a first strain image by performing an inverse Fourier Transform on the filtered spectrum image.
US10410321B2
A smartphone may be freely moved in three dimensions as it captures a stream of images of an object. Multiple image frames may be captured in different orientations and distances from the object and combined into a composite image representing an image of the object. The image frames may be formed into the composite image based on representing features of each image frame as a set of points in a three dimensional point cloud. Inconsistencies between the image frames may be adjusted when projecting respective points in the point cloud into the composite image. Quality of the image frames may be improved by processing the image frames to correct errors. Further, operating conditions may be selected, automatically or based on instructions provided to a user, to reduce motion blur. Techniques, including relocalization such that, allow for user-selected regions of the composite image to be changed.
US10410316B2
A system, method and computer program product for use in beautifying digital ink of handwriting input to a computing device are provided. The computing device is connected to an input device in the form of an input surface. A user is able to provide input by applying pressure to or gesturing above the input surface using either his or her finger or an instrument such as a stylus or pen. The present system and method monitors the input strokes. The computing device further has a processor and at least one application for recognizing the handwriting input under control of the processor. The at least one system application is configured to cause display of the digital ink, determine from geometrical information of the handwriting input determined through the recognition of the handwriting input and geometrical information of an alignment structure of the display interface, a structuring transformation of the digital ink, and cause display of transformed digital ink in accordance with the structuring transformation.
US10410303B1
An integrated computerized system and method, oriented to mobile computerized devices such as tablet computers and Smartphones, for assisting users in conducting site visits and tours to various real properties of interest. The method comprises various software modules, including software modules to assist in various numeric comparative property evaluation schemes, modules to automatically present building floor plans and other information at defined tour locations, and modules to show images or CAD drawings of proposed property modifications (often using augmented reality techniques). Other modules may additionally help manage the tour, including semi-automatic notification of tour itinerary changes, management of tour route instructions, and audio or text narration during selected portions of the tour.
US10410302B1
Methods, systems, means and machine-readable media embodying program instructions for connecting nearby real estate agents with potential buyers are described. Certain methods allow buyers to identify a real estate property while traveling around a neighborhood, generate a request to view the property, and then select an agent from among other agents to meet at the property before the buyer exits the neighborhood.
US10410292B2
The provided method includes: classifying damage assessing images of a same vehicle portion into one same image set; obtaining keypoint features of each image set, diving every two damage assessing images in each image set into one image group, matching multiple relevant keypoints from the damage assessing images in each image group; calculating a feature point transform matrix of each image, and converting one of the two damage assessing images in each image group to a to-be-verified image which has the same shooting angle as the other damage assessing image in the image group; matching feature parameters of the to-be-verified image with those of the other damage assessing image in the same image group; and generating reminder information, when there are unmatched parameters, to remind the user of frauds of the damage assessing images received from the terminal.
US10410286B2
Lists of tradeable objects may be generated and displayed to enable a user to define a trading strategy having multiple legs. The lists of tradeable objects may be used to define and display different combinations of the tradeable objects that are included in each of the lists. Each combination of tradeable objects may define the different legs of a spread that may be tradeable on one or more exchanges. A combination of tradeable objects may be selected to display contract information associated with the different legs of the spread. The contract information for each leg may be used to define and display spread information for the legs of the trading strategy. The spread information may allow the user to view information related to the spreads for different combinations of tradeable objects in a display.
US10410285B2
At a first time, an indication of a selection of a contract, expiring at a second time and associated with a commodity, is received. A set of physical stacks associated with the contract is accessed. Based upon the first time, the second time, and a periodic sampling rate, a marginal cost profile for the commodity is generated. The marginal cost profile is a set of values relating to an estimate of a marginal cost of production for the commodity at a set of times between the first time and the second time. A display signal, adapted to form the basis for a visual display, is generated. The display signal includes a first component relating to at least one physical stack from the set of physical stacks, and a second component relating to the marginal cost profile. The display signal is stored in a memory and transmitted from the memory.
US10410282B2
Systems and methods are provided for calculating a savings amount for loan refinancing. According to one implementation, a method includes displaying a graphic user interface comprising a widget at a client device and receiving input data from a user regarding a loan. In some embodiments, the input data may include the user's credit level and the current monthly payment, APR, and payoff amount associated with the user's current loan. The method further includes determining a saving amount based on a comparison of the input data with historical savings data accessible to the widget, and displaying the savings amount in the graphic user interface.
US10410274B1
An electronic invoicing system provides a web-based portal with respective views for a suppliers submitting electronic invoices and a user of an enterprise submitting and/or reviewing electronic invoices. The portal displays a user interface on a screen that enables a supplier or user to retrieve or create information related to an electronic invoice, purchase order or requisition number using a text fields and icons. An administrator is able to enter information to be provided to the suppliers via a home screen of the web-based portal, and the system includes software tools enabling the information to be published on the home screen of the portal without web-based programming.
US10410273B1
A recommendation system uses artificial intelligence to identify, based on negative sentiment cues from users, item attributes, such as keywords, that users may find offensive or undesirable. The negative sentiment cues may be explicit (e.g., a user selects an option not to view a particular recommendation again), implicit (e.g., a user does not interact with recommendations relating to an attribute), or both. The system may use a computer model generated based on these identified attributes to filter or modify recommendations to a user or group of users. For instance, if a particular keyword is identified as highly offensive to a group of users, items associated with the keyword may be filtered from item recommendations presented to the group of users. If an attribute is identified as moderately offensive to a user, items associated with the attribute may be down-weighted in item recommendations presented to the user.
US10410259B2
A system and method for creating online advertising economies of scale by maximizing quantity, applicability, accessibility and distribution of advertisements on a webpage that includes providing a tool to reside on a webpage that presents a first tier of data to a user. Upon the user selecting one of the first tier of data, the tool may expand from a passive footprint to an active footprint presenting a second tier of data in the expanded area. The expanded area includes a first and a second frame, such that, upon selection of one of the second tier of data in either the first or second frames, third tier data overwrites the second tier data in the frame opposite the frame selected by the user. The user is then able to continue alternatingly drilling down through the frames to obtain the data desired, including integrated related advertisement in various media formats.
US10410256B2
Techniques for generating offers to a plurality of target customers are disclosed. Each offer has an associated score value for each target customer. The techniques, including an iterative process, assign to the target customers based on the score value assigned to, and a current value to, the respective target customer. The assigned offers may then be generated and delivered to the respective target customers.
US10410252B2
Various technologies described herein pertain to allocating content units to client devices. Content units can be requested from an exchange by a server. The content units can be received by the server from the exchange, where the content units each has a corresponding deadline for expiration. Further, an indication of a penalty can be transmitted to the exchange if one of the content units is not displayed by one or more client devices upon expiration of the corresponding deadline.
US10410250B2
Embodiments herein relate to an autonomous vehicle or self-driving vehicle. The level of comfort with autonomous driving offered to the user and the parameters of operation of the autonomous vehicle might increase or decrease a driver's comfort (anxiety) with the vehicle. Sensors in the vehicle can detect a user's driving style, comfort level and may propose an autonomy level to the user and/or parameters of operation.
US10410246B2
Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed herein for spend control in online advertising. Systems include a first plurality of advertisement servers included in a first data center, and a second plurality of advertisement servers included in a second data center. Systems include a performance data aggregator configured to receive performance data characterizing bids placed by the first plurality of advertisement servers and the second plurality of advertisement servers. Systems include a spend control analyzer configured to generate spend control data objects based on an estimate of bidding activity associated with the first data center and bidding activity associated with the second data center. Spend control data objects are capable of configuring advertisement servers to perform advertisement operations within determined budgetary constraints. The spend control analyzer is configured to provide the plurality of spend control data objects to the first plurality of advertisement servers and the second plurality of advertisement servers.
US10410243B2
Automatic recommendation of digital offers to an offer provider based on historical transaction data
According to an embodiment, a data processing system for managing electronic offers comprises: a memory storing a set of historical transaction records pertaining to past consumer transactions and a set of offer data relating to an offer provider; and a logic module adapted to automatically suggest an offer to the offer provider based on at least a subset of the historical transaction records and at least a subset of the offer data, the offer being targeted at a consumer. In an embodiment, the electronic offer is suggested in response to a request for a receipt made by the consumer. In an embodiment, the electronic offer is automatically approved by the offer provider and is included in a transaction receipt transmitted to a data processing system associated with the consumer.
US10410242B1
A display of a computing device is updated to present an electronic user interface that provides a keyword entry control. Through the keyword entry control, keywords are received that are associated with an advertisement. Computer processors are used to determine whether keywords are overbroad in accordance with a ratio of a number of times that the keywords have been used in search queries provided by users to a click-through rate of other advertisements presented to the users responsive to the search queries. Low-performing keywords are identified from the overbroad keywords. At the display of the computing device, the electronic user interface is updated to present a visualization of a list of the low-performing keywords, and to provide a set of interactive controls. The set of one or more interactive controls includes a given control that removes a corresponding low-performing keyword from being associated with the advertisement.
US10410241B1
A method of measuring ad performance on a mobile device comprises presenting a swipe screen on a mobile device, displaying an ad on the swipe screen on the mobile device, receiving, by one or more input devices on the mobile device, one or more inputs, tracking the one or more inputs as interactions with the ad on the swipe screen, generating an interaction report based on the one or more inputs, and sending the interaction report to a server. The ad is configured to accept a range of inputs corresponding to interactions with the ad when displayed on the swipe screen, and the one or more inputs correspond to an interaction with the ad.
US10410239B2
A digital magazine presents content items based on user interaction with or preference for content items determined based on how a user flips through different content items of the digital magazine. For example, the user may slow down or pause flipping, flip through content items at an inconsistent pace or change the navigational direction of the flipping, when the user is encountered with content items of interest. By analyzing how a user flips through different content items, content items that the user interacts with can be determined, and content items that the user may interact with or prefer can be determined and presented to the user.
US10410235B2
Techniques for identifying a user and authenticating payment transactions based on the identification include requesting the user to send his audio, video, and/or image from the point of sale location and comparing the received audio, video, and/or image to an audio/video/image on file to identify and authenticate the user as being the official holder of the payment device being used in the transaction. Once the user is authenticated, the payment processing can be performed using conventional techniques. Some techniques involve use of accelerometer data associated with the user in addition to or in lieu of the audio, video, and/or image data to perform the identification and authentication of the user.
US10410227B2
Systems, methods and computer program products for forecasting future values of an item, where an initial value for the item is determined, and then a baseline forecast for a future reference period is computed based on factors that include microeconomic data which is specific to an industry of the item and macroeconomic data which is non-specific to the industry of the item. The forecast may also be adjusted based on data for a set of competitive items. The forecast for the item is stored and is then made available to clients that can access the forecast to determine the expected future value of the item at some point in the future.
US10410216B2
Systems and methods for verifying individuals prior to distribution of one or more benefits are disclosed. One exemplary method includes receiving, at a server, a proof-of-life validation from a payment service provider. The proof-of-life validation is based on receipt of a valid biometric from the individual at a payment device associated with the individual, and a transaction using said payment device. The method further includes distributing the benefit to a benefit account associated with the individual, when the proof-of-life validation is received within a time interval of the benefit distribution date.
US10410215B2
Embodiments of the disclosure enable one or more financial transactions to be processed based on a transaction score generated based at least in part on a delivery receipt history. A financial transaction processing computing device receives a request for authorization for a present financial transaction associated with a cardholder account, identifies a reference delivery receipt corresponding to a prior financial transaction associated with the cardholder account, analyzes the reference delivery receipt to generate a confidence metric indicative of a confidence in a legitimacy of the prior financial transaction, and generates a transaction score for the present financial transaction that is indicative of an expected risk associated with approving the request for authorization. Aspects of the disclosure provide for authorizing one or more financial transactions based on an authentication of a recipient associated with a prior financial transaction.
US10410213B2
Functional data for use in one or more digital transactions is secured by using an encapsulated security token (EST). In certain embodiments, the EST is created by encapsulating digital data including the functional data using at least two digital signature systems of two parties. The encapsulation and subsequent de-encapsulation can utilize digital signature systems of the parties that involve a private key for encapsulation and a public key for de-encapsulation. If constructed carefully over a series of rigorous events, the resulting EST can be practically impossible to counterfeit. In addition, a propagation of rights can be tracked for auditing and rights can be easily terminated or modified.
US10410207B1
A method for providing a gift includes receiving gift information comprising data indicative of a gift type, a maximum gift amount, a gift recipient, and a first financial account from a first computing device associated with a gifter and via a software application. The first financial account being associated with the gifter and the gift recipient having preregistered user account with the software application. The method includes identifying one or more recipient financial accounts associated with the gift recipient including at least a second financial account. The method includes identifying a gift-eligible transaction that is associated with the second financial account by monitoring transaction data associated with the one or more recipient financial accounts. The method includes transmitting a gift notification to a second computing device and outputting an instruction to initiate a transfer of a gift amount from the first financial account to the second financial account.
US10410198B2
An information processing device (10) includes a commodity detection unit that detects a commodity information symbol, a service detection unit (120) that detects a service information symbol, and an association unit (130) that associates commodity information obtained using a commodity information symbol corresponding to a shorter time period, out of a time period from detection of a commodity information symbol to detection of a service information symbol and a time period from the detection of the service information symbol to detection of a commodity information symbol, with service information obtained using the service information symbol.
US10410191B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure may be used to scan a check or other payment instrument into an image file and apply a credit to one or more invoices associated with the entity, such as invoices issued by a business partner of the entity originating the check. Where there are multiple invoices outstanding invoices, embodiments of the present disclosure can selectively apply credits to such invoices based on input from the entity and/or based on rules defining how such credit are to be applied to the invoices.
US10410187B2
A data management system for managing services rendered within a network of one or more medical service entities and one or more insurance entities includes a provider interface, a payment interface, and a processing engine. The provider interface receives information about one or more medical services in a first format. The processing engine generates an invoice based on the information about the one or more medical services and determines that the invoice is to be paid in a plurality of installments. The payment interface receives each of the plurality of installments from one or more payment services. The provider interface further generates, in a second format, a transaction for each of the plurality of installments and sends said transactions to the one or more medical service entities. The provider interface then transmits information indicating completion of the installments to the one or more medical service entities in the second format.
US10410186B2
After loss of communications between a cash handling device and a financial institution, transactions may continue to be processed. In one configuration, the transactions may be processed up to a predefined transaction limit. Transaction limits may be defined by a number of transactions, a dollar amount transacted or to be transacted, an amount of time and/or combinations thereof. Additionally or alternatively, the transaction limit may be specific to one or more types of transactions. Transaction data may be stored in memory until communication has been re-established, at which time the data may be transmitted to the financial institution for processing.
US10410180B2
Disclosed is a system and method for an interactive communication experience on mobile devices. In general, the present disclosure discusses dynamically manipulating or modifying graphic user representations during an electronic communication. The modification or manipulation of these graphic user representations enables users to convey nuances of mood and feelings rather than being confined to conveying them through conventional communications, including text, images, video, or selecting an appropriate emoticon or avatar from a palette of predetermined emoticons or avatars.
US10410179B2
A system and a method of global electronic job market in the Internet are provided. The method of operating of a global electronic job market for jobseekers and employers via the Internet includes: registering the jobseekers and the employers; creation of the structured database of offers of employers and a database information about jobseekers on the basis of the International Classification of Specialities and on the basis of the International Classification of Job Positions; creation of requests of jobseekers for search of the necessary information in the database of offers of employers; creation of requests of employers for search of the necessary information in the database information about jobseekers; providing of searching of the necessary information according to requests, specified above, in appropriate databases; providing of jobseekers by the list of offers from employers, acceptable for them, which are available in the database; providing of employers by the list of offers from jobseekers, acceptable for them, which are available in the database; a choice of partners in employment out of the presented lists; holding competitions for job vacancies (tenders); conclusion of job contracts between jobseekers and employers; providing of additional services of the system of global electronic job market.
US10410178B2
The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for managing a pull-schedule. The system includes a schedule for completing at least one milestone, the schedule comprising an active schedule portion and a pull-schedule portion and one or more tickets that can be represented in the active schedule portion and/or the pull schedule portion, each ticket comprising a task to be completed to reach the at least one milestone. A scheduling service includes a pull column partitioning engine to scan the pull-schedule portion to define one or more columns with boundaries at the vertical positions that do not overlap with any tickets, a pull column assigning engine to assign the one or more tickets to a column and assign planned start and finish dates to the tickets, and a pull column activation engine to move a collection of a tickets contained in a pull column to the active schedule portion.
US10410176B2
A system for location of assets on a premises is described. The system uses identifiers attached to a group of one or more assets along with mobile sensor packages. Each mobile sensor package contains components for data processing, data exchange, and storage. The sensor package also contains a sensor for reading identifiers and a location tool. The mobile sensor packages are attached to each mover of assets on the premises.
US10410175B2
A method of adding a plurality of customizable event timers to a food freshness printer or smart printer is disclosed. The customizable event timers are added by the operator for the purpose of sounding an alarm to indicate an elapse in time and/or printing labels at a predetermined interval. When the event timer expires and the user acknowledges the audible tone, the user has the option to restart the timer for the next event or delete the timer. Further, the event timers enable the user to either display a message or print a set of labels when the timer expires.
US10410173B2
A bicycle component operating device is basically provided with a first base member, a first operating member, a second base member and a second operating member. The first operating member is pivotally mounted to the first base member to pivot about a first axis to control a first bicycle component. The second base member is different from the first base member. The second base member is separably attached to the first base member along an axial direction parallel to the first axis. The second operating member is pivotally mounted to the second base member to control a second bicycle component that is different from the first bicycle component. The first operating member remains with the first base member and the second operating member remains with the second base member upon separation of the first base member from the second base member.
US10410167B2
Disclosed is method including receiving digital vehicle data for a fleet of vehicles like trucks, trains, planes, drones, etc., the digital vehicle data being one or more of GPS/location-based data, image data or radar data and combining one or more of pieces of data. The method includes inferring, based on the first combined data, a loaded/empty status of a vehicle. The method includes combining other data to yield second combined data, receiving data regarding one or more of supply, demand, and amount of available cargo to yield third combined data, generating information relating to a supply of vehicles available to load at a specified dock and/or deliver a cargo to a specified dock, in each case within a specified period of time and generating suggestions for one or more vehicles regarding future routes based on the data.
US10410159B2
Embodiments are directed towards embodiments for monitoring or predicting user health with respect their use of connected computers, such as, mobile phones, tablets, or the like. Activities associated with a user and a computing device may be monitored to determine activity events. One or more sub-scores may be provided in real time based on metrics provided as input to sub-score models such that the metrics are associated with the activity events. A health score associated with a probability of an occurrence of adverse user outcomes may be provided based on a health model that uses the sub-scores. An analysis engine may compare the health score to other health scores to predict in real time the adverse outcomes. The analysis engine may recommend one or more actions to decrease the probability of the occurrence of the adverse outcomes based on the result.
US10410135B2
Certain example embodiments relate to techniques for detecting anomalies in streaming data. More particularly, certain example embodiments use an approach that combines both unsupervised and supervised machine learning techniques to create a shared anomaly detection model in connection with a modified k-means clustering algorithm and advantageously also enables concept drift to be taken into account. The number of clusters k need not be known in advance, and it may vary over time. Models are continually trainable as a result of the dynamic reception of data over an unknown and potentially indefinite time period, and clusters can be built incrementally and in connection with an updatable distance threshold that indicates when a new cluster is to be created. Distance thresholds also are dynamic and adjustable over time.
US10410134B1
Various embodiments associated with an interface that displays a visualization are described. In a combat or other environment, a great deal of information can be made available. In addition, this information can be compared against a metric of performance. This metric of performance could be qualitative or quantitative. In a complex environment, a relatively large amount of information can be gathered and it can be beneficial to produce an interface that enables a user to quickly understand the information with specific emphasis on how an entity related to the information is performing against the metric. The interface can include various features, such as time controls that allows for playback of previous information, measures of performance, and a structured tree view that illustrates hierarchical relationships of elements.
US10410127B2
The present principles are directed to identifying and classifying web traffic inside encrypted network tunnels. A method includes analyzing network traffic of unencrypted data packets to detect packet traffic, timing, and size patterns. The detected packet, timing, and size traffic patterns are correlated to at least a packet destination and a packet source of the unencrypted data packets to create at least one of a training corpus and a model built from the training corpus. The at least one of the corpus and model is stored in a memory device. Packet traffic, timing, and size patterns of encrypted data packets are observed. The observed packet traffic, timing, and size patterns of the encrypted data packets are compared to at least one of the training corpus and the model to classify the encrypted data packets with respect to at least one of a predicted network host and predicted path information.
US10410125B1
A recommendation system uses artificial intelligence to identify, based on negative sentiment cues from users, item attributes, such as keywords, that users may find offensive or undesirable. The negative sentiment cues may be explicit (e.g., a user selects an option not to view a particular recommendation again), implicit (e.g., a user does not interact with recommendations relating to an attribute), or both. The system may use a computer model generated based on these identified attributes to filter or modify recommendations to a user or group of users. For instance, if a particular keyword is identified as highly offensive to a group of users, items associated with the keyword may be filtered from item recommendations presented to the group of users. If an attribute is identified as moderately offensive to a user, items associated with the attribute may be down-weighted in item recommendations presented to the user.
US10410122B2
A computer-implemented content suggestion engine provides content suggestions to a requesting user based on information about content items that other users may have independently categorized or organized into folders within a content repository. Embodiments of the method comprise a content repository having a plurality of content items, where each content item is associated with one or more user-created folders. Embodiments further comprise receiving, via a network, a suggestion request for suggested content, where the suggestion request identifies a first content item for which suggestions are sought. Other content items in the content repository are then identified as potential suggestions based on the application of a formal relationship between the first content item and the potential suggested content items. One or more of the potential suggested content items may then be provided in response to the suggestion request via the network.
US10410117B2
A method for creating a dynamic neural function library that relates to Artificial Intelligence systems and devices is provided. Within a dynamic neural network (artificial intelligent device), a plurality of control values are autonomously generated during a learning process and thus stored in synaptic registers of the artificial intelligent device that represent a training model of a task or a function learned by the artificial intelligent device. Control Values include, but are not limited to, values that indicate the neurotransmitter level that is present in the synapse, the neurotransmitter type, the connectome, the neuromodulator sensitivity, and other synaptic, dendric delay and axonal delay parameters. These values form collectively a training model. Training models are stored in the dynamic neural function library of the artificial intelligent device. The artificial intelligent device copies the function library to an electronic data processing device memory that is reusable to train another artificial intelligent device.
US10410106B2
An attachment tag includes a stretchable circuit board having stretchability, a stretchable wiring line provided on a first main surface of the stretchable circuit board and having stretchability, an identification signal generator connected to the stretchable wiring line and configured to generate an identification signal containing identification information, a transmitter configured to transmit the identification signal generated by the identification signal generator, and an adhesive layer provided on a second main surface, different from the first main surface, of the stretchable circuit board and exhibiting adhesiveness.
US10410094B2
A method and an apparatus for authoring a machine learning-based immersive media are provided. The apparatus determines an immersive effect type of an original image of image contents to be converted into an immersive media by using an immersive effect classifier learned using an existing immersive media that the immersive effect is already added to an image, detects an immersive effect section of the original image based on the immersive effect type determination result, and generates metadata of the detected immersive effect section.
US10410092B1
A system and method of automated classification of rock types includes: partitioning, by a processing device, an image into partitions; extracting, by the processing device, sub-images from each of the partitions; first-level classifying, by an automated classifier, the sub-images into corresponding first classes; and second-level classifying, by the processing device, the partitions into corresponding second classes by, for each partition of the partitions, selecting a most numerous one of the corresponding first classes of the sub-images extracted from the partition. A method of displaying automated classification results on a display device is provided. The method includes: receiving, by a processing device, an image partitioned into partitions and classified into corresponding classes; and manipulating, by the processing device, the display device to display the image together with visual identification of the partitions and their corresponding classes. The method may include generating a depth-aligned log file of the classifications.
US10410087B2
The present document is directed to methods and subsystems that identify and characterize document-containing subimages in a document-containing image. In one implementation, each type of document is modeled as a set of features that are extracted from a set of images known to contain the document. To locate and characterize a document subimage in an image, the currently described methods and subsystems extract features from the image and then match model features of each model in a set of models to the extracted features to select the model that best corresponds to the extracted features. Additional information contained in the selected model is then used to identify the location of the subimage corresponding to the document and to process the document subimage to correct for a variety of distortions and deficiencies in order to facilitate subsequent data extraction from the corrected document subimage.
US10410082B2
The present disclosure provides a method including memorizing a sequence of high-resolution images of a scene in a buffer, obtaining radiation emission readings from one or more photo detectors, detecting a suspected flash event based on processing the radiation emission readings from the one or more photo detectors. The method may further include that the detecting occurs at a first instant, retrieving from the buffer high-resolution images of the scene including at least one image that was captured prior to said first instant, and processing the high-resolution images of the scene to determine a geolocation of the suspected flash event.
US10410080B2
An NC-program conversion device includes an OCR processing unit that recognizes a character string from an input image; a first storage unit that stores one alphabetic letter and the number of digits of a number subsequent to the alphabetic letter, in an associated manner; a second storage unit that stores a program code that is composed of a combination of one alphabetic letter and a two-character number and an effective character that is composed of one alphabetic letter subsequent to the program code, in an associated manner; and a character-string segmenting unit that refers to the first storage unit and the second storage unit, to segment each line of the character string, which is recognized by the OCR processing unit, as program codes stored in the first storage unit in an associated manner.
US10410079B2
Wavelet transformation is performed on first image data and second image data until a decomposition level becomes a decomposition level based on synthesis control data or the like, and first wavelet coefficient data and second wavelet coefficient data are thereby generated. An ROI coefficient related to an ROI and a non-ROI coefficient in the first wavelet coefficient data are determined on the basis of mask data and the ROI coefficient in the first wavelet coefficient data and a wavelet coefficient in the second wavelet coefficient data are synthesized with each other, and synthesized coefficient data are thereby generated. Inverse wavelet transformation is performed on the synthesized coefficient data until a decomposition level becomes a predetermined end level, and synthetic image data are thereby generated.
US10410078B2
A method of processing an image includes a region of a highway in front of the vehicle captured using an imager having a two dimensional array of image capturing pixels. The array includes a first set of pixels substantially independent of hue and a second set of pixels dependent of a limited range of hues. The method further includes the steps of producing a first image where each pixel is assigned a value derived from the first set of pixels and producing a second image where each pixel is assigned a value derived from the first set of pixels and the second set of pixels. The method includes identifying-for at least one pixel in the first image a first intensity change value indicative of the difference between that pixel and at least one adjacent pixel identifying for a corresponding pixel in the second image a second intensity change value indicative of the difference between that pixel and at least one adjacent pixel. A combined image is formed using a defined set of combination rules to assign a value to the corresponding pixel in the combined image which depends on the first and second identified intensity change values for that corresponding pixel.
US10410075B2
In some examples, this disclosure describes a system for verifying identities of a first user and a second user. In some examples, the system includes processing circuitry and a memory device configured to store biometric verification data associated with the first user and the second user. In some examples, the system also includes an input device configured to receive biometric input data and transmit the biometric input data to the processing circuitry. In some examples, the processing circuitry is configured to determine whether the biometric input data matches biometric verification data for the first user or the second user, unlock the aircraft in response to determining that the biometric input data matches biometric verification data for the first user or the second user, and activate the aircraft for operation in response to determining that the biometric input data matches biometric verification data for the first user.
US10410069B2
An apparatus configured to provide a view around a vehicle includes a display unit; at least one omnidirectional camera module attached to the vehicle and configured to acquire images of surroundings of the vehicle; an interface unit configured to receive steering angle information and vehicle tilt information; and a processor. The processor is configured to generate an omnidirectional image based on the images of the surroundings of the vehicle acquired by the at least one omnidirectional camera module; determine a region in the omnidirectional image that corresponds to the steering angle information or the vehicle tilt information; and control the display unit to display an image of the region in the omnidirectional image that corresponds to the steering angle information or the vehicle tilt information.
US10410063B2
A setting apparatus for making a setting to detect that a moving object in an image has passed a line set in the image accepts designation of one of a position and a partial region in an object region in the image, and makes a setting to detect that the designated position or partial region in the object region of the moving object in the image has passed the line set in the image.
US10410057B2
Provided is a co-movement-based automatic categorization method, which includes: receiving image data created by photographing a plurality of subjects; detecting movement data including information on subjects' behaviors from the image data; determining whether or not co-movement between the subjects has been done during each predetermined time interval, and generating co-movement clusters in synchronized time sections, and non-co-movement clusters in desynchronized time sections depending on results of determination; if the duration time of a co-movement cluster is shorter than a standard co-movement duration time, converting the co-movement cluster to a non-co-movement cluster; categorizing the co-movement clusters by grouping a plurality of co-movement clusters existing in the same timeslot into one group; and forming a social network with a co-movement cluster group or a single co-movement cluster, and issuing a social identification to the social network.
US10410054B2
An image processing method causing an image processing device to execute a process including: obtaining a first image and a second image captured at different timings for an identical inspection target by passing through an imaging range of an image sensor row; extracting respective feature points of the first image and the second image; associating the feature points of the first image and the feature points of the second image with each other; estimating a conversion formula to convert the feature point of the second image to the feature point of the first image based on a restraint condition of a quadratic equation, in accordance with respective coordinates of three or more sets of the feature points associated between the first image and the second image; and converting the second image into a third image corresponding to the first image based on the estimated conversion formula.
US10410053B2
A method for detecting an information card in an image is provided. The method includes performing a line detection to obtain two endpoints of a line segment corresponding to each of four sides of the information card; generating, a linear equation of the side; obtaining coordinates of four intersection points of the four sides of the information card; mapping the coordinates of the four intersection points to four corners of a rectangular box of the information card, to obtain a perspective transformation matrix; performing perspective transformation on image content encircled by four straight lines represented by the four linear equations to provide transformed image content; forming a gradient template according to a layout of information content on the information card; and using the gradient template to match with the transformed image content and determining whether the image content is a correct information card.
