US10431026B2
An access control system comprising a reader configured to make an ingress or egress determination using information received from one or more mobile devices is described. The reader may be further configured to store information about ingress and egress events for analysis by a system administrator.
US10431021B2
A driving mode setting part sets a driving mode when a vehicle travels by automatic driving. An item setting part sets a prioritized diagnosis. A storage part stores plural diagnosis conditions provided in correspondence to each diagnosis item. A target setting part sets a control target value. A motive power source part controls a motive power source based on the control target value. Each diagnosis item is assigned to the driving mode, for which the diagnosis condition is most easily satisfied. The item setting part sets, as a prioritized item, the diagnosis item assigned to the set driving mode. When the prioritized item is set, the target setting part sets the control target value so that the motive power source attains a state, which is close to the diagnosis condition of the prioritized item.
US10431009B2
Methods and systems for modeling infrastructure elements in three dimensions are disclosed. An example method can comprise a computer receiving information from a database. The received information can comprise structural information describing a form of a structure and condition information describing a condition of the structure. The computer can create a graphical model of the structure based on the structural information. The computer can further determine, based on the condition information, a condition of one or more portions of the structure, and can color the one or more portions of the structure based on the determined condition.
US10431008B2
A remote assistance workstation 12 comprises a communications module 54, a user interface (UI) module 52, and a controller 56, for being coupled to a portable device 14 that includes a pair of augmented reality (AR) glasses 36 worn by a first responder to carry out an action using an object with a subject at a scene. The UI module 52 renders a remote assistant graphical user interface (GUI) 100 that includes (i) a first pane 96 for displaying a live video stream of a remote assistance request and (ii) a second pane 98 for displaying a 2D representation of the object at the scene being moveable therein by remote assistant inputs. The GUI 100 renders a corresponding item of 3D virtual content within the first pane relative to a reference point. The controller 56 outputs remote assistance signals to the portable device 14 for displaying the item of 3D virtual content 38 on the AR glasses in a live view of the scene, appearing at a location determined by the remote assistant inputs moving the 2D representation within the second pane 98 for assisting the first responder at the scene.
US10431003B2
Systems and methods of rendering a three-dimensional (3D) virtual environment rendering are disclosed. The system comprises a central processing device, a plurality of user devices in data communication with the central processing device, a plurality of application servers in data communication with the central processing device, and software executing on the central processor. The software creates and renders a 3D virtual environment, receives user data from each of the plurality of user devices, renders the user data received from each of the user devices in the 3D virtual environment, receives application data from each of the application servers, renders the application data received from each of the application servers in the 3D virtual environment, and outputs the rendered 3D virtual environment to each of the user devices. The 3D virtual environment serves as a direct user interface with the Internet by allowing users to visually navigate the world wide web.
US10430999B2
A computer-implemented method for designing an avatar with at least one garment, the method comprising the steps of: S1) providing a digital model of an avatar comprising a skeleton (SN) and a skin (SK) covering the skeleton; S2) providing a digital model of a garment (GT) comprising a mesh having a plurality of vertex (vg1-vg7) connected by edges defining faces, each vertex being associated to at least one bone (B1, B2) of the skeleton of the avatar through a respective weighting coefficient; S3) associating a displacement direction (dd1-dd7) to each vertex of the garment, said displacement direction depending on the skeleton and on said weighting coefficients; and S4) detecting collisions between the skin of the avatar and the garment and, whenever a collision is detected, displacing a vertex of the garment away from the skeleton of the avatar along said displacement direction. A computer program product, a computer-readable data storage means and a Computer Aided Design system for carrying out such a method, and an avatar wearing at least one garment, suitable to be designed by such a method.
US10430972B2
A method of calibrating a pan, tilt, zoom (PTZ) camera with a fixed camera utilizing an overview image of a scene captured by the fixed camera, and an image of the scene captured by the PTZ camera when directed in a first direction. By matching features in the overview image and the PTZ camera image, a first calibration is carried out by correlating the first direction to matching features in the overview image. A mapping between the PTZ camera image and the overview image is defined based on the matching features. The mapping is used to map an object from the PTZ camera image to the overview image. Based on an appearance of the mapped object, a quality of the mapping is calculated. If the quality is not good enough, the PTZ camera is redirected to a second direction, and a further calibration is carried out by again.
US10430969B2
A method for recognizing a viewed object in a warehouse comprises detecting image data comprising a plurality of pixels with a 3D camera attached to an industrial truck, wherein information regarding a distance from the viewed object to the 3D camera is assigned to each pixel. Creating a two-dimensional data set by projecting the plurality of pixels on a projection plane and comparing the two-dimensional data set with a predefined pattern representing a reference object. Determining a provisional recognition of a viewed object at a position in the projection plane based on a correspondence found in the comparison. Creating a second data set that comprises a depth profile along a line at the position of the projection plane and comparing the second data set with a predefined depth profile pattern assigned to the reference object. The final recognition of the viewed object occurring when a correspondence is found in the comparison of the second data set with a predefined depth profile pattern assigned to the reference object.
US10430968B2
According to one embodiment, a system for determining a position of a vehicle includes an image sensor, a top-down view component, a comparison component, and a location component. The image sensor obtains an image of an environment near a vehicle. The top-down view component is configured to generate a top-down view of a ground surface based on the image of the environment. The comparison component is configured to compare the top-down image with a map, the map comprising a top-down light LIDAR intensity map or a vector-based semantic map. The location component is configured to determine a location of the vehicle on the map based on the comparison.
US10430967B2
In order to shorten the time required for a setting operation of features, an information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire features used for deriving a positional attitude of an imaging device from an image captured by the imaging device, a setting unit configured to set a plurality of partial regions included in the image as a plurality of candidate regions to which a feature is to be added, an evaluation unit configured to evaluate the plurality of set candidate regions, a determination unit configured to determine a position and/or an orientation of a feature to be newly added based on the plurality of evaluated candidate regions, and an output unit configured to output the determined position and/or the orientation.
US10430958B2
An active illumination range camera comprising illumination and imaging systems that is operable to provide a range image of a scene in the imaging system's field of view (FOV) by partitioning the range camera FOV into sub-FOVs, and controlling the illumination and imaging systems to sequentially illuminate and image portions of the scene located in the respective sub-FOVs.
US10430955B2
Disclosed herein are systems methods for high content screening for microscope imaging. In some embodiments, the system comprises: a microscope; and a processor configured to implement: a slide loader module; a reference imager module; a slide imager module; a region of interest (ROI) finder module; a compare imager module; a calibrator module; and an image stitcher module.
US10430953B2
A system and method are provided for object tracking in a sequence of images of a scene acquired by an imaging device. The method includes generating a representation of an object and its surroundings; generating a tracking score based on the representation of the object and its surroundings, and a classification scheme; detecting a peak in the tracking score corresponding to a location of the object in the image; and adjusting the representation of the object and its surroundings and the classification scheme according to one or more new appearances of the object.
US10430949B1
Embodiments of the disclosure provide systems and methods for segmenting a biomedical image including at least one tree structure object. The system includes a communication interface configured to receive the biomedical image and a learning model. The biomedical image is acquired by an image acquisition device. The system further includes at least one processor configured to extract a plurality of image patches from the biomedical image and apply the learning model to the plurality of image patches to segment the biomedical image. The learning model includes a convolutional network configured to process the plurality of image patches to construct respective feature maps and a tree structure network configured to process the feature maps collectively to obtain a segmentation mask for the tree structure object. The tree structure network models a spatial constraint of the plurality of image patches.
US10430945B2
The present disclosure involves a computer-implemented unmixing algorithm that employs a least-square method involving image patches, and a computer-implemented unmixing or color deconvolution method that incorporates spatial smoothness and structure continuity constraints, for example, into a neighborhood graph regularizer, such as using a graph to enforce the pixel value similarities for those pixels in the same neighborhood.
US10430943B2
Automated nuclei area/number estimation utilizes a two-stage estimation framework-area estimation first followed by number estimation. After determining area information, each local patch's shape features are able to be extracted to define a local voting rule. The resulting voting score determines the strength of each local voting peak. The number of voting peaks is exactly the number of nuclei.
US10430942B2
Systems and methods for determining body weight predictions and human conditions are disclosed. A body weight may be predicted by capturing at least one image of a human, and determining, from the image, a body weight prediction of the human by processing the at least one image with a data processor. The body weight prediction may further be based on an age-based weight factor. A model such as a neural network model may be used to predict body weight.
US10430937B2
A material characterization system includes an imaging unit, a material characterization controller, and an imaging unit controller. The electronic imaging unit generates a test image of a specimen composed of a material. The electronic material characterization controller determines values of a plurality of parameters and maps the parameters to corresponding ground truth labeled outputs. The mapped parameters are applied to at least one test image to predict a presence of at least one target attribute of the specimen in response to applying the learned parameters. The test image is convert to a selected output image format so as to generate a synthetic image including the predicted at least one attribute. The electronic imaging unit controller performs a material characterization analysis that characterizes the material of the specimen based on the predicted at least one attribute included in the synthetic image.
US10430936B2
An active real-time characterization system for identifying the presence of surface contaminants on to an outer surface of an article under test. Infrared and visible light sources controllably output a beam of coherent light directed at a particular area on the article under test, the infrared light source having an optical parametric oscillator coupled to an optical parametric amplifier. A series of cameras, including a visible light camera, a visible light second harmonic generation camera, an infrared camera, an infrared second harmonic generation camera, a sum-frequency camera and a third-order camera each include an associated filter system and are each configured to receive return beams of light at predetermined frequencies controlled by the filter system. A processor determines whether the received signals have a spectral response that is different from a baseline spectral response thereby indicating that contaminants exist on the surface of the article under test.
US10430934B2
An image stitching method applied to an image stitching device having at least two image capturing units and an operation processing unit includes acquiring at least two images adjacent by each other, detecting an overlapped region of the two adjacent images, compiling statistics of image information about the overlapped region of the two adjacent images, utilizing the image information to compute a compensation function, and adjusting at least one of the two adjacent images according to the image information to make the image information of the two adjacent images into harmony.
US10430924B2
In general, embodiments of the invention relate to generating thumbnails representing files stored in database or other repository. More specifically, embodiments of the invention are directed to creating snapshots of file content and using the snapshots to generate a thumbnail representation for each file. In addition, embodiments of the invention are directed to resizing thumbnails having thumbnail content from file snapshots, annotating on the thumbnails using an interactive device, and later synchronizing the annotations with the file content.
US10430918B2
A display driver includes a first memory configured to store a plurality of pieces of image data, and an image generator configured to access the first memory based on display information and generate first display data based on the plurality of pieces of image data stored in the first memory.
US10430912B2
A GPU may be configured to detect and nullify unnecessary instructions. Nullifying unnecessary instructions include overwriting a detected unnecessary instruction with a no operation (NOP) instruction. In another example, nullifying unnecessary instructions may include writing a value to a 1-bit instruction memory. Each bit of the 1-bit instruction memory may be associated with a particular instruction of the draw call. If the 1-bit instruction memory has a true value (e.g., 1), the GPU is configured to not execute the particular instruction.
US10430908B2
A bag includes a flexible web that is shaped into the shape of a bag and a communication member attached to the flexible web with an adhesive. When the communication member is removed from the web, substantially no adhesive remains on the web. An advertising medium includes a packaging material made of a first material and a communication member applied to the packaging material. The communication member has a first part that is positioned directly adjacent the packaging material and a second part positioned on the first part that is made of the same material or a different material as the first part. One or both of the first part and second part are removable from the packaging material without substantially marring the surface of the packaging material.
US10430906B2
One aspect of this disclosure is directed to methods, apparatuses, and systems for filtering medical findings. Another aspect of this disclosure is directed to methods, apparatuses, and systems for displaying filtered medical findings. Yet another aspect of this disclosure is directed to methods, apparatuses, and systems for generating user interfaces for setting parameters for filtering medical findings. Another aspect of this disclosure is directed to methods, apparatuses, and systems for displaying medical findings that passed through a filter. Other aspect of this disclosure is directed to methods, apparatuses, and systems for filtering and displaying medical information related to medical findings.
US10430902B1
A system for updating a database comprises an input interface and a processor. The input interface is configured to receive image data. The processor is configured to determine from the image data one or more attributes of a database entry for real estate property and update the database entry for the real estate property.
US10430894B2
A computer hosts an online community for a business entity. The community includes multiple feedback interfaces that quantify each user's engagement with the community. Each feedback interface has a distinct interaction time scale, from immediate to a year or more, with intermediate feedback interfaces. The process measures reduction in technical support costs based on the community engagement, and alerts a community manager when too many users are not completing a task for one feedback interface. The manager creates a targeted mission for the appropriate subpopulation of users. The mission specifies an action and a time limit. Completion of the action increases completion of the task. Messages are sent to users in the subpopulation to alert them of the mission. The mission feedback interface provides feedback visually for users in the subpopulation. The mission feedback includes indicators of remaining time and percent completion.
US10430892B2
A method includes receiving a selection of a building via a touchscreen interface, identifying a plurality of rooms based on a stored data record associated with the selected building, populating the touchscreen interface with visual representations of the plurality of rooms of the selected building, receiving a selection of a room via the touchscreen interface, identifying a plurality of predefined objects associated with the selected room, providing a list of the plurality of predefined objects on the touchscreen interface in a manner facilitating selection of an asset for the selected room via the touchscreen interface, facilitating entry of make and model information of the selected asset via the touchscreen interface, and retrieving estimated energy usage information based on the make and model information of the selected asset from a database of building objects via a network connection.
US10430879B2
According to some embodiments, an indication of a trade priced relative to a reference benchmark value (e.g., a trade at index close transaction) associated with an underlying index future may be received when a basis of the trade is agreed to by parties of the trade. Moreover, the indication may be received at least one day prior to a determination of a final price and quantity of the trade. The trade might create, according to some embodiments, any derivative, such as a future, an option, or a combination of put and call options. The trade may be reported and cleared, and it may then be arranged for the trade to physically settle into the underlying index future.
US10430865B2
A personalized webpage gifting system is provided that includes a server that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) on a computing device for receiving recipient information associated with a recipient and one or more participants from a host. Using this information, the server creates a personal uniform resource locator (URL) based upon at least a portion of the recipient information, and generates a personalized webpage addressed by said personal uniform resource locator, the personalized webpage comprising personalized content for the recipient received from the host and the one or more participants.
US10430864B2
A transaction based location assignment system creates a complete and more accurate location assignment database for all products available in a store. Transaction data from checkout stands (point of sale terminals) spread around a department store, and the location of each of those checkout stands during POS transactions, is used to create a most probable location of items available in the store. Memory matrixes are built comprising product purchase or transaction information from the checkout stands, and the location of each of the checkout stands, and weighting based on other factors, provide for a best fit match to determine the most probable location within the store of all items within the store. The transaction based location system has the capability to work both for items having a single location in the store, as well as for items available from multiple physical locations in the store.
US10430850B2
Some embodiments can include a system. In some embodiments, the system can comprise one or more processing modules and one or more non-transitory storage modules storing computing instructions configured to run on the one or more processing modules and perform acts. In some embodiments, the acts can comprise receiving input from a user, the input can comprise one or more user characters. In various embodiments, each of the one or more user characters can be associated with a different character file of one or more character files. In some embodiments, the acts can comprise generating a plurality of thumbnails of the one or more user characters on a plurality of customized products by, for each thumbnail of the plurality of thumbnails, composing a monogram file comprising the one or more user characters and combining a monogram container file of one or more monogram container files with the monogram file. Other embodiments of related methods and systems are also provided.
US10430848B2
A visual discovery tool for automotive manufacturing with network encryption, data conditioning, and prediction can include an extraction device configured to receive data records from application-specific file source databases. The tool can further include a vehicle alert database that receives the vehicle records from the plurality of extraction databases. The visual discovery tool can include at least one hardware processor in communication with the extraction device and the vehicle alert database. The tool can be configured to selectively restrict access to an interactive display based on whether a client device receives authorization credentials.
US10430846B2
A platform facilitates buyers, sellers, and third parties in obtaining information related to each other's transaction histories, such as a supplier's shipment history, the types of materials typically shipped, a supplier's customers, a supplier's expertise, what materials and how much a buyer purchases, buyer and shipper reliability, similarity between buyers, similarity between suppliers, and the like. The platform aggregates data from a variety of sources, including, without limitation, customs data associated with actual import/export transactions, non-public shipper records, and facilitates the generation of reports as to the quality of buyers and suppliers, the reports relating to a variety of parameters that are associated with buyer and supplier quality.
US10430843B2
The present methods and systems (including computer software, computer hardware, and an intermediary system) facilitate a transaction for non-fuel merchandise items at any fuel dispenser during a pre-pay or post-pay inside the store fuel sale. Consumers can select non-fuel merchandise items at a fuel dispenser (either via a fuel dispenser key pad or a separate computerized customer interface, attached to a fuel dispenser) at the time they are selecting their fuel at the fuel dispenser.
US10430840B2
Systems and methods for controlling the display of content of information resources are described herein. The system can receive a request for an information resource from a client device. The system can transmit the information resource that can include a first content portion, a second content portion, and a content display management script. The content display management script can include instructions that can cause the client device to: (a) set a scroll range of the information resource from a first location to a second location in the information resource; (b) display, within a portion of the information resource between the first location and the second location, the first content portion and an ad that can include actionable item; and (c) set, responsive to detecting an interaction on the actionable item, the scroll range from the first location to a third location of the information resource.
US10430832B2
A portable electronic device configured to function as an electronic identifier in a facility, a high security zone, an amusement park, a city, and a hotel, and to display an interactive graphical map of the facility, the high security zone when authorized, the amusement park, the city, and hotel facilities when authorized is disclosed, as well as a facility mapping and visitor tracking system with security zone map views, amusement park map views, and city map views, and a set of facility mapping and visitor tracking processes are disclosed.
US10430819B2
A computer-based method for providing a loyalty identifier to a merchant using a payment network is described. The method includes storing data including at least one loyalty identifier associated with a cardholder enrolled in a loyalty program and a corresponding payment card identifier, receiving a first authorization request message for a payment transaction initiated by a first cardholder using a first payment card at an originating merchant, the first authorization request message including a first merchant identifier and a first payment card identifier, determining a first loyalty program associated with the originating merchant based in part on the first merchant identifier and the data stored in the memory, determining a first loyalty identifier associated with the first cardholder for the first loyalty program based in part on the first payment card identifier and the data stored in the memory, and providing the first loyalty identifier to the originating merchant.
US10430807B2
Systems and methods disclosed herein score leads by determining and applying a scoring rule based on lead participation in an activity. This involves a processor of a computing device receiving information on participation in the activity by prior leads that resulted in conversions or rejections. A scoring rule is determined for the activity by assigning a score to the activity based on the information on participation in the activity by the prior leads that resulted in the conversions or the rejections. A new lead is scored using the scoring rule by assigning the new lead the score based on participation by the new lead in the activity. The scoring of the new lead can be used in various ways. In one example, the score of the new lead is used to determine to send a communication to the new lead.