US10410050B2
In a minimally invasive surgical system, a plurality of video images is acquired. Each image includes a hand pose image. Depth data for the hand pose image is also acquired or synthesized. The hand pose image is segmented from the image using the depth data. The segmented image is combined with an acquired surgical site image using the depth data. The combined image is displayed to a person at a surgeon's console of the minimally invasive surgical system. Processing each of the video images in the plurality video images in this way reproduces the hand gesture overlaid on the video of the surgical site in the display.
US10410048B2
A method for counting and tracking defined objects includes the step of receiving subset data with a data capturing device, wherein the subset data is associated with defined objects and includes a unique identifier, an entry time, an exit time, and location data for each defined object. The method further includes the steps of receiving subset data at a counting system, counting the defined objects, tracking the defined objects, associating a location of a defined object with a predefined area, and/or generating path data by plotting X and Y coordinates for the defined object within the predefined area at sequential time periods.
US10410046B2
A first face region within a first image is determined. The first face region includes a location of a face within the first image. Based on the determined first face region within the first image, a predicted face region within a second image is determined. A first region of similarity within the predicted face region is determined. The first region of similarity has at least a predetermined degree of similarity to the first face region within the first image. Whether a second face region is present within the second image is determined. The location of the face within the second image is determined based on the first region of similarity, the determination of whether the second face region is present within the second image, and a face region selection rule.
US10410045B2
A facial recognition system determines an estimated biological age of a subject in a current image. A facial recognition controller identifies the subject in the current image using a number of historical images, at least one of which includes the subject and a logically associated identifier. The system compares the estimated biological age of the subject to a defined threshold value. The system determines a temporal difference between a time/date logically associated with the current image and a time/date logically associated with the historical image. If the estimated biological age of the subject in the current image is less than a defined age threshold and the temporal difference between the time/date logically associated with the current image and a time/date logically associated with the historical image is less than a temporal threshold, the identifier logically associated with the historical image is logically associated with the current image.
US10410044B2
An image processing apparatus includes: an input unit configured to input image data; a detection unit configured to execute a detection process that detects a plurality of objects from the input image data; an integration unit configured to, after the detection process ends, integrate the plurality of detected objects on the basis of respective positions of the plurality of detected objects in the image data; an estimation unit configured to, before the detection process ends, estimate an integration time required for the integration unit to integrate the plurality of detected objects; and a termination unit configured to terminate the detection process by the detection unit on the basis of the estimated integration time and an elapsed time of the detection process by the detection unit.
US10410042B2
An unauthorized visitor system collects an image of a person detected in a room of a patient. The system identifies reference points on the person's face, for example, points along the cheeks, jowls, and/or brow. The system may compare the reference points to reference points of images associated with registered visitors. The system then determines, based on the comparison, if the person is a registered visitor. One or more designated recipients may be alerted if the person is not a registered visitor or if the person breaches a patient identification zone established around a particular patient. The system may also register the person in a database of visitors.
US10410034B2
A system may include a fingerprint sensor system and a control system. The system may be configured to transmit an ultrasonic wave including a first frequency. The control system may be configured to obtain dermis layer image data from a target object based on reflected portions of the ultrasonic waves received by the fingerprint sensor system. The dermis layer image data may correspond to ultrasonic waves received from the target object within a time interval corresponding with the dermis layer. The reflected portions of the ultrasonic wave corresponding to the dermis layer image data may include ultrasonic waves at a second frequency that is an integer multiple of the first frequency. The control system may be configured to determine whether a magnitude of the ultrasonic waves at the second frequency exceeds a harmonic threshold and, if the magnitude exceeds the harmonic threshold, the control system may perform an authentication process.
US10410029B2
A data collection module including an illumination assembly and an imaging assembly, a processor configured to operate the illumination and imaging assemblies, at least one network interface configured to communicate with a terminal module, at least one power supply and a terminal module interface configured to communicate with a terminal module when the data collection module is mated with the terminal module.
US10410019B2
Automated systems, methods for constructing card multipacks, and a card multipack constructing using the same are provided. An automated system for constructing card multipacks includes: a movable conveyor including a plurality of tooling plates, each configured to receive a height adjusting member; a first carrier placing station configured to place a first carrier portion of a carrier on a tooling plate of the plurality of tooling plates; a first card placing station configured to place a first stored value card on the first carrier portion; a first data capture station configured to read a first card bar code of the first stored value card in-line in the automated system; and a software system adapted to verify the first card bar code with a data file.
US10410017B2
Methods and devices for generated and handling an alert are described. In one aspect, an electronic device includes an input interface and an output interface. The electronic device also includes a memory storing an application and a processor coupled to the input interface, the output interface and the memory. The processor is configured to generate a selectable alert on the output interface while the electronic device is in a device lock mode. The selectable alert is associated with the secure application. The processor is also configured to, while the electronic device is in the device lock mode, receive, from the input interface, a signal representing a command to activate the selectable alert. The processor is also configured to, responsive to receiving the command to activate the selectable alert, execute a secure event in the secure application while the electronic device remains in the device lock mode.
US10410009B2
Techniques for making preliminary authorization determinations based on partial contextual information are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, an API receives an authorization request and partial contextual information associated with the authorization request. The API submits the partial contextual information to an authorization service, without submitting complete contextual information associated with the authorization request. The API receives, from the authorization service, a preliminary authorization response based on the partial contextual information. The preliminary authorization includes one of (a) denial of the authorization request and (b) non-denial of the authorization request. Based on the authorization request including non-denial of the authorization request, the API further processes the authorization request by obtaining a final authorization result based on the complete contextual information associated with the authorization request and, responsive to the authorization request, providing the final authorization result.
US10410006B2
A method and electronic device are provided to determine that a text-based message to be sent from a sender to a recipient includes a document attached thereto, determine a protection setting value associated with a protection setting, the protection setting value determined based on collaboration data associated with the sender and the recipient, determine whether the protection setting value meets a threshold, in response to determining that the protection setting value meets the threshold, apply the protection setting associated with the protection setting value to the document attached to the text-based message, and transmit the text-based message.
US10409999B2
System, computer program product, and method embodiments for communication between a kernel operational on a storage subsystem and a key manager (KM) through a hardware management console (HMC) to provide encryption support are provided. In one embodiment, pursuant to a data request by the kernel to the KM, data including a data payload is sent by the KM to the kernel to provide encryption support, the data payload corresponding to an event flow suborder type selected by the kernel for an event flow.
US10409995B1
A graph of interrelated computer-executable processes is obtained. That a change has occurred to one of the interrelated computer-executable processes in the graph is determined. A weight of the one of the interrelated computer-executable processes is determined based at least in part on the change. A security review of one or more of the interrelated computer-executable processes is determined to be triggered based at least in part on the weight, and the security review is triggered.
US10409994B1
Described herein are various technologies for metrics-based assessment and trust verification of netlists for hardware logic devices (e.g., ASICs, FPGAs, etc.). A computing system translates a netlist of a hardware logic device into a Boolean network. The computing system generates and assigns metrics to edges of the Boolean network. The metrics comprise a coverage metric, a rare trigger metric, and an influence metric. Based upon the metrics, the computing system assigns the nodes in the Boolean network criticality values. The computing system determines a likelihood of a vulnerability in the netlist based upon the criticality values. The computing can output an indication as to whether the netlist is trusted based upon the determined likelihood of a vulnerability in the netlist.
US10409993B1
A method for automatically translating a banner information, the method may include receiving by a computer the banner information, wherein the banner information is included in at least one banner and describes an identity of a software product; and translating by the computer the banner information into a unique software product identifier using a content of knowledgebase that comprises an attributes schema and translation rules; wherein each software product is associated with a single unique software product identifier; wherein the unique software product identifier comprises a structured set of attributes; wherein at least one translation rule is a pattern based translation rule; wherein the attributes schema specifies a set of allowable attributes and of allowable values of the attributes.
US10409990B2
An encryption and decryption method in a virtualization system, where the virtualization system includes a virtual machine monitor (VMM) and an encryption and decryption virtual machine. The VMM includes a control module, the encryption and decryption virtual machine records a first association relationship between a hard disk image identifier and a key, the key includes an encryption key, and the virtualization system records a second association relationship between the hard disk image identifier and a hard disk image attribute. The control module in the VMM is configured to determine whether to-be-written data needs to be encrypted and forward the to-be-written data, which reduces system complexity of the VMM. In addition, encryption or decryption is processed without occupying a resource in the VMM.
US10409989B2
In an example, a system and method are described for providing trusted updaters and trusted processes. An updater may be subject to a whitelist of files that it, and any child processes, are allowed to modify. But trust inheritance may break across reboots and over interprocess communication. Thus, it is desirable to provide a system and method to maintain trust across such events. In the case of a trusted installer, inheritance may be maintained by cross referencing a digital certificate to a workflow grid. In the case of updater processes, trust may be maintained by using a combination of digital certificates that are part of a trust chain and a unique identifier for each trust chain workflow.
US10409987B2
Disclosed are systems, methods and computer program products for adaptively modifying antivirus databases. In one example, a system stores in an antivirus database a list of file types and antivirus records for different file types. When the system receives files for performing antivirus analysis, it retrieves from the database the list of file types and uses it to determine file types of the received files. The system then retrieves from the database antivirus lists for the determined file types and uses them to perform antivirus analysis of the files. The system then identifies files with an unknown file type and attempts to determine the file type of these files. The system then updates the antivirus database by (i) adding to the list of file types a new file type corresponding to said unknown file type, and (ii) adding a new empty antivirus list corresponding to said unknown file type.
US10409985B2
A trusted computing host is described that provides various security computations and other functions in a distributed multitenant and/or virtualized computing environment. The trusted host computing device can communicate with one or more host computing devices that host virtual machines to provide a number of security-related functions, including but not limited to boot firmware measurement, cryptographic key management, remote attestation, as well as security and forensics management. The trusted computing host maintains an isolated partition for each host computing device in the environment and communicates with peripheral cards on host computing devices in order to provide one or more security functions.
US10409976B2
A system for entering a secure Personal Identification Number (PIN) into a mobile computing device includes a mobile computing device and a peripheral device that are connected via a data communication link. The mobile computing device includes a mobile application and a display and the mobile application runs on the mobile computing device and displays a grid on the mobile computing device display. The peripheral device includes a display and an encryption engine, and the peripheral device display displays a grid corresponding to the grid displayed on the mobile computing device display. Positional inputs on the mobile computing device grid are sent to the peripheral device and the peripheral device decodes the positional inputs into PIN digits and generates an encrypted PIN and then sends the encrypted PIN back to the mobile computing device.
US10409975B2
A wearable module is a device capable of performing short-range communication with a mobile device. A functional section executes a function which can be locked and unlocked. A list retaining section retains a password for permitting locking/unlocking of the function for each mobile device. A short-range wireless communication section receives a request for locking or unlocking a function including a password from the mobile device. A lock control section controls the function to be locked or unlocked on the basis of the password included in the request and a password retained in association with the mobile device of a request source of the request by the list retaining section.
US10409964B2
A method for preventing digital content misuse can include detecting, by a client-side computing device, that the client-side computing device is paired to a viewing device such that, after being paired, the client-side computing device can cause digital content received from a remote server to be presented on a display of the viewing device; after detecting that the client-side computing device is paired to the viewing device, detecting, by the client-side computing device, that the client-side computing device has been unpaired from the viewing device; and in response to detecting that the client-side computing device has been unpaired from the viewing device, executing a remedial action.
US10409953B2
The present disclosure generally relates to bio-sample, such as a dried blood spot (DBS) sample, a breath sample, an endothelial sample, saliva sample, etc., collection kits and identity authenticating mechanisms for the sample donors. The present disclosure further relates to systems and methods for generating biomarker data using bio-sample analysis information and authenticating information. The biomarker data may be used to determine an insurance score.
US10409952B2
The present invention provides a method for providing a knowledge-based personal intelligent health consultation, to which a medical knowledge base is constructed and utilized, and the correlations between the diseases and symptoms encompassed therein are statically and dynamically evaluated. The present invention also provides a system for providing a knowledge-based personal intelligent health consultation, in which an inference engine is configured to intelligently assess certainty values of diseases/symptoms presented in the medical knowledge base while interactively and adaptively adjust the certainty values of symptoms and possible diseases based on the instant selection of a user. Through a series of interactions, an accurate, fast, and personalized health consultation can be obtained since the user is guided to provide the right answers to the right questions proposed by the system; thus, significantly promotes the users' willingness to seek a health consultation and increases the health condition of the general public.
US10409949B2
A method of modelling at least a part of a gas turbine engine, the method comprising: generating a mesh for a feature using at least one data entity of a data structure, the at least one data entity defining a geometrical shape of the feature, wherein the data structure comprises: a set of data entities defining geometrical shapes of features; and modelling attributes associated with the geometrical shapes of the features; and assigning one or more modelling attributes using the modelling attributes associated with the geometrical shapes of the features.
US10409940B1
Embodiments are described for supporting remote monitoring and management of FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) card operations. The FPGA card includes an external interface supporting core operations of the FPGA and for accessing functions defined by the programmable logic of the FPGA. Network activity data is collected from a network controller of the FPGA card. In response to invocation of an internal operations interface function by an external interface request, the collected network activity data is included in a network report for transmission to a remote access controller. A proxy message compliant with the external interface is used to transport the collected network activity data that is not supported by the external interface. The proxy message is transmitted to an FPGA management controller via the external interface, where it is converted to remote management protocol and transmitted to the remote management controller.
US10409939B1
A method including evaluating a configuration of a device for a selected device parameter and determining a value of the selected device parameter in a first optimal configuration that improves a performance of the device is provided. The method includes determining a sensitivity of the performance of the device relative to the value of the selected device parameter and determining a performance metric that differentiates the first optimal configuration with a second optimal configuration based on the sensitivity of the performance of the device. The method includes ranking the first optimal configuration and the second optimal configuration based on the performance metric and simulating the performance of the device with a second device parameter in one of the first optimal configuration or the second optimal configuration, based on the ranking. A system and a computer readable medium to perform the above method are also provided.
US10409933B2
Methods for computer-aided simulation of additive manufacturing processes and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes receiving a finite element (FE) model of a part to be manufactured. The method includes intersecting a depositing layer line with the FE model to define an FE layer mesh that represents a manufacturing layer. The method includes simulating manufacture of the FE layer mesh and correspondingly modifying the FE model. The method includes displaying the modified FE model.
US10409926B2
In an embodiment, a data processing method comprises storing one or more generic machine operating definitions, wherein each of the generic machine operating definitions describes expected operational behavior of one or more types of machines during one or more operating states; analyzing operating data that describes past operation of a plurality of machines of a plurality of types; based at least in part on the operating data and the one or more generic machine operating definitions, generating and storing one or more machine operating models that describe expected operational behavior corresponding to a plurality of operating states of the plurality of machines; wherein the one or more machine operating models comprise a plurality of data patterns, wherein each of the data patterns is associated with a different set of one or more operating states of one or more machines; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
US10409918B2
A system, method and computer readable medium for providing translated web content is disclosed. The method on an information processing system includes retrieving a first content in a first language and parsing the first content into a plurality of translatable components. The method further includes generating a unique identifier for each of the plurality of translatable components of the first content and queuing the plurality of translatable components and corresponding unique identifiers for translation into a second language. The method further includes, for each of the plurality of translatable components, storing a translated component and an associated unique identifier corresponding to the translatable component, thereby storing a plurality of translated components and corresponding unique identifiers.
US10409915B2
A method for determining a personality profile of an online user is disclosed. Social speech content data associated with an online user is stored. A machine learning model is used to determine a first personality profile of the online user based at least in part on the social speech content data associated with the online user. A second personality profile of the online user is determined based on the social speech content data using a scientific personality model encoded in an ontology, wherein the ontology encodes statistical relationships between a plurality of words and a plurality of personality traits based on one or more scientific research studies. An ensemble model is applied to determine a third personality profile of the online user based at least in part on the first personality profile and the second personality profile.
US10409914B2
A method may include receiving, by a device, an input sample of textual content. The method may include identifying, by the device, a comparison sample that is semantically similar to the input sample. The comparison sample may be identified based on a similarity score, of the comparison sample and the input sample, satisfying a semantic similarity threshold. The method may include identifying, by the device, a plurality of output samples of textual content based on acceptance information corresponding to the plurality of output samples and the comparison sample. The acceptance information may be determined based on a user input regarding similarity or relevance of the plurality of output samples and the comparison sample, and the user input may be received before the input sample is received.
US10409908B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for generating parse trees for input text segments. One of the methods includes obtaining an input text segment, processing the input text segment using a first long short term memory (LSTM) neural network to convert the input text segment into an alternative representation for the input text segment, and processing the alternative representation for the input text segment using a second LSTM neural network to generate a linearized representation of a parse tree for the input text segment.
US10409904B2
A method and system for providing an electronic form are described. The method and system include identifying a visible portion of the electronic form. The electronic form can include a control component at a component location of the electronic form that is operable to receive an input from a user. The method and system can then determine an accessibility state of the control component based on the component location and at least one of a display property of the display and the visible portion. The accessibility state can be a convenient state when the component location is suitable for the display but is in an inconvenient state when the component location is not suitable for the display. When it is determined that the accessibility state is the inconvenient state, the method and system involves displaying a transient control component, or a version of the control component, on the display.
US10409903B2
The technology described herein enables users to enrich their vocabulary by annotating and/or automatically translating specific words, which are predicted to be unknown to the specific user. The user experiences the original content enriched with adaptive, smart in-line annotations of unknown words. The technology is tailored to individual users by understanding an individual user's vocabulary in a particular language. As a user consumes content or performs document authoring/editing activities, the system captures language usage patterns, maintained in a private Vocabulary Analytics Store (VAS) for the particular user. Information in the VAS is used as input to a machine classifier that determines whether a word is likely to be known or unknown to a user.
US10409901B2
Collaboration communication tools within a document editor are provided. An application such as a document authoring application displays a document and a communication panel adjacent to the document. The communication panel presents a conversation associated with the document. Communications and/or conversations associated with the documents may be obtained from different applications and aggregated to be presented in conjunction with the document. A new entry is detected for an insertion into the conversation associated with the document. The new entry is inserted into the conversation. An insertion of a section of the document into the conversation is also detected. The section of the document is tracked. The section of the document is displayed embedded into the conversation within the communication panel.
US10409893B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for developing and facilitating the development of a vehicle profile for a vehicle. An application developer may experience difficulty when developing applications that are to interact with a vehicle computing device of a vehicle due to proprietary software, communication protocols, data formats, etc. Accordingly, a vehicle profile may be developed to act as an intermediary abstraction layer between the application and the vehicle computing device. A profile developer can define how to process certain types of input from the application, what vehicle signal information can be accessed by the application, how information such as a user interface of the application is to be displayed such as through a vehicle navigation unit, what vehicle parameters can be modified by the application, etc. In this way, the application can interact with the vehicle computing device through the vehicle profile.
US10409891B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for improving future reliability prediction of a measurable system by receiving operational and performance data, such as maintenance expense data, first principle data, and asset reliability data via an input interface associated with the measurable system. A plurality of category values may be generated that categorizes the maintenance expense data by a designated interval using a maintenance standard that is generated from one or more comparative analysis models associated with the measureable system. The estimated future reliability of the measurable system is determined based on the asset reliability data and the plurality of category values and the results of the future reliability are displayed on an output interface.
US10409879B2
Categorizing, colorizing, saving and visually filtering the content and appearance, of a live news feed, within a business or social network. The method involves categorizing information, photos, video and the like, prior to posting it within the live news feed. Each category is associated with a visual indicator so that postings of different categories become distinctive. The live news feed can be viewed in its entirety, by user type, by subject category or a combination of categories. The viewing user may choose categories for limiting information which appears in the live news feed by subject or user type, but may also have the option of viewing all content, which can be visually filtered by color. Users may save information from the central live news feed to their personal pages by choosing from the variety of categories that are also used to filter the live news feed content viewable to them.
US10409875B2
In various embodiments, a method for generating from one or more keywords a list of related topics for organic search includes receiving, by a topic tool, an input of one or more keywords for which to generate a list of related topics. The method may further include acquiring, by a crawler, content from a plurality of different web content sources via one or more networks. The method may also include applying, by the topic tool, to the acquired content an ensemble of one or more key phrase extraction algorithms, one or more graph analyses algorithms and one or more natural language processing algorithms to identify a set of semantically relevant topics scored by relevance. The method may also include generating, by the topic tool, from the set of semantically relevant topics, a knowledge graph of related topics for the input of the one or more keywords. The method may further include outputting, by the topic tool based at least partially on the knowledge graph, an enumerated list of topics ranked by at least a relevance score.
US10409867B1
One aspect of the subject matter described herein comprises a database management system. The database management system comprises a communication circuit, an interface, and a processor. The communication circuit receives information from databases via a communication network. The interface allows user operation and interaction via the communication network and the database management system. The processor provides data to and receives data from the interface, including a plurality of alphanumeric records comprising at least one unique identifier, obtains database records from other databases for each unique identifier, identifies a number of alphanumeric records in the plurality having events in their histories, determines a percentage of alphanumeric records in the plurality having negative events in their histories, generates a report including the determined percentages, and conveys the report to the user.
US10409862B2
In embodiments, the present invention provides a method and system for delivery of content on a mobile media platform, providing an automated tag processing facility, and delivering content to a mobile device, wherein content delivery is based at least in part on the automated tag processing.
US10409852B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products for integrating user-specific context indicators into a searchable enterprise platform. In one embodiment, an apparatus is configured to apply a learned user profile, to a set of search results to obtain a user-specific, ranked arrangement of search results. The learned user profile may be developed through the application of a machine learning and/or trained model to a set of user behaviors that have been determined or otherwise detected within an enterprise platform, such that the user-specific context in which a user's search arises can be modeled and applied to retrieved digital content items associated with a search query within the enterprise platform.
US10409850B2
A client application may be utilized to enter a user's media storage settings, to store media files locally, and to upload the media files to a cloud-based platform. The cloud-based platform may facilitate storage of the uploaded media files in accordance with an appropriate one of the media storage settings, and further facilitate sharing at least a portion of the uploaded media files to a social media network in accordance with an appropriate one of the media storage settings. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US10409849B2
A method for generating search results based on a search term and displaying the search results in one or more groupings. The method includes receiving a search term entered by a user, selecting one or more search result groupings based on the search term entered by the user and at least in part on a bid amount associated with the search term, providing search results based on the search term entered by the user for each search result grouping, and displaying the search groupings to the user.
US10409846B2
The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for querying a data repository using a flexible natural language interface, which comprises receiving an initiated user question at a graphical user interface and generating automatically one or more suggested completed questions in response to the receipt of the initiated user question. A selected completed question at the graphical user interface is received and subsequently parsed into a logic representation. The logic representation is translated into an executable query, which is executed against the data repository. One or more search results in response to the executed translated query and presented at the graphical user interface. The present invention further comprises generating one or more analytic results corresponding to the one or more search responsive to the translated query.
US10409841B2
A user behavior recognition method, a user equipment, a behavior recognition server, and a behavior recognition system are presented, where the method includes acquiring, by a first user equipment, statistical distribution information of a target parameter corresponding to a target user behavior, where the target parameter includes at least one parameter in a behavior recognition model of the target user behavior, and the statistical distribution information of the target parameter is determined according to values of the target parameters in behavior recognition models of the target user behavior that are respectively corresponding to multiple other user equipment; and creating and saving, according to the statistical distribution information, a behavior recognition model of the target user behavior, to recognize the target user behavior.
US10409838B1
Described are techniques for maintaining and using registration and reservation information in an active-active configuration that provides automated data replication of a logical device. Various commands may be issued from one or more hosts to read and modify registration and reservation information in the active-active configuration. Processing is performed to service the various commands and provide a host or client with a consolidated logical view of a data storage system including the logical device where the host is allowed to issue I/Os over multiple paths to the logical device. Depending on the command, such processing may include replicating or mirroring reservation state information between two data storage systems each including a different device configured as the logical device.
US10409835B2
Data-manipulation-language statements can target data in data store of a data storage system. Data manipulations specified in a statement, including in-place manipulations, can be recorded and maintained. Application of data manipulations to the store can be avoided or potentially initiated at a later time. Prior to application of the data manipulations to the data store, queries over data in the data store can be processed in view of the recorded data manipulations and data acquired from the data store, such that the data manipulations are reflected in the data acquired from the data store.
US10409826B2
Methods for product data management and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes receiving a model library comprising a plurality of library objects, identifying a plurality of relevant words and a plurality of word tuples from the description sentences in the plurality of library objects, determining a word frequency for each of the plurality of relevant words in the model library, determining a tuple frequency for each of the plurality of word tuples in the model library, determining a conditional probability for a first relevant word to occur in a description sentence with a second relevant word for each of the plurality of relevant words, and creating a controlled vocabulary for the model library.
US10409819B2
An action framework system provides context-based actions in association with a source application. The source application detects selection of a content element presented by the source application. The content element is associated with an application identifier identifying a target application and an action identifier identifying an operation to be executed by the target application on the content element. The target application identified by the application identifier is executed to perform the operation identified by the action identifier on the content element, responsive to detection of the selection of the content element. In one implementation, the source application is a search feature providing different contexts of search results (e.g., from a local file system search, a local application content search, a Web search, a remote application content search).
US10409812B2
Techniques are described for re-starting queries based on an expected amount of data to be changed in a database. Embodiments of the present disclosure may generally receive a first query to be executed against a database, and start execution of the first query against the database according to a first access plan. Upon detecting, during execution of the first query, that an amount of data to be changed in one or more tables of the database as a result of a second query satisfies a predetermined condition, embodiments of the present disclosure determine whether to re-start execution of the first query against the database with a second access plan different from the first access plan or wait a predetermined period of time before re-starting execution of the first query against the database with the first access plan.
US10409808B2
Techniques and/or mechanisms to provide efficient system metadata management via a user interface (UI) page. In one embodiment, a search string is received via a dialog box of a UI page. Based on the search string, a first list is provided for display in the UI page, the first list including one or more items each representing a respective metadata type of a plurality of metadata types. Based on a focus on a first item of the first list, a second list is displayed in the UI page, the second list including one or more items each representing a respective a metadata management command corresponding to the metadata type represented by the first item. Based on a focus on a second item of the second list, a metadata management command is executed without requiring navigation away from the UI page.
US10409806B2
The systems and methods described herein relate to a system for documenting transactions. A filter is provided that captures content associated with transactions. The filter may be configured to start and stop the capture at predetermined times, and may be further configured to specify what content is to be captured during a transaction. The system may store any documents or data associated with a transaction, including dynamic content and user selections and inputs. A document repository may be provided for storing unstructured data representing data, text, forms, and so forth presented to a party during a transaction. A viewer may be provided for displaying data stored in the document repository.
US10409802B2
A method includes receiving information indicative of an output dataset generated by a data processing system; identifying, based on data lineage information relating to the output dataset, one or more upstream datasets on which the output dataset depends; analyzing one or more of the identified one or more upstream datasets on which the output dataset depends. The analyzing includes, for each particular upstream dataset of the one or more upstream datasets, applying one or more of: (i) a first rule indicative of an allowable deviation between a profile of the particular upstream dataset and a reference profile for the particular upstream dataset, and (ii) a second rule indicative of one or more allowable values or prohibited values for each of one or more data elements in the particular upstream dataset, and based on the results of applying the one or more rules, selecting one or more of the upstream datasets. The method includes outputting information associated with the selected one or more upstream datasets.
US10409800B2
A system includes reception of a first request for a lock on a lock object, storage of a first entry associated with the first request and the lock object in a queue, determination of a first queue position associated with the first entry based on a first priority level of the first request and on a priority level of each of a plurality of entries in the queue associated with the lock object, determination of whether a predetermined expiration time associated with the first request has expired, and, if it is determined that the predetermined expiration time has expired, deletion of the first entry from the queue.
US10409796B2
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.
US10409795B2
In an approach, the database server generates a request for data representing rows of a table, the request identifying one or more data blocks stored on a storage system. The database server then generates metadata describing one or more filtering conditions to be applied to the rows and sends the metadata along with the request to the storage system. The storage system, when applying filtering conditions to a column containing a LOB, determines whether the LOB is stored in-line or out-of-line. If the column contains an out-of-line LOB, the storage system skips the filtering conditions on the column. If the column contains an in-line LOB, the storage system applies the filtering conditions to the column. Upon obtaining the filtered data from the storage system, the database server retrieves the data blocks for out-of-line LOBs and applies the skipped filtering conditions to create a final result set.
US10409793B2
In one embodiment, a method for providing secure and flexible inter-program communication includes storing an ontology in a first data store, the ontology includes a plurality of business semantics for an application, a plurality of rules for storing data in a database, and a plurality of rules for displaying the data in a browser. The method further includes receiving a new data type to add to the database and updating the ontology to describe the new data type. Updating the ontology includes updating the plurality of rules for storing the new data type in the database and updating the plurality of rules for displaying the new data type in the browser. In response to updating the ontology, generating a new column for the new data type in the database and communicating the new data type for presentation in the browser.
US10409791B2
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for communicating and storing data that may include genomic data. In certain embodiments, a sample genome may be stored and/or communicated as a list of variants relative to a reference dataset. Transmission and/or storage of a set of variants relative to a reference genome may allow for more efficient storage and/or communication of the sample genome. Systems and methods are further disclosed that allow for the efficient selection and computation of a reference dataset used to represent a set of sample genomes.
US10409787B1
In one aspect, a method includes migrating a database object from a source database to a target database, updating a storage of the location of the DB object to be the target database, directly accessing one of the target database and the source database during the migrating and executing, during the migrating, a database command by retrieving the DB object from the other one of the target database and the source database.
US10409784B1
A facility comprising methods and systems for analyzing and visualizing trends in the usage of data within a shared storage filesystem is disclosed. The facility analyzes the rate at which the filesystem or a portion thereof is used by periodically generating manifests of the usage of the filesystem and comparing one manifest to another manifest. Furthermore, the facility may store additional information relevant to the manifest, such as the time at which the manifest was taken; for each directory, the sum of all of the values determined for items in that directory (including any subdirectories); and so on. In this manner, the facility collects and stores information relevant to developing trend information for each item in the filesystem. The trends analysis and visualizations described herein provide quick insight into the changes deemed most interesting or significant between two times.