US10430799B1
Automatically determining time threshold guarantees for metrics like completion time or first response time for tasks or items. A system relies on the historical tasks data with completion or first response times. The system plots a graphical representation between completion time and a percentage of tasks completed and uses sophisticated analysis of slopes at different points of the graphical representation to determine time threshold guarantees below a specified maximum completion or first response time threshold, and above a specified minimum percentage of completion. The system also compensates for a variety of factors which may be changed from the time historical data was obtained to the present time for which time threshold guarantees are being determined. In absence of historical customer data, the system makes the recommendations based on available datasets of peer customers.
US10430795B2
A rules engine for applying rules from a reviewing network to data signals from an originating network is described. The rules engine includes a processor coupled to a memory device. The rules engine is coupled to the reviewing network, and is configured to receive an authorization data signal from the originating network. The authorization data signal includes authorization data for at least one transaction that has been processed by the originating network. The originating network and the reviewing network are payment networks. Additionally, the rules engine generates an authorization response data signal that includes authorization response data by comparing the authorization data to the rules stored in the memory device. The authorization response data indicates whether the reviewing network authorizes or declines the at least one transaction included in the authorization data. The rules engine transmits the clearance response data signal to the originating network.
US10430792B2
A transaction system stores a biometric identification parameter used by the transaction system to perform transactions. The biometric identification parameter is received from a user and stored in a primary biometric identification parameter data file. The user is assigned a user identification number. A plurality of pieces of the primary biometric identification parameter data file are created. Each piece is assigned a data sequence number different from data sequence numbers assigned to all other pieces and a mathematical operation encryption number. Each mathematical operation encryption number represents a mathematical encryption operation that is different from mathematical encryption operations represented by all other mathematical operation encryption numbers. Each piece is encrypted using a mathematical encryption operation represented by the mathematical operation encryption number assigned to the piece in order to produce a plurality of transformed data pieces. Each transformed data piece in the plurality of transformed data pieces is assigned a transformed data identification number.
US10430784B1
A multi-layer antenna for near-field communications can have a first layer on a top surface of flexible circuit board and a second layer on a bottom surface of the flexible circuit board. The first layer and the second layer can be connected in series by a through connection in the flexible circuit board. The first layer can incorporate a single loop in the shape of a rectangle and the second layer can incorporate a single loop in the shape of a rectangle. The second layer of the antenna can be vertically aligned with the first layer of the antenna and can have current flow in the same direction as the first layer to provide for an increased magnetic flux from the antenna.
US10430782B2
Processing of merchant-specific functionality services during proximity connection transactions. The merchant terminal transmits additional data to the computing device that enables the device to identify the merchant. The computing device can enable merchant-specific features, such as offers, rewards, loyalty information, and other incentives that are applicable to the identified merchant. The bi-directional communication between the devices permits the computing device to transmit these identified incentives to the merchant terminal. The merchant terminal can then adjust the purchase price. The computing device can also enable a merchant-specific financial instrument and can communicate the identity of the merchant to a management system. The management system can establish a network connection with the merchant to provide larger amounts of data that would otherwise exceed the limited bandwidth of the proximity connection used to establish the secure communication channel between the computing device and the merchant terminal.
US10430773B2
A method for determining the state of access control devices and sales or payment machines of an access control system by detecting sound profiles emitted during operation by a component or component group by at least one microphone. Based upon the recorded sound profile, an acoustic identification signature is created in a server or a central computer, which identification signature is based on the frequency spectrum of the recorded sound profile and/or the temporal change thereof. The acoustic identification signature is compared with a reference identification signature(s) stored in the server and assigned to a component or a component group. In the event of the detecting an acoustic identification signature which exceeds a predetermined first threshold value, increased wear of the component or the component group is detected, while if the deviation exceeds a second threshold value, a defect of the component or the component group is defected.
US10430767B2
A system and method for media destruction utilizing a kiosk. The system and method comprises a kiosk that allows a user to submit a plurality of media items to the kiosk for verification and destruction and then the destruction of the item is reported to the appropriate entity. The accounting subsystem generates reports and tracks the royalty reimbursement received from entities based on the media destroyed. The destroyed media is then recycled.
US10430760B2
A system for enhancing communications based on physical trade documents includes a document intake machine comprising a document scanner and a data extractor. The document intake machine receives a physical trade document from an entity. The document scanner may scan the physical trade document to create an electronic file of the physical trade document. The data extractor determines entity identification information from the electronic file and entity performance information from the electronic file. A trade executing machine receives the entity identification information and entity performance information from the document intake machine and assigns an electronic customer number to the electronic file, wherein the electronic customer number is associated with the entity identification information. The trade executing machine may index the electronic file in a memory communicatively coupled to the trade executing machine, wherein the electronic file is indexed according to the electronic customer number and the entity performance information.
US10430757B2
Class-A fire-protected mass timber building components, including cross-laminated timber (CLT), glue laminated timber (GLT) and nail-laminated timber (NLT), wherein multiple layers of Class-A fire-protection are provided to the multiple timber lamination layers so as to provided defend the CLT building components against fire, ground movement and high wind loads. Methods, systems and networks are provided for producing and managing the quality of such Class-A fire-protected mass timber building components.
US10430735B2
Embodiments of facilitating creation of cloud computing applications are disclosed therein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving user input of a plurality of workflow items as a sequence of graphical objects on a graphical user interface. The workflow items individually are related to one or more cloud computing services. The method also includes determining an execution sequence of the plurality of workflow items based on data dependencies individually between pairs of the workflow items, the determined execution sequence being different than the sequence of the graphical objects. The determined execution sequence includes executing pairs of the workflow items without data dependencies therebetween generally in parallel and sequentially executing other pairs of the workflow items with data dependencies therebetween in accordance with the data dependencies.
US10430732B2
A system for providing a list of assigned tasks and updating at least one assigned task receives a request for a task list from a user. In response to the request, the system provides a task list to the user, wherein the task list includes at least one assigned task, and the task list allows the user to update the at least one assigned task. The system receives a message including an updated task list from the user. The system then applies updates based upon the updated task list.
US10430730B2
Listings and reviews of listings can be processed to identify descriptive attributes for locations associated with the listings. To do this, a corpus of words is generated for various locations based on listings in the locations and reviews of those listings. An expected frequency, and per-location frequency for each word is determined. These numbers are in turn used to determine a number of high frequency listing locations, and a number of below expected frequency listing locations for each word. Based on a comparison of the number of high frequency listing locations and the number of below expected frequency listing locations of a word with an attribute reference number, the word can be identified either as an attribute that is likely descriptive of the location, or not.
US10430727B1
A system, method, and computer readable storage media for training a model to estimate an unknown consumer behavior while preserving consumer privacy by combining a first training data set of a first organization with a second training data set of a second organization on a third-party computer system, wherein the second training data set contains an attribute value the first organization wishes to estimate, and wherein the first organization cannot access the third-party computing system, providing a trainable model definition to the third-party computer, training the model, and returning the trained computer model.
US10430716B2
Computer-implemented systems and methods are disclosed for automatically generating predictive models using data driven featurization. The systems and methods provide for obtaining data associated with a target event, annotating the data to identify a target event and establishing one or more limits on the data, censoring the data based on the annotations, determining features of the censored data, and analyzing the features to determine a predictive model. In some embodiments, the systems and methods further provide for converting the features into a binary representation and analyzing the binary representation to produce the predictive model.
US10430705B2
A system for detecting if a hitch connecting a trailer and a vehicle is not secure. The system comprises a sensor, an output device, and electronic control unit. The electronic control unit receives information about the hitch connecting the trailer and the vehicle from the sensor. The electronic control unit detects if the hitch connecting the trailer and the vehicle is not secure. If the hitch connecting the trailer and the vehicle is not secure the electronic control unit generates a driver notification and controls the vehicle's motion.
US10430704B2
A payment card (e.g., credit and/or debit card) or other card or device (e.g., mobile telephone) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable to communicate data to a magnetic stripe read-head. User interfaces are provided in a number of different configurations in order to achieve a number of different functionalities.
US10430702B2
In embodiments of the present disclosure improved capabilities are described for a method and system for a radio frequency (RF) tag configured to communicate with a network through a gateway facility, the RF tag comprising (i) an RF and analog block for receiving and transmitting an RF signal, (ii) a data processing and controller block for digital information processing, (iii) a memory store, and (iv) a communication facility, wherein the RF tag is at least in part powered by an external RF signal received by the RF and analog block, and wherein the communication facility transfers data from the RF tag to the gateway facility or transfers data from the gateway facility to the RF tag.
US10430694B2
Techniques related to performing skin detection in an image are discussed. Such techniques may include generating skin and non-skin models based on a skin dominant region and another region, respectively, of the image and classifying individual pixels of the image via a discriminative skin likelihood function based on the skin model and the non-skin model.
US10430684B2
A signal processing method includes addition of noise obtained by multiplying generated random number by K to the input pixel signal I(x), a binarization process of comparing the result of the addition with two thresholds, and a process of calculating a probability. The binarization process includes a first nonlinear process and a second nonlinear process. The first nonlinear process outputs “P” in a case where I(x) after the addition of the noise is greater than the threshold T1 and less than the second threshold T2. The second nonlinear determines “1” or “0” for a processing target pixel, in which the result of the first nonlinear process is “P,” based on input pixel signals of pixels around the processing target pixel. The process of calculating a probability calculates a probability J(x) that the result of the first nonlinear process is “1,” or the result of the first nonlinear process is “P” and the result of the second nonlinear process is “1”.
US10430683B2
There are provided an image processing method and an image processing device. The image processing method comprises: acquiring an input image; acquiring a first noise image and a second noise image; executing image conversion processing on the input image with the first noise image using a generative neural network, to acquire a first output image; and executing high resolution conversion processing on the first output image with the second noise image using a super-resolution neural network, to acquire a second output image, wherein the first noise image is different from the second noise image.