US10409783B1
A device may receive, from a user device, a transaction request associated with a first entity and identify a distributed ledger associated with the first entity, the distributed ledger including a set of blocks recording work data associated with the first entity. The set of blocks may include: a first subset of blocks including data specifying work performed by the first entity, and a second subset of blocks including data verifying a portion of the work performed by the first entity and specified by the data included in the first subset of blocks. The device may determine that a transaction, associated with the transaction request, is associated with the first subset of blocks and the second subset of blocks. Based on predetermined instructions that correspond to the transaction and the distributed ledger, the device may perform the transaction.
US10409782B2
Systems for distributed graph data management that use graph structures to model data and respond to different types of queries. Systems that provide analytic tools and machine learning based on graph structures. Systems for distributed graph data management that provide packaged solutions for different application areas.
US10409781B2
A cloud-based storage server is interfaced with one or more storage devices that store shared content accessible over a network by two or more users. A virtual file system module is delivered to a user device associated with the users. The virtual file system module provides file access facilities that are not available by either the file system on the user device or the file system on the storage server. A virtual file system cache system manager allocates multiple local memory areas on a user device. The multiple local memory areas are managed differently under multiple cache regimes. The management of the cache regime spaces depend from a set of cache access response directives that serve to direct cache management operations pertaining to the movement of data blocks to and/or from the multiple cache regimes. One cache regime space stores shared data that can be used in an offline mode.
US10409779B2
Efficient sharing of documents via logical tagging is provided. A document tagging system allows a user to tag a document with a label that is associated with a virtual folder of documents in an online document system, and to provide one or more users with access to the virtual folder. Providing access to the virtual folder associated with the label provides access to the document and other documents tagged with the label. The document and other documents tagged with the label can be shared with other users without attaching documents to emails or creating duplicate copies of the documents. A user interface element is provided for allowing the user to enter or select one or more labels with which to tag a document. Various documents can be associated with a label regardless of the document type. Further, the documents may be stored across various repositories.
US10409774B2
Event logs in a video advertisement insertion network are processed to remove duplicate entries. One or more ad servers are continuously generating new event entries and writing them to a database. The entries are randomized such that generated time contiguous entries are distributed over multiple storage locations, thereby facilitating resource scaling and a uniform use of storage and computing resources. The distributed entries are read from the storage locations using sequential reads of chunks of the entries and processed to remove duplicate entries.
US10409762B2
Described herein are methods of transferring arrays of data information by remote data memory access (RDMA). The method may include identifying data arrays in a local place that are to be copied to a remote place; and determining whether the data arrays are to be overwritten by analyzing asynchronous blocks from the data arrays in the local place at a start compilation time using a static compiler. The method may further include executing transfer of the data arrays from the local place to the remote place with a pull type RDMA.
US10409759B2
A system may include an interface circuit and a plurality of wire buses electrically coupled with one another. The interface circuit may include transmitters which change states of the plurality of wire buses to transmit a plurality of multilevel symbols. The transmitters may drive wire buses, coupled to each other, to a termination voltage level.
US10409752B2
A bidirectional signal conditioning chip for a USB Type-C cable and a USB Type-C cable are provided. The chip includes a memory, a processor and a transfer driver. The transfer driver is configured to regenerate and transmit a high speed signal; the memory is configured to store a program code; the processor is configured to call the program code, and perform the following operations when the program code is executed: determining a data transmission direction and a type supported by transmitted data of the USB Type-C cable; configuring on-off states of buffers in the transfer driver based on the data transmission direction and the supported type, so that a data output direction of the transfer driver is consistent with the data transmission direction.
US10409740B2
Provided is an operating method of a system including a first data processing module, a second data processing module, and one or more data connection modules that transfer data between the first data processing module and the second data processing module. In an operational state where the first data processing module and the second data processing module can process data input thereto, the first data processing module inputs trigger data to any of the one or more data connection modules, and in response to the second data processing module receiving the trigger data via the one or more data connection modules, the second data processing module changes a reading rule for reading data from the one or more data connection modules. Also provided are a system and a computer program product.
US10409731B1
An example method includes receiving a request to change a page size managed by a translation lookaside buffer (TLB), wherein the TLB is currently managing a first page size, and the request specifies a second page size different than the first page size; in response to the request: determining a number of lower-order bits for addressing memory location within pages of the second page size; and configuring the TLB to perform lookups within the memory subsystem using a number of higher-order bits for addressing pages of the second page size, wherein the number of higher-order bits is dependent on the number of lower-order bits.
US10409726B2
Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine readable mediums that dynamically adjust the size of an L2P cache in a memory device in response to observed operational conditions. The L2P cache may borrow memory space from a donor memory location, such as a read or write buffer. For example, if the system notices a high amount of read requests, the system may increase the size of the L2P cache at the expense of the write buffer (which may be decreased). Likewise, if the system notices a high amount of write requests, the system may increase the size of the L2P cache at the expense of the read buffer (which may be decreased).
US10409712B2
A device may receive test scripts that include first information identifying first elements of user interfaces or second information identifying test steps. The test scripts may be written in first text or first program code. The device may process the first text or the first program code of the test scripts. The device may identify the first elements on the user interfaces. The first elements may be identified without using second program code associated with the user interfaces. The first elements may be identified based on a type of the first elements, second text associated with the first elements, or a relationship between the first elements and second elements. The device may identify positions for the first elements. The positions may permit the device to interact with the first elements to perform the test steps. The device may perform the test steps to test the user interfaces.
US10409709B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of computer technologies. The embodiments of the present invention provide a debugging method, including: starting, by a core A of a multi-core processor after completing execution of a preset event processing routine, to stop running, and sending a running stop signal to other cores in a process of stopping running; after receiving a first stop termination instruction and resuming running, executing a debugging information collection function to collect debugging information of the preset event, and stopping running after completing the execution of the debugging information collection function; and after receiving a second stop termination instruction and resuming running, sending a running resumption instruction to the other cores. By means of the technical solutions provided in the embodiments of the present invention, kernel mode code and user mode code can be masked on a same debugging platform.
US10409707B2
Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems for analyzing annotated programming code are detailed. For example, in an embodiment, a computer-implemented method comprises parsing code to identify a plurality of functions. For each function in the plurality of functions, the method further comprises determining a first annotation associated with the function and determining a second annotation associated with a first sub-function called by the function. The method further comprises generating an error message in an annotation summary for the function in response to determining that the first annotation associated with the function specifies the function as the first code type and the second annotation associated with the first sub-function called by the function specifies the first sub-function as the second code type.
US10409697B2
An automated self-healing database system is provided that includes a primary database, an application server that writes data to the primary database and reads data from the primary database when it is available, a standby database that is a replica of the primary database, and a self-healing module (SHM). The SHM can automatically detect unavailability of the primary database, and if the standby database is available, the SHM can automatically enable the standby database as readable and writable, assign the standby database the role of primary database at the primary site to start replicating data to other standby databases, and use a pre-established connection between the application server and the standby database to allow the application server to read data from the standby database and to write data to the standby database resulting in the standby database assuming role of the primary database at the primary site.
US10409695B2
Recovery of a database system by taking the database system offline is initiated. Thereafter, recovery operations specified by a redo log of the database system are replayed. During such replay, updates to pages implicated by the recovery operations are blocked. In parallel to such blocking, modified pages are adaptively flushed to physical disk storage using a factor that is based on a number of pages written to the physical disk storage and a number of write I/O operations as part of the flushing of the modified pages. Subsequently, the database system is brought online after all of the recovery operations are replayed.
US10409683B2
A data storage system configured to perform a data rebuild operation via a reduced number of read requests includes a host and a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) device including a plurality of data storage devices. When the host receives data of a first region and data of a second region of a read-requested region of each of the data storage devices in response to a rebuild request, the host receives failed address list information of the second region. The first region is a normal region, and the second region is a faulty region. The host rebuilds the data of the second region based on the failed address list information.
US10409676B1
Systems and methods for efficiently implementing data protection techniques that protect data stored in volatile and non-volatile memory devices from soft errors are described. The error correction overprovisioning for a plurality of memory banks may be reduced by implementing localized single-bit error parity to detect single-bit errors within each memory bank of the plurality of memory banks and then sharing a single-error correcting parity or a single-error correcting and double-error detecting parity (SECDEC) over multiple memory banks or over all of the plurality of memory banks. The single-error correcting code (e.g., a Hamming code) may be generated and shared over the plurality of memory banks such that the single-error correcting code may correct single-bit errors across multiple sets of data stored within the plurality of memory banks that correspond with a particular line or row across all of the plurality of memory banks.
US10409666B2
A method for generating an output data stream from an input data stream, a processing unit receives a first input data stream including a first data set, and this processing unit receives, from a further processing unit, a second set of metadata, which describes a second data set of a second input data stream of this further processing unit, the processing unit outputs or does not output, as a function of the second set of metadata, an output data set of the output data stream generated from the first data set.
US10409661B2
A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing unit of a dispersed storage network (DSN) generating a hint regarding data stored or to be stored. When the data is to be stored, the DS processing module divides the data into data segments and dispersed storage error encodes a data segment of the data segments to produce a set of encoded data slices. The method continues by the DS processing unit generating a set of hints based on the hint and affiliating the set of hints with the set of encoded data slices to produce a set of affiliated encoded data slices. The method continues by the DS processing unit sending the set of affiliated encoded data slices to a set of storage units of the DSN such that a storage unit of the set of storage units stores an encoded data slice in accordance with a corresponding hint.
US10409659B2
Systems and methods capable of increasing reliability of received commands across a variety of different kinds of input devices and modalities are provided. The provided systems and methods easily expand to support additional input devices, and easily adapt to a wide variety of command destinations, such as subsystems and components. The provided systems and methods employ command specific verification strategies before transmitting the command to its destination. The provided systems and methods also concurrently support a wide variety of command destinations, such as subsystems and components.
US10409657B2
In some examples, a method includes receiving, by a supervisor component executing at a computing device, a request to execute an application, determining a current user of the computing device, and determining a reset state of the application. The method may also include generating, based on the current user of the computing device, the reset state, and an application identifier for the application, a unique identifier that does not include personally identifiable information for the current user, sending, to an application service provider, the unique identifier and one or more requests for information, and, responsive to sending the one or more request for information, receiving, from the application service provider, state information associated with the current user and for the application.
US10409653B2
The present technology pertains to responding to a kernel level file event for a content item and presenting a file event window associated with the content item. A client device can detect the kernel level file event for the content item. This can be accomplished using a kernel extension on a client device that is networked with a content management system. The client device can then retrieve data associated with the content item, including an instruction for the content item. The client device can then perform the instruction. This instruction can be to retrieve collaboration data from the content management system and present the collaboration data in a file event window.
US10409646B2
The present disclosure provides modular electronic devices that are capable of managing task performance based on a particular context of computing resources currently available from the ad hoc combination of devices.
US10409645B2
A plan including several groups of tasks is constructed for performing maintenance on a plurality of interrelated machines. A maintenance task in a first group is caused to execute within a window of time allocated for the maintenance. A determination is made that an estimated amount of time needed to execute a second group of tasks from the several groups is more than the remaining time in the window. In response to such a determination, the execution of the second group of tasks is omitted. The execution of a post-requisite task of the first group is completed. A maintenance task in the second group is executed during a second window of time allocated for the maintenance.
US10409644B2
A load shedding system provides improved fault tolerance and resilience in message communications. The requesting service application may be configured to send data request(s) to a responding service application. A load shedding manager is programmed or configured to receive the data request(s) and determine, based on one or more configurable criteria and status information whether to allow the data request(s) to proceed or not. The criteria for making the determination may include various configurable settings, including error rate time window, and threshold values. The status information may include various information that describes the performance or health of the responding service, including, but not limited to: error rate for the responding service application's processing of incoming requests, latency of communication between the requesting service application and the responding service application, number of concurrent operations or requests being processed by the responding service application, CPU usage of the responding service application, disk usage of the responding service application, and other similar status information.
US10409610B2
Briefly, methods and apparatus to migrate a software thread from one wavefront executing on one execution unit to another wavefront executing on another execution unit whereby both execution units are associated with a compute unit of a processing device such as, for example, a GPU. The methods and apparatus may execute compiled dynamic thread migration swizzle buffer instructions that when executed allow access to a dynamic thread migration swizzle buffer that allows for the migration of register context information when migrating software threads. The register context information may be located in one or more locations of a register file prior to storing the register context information into the dynamic thread migration swizzle buffer. The method and apparatus may also return the register context information from the dynamic thread migration swizzle buffer to one or more different register file locations of the register file.
US10409608B2
A single chip sequential processor comprising at least one ALU-Block, where said sequential processor is capable of maintaining its op-codes while processing data such as to overcome the necessity of requiring a new instruction in every clock cycle.
US10409607B2
The invention relates to an electronic device for data processing, which includes an execution unit with a temporary register, a register file, a first feedback path from the data output of the execution unit to the register file, a second feedback path from the data output of the execution unit to the temporary register, a switch configured to connect the first feedback path and/or the second feedback path, and a logic stage coupled to control the switch. The control stage is configured to control the switch to connect the second feedback path if the data output of an execution unit is used as an operand in the subsequent operation of an execution unit.
US10409599B2
A method including fetching a group of instructions, where the group of instructions is configured to execute atomically by a processor is provided. The method further includes decoding at least one of a first instruction or a second instruction, where: (1) decoding the first instruction results in a processing of information about a group of instructions, including information about a size of the group of instructions, and (2) decoding the second instruction results in a processing of at least one of: (a) a reference to a memory location having the information about the group of instructions, including information about the size of the group of instructions or (b) a processor status word having information about the group of instructions, including information about the size of the group of instructions.
US10409593B2
A semiconductor device including a first processor having a first register, the first processor configured to perform region of interest (ROI) calculations using the first register; and a second processor having a second register, the second processor configured to perform arithmetic calculations using the second register. The first register is shared with the second processor, and the second register is shared with the first processor.
US10409591B2
A device (10) for controlling an operation, the device comprising: a controller (12); a storage means (14) for storing electronic program instructions for controlling the controller; and an input means (16); wherein the controller is operable, under control of the electronic program instructions, to: receive at least one instruction via the input means, the at least one instruction comprising a command associated with the operation; and implement the operation according to the command.
US10409590B2
A method of executing computer-readable code for interaction with one or more data resources on a data processing platform is disclosed, wherein the method is performed using one or more processors. The method may comprise receiving a request message including an identifier identifying executable code stored in a data repository. Another operation may comprise determining, using the identifier, an execution environment mapped to the executable code. Another operation may comprise executing the identified executable code using the determined execution environment. A further operation may comprise passing requests made with the executable code to one or more data resources via a proxy. Also disclosed is a method of creating customized computer-readable code for interaction with one or more data resources on a data processing platform, wherein the method is performed using one or more processors. This method may comprise receiving, through a code creation tool, user entered computer-readable code, committing the entered code to a data repository and creating an identifier which maps to the committed code and to an execution environment for running the committed code on the data processing platform.
US10409583B2
Content deployment systems and methods are provided for integrating and deploying selected content items as part of a specific release. A content publishing engine includes a processor that can execute a release management API that is configured to manage and store a manifest record that specifies release items by API name that are allowed to be part of the specific release. The processor is configured to execute a bulk API that is configured to receive content package objects from a plurality of content sources. For example, the first content source can directly invoke the bulk API to send first content items to the content publishing engine. A filter module can extract selected first content items that are specified in the manifest record for inclusion in the specific release, and add the selected first content items into a release object so that they are included as part of the specific release.
US10409580B2
An image processing apparatus includes a first storage area for storing firmware including a processing program for communication processing with an external terminal, and a processor. A processor starts execution of the processing program when a request to start the communication processing is received from the external terminal during execution of the firmware in the first storage area, and stores a modification program supplied into a second storage area when the modification program is received during execution of the processing program. The modification program is a modified program of at least a partial program in the processing program. The processor terminates execution of the processing program when a request to terminate the communication processing is received, and rewrites the processing program in the first storage area using the modification program in the second storage area when execution of the processing program is terminated.
US10409578B2
According to certain aspects, an information management system may be configured to: receive system information relating to one or more data storage requirements associated with a first user; access an electronic database containing deployment configuration rules usable in determining information management cell configurations; generate a recommended deployment configuration for an information management cell associated with the first user based at least in part on the system information and the deployment configuration rules; receive computing infrastructure information relating to computer hardware components within the information management cell that are available for use in implementing the recommended deployment configuration; and generate an installation script for the information management cell based at least in part on the recommended deployment configuration and the computing infrastructure information.
US10409576B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates application usage. During operation, the system obtains a user context associated with a first user, wherein the user context includes at least one of a location of the first user, profile data for the first user, device data associated with a computing device for the first user, and data types associated with existing applications on the computing device. Next, the system obtains a first set of new applications matching the user context. Finally, the system provides the first set of new applications to the first user for installation and use by the first user.
US10409574B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided that enable incremental compilation of source code. Attributes of an intermediate language (IL) representation and a compiled representation of a source code are stored. Modified source code that is a revised version of the first source code is received. An IL representation of the modified source code is generated. Attributes of the revised intermediate IL and the stored attributes of the IL representation are compared to determine a first set of functions changed in the modified source code. A second set of functions in the first source code is determined that includes functions affected the determined first set of functions. The first and second sets of functions are compiled to generate a set of compiled functions. Compiled versions of the first and second sets are replaced in the compiled representation of the first source code with the set of compiled functions.
US10409571B1
Apparatus and method for optimizing shader execution. For example, one embodiment of a graphics processing apparatus comprises: a plurality of execution units to execute shader programs; optimization detection circuitry and/or logic to identify one or more portions of shader program code to be optimized including one or more reduction operations which require read/write memory operations and associated barrier operations; and optimization circuitry and/or logic to optimize the shader program code by converting a plurality of the read/write memory operations to read/write register operations and removing one or more barrier operations to generate optimized shader program code; the execution units to execute the optimized shader program code.
US10409569B1
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure improve the functionality of computer software and systems by facilitating the automatic performance optimization of a software application based on the particular platform upon which the application runs. In some embodiments, the system can automatically choose a set of parameters or methods at run-time from a design space with pre-selected optimization methods and parameters (e.g., algorithms, software libraries, and/or hardware accelerators) for a specific task.
US10409567B2
Techniques are described herein that are capable of trimming unused dependencies using a package graph and a module graph. For instance, the package graph and the module graph may be traversed to determine whether dependencies of an application are used during execution of the application. A version of the application may be configured to include the dependencies that are used and to not include the dependencies that are not used. For instance, the version of the application may be configured to be utilized at deployment time.
US10409559B2
A method for software compilation is disclosed. A compiler may identify features of source code which are unavailable in a target environment for the compilation. The compiler may then translate the identified features into modified features in response to determining that projections for the identified features into the target environment are available. The compiler may then compile the source code dependent upon the modified features.
US10409555B2
Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for performing multi-variable bit-length multiplication operations in a memory. An example method comprises performing a multiplication operation on a first vector and a second vector. The first vector includes a number of first elements stored in a group of memory cells coupled to a first access line and a number of sense lines of a memory array. The second vector includes a number of second elements stored in a group of memory cells coupled to a second access line and the number of sense lines of the memory array. The example multiplication operation can include performing a number of AND operations, OR operations and SHIFT operations without transferring data via an input/output (I/O) line.
US10409537B2
A reprographic controller for providing reprographic commands to a reprographic engine has a reprographic setting. The reprographic controller includes a communication device for communicating with a computing device running a device driver; and user interface screen generator connected to the communication device. The user interface screen generator is arranged to generate and return a user interface screen including a user interface widget for setting the reprographic setting upon receiving a user interface screen request through the communication device from the device driver. The reprographic controller is further arranged to: receive from the device driver through the communication device: a value for the reprographic setting; and a reprographic job. The reprographic controller further includes a job processing device for processing the reprographic job taking into account the received value for the reprographic setting.
US10409536B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a display unit, an operation unit, and a controller. The controller causes, before printing an image, the display unit to reduce and display, with respect to each of setting items for printing, images to each of which a processing indicated by one of the setting items is applied. When a user designates one of the images to which the processing indicated by one of the setting items is applied, the controller accepts an instruction to print the image, reflecting the processing indicated by the setting item corresponding to a designated image, and causes the display unit to reduce and display the images to each of which the processing indicated by a remaining setting item not designated by the user, and the processing indicated by the designated setting item corresponding to the designated image, are applied, with respect to remaining setting items.
US10409526B2
Data being stored in a block of flash memory system may be characterized as being frequently modified or infrequently modified (hot/cold) based on a heuristic. When performing garbage collection, if the data from hot blocks is consolidated and data from cold blocks is separately consolidated by writing the data to different free blocks, the number of write operations to perform the garbage collection may be reduced. The lower “write amplification” contributes to increasing the lifetime of the memory circuit. When the number of blocks in a pool of previously erased blocks is reduced to a threshold value, a block having data previously stored therein may be selected for garbage collection based on a second heuristic.
US10409525B2
A memory management method for a rewritable non-volatile memory module is provided. The method includes: selecting at least one first physical erasing unit from at least part of physical erasing units according to a first parameter. The method further includes: selecting a second physical erasing unit from the at least one first physical erasing unit according to a second parameter, wherein the second parameter is different from the first parameter; and copying at least part of data stored in the second physical erasing unit to a third physical erasing unit.
US10409517B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a device for data backup comprising: a secondary backup device coupled to a primary backup device, the secondary backup device further comprising: data segmentation unit operable to divide target data to be backed up into a plurality of data segments; data fingerprint generation unit operable to generate a corresponding data fingerprint for each data segment from a plurality of data segments, and providing the data fingerprint to the primary backup device for backing up the target data at the primary backup device, wherein the data fingerprint is a mapped data segment of a length less than a corresponding data segment length.
US10409506B2
Methods for programming sense flags may include programming memory cells coupled to first data lines in a main memory array, and programming memory cells coupled to second data lines in the main memory array while programming memory cells coupled to data lines in a flag memory array with flag data indicative of the memory cells coupled to the second data lines being programmed. Methods for sensing flags may include performing a sense operation on memory cells coupled to first data lines of a main memory array and memory cells coupled to data lines of a flag memory array, and determining a program indication of memory cells coupled to second data lines of the main memory array from the sense operation performed on the memory cells coupled to the data lines of the flag memory array.
US10409505B2
A method of controlling an ultra-deep power down (UDPD) mode in a memory device, can include: receiving a write command from a host via an interface; beginning a write operation on the memory device to execute the write command; reading an auto-UDPD (AUDPD) configuration bit from a status register; completing the write operation on the memory device; automatically entering the UDPD mode upon completion of the write operation in response to the AUDPD configuration bit being set; and entering a standby mode upon completion of the write operation in response to the AUDPD configuration bit being cleared.
US10409503B2
An image forming apparatus (storage system) has a first and a second HDD, and a temporary storage unit. The apparatus divides input data into a first and a second divided data pieces and writes the first and the second divided data pieces in the temporary storage unit. The apparatus transfers the written first divided data piece to the first HDD and transfers the written second divided data piece to the second HDD. The apparatus copies the transferred first and second divided data pieces into the temporary storage unit. The apparatus makes a backup of the copied first divided data piece in the second HDD, and makes a backup of the copied second divided data piece in the first HDD.
US10409502B2
An example method and an example apparatus for writing data into a cache are described herein. The example method includes receiving an IO request write command, where the IO request write command includes metadata of to-be-written data. A first buddy group is obtained from a global buddy queue, and a determination as to whether all metadata of the to-be-written data can be written into the first buddy group is made. If the determination is yes, all the metadata of the to-be-written data is written into the first buddy group, and all the metadata of the to-be-written data is written into a metadata block corresponding to a metadata group to which the first buddy group belongs.
US10409496B1
A technique for storing data selectively tags write requests received by a data storage system based on whether each write request is directed to a file having a file type on an exclusion list, thereby producing a set of tagged write requests directed to a file type on the exclusion list and a set of untagged write requests directed to a file type not on the exclusion list. The method further includes persistently storing tagged data specified by the set of tagged write requests without first compressing the tagged data, and persistently storing untagged data specified by the set of untagged write requests after compressing the untagged data.
US10409493B1
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for low disk space notification. Data modules maintain space usage counters for normal stripes and for checkpoint stripes. The data modules also monitor in use space counters; free space counters; and checkpoint space counters. A system wide total space is calculated, as well as in use space, free space and checkpoint space by aggregating worst case space usage from all data modules. A checkpoint free space ratio and an overall system free space ratio are determined and a checkpoint notification is triggered when the checkpoint free space ratio is lower than a first threshold or when the overall system free space ratio is lower than a second threshold. Upon a checkpoint notification being triggered, a checkpoint notification handling routine is executed to free up disk space.
US10409490B2
Assisting input from a keyboard is described. In an embodiment, a processor receives a plurality of key-presses from the keyboard comprising alphanumeric data for input to application software executed at the processor. The processor analyzes the plurality of key-presses to detect at least one predefined typing pattern, and, in response, controls a display device to display a representation of at least a portion of the keyboard in association with a user interface of the application software. In another embodiment, a computer device has a keyboard and at least one sensor arranged to monitor at least a subset of keys on the keyboard, and detect an object within a predefined distance of a selected key prior to activation of the selected key. The processor then controls the display device to display a representation of a portion of the keyboard comprising the selected key.
US10409489B2
An input apparatus includes a keyboard module having a plurality of key areas, and having a plurality of sensor devices capable of detecting a pressure of a keying operation for each of the key areas; and a control circuit that adjusts a parameter of a processing relating to the keying operation of the keyboard module on a basis of information relating to a pressure detected by the sensor device for each of the key areas.
US10409487B2
Non-limiting examples of the present disclosure describe gesture input processing. As an example, a gesture input may be a continuous gesture input that is received through a soft keyboard application. The continuous gesture input may comprise query input and a selection of an application extension displayed within the soft keyboard application. The query input may be processed using a component associated with the application extension. A result for the query input may be provided. As an example, the result may be provided by the component associated with the application extension. Other examples are also described.
US10409485B2
A user input device for use with a controlled device. The user input device includes a substrate; a plurality of sensing electrodes disposed separately on or in the substrate for sensing an object; and a controller electrically coupled to the sensing electrodes and stored therein at least one virtual key allocation table, wherein the controller executes a converting operation to generate a sensed object information according to a capacitance data realized from the sensing electrodes, and generates an input command associated with a specified key in the virtual key allocation table, which corresponds to the sensed object information, for controlling the controlled device. The same sensed object information can be designed to correspond to keys of different definition under different virtual key allocation tables, and/or derive different input commands in different operational.
US10409484B2
Methods and systems are provided for generating, rendering, manipulating (e.g., slicing), and communicating stroke objects that form ink data. In a method of generating a stroke object, pen event data indicative of pen down, pen movement, and pen up events are sequentially received to generate point objects that collectively form a stroke object. The point objects serve as control points for interpolating curve segments. Further, a start parameter indicative of a start point within a starting curve segment of the curve segments at which display of the stroke object starts, and an end parameter indicative of an end point within an ending curve segment of at which display of the stroke object ends, are generated for the stroke object. When rendering the stroke object, a system limits display of the stroke object to a range bound by the start and end parameters, as opposed to displaying the entire stroke object.
US10409483B2
A technique for providing feedback based on activity. In particular, the technique detects inputs with various input intensities and provides varying feedback based on the activity state of an electronic device.
US10409480B2
Systems and methods are described for providing animated visual feedback in a manner that increases the likelihood that the feedback will be seen. When a touch-based interaction with a user interface element is detected, a position, orientation, and/or size of the gesturing user's hand and/or digit are determined by assessing factors such as the size and shape of the touched region on the touchscreen, the position of the user interface element relative to the edges of the touchscreen, the orientation of the touchscreen device, and other criteria. An eclipsed region of the touchscreen may be determined, and a starting coordinate for the animated visual feedback may be determined based on the eclipsed region. The animated feedback may be drawn for a determined duration, and may be reversed or erased if the touch-based interaction ceases before the duration is completed.
US10409474B2
A device for controlling displaying of a user plan for inputting schedules in a calendar includes a display unit displaying a plan window for inputting one or more pieces of schedule information in a calendar, and a control unit controlling the display unit to display a predetermined window including schedule information, which a user intends to input in the plan window, in a predetermined area of the display unit, and controlling the display unit so that when the schedule information included in the predetermined window is selected and moved on the calendar in response to input from the user, the selected and moved schedule information is inputted as a time block at a date where the schedule information has moved on the calendar.
US10409463B2
The technology described herein is capable of generating and presenting graphical user interfaces for displaying shared content, configuring space objects (also simply called spaces), posting digital content items to various spaces, inviting other users to contribute digital content items to various spaces, forking digital content items posted in one space or post object to another space or post object, contextual searching, posting rich comments in association with a post including graphical and textual data, and so forth. Further, the technology may provide suggestive search based on the spaces associated with a user, generate and exchange data with other nodes on a computer network, generate notification data including notifications reflecting updates posted to spaces by various users, and coalesce related comments to reduce number of notifications that each user receives and/or through which a user may have to navigate or scroll through.
US10409459B2
This disclosure generally relates to systems and methods that facilitate querying a content publisher for their goal(s) in employing a content sharing site and providing customized suggestions, such as recommendations, site tools, site dashboards, and site displays to assist in achieving the goal(s). Additionally, the specified goals are employed in conjunction with monitoring publisher interactions with the content sharing site to learn behaviors that that predict a publisher goal.
US10409452B2
A method for displaying a background screen in a mobile terminal is provided. The method includes resizing at least one of a plurality of background screens according to a first input, displaying at least one of the at least one resized background screen, detecting a second input, and transitioning among the resized background screens based on the detected second input, wherein the background screens respectively include an icon.
US10409450B2
A system and method for creating a visual perspective of operational information that facilitates rapid decision making. The system and method merges existing data sources from any number of computer-fed external data sources through an applications server to display data set in easily recognizable, repeatable images (tiles) uniquely designed for a user's application. The system and method create visual perspectives of data that accelerate decision-making and problem solving processes by displaying repeatable images (tiles) that display performance results verses expected performance criteria in high-volume, intuitive displays. The system and method utilizes facet searching to assist in refining the displayed images (tiles) to display a system status to the user.
US10409449B2
An in-vehicle display apparatus includes a control unit for executing a selected application feature for controlling a control object device. The selected application feature may be one of a plurality of application features that is selected by a driver by using switches on a portion of a vehicle steering wheel. The in-vehicle display apparatus displays output contents of the application feature in a main display area together with vehicle information. When no operation is performed for controlling the application feature for a predetermined period of time, or when the driver selects an other application feature, the control unit executes the application feature that is currently running in a background, treating it as a background (BG) application feature, and displays a BG icon for a BG application feature associated switch that is operable for an operation of the BG application feature that is currently running in the background.
US10409442B1
The present disclosure includes techniques for presenting an informative tip on a mobile device. In one embodiment, the method includes generating and presenting an informative tip upon receiving, at an application, a selection by a user of a text field in a user interface displayed on the mobile device. The application retrieves a size of a display of the mobile device and a location and a size of a virtual keyboard of the mobile device from data stored on the mobile device and determines a location on the mobile device display to present an informative tip based on the retrieved mobile device display size and the retrieved virtual keyboard location and size. The application generates an informative tip that includes text content corresponding to the text field and presents the generated informative tip as a pop-up display in the determined location.
US10409439B2
A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus includes a display consisting of a main display area disposed on a front side of the user terminal apparatus and a sub display area extended from one side of the main display area to be disposed on at least one area of a rear side of the user terminal apparatus, and a processor configured to provide a lock screen to a display area of at least one of the main display area and the sub display area and, in response to a user input of releasing the lock screen being sensed, control the display to provide a different home screen based on a display area where the user input is sensed.
US10409423B2
An optical touch substrate, an in-cell touch panel and a display device are disclosed. The optical touch substrate includes a base substrate, a light shielding matrix and a plurality of pixel regions defined by the light shielding matrix. The light shielding matrix includes a plurality of first optical touch electrodes and a plurality of second optical touch electrodes arranged to cross each other. The first optical touch electrodes are insulated from the second optical touch electrodes, and at least one optical touch electrode of the plurality of first optical touch electrodes and the plurality of second optical touch electrodes includes a light sensing layer and a conductive layer provided in a stacked manner. A sensing signal on each optical touch electrode changes as an intensity of light irradiated to a corresponding light sensing layer changes.
US10409420B1
A machine-implemented method for processing touch elements of an application of a device is provided. The method includes receiving application data associated with the application, the application data providing for the touch elements, each of the touch elements comprising an activation area configured to receive a user input and to trigger at least one function of the application upon receiving the user input. The method further includes determining, from the application data, that plural ones of the touch elements are for display in a group in the application; and classifying, in response to the determining, each of the touch elements of the group into two or more categories based on the application function of the touch element. The method further includes defining a size of the activation area for at least one of the touch elements based on the classification.
US10409404B2
A method of processing touch events and an electronic device adapted to the method are provided. The electronic device includes: a touch screen; a processor electrically connected to the touch screen; a touch control circuit, electrically connected to the touch screen and the processor, the touch control circuit configured to create a touch event in response to a touch input detected on the touch screen; and a memory electrically connected to the processor. The processor is configured to execute at least one application stored in the memory, to determine attribute information of the executed application, to generate touch area information containing an attribute corresponding to at least part of the area of the touch screen and information regarding at least part of the area of the touch screen, based on the attribute information, and to provide the touch area information to the touch control circuit. The touch control circuit determines whether a touch event corresponding to the detected touch input is created, based on the touch area information.
US10409402B2
A touch driving unit for a touch display panel and a driving method thereof, a touch driving circuit and a display device. The touch driving unit includes at least two transistors of a same type. Common electrodes of the touch display panel are multiplexed as touch electrodes; and the touch driving unit is integrated on an array substrate of the touch display panel and is connected with the common electrodes, and the touch driving unit is configured to output common voltages or touch driving signals to the common electrodes.
US10409398B1
A system, device, and method for rapidly accessing a display of aircraft information are disclosed. The aircraft rapid access display system could include a input device for controlling a cursor; at least one aircraft system owning a user application (UA); and a display system including one or more definition files defining layer(s) and rapid access layer(s), a system configuration file, a display unit, and a processing module (PU) configured to communicate with the input device, each UA, and the display unit. The PU may be configured to acquire the definition file(s); acquire the system configuration file; monitor the movement of the cursor; generate an image data set representative of the cursor and one or more layer(s) and rapid access layer(s) as a function of the definition file(s), the system configuration file, and the movement of the cursor; and present the image on the display unit.
US10409392B1
A hand-held controller is enables a user to manipulate objects in a VR environment with hand movement. The hand-held controller includes a handle, a ring attached to an end of the handle and one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs). The handle has appropriate shape and dimensions so that it can be grasped by the user's hand. The ring has an outer body that includes an inner surface that is formed with one or more concave dome and an outer surface facing away from the inner surface. Each of the one or more LED is mounted under a concaved dome. Light emitted from the LED spreads at the concaved dome to form uniform illuminous intensity. The light transmits out of the body through the outer surface of the outer body. The light can be captured by a camera for tracking the hand-held controller.
US10409387B2
A method for recommending a lock-screen wallpaper and related products are provided, and the method includes the follows. Whether a mobile terminal is in a preset lifting state is detected by a gesture sensor by the mobile terminal. A front-facing camera is activated and a first user-facial image is captured when the mobile terminal is in the preset lifting state. A first expression of the first user-facial image is analyzed and a first target lock-screen wallpaper type-set corresponding to the first expression is determined based on a correspondence between expressions and lock-screen wallpaper type-sets. A screen of the mobile terminal is lit up, a lock-screen interface is entered, and a first lock-screen wallpaper is displayed on the lock-screen interface. The first lock-screen wallpaper is one selected from the first target lock-screen wallpaper type-set.
US10409365B2
A method including generating a virtual space image for displaying on a head mounted display (HMD). The method further includes acquiring a rotational direction and a rotational speed of the HMD. The method further includes subjecting the virtual space image to blurring processing based on the rotational direction and the rotational speed, the blurring processing being performed on end regions of the virtual space image on both sides of the virtual space image in a direction corresponding to the rotational direction, a size of the end regions corresponding to the rotational speed, and an intensity of blurring of the end regions corresponding to the rotational speed.
US10409361B2
An immersive experience system provides interactive content to a user while isolating the user from external stimuli in an isolation chamber. The user floats in a high-density suspension liquid maintained at the user's body temperature while consuming the interactive content which can provide audio, video and tactile inputs to the user. The user can interact with the immersive experience system via different modalities such as eye movements or gestures or via providing thought input through a visual cortex thought recorder comprised in the immersive experience system.
US10409356B2
It is an object to enable a request received from an outside to be automatically processed immediately before shifting to a power saving state such as a suspend state. On the way of a shift from a normal state to the suspend state and in a state where the shift cannot be interrupted, when a predetermined request such as a print job is received from an external interface, an MFP reserves a return to the normal state by turning on a wake-up reservation flag and continues a suspend process. When shifting to the suspend state, if the wake-up reservation flag is ON, a power supply control unit performs a return (resume) to the normal state even if no wake-up factor occurs.
US10409350B2
The present disclosure generally relates to instruction optimization (or otherwise improved execution of instructions) using voltage-based functional performance variation. In some examples, a method is described that includes instruction optimization (or otherwise improved execution of instructions) using voltage-based functional performance variation. In some examples, the method includes characterizing a workload for a multi-core processor to identify one or more subunits of individual cores of the multi-core processor for utilization by instructions included in the workload, selecting a voltage at which to operate cores of the multi-core processor, and assigning individual ones of the instructions of the workload to a core of the cores of the multi-core processor based on performance of the identified one or more subunits of the individual cores at the selected voltage.
US10409347B2
A multi-core microprocessor is organized into a plurality of resource-associated domains including core domains, group domains, and a global domain. Each domain relates to either local resources, group resources, or global resources that are respectively used by a single core, a group of cores, or all the cores. Each core has its own independently settable target operating state selected from a plurality of possible target operating states that designate configurations for the local resources, group resources, and global resources. Each core is provided with coordination logic configured to implement or request implementation of the core's target operating state, but only to the extent that implementation of the target operating state would not reduce performance of any other core below its own target operating state.
US10409339B2
A computing device is provided with a slot that includes a first locking element and a second locking element configured to receive a removable computing device carrier. The computing device carrier includes a bracket for securing a first computing device in a first receiving space, and second computing device in a second receiving space. The bracket also includes a first latching mechanism configured to secure the first locking element of the slot, and a second latching mechanism configured to secure the second locking element of the slot. The computing device carrier also includes a frame secured to the bracket. The frame includes a first end with a first guide slot, and a second end with a second guide slot. The first and second guide slots are configured to enable the computing device carrier to adjust from a first position to a second position while secured within the slot.
US10409338B2
A semiconductor device package includes a substrate including, on an edge thereof, a connector that is connectable to a host, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device disposed on a surface of the substrate, a memory controller disposed on the surface of the substrate, an oscillator disposed on the surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the memory controller, and a seal member sealing the nonvolatile semiconductor memory device, the memory controller, and the oscillator on the surface of the substrate.
US10409335B2
A method, electronic device, and computer program product for countering a semi-permanent deformation at an area of a foldable display. The method monitors a time duration that the display is in the angled position. The method includes measuring a temperature associated with at least one area of the display while the display is in the angled position. In response to the display remaining in the angled position for greater than a calculated period of time, the method determines a degree of semi-permanent deformation associated with the at least one area of the display. The method further triggers an increase in temperature at the at least one area of the display to counter the degree of semi-permanent deformation.
US10409330B2
Described are devices and methods for providing an extendable screen in a portable communications device. The device may include a first display, at least one second display, and a graphics processor, coupled to each of the first and second display. The graphics processor may be configured to perform computer executable instructions for configuring the communications device to facilitate the presenting of a first graphical image on a first display configured into a portable orientation display configuration, into an expanded orientation display configuration, where the first graphical image is presented on both the first display and the at least one second display, for into a second expanded orientation display configuration where the first graphical image is presented on one of the first display and the at least one second display, while a user interface control is presented on the other of the first display and the at least one second display.
US10409329B2
An electronic device, a display module and a display apparatus are disclosed. The electronic device may include a shell assembly, a display assembly and a fingerprint assembly. The shell assembly may have a display face and be connected to the shell assembly. The fingerprint assembly may be connected to the shell assembly. An orthographic projection area of the fingerprint assembly on the display assembly in a projection direction perpendicular to a finger contact plane of the fingerprint assembly may be defined as a second region, at least part of the second region may be overlapped with the display face.
US10409325B2
The present embodiment relates to a double-faced display device generating sound by directly vibrating a display panel and includes: a first display panel and a second display panel disposed at the front and rear surface thereof, respectively; a single sound generating actuator connected to the first display panel and the second display panel to simultaneously vibrate the first display panel and the second display panel and thus generate sound; and a support part configured to support the sound generating actuator, the first display panel, and the second display panel. The present embodiment does not require a separate speaker and thus can achieve a thin or slim display device, and can improve the localization or the quality of sound output in opposite directions in the double-faced display device.
US10409318B2
An information processing device includes: a receiver that compares a serial input signal to a threshold value and outputs reception data; an extraction circuit that extracts a clock superimposed on the reception data from the reception data; a measurement circuit that measures a pulse width of the reception data based on the clock; a counter that measures an elongation and a shortening of the pulse width; and an adjustment circuit that increases the threshold value when the elongation of the pulse width is larger than a reference value, and reduces the threshold value when the shortening of the pulse width is larger than the reference value.
US10409315B2
A rudder control apparatus includes a pair of pedal assemblies, coupled to a support frame for control of a rudder control device. Each one of the pedal assemblies includes an idler link, a coupler link, and a drive link. The idler link is coupled to the support frame and is pivotable relative to the support frame. The coupler link is coupled to the idler link and is pivotable relative to the idler link. The drive link is coupled to the coupler link and to the support frame and is pivotable relative to the coupler link and relative to the support frame. A pedal is coupled to the coupler link. A four-bar linkage is formed by the support frame, the idler link, the coupler link, and the drive link and confines movement of the pedal to a linear travel path in a forward direction and a rearward direction.
US10409310B2
A method for dispatching buildings, including: generating data sets, each having energy values along with corresponding time and outside temperature values, where the energy values are shifted by one of a plurality of lag values relative to the corresponding time and outside temperature values; performing a machine learning model analysis on the each of the data sets; determining a least valued residual that indicates a corresponding energy lag for each of the buildings, the corresponding energy lag describes a transient energy consumption period preceding a change in outside temperature; using outside temperatures, model parameters, and energy lags for all of the buildings to estimate a cumulative energy consumption for the buildings, and to predict a dispatch order reception time for the demand response program event; and employing the dispatch order reception time to prepare actions required to control the each of the buildings to optimally shed energy specified in a dispatch order.
US10409305B2
Systems and methods for HVAC system design and zone group management are disclosed. A floor plan of a building is received, and an HVAC system configuration is selected from among a set of template HVAC configurations. HVAC components are selected from set of template HVAC components to customize the configuration. As components are selected, candidate positions for the HVAC component within the HVAC system configuration are determined and presented to a user to ensure compliance with engineering requirements. The floor plan includes a mapping of an HVAC system configuration to an HVAC zone group. If a change is made to the HVAC system configuration of a zone associated with a zone group, it is determined if another zone group shares the same properties as the changed HVAC configuration. If one exists, the changes]d zone is moved to the new zone group. If not, a new zone group is created and the changes zone is moved to the new zone group.
US10409279B2
A system and method is taught for data processing in an autonomous vehicle control system. Using information is acquired from the vehicle, network interface, and sensors mounted on the vehicle, the system can perceive situations around it with much less complexity in computation without losing crucial details, and then make navigation and control decisions. The system and method are operative to generate situation aware events, store them, and recall to predict situations for autonomous driving.
US10409276B2
System and method for controlling an aerial system, without physical interaction with a separate remote device, based on sensed user expressions. User expressions may include thought, voice, facial expressions, and/gestures. User expressions may be sensed by sensors associated with the aerial device or a remote device.
US10409268B2
A field device management system include a plurality of field devices equipped in a plant, one or more host devices equipped at a place distant from the plant and configured to connect to the field devices via a first network, and a terminal apparatus configured to connect to the field devices via a second network and to connect to the host devices via a third network. The terminal apparatus includes a first communication interface module configured to perform field communication with the field devices via the second network, a second communication interface module configured to perform near field communication with the host devices via the third network, and a controller that, when updating data of any one of the field devices, performs communication with the host devices through the second communication interface module, and receives update permission information from the host device through the second communication interface module.
US10409266B2
A numerical controller is provided with an axis motion control unit configured to control the motions of a table axis and a press axis according to a machining program. The axis motion control unit starts the motion of the press axis for a first block at a first top dead center, if the state of the table axis satisfies a condition adapted for the start of the motion of the press axis for the second block and if the motion of the press axis for the first block is not completed, and the axis motion control unit starts the motion of the press axis for a second block at a second top dead center lower than the first top dead center, thereby overlapping the motions of the press axis for the first and second blocks.
US10409262B2
A numerical controller which can prevent the stoppage of operation caused by the shutting off of communication with a host computer includes a communication unit for sending an NC data acquisition request containing a data size specification to a host computer, and a numerical control unit for performing operation using NC data sent from the host computer in response to the NC data acquisition request. Every fixed period, the communication unit sends, to the host computer, the NC data acquisition request containing the data size specification corresponding to a quantity of the NC data consumed by the numerical control unit.
US10409259B2
A servomotor control device includes a servomotor, driven body, connection mechanism, first position detection section, second position detection section, and motor control unit. The motor control unit has: a dual position control section that performs semi-closed FB control based on a high-frequency component of a first deviation between a position command value and the position of the servomotor detected by the first position detection section, and full-closed FB control based on a low-frequency component of a second deviation between the position command value and the position of the driven body detected by the second position detection section; an acquisition section that acquires a magnitude of rigidity of the connection mechanism; and a varying section that varies a proportion of the semi-closed FB control to full-closed FB control in the dual position control section, in response to the acquired magnitude of rigidity of the connection mechanism.
US10409251B2
An automatic inspection and monitoring method based on time domain slotting control, belonging to the technical field where the field personnel can automatically inspect and monitor a field device of a seismic apparatus in the seismic exploration production. A method of extraction and transmission of a seismic apparatus host on the information of a field device is implemented by a master control program, test information about the seismic apparatus host on the field device can be automatically extracted and classified from the seismic apparatus host, and according to a designed push protocol, a protocol encoding is conducted; a data frame block is automatically generated; and then the information is delivered via a broadcasting station; an encoding protocol of information push is designed for avoiding information loss caused by signal instability, etc. during information push. According to the protocol, the state information on the field device is encoded to generate a data frame block. There is no more need in the present invention for the operating personnel of the seismic apparatus to read and broadcast the content of the field device item by item, and it only needs to set a software operation mode, so that the automatic extraction and transmission of the state information on the field device can be extracted and transmitted.
US10409250B2
A servomotor control device includes: a servomotor; a driven body that is driven by the servomotor; a connection mechanism that connects the servomotor and the driven body; a first position detection section that detects a position of the servomotor; a second position detection section that detects a position of the driven body; and a motor control unit, in which the motor control unit includes: a force estimation section that estimates a drive force acting on the driven body at a connection part between the connection mechanism and the driven body; a rigidity estimation section that estimates a magnitude of rigidity of the connection mechanism based on a detected position of the servomotor, a detected position of the driven body, and an estimated drive force; and a rigidity variation detection section that detects a change in rigidity of the connection mechanism, based on the estimated magnitude of rigidity.
US10409248B2
A configuration system and method for process automation configured to access structural process diagrams representing process components. Each process component includes interconnections between process components. Each interconnection represents a physical connection. The system has at least one processor configured to generate corresponding process object instances for process components wherein a particular component type defines at least an interlock property and/or an operating condition.
US10409247B2
The methods and systems for data collection, processing, and utilization of signals with a platform monitoring at least a first element in a first machine in an industrial environment generally include obtaining, automatically with a computing environment, at least a first sensor signal and a second sensor signal with a local data collection system that monitors at least the first machine and connecting a first input of a crosspoint switch of the local data collection system to a first sensor and a second input of the crosspoint switch to a second sensor in the local data collection system. The methods and systems also include switching between a condition in which a first output of the crosspoint switch alternates between delivery of at least 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 a second output of the crosspoint switch and switching off unassigned outputs of the crosspoint switch into 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.
US10409246B2
The system generally includes a crosspoint switch in the local data collection system having multiple inputs and multiple outputs including a first input connected to the first sensor and a second input connected to the second sensor. The multiple outputs include a first and second output configured to be switchable between a condition in which the first output is configured to switch between delivery of the first sensor signal and the second sensor signal and a condition in which there is simultaneous delivery of the first sensor signal from the first output and the second sensor signal from the second output. Multiple inputs of the crosspoint switch include a third input connected to the second sensor and a fourth input connected to the second sensor. The platform is configured to determine a change in relative phase based on the simultaneously recorded gap-free digital waveform data. The second sensor is configured to be movable to a plurality of positions associated with the first machine while obtaining the simultaneously recorded gap-free digital waveform data. The local data collection system is configured to plan data acquisition routes based on hierarchical templates.
US10409231B2
Described herein are methods, apparatuses, and systems for determining adaptive predictive algorithms for virtual metrology. In some embodiments, a computer implemented method identifies a plurality of predictive algorithms. The method determines when to use one or more of the plurality of predictive algorithms to predict one or more virtual metrology variables in a manufacturing facility.
US10409229B2
A method of designing a control device that controls a controlled variable of a plant to a set point, the control device including a feedback control system for outputting a manipulated variable of the plant based on an output of a feedback controller and a disturbance estimation value, including a step of selecting one of a first order transfer function, a second order transfer function, a third order transfer function, a first order and time delay transfer function, a second order and time delay transfer function, and a third order and time delay transfer function as a transfer function of the nominal plant in accordance with characteristics of the plant; and a step of determining a transfer function of the feedback controller based on a gain and time constant of the nominal plant.
US10409219B2
An image forming device includes: an endless belt that transfers an image onto a sheet; a driving mechanism that drives the endless belt; a nip that transfers an image onto the sheet; a pressing rotational part that presses a front side of the endless belt that is a face onto which an image is transferred, and is rotated together with movement of the endless belt; and an blowing mechanism to blow out air to the pressing rotational part.
US10409218B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an image supporter that supports an image to be transferred to paper; a transfer belt that is opposed to the image supporter and forms a nip; and a first heater and a second heater that heat the transfer belt, wherein, the first heater has higher performance to uniformly heat an entire area of the transfer belt than the second heater; and the second heater has higher performance to respond to a temperature change of the transfer belt in a case of output change than the first heater.
US10409215B2
An image bearing member unit includes an image bearing member for bearing a toner image; a bearing portion which rotatably supports the image bearing member and is coaxial with a rotational axis of the image bearing member and which includes an arcuate portion for forming a circumferential part of a circle large larger than the image bearing member; a holding portion, capable of permitting insertion of the bearing portion in a rotational axis direction of the image bearing member, for holding the bearing portion, and a passing portion, provided in the holding portion, for permitting passage of the arcuate portion therethrough in the rotational axis direction. The passing portion is provided so that a phase of the arcuate portion when the bearing portion is mounted at a normal position and a phase of the passing portion are different from each other.
US10409212B2
A power supply circuit includes a thermoelectric conversion element configured to generate electric power when it is differentially heated, an adjustable current circuit configured to draw a current from the thermoelectric conversion element and resultantly output a constant current over a period of time, a voltage conversion circuit configured to output a voltage based on the current output by the adjustable current circuit, and a control circuit configured to control the adjustable current circuit to change a target value of the constant current output by the adjustable current circuit.
US10409206B2
A fixing device includes a heat generating member, an endless belt, and a heat conductive member that contacts the heat generating member in a first region. A positioning portion is provided at an end portion of the heat conductive member, so as to extend in a direction in which the positioning portion is spaced apart from the heat generating member. A supporting member is provided with a first opening at a position corresponding to a second region of the heat generating member, and supports the heat generating member via the heat conductive member. An electrical power shut-off member, located in the first opening of the supporting member, shuts off electrical power supplied to the heat generating member. The positioning portion is inserted into the first opening of the supporting member to prevent movement of the heat conductive member.
US10409202B2
An intermediate transfer unit includes an endless intermediate transfer belt to which a toner image is primarily transferred from an image carrying member, a driving roller that conveys the intermediate transfer belt with the primarily transferred toner image to a secondary transfer position for a sheet material, and a cleaning device which cleans a peripheral surface of the driving roller around which the intermediate transfer belt is wound.
US10409196B2
An image forming apparatus includes an intermediate transferor to rotate in a predetermined rotation direction, a plurality of image bearers disposed along the intermediate transferor to bear latent images, a plurality of developing devices to develop the latent images, a plurality of developer containers to contain developers, and a plurality of conveyance paths each corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of developing devices and a respective one of the plurality of developer containers to supply the developers to the plurality of developing devices respectively. An arrangement of the plurality of developing devices in the predetermined rotation direction is configured to be changed without changing an arrangement of the plurality of developer containers. A layout of the plurality of conveyance paths is configured to be changed without changing connections between a supply source and a supply destination of the plurality of conveyance paths.
US10409193B2
Provided is a waste developer container to be fixed to an image forming device including a developing device and a waste developer amount detection unit for obtaining information on an amount of accumulated waste developer discharged from the developing device, wherein the developing device uses toner image carrier holding a toner image and two-component developer to form a toner image, the waste developer amount detection unit obtains the information on the accumulated amount by emission and reception of light, and the waste developer container includes: a container space for containing waste developer discharged; a detection window for passing light that is emitted from the waste developer amount detection unit, passes the container space, and is incident again to the waste developer amount detection unit; and a magnet provided to a position where a magnetic force is applied to the detection window and light passing the detection window is not shut.
US10409180B2
A method of producing a toner including the steps of: mixing resin fine particles, an organic solvent, and a resin R with a dispersion medium containing carbon dioxide, to prepare a dispersion of resin R-containing droplets; and removing the organic solvent by flowing carbon dioxide, wherein the resin fine particles contain one or more resins that have a partial structure A, B, and C, and are soluble in chloroform; the SP value of the partial structure A, the resin R, and the partial structure B satisfy particular relationships; a resin A constituted of the partial structure A and a resin B constituted of the partial structure B are soluble in the organic solvent; and a resin C constituted of the partial structure C is insoluble in the organic solvent.
US10409178B2
An imprint lithography alignment method includes assessing a first alignment error between the template and the substrate, generating a first input signal corresponding to a first relative motion between the template and the substrate, initiating the first relative motion between the template and the substrate via the first input signal, assessing an output signal corresponding to the first relative motion, comparing the first input signal and the output signal to yield a motion control action corresponding to a second relative motion between the template and the substrate, generating a second input signal corresponding to the second relative motion between the template and the substrate, initiating the second relative motion between the template and the substrate via the second input signal, and assessing a second alignment error between the template and the substrate, wherein a magnitude of the first alignment error exceeds a magnitude of the second alignment error.
US10409174B2
A lithographic apparatus includes a substrate table, a post-exposure handling module, a substrate handling robot and a drying station. The substrate table is configured to support a substrate for an exposure process. The post-exposure handling module is configured to handle the substrate post-exposure. The substrate handling robot is configured to transfer the substrate from the substrate table along a substrate unloading path into the post-exposure handling module. The drying station is configured to actively remove liquid from a surface of the substrate. The drying station is located in the substrate unloading path. The drying station is located in the post-exposure handling module. The post-exposure handling module may be a substrate handler.
US10409162B2
The present invention relates to a highly heat resistant silsesquioxane-based photosensitive resin composition for a liquid crystal display device or an organic EL display device, and a positive resist insulating layer prepared therefrom, and in particular, to a silsesquioxane-based photosensitive resin composition having high heat resistance and a low dielectric property, capable of being used as an insulating layer forming a via hole of the thin film transistor (TFT), and simultaneously, capable of being used as an insulating layer for forming a bank pattern dividing pixels of an organic EL display device.
US10409159B2
The present teachings relate to a photopatternable composition including a vinylidene fluoride-based polymer, a photosensitive non-nucleophilic base, and a crosslinking agent. The photopatternable composition can be used to prepare a patterned thin film component for use in an electronic, optical, or optoelectronic device such as an organic thin film transistor. The patterned thin film component can be used as a gate dielectric with a high dielectric constant, for example, a dielectric constant greater than 10.
US10409155B2
An apparatus, method and products thereof provide an accelerated neutral beam derived from an accelerated gas cluster ion beam for processing materials.
US10409149B2
A phosphor wheel has a phosphor-supporting surface on which is formed a phosphor that generates fluorescent light in response to the incidence of light; and a reflecting surface that reflects the incident light, the phosphor-supporting surface and the reflecting surface being formed both to be parallel to each other to have a distance between them in the perpendicular direction of each surface.
US10409146B2
A terminal device (300) includes a projection target holding unit that holds projection information to be projected by an image projection device (200), a storage unit that stores position information indicating a position on the retina of a user (P) at which the projection information is to be projected, a position information acquisition unit that acquires the position information from the storage unit, an image data generation unit that generates image data (D) of an image (202G) that projects the projection information at the position indicated by the position information, and an image output processing unit that outputs the image data (D) to the image projection device (200). The image projection device (200) includes a light source unit that emits a light beam, an image input unit that inputs the image data (D) from the terminal device (300), a control unit that generates an image light beam based on the input image data (D) and controls emission of the image light beam from the light source unit, a scanning mirror that scans the image light beam, and a projection unit that projects the image light beam on the retina of the eyeball of the user (P) as the image (202G) represented by the image data (D).
US10409143B2
An example system, including a projector unit, an all-in-one computer attachable to the projector unit, a camera communicatively coupled to the all-in-one computer, and a touch sensitive mat communicatively coupled to the all-in-one computer. The projector unit projects an image on to the touch sensitive mat, and the touch sensitive mat comprises an optical pattern used to track a handheld device interacting with the image.
US10409142B1
An adapter to attach to a digital camera and a video camera simultaneously, the adapter including a first attachment portion to attach to a top portion of the digital camera, and a second attachment portion to attach to a bottom portion of the video camera.
US10409141B2
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for improved camera flash are presented. In some embodiments, a method includes performing an autofocus technique on a scene to obtain an autofocus output. The method also includes obtaining an ambient light measurement of the scene. The method further includes adjusting a sensitivity of an image sensor based at least in part on the autofocus output and the ambient light measurement. The method additionally includes, after adjusting the light sensitivity of the image sensor, illuminating the scene using a pre-flash.
US10409139B2
A light source providing multi-longitudinal resonant waves, particularly by utilizing an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) to produce a broadband emission spectrum. By configuring the system to pump the OPO far above the oscillation threshold, tunable light of macroscopic power with a short coherence length is provided. The coherence may be further shortened by additional longitudinal mode scrambling.
US10409136B2
Provided is an optical modulator in which degradation of an extinction ratio is suppressed and a temperature drift phenomenon is suppressed.An optical modulator includes: a substrate having an electro-optic effect; an optical waveguide formed on the substrate; and a control electrode for controlling light waves propagating through the optical waveguide, in which the optical waveguide has one or more Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguides (A1 to A3 and B1 to B3), the control electrode has DC electrodes (C1 to C4) which apply DC bias, a feeder electrode which feeds DC bias to the DC electrode crosses one of two branched waveguides of the Mach-Zehnder type optical waveguide, and a first dummy electrode (a dotted line E5 or E6) is provided at a specific position on the other one of the two branched waveguides, which is a specific position symmetrical in relation to a position at which the feeder electrode crosses the one of the two branched waveguides.
US10409134B2
An electronic paper display panel, including a first and second substrate; an electrophoresis layer arranged between the first and second substrates, the electrophoresis layer including black electrophoretic particle, white electrophoretic particle and at least one color electrophoretic particle; a first electrode layer arranged at a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate including multiple first electrodes; a second electrode layer arranged at a side of the second substrate facing the first substrate including multiple second electrodes; and a drive circuit; multiple pixel areas correspond multiple second electrodes; each first electrode includes a first sub-electrode and a second sub-electrode placed in same pixel area, which are insulated from each other, correspond to one second electrode and are connected with drive circuit, the first sub-electrode receives voltage signal different from voltage signal the second sub-electrode receives; the first electrode is common electrode and the second electrode is pixel electrode.