US10430682B2
Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention are configured to render images using light field image files containing an image synthesized from light field image data and metadata describing the image that includes a depth map. One embodiment of the invention includes a processor and memory containing a rendering application and a light field image file including an encoded image, a set of low resolution images, and metadata describing the encoded image, where the metadata comprises a depth map that specifies depths from the reference viewpoint for pixels in the encoded image. In addition, the rendering application configures the processor to: locate the encoded image within the light field image file; decode the encoded image; locate the metadata within the light field image file; and post process the decoded image by modifying the pixels based on the depths indicated within the depth map and the set of low resolution images to create a rendered image.
US10430681B2
Provided is a character segmentation and recognition method. The method includes: collecting image data to obtain a to-be-recognized image; positioning a character line candidate region on the to-be-recognized image; obtaining pre-set character line prior information, where the character line prior information includes the number of characters, character spacing and a character size; obtaining a corresponding segmentation point template based on the character line prior information; obtaining credible degrees of different positions on the character line candidate region traversed by the segmentation point template; determining a position with the highest credible degree as an optimal segmentation position; segmenting the character line candidate region based on the segmentation point template and the optimal segmentation position to obtain multiple single character regions; and performing character recognition on each of the single character regions to obtain a corresponding recognition result.
US10430680B2
A method is claimed for allocating processor/computing times of a processor or of a computing unit for a vehicle system of a vehicle. The vehicle system is in particular a driver assistance system. The vehicle system has at least two functions, in particular two functions of the driver assistance system, to which processor/computing times are allocated as a function of a signal that represents a state of the vehicle.
US10430667B2
The present invention relates in particular to a method for re-identification of a target object in images obtained from several image sources, wherein each of the image sources obtains images representing an area associated with the corresponding image source. After having identified a target object in images obtained from one of a pair of image sources, a relative velocity of the target object in comparison with other objects previously identified in images obtained from the one of the pair of image sources is estimated. Then, based on the estimated relative velocity of the target object, a correspondence between the target object identified in images obtained from the one of the pair of image sources and a candidate object represented in images obtained from the other image source of the pair of image sources is established.
US10430656B2
A method and apparatus to read an analog dial utility meter including a plurality of analog dials, where each dial includes a rotating dial indicator is provided. The apparatus is configured to analyze a digital image of the analog dial utility meter to determine a value of each dial of the utility meter. The method comprises receiving a digital image of the analog dial utility meter, and performing one or more processing and analysis steps to determine a meter reading of the utility meter.
US10430653B2
A system for localizing an autonomous vehicle to a target area can include a position indicator adapted for association with the vehicle in a three dimensional configuration, a detection device configured to detect the position indicator, a computation device configured to compute a position of the vehicle based on the detected position indicator and the relationship of the configuration to the vehicle orientation, a transmitter configured to receive information from the computation device and produce a signal carrying the information, a receiver configured to receive the signal from the transmitter and filter the information therefrom, and a control system configured for association with and control of one or more directional control components of the vehicle, the control being based on the information received from the receiver relating to localizing the vehicle to the target area. A method of for localizing a vehicle to a target area is also disclosed.
US10430649B2
Text region detection techniques and systems for digital images using image tag filtering are described. These techniques and systems support numerous advantages over conventional techniques through use of image tags to filter text region candidates. A computing device, for instance, may first generate text region candidates through use of a variety of different techniques, such as text line detection. The computing device then assigns image tags to the text region candidates. The assigned image tags are then used by the computing device to filter the text region candidates based on whether image tags assigned to respective candidates are indicative of text.
US10430645B2
A facial recognition authentication on a device having a camera may operate with multiple enrollment profiles on the device. Multiple enrollment profiles may include separate profiles for different appearances of a user and/or separate profiles for different users authorized to use the device. The enrollment profiles may be generated using an enrollment process where the enrollment process is operated separately to generate each of the different enrollment profiles. During the facial recognition authentication process, a user may unlock the device by having a matching score for image(s) captured of the user that that exceeds an unlock threshold for at least one of the enrollment profiles. The user may have a matching score that exceeds the unlock threshold for multiple enrollment profiles. Each enrollment profile unlocks the device for the user may be updated using a template update process that operates independently for each enrollment profile.
US10430644B2
An optical system is able to capture images of at least a portion of a candidate's face within a near field, a medium field, and a far field. For images captured within the near field, data representing the candidate's iris may be captured from the image and compared to know iris data. For images captured within the medium field, data representing the candidate's iris and facial featured may be captured from the image and compared to know iris data and facial data. For images captured within the far field, data representing the candidate's facial features may be captured from the image and compared to know facial data.
US10430639B2
An electronic device including an input sensing module including a sensing surface to which a palm is input, the sensing surface having a three-dimensional shape, and a control module comparing user palm information with input palm information sensed by the input sensing module to output an authentication signal when a number of data points of the user palm information consistent with the stored input palm information is equal to or greater than a predetermined number.
US10430638B2
Disclosed are a system and method for performing spoof detection. The method includes: receiving, by a processor from a biometric sensor, an input image of a biometric; extracting, by the processor, one or more anti-spoof metrics from the input image; receiving, by the processor, an anti-spoof template corresponding to the biometric; for a first anti-spoof metric, computing, by the processor, a differential value between a value of the first anti-spoof metric extracted from the input image and a value of the first anti-spoof metric in the anti-spoof template; and determining, by the processor, whether the input image is a replica of the biometric based on the differential value.
US10430635B2
A fingerprint identification sensor, a fingerprint identification method and an electronic device are disclosed. The fingerprint identification sensor includes a substrate; a fingerprint sensing element disposed on the substrate and including a thin film transistor, an off-state leakage current of the thin film transistor varying with the intensity of light irradiating onto an active area thereof; and a fingerprint identification light source arranged to emit light that irradiates onto a finger and is reflected thereby, the reflected light irradiating onto the active area of the thin film transistor. Thus, the fingerprint identification can be realized conveniently, and the fingerprint identification sensor has at least one of the advantages like high sensitivity and simple structure.
US10430631B2
MEMS ultrasound fingerprint ID systems are provided. Aspects of the systems include the capability of detecting both epidermis and dermis fingerprint patterns in three dimensions. Also provided are methods of making and using the systems, as well as devices that include the systems.
US10430630B2
An electronic device is provided and includes a flexible display screen, a fingerprint identification module and a housing. The housing has a top face and a side face connected with each other, the side face is provided with a mounting groove, the fingerprint identification module is accommodated in the mounting groove. The flexible display screen includes a fixed portion and a movable portion connected with each other, the fixed portion being fitted to the top face, and the movable portion extending beyond the top face. When the movable portion is bent relative to the fixed portion, the movable portion covers the side face and the fingerprint identification module performs fingerprint identification through the flexible display screen. When the movable portion is spread out relative to the fixed portion, the fingerprint identification module is exposed out of the flexible display screen.
US10430629B2
A computer-readable medium and an information processing device are provided that are capable of generating collation information that is unlikely to be affected by acquisition conditions of biometric information. An image is acquired (S1), and a base point is determined from the image (S2). Sample information indicating a change in color information of a surrounding area of the base point is acquired (S3). The sample information is information that associates a plurality of samples with center information corresponding to positions on the image of first reference points. The sample is information that associates color information of second reference points with position information of the second reference points. Based on the acquired sample information, frequency information is generated (S4). The frequency information associates the center information with a frequency component of a change in the color information with respect to the position information calculated for each of the first reference points.
US10430625B2
A barcode reading enhancement system for a mobile device is described. The barcode reading enhancement system may include an accessory. The accessory may be securable to the mobile device and include a one-way mirror. A first side of the one-way mirror may fold a camera field of view of a camera of the mobile device in a direction away from a top end of the mobile device. The accessory may also include a target-generating structure that projects a targeting pattern through a second side of the one-way mirror into a center of the folded camera field of view. The targeting pattern may assist a user of the barcode reading enhancement system in placing a barcode in the center of the folded camera field of view and thereby improve the quality of barcode images captured by the camera of the mobile device.
US10430623B1
RFID readers such as synthesized-beam readers may be used to track RFID tags of interest. When a tag of interest is detected, a reader may choose to keep the tag of interest from entering a quiet state, which a detected tag may normally enter. Subsequently, the tag of interest can respond more frequently than a tag in the quiet state, allowing the reader to track any movement of the tag of interest and determine a tag trajectory. The reader may further use the determined trajectory to cooperatively-power the tag of interest.
US10430609B2
A method and system are provided. The method includes separating initial user-inputted data into terms. The method further includes determining which terms are identity-related terms relating to an identity of a user, and which terms are clarity-related terms relating to subject-matter clarity. The method also includes calculating a population. The population is a number of individuals satisfying the identity-related terms. The method additionally includes assigning, for each clarity-related term, a clarity level, representing a respective amount of clarity for a respective one of the clarity-related terms. The method further includes creating amended user-inputted data by amending the initial user-inputted data such that the population is greater than or equal to a first threshold, and such that the clarity level, assigned for each clarity-related term, is greater than or equal to a second threshold. The method also includes transmitting, using a graphical user interface, the amended user-inputted data to respondents.
US10430608B2
The technology disclosed relates to automated compliance with data privacy laws of varying jurisdictions. In particular, it relates to constructing trust filters that automatically restrict collection, use, processing, transfer, or consumption of any person-related data that do not meet the data privacy regulations of the applicable jurisdictions. The trust filters are constructed dependent on associating person-related data entities with trust objects that track person-related data sources.
US10430606B1
A method for implementing access controls for items of data belonging to a self-describing data structure including obtaining a query definition specifying a requested item of data in the self-describing data structure, determining domains associated with the requested item, the domains including a set of items within the self-describing data structure on an execution path of a query executed according to the query definition. For each respective domain associated with the requested item, the method includes determining subdomains associated with the requested item, determining a role of the user for the respective domain, the role is associated with a set of access permissions to items of data within the domain, and generating an output corresponding to whether access to the requested item is granted based on a policy for each of the subdomains associated with the requested item and the role of the user for the domain.
US10430601B2
Disclosed is an authorization control method of convenient food and a digital menu. A database stores digital menu information, convenient food specification information, digital menu instantiation information and convenient food product information. The convenient food product information and digital menu instantiation information in the database are processed so as to generate convenient food product information unit and digital menu instantiation information unit. By creating the convenient food product information and the digital menu instantiation information, the invention can manage the usage authorization of the convenient food specification information and the digital menu information, while simultaneously associating the convenient food product information and the digital menu instantiation information, thus increasing the convenience in using convenient food.
US10430600B2
A method for preventing the divulging information to an unauthorized requestor includes: receiving a request to view a data set, the receiving from a requestor; obtaining a policy associated with the data set; and determining a context for the requestor to view the data, the context including at least one of: information about the requestor, information about the data set, and conditions related to viewing the data set. The method further includes: applying the policy to the context; determining whether the context agrees with the policy; presenting the data set to the requestor based on the context agreeing with the policy; and preventing the data set from being presented to the requestor based on the context not agreeing with the policy.
US10430599B1
Systems and methods for backing up data are provided. Data objects or blocks of data can be encrypted with individualized keys. The keys are generated from the unencrypted data objects or blocks. The encrypted data objects or blocks and fingerprints of the encrypted data objects or blocks can be uploaded to a datacenter. Even though the data objects or blocks are encrypted, deduplication can be performed by the datacenter or before the data object is uploaded to the datacenter. In addition, access can be controlled by encrypting the key used to encrypt the data object with access keys to generate one or more access codes. The key to decrypt the encrypted data object is obtained by decrypting the access code.
US10430584B2
Methods for machine-learned detection and removal of malicious software within a network are provided. Methods may record environment behavior of an application and a plurality of components. The plurality of components may touch the application. Methods may generate a baseline dataset based on the recorded environment behavior. Methods may schedule snapshots of the application. Methods may take snapshots of the application and the components based on the scheduling. Methods may store the snapshots in a repository. Methods may monitor the application and the components, using the stored snapshots, for any deviation in the environment behavior. Methods may detect a deviation in the behavior of the application or components. Methods may take a snapshot, outside of the scheduling, of the application and components upon detection of the deviation. Methods may determine that the deviation is unwarranted. Methods may revert the application and components back to a previous version.
US10430583B2
Systems and methods to detect and neutralize malware infected electronic communications are described. The system receives, at a server, a request for interface information from a client machine. The system generates interface information. The interface information includes at least one input mechanism and countermeasure information. The at least one input mechanism is authorized for being included in a user interface to receive the user information at the client machine. The countermeasure information is for detecting whether the interface information is being modified to include an input mechanism that is not authorized to receive user information at the client machine. The system communicates the interface information, over the network, to the client machine.
US10430582B2
An information processing apparatus sends a management apparatus execution information about processes that the information processing apparatus has executed while performing a task in response to an instruction from the management apparatus. The management apparatus stores the received execution information in a storage unit. A security detection program monitors the information processing apparatus, and when detecting an alert, sends alert information including information about a process or command being executed by the information processing apparatus, to the management apparatus. The management apparatus receives the alert information, and performs filtering of determining, on the basis of a schedule and the execution information, whether the alert information relates to a task that the management apparatus has instructed the information processing apparatus to perform.
US10430579B2
An apparatus for use as a single sign on entity (100) for controlling access to one or more devices (104a-d) in a computer network, the devices accessible with a device access password; the apparatus comprises a password generator configured to generate current and future device access passwords, a back-up controller configured to store a back-up comprising the current and future device access passwords at the time of the back-up in a memory, a password changer configured to change the current device password to one of the future device access passwords and to control a transmitter to transmit data implementing the change to the device, wherein the back-up controller is configured to restore the device access password from the backed-up future device access passwords, losing the current device access password.
US10430571B2
The security of a personal image in an apparently trusted UI is improved through the use of a fingerprint sensor hardwired to a Trusted Execution Environment. The personal image may be a complete or partial representation of a fingerprint sensed by the fingerprint sensor enhanced through emphasis of features of the fingerprint. Alternatively, the personal image may be an object whose movement within the UI is controlled responsive to data received from the fingerprint sensor.
US10430562B2
An information handling system includes a device, a controller, and a license manager subsystem. The controller is configured to determine whether the device has a license assigned and to extract a unique identification for the device in response to a request for information about the device. The license manager subsystem is configured to send the request for information about the device to the controller, to send the unique identification for the device to a license server as a request for the license for the device, to receive the license from the license server, and to assign the license to the device when the license is received.
US10430561B2
A file validation method and system is provided. The method includes retrieving from an authoritative source system, an artifact file. Identification information identifying a requesting user of the artifact file is recorded and associated metadata and a modified artifact file comprising the metadata combined with the artifact file are generated. An encryption key including a first portion and a second portion is generated and the first portion is stored within a central key store database. An encrypted package comprising the modified artifact file and the second portion of the key is generated.
US10430558B2
An exemplary virtual reality media content access control system (“system”) selectively provides access to virtual reality media content for experiencing by a user of a media player client device (“client device”). In certain examples, the system detects a request from the client device to access an immersive virtual reality world that includes a virtual object assigned an access permissions profile, determines an access key and a device key associated with the request, validates the access key and the device key associated with the request, determines metadata associated with the access key, and selectively provides, based on the access permissions profile for the virtual object and on at least one of the device key associated with the request and the metadata associated with the access key, access to the virtual object for experiencing by the user of the client device as part of the immersive virtual reality world.
US10430549B2
A teleradiology image processing system configured to receive, process, and transmit radiology read requests and digital radiology image data is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a radiology processing system includes a series of processing components configured to receive digital radiology data from a medical provider, extract relevant information and radiology scan images from the digital radiology data, and initiate and control a workflow with a qualified remote radiologist who ultimately performs a read of the radiology scan images. Further embodiments also facilitate data processing within the image processing system in response to medical facility rules and preferences; translation or conversion of digital images to other formats; compilation of patient and medical facility data obtained from the digital radiology data into medical records or data stores; assignment of radiology studies within a teleradiology workflow in response to licensing and credentialing rules; and billing functions in response to completed reads by the remote radiologist.
US10430546B2
A computer-implemented method compresses placing standard cells based on design data defining an integrated circuit (IC). A layout of the IC is generated by performing colorless routing, by which a first pattern, a second pattern, and a third pattern in a triple patterning lithography (TPL) layer are arranged on the placed standard cells. The arrangement is based on space constraints. The generated layout is stored to a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium. The space constraints define minimum spaces between the first pattern, the second pattern, and the third pattern. A color violation does not occur between the first pattern, second pattern, and the third pattern. A first mask, a second mask, and a third mask are generated based on the layout. A semiconductor device is manufactured by using the generated first mask, the second mask, and the third mask.
US10430536B1
An approach is described for yield calculation using statistical timing data that accounts for path and stage delay correlation. Embodiments of the present invention provide an improved approach for yield calculation using statistical timing data that accounts for path and stage delay correlation. According to some embodiments, the approach includes receiving statistical timing analysis data, identifying paths for performing timing analysis, performing timing analysis where common segments of different paths are analyzed using shared data and where subsequent stages are transformed to provide an expected correlation between stages, and generating yield probability results based on at least the results of calculating timing analysis.
US10430523B2
A terminal control method may include: establishing, by a first terminal used by a first user who speaks a first language, connection to a second terminal used by a second user who speaks a second language different from the first language; and acquiring a second-language greeting transliterated into the first language.
US10430522B2
An adaptive localization system translates and displays translated content to a user, for example through a website or application using the adaptive localization system. A user can view, receive, or otherwise interact with the translated content, which can be differently translated based on desired language, geographic location, an intended user, or other relevant characteristics of the viewing user. The adaptive localization engine can translate the inherent meaning of content rather than, for example, creating an exact grammatical or “word-for-word” translation of individual words or phrases in the content. The adaptive localization engine displays alternate variations of the same translation of content to different users and based on user response to the alternate translations, determines the accuracy or correctness of a certain translations of content and modifies future translations accordingly.
US10430510B2
The present disclosure relates to a telecommunication method for controlling data access to a telecommunication server, the telecommunication server being connected to at least one client terminal via at least a first digital cellular telecommunication network, wherein the telecommunication server and the client terminal communicate via a stateless protocol, the client terminal being a battery powered device. The method comprises providing an electronic document having a plurality of input fields for entry of a set of user data; storing by the telecommunication server a status parameter in association with the electronic document, the status parameter having a first, second or third value, the first value indicating a first state of the electronic document in which the electronic document is not filled, the second value indicating a second state of the electronic document in which the electronic document is filled with the set of user data, the third value indicating a third state of the electronic document in which the electronic document is being requested for modifying at least part of the set of user data.
US10430508B2
A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for analyzing and deducing criteria-related content for evaluation in a system capable of answering questions. A criteria text is processed to identify criteria. The criteria text is then analyzed to identify a set of criteria-related content associated with the criteria, which in turn is processed to determine its relationship to the criteria. Once the relationship has been determined, the set of criteria-related content is annotated accordingly. The set of criteria-related content is then used in accordance with its annotation when processing the criteria for evaluation.