US10409131B2
To provide an electro-optical apparatus suitably usable as a reflective display apparatus with excellent visibility. A first substrate having a first electrode on one surface side, a second substrate having a second electrode on one surface side and arranged opposing the first substrate, an electrolyte layer having material used for electrolytic deposition and disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode are included. Each of the first electrode and the second electrode has a concave-convex configuration on one surface side that is in contact with the electrolyte layer. Surface roughness Ra of one side of the first electrode is 0.4 μm or more, and surface roughness Ra of one surface side of the second electrode is 0.02 μm or more and relatively smaller than the surface roughness of the first electrode.
US10409130B2
Methods of manufacturing electrochromic windows are described. Insulated glass units (IGU's) are protected, e.g. during handling and shipping, by a protective bumper. The bumper can be custom made using IGU dimension data received from the IGU fabrication tool. The bumper may be made of environmentally friendly materials. Laser isolation configurations and related methods of patterning and/or configuring an electrochromic device on a substrate are described. Edge deletion is used to ensure a good seal between spacer and glass in an IGU and thus better protection of an electrochromic device sealed in the IGU. Configurations for protecting the electrochromic device edge in the primary seal and maximizing viewable area in an electrochromic pane of an IGU are also described.
US10409129B2
An electrochromic element is provided. The electrochromic element includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode with a gap therebetween, and a color developing layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The color developing layer includes an electrochromic compound that develops and discharges color by a redox reaction and a compound having an adsorption group adsorptive to the first electrode.
US10409127B2
According to one embodiment, a display device includes pixel circuits arranged in a matrix in a display area, and the pixel circuits each includes a display element, a capacitor which applies voltage to at least one of electrodes of the display element, a first switch which supplies voltage to the capacitor when in an on state, a second switch which is set in an off state with the first switch when the first switch is in the off state, and sets the capacitor in a floating state.
US10409118B1
An electronic device may have a housing and a display in the housing. The display may have one or more curved edges such as curved edges associated with rounded corners in the display and housing. The display may have an array of pixels. The display may include full-strength pixels and may have a band of antialiasing pixels having selectively reduced strengths to visually smooth content displayed along the curved edges. The pixels may be organic light-emitting diode pixels, liquid crystal display pixels, or other display pixels. Organic light-emitting diode pixels may have drive transistors and associated organic light-emitting diodes. Selectively elevated series or opaque light blocking structures of selectively reduced areas may be used to selectively reduce the strength of the antialiasing pixels. Liquid crystal display pixels may include electrodes of different shapes and/or opaque layer openings of different sizes to form antialiasing pixels in desired patterns.
US10409115B2
The disclosure provides a liquid crystal display panel, an array substrate and a manufacturing method thereof. In the method, controllable resistance spacer layers are formed on at least one of a source doped region and a drain doped region of a low temperature polysilicon active layer. When a turn-on signal is not applied to the gate layer, the controllable resistance spacer layers serve as a blocking action for a flowing current; and when the turn-on signal is applied to the gate layer, the controllable resistance spacer layers serve as a conducting action for the flowing current, such that contact regions formed of the controllable resistance spacer layers are respectively connected with the corresponding source layer and the corresponding drain through the controllable resistance spacer layers. Therefore, the disclosure is capable of effectively decreasing a leakage of a thin film transistor.
US10409113B2
A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate and a pixel electrode thereon, a second substrate facing the first substrate and a common electrode thereon; at least one alignment layer on at least one of the pixel electrode and the common electrode; and a liquid crystal layer between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. A pixel including the pixel electrode includes a plurality of domains including a first domain. The domains have average orientations of the liquid crystal molecules different from each other. The pixel electrode has a first opening in the first domain, and the first opening extends substantially parallel to an edge of the pixel electrode.
US10409112B2
A liquid crystal display device has pixels in a TFT substrate, each of the pixels has a TFT. An organic insulting film 108 is formed to cover the TFT. A first electrode 109 and a second electrode 111 are formed above the organic insulting film 108 with an inorganic insulating film 110 placed between the first electrode 109 and the second electrode 111. An alignment film is formed on the first electrode 109 and the second electrode 111. The second electrode 111 connects with the TFT through a contact hole formed in the organic insulating film 108. A cross section of the organic insulating film 108 that includes the contact hole and is parallel to the second direction has a convex section and a concave section 70 at a bank located near the contact hole, the convex section being located closer to the contact hole than the concave section 70.
US10409107B2
There are disclosed a semi-transmissive, semi-reflective display panel, a method of manufacturing the same and a display device. The semi-transmissive, semi-reflective display panel includes a display substrate having a transmissive region and a reflective region, and an optical device. The optical device includes a first reflective portion and a second reflective portion; the first reflective portion is configured to reflect the light irradiating the reflective region of the display substrate from a backlight source to the second reflective portion; and the second reflective portion is configured to transmit the light irradiating the transmissive region of the display substrate from the backlight source and reflect the light reflected from the first reflective portion to the transmissive region of the display substrate.
US10409101B2
There is provided a liquid crystal display device that reduces viewing angle color mixture on a high definition screen. In the liquid crystal display device, a pixel electrode is formed on a region surrounded by scanning lines and picture signal lines. The scanning line is insulated from the picture signal line by a first insulating film. An organic insulating film is formed to cover the picture signal line. The organic insulating film is not formed below the pixel electrode. A common electrode is formed to cover the organic insulating film and the first insulating film. A second insulating film is formed to cover the common electrode. The pixel electrode is formed on the second insulating film. On the organic insulating film, a metal light shielding film is formed as extending in a second direction. The metal light shielding film is in contact with the common electrode.
US10409099B2
A high screen ratio display device with fingerprint identification includes a lower substrate, an upper substrate, and a cover glass. The lower substrate has a thin film transistor array formed with a plurality of thin film transistors and corresponding capacitors to provide an active area. The upper substrate is disposed on one side of the TFT array, and has an optical film layer. The cover glass is disposed on one side of the upper substrate, and has an opening to accommodate a fingerprint identification module. The opening at least partially overlaps the active area, and a space is defined between the opening of the cover glass and the thin film transistor array to accommodate a portion of the fingerprint identification module.
US10409091B2
An eyewear wearable includes an eyewear frame, a lens integrated into the eyewear frame, a display integrated with the lens, an intelligent control housing mounted at a behind-the-ear portion of the eyewear frame, an intelligent control with graphics support mounted within the intelligent control housing, a near field magnetic induction transceiver disposed within the intelligent control housing for communicating with an earpiece, the near field magnetic induction transceiver operatively connected to the intelligent control, and a cable between the intelligent control housing and the display.
US10409084B2
A method for assessing the relative alignment of a first and second diffractive element. The method includes illuminating the first diffractive element to form a first diffraction pattern in the far field and illuminating the second diffractive element to form a second diffraction pattern in the far field. The method further comprises determining a positional and/or rotational relationship between the first diffraction pattern and the second diffraction pattern in the far field.
US10409074B2
Near-to-eye devices with steerable phased arrays are provided. In some configurations, a device comprises waveguides, e.g., color plates, that are individually formed to couple a corresponding color output of a micro-display engine and project an image into a human vision system. Some configurations include steerable phased arrays for generating light defining a field of view of image content. The generated light is aligned with light from a real-world view to create an output that concurrently displays the real-world view with the field of view of the image content. The light from the steerable phased arrays is directed through one or more waveguides to an output region of the one or more waveguides. The light from the real-world view can pass through transparent portions of waveguides in a manner that aligns a rendering of the image content with the light from the real-world view to create augmented reality views.
US10409068B1
A pair of eye-mounted displays includes a right eye-mounted display and a right eye-mounted display. Each eye-mounted display comprises a contact lens. A femtoprojector system in each contact lens projects an image onto a retina of a user's eye when the contact lens is mounted on the user's eye. When the pair of eye-mounted displays is mounted on the user's left eye and on the user's right eye, a left-eye image is projected onto the user's left eye retina and a right-eye image is projected onto the user's right eye retina. The two projected images only partially overlap within the user's binocular visual field.
US10409065B2
A near-eye display device is disclosed that includes a pixel display configured to display multiple groups of pixels, in each frame of image, that are output by scanning. The device includes multiple semi-reflectors, where each semi-reflector is in a one-to-one correspondence with each group of pixels displayed by the pixel display unit. Each semi-reflector includes multiple inner platings that are disposed at different reflection angles. Each of the inner platings is in a one-to-one correspondence with each pixel subunits that is in a group of pixels corresponding to a semi-reflector in which the inner plating is located. Each semi-reflector is configured to be activated when the group of pixels corresponding to the semi-reflector is reflected, and reflect each pixel subunit which is in a one-to-one correspondence with each of the inner platings to a direction of an eyeball center by using all the inner platings included in the semi-reflector.
US10409062B2
Provided is a vehicle display device capable of providing a user with appropriate information, without being affected by changes in the position of the viewpoint of the user. This vehicle display device is provided with: an image display unit having a display screen capable of displaying images on at least part thereof; an image generating unit which generates images to be displayed by the image display unit; a viewpoint position acquiring unit which acquires a viewpoint position of a user seated on a driver's seat of a vehicle; and a projecting unit which projects the images toward a transparent front windshield of the vehicle in such a way that the images are reflected in the transparent front windshield of the vehicle, thereby allowing the user seated in the driver's seat to visually recognize a virtual image. The image generating unit determines a usage region to be used to display the images, within the display screen of the image display unit, in accordance with the viewpoint position of the user that has been acquired by the viewpoint position acquiring unit.
US10409047B2
A beam-scanning optical design is described for achieving up to kHz frame-rate optical imaging on multiple simultaneous data acquisition channels. In one embodiment, two fast-scan resonant mirrors direct the optical beam on a circuitous trajectory through the field of view, with the trajectory repeat-time given by the least common multiplier of the mirror periods. Dicing the raw time-domain data into sub-trajectories combined with model-based image reconstruction (MBIR) 3D in-painting algorithms allows for effective frame-rates much higher than the repeat time of the Lissajous trajectory. Because sub-trajectory and full-trajectory imaging are different methods of analyzing the same data, both high-frame rate images with relatively low resolution and low frame rate images with high resolution are simultaneously acquired.
US10409046B2
Field diaphragms for use in surgical microscopes are provided. The field diaphragms are positioned along an optical axis of a microscope illumination system. The field diaphragms include a frame portion configured to be received by the surgical microscope; and a non-circularly symmetric mask portion integrated with the frame portion. The mask portion is aligned such that marginal rays from an edge of the field diaphragm along a meridian of minimum diameter that reflect from a surface of an objective lens of the microscope reflect outside of an acceptance angle for relay through any ocular channel of the microscope.
US10409042B2
A wide attachment which is detachably attached to an object side of a lens apparatus and in which a focal length of the lens apparatus is shifted to a short focal length side. The wide attachment is formed of a single meniscus lens having a negative refractive power. The lens has an aspherical surface. The following conditional expressions are satisfied: −5.2<−(r1+r2)/(r1−r2)<−1.3, and 1.50
US10409027B2
A driving assembly is provided. The driving assembly includes a fixed member, a movable member, a driving magnet unit, a coil, and a focusing magnetic element. The movable member is arranged to be movable relative to the fixed member in a main axis via a magnetic force generated by the coil and the driving magnet unit. Additionally, the resonance of the movable member is inhibited by a magnetic force generated by the focusing magnetic element and the driving magnet unit.
US10409016B2
An optical fiber including a circuit board, a converter, an optical fiber, an external connecting part, and a pressable part. The circuit board includes first and second faces opposite to each other. The first face has first and second regions being different regions. The second face has third and fourth regions on the opposite side to the first and second regions, respectively. The converter is an opto-electronic or electro-optic converter on the first region of the circuit board. The optical fiber includes a leading end portion optically connected to the converter. A circuit on the first region of the circuit board is electrically connected to the converter. The external connecting part is disposed on the fourth region of the circuit board. The pressable part is fixed to the circuit board and positioned on the second region of the circuit board without contacting the converter, the optical fiber, or the circuit.
US10409012B2
Back scattering in an optical waveguide at an operating wavelength is controlled by adjusting an optical phase of light propagating in the waveguide at one or more locations along the waveguide. A portion of the back scattered light is tapped off near an input port and coupled into a photodetector. A controller detects changes in the photodetector signal and adjusts an optical phase tuner configured to control the optical phase of light in the waveguide at the selected location or locations. The optical phase tuner may be configured to vary the refractive index of at least a portion of the waveguide.
US10409007B2
A system for connecting a fiber optic connector to a fiber optic adapter includes various alternative improvements, including improvements to the shutter, the alignment device, and the adapter in general.
US10409005B2
The back reflection in photodiodes is caused by an abrupt index contrast between the input waveguide and the composite waveguide/light absorbing material. In order to improve the back reflection, it is proposed to introduce an angle between the waveguide and the leading edge of the light absorbing material. The angle will result in gradually changing the effective index between the index of the waveguide and the index of the composite section, and consequently lower the amount of light reflecting back.
US10408998B2
A method of fabricating a waveguide device is disclosed. The method includes providing a substrate having an elector-interconnection region and a waveguide region and forming a patterned dielectric layer and a patterned redistribution layer (RDL) over the substrate in the electro-interconnection region. The method also includes bonding the patterned RDL to a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) through a bonding stack. A reflecting-mirror trench is formed in the substrate in the waveguide region, and a reflecting layer is formed over a reflecting-mirror region inside the waveguide region. The method further includes forming and patterning a bottom cladding layer in a wave-tunnel region inside the waveguide region and forming and patterning a core layer and a top cladding layer in the waveguide region.
US10408996B2
The present disclosure provides an optical fiber. The optical fiber includes a core region. The core region is defined by a region around central longitudinal axis of the optical fiber. In addition, the core region has a first annular region. The first annular region is defined from the central longitudinal axis to a first radius r1 from the central longitudinal axis. Moreover, the core region has a second annular region. The second annular region is defined from the first radius r1 to a second radius r2. Further, the core region has a third annular region. The third annular region is defined from the second radius r2 to a third radius r3. Also, the optical fiber includes a cladding. The cladding region has a fourth radius r4.
US10408993B2
A light source unit includes light sources and a light source substrate. Each of the light sources includes terminals. The light source substrate includes a support layer, a wiring portion, mounting portions, an insulating cover layer, locking edges, and solder portions. The support layer has flexibility and an insulating property. The wiring portion is formed on the support layer. Each of the mounting portions includes lands provided midway in the wiring portion and facing each other at a distance. The mounting portions are assigned to the light sources, respectively. The insulating cover layer is formed on the support layer to cover the wiring portion and includes opening edges. The locking edges are formed by sections of the opening edges to overlap the lands in a non-linear manner in a plan view. The solder portions conform and adhere to the locking edges and electrically connect the lands to the terminals.
US10408991B2
A backlight module includes first and second light emitting layers. The first light emitting layer is disposed above the second light emitting layer and each includes at least one light guide plate and light source disposed next to the respective light guide plate. Each light guide plate has at least one light transmissive region and light exit region. Each light transmissive region of the first light emitting layer corresponds to each light exit region of the second light emitting layer. Each light exit region of the first light emitting layer corresponds to each light transmissive region of the second light emitting layer. Each light source is next to each light transmissive region. Each light transmissive region is between each light source and light exit region. Each light exit region of the first light emitting layer corresponds to each light transmissive region and light source of the second light emitting layer.
US10408982B2
The present invention relates to a polarizing film, a method for preparing the same, and a polarizing lens comprising the same, more specifically, to a polarizing film that has excellent optical, mechanical properties, may secure sufficient margin in a processing process, and yet, has excellent color reproducibility and small change with time elapse, a method for preparing the same, and a polarizing lens comprising the same.
US10408974B2
Disclosed are high refractive index, hydrophobic, acrylic materials. These materials have both high refractive index and a high Abbe number. This combination means the materials have a low refractive index dispersion and thus are especially suitable for use as intraocular lens materials. The materials are also suitable for use in other implantable ophthalmic devices, such as keratoprostheses, corneal rings, corneal implants, and corneal inlays.
US10408970B2
A method of location of a device includes a displacement law containing a corrective factor of a bias combined by an arithmetical operation with a measured variable, and particles, each particle being associated with a current value of the corrective factor. The current value of the corrective factor being constructed at each iteration on the basis of a previous current value of the corrective factor, computed during a previous iteration, to which is added a random variable drawn according to a predefined probability law. The current values of various particles are initialized, before the first iteration, to various initial values, and during each iteration, for each particle whose coordinates are updated with the aid of this displacement law, the value of the corrective factor in the displacement law is taken equal to this corrective factor's current value associated with the particle.
US10408967B2
The present specification discloses a covert mobile inspection vehicle with a backscatter X-ray scanning system that has an X-ray source and detectors for obtaining a radiographic image of an object outside the vehicle. The systems preferably include at least one sensor for determining a distance from at least one of the detectors to points on the surface of the object being scanned, a processor for processing the obtained radiographic image by using the determined distance of the object to obtain an atomic number of each material contained in the object, and one or more sensors to obtain surveillance data from a predefined area surrounding the vehicle.
US10408965B2
A method for logging a formation or sample includes obtaining a plurality of multiaxial conductivity measurements from the formation or sample. A horizontal resistivity measurement, a dip measurement and a dip azimuth measurement are derived from the plurality of multiaxial conductivity measurements. A sharp vertical resistivity measurement is derived from a subset of the plurality of multiaxial conductivity measurements.
US10408963B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and an article, may operate to determine spatial orientations of one or more transmitters attached to a first downhole component, relative to one or more receivers attached to a second downhole component, at common points in time during rotation of the first and the second downhole components. The first downhole component may be variably, rotationally coupled to the second downhole component. Further activity may include transforming raw measurements of transmitter signals provided by the receiver(s) into calibrated measurements based on the spatial orientations at the common points in time. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are described.
US10408961B2
A sensing circuit for metal object includes a resonating element, a power supply circuit, and a determining circuit. The resonant element is coupled to the power supply circuit and the determining circuit. The power supply circuit drives the resonating element to generate an oscillation, and the determining circuit determines the position of the metal object relative to the resonating element according to the energy change of the resonating element.
US10408955B2
A fracture model for a hydraulic fracture in a wellbore can be updated and calibrated. Information about a microseismic event can be received from a sensor that is monitoring a subterranean formation. The information can be received subsequent to a fracking fluid being introduced into the formation. An observed geometry of a hydraulic fracture can be determined based on the information and a predicted geometry of the fracture can be determined based on properties of the fracking fluid and a fracture model. The fracture model can be updated using the information about the microseismic event where it is determined that an uncertainty value of the observed geometry does not exceed a pre-set maximum. The uncertainty value can be based on the predicted geometry of the hydraulic fracture.
US10408948B2
The present invention provides a radiation detector comprising: a scintillator for absorbing radiation to generate light; and a light detector formed in the scintillator, wherein the scintillator is composed of a two-dimensional nanomaterial for imparting ductility. The scintillator is formed by laminating the two-dimensional nanomaterial, the two-dimensional nanomaterial being at least one of graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, and graphene quantum dots.
US10408938B2
A fast scan detection method is provided. The fast scan detection method is applied to a rotatable scan detection device where two or more detection samplings are performed for calculating each scan detection distance value, where each of the detection samplings includes: emitting, by an emission light source, infrared detection light, where the infrared detection light propagates through a surrounding space and is reflected by a detected object when the infrared detection light encounters the detected object; and receiving, by a photoelectric sensor in a reception unit, the infrared detection light reflected by the detected object, where the rotatable scan detection device performs one detection sampling at each detection angular position at which the rotatable scan detection device is positioned.
US10408931B2
A radar module for forming an ultra-wide field of view, including vertically oriented and laterally spaced first and second antennas for transmitting radar signals and for receiving the radar signals after the radar signals have been reflected from a reflecting surface of an object in the FOV of the module. At least one transceiver is configured to generate drive signals for the first and second antennas, such that each antenna forms a flat beam, and a signal processor is configured to detect from the received reflected radar signals a location of one or more objects in the FOV of the module.
US10408930B2
Methods and devices for estimating an angle between a transmitter and a receiver for beamforming are provided. A method includes, with an antenna element in a first device, transmitting an omnidirectional pulse and detecting an echo of the pulse reflected from a second device. An angle between the first device and the second device is estimated based at least on a characteristic of the echo. The method includes transmitting the angle to the second device for use in beamforming between the first device and the second device.
US10408927B2
The present disclosure relates to an active sonar system including a transmitter; a transducer; and an impedance matching circuit, and a method of estimating an equivalent model parameter of a multi-mode transducer, wherein an electrical equivalent model parameter having a plurality of stages corresponding to each mode is estimated by estimating an individual mode impedance and a total mode impedance from multi-mode impedance data and obtaining an interference amount of adjacent modes, and an equivalent model modeled thereby for which an interference effect by a multi-mode is taken into consideration is used for the design of an impedance matching circuit to minimize actual model fabrication and effectively derive detailed design elements and the like, thereby allowing an integrated circuit design with peripheral electronic units for interfacing the sonar system.
US10408926B2
Aspects of the disclosure are related to a Lidar device, comprising: a vibrating fiber optic cantilever system on a transmit (TX) path; and a two-dimensional (2D) light sensor array on a receive (RX) path.
US10408920B2
There is provided a radar device. A transmitting unit transmits a transmission signal in which an up period and a down period are repeated. A receiving unit receives reception signals from a target. A distance measuring unit computes the distance between the target and the radar device based on a reception signal corresponding to the up period, as an up-side distance, and computes the distance between the target and the radar device based on a reception signal corresponding to the down period, as a down-side distance. An aliasing determining unit determines whether velocity aliasing has occurred, based on the up-side distance and the down-side distance. A velocity measuring unit computes the relative velocity between the target and the radar device, based on the result of determination on velocity aliasing, and one of the reception signal of the up period and the reception signal of the down period.
US10408912B2
A mobile electronic device processes a sequence of images to identify and re-identify an object of interest in the sequence. An image sensor of the device, receives a sequence of images. The device detects an object in a first image as well as positional parameters of the device that correspond to the object in the first image. The device determines a range of positional parameters within which the object may appear in a field of view of the device. When the device detects that the object of interest exited the field of view it subsequently uses motion sensor data to determine that the object of interest has likely re-entered the field of view, it will analyze the current frame to confirm that the object of interest has re-entered the field of view.
US10408909B2
The present invention relates to a medical apparatus which includes a motion mechanism which has at least one degree of freedom, an actuator configured to drive the motion mechanism and a control unit configured to control the actuator, and which operates in a magnetic field environment of an MRI, the medical apparatus including: a data storage unit in which data related to magnetic susceptibility of the actuator is stored; a calculating unit configured to calculate information related to an influence which the actuator exerts upon the magnetic field environment by calculation based on the magnetic susceptibility; and a communication unit configured to output the information to the MRI. An influence which an apparatus which operates in a strong magnetic field environment exerts upon an MR image can be reduced.
US10408908B2
A system and method for acquiring a calibrated eddy-current field model in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are provided. The method may include one or more of the following operations. An eddy-current field model may be obtained. The eddy-current field model may transformed by Laplace Transformation. Data of an eddy-current field may be obtained. The data of the eddy-current field may be processed. A calibrated eddy-current field model may be acquired. In addition, the calibrated eddy-current field model may be used to compensate an eddy-current field.
US10408901B2
Acoustic noise reduction is achieved in a high-speed imaging method such as a phase-compensation type GE sequence, which is not provided with sufficiently long intervals for applying the gradient magnetic field pulses. A band-stop filter is used to reduce components of a frequency band in the gradient magnetic field waveform, having a high sound pressure level being a source of sound, thereby performing the noise reduction. In general, when a band of the gradient magnetic field is reduced, the waveform is likely to be considerably distorted, failing to satisfy imaging conditions. Therefore, the distorted waveform is shaped so that the imaging conditions are satisfied. The sound pressure level of the gradient magnetic field waveform is calculated by using a response function inherent to the device.
US10408896B2
A monolithic reusable microwire assembly can include a substrate and an electrically conductive thin-film wire formed on the substrate. The conductive thin-film wire can include a narrow segment forming an active area. A thermally and electrically insulating barrier can be formed on the electrically conductive thin-film wire. A roughness-reducing layer can be formed on the thermally and electrically insulating barrier and can have minimal surface roughness.
US10408884B2
Trigger pull tracking, charge time estimation, and other features for a power tool battery pack with wireless communication. A battery pack system includes a power tool battery pack and a processor. The battery pack includes a plurality of cells and a voltage sensor connected to the plurality of cells. The processor is in communication with the voltage sensor that detects a voltage across the plurality of cells using the voltage sensor. The processor further converts the voltage across the plurality of cells to a state of charge; determines a charge rate of a charger charging the battery pack; and determines a conversion factor based on the charge rate. The processor then generates a time to full charge of the battery pack based on the state of charge, the charge rate, and the scalar conversion factor. The processor may further generate current traces for the battery pack.
US10408881B2
A battery state estimating apparatus includes a learner configured to learn a battery state estimation model comprising a label corresponding to a battery state; and a state estimator configured to estimate a battery state of a target battery using the battery state estimation model.
US10408876B2
Embodiments include novel approaches for scan-based device testing using a march controller. A march data store can have sets of march element data stored thereon, each defining a respective march element of a march test sequence. A march select register can select each stored set of march element data according to the predefined march test sequence, and a march data loader can iteratively and sequentially output each set of march element data selected by the march select register. A memory built-in self-test controller can generate, in response to receiving each set of march element data output by the march controller, test stimulus data corresponding to the received set of march element data. The test stimulus data can input to a scan chain of the integrated circuit under test, and response data can be captured from the scan chain and assessed to determine whether the integrated circuit passed the test.
US10408865B2
A power monitoring system has a power monitoring device that couples to at least one conductor of a transformer and collect data indicative of power usage corresponding to the at least one conductor. Additionally, the power monitoring system may have a protective cover that may comprise a top plate having an arch-shaped back edge adapted to abut and conform with an outside surface of a transformer, a face plate integral with and extending from the top plate and mirroring the outside surface of the transformer, and a bottom plate integral with and extending from the face plate and having an arch-shaped back edge adapted to reasonably abut and conform with the outside surface of the transformer.
US10408845B2
Provided herein are methods that include (i) determining a level of soluble ST2 in a biological sample from a subject, (i) comparing the level of soluble ST2 in the biological sample to a reference level of soluble ST2 (e.g., a level of soluble ST2 in the subject at an earlier time point), and (iii) selecting, implanting, replacing, or reprogramming an implanted cardiac device, e.g., an ICD, CRT, or CRT-D device, for a subject having an elevated level of soluble ST2 in the biological sample compared to the reference level of soluble ST2, or selecting a subject for participation in, or stratifying a subject participating in, a clinical study of a treatment for reducing the risk of a ventricular tachyarrhythmia (VTA) event. Also provided are methods for evaluating the risk of a VTA event in a subject. Also provided are kits for performing any of these methods.
US10408821B2
Disclosed herein are devices that include a top chamber including at least one port, a bottom chamber including at least one inlet and at least one outlet, wherein the opening of the at least one inlet is smaller than the opening of the at least one outlet, and a membrane located between the top chamber and the bottom chamber, wherein the membrane is fluidly coupled with the top chamber and the bottom chamber. Also disclosed herein are systems including the disclosed devices. The systems include liquid in one or more of the chambers of the device. Methods of using the devices and systems include producing a vacuum by flowing a liquid through the bottom chamber of the system. Due to the difference in size of the inlet and outlet in the bottom chamber, a vacuum is produced in the top chamber.
US10408820B2
The application describes an assay for the identification of small molecule modulators of integrin CD11b/CD18 and small molecules capable of modulating activity of this receptor. Such compounds may be used in certain embodiments for treating a disease or condition selected from inflammation, immune-related disorders, cancer, ischemia-reperfusion injury, stroke, neointimal thickening associated with vascular injury, bullous pemphigoid, neonatal obstructive nephropathy, and cardiovascular disease, or in other embodiments for the treatment of a disease or condition selected from immune deficiency, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), myeloperoxidase deficiency, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, chronic granulomatous disease, hyper-IgM syndromes, leukocyte adhesion deficiency, Chediak-Higashi syndrome, and severe combined immunodeficiency.
US10408819B2
The invention provides compounds, compositions, methods, substrates, and kits useful for analyzing the metabolic activity in cells, tissue, and animals and for screening test compounds for their effect on cytochrome P450 activity. In particular, a one-step and two-step methods using luminogenic molecules, e.g. luciferins or coelenterazines, that are cytochrome P450 substrates and that are also bioluminescent enzyme, e.g., luciferase, pro-substrates are provided. The present method further provides a method for stabilizing and prolonging the luminescent signal in a luciferase-based assay using luciferase stabilizing agents such as reversible lucifetrase inhibitors.
US10408814B2
Disclosed herein is a method of generating a high resolution image of a cellular sample, the method including i) labeling a cellular sample with at least one mass tag, thereby producing a labeled sample in which a biological feature of interest is associated with the at least one mass tag, ii) scanning the sample with a continuous or near-continuous primary ion beam to generate sputtered secondary ions and sputtered neutral species, iii) photoionizing the sputtered neutrals to generate ionized neutral species, wherein the sputtered neutrals are photoionized at a site that is proximal to their source on the sample, iv) detecting the ionized neutral species by mass spectrometry, thereby obtaining spatially addressed measurements of the abundance of the at least one mass tag across an area of the sample, and v) producing an image of the sample using the measurements. A system for performing the method is also provided.
US10408812B2
The present disclosure is directed to a method of altering chemical properties of an in-process resin used with a 3D printing apparatus. The method includes monitoring the in-process resin using an imaging spectrometer, comparing the in-process resin and a model using one or more spectrums from the imaging spectrometer, and diluting the in-process resin with a diluting resin.
US10408811B2
A crude oil composition estimation method estimates a composition of crude oil for use in simulation of a material balance in an absorption and liquefaction system that absorbs vapors emitted from the crude oil with the crude oil. The crude oil composition estimation method includes: comparing a calculated concentration of a treated gas with a measured concentration of the treated gas; estimating, when the calculated concentration agrees with the measured concentration, that the concentration included in the crude oil is a correct crude oil composition; and repeating, when the calculated concentration does not agree with the measured concentration, a process of correcting the concentration included in the crude oil and then comparing the calculated concentration with the measured concentration, until the calculated concentration agrees with the measured concentration, and when they agree, estimating that the corrected concentration in the crude oil is a correct crude oil composition.