US10430507B2
A report creating support apparatus displays, on a display unit, an evaluation item associated with a diagnosis target and a plurality of evaluation values for the evaluation item, determines one indicated evaluation value from the plurality of evaluation values displayed, and superimposes criteria information of the indicated evaluation value and criteria information of not less than one evaluation value other than the indicated evaluation value among the plurality of evaluation values on display.
US10430505B2
The technology disclosed relates to formulating and refining field extraction rules that are used at query time on raw data with a late-binding schema. The field extraction rules identify portions of the raw data, as well as their data types and hierarchical relationships. These extraction rules are executed against very large data sets not organized into relational structures that have not been processed by standard extraction or transformation methods. By using sample events, a focus on primary and secondary example events help formulate either a single extraction rule spanning multiple data formats, or multiple rules directed to distinct formats. Selection tools mark up the example events to indicate positive examples for the extraction rules, and to identify negative examples to avoid mistaken value selection. The extraction rules can be saved for query-time use, and can be incorporated into a data model for sets and subsets of event data.
US10430495B2
A method is presented to combine a plurality of arrays of computer-readable files along a common collation function. The arrays can be embodied as axes of documents disposed along a timeline. Such a combination creating a group of axes of documents improving the graphical interactions among two groups of documents. An interface, a computerized system and a method for enabling same is equally hereby presented.
US10430493B1
Disclosed are systems and methods for performing efficient vector-matrix multiplication using a sparsely-connected conductance matrix and analog mixed signal (AMS) techniques. Metal electrodes are sparsely connected using coaxial nanowires. Each electrode can be used as an input/output node or neuron in a neural network layer. Neural network synapses are created by random connections provided by coaxial nanowires. A subset of the metal electrodes can be used to receive a vector of input voltages and the complementary subset of the metal electrodes can be used to read output currents. The output currents are the result of vector-matrix multiplication of the vector of input voltages with the sparsely-connected matrix of conductances.
US10430480B2
An enterprise data processing module and method are described herein. The enterprise data processing module comprises at least one collector and at least one analyzer. The collectors may be operable to collect data pieces from a plurality of data sources. The analyzers may be operable to analyze the collected data pieces to determine cross-source relationships that exist between the data pieces collected from the plurality of sources. The analyzed data pieces may be stored in one or more big-data databases as blocks of data according to the cross-source relationships.
US10430479B1
Methods and systems for providing a user with content relevant to a location of interest to the user, when the user is determined to be at or near the location, are presented. The user's interest in the location may be determined based on queries about the location received from the user prior to the user arriving at the location. The queries received from the user about the location are used to build a location recommendation model, which generates personalized content relevant to the location and to one or more interest verticals identified for the user. The location recommendation model is built using a location recommendation engine that collects data about the user, the queried location, one or more associations between the user, the queried location, and/or one or more other users, as well as various other information related to the user's interests and the queried location.
US10430468B2
Methods and systems for extracting sentences are provided, one of methods comprises, receiving a keyword, parsing a document, and identifying each of a plurality of sentences included in the parsed document, configuring a graph having vertices and edges, wherein each vertex corresponds to each sentence, and each edge has a first weight corresponding to similarity between each pair of the sentences, calculating importance of each sentence by applying a modified PageRank algorithm to the graph, wherein the modified PageRank algorithm is designed to reflect a second weight corresponding to whether the keyword is included in a sentence of each vertex adjacent to a first vertex and extracting important sentences from the document based on the calculated importance.
US10430462B2
A system and method generates a property graph data model to represent a system architecture. The model includes a plurality of vertices of different vertex types representing different design dimensions of the system architecture, a plurality of compositional edges that connect vertices of a same vertex type to represent hierarchical directed-composition and hierarchical directed-decomposition of the connected vertices with respect to one another, and a plurality of connecting edges that connected vertices of different vertex types to represent connections between different elements of the different design dimensions. Information about the different design dimensions is extracted from one or more source databases to generate the property graph data model.
US10430460B2
Techniques are described herein that are capable of providing metadata-based photo and/or video animation. For instance, multiple images (e.g., still images) of a scene may be combined into an image sequence. An image may be selected from the multiple images to represent the scene. Such an image may be referred to as a primary image. Metadata may be associated with the primary image. The metadata may include a reference to the image sequence.
US10430458B2
A method for automatically extracting data from a chart includes generating and displaying a graphical user interface (GUI) enabling a user to select a screen area covering one or more screens at least partially, the screen area displaying a chart; in response to determining that the user has selected the screen area, automatically taking a screenshot of the selected screen area and automatically performing an image analysis of the screenshot for extracting data from the chart contained in the screenshot; in response to determining that the image analysis of the screenshot has completed successfully, automatically displaying or enabling a selectable GUI element; and in response to a select action of the user having selected said selectable GUI element, outputting the extracted data.
US10430453B1
A selected target location is used as a basis for selecting an alternate target location for distribution of content. The alternate target location is selected based on historical information about user activity involving the selected target location and may include an analysis of time records associated with locations included in the historical data.
US10430451B2
An accumulated information data store may include topic nodes, each having a text description of limited length and (in some cases) one or more attributes. A particular topic node may be associated as a parent topic node other child topic nodes such that the topic nodes form at least one data tree. An information processing engine may access information in the accumulated information data store and determine that a plurality of topic node text descriptions are similar and classify them as similar topic nodes. At least a part of the text description associated with one of the similar topic nodes may be selected as a favorable text description for the similar topic nodes. The system may also unify the similar topic nodes as identical topic nodes when they are currently grouped together as having the same upper tree hierarchy.
US10430442B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method for automated classification of application network activity may include (1) building a lexicon dictionary that comprises lexical keywords, wherein network streams whose headers contain a given lexical keyword represent communications of an activity type that is associated with the given lexical keyword in the lexicon dictionary, (2) identifying, at a network vantage point, a network stream that represents a communication between an application and a server, (3) extracting, through a lexical analysis that utilizes the lexicon dictionary, a set of keywords from one or more header fields of the network stream, and (4) classifying the network stream based on activity types associated with each keyword in the set of keywords that were extracted from the header fields of the network stream. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10430434B2
A storage system performs transformations of data stored as source snapshots to obtain transformed snapshots. The storage system stores relations between source snapshots, for example, parent child relationships. The storage system analyzes relationships between source snapshots to determine relationships between transformed snapshots. The storage system creates a transformed snapshot based on a source snapshot. The storage system traverses the graph representing source snapshots to identify ancestor or descendants of the source snapshots that were previously transformed. The storage system determines the transformed snapshots corresponding to the ancestor and descendant source snapshots and relates them to the newly created transformed snapshot.
US10430426B2
Answer effectiveness evaluations include providing, by a computing device, an answer to a search query received from a user, and in response to receiving a subsequent search query from the user, determining by the computing device a level of effectiveness of the answer to the search query with respect to the user. The determination includes comparing aspects of the search query to aspects of the subsequent search query, calculating, based on the comparing, a relevance score that indicates a measure of similarity between the aspects of the search query and the aspects of the subsequent search query, and determining that the answer effectively answers the search query when the relevance score exceeds a threshold value.
US10430420B2
Weighting sentiment information includes capturing sentiment information of a post from an electronic source, categorizing the post into categories based on the sentiment information, and assigning a weight to the post based on an interest attribute.
US10430407B2
Generating structured queries from natural language text may include receiving, using a processor, a natural language text input directed to a database management system and, using the processor, performing natural language processing on the natural language text input using an Unstructured Information Management Architecture. The natural language processing may annotate the natural language text input according to a structure of the database management system. A database operation and query elements may be determined using a processor from the annotated natural language text input. A structured query may be created, using the processor, for the database management system that implements the database operation using the query elements.
US10430404B2
A system and method for keeping track of events. In the preferred embodiment, a counter is created on a mobile device and is set to update one or more values based on the occurrence of a triggering event. The triggering event may be based on the user pressing a button or otherwise interacting with the mobile device, or may be based on other functions of the mobile device, such as the arrival in a particular location as determined by GPS. Counters may be shared with other mobile devices, and data in the counters may be stored on the mobile device or in a remote location. Mobile devices can share data from their counters with other mobile devices, and counters can be set to compare data between different mobile devices. Alerts can be set based on predetermined criteria.
US10430399B1
Techniques are described for tracking documents within an office or network based on unique metadata keys generated for the documents. The disclosed techniques include generating a key for a document based on metadata extracted from the document, associating the key representing the document with one or more master files that include the document, and then applying the key to the document. To track a lost or disassociated document, the disclosed techniques include either generating the key from the document or reading the key previously applied to the document, and then using the key to re-associate the document with the one or more master files that include the document. According to the disclosed techniques, a metadata key may comprise a series of symbols constructed so as to maintain its aspect ratio or spacing regardless of manipulation of the document to which the key has been applied.
US10430397B2
A method of negotiating memory record ownership between network nodes, comprising: storing in a memory of a first network node a subset of a plurality of memory records and one of a plurality of file system segments of a file system mapping the memory records; receiving a request from a second network node to access a memory record of the memory records subset; identifying the memory record by using the file system segment; deciding, by a placement algorithm, whether to relocate the memory record, from the memory records subset to a second subset of the plurality of memory records stored in a memory of the second network node; when a relocation is not decided, providing remote access of the memory record via a network to the second network node; and when a relocation is decided, relocating the memory record via the network for management by the second network node.
US10430394B2
A system includes reception of name data, determination, for each of a plurality of name properties, of an associated property value based on the name data, determination of a gender classification based on the property values, and, for each property value, generation of a substitute property value based on the property associated with the property value and the gender classification.
US10430389B1
A request is received to copy a file from a source to a destination, the source being associated with a source inode, and the destination being associated with a destination inode. The source and destination inodes are sorted into a sorted order according to inode numbers identifying the source and destination inodes. Based on the sorted order, rename locks are acquired on the source and destination inodes. Based on the sorted order, inode locks are acquired on the source and destination inodes. After the rename and inode locks have been acquired, chunk map entries of the source inode are copied as entries of the destination inode to fulfill the request.
US10430388B1
A method of collaborative document editing is disclosed. The method includes allowing concurrent document editing by a first user of a first client device and a second user of a second client device, receiving a first edit for a document stored at a server from the first client device, receiving a second edit for the document from the second client device, and merging the first edit and the second edit into the document. The method further includes receiving a request of a third user to access the document, determining whether the third user is authorized to access the document using a token associated with the third user, and in response to determining that the third user is authorized to access the document, providing at least a portion of the document with merged first and second edits for presentation to the third user.
US10430382B2
A data visualization platform architecture that enables building of a data visualization via a one-directional chain of separate stages is provided, wherein each stage has a simple input interface and output interface. The staging of the architecture enables the data visualization to be provisioned while using fewer system resources and for additional behaviors to be applied to the visualization. Such behaviors include: transforming data from an arbitrary format, modular updates to data visualizations, client-independent operation, reduced-cost updating and extension of the platform, reduced-cost animations, etc. Aspects of the data visualization platform streamline and optimize the performance of a computing device that provides a data visualization.
US10430380B2
Systems and methods are provided for tracking System Management Facility (SMF) record types using a small array. An index entry can be modified by adding an extension that tracks what record types are missing, rather than what record types are included in a particular history file. As log data comprising a plurality of history files is received, a flag bit in the header of each history file indicates that the associated history file comprises extended record types. An extension is added to each of the index entries associated with the history files that contain extended record types. Extensions may indicate record type gaps in the associated history file. Upon receiving a query for a particular record type of data stored in the data store, the extension can be utilized to determine which history files do not have the particular record type and can be skipped in the search.
US10430377B2
Embodiments presented herein provide techniques for enforcing a document retention policy that uses defensible disposal processes. According to one embodiment, a records management system identifies a set of records in a container that is scheduled for deletion on a specified date according to a retention policy. The records management system generates one or more reports listing the records and information associated with the records. The records management system performs a deletion workflow to remove the records listed in the report.
US10430374B2
A method for data transfer includes transmitting a sequence of data packets, including at least a first packet and a second packet transmitted subsequently to the first packet, from a first computer over a network to a second computer in a single remote direct memory access (RDMA) data transfer transaction. Upon receipt of the second packet at the second computer without previously having received the first packet, a negative acknowledgment (NAK) packet is sent from the second computer over the network to the first computer, indicating that the first packet was not received. In response to the NAK packet, the first packet is retransmitted from the first computer to the second computer without retransmitting the second packet.
US10430372B2
In one embodiment, the clock management circuitry includes a first master clock controller configured to provide a first command to a first slave clock controller via a first channel based on a received first clock request. The clock management circuitry also includes the first slave clock controller configured to control outputting a first clock signal based on the first command.
US10430371B1
When a USB device is redirected, any bulk endpoints of the device can be identified and a token can be created for each bulk endpoint. These tokens and their associated bulk endpoint information can be shared so that both the client-side proxy and the server-side agent maintain the tokens and information. When either the agent or proxy receives an URB, it can determine whether the URB pertains to a bulk endpoint. If so, the agent or proxy can tokenize the URB by replacing the URB header with the appropriate token. Depending on the size of the payload, the agent or proxy may also compress the payload to further reduce the amount of data to be transferred over the network. Similarly, upon receiving a tokenized URB, the agent or proxy can recreate the URB header, and decompress the payload if necessary, prior to passing the URB on.
US10430370B2
A data transfer device includes circuitry to: set information regarding a virtual channel of a counterpart device to which data are to be transferred from the data transfer device, switch between a first communication process and a second communication process according to the information regarding the virtual channel of the counterpart device, the first communication process causing the circuitry to transmit or receive the data using a single virtual channel, and the second communication process causing the circuitry to transmit or receive the data using multiple virtual channels.
US10430365B2
A method (700) for reconfiguring pin assignments on a connector (100) is provided. The method (700) includes reading a present accessory type (34a) from an accessory (30) coupled to the connector (100) having a plurality of pins (110) wherein the present accessory type (34a) is associated with an accessory pin assignment (31) of the connector (100), and comparing the present accessory type (34a) to a stored accessory type (18a) associated with a connector pin assignment (17) to determine if the accessory pin assignment (31) is compatible with the connector pin assignment (17).
US10430362B1
According to one embodiment, a system includes first and second devices. The first device detects whether a cable is connected to the first device in a first state or a second state. The first device receives, from the second device, status information indicative of whether the cable is connected to the second device in the first state or the second state. The first device switches allocation of signal lines to contact pins of a connector of the first device to which the cable is connected, based on connection states of the first and second devices. The second device detects whether the cable is connected to the second device in the first state or the second state. The second device transmits, to the first device, a result of detection as the status information.
US10430360B2
A physical layer integrated circuit (PHY), including an accessory charger adapter (ACA) bridge circuit to communicate with an ACA via a universal serial bus (USB) cable having at least an ID pin and a VBUS pin. The PHY is also to communicate with an ACA-agnostic USB controller configured to act as an A-device or as a B-device. The ACA comprises a USB accessory port. The ACA bridge circuit comprises detection and control logic configured to detect, based on a resistance sensed on the ID pin, that a B-device is connected to the USB accessory port of the ACA and, as a result of such a detection, generate a signal to the USB controller that causes the USB controller to act as an A-device and ignore a VBUS drive signal from the USB controller that, if not ignored, would cause the PHY to drive the VBUS pin. The detection and control logic is also configured to detect, based on a resistance sensed on the ID pin, that an off/idle A-device or nothing is connected to the USB accessory port of the ACA and, as a result of such a detection, modify a signal to the USB controller that prevents the USB controller from being aware of a voltage on the VBUS pin.
US10430349B2
A processing system includes a cache that includes a cache lines that are partitioned into a first subset of the cache lines and a second subsets of the cache lines. The processing system also includes one or more counters that are associated with the second subsets of the cache lines. The processing system further includes a processor configured to modify the one or more counters in response to a cache hit or a cache miss associated with the second subsets. The one or more counters are modified by an amount determined by one or more characteristics of a memory access request that generated the cache hit or the cache miss.
US10430345B2
A method of operating an electronic device and the electronic device are provided. The method includes mounting at least one lower file system, which is configured to generate a file object managing a page cache, and mounting a highest file system, to which a virtual file system directly accesses, at a higher layer of a layer corresponding to the lower file system; in response to a file mapping request of a software program, generating a virtual memory area including a virtual address for a file corresponding to the file mapping request; and generating a first virtual address link between a file object of at least one lower file system having a page cache of a file corresponding to the file mapping request and the virtual memory area.
US10430340B2
A virtual hint based data cache way prediction scheme, and applications thereof. In an embodiment, a processor retrieves data from a data cache based on a virtual hint value or an alias way prediction value and forwards the data to dependent instructions before a physical address for the data is available. After the physical address is available, the physical address is compared to a physical address tag value for the forwarded data to verify that the forwarded data is the correct data. If the forwarded data is the correct data, a hit signal is generated. If the forwarded data is not the correct data, a miss signal is generated. Any instructions that operate on incorrect data are invalidated and/or replayed.
US10430334B2
A method of operating a memory circuit is disclosed. The memory circuit comprises a primary memory and a cache memory. The primary memory has P access channels of Q bits of channel bandwidth, and the cache memory has P subsets of Q*N memory cells, wherein P and Q are integers greater than 1, and N is a positive integer. The method includes determining, in response to a command for reading first and second data accessible through first and second access channels respectively, if a valid duplication of the first and second data is stored in the cache memory. If yes, the method further includes storing a duplication of Q*n bits of consecutively addressed data from each of the first and second access channels to the cache memory, n being an integer from 1 to N. Otherwise, the method further includes outputting the first and second data from the cache memory.
US10430306B2
A plurality of storage nodes is provided. Each of the plurality of storage nodes includes nonvolatile solid-state memory for user data storage. The plurality of storage nodes is configured to distribute the user data and metadata associated with the user data throughout the plurality of storage nodes such that the plurality of storage nodes maintain the ability to read the user data, using erasure coding, despite a loss of two of the plurality of storage nodes. The plurality of storage nodes is configured to initiate an action based on the redundant copies of the metadata, responsive to achieving a level of redundancy for the redundant copies of the metadata. A method for accessing user data in a plurality of storage nodes having nonvolatile solid-state memory is also provided.
US10430303B1
In an embodiment of the invention, an apparatus comprises: a plurality of bus masters and a plurality of bus arbiters to support routing and failover, wherein each bus arbiter is coupled to a plurality of bus masters; and a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to at least one of the bus arbiters; wherein the CPU is configured to execute a firmware that chooses bus re-routing or failover in response to a bus failure. In another embodiment of the invention, a method comprises: choosing, by a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to a plurality of bus arbiters, bus re-routing or failover in response to a bus failure. In yet another embodiment of the invention, an article of manufacture, comprises a non-transient computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that permit a method comprising: choosing, by a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to a plurality of bus arbiters, bus re-routing or failover in response to a bus failure.
US10430291B1
One embodiment is related to a method for coordinating virtualized proxy node based virtual machine (VM) backups, comprising: determining one or more strategies for coordinating a plurality of virtualized proxy nodes for VM backup; and initiating one or more virtualized proxy node based VM backups based on the determined one or more strategies.