US10408793B2
A tool and method for reducing azimuthal current. An EM induction tool may comprise a tubular, which may further comprise a body with a central axis and an insulating layer that may be non-azimuthally symmetric with respect to the central axis. The EM induction tool may further comprise a transmitter coupled to the tubular and a receiver coupled to the tubular. A method of reducing azimuthal current may comprise introducing a current through a transmitter into a subterranean formation, wherein the transmitter is coupled to a tubular, allowing an insulating layer of the tubular to at least partially block azimuthal currents originating from the transmitter from flowing on the tubular, wherein the insulating layer is non-azimuthally symmetric, and measuring eddy currents induced by the current with one or more receiver coupled to the tubular.
US10408790B2
A multiple capillary florescent detection system employing optical fiber bundles that each fiber bundle has more than one fiber illuminating each sample vessel.
US10408785B2
A method for determining an internal resistance of a sensor element. The method includes: a) applying a current pulse to the sensor element; the current pulse inducing a charge transfer in the sensor element; the occurrence of the charge transfer causing an increase in the electrical voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode of the sensor element; b) ascertaining a value for the increase in the electrical voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode, step b) being performed at least twice at different points in time during the occurrence of the charge transfer; and a value for increasing the electrical voltage being ascertained therefrom at various points in time; and c) determining the internal resistance of the sensor element from the values for increasing the electrical voltage that are ascertained at different points in time during the occurrence of the charge transfer.
US10408777B2
A density measurement system for measuring the density of a material within a region, the density measurement system comprises: a plurality of electrodes arranged around the region; an energization source arranged to apply an electrical signal to at least one of said electrodes; a monitor arranged to monitor an electrical parameter at at least one of said electrodes, the monitored electrical parameter being caused to change in response to flow of electrical current within the region; and a processor arranged to: generate data indicative of the complex impedance of the material within the region based upon the monitored electrical parameter; and generate data indicative of the density of the material based upon the data indicative of the complex impedance of the material.
US10408772B2
An analysis system 10 can include an analysis tool 20, such as an XRF analyzer, a LIBS spectrometer, an XRD analyzer, or Raman spectroscopy equipment which can communicate wirelessly with other devices. The system 10 can also include remote-processor software configured to be loaded onto a handheld electronic device 23 and/or remote-computer software configured to be loaded onto a remote-computer 28. The analysis tool 20 can include a microphone 18 and/or an output device 31 to allow a user 19 to communicate conveniently with the analysis tool 20.
US10408769B2
An apparatus for optical inspection of objects, in particular cans. The apparatus includes an inspection station, a lighting system, and a camera directed towards the inspection system to capture an image of the lateral surface of the object to be inspected. A Fresnel lens is associated with the lighting system to direct a beam of light rays collimated towards the object to be inspected, located in the inspection station. A further Fresnel lens is positioned to face the object to be inspected, located in the inspection station and directed in such a way as to make the collimated light rays converge on the object.
US10408762B2
A plasma processing apparatus, plasma processing method, and plasma processing analysis method in which a suitable combination of wavelength, time interval, and etching condition parameter for control to change etching conditions is determined among wavelengths, time intervals, and changeable parameters for spectroscopic measurement data in order to ensure stable etching conditions. Specifically, a regression equation which represents the correlation between emission intensity and etching result at a wavelength and a time interval is obtained for each of two or more combinations of wavelength, time interval, and etching condition parameter. Furthermore, for each of the combinations, the amount of change is calculated from the regression equation when the value set for the etching condition parameter is changed. Among the combinations, the combination for which the amount of change is the smallest is determined as the combination of wavelength, time interval, and changed etching condition parameter to be used for control.
US10408760B2
A Raman spectrum detecting method and electronic device are disclosed. In one aspect, an example method includes detecting and obtaining a first Raman spectrum signal of a package. A second Raman spectrum signal of the object is detected and obtained with the package. The first Raman spectrum signal is successively subtracting from the second Raman spectrum signal to obtain a series of third Raman spectrum signals with package interference eliminated. Information entropies of the third and first Raman spectrum signals are calculated and compared with information entropy of the first Raman spectrum signal. Information entropies of third Raman spectrum signals greater than the first Raman spectrum signal are set into an information entropy sequence to be selected, and a minimum information entropy from the sequence is selected. The third Raman spectrum signal corresponding to the minimum information entropy is used as an optimized Raman spectrum signal with package interference eliminated.
US10408757B2
Method and system to remove background noise with a differential approach in optical imaging is disclosed. The differential approach moves the sample position laterally over a small distance, and a differential image is generated from the images recorded before and after the lateral translation. This approach can significantly improve the image quality of objects, including single DNA molecules, for label-free optical imaging techniques, such as surface plasmon resonance imaging. Disclosed imaging technique provides high-resolution genome-wide restriction maps of single DNA molecules.
US10408753B2
A method for calculating electromagnetic scattering properties of a finite periodic structure having a direction of periodicity is disclosed. The method numerically calculates electromagnetic scattering properties using spatial discretization in the direction of periodicity and numerically calculates electromagnetic scattering properties using spectral discretization in a direction orthogonal to the direction of periodicity.
US10408749B2
An imaging method includes: irradiating breast tissue with infrared light, detecting light in a narrow wavelength band selected from wavelength bands from 1400 nm or more to 1600 nm or less, among light radiated from the tissue irradiated with the infrared light, and generating, based on the detected light in the narrow wavelength band, an image to specify an area in the tissue containing breast cancer cell aggregation or breast cancer tissue.
US10408746B2
A system and method for determining impurities in a beverage grade gas such as CO2 or N2 relies on a coupling of FTIR analysis and UV fluorescence detection. Conversion of reduced sulphur present in some impurities to SO2 can be conducted using a furnace. In some cases, CO2 % also is determined.
US10408740B2
A sensing system identifies Huanglongbing (HLB) symptoms in leaves of citrus trees in real time and differentiates them from nutrient deficiencies.
US10408735B2
An in vitro method for the marker-free determination of a cell type of a cell in a biological sample is disclosed, a microscopic device being configured to detect a height profile of the cell with respect to a carrier plate. An embodiment of the method performed by a cell analysis device, include: determining a cell compartment of the cell on the basis of the detected height profile, determining a predetermined quantitative cell feature on the basis of the determined cell compartment, and determining the cell type of the cell on the basis of the determined quantitative cell feature. A correspondingly designed cell analysis device and a corresponding microscopic device are also disclosed.
US10408730B2
This invention provides methods and devices to measure particle suspension concentrations in the presence of potential interferents. Particle back-scatter readings are taken at light wavelengths that are absorbed by the medium before interacting with surrounding objects. Source-detector spacings are minimized compared to the mean absorbance path length of light, thereby maximizing the range of sensitivity to particle concentration. Discrimination against potentially interfering particles, such as bubbles, is provided by mapping the signal distribution against the central signal value and/or by the use of statistical measures with reduced dependence on outliers. The methods and devices allow accurate particle concentration readings over a wide range of concentration in environments crowded with potentially interfering objects and in the presence of variable concentrations and sizes of potentially interfering particles.
US10408723B2
A method for determining a shear property of a sample includes supporting a sample at three or more separate support locations about a periphery of a first surface of the sample in a testing fixture, the sample including a second surface separated from the first surface by a thickness, wherein the sample is axisymmetric about an axis that is orthogonal to the first surface. The method includes applying a load on the second surface of the sample with a load applicator in a direction substantially parallel with the axis, measuring, with a controller, shear testing data of the sample in response to applying the load, and determining, with the controller, a shear property of the sample from the measured shear testing data.
US10408715B2
An adsorption pump includes a housing, a movable part, and an adsorption part. The housing has inlet and outlet ports for a sample. The movable part is at least partly located inside the housing. The adsorption part is located inside the housing.
US10408706B2
A device for detecting a light beam projecting from a lamp of a vehicle is described, and includes a plurality of photo-sensors and a plurality of indicator bulbs. The photo-sensors are arranged in a linear array along a first axis, and the indicator bulbs are arranged in a linear array along a second axis that is in parallel to the first axis. A controller is in communication with the photo-sensors and the indicator bulbs. The controller includes an instruction set that is executable to monitor signal inputs from the plurality of photo-sensors to detect presence of a light beam projecting from the lamp of a vehicle, determine a cut-off gradient line for the light beam based thereon, and illuminate one of the indicator bulbs to indicate a location of the cut-off gradient line for the light beam.
US10408701B2
A leak detection system for detecting leaks in pressurized containers, the system comprising a leak test conveyor for moving each container and an accumulation tunnel through which the leak test conveyer extends, wherein the accumulation tunnel and the leak test conveyer together define at least one enclosed accumulation volume, each enclosed accumulation volume being sized to accommodate only a single container, thereby to allow gas leaking from the single container to accumulate, and a gas sensor for sensing accumulated leaked gas from the single container.
US10408700B2
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an oil pressure sensor attaching structure in which a plurality of guide protrusion portions are disposed with a gap in a circumferential direction and surround an oil passage opening portion. The guide protrusion portions have an arc-shaped wall portion and a protrusion portion. An accommodation portion which has an accommodation opening portion opening upward is provided on an inside of the plurality of guide protrusion portions in a radial direction. The sensor has a sensor case which has a columnar portion, a plurality of flange portions, and an annular portion that surrounds the columnar portion. The flange portion is disposed between an upper surface of an oil passage body and the protrusion portions in the vertical direction at a first position in the circumferential direction. The annular portion has a first portion and a second portion.
US10408693B2
Various sensor systems are described herein, including inserts having sensors thereon, which are configured to be received in an article of footwear. The inserts may be connected to a sole member of the footwear, or may function as a sole member. The sensors may be bonded to an outer surface of the insert, or positioned within the insert, in some configurations. The system may also include an electronic module that is overmolded into the sole structure and includes a connector for external access.
US10408687B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device 1 includes a temperature sensor module 10 that outputs a non-linear digital value with respect to temperature and a substantially linear sensor voltage value with respect to the temperature, a storage unit 30 that stores the temperature, the digital value, and the sensor voltage value, and a controller 40 that calculates a characteristic formula using the temperature, the digital value, and the sensor voltage value stored in the storage unit 30, in which the temperature, the digital value, and the sensor voltage value stored in the storage unit 30 include absolute temperature under measurement of absolute temperature, the digital value at the absolute temperature, and the sensor voltage value at the absolute temperature.
US10408682B2
A method and apparatus for detecting a display screen are provided. The apparatus comprises: a detection module for detecting components of a primary color in the light at a display side when a first and second display signal are input to the display screen, wherein the first and second display signal are used for displaying a monochromatic image in black and a monochromatic image in a color other than black; and a data processing unit for calculating a difference between components of the primary color which are detected when the first and second display signal are input, and determining whether there is a fault in the display screen according to the difference. The effect of ambient light on detection results can be reduced, and the detection results are more close to the actual case.
US10408679B2
The present application relates to a terahertz time-domain spectroscopy system. In this terahertz time-domain spectroscopy system, the femtosecond laser light radiated by the femtosecond laser is collimated by a first diaphragm, and then is split by a beam splitter into a pump light and a probe light. The pump light passes through the first light path module to generate a terahertz pulse, and the probe light passes through the first light path module to generate a linear polarization probe light having the same optical distance as that of the pump light. The linear polarization probe light and the terahertz pulse are combined by a beam combiner to obtain a light beam to be detected carrying the terahertz pulse information. Two electro-optical crystals with the same thickness are used in a detection device simultaneously. Changing the crystal axis angle of the two electro-optical crystals, there is a phase compensation to the two components o light and e light of the probe light, so as to realize linear detection to high power terahertz pulse and improve measurement accuracy.
US10408675B2
An enclosed benchtop analytical device, as well as systems, processes, and techniques related thereto are disclosed. A benchtop analytical device can include an enclosure enclosing a probe and a sample. A compliance component can determine satisfaction of one or more compliance rules, such as a compliance rule relating to an enclosure being in an operable configuration based on a lid of the enclosure being closed. If the compliance rule(s) is determined to be satisfied, the compliance component may enable the release of optical energy for interrogation of the sample via the probe. In some embodiments, the enclosure can enclose a sample plate that can be used to conveniently and accurately retain a sample in a suitable position within the enclosure.
US10408662B2
A water amount measurement device includes a light emitting element to emit light, a light receiving element to receive the light reflected by a liquid surface and by a liquid bottom at a bottom surface within a pipeline, a storage to store a distance from the light emitting element to the liquid bottom, and a processor. The processor computes a water level of the liquid flowing through the pipeline according to different formulas depending on whether a comparison result of distance data obtained based on an output signal of the light receiving element, and the distance at a time of measurement, includes a component corresponding to a distance exceeding the distance generated by the reflection from the liquid bottom, or the comparison result includes a component corresponding to a distance less than the distance generated by the reflection from the liquid surface.
US10408655B2
A method for temperature compensation of a signal in a vibratory meter is provided. The method includes obtaining one or more signals from a meter assembly in the vibratory meter, providing the one or more signals to a meter electronics of the vibratory meter, and compensating the one or more signals with a signal parameter offset, wherein the signal parameter offset is based on a temperature of the meter electronics.
US10408651B2
A method for determining a pulse duration T90 of a 90° pulse in a nuclear magnetic measuring method. A signal generator has a known generator resistance RS, wherein a coil has a coil impedance ZL with a coil resistance RL and a coil reactance XL, wherein a coupling circuit has an adjustable matching capacitance CM and an adjustable tuning capacitance CT, and wherein the medium has a Larmor precession having an angular Larmor frequency ωP. The time needed for determining the pulse duration T90 of the 90° pulse is reduced by the matching capacitance CM and the tuning capacitance CT being set so that the angular resonance frequency ω0 corresponds to the angular Larmor frequency ωP and by power matching being present between the signal generator and the coil. The coil resistance RL is determined and the pulse duration T90 is determined as a function of the coil resistance RL.
US10408646B2
A method for defect detection for a signal line between an electrode and a measuring- and/or evaluation unit of a magneto-inductive flow measuring device having at least one measuring- and/or evaluation unit, as well as a measuring tube with at least two measuring electrodes and a third electrode, comprising steps as follows: A) ascertaining a ratio of at least two measured electrical impedances between the measuring electrodes and/or between at least one of the two measuring electrodes and the third electrode; B) comparing the impedance ratio with a desired value range and C) outputting a defect report, when the impedance ratio exceeds or subceeds the desired value range, and a magneto-inductive flow measuring device.
US10408625B2
Vision-assist systems that inform visually impaired users regarding the current state of a room are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system includes an image sensor for obtaining a baseline image of the room including one or more items in the room positioned in an in-order state, and memory to store the baseline image. The system may include a motion sensor to detect when the user is approaching the room to activate the image sensor to obtain a real-time image of the room. A detection module determines whether the room and items in the room are in an in-order state or an out-of-order state when compared with the baseline image, and an output module notifies the user of the current state of room. In this manner, a visually impaired user can be informed of the state of a room which thereby aids the user in navigating or moving within the room.
US10408622B2
Described is a system for incremental trajectory estimation of an implement. During operation, the system determines a time span of each stationary period of the implement based on accelerometer and gyroscopic data. Gyroscopic bias is then estimated based on the time span and gyroscopic data. An attitude of the implement is then estimated at each time step based on the estimated gyroscopic bias and gyroscopic data. Further, a traveling distance of the implement is estimated. Finally, a trajectory of the implement is estimated based on the estimated attitude and traveling distance. Given the trajectory estimate, an implement (e.g., drilling platform, vehicle, etc.) can be caused to alter its direction based on the trajectory estimate.
US10408621B2
A navigation device for a vehicle includes a satellite antenna that receives a satellite signal from a satellite and a motion sensor that acquires motion information of the vehicle. A wireless communication module transmits location prediction information for predicting a location of the vehicle and receives an emulated-satellite signal from a server. A location estimating unit generates navigation information of the vehicle using at least one of the satellite signal and the emulated-satellite signal.
US10408620B2
An inertial sensing device comprising a circuit board provided with an inertial sensor. The inertial sensing device also comprises a base, a rotating plate and a power source assembly. The circuit board is mounted on the rotating plate, the power source assembly is mounted on the base, the rotating plate is drivingly connected to a power output shaft of the power source assembly. The circuit board rotates along with the rotating plate in a reciprocating or a continuous manner at a speed of 1 to 200 RPM. The inertial sensing device is combined with a monitored movable target under operating conditions, and transmits a collected signal to a personal navigation system to display an instantaneous geographic position of the target. The inertial sensing device is low in cost, small in size, and is capable of controlling the heading error within 1°/hour to increase the accuracy of indoor navigation systems.
US10408619B2
A composite sensor includes a first sensor outputting a first sensor signal, a second sensor outputting a second sensor signal, a circuit board electrically connected to the first and second sensors, and a mount member having one surface on which the first and second sensors and the circuit board are disposed. The first and second sensors have respective input terminals to which respective input signals are inputted, and have respective output terminals from which the first and second sensor signals are outputted. When a virtual straight line passing respective centers of the first and second sensors parallel to an arrangement direction of the sensors is defined, the respective input terminals of the first and second sensors are disposed in one of two regions divided by the virtual line, and the respective output terminals of the first and second sensors are disposed in a remaining one of the two regions.
US10408618B2
An inertial force sensor includes a detecting device which detects an inertial force, the detecting device having a first orthogonal arm and a supporting portion, the first orthogonal arm having a first arm and a second arm fixed in a substantially orthogonal direction, and the supporting portion supporting the first arm. The second arm has a folding portion. In this configuration, there is provided a small inertial force sensor which realizes detection of a plurality of different inertial forces and detection of inertial forces of a plurality of detection axes.
US10408612B1
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for visual inspection of a radial surface of a camshaft lobe. Upon visual inspection of the radial surface of the camshaft lobe via the apparatus and method of the present disclosure, surface roughness, or ‘chatter’, can be evaluated. Rapid evaluation of camshaft lobe chatter provides for improved manufacturing efficiency and decreased production delays.
US10408608B2
An arrangement for aligning guide rails of an elevator, comprising a carrier moving upwards and downwards in an elevator shaft along guide rails, at least one plumb line being provided in the vicinity of each guide rail. A laser scanner is attached fixedly or movably to the carrier or to the guide rail or to an apparatus, which is supported on walls of the elevator shaft and/or on the carrier. The horizontal position of the guide rail in relation to the plumb line is determined with the laser scanner.
US10408596B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for detecting a distance between a carrier and a plate, the apparatus comprising: a base provided on the carrier; a rotation mechanism rotatably provided on the base and configured to rotate when the carrier is in contact with the plate during movement of the carrier relative to the plate; a rotation angle measuring mechanism configured to measure a rotation angle of the rotation mechanism so as to obtain the distance according to the rotation angle. The distance between the carrier and the plate can be calculated based on the rotation angle of the rotation mechanism, so that accurate measurement of the distance between the carrier and the plate can be realized. Further, the operation performance of the gap detection apparatus would not be affected or damaged by the vacuum environment.
US10408595B2
A shrink-tubing measurement guide has a flexible strip with a measuring surface and a measurement indicator. Bands on the measuring surface form a tubing size indicator gauge, with each band having a band-specific indicium different from any adjacent band and associating a specific size of shrink tubing. The tubing size indicator gauge has a measuring surface layout based on a circumferential difference between a hand tool body and a hand tool end being compared to a predefined value, where the bands are either aligned end to end along the measuring surface or progressively-staggered with at least one end of each band extending beyond an adjacent band. The flexible strip is configured to be wrapped around a hand tool body of the hand tool with the measurement indicator aligning with at least one of the plurality of bands, where each band-specific indicium identifies a specific shrink tubing size.
US10408579B1
A one man portable electronic pulse generator includes a standard rifle having a muzzle and capable of firing a blank cartridge containing propellant. A blank firing adapter is fixed to the muzzle of the rifle. A piezoelectric generator is aligned with the gas exit orifice of the blank firing adapter. A lead cable is electrically connected from the piezoelectric generator to a unit in series with said lead cable for storing or utilizing said electronic pulse.
US10408573B1
A network of scopes, including one or more lead scopes and one or more follower scopes, is provided to allow the respective scopes to track the same presumed target. A lead scope locates a target and communicates target position data of the presumed target to the follower scope. The follower scope uses the target position data and its own position data to generate electronic control signals for use by follower scope to make position movements so as to re-position the follower scope from its current target position to move towards the target position defined by the target position data received from the lead scope. At least the second scope is mounted to, or integrated into, a vehicle, which uses the target position data to move to a new location so as to allow the second scope to better view the target.
US10408571B2
A switch assembly is provided for optical sight activation. The switch assembly includes a shoulder mounted device comprising an actuatable portion and a stock, an electrically powered optical sight disposable on the shoulder mounted device in alignment with the actuatable portion, a switch disposed in the stock and actuatable to activate operations of the optical sight and circuitry by which the optical sight and the switch are electrically coupled.
US10408556B2
A weapon training device include a frame, a reciprocating member in sliding longitudinal engagement with the frame, and a magazine coupled to the frame. The magazine has a compressed gas chamber in fluid communication with a valve. A light emitter actuated by a switch tied to a trigger is disposed in a barrel. A fire control module has a trigger that is releasably engaged thereto and positioned in axial alignment with the valve, and linked to the switch. A piston is fixed to the frame and is in fluid communication with the magazine valve. A piston sleeve is fixed to the reciprocating member, and the piston is be received therein. An impulse to the piston sleeve from the gas directed into the piston is transferred to a rearward longitudinal motion of the reciprocating member relative to the frame.
US10408555B2
A bipod has a first frame portion, the first frame portion having a mounting facility adapted to connect to a firearm, a second frame portion connected to the first frame portion, at least a first leg connected to the second frame portion, the first frame portion and second frame portion being connected by way of a ball and socket joint, and the legs being movable with respect to the second frame portion between a stowed position in which they are adjacent the firearm and a deployed position in which they extend away from the firearm. The ball and socket joint may include at least one of the first and second frame portions having a ball element having a convex spherical surface portion, and the other of the first and second frame portions having a concave surface portion closely receiving the convex spherical surface portion to limit relative translational motion.
US10408553B2
A magazine well for a firearm having an angled spine receiving portion. A charging handle for a firearm having latch that extends below a bottom surface of a crossbar. A bolt carrier for a firearm having a pair of vent holes disposed in the indented portion and at least one additional vent hole on indented portion adjacent to the pair of vent holes. A bolt catch for a firearm having a receiving portion curved to match the contours of a human thumb. A scope assembly for a firearm having markers on a scope and amount that correspond to the same radial positions. A bolt for a firearm having a plurality of ribs disposed on a main body and extending from a front end toward a tail portion of the bolt.
US10408552B2
A system and method for cleaning of heat exchanger tubes including an assembly, an indexer and a communication device provided with specialized software and programming. The indexer includes orthogonally arranged first and second arms. A trolley and sensors are provided on the indexer arms. One or more lances are provided on the trolley to deliver water jets into the openings. Sensors measure displacement as the trolley is moved relative to the heat exchanger's face plate. An operator controls the system from a distance away using the communication device. During setup, the pattern of the face plate is learned and mapped utilizing information from the sensors as one of the inputs. This information is utilized to help navigate the face plate during a subsequent cleaning operation. A kit for retrofitting existing X-Y indexers is also disclosed.
US10408545B2
A cooling system includes a heat absorbing device which has a first pipe port and absorbs heat discharged from equipment by using refrigerant; a radiator which has a second pipe port placed higher than the first pipe port and cools the refrigerant; a first flexible pipe whose one end is connected with the first pipe port and whose another end is connected with the second pipe port and through which the refrigerant flows and which can bend freely; and a loading table having a surface which becomes higher in a vertical direction as approaching from one end of the surface to another end, and on which the first flexible pipe is placed so as to become higher in the vertical direction as approaching from a side of the first flexible pipe, which is connected with the first pipe port, to a side of the first flexible pipe which is connected with the second pipe port.
US10408533B2
A water purifier having a small size and compact internal structure and enabling a water discharge part through which water is extracted to be rotation-operated, and a control method thereof.
US10408524B2
A refrigerator appliance having a temperature controlled drawer with improved temperature control is provided. A sealed system including a compressor, an evaporator, and an evaporator fan may be configured for cooling the fresh food chamber. A controller is configured to operate the evaporator fan when the compressor is off in order to increase the temperature of the temperature controlled drawer. Additionally, or alternatively, a secondary fan may be attached to the temperature controlled drawer and may be selectively operated by the controller to circulate air from the chilled chamber through the temperature controlled drawer. In this manner, the temperature of the temperature controlled drawer may be more precisely controlled regardless of whether the compressor is running.
US10408522B2
Collapsible indoor and outdoor containers having a collapsible wall section with shape-retaining characteristics are disclosed. In particular, collapsible coolers, fish bins, and wheeled vertical bins are provided. The collapsible wall section may include foldable tiers of a flexible material, each tier having at least one stable, relatively expanded position and at least one stable, relatively collapsed position; and an intervening, non-folding tier composed of a different, relatively stiff or rigid material. The coolers, fish bins, and wheeled vertical bins are each advantageously provided with a collapsible insert container that nests within and collapses together with a shell of the respective container, the respective wall folds of the shell and insert meshing together to result in a combined collapsed vertical dimension as small or nearly as small as that of the collapsed shell alone.
US10408520B2
A refrigerator having an ice maker in the door, an ice maker air duct in the ice compartment door, and an inlet and a plurality of flutes. The inlet is in fluid communication with the duct outlet and the flutes are configured to separate an air flow through the ice maker air duct into substantially evenly distributed air flows. Each of the plurality of flutes terminate proximate a row of ice wells.
US10408509B2
In an adsorber, a sintered body, which is formed by sintering metal powder particles, is joined to an outer surface of a heat medium tube, in which heat medium flows. An adsorbent is held by the sintered body. A groove is formed in an outer surface of the heat medium tube, and a groove is formed in an inner surface of the heat medium tube.
US10408504B2
A variable refrigerant package air conditioner is shown that is easy to install in new construction with a unique base that causes collected mixture that overflows to drain outside the building. A control system is shown that has motors and compressor that are pulse width modulated so the air conditioner is infinitely variable while maintaining the highest possible power factor. Dehumidification of outside air occurs as it is mixed with inside air. By gradually approaching a temperature set point and even reheating after dehumidification, moisture is removed from the room.
US10408500B2
The purpose of the present invention is to install an economizer having a sufficient internal volume in a compact turbo refrigeration apparatus specifically using a low-pressure refrigerant, and reduce refrigerant pressure loss and enhance efficiency in the turbo refrigeration apparatus. The turbo refrigeration apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a turbo compressor which compresses a refrigerant; a condenser which condenses the compressed refrigerant; a control valve which causes the condensed refrigerant to expand; an evaporator which causes the expanded refrigerant to evaporate; and an economizer which is installed in such a manner as to be sandwiched between the condenser and the evaporator, and separates the refrigerant expanded by the control valve into gas and liquid. The economizer is installed adjacent to a curved wall, having a drum shell shape, of the condenser and/or the evaporator, the curved wall being shared with the structural wall of the economizer. The economizer has a height (H) greater than the maximum width (W) thereof when viewed in the longitudinal direction thereof.
US10408496B2
The T&P relief valve includes a valve casing. A valve assembly is carried by the valve casing and includes a moveable valve shaft and associated valve head sealingly biased against a valve seat by a valve spring which is sealed within a protective chamber configured to contain a first protective fluid. The valve spring is protected, by the protective chamber and first protective fluid, from corrosion, calcification and/or mineral deposits which would affect the valve assembly. A thermal element assembly is carried by an internal tongue of the valve casing. A plunger casing, encasing the upper end of the elongated plunger body and sealing around the captive plunger, is configured to contain a second protective fluid to protect the upper end and captive plunger from corrosion, calcification and/or mineral deposits which could affect the thermal element. An end cap assembly includes a casing seal held against the protective chamber by an end cap that is secured to, and closes, the open top of the valve casing.
US10408495B2
A hot water heater appliance includes a boiler, a companion water heater and a controller. The controller is configured to control the water heater appliance in response to a scheduled plurality of performance modes based on a preset schedule. A first performance mode is scheduled to be performed at an expected low usage time and a second performance mode is scheduled to be performed at an expected high usage time relative to the expected low usage time.
US10408493B1
A mounting pad system for securing equipment, such as an HVAC outdoor unit, is provided in the form of a lightweight fillable pad member having securing slots extending from an underside surface to an upperside surface of the pad member. Securing strap assemblies are associated with at least some of the securing slots and are insertable into the latter to secure the equipment therebetween. The pad member contains a filling port on its upper surface and is configured as a molded hollow shell containing a gelling material which, when mixed with water, provides support to reduce deflection of the pad member caused by the equipment secured to the pad, prevents damage to the pad that would otherwise be caused by the expansion of internal contents upon freezing and prevents leakage of internal contents of the fillable pad in the event of an unintended breach in the hollow shell. The pad member is provided with at least one through-hole for allowing a securing anchor to be inserted therethrough into the ground at the installation site without disturbing sealing integrity of the hollow shell.
US10408489B1
Systems, devices, and methods for smart sensors/monitors and for a smart asset tag solution for tracking assets along the distribution cycle. These solutions are an extension of using various radio frequency technologies to locate the whereabouts of goods/assets with the use of additional sensors to provide granular knowledge about the asset above and beyond location. The technology can differentiate when the asset is being transported, stationary, or other inspection points along the distribution cycle of the cargo. Other applications of smart sensors, monitors, systems, devices and methods can be used to monitor fluid-leak detection or fluid-level detection from an electro-mechanical device, such as water pump, as well as fluid/water such as from a water pump, and for measuring and monitoring condensation levels in a pan under an HVAC system, and the like.
US10408488B2
A refrigeration cycle apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit configured to circulate refrigerant, a heat exchanger unit accommodating a heat exchanger of the refrigerant circuit, and a controller configured to control the heat exchanger unit. The heat exchanger unit includes an air-sending fan, an electric refrigerant detection unit, and a notifier configured to output notification of an abnormality. The controller is configured to stop electric supply to the electric refrigerant detection unit when an electric supply stop condition is satisfied under a state in which the electric refrigerant detection unit is supplied with electricity, supply electricity to the electric refrigerant detection unit when an electric supply condition is satisfied under a state in which the electric supply to the electric refrigerant detection unit is stopped, and cause the notifier to output the notification of the abnormality when an integrated time of electric supply to the electric refrigerant detection unit becomes equal to or larger than a threshold time.
US10408486B2
A smart HVAC system includes a plurality of sensors that monitor the temperature and humidity of a conditioned space and the energy efficiency of the HVAC system. A system controller is operable to control one or more bypass dampers. The modulation of air volume allows the cooling coil to achieve an optimum BTU extraction rate, and regulate temperature and humidity levels of the conditioned space. Sensor data is interpreted by a controller to modulate positioning of the dampers, thereby regulating the volume of air moved across the cooling coil. The smart HVAC system regulates the amount of air moved over the coil according to the desired system output, which includes temperature humidity and energy efficiency while maintaining a constant movement of air and the optimal amount of air exchanges per hour throughout the conditioned space with enhanced dehumidification and mold free systems.
US10408473B2
A multi-circuit refrigeration system includes a first plurality of compressors, a second plurality of compressors, and a control panel. The control panel is configured to receive an input related to humidity from a humidity sensor or humidistat. Based on the input, the control panel is configured to sequence operation of the first plurality of compressors and the second plurality of compressors between a balanced mode and a clustered mode. In the balanced mode, a first compressor of the first plurality of compressors and a first compressor of second plurality of compressors are energized before a second compressor of the first plurality of compressors or a second compressor of the second plurality of compressors is energized. In the clustered mode, the first compressor and the second compressor of the first plurality of compressors are energized before the first compressor or the second compressor of the second plurality of compressors is energized.
US10408471B1
The wireless carbon monoxide furnace shutoff system is a safety device that monitors the interior of a space for unsafe concentrations of carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2). The wireless carbon monoxide furnace shutoff system will shut off the furnace should an unsafe concentration of either CO or CO2 be detected within the interior space. The wireless carbon monoxide furnace shutoff system comprises a remote module and a furnace module. The remote module and the furnace module are connected with a wireless communication link. The remote module monitors the concentration of CO and the concentration of CO2 within the interior space. The remote module sends a plurality of messages to the furnace module that enables and disables the operation of the furnace based on the concentration of CO and the concentration of CO2 measured within the interior space.
US10408457B2
A gas turbine combustor includes a plurality of fuel nozzles, an air hole plate, a plate lip that covers an outer circumference side of the air hole plate, and an outer channel that supplies compressed air to an outer circumferential part of a portion on the plate lip side of the combustion chamber. The outer circumferential surface of the air hole plate includes a first surface joined to the plate lip and a second surface located further on the radial direction inner side of the air hole plate than the first surface to form a space between the second surface and the inner circumferential surface of the plate lip. A communicating hole that communicates the outer channel and the space is provided in the plate lip.
US10408455B2
The present disclosure is directed to a bundled tube type fuel nozzle assembly. The fuel nozzle assembly includes a fuel plenum body including a forward plate, an aft plate, an outer band that extends between the forward plate and the aft plate and a fuel plenum defined within the fuel plenum body. A plurality of tubes extends through the fuel plenum. Each tube of the plurality of tubes includes an inlet defined along an outer surface of the forward plate and an outlet defined downstream from the inlet. The forward plate defines a plurality of fuel inlet slots that is in fluid communication with the fuel plenum. Each fuel inlet slot extends radially outwardly with respect to an axial centerline of the fuel plenum body along the outer surface of the forward plate.
US10408447B2
An evaporator arrangement (1) for evaporating liquid fuel for a mobile fuel-operated heating device, comprising: an evaporator unit (5) for distributing and evaporating liquid fuel; and at least one fuel supply line (6) for delivering liquid fuel to the evaporator unit (5). The evaporator unit (5) has at least one first section (B1) made of a metal wire mesh (8).
US10408446B2
Illumination device for illuminating an environment (7), including a visible source (2), which emits a visible beam, and a diffuse light generator (2, 4; 68; 150), which includes an optical structure (4; 64; 150) delimited by an inlet surface (Si; S3), which receives the visible beam, and by an outlet surface (S2). The generator emits from the outlet surface diffuse visible light and direct visible light. The illumination device further includes an infrared optical source (15), which is different from the first visible source and emits an infrared beam so as to impinge on the inlet surface; the optical structure transmits at least one portion of the infrared beam. The illumination system further includes a ventilation system (40) which can be coupled to the environment, which introduces air masses into the environment, in pulsed mode.
US10408437B2
Disclosed herein is a downlight, which includes an optoelectronic module and a rim module. The optoelectronic module includes a light source driving board, a back housing, and a front housing. The light source driving board is disposed between the back housing and the front housing. The light source driving board includes a light-emitting diode unit and a driving circuit. The rim module has a central opening for accommodating the optoelectronic module. The rim module includes a tubular wall and a fastener, in which the fastener is fixed on the tubular wall. The fastener has a first bent portion and a second bent portion, in which the first bent portion is configured to be fixed in the accommodation hole, and the second bent portion is fixed on the tubular wall of the downlight.
US10408436B2
A retention structure for retaining a recessed lighting fixture behind a ceiling includes an attachment structure that has a first wall and a second wall. The attachment structure is designed to be attached to a housing of a recessed light fixture. The retention structure further includes a screw attached to the first wall of the attachment structure and to the second wall of the attachment structure. The retention structure also includes a pawl attached to the threaded screw. The pawl is rotatable along with the threaded screw. The pawl is also axially movable along the threaded screw between the first wall of the attachment structure and the second wall of the attachment structure.
US10408434B2
The invention provides a connecting structure and a Light-Emitting Diode (LED) display device having the same. The connecting structure comprises: a first pressing plate, which including a plate body and a lock sheet provided on the plate body slidably, a first mounting hole is provided on the plate body; a second mounting hole is provided on a second pressing plate; a connecting column, penetrating through the first mounting hole and the second mounting hole respectively, a lock groove matched with the lock sheet is provided on a first end of the connecting column, a force application part located below the second pressing plate is provided on a second end of the connecting column; a lifting mechanism, connected to the second pressing plate, the second pressing plate may move towards or away from the first pressing plate under an action of the lifting mechanism by operating the force application part.
US10408431B1
A light fixture that may include a dome member including exterior and interior surfaces, and a panel positioned adjacent to (e.g., attached to) the interior surface of the dome member. The panel may comprise carbon (e.g., carbon fiber, providing relatively high thermal conductivity). The panel may provide a mounting surface to which circuit boards including one or more LEDs are mountable. For example, the panel may include raised portions and recessed portions. The raised portions may provide a mounting surface to which the circuit board(s) may be mounted. The circuit board may span the distance between adjacent raised portions of the panel, spanning a corresponding recess. Such a recess may provide for a gap (e.g., an air gap) on the underside of the circuit board, for improved air circulation (facilitating convection cooling). Such a gap may also facilitate easy electrical connection of electrical power to each circuit board.
US10408430B2
There are provided a lighting lens, a lighting lens array, and a lighting apparatus. The lighting lens may include an incidence part to receive light from a light source and an emission part to emit light provided from the incidence part. The incidence part may have a concave region that contains a light source and a first protrusion at a rear side of the light source that protrudes downwards from a top surface of the concave region. The emission part may include a dome-shaped part that encloses the incidence part and a second protrusion at the rear side of the light source that protrudes upwards from a top surface of the dome-shaped part. A lowermost portion of the emission part may be formed at a first plane, and an angle between an outer surface of the emission part and the first plane is an obtuse angle.
US10408428B2
A variety of light-emitting devices for general illumination utilizing solid state light sources (e.g., light emitting diodes) are disclosed. In general, the devices include a scattering element in combination with an extractor element. The scattering element, which may include elastic and/or inelastic scattering centers, is spaced apart from the light source element. Opposite sides of the scattering element have asymmetric optical interfaces, there being a larger refractive index mismatch at the interface facing the light emitting element than the interface between the scattering element and the extractor element. Such a structure favors forward scattering of light from the scattering element. In other words, the system favors scattering out of the scattering element into the extractor element over backscattering light towards the light source element. The extractor element, in turn, is sized and shaped to reduce reflection of light exiting the light-emitting device at the devices interface with the ambient environment.
US10408421B2
A light emitting device apparatus of an embodiment comprises: a light source unit for emitting a plurality of excitation lights having linearity; a first reflection unit which reflects the plurality of excitation lights having linearity and incident to an incident direction parallel to an axis of symmetry, and collects the plurality of excitation lights to a focus position; and a wavelength conversion unit which is arranged on the focus position and transmits the plurality of excitation lights reflected and collected by the first reflection unit.
US10408413B2
Various embodiments relate to a lighting device including at least one light source for emitting a polarized primary light beam (P), at least one luminescent material volume for at least partially converting primary light of the primary light beam (P) into secondary light (S) having a different wavelength, which luminescent material volume is arranged in a path of at least a primary light beam (P), and at least one light sensor, which is arranged at least in a part of an original path of the primary light beam (P) after the location of the luminescent material volume, wherein the light sensor is sensitive at least to the primary light and is polarization-sensitive. Various embodiments can, in particular, be applied to vehicle lighting devices, in particular vehicle lamps, e.g., headlamps, or modules thereof.
US10408408B2
A headlamp for a vehicle comprises: a light source emitting light forming a beam pattern, the light comprising light waves having an electric field vector oscillating in all directions perpendicular to a path of travel of the light wave, and the beam pattern comprising a foreground portion relative to a horizontal axis and a non-foreground portion; and one or more filters dedicated to the foreground portion of the beam pattern that does not transmit light waves having an electric field vector oscillating in a direction parallel to the horizontal axis. The light source can be one or more light emitting diodes. The filter can be an absorptive polarizer. The absorptive polarizer can be a polarizing sheet.
US10408396B2
A junction box for a regressed light module includes an upper housing having a top wall and perimeter walls. The perimeter walls form a polygonal shape. The junction box further includes a lower housing having a cylindrical shape. The lower housing has a cavity for receiving a light module. The lower housing is attached to the upper housing. A cavity of the upper housing and the cavity of the lower housing form a cavity of the junction box.
US10408394B2
Provided is a light-emitting diode retrofit lighting apparatus for an existing light fixture that includes one or more lamp holders. The apparatus includes a base portion to be mounted to the light fixture, a light-emitting diode mounting part connected with the base portion and configured to receive a light-emitting diode lighting source, an adjustment portion to be received within the base portion and configured to adjust the apparatus in a vertical direction, and at least one sliding mechanism configured to be mounted on and slide along the adjustment portion to adjust the one or more lamp holders in a horizontal direction.
US10408393B2
A light string includes a controller and a plurality of colorful light beads. The controller is electrically connected with the light beads and an AC electric supply, and the light beads are connected in series. Two voltage supply lines power the light beads, and control signals from the controller are fused with the power signal and passed to the light beads via the negative pole. The control signal is recognized by each light bead and also passed to the next light bead in the series, to produce a change in the output of each light bead (e.g., color, flashing pattern, etc.). The light beads include three LEDs of different color and can produce seven different colors. Multiple light segments can be connected and controlled by the same controller. The light string design is simple, yet versatile, offering many illumination outputs selectable by a user.
US10408380B2
Devices and methods for attaching objects to living trees. Various forms of the devices employ a flexible member and mounting member that are configured to be looped and secured around a tree portion at a beginning of a predetermined time period. The mounting member and flexible member are configured to slide relative to each other to accommodate growth of the tree portion such that the device remains secured to the tree portion for at least the duration of the predetermined period of time without the need for human intervention. In other embodiments, the mounting member is integrally formed with the object or no mounting member is employed.
US10408379B2
A hanger system for temporarily hanging a valve bank on a vertical mounting face of a substrate. The hanger system includes one or more hanger brackets for attaching to the vertical mounting face. The valve bank has one or more mounting studs protruding from an underside surface of the valve bank, in which the mounting studs are configured to couple with the hanger brackets for temporarily hanging the valve bank on the mounting face with the underside surface facing toward the mounting face. The mounting studs and hanger brackets are configured to cooperate with each other to allow the valve bank to be secured in multiple different orientations against the mounting face, thereby facilitating fixedly mounting the valve bank to the mounting face with one or more fasteners that are received through corresponding fastening receivers in the valve bank.
US10408374B2
A SIPP spraying apparatus for applying a liner material to the inner wall of a pipe, the apparatus having a transport unit, an articulating neck, a spinner assembly, proximity sensors and a plurality of positioning assemblies, wherein the positioning assemblies adjust the position of the spinner assembly as the apparatus moves through the pipe so as to maintain the spinner assembly centered within the pipe.
US10408371B2
This disclosure relates to a cam-type sanitary clamp for releasably coupling two flanged ends of a sanitary fitting, such as a tri-clover fitting. The clamp has an upper clamp ring component hinged to a lower clamp ring component, with a threaded shaft component that is pivotally connected to the lower clamp ring component, a cylindrical pivot component, and a cam-type lever component. The lever is pivotally connected to the pivot component and has a plurality of protrusions, such as lobes, that are each configured to be compressed against the slotted opening of the upper clamp ring section when the cam-type lever component is manually rotated from an open position to a closed position to secure the clamp about the flanges of a sanitary fitting.
US10408367B2
Provided is a mesh-patterned resin molded product (10) used for encasing and protecting a hollow piping member provided in a vehicle or a small ship. The mesh-patterned resin molded product (10), in a case of an ordinary state where no load is applied to the mesh-patterned resin molded product (10), includes a plurality of first resin wired portions (11) that extend parallel to each other, and a plurality of second resin wired portions (12) that extend parallel to each other in a direction respectively intersecting the first resin wired portions (11). Each of the first resin wired portions (11) and each of the second resin wired portions (12) are joined to each other on a joint portion (13) positioned at a mutual intersection portion. At the intersection portion, a direction passing through both axial centers of the first resin wired portion (11) and the second resin wired portion (12) and being orthogonal to both the axial centers is set as an orthographic projection direction P. When the first resin wired portion (11) and the second resin wired portion (12) are viewed in the orthographic projection direction P, a second surface area that is a surface area of the joint portion (13) between the first resin wired portion (11) and the second resin wired portion (12) is smaller than a first surface area that is an overlapping surface area between the first resin wired portion (11) and the second resin wired portion (12). The plurality of first resin wired portions (11) and the plurality of second resin wired portions (12) are formed of a material including a thermoplastic resin.
US10408365B2
Tubing bundle supports comprise body parts clamped around split rotatable sleeves. In one embodiment, spring mounted peripheral shoes and rotatable tubing bundle support sleeves allow metal tubes and tubing bundles to be routed inside a conduit in spaced apart positions and resistant to vibration. In another embodiment, split pillow block sections are clamped around a split rotatable sleeve. In an embodiment, the split pillow block support is held to a strut channel by a strut channel nut.
US10408363B2
A valve has a control slide (4) guided in a valve housing (6) so as to be longitudinally movable. The control slide selectively connects a plurality of fluid connection points (P, T, A, B) in the valve housing (6) to each other in a fluid-conducting manner or disconnects the fluid connection points from each other, and can be electrically controlled by a stepper motor (2). The control slide (4) can be actuated by an emergency device (34, 52) in the event of a malfunction or failure.
US10408362B2
A flow control valve includes a valve body having an bore and a plurality of fluid ports in communication with the bore. A valve spool is axially slidably disposed in the valve body, and an end portion of an end of the valve spool has a convex curved surface. A linear actuator is disposed at one end of the valve body and includes an armature slidable along an axial direction of the valve spool. The armature includes a head portion having a convex curved surface configured to abut against the end portion of the valve spool. The engagement structure between the valve spool and the armature of the flow control valve is improved, which enables the valve spool and the armature to be automatically aligned. This reduces the precision requirement of contact between the valve spool and armature, which facilitates mass production and reduces cost of the valves.
US10408360B2
An inflation valve for inflating containers with non-rigid walls comprising a tubular body defining a passage with a first opening at one end and a second opening at its opposite end, adapted to be secured to a container, a sealing disc adapted to sealingly close off the second opening to the passage in the tubular body, and adapted to open the second opening mechanically when an inflation device is inserted into the passage through the first opening and thus gas may be passed into the container through the second opening, thereby moving the sealing disc away from the second opening, a guide member located within the passage of the tubular body; a spring adapted to assist the sealing disc to close off the second opening; and a gasket and/or sealing ring adapted to assist the sealing disc to close off the second opening.
US10408346B2
A parking lock apparatus includes an engaging mechanism, a slider, a hydraulic circuit, and a processor. The engaging mechanism is to prevent a rotation of a rotating body when the engaging mechanism is in a mechanical engagement state. The slider is to switch a state of the engaging mechanism between the mechanical engagement state and a mechanical disengagement state in accordance with a position of the slider. The hydraulic circuit is to change the position of the slider. The processor is configured to increase line pressure in the hydraulic circuit when the engaging mechanism is in the mechanical engagement state.
US10408342B2
In a transmission hydraulic control system, a gain control valve may be used to switch between a low gain and a high gain based on line pressure. Line pressure may be controlled as a function of turbine torque. If the gain of a holding element or oncoming element changes during a shift as a result of changing turbine torque, shift quality may degrade. If the gain is set low at the beginning of the shift, the controller limits engine torque to ensure that the line pressure is not increased beyond a level that would cause a gain switch. If the gain is set high at the beginning of a shift, the controller maintains the line pressure high enough to prevent a switch to low gain, even if turbine torque drops.
US10408335B2
An apparatus includes a case, a motor, a gear mechanism, a lubrication mechanism, and a cooling mechanism. The motor and the gear mechanism are housed in the case. The gear mechanism includes a specified gear and a first gear. A vertical lower section of the first gear is positioned above a surface of the oil. The lubrication mechanism lubricates the gear mechanism by the oil thrown up by the specified gear. The cooling mechanism includes an oil pump and a pipe. The oil pump and the pipe supply the oil reserved in the case to the motor. The pipe is located above the first gear. The pipe has a hole, and the oil discharged from the hole. The hole is positioned above the first gear. A normal line direction of the hole differs from a vertically downward direction. The first gear does not overlap the normal line direction.
US10408328B1
The present invention provides an assembly, system, and method for an epicyclic washpipe swivel cartridge that can includes a gear reduction assembly with a sealed lubrication enclosure that can operate independent of roller bearings. The cartridge includes a pair of clamshell clamps to insert the cartridge in position without requiring dislocation of the mating assemblies. The system can further include a hydraulic port for efficient activation of the seals before placing high on a top drive of an oil derrick or other remote location.
US10408314B2
In exemplary implementations, a target rod is actuated. The target rod is part of a set of threaded, elongated rods, the longitudinal axes of which are substantially parallel to each other. The set of rods has an interior region and a perimeter region. Actuators induce vibrations in a set of perimeter rods. These vibrations are substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axes. Furthermore, the vibrations are transmitted to interior rods, causing a target rod in the interior region to rotate about, and translate along, the longitudinal axis of the target rod. The target rod undergoes stick-slip motion relative to adjacent rods.
US10408308B2
A planetary gear train may include: an input shaft an output shaft; first to fourth planetary gear sets including first to twelfth rotation elements; a first shaft fixedly connected to the second rotation element and the input shaft; a second shaft fixedly connected to the ninth and tenth rotation elements, and selectively connectable to the input shaft; a third shaft fixedly connected to the eleventh rotation element and the output shaft; a fourth shaft fixedly connected to the third rotation element; a fifth shaft fixedly connected to the fifth rotation element, the eighth rotation element, and the twelfth rotation element; a sixth shaft fixedly connected to the seventh rotation element; and a plurality of shafts formed by combinations of remaining rotation elements of the first and second planetary gear sets that are not connected to the first to sixth shafts, and selectively and respectively connected to a transmission housing.
US10408304B2
A gear having an axis of rotation includes a gear rim, with at least a portion of the gear rim configured to receive a load and define a loaded gear rim arc corresponding to the portion of the gear rim. A bearing pin extends axially through the gear rim, the gear rim and the bearing pin defining a roller element gap therebetween. The gear rim is configured to define a loaded roller element gap arc substantially concentric with the loaded gear rim arc, the loaded element gap arc having a loaded roller element gap arc length. The gear rim is further configured to retain a loaded bearing portion of the bearing within the portion of the roller element gap such that a loaded bearing portion length is in a range from and including about 75% to and including about 125% of the loaded roller element gap arc length.
US10408296B2
A metal stamping tool includes a hybrid magnetorheological-nitrogen spring including a housing having an interior wall defining an interior volume. A fixed divider separates the interior volume into a nitrogen gas chamber and a magnetorheological fluid chamber. A piston extends into both the nitrogen gas chamber and the magnetorheological fluid chamber. The piston defines a magnetorheological fluid gap within the magnetorheological fluid chamber. An electric coil positioned adjacent the fluid gap to apply a magnetic field to magnetorheological fluid within the fluid gap when the electric coil is energized.
US10408293B2
The present disclosure provides a rubber bearing for connecting a vehicle component, in particular an axle tie rod to a vehicle chassis. The rubber bearing includes an inside part, an outside part, and an elastomer arranged between the inside part and the outside part and connecting the inside part and the outside part. The rubber bearing also includes a releasable axial stop limiting axial displacement of the inside part and of the outside part in a mounting position, wherein the releasable axial stop, in the mounting position, is at least one of in catch engagement with the inside part and clamped with the inside part.
US10408288B2
A multi-disk brake assembly includes a stator disk that is non-rotatable, a rotatable rotor disk arranged adjacently and coaxially with the stator disk, and an axial retention device. The rotor disk and the stator disk are axially moveable between an engaged position during braking operation and a disengaged position during a released mode of operation. The axial retention device is axially moveable and supports at least one of the disks. The axial retention device includes a set of axially translatable pins or bolts that are pushed by the disks during the braking operation and maintain a predetermined space between the disks during the released mode of operation. The predetermined space and position of the disks is maintained when the brake assembly is subject to forces due to vehicle acceleration or cornering.
US10408278B2
A clutch system includes a transmission shaft, a gear, and a clutch slider. The gear is provided on the transmission shaft rotatably relative to the transmission shaft. The clutch slider is provided on the transmission shaft axially slidably along the transmission shaft and unrotatably relative to the transmission shaft. The gear and the clutch slider are provided with respective clutch teeth. The clutch system is set in either a clutch-on state where the clutch teeth of the gear engage with the clutch teeth of the clutch slider or a clutch-off state where the clutch teeth of the gear disengage from the clutch teeth of the clutch slider. The clutch system is provided with a hydraulic control system to hydraulically control the respective axial slide actions of the clutch slider in a clutch-on direction for realizing the clutch-on state and in a clutch-off direction for realizing the clutch-off state.
US10408277B2
The invention relates to a mechanical fuse intended to be rigidly mounted between a drive unit (8, 9), and a receiver unit (10), each rotating about the same axis (7) of rotation, said fuse comprising a body (13) extending in a longitudinal direction parallel to said axis (7) of rotation, once the fuse is mounted between said drive unit (8, 9) and receiver unit (10). The invention is characterized in that said body (13) comprises a plurality of longitudinal bars (14), each bar (14) being deformable by bending, such as to form a twist-breakable mechanical fuse.
US10408273B2
A connecting arrangement for connecting two parts (1, 5) by way of two connected sockets (2, 4), wherein parts and sockets have rotationally symmetrical engagement regions, not exceeding 180°, about engagement axes (11, 15 or 12, 14), which engagement regions are complementary between one part and one socket each, wherein one socket is rotated into one part each, and the complementary engagement regions hold the part on its socket so as to be pivotable about the respective aligned engagement axes and so as to withstand tensions in the direction of a zenith axis of the parts (10 or 16), and in that, after the parts and socket pairs are rotated into engagement and positioned with respect to each other, the sockets (2, 4) are connected to each other, the connection being rotationally and tensionally stiff with respect to the direction of the zenith axes.
US10408271B2
At a state where central axes of the drive shaft and the driven shaft are matched, the drive-side concave-convex portion is engaged with a half portion on the other axial side of the coupling-side concave-convex portion with a drive-side gap of which a circumferential width size increases towards the other axial side being interposed between a circumferential side surface of each drive-side convex portion and a circumferential side surface of each coupling-side convex portion. At the state where the central axes of the drive shaft and the driven shaft are matched, the driven-side concave-convex portion is engaged with a half portion on one axial side of the coupling-side concave-convex portion with a driven-side gap of which a circumferential width size increases towards one axial side being interposed between a circumferential side surface of each driven-side convex portion and a circumferential side surface of each coupling-side convex portion.
US10408268B2
A pressure nitrided stainless steel hybrid ball bearing having an inner ring, an outer ring, and rolling elements disposed therebetween. The pressure nitrided stainless steel hybrid bearing has one or more component(s) made from a pressure nitrided stainless steel material. The pressure nitrided stainless steel hybrid bearing used with a refrigerant lubrication for chiller applications leads to a very long useful life time.
US10408259B1
A self-aligning roller bearing having inner and outer bearing ring elements and at least one row of roller elements disposed in between. The inner bearing ring element having a retaining flange provided on a first axial side of the roller bearing being configured for preventing the roller elements from falling out from the roller bearing. The roller bearing having a first sealing ring element located at the first axial side for sealing the first axial opening, the first sealing ring being rotatable in relation to the inner bearing ring and seals against a sealing mating surface of the inner bearing ring. The retaining flange has at least one filling slot configured for allowing the roller elements to be inserted in-between the inner and the outer bearing ring elements during assembly of the roller bearing, and the sealing mating surface being axially outside the at least one filling slot.
US10408255B2
A variable compression ratio apparatus may include: a connecting rod having an end connected with a crank pin of a crank shaft; a plunger housing formed at the other end of the connecting rod, the plunger housing having a space to which a plunger is inserted. In particular, the plunger moves upwardly and downwardly, and an outer circumference surface of the plunger contacts an inner circumference surface of the plunger housing. The apparatus further includes a protrusion protruded from the plunger to the plunger housing and connected with a piston, and a hydraulic pressure control valve for supplying hydraulic pressure to the space and moving the plunger by supplying hydraulic pressure.
US10408250B2
A load-indicating washer for use with a fastener. The washer is comprised of a circular base plate, a domed cap that projects from the base plate, a cavity formed between the circular base plate and the domed cap, and a fastener hole that extends through the circular base plate and the domed cap. The domed cap is configured to collapse into the cavity upon application of a force that exceeds a threshold.
US10408243B2
A wheel nut indicator 10 includes an attachment section 12 for fitting to a wheel nut/lug nut of a wheel and a pointer section 14 extending radially away from the attachment section 12, the wheel nut indicator 10 being provided with a changeable secondary indication means which is moveable between a first position (FIG. 1) for indicating a first status, and a second position (FIG. 3) for indicating a second status.
US10408242B1
A garbage guard apparatus is disclosed herein. In various aspects, the garbage guard apparatus may be mounted in a sump comprising an outflow pipe with an outflow pipe entrance that conveys water from the sump, and the sump may be accessed through a manhole entrance of diameter d. The garbage guard apparatus includes multiple panels, with each panel of the multiple panels having panel width W that is less than diameter d of the manhole entrance to allow for passage of each panel through the manhole entrance into the sump, in various aspects. In various aspects flange is formed on each longitudinal side of each panel with all flanges being symmetric to allow a flange of one panel to mate with any flange of any other panel. The panels when flangeably secured to one another within the sump form a panel assembly, in various aspects. The panel assembly so formed is then attached to the sidewall of the sump about the outflow pipe entrance of the outflow pipe with a lower end below an invert of the pipe entrance and an upper end above a crown of the pipe entrance, in various aspects. When so attached to the sidewall of the sump, the panel assembly defines a passage and the water passes from the sump around the lower end of the panel assembly into the passage and then into the pipe entrance of the outflow pipe with buoyant garbage being retained within the sump by the panel assembly, in various aspects. Related kits, methods of use, and methods of assembly are also disclosed herein. This Abstract is presented to meet requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 1.72(b) only. This Abstract is not intended to identify key elements of the apparatus and related kits and methods of use disclosed herein or to delineate the scope thereof.
US10408241B2
In accordance with an example embodiment, a method includes monitoring a position of an actuator during operation of the actuator, determining that an actuator command value is greater than an actuator command value threshold, starting a timer upon a movement of the actuator through a starting position during the operation of the actuator at the actuator command value, determining satisfaction of at least one condition, and stopping the timer upon satisfaction of the at least one condition and movement of the actuator through an ending position.
US10408239B2
The present invention relates to a multiple coupling manifold comprising a plurality of housings configured to accommodate an equal number of hydraulic couplings.The manifold according to the invention is characterized in that it comprises first and second hydraulic connection means configured to hydraulically connect said manifold to the hydraulic circuit present on the machine once the manifold is mounted on the machine, and is further characterized in that it comprises a first hydraulic connection pipe, which connects said first hydraulic connection means to a first and a second of said housings, and a second hydraulic connection pipe, which connects said second hydraulic connection means to a third and a fourth of said housings.
US10408232B2
A turbo machine according to present disclosure includes a rotating shaft, a first impeller, a first fluid bearing, a first holding member, a first lubricating liquid casing, a first supplying passage, and a first squeeze film damper. The first fluid bearing rotatably supports the first taper portion and the first cylindrical portion. The first fluid bearing is attached to the first holding member. The first lubricating liquid casing forms a first storing space. The first supplying passage is a passage through which a lubricating liquid is supplied to the first storing space. The first squeeze film damper is a space located between the first fluid bearing and the first holding member. The first squeeze film damper communicates with the first supplying passage.
US10408231B2
A rotor for a gas turbine engine comprises a rotor having a hub and blades around the hub, and extending from the hub to tips. The tips include first and second tip portions between their respective tip leading edge and tip trailing edge. Tips are spaced from a rotational axis of the rotor by spans. A mean span of a first tip portion of a first blade is greater than a mean span of a corresponding first tip portion of a second blade. A mean span of a second tip portion the first blade is less than a mean span of a corresponding second tip portion of the second blade.
US10408224B2
A fan blade for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The disclosed fan blade includes an airfoil having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a convex side, a concave side and a distal tip. The leading edge, trailing edge, convex side and concave side of the airfoil is at least partially coated with an erosion resistant coating. The distal tip of the airfoil is coated with a bonded abrasive coating. The bonded abrasive coating engages the abradable coating disposed on the fan liner and, because of its low thermal conductivity, reduces heat transfer to the distal tip of the fan blade. The reduction in heat transfer to the distal tip of the fan blade preserves the integrity of erosion resistant coatings that may be applied to the body or the airfoil of the fan blade.
US10408222B2
A cooling fan assembly that prevents damage by a fire on a motor is provided. The cooling fan assembly includes a fan shroud that is formed to improve the circulation efficiency and is coupled to a vehicle body, a motor that is coupled to the fan shroud and applied with power to generate torque, a power supplying unit that is configured to apply the power to the motor and a blade that is disposed in the torque of the motor is configured to rotate to circulate open air. A blade hub coupled to a rotation shaft of the motor is configured to integrally rotate with the rotation shaft of the motor as a center portion of the blade. When the blade receiving the torque of the motor is static, the blade hub is compromised and the blade is configured to be released from the torque of the motor.
US10408220B2
A method is provided for operating a fluid conveying device of a motor vehicle having at least one aerodynamic bearing. The method reduces the rotational speed of the aerodynamic bearing to a rest speed, wherein the rest speed is below a lifting speed, in which case the bearing builds up an air film for bearing free of mixed friction, and wherein the rest speed is above a lowering speed, in which case the bearing has reduced the air film such that mixed friction occurs. The fluid conveying device is operated at the rest speed.
US10408217B2
An apparatus and method of controlling a multi-stage compressor of a gas turbine engine having a front-block of stages with variable stator vanes (VSVs), a rear block of stages downstream of the front-block, and a bleed air off-take from at least one of the stages. The method includes sensing the pressure of the bleed air from the bleed air off-take and adjusting the position of the VSV for the front-block.
US10408216B2
A fan motor includes an electric motor including a stationary unit and a rotary unit, an impeller including blades and rotating together with the rotary unit, a housing accommodating the electric motor and the impeller, lead wires connected to the electric motor and extending radially outward, and a guide member. The housing includes a tubular portion extending along a rotation axis and accommodating at least a part of the impeller, a flange portion protruding radially outward from at least a part of the tubular portion, a lead wire outlet port provided in at least a part of the tubular portion, and a vertical groove communicating with the lead wire outlet port and penetrating the flange portion in an axial direction. The guide member is disposed inside the vertical groove, and at least a part of the lead wires is accommodated radially inward of the guide member in the vertical groove.
US10408214B2
Pressure changing devices and methods of making and using the same are disclosed. One pressure changing device includes an elliptic cylinder and a piston that has an external surface with a trochoid cross-section. Another pressure changing device includes a piston and a rotating cylinder that has an internal surface with a trochoid cross-section. Another pressure changing device includes two fixed axes, one for rotation of one component and another for orbiting or oscillation of the other component. The devices and methods include stacked pressure changing devices with one or more common shafts. The pressure changing device may be easier and less expensive to manufacture and repair than prior pressure changing devices of the same or similar functionality, and can provide efficient gap sealing in a high-pressure expansion part of a compression or expansion cycle.
US10408205B2
A method and system for determining the pump fillage of a sucker rod pumping system using torque feedback when pumping wellbore fluids from the particular well on which the sucker rod pumping system is installed. During the pump stroke, a microprocessor samples torque of the pump's mechanical system at an associated horsehead position at regular intervals and once the stroke is completed the raw torque samples and associated horsehead positions are placed in an array, the array of raw torque samples and horsehead positions can be filtered by the microprocessor into a second filtered array and then converted by the microprocessor into a rotatum array (derivative of torque with respect to time) of one or both of the raw or filtered arrays and stored as a rotatum array. The down stroke portion of the rotatum array is then analyzed by the microprocessor to determine the horsehead position when the piston of the down hole pump encounters wellbore fluid in the well (pump fillage). The microprocessor, based on the determined pump fillage, adjusts the speed of the pumping system to maintain an optimal pump fillage determined to be the most economical for the particular well on which the sucker rod pumping system is installed.
US10408197B2
An axial piston pump has a rotor rotatable around an axis relative to a swashplate; one or more pistons movable within one or more respective sleeves; a fluid inlet port for the inflow of low pressure fluid, and a fluid outlet port for the outflow of high pressure fluid; and a floating element axially positioned between, on the one side, the inlet and outlet ports and, on the other side, a sealing surface of the rotor. Surfaces of the floating element defining an inlet chamber and the outlet chamber are configured such that, in use, the low pressure fluid and the high pressure fluid act on the defining surfaces to produce a net axial force which the axially slidable floating element applies to the rotor to seal the floating element to the sealing surface of the rotor.
US10408193B2
A system with orbiting axis for converting energy from a fluid includes an inner transmission shaft and an output transmission shaft; a sectorial blade configured to exchange energy with the fluid and connected to the inner transmission shaft by a support element pivotable such that the blade is configured to rotate around an axis of the inner transmission shaft; a for synchronization and transmission of rotation-oscillation movement of the blade and including the inner transmission shaft and the output transmission shaft. The support element is hinged to the inner transmission shaft by a first rotator rigidly connected, at a first extremity, with the support element by a pin and, at a second extremity, to one of the transmission shafts, each blade being configured to perform the rotation-oscillation movement integrally with the support element and always oriented in the direction of the fluid.
US10408192B2
A rotor blade of a wind turbine, wherein the rotor blade includes a lift modifying device, is provided. The lift modifying device is a part of the trailing edge section of the rotor blade. The lift modifying device is configured such that, at a predetermined loading of the trailing edge section, an air channel opens up a flow path from the pressure side to the suction side and vice versa in the trailing edge section. As a consequence, airflow flowing from the leading edge section of the rotor blade to the trailing edge section is at least partly deflected by the open air channel, which results in a modification of the lift of the rotor blade. A method to modify the lift of a rotor blade of a wind turbine is also provided.
US10408191B2
Systems and methods for controlling a wind pitch adjustment system associated with a wind turbine system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the wind pitch adjustment system can include a power supply configured to convert an alternating current input signal into a direct current voltage, a controller configured to receive a signal from the power supply, and to provide one or more control commands to a pitch adjustment motor, and a surge stopping device comprising a switching element coupled between the power supply and the controller. The surge stopping device is configured to monitor an input voltage from a grid and to drive the switching element based at least in part on the monitored input voltage, such that the switching element is configured to block current flow through the switching element to the controller when the monitored input voltage is above a voltage threshold.
US10408190B2
Turbine systems comprising at least one blade that (i) has a pocket to receive wind and (ii) a closed edge that cuts through the wind with greater efficiency are disclosed. The blades can be stacked along a central hub to increase the effective area of the turbine blade system. When stacked, the blades are spaced apart in an amount sufficient to allow wind to pass between the blades as the closed edge of the blade cuts through the wind thereby decreasing wind resistance.
US10408175B2
A system for housing a fuel pump and a fuel filter including a stem body having a first surface and an opposing second surface. A first, third, and fifth orifice may be located in the first surface. A second, fourth and sixth orifice may be located in the second surface. The second orifice may carry the fuel filter, and be in fluid communication with the first orifice. The fourth orifice may interface with an inlet to the fuel pump, and be in fluid communication with the third orifice. The sixth orifice may be in fluid communication with the fifth orifice. A first channel may be adapted to place the first orifice in fluid communication with the third orifice. A second channel may be adapted to place the fifth orifice, located at a first end of the second channel, in fluid communication with a second end of the second channel.
US10408152B1
Systems and methods for operating an internal combustion engine based on output of an intake manifold pressure sensor and output of an in cylinder pressure sensor are described. The systems and methods provide a way of determining cylinder air charge so that a fuel injector has sufficient time to provide a desired amount of fuel to a cylinder during a cycle of the cylinder.
US10408125B2
In a valve drive apparatus, which drives a first valve and a second valve of a supercharger, a first rod is rotatably connected to a first valve lever shaft at one end part thereof to drive the first valve and is connected to a shaft at the other end part thereof, and a second rod is rotatably connected to a second valve lever shaft at one end part thereof to drive the second valve and is connected to a second member at the other end part thereof. A spring is placed between a first engaging part of the first member and a second engaging part of the second member and urges the first member and the second member to urge a first contact part of the first member and a second contact part of the second member toward each other.
US10408117B2
Provided herein is a valve with a housing, a thermostatic element of which a first end part of a piston, which axially opposes the end submerged in a thermodilatable material contained in the body of the thermostatic element, is secured to the housing; a return spring; an electrical heating resistance arranged inside the second end part of the piston; electrical connection for feeding the resistance from outside the housing; and a check mechanism for controlling a flow of fluid circulating through the housing, in a direction leading from the first end part towards the second end part of the piston, and connected to the body of the thermostatic element such that the relative movements between the body and the piston, resulting from the dilation and contraction of the thermodilatable material, move the check mechanism in relation to the housing, between closed and open positions affecting the flow of fluid.
US10408109B2
A device for catalytic conversion of NOx to 8 and/or of CO to CO2, including: a ceramic support including at least a plurality of channels; a thermal barrier made of thermal insulating material covering at least one part of the internal surface of the channels; porous SiC at least partially covering the thermal barrier such that the SiC is separated from the support by the thermal barrier; one or more conversion catalysts at least on the SiC.
US10408092B2
A heat exchanger is for use in an energy recovery system to be mounted on a vessel including an engine, a supercharger and an economizer, the heat exchanger including: a first heat section for heating a working medium by supercharged air from the supercharger; a second heat section for heating the supercharged air by steam generated by the economizer before the supercharged air flows into the first heat section; and a third heat section for heating the working medium having been heated in the first section by the supercharged air which is to be heated in the second section.
US10408080B2
A clearance control ring for a clearance control system of a gas turbine engine includes a contoured radial outer portion that defines a multiple of fins and a multiple of slots. A clearance control system of a gas turbine engine includes a clearance control ring with a radial inner portion from which a contoured radial outer portion extends. The contoured radial outer portion defines a multiple of fins and a multiple of slots. A blade outer air seal assembly with a clearance control ring land which receives the radial inner portion. A method of controlling a radial tip clearance within a gas turbine engine includes tailoring a multiple of fins and a multiple of slots of a clearance control ring for both steady state and transient clearance operations.
US10408078B2
One aspect of the disclosure involves a nib material comprising a polymeric matrix and carbon nanotubes in the matrix. In one or more embodiments of any of the foregoing embodiments, the matrix comprises a silicone. In one or more embodiments of any of the foregoing embodiments, the rub material is at least 1.0 mm thick. In one or more embodiments of any of the foregoing embodiments, the silicone is selected from the group consisting of dimethyl- and fluoro-silicone rubbers and their copolymers. In one or more embodiments of any of the foregoing embodiments, the carbon nanotubes at least locally have a concentration of 1-20% by weight.
US10408076B2
The invention relates to a turbine blade (1) of a turbine engine including an upper surface (11), a lower surface (12), a leading edge (13), a trailing edge (14), and a squealer tip (2) at the top thereof, wherein said squealer tip (2) is defined by a rim (2a) and comprises at least one inner rib (3) that is spaced apart from the rim (2a) defining the squealer tip (2). The invention is characterized in that said inner rib (3) is shaped to define, inside the squealer tip, a cavity (4) inside of which the passage of leak flows (5) is limited, wherein an upstream opening (131) is made in the rim (2a) at the leading edge (13), and a downstream opening (141) is made in the rim (2a) at the trailing edge (14).
US10408075B2
An apparatus relating to a rim seal for turbine engine comprising a wing and discourager extending into a cavity to form a labyrinth fluid path. The wing and discourager can each include a radial extension. Cooling air can pass through the rim seal along the labyrinth fluid path to resist the ingestion of hot gas from a mainstream flow.
US10408054B2
Unconventional reservoirs need hydraulic stimulation in all the wells to enhance permeability for an economic production, which accounts for a large part of the well expenditure. However, lack of accurate stress information leads to incorrect selection of producing intervals, which transforms to under-performance in production. An analytical solution is optimized to determine the principal horizontal stresses by integrating the concept of uniaxial elasticity and frictional equilibrium. The software tool allows estimation of the continuous solutions of stresses based on the frictional strength concept. A more realistic considerations of rock rheology in stress estimation and better estimate principal horizontal stress magnitude in the earth crust help in planning and executing hydraulic stimulation operation. The stress estimate also aids in planning important parameters to drill and complete the wells successfully.
US10408050B2
An acoustic receiver for use on a drill string includes a housing attachable to the drill string; a first sensor mounted within the housing for measuring a first parameter at a first location on the drill string and for generating a first parameter signal representative of the first parameter; a second sensor mounted within the housing for measuring a second parameter at a second location on the drill string and for generating a second parameter signal representative of the second parameter; and a controller mounted within the housing and communicatively coupled to the first and second sensors. The magnitudes of the first and second parameters vary in proportion to magnitude of the acoustic wave and the first and second parameters have a quadrature phase relationship. The controller is configured to combine the first and second parameter signals to determine the magnitude of the acoustic wave.
US10408043B2
An apparatus can include a jet pump with a nozzle and a throat, a flow passage for conducting production fluid to the throat, and a check valve that prevents flow from the throat to the flow passage and permits flow from the flow passage to the throat. A method can include performing a bottomhole well pressure test while measuring well pressure with a well parameter sensor connected to a jet pump, and then retrieving the well parameter sensor and the jet pump together from the well. A system can include a jet pump sealingly received in a tubular string, the jet pump including a throat that receives a power fluid from a nozzle and receives a production fluid from a flow passage, and a check valve permitting flow of the production fluid from the flow passage to the throat and preventing flow of the power fluid to the flow passage.
US10408041B2
An apparatus includes a down hole tool housing attached to a ranging electromagnetic field strength sensor. The ranging electromagnetic field strength sensor is to measure electromagnetic field strength components associated with an electromagnetic field originating at a first well, via at least one of direct transmission and backscatter transmission, when the down hole tool housing is disposed in a second well, to provide ranging measurements to calculate an approximate range between the first well and the second well. The apparatus includes a reference electromagnetic field strength sensor to provide a closed loop current path around the down hole tool housing, to provide distorting field strength measurements.
US10408016B2
Methods and apparatus for utilizing a valve with a pump rotor passage with a downhole production string, the pump rotor being on a rotatable rod with a bobbin moving along the rod between a position for opening the passage to fluid flow, when the bobbin is not seated on a shuttle seat, and a position for closing the passage to fluid flow, when the bobbin is seated on the shuttle seat. The pump rotor and rod are removable through the passage while leaving the pump stator in place upstream of the valve.
US10408009B2
A release mechanism for a jarring tool is formed by a plurality of segmented release lugs. Each lug includes a plurality of axial spaced projections on an inner surface and a plurality of grooves on an outer surface. The projections have either different widths or are separated by varying distances and releaseably engage corresponding grooves in a mandrel located within a housing of the tool. The release lugs are positioned between a trigger sleeve and the mandrel. The release lugs may be supported by an annular ring member.
US10408008B2
A downhole tool is disclosed herein that has an inlet for receiving fluid into a housing of the downhole tool. The downhole tool further includes a vibratory apparatus at least partially disposed within the housing of the downhole tool, the vibratory apparatus having an operational flow path disposed therein to operate the vibratory apparatus when fluid flowing through the operational flow path is above a predetermined pressure. Furthermore, the downhole tool has a bypass passageway disposed in the housing for providing an additional flow path for fluid through the downhole tool to prevent fluid from reaching the predetermined pressure in the operational flow path of the vibratory apparatus, the bypass passageway selectively blockable such that fluid in the operational flow path is increased above the predetermined pressure to activate the vibratory apparatus when the bypass passageway is blocked. A method of using the downhole tool is also disclosed.
US10408005B2
A setting tool for setting a packer in a wellbore includes a housing defining a hydraulic chamber, a piston disposed in the chamber, a pump coupled to the chamber via a flowline, and a setting sleeve directly or indirectly coupled to the piston. The pump may be used to pump pressurized fluid into the hydraulic chamber for pushing the piston in a direction, and the setting sleeve may be used to apply a compressive force to a packer element of the packer in response to the piston being pushed in that direction. The setting tool may include a sensor used to collect a measurement relating to a force on the workstring, in addition to a controller designed to receive a signal from the sensor and to provide a control signal to the pump based on the sensor signal.
US10407998B1
A suppression module, a suppression assembly, and a drilling tool are disclosed. The suppression module includes a spindle having a first end and a second end, an ear plate slideably disposed between the first end and the second end, a spring positioned between the ear plate and the first end, and an activation mechanism coaxially disposed around the second end of the spindle. The activation mechanism engages the ear plate, activating the spring, or disengages the ear plate, deactivating the spring. The suppression assembly includes at least two suppression modules in series coupled to a processor. The suppression modules are activated or deactivated by the processor, each of the suppression modules being activated or deactivated independent of the other suppression modules. The drilling tool includes a drill pipe, a drill bit, a vibration sensor, and a suppression assembly between the drill pipe and the drill bit.
US10407993B2
In at least some embodiments, a high-voltage drilling system includes a a power supply to output high-voltage power to an electrical conductor, a bit that extends a borehole based on the high-voltage power, and a hybrid drillstring that transports a fluid flow from the bit to convey detached formation material out of the borehole. At least part of the electrical conductor resides within the hybrid drillstring to convey power to the bit. The hybrid drillstring includes a coiled tubing section and a jointed pipe section.
US10407986B2
A gutter protection and ladder support and safety apparatus includes a mechanism structured and arranged to be releaseably positioned in a gutter to prevent damage thereto caused by a ladder. The apparatus includes a mechanism for locking the apparatus in place to prevent lateral tipping and slippage of a ladder, a ladder supporting member operatively connected to the locking mechanism, and an adjustable ladder securing apparatus connected to the ladder supporting member and configured to releaseably secure a ladder thereto.
US10407985B2
A bracket assembly that secures cables to rungs of a ladder rack. The bracket has a bottom portion, sidewalls, and an upper portion. The bracket is positioned under the rectangular body of the ladder rung and secured thereto with an interference fit. At least one cable is positioned on the ladder rung and the upper portion of the bracket. A tie secures the cable to the upper portion of the bracket.
US10407984B2
A platform system is configured to allow an individual to be supported at a plurality of different heights, and includes a frame defining a plurality of platform adjustment levels, and an upper support platform that is configured to be selectively moved between the plurality of platform adjustment levels to provide the plurality of different heights.
US10407976B1
An apparatus for a garage door panel which includes a formed metal section with at least one decorative portion on the front surface and having a rear surface. The formed metal section including a top portion with a male tongue and a bottom portion with a female groove. The garage door panel includes an insert combination of a polystyrene section and twin wall polypropylene section. The rear surface of the formed metal section is spray coated with a combination isocyanate and polyol resin which combines to form as hardened polyurethane foam section. The front surface of the polystyrene section is retained against the polyurethane foam section and the rear surface of the twin wall polypropylene serves as the rear surface of the garage door panel. Two metal stiles are respectively affixed at the left or first end and the right or second end.
US10407972B2
A mechanism for conjointly operating a plurality of gate assemblies mounted on a hopper car having an elongated car body with sides and ends, and a bottom defining a discharge area comprised of a plurality of discharge openings. Each gate assembly includes a slide door arranged in operable association with one of the discharge openings. The mechanism operates the slide door on all the gates conjointly relative to each other. Methods for controlling the gravitational discharge of material from a hopper car are also disclosed.
US10407970B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for initiation of vehicle liftgate actuation. An example vehicle includes a liftgate, a proximity sensor for monitoring an activation area of the liftgate, a camera to capture an image of the activation area upon the proximity sensor detecting an object within the activation area, and a liftgate controller. The liftgate controller is to determine, based on the image, whether the object is a leg of a user and actuate the liftgate responsive to determining that the object is the leg.
US10407968B2
A system for operating a door of a vehicle is disclosed. The system may include an actuator configured to move the door between an open position and a closed position. The system may also include a controller configured to determine a first open-door angle associated with a predetermined first velocity profile, determine a second open-door angle based on the open position relative to the closed position, determine a second velocity profile based on the first open-door angle, the second open-door angle, and the first velocity profile, and control the actuator to operate the door according to the second velocity profile.
US10407967B2
An operable and closable body-opening and closing apparatus includes: a rotary drive member configured to be rotationally driven by a driving force of a drive section; a driving-force transmission member configured to be driven by the rotary drive member and thereby move in a rotation axis direction of the rotary drive member; a biasing member disposed on an outer periphery of the driving-force transmission member and configured to give a biasing force to the driving-force transmission member in the rotation axis direction; and a guide member disposed on an outer periphery of the biasing member and configured to guide the driving-force transmission member. The guide member includes a guide portion configured to guide the driving-force transmission member in the rotation axis direction while restricting rotation of the driving-force transmission member, and the driving-force transmission member includes a guided portion configured to be guided by the guide portion.
US10407957B1
Clutch assemblies that can provide variable break-away torques are described. An exemplary multi-state clutch assembly can include a shaft, a first frictional element frictionally engaged with the shaft and a second frictional element that can provide variable friction. When the second frictional element provides a low friction, second frictional element can be rotatable relative to the first frictional element, which can remain stationary relative to the shaft. When the second frictional element provides a high friction, it can be secured to the first frictional element. Hence, the first and second frictional elements can be locked together and be rotatable relative to the shaft. Tightening or loosening the second frictional element can vary the overall break-away torque provided by the clutch assembly. The multi-state clutch assembly can be in communication with a sensor or a switch that can respond to a user to change the friction of the clutch assembly.
US10407955B2
An adjustable support structure including two parallel layers of flexible material separated by a coupling that maintains separation between the parallel layers such that the layers may easily displace in a parallel direction but not in a perpendicular direction. The adjustable support structure may also include a displacement brake to selectively resist or maintain parallel displacement of the layers.
US10407952B2
In order to minimize the sliding friction occurring between the locking parts, that is, between the pawl and the rotary latch of a motor vehicle lock, it is advantageous if, during the machining process, the different latch surfaces of both locking parts are provided with a punched contour and with a contour having a oblique machining groove. Machining grooves are formed, in particular on the latch surface thereof, after stamping the pawl. Defined shapes of oblique channels and/or machining grooves are produced, for example, by milling out the machining grooves. The oblique machining grooves are produced at a defined angle and guarantee that the straight channels on the rotary latch only have a few overlapping points with the oblique grooves, if both locking parts come into contact with each other.
US10407951B2
The invention relates to a motor vehicle lock, comprising a lock housing, a lock case, a locking mechanism and an operating device, wherein at least one component of the operating device extends through an opening in the lock housing and said opening is designed with at least one reinforcing insert. The main area of the plate or the metal sheet from which the lock case is made is basically relatively large. In light of this, it has proved advantageous to form the reinforcing insert from the lock case. Waste is thus avoided.
US10407941B2
A handle assembly for sheet metal lids is provided, comprising a handle member having an upper plate and a grip, and a base member having a pair of brackets formed to engage a corner of the sheet metal lid, and wherein the brackets include an upwardly open groove and a mounting plate. The grooves engage an underside of the lid, wherein the upper plate of the handle member is removably attached to the mounting plates of the base member by a plurality of fasteners.
US10407931B2
A modular pool cleaning robot is disclosed. The pool cleaning robot includes easily replaceable and/or interchangeable parts and allows for various end-user selectable configurations without the use of tools and without complex and time-consuming large-scale disassembly. Among these parts are a chassis and drive assembly. The drive assembly is removable securable to the chassis via a snap engagement effectuated by pressing the drive assembly against the chassis, without the use of any external fasteners or any tools. The drive assembly detaches from the chassis when a lateral force is exerted on the drive assembly.
US10407925B2
A method of installing a formwork support system, comprising the steps of: a. arranging a first pair of support props having head members in an upright position, b. connecting opposite ends of a first longitudinal beam to the head members of the first pair of support props, c. arranging a second longitudinal beam in an interim mounting position by releasably connecting a first end of the second longitudinal beam to the first longitudinal beam, the second longitudinal beam freely projecting downwardly from the first end towards the second end, a stop element at the first end of the second longitudinal beam bearing against the first longitudinal beam, a hook element of the second longitudinal beam, in the interim mounting position, engaging a slot of the first longitudinal beam, d. arranging the second longitudinal beam in a horizontal support position by lifting the second end of the second longitudinal beam.
US10407916B1
A portable adjustable stair railing includes a plurality of telescopically adjustable balusters having structural attachments at the bottom of each, such as, for example, adhesives, suction cups, or removable fasteners, such as bolts. The height adjustment for each baluster is set by spring-biased buttons and cooperating apertures located on the two sleeved portions of the baluster. The top balustrade receiving end of each of the balusters includes a collar-like receiver and a set screw to hold the balustrade in the desired position. This balustrade collar further includes a pitch or angle adjustment for allowing pitch lines, or runs, on various staircases.
US10407914B2
The present invention relates to a spacer for a prefabricated spiral staircase, which allows adjustment of a height of a gap between footboards for a prefabricated spiral staircase in multiple steps by using minimal disks, and a prefabricated spiral staircase using the same. The spacer for a prefabricated spiral staircase comprises a cylindrical pipe, a lower cap or upper cap, a disk, a height adjustment member, and a location determining member, wherein the height of the spacer is adjusted in multiple stages according to relative rotation between the upper cap and the disk or between the lower cap and the disk.
US10407904B2
An acoustic ceiling tile and a dynamic acoustic ceiling system that includes multiple ceiling tiles that can be quickly and easily installed onto ceiling structures utilizing attached or embedded magnetic assemblies to provide an aesthetically pleasing image, such as an fluctuating image, along with a reduction in unwanted noise or room acoustics, wherein the attached or embedded magnetic assemblies are configured to be removed from the ceiling tile, and then configured to be easily placed or located onto a different location on the ceiling tile as needed, to allow for optimal installation of the ceiling tile onto the ceiling structure.
US10407903B1
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for a purlin. The purlin can include a steel structure having a pair of outer flanges flaring away from a support surface for defining outer edges of the purlin. Connected to respective inner edges of the outer flanges along bent edges can be a pair of supports. The supports can be configured to engage a support surface and define a lower surface of the purlin. Connected to respective inner edges of the supports can be a pair of support webs that extend away from the support surface.
US10407902B2
A building facade system for covering a building facade including a building wall and a window opening, comprising at least one window assembly mountable to mullions provided across the window opening and a plurality of wall assemblies surrounding the at least one window assembly, each wall assembly being independently mountable onto rails extending across the building wall. The at least one window assembly is configured to reduce thermal flow between an interior environment and an exterior environment, and includes a bypass insulating profile extending from a connection insulating profile externally towards a window panel and inwardly over an exterior profile, to define an air chamber between the bypass insulating profile and an inward surface of the exterior profile.
US10407896B2
A hybrid truss assembly with a truss bay centrally deployed, and with half-bays deployed on either side. The configuration provides four panels (such as solar panels), with two chords connected by four transverse members. The half-bays are locked in a rigid position using a barrel lock hinge assembly. The half-bays fold compactly beside the folded center bay assembly when retracted. The truss assembly may be pivotally mounted on a mobile cart, and may then be manually or automatically tilted or rotated to a desired angle.
US10407891B1
A sediment control device includes an under-seal gasket, a threshold member, a filter member, and a berm extending upwards from the top surface of the under-seal gasket. The under-seal gasket includes a first central opening, and the filter member includes a second central opening smaller than the first central opening. The threshold member and the filter member are attached directly to the bottom surface of the under-seal gasket, but are not attached to each other. The threshold member extends across the first and second central openings and includes a plurality of apertures. The berm includes an elongated cylindrical foam member that surrounds a perimeter of the first central opening.
US10407889B1
Systems, devices, and methods for providing a spray wand with a disposable wand head tube that can be attached to a toilet water supply that can be used with toilet paper to remove fecal matter material and urine that wiping was not able to remove. A dual shot off valve can be attached to an inlet water line from a wall adjacent to the toilet. A first supply line can pass from one of the valves to the toilet and a second supply line can be attached to the other one of the dual valves, and an opposite end attached to a single valve for the supplying water to the disposable wand head tube. The disposable wand head tube can be formed from a paper straw and a plastic tube, and the like. The disposable wand tubes can have bent end portions and come in packs.
US10407879B2
A remote angular position display system and method are disclosed. The angular position of a work implement of a work vehicle is displayed (e.g., textually, numerically or graphically) on a display associated with a portable device. The angular position is observed by a sensor coupled to the work implement or the work vehicle. The method includes receiving, by a processor of the portable device, one or more signals from the sensor indicative of an angular position value, and determining, by the processor, a condition associated with the work implement based on the angular position. The method includes outputting, by the processor, an interface for rendering on the display associated with the portable device that indicates the angular position and the determined condition associated with the work implement of the work vehicle.
US10407875B2
A control system includes: calculating a distribution flow rate of hydraulic fluid to be supplied to first and second hydraulic actuators based on a pressure of hydraulic fluid in the first and second hydraulic actuators and an operation amount operated to drive the first and second hydraulic actuators; calculating merged-state pump output indicating outputs of first and second hydraulic pumps required in a merged state based on the distribution flow rate; calculating separated-state pump output indicating outputs of the first and second hydraulic pumps required in the separated state based on the distribution flow rate; calculating excessive output of an engine based on the merged-state pump output and the separated-state pump output; calculating reduced output of the engine more reduced than target output by correcting the target output of the engine based on the excessive output; and controlling the engine based on the reduced output in the separated state.
US10407859B2
Disclosed herein are a module, system and technique to enhance end bearing stiffness of pile/drilled shafts. In particular, methods, systems and loading modules which account for tip resistance in overall pile/shaft capacity are provided which increase the stiffness of the bearing soil. The techniques utilize a mechanical system to preload the soil under the shaft tip, thus allowing the users to confidently account for the gained resistance at an acceptable level of movement. Each shaft/pile is preloaded during construction to verify its load carrying capability.
US10407856B2
A snow thrower impeller assembly (24) includes a mounting slot (84) for a wiper (70). The wiper includes a wiper portion (86) that slides into the mounting slot to mount the wiper to the impeller (54). The wiper contacts an interior wall (56) of an associated impeller housing during rotational operation of the impeller in order to limit a gap (74) between an impeller blade (66) and the interior wall. The wiper can move radially inward and outward to remain in contact with the interior wall without input from the operator. Another embodiment of the impeller assembly includes impeller blades with a first portion (116) and a second portion (118). The second portion extends at a non-zero angle from the first blade portion of the impeller blade.
US10407851B2
The invention relates to an overhead guided-transport track span having a U-shaped cross section, the two arms of which form lateral walls (4, 5) of said track, and the central region of which, connecting the two arms, forms a load-bearing slab (6) of said track, characterised in that said load-bearing slab (6) comprises at least one groove (10, 11) that is provided in said slab longitudinally along said span and is designed to be able to receive a running support (12, 13) of a guided-transport vehicle intended to travel on said track.