US10430285B2
A mechanism is provided for backing up metadata in a data storage system. Given metadata stored on the data storage system is implemented by way of a tree structure operable by fixed mapping. A stream of snapshots is taken of leaves in the metadata tree structure of given metadata stored on persistent data storage. The metadata tree structure of the given metadata stored on the persistent data storage is reconstructed on a basis of the stream of snapshots taken for backing up the given metadata stored on the persistent data storage. A journal over the reconstructed metadata tree structure is then replayed. In response to a given status discrepancy being flagged in respect of any given metadata, the status of a given leaf corresponding thereto in the reconstructed data tree structure is modified for consistency with the corresponding journal entry in the journal for that given metadata.
US10430283B1
Systems and methods for disseminating backup data sets to targets. Backup data sets are classified with an attribute. A gateway device between the backup application and potential target destinations for the backup data set determines where to send the backup data set based on the attribute.
US10430282B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable storage mediums for maintaining the history of remapped data in a storage system. A first portion of a first medium may be remapped to a second medium as part of read optimization operations, wherein the second medium is younger than the first medium. A tag associated with the first portion of the first medium may be retained when the first portion is remapped to the second medium. When the second medium is replicated to another storage array, the first portion of the first medium may be prevented from being replicated based on the tag identifying the first portion as being part of a previous replication operation.
US10430280B2
The disclosed techniques include generation of a single index table when backing up data in a first backup format to a backup storage system that uses a second backup format. Using the single index table, a query for a data item can be answered by searching the single index table. The single index table avoids having to search through multiple index tables, each corresponding to a different backup format that may be used for backing up the searched data item.
US10430274B2
A semiconductor device includes a flag generation circuit and a write operation circuit. The flag generation circuit generates an error scrub flag if an error scrub operation is performed. The write operation circuit controls a write operation in response to the error scrub flag. The error scrub operation includes an internal read operation for outputting read data from a cell array, a data correction operation for correcting an error included in the read data to generate corrected data, and an internal write operation for storing the corrected data into the cell array.
US10430271B1
Systems and methods herein can compensate for higher demand on computing processing functions by changing required error rates for error-controlled processes. Thus, the systems and methods maintain an average error rate over a time division. By adjusting the error rate and throughput within different time subintervals of the time division, the systems and methods can maintain an average error rate for the complete time division but adjust the throughput during smaller portions the time division. In other words, while maintaining the amount of processing capacity, the length of the time division, and the average error rate over the time division, but changing the error rate in smaller portions of the time division, the systems and methods can adjust the amount of total throughput during high demand periods for the processing function.
US10430268B2
An operations management system, including a memory configured to store program instructions and a plurality of analytical models respectively used for detection of anomaly in a plurality of targets, and a processor configured to execute the program instructions including an order controller configured to control an processing order of the detection of anomaly performed by the operation management system to be the same as a descending order of score of anomaly of the plurality of targets, and an analyzer configured to detect, in the processing order, anomaly in each of the plurality of targets.
US10430264B2
Provided are a computer program product for managing bus interface errors in a storage system coupled to a host and storage. A determination is made as to whether a first number of correctable errors on a first bus interface, connecting a first processing unit to the storage, exceeds a second number of correctable errors on a second bus interface, connecting a second processing unit to the storage, by a difference threshold. The correctable errors in the first and second bus interfaces are detected and corrected in the first and second bus interfaces by first hardware and second hardware, respectively. In response to determining that the first number of correctable errors exceeds the second number of correctable errors by the difference threshold, at least a portion of Input/Output (I/O) requests are redirected to a second processing unit using the second bus interface to connect to the storage.
US10430257B2
Provided is a process including: receiving, with an infrastructure monitoring application, metrics and events from a plurality of infrastructure agents executing on a plurality of computing devices; receiving an event record from a given computing device among a plurality of computing devices executing the distributed application; accessing a plurality of parameters of a computing device associated with the device identifier; determining one or more network-architecture topology host identifiers based on the plurality of parameters; and storing in memory a correlation between the event record and the one or more network-architecture topology host identifiers.
US10430255B2
A method of generating application program interface (API) mashups is provided. The method may include grouping a plurality of APIs into a plurality of sub-clusters based on at least one keyword for each API of the plurality of APIs. The method may also include identifying a plurality of keyword combinations for the plurality of sub-clusters based on real-world data and two or more keywords for the plurality of sub-clusters. Further, the method may include determining a plurality of possible API mashups including two or more APIs of the plurality of APIs for the plurality of keyword combinations. The method may also include processing the plurality of possible API mashups to generate at least one prioritized API mashup of the plurality of possible API mashups, the at least one prioritized API mashup associated with at least one keyword combination of the plurality of keyword combinations.
US10430251B2
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may include a plurality of slots each configured to receive a modular information handling system, a plurality of air movers each configured to cool at least one modular information handling system disposed in at least one of the plurality of slots, and a controller communicatively coupled to the plurality of slots and the plurality of air movers and configured to, based on one or more thermal operational parameters associated with the plurality of slots and the plurality of air movers, determine an optimal allocation of at least one workload to a particular information handling system of a plurality of modular information handling systems received in the plurality of slots.
US10430245B2
Systems and methods which provide low latency optimization configured to perform from the hardware layer across the operating system to an application. Low latency operation implemented in accordance with embodiments is optimized for a specific application, which interfaces with specific hardware, executing on a host processor-based system configured for low latency optimization according to the concepts herein. For example, a low latency optimization implementation may comprise various modules implemented in both the user space and Kernel space, wherein the modules cooperate to obtain information regarding the services and hardware utilized by an application and to provide such information for facilitating low latency operation with respect to the application. In operation according to embodiments, low latency operation is dynamically enabled or disabled by a low latency optimization implementation, such as to facilitate low latency operation on an application by application basis as appropriate or as desired.
US10430238B1
Systems, methods, and computer program products to programmatically apply labels to nodes in a cluster orchestration platform managing a cluster comprising a plurality of nodes. A microservice may be submitted to the cluster orchestration platform. The cluster orchestration platform may execute the microservice on a first node of the plurality of nodes. The microservice may receive, from a virtual machine manager, an instance identifier of a virtual machine instance executing the first node and the microservice. The microservice may receive, from the virtual machine manager based on the instance identifier, a plurality of labels applied to the virtual machine instance. The microservice may validate each received label based on at least one rule. The microservice may receive, from the cluster orchestration platform, an identifier of the first node in the cluster orchestration platform. The microservice may apply each received label to the first node in the cluster orchestration platform.
US10430236B2
An electronic device and a method for resuming a phased platform process in the electronic device includes switching a display that is included in the electronic device from an active state to a sleep state, detecting at least one event which internally occurs in the electronic device or is caused by an external device or a user in the case where the display is in the sleep state, executing a system process if the at least one event is detected, selecting one or more non-system processes related to one or more hardware or software components of the electronic device, respectively, on the basis of at least a part of the detected event, and executing the one or more selected non-system processes by activating the one or more hardware or software components of the electronic device that are related to the one or more selected non-system processes.
US10430232B2
A distributed topology system may include a distributed topology engine configured to run on a server device and define a topology consisting of one or more building blocks. Each building block may represent one or more tasks pertaining to an application. The system may also include a distributed topology application configured to run on a client device and automatically execute one or more of the building blocks. A distributed topology database may be used to store the topology. A pause/resume module may be configured to pause at least one task responsive to a pause request. The pause/resume module may also be configured to resume a previously paused task.
US10430227B2
A base caching disk and associated methods for facilitating fast instantiation of virtual machines in distributed computing systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes during an instantiation process of a virtual machine on a node in the distributed computing system, determining whether a base caching disk on the node contains a block of data of the image needed for the instantiation process of the virtual machine. The method can also include, in response to determining that the base caching disk does not contain the block of data, retrieving the block of data from the central image store without retrieving the entire image, writing the retrieved block of data to a sector on the base caching disk at the node and subsequently, marking the sector containing the written block of data on the base caching disk as read-only.
US10430226B2
A technique is described for managing processor (CPU) resources in a host having virtual machines (VMs) executed thereon. A target size of a VM is determined based on its demand and CPU entitlement. If the VM's current size exceeds the target size, the technique dynamically changes the size of a VM in the host by increasing or decreasing the number of virtual CPUs available to the VM. To “deactivate” virtual CPUs, a high-priority balloon thread is launched and pinned to one of the virtual CPUs targeted for deactivation, and the underlying hypervisor deschedules execution of the virtual CPU accordingly. To “activate” virtual CPUs, the number of virtual CPUs, the launched balloon thread may be killed.
US10430215B1
An emulation system comprises a first computing device having a processor configured to generate a synchronization clock signal on receiving a data transfer request. The first computing device further comprises a first non-transitory machine-readable memory buffer storing machine readable binary data. The emulation system further comprises an emulator controller configured to receive the synchronization clock signal from the first computing device. The emulation system further comprises a memory port controller configured to initiate transfer of the machine readable binary data from the first non-transitory machine-readable memory buffer to a non-transitory machine-readable hardware memory, in response to receiving the synchronization clock signal from the emulator controller, during a latency period of the synchronization clock signal.
US10430210B2
A device, includes an instruction buffer. The instruction buffer is configured to store instructions related to at least a portion of a data stream to be analyzed by a state machine engine as the device. The state machine engine includes configurable elements configured to analyze the at least a portion of a data stream and to selectively output the result of the analysis. Additionally, the instruction buffer is configured to receive the indications as part of a direct memory access (DMA) transfer.
US10430202B2
Techniques for detecting an early boot error are provided. In one aspect, a host processor may transition to a first phase of an early boot process. The early boot process may occur before the host processor initializes a primary link between the host processor and a management controller. The host processor may then update a dual purpose boot register to store an early boot phase identifier corresponding to the first phase and an early boot status identifier corresponding to the first phase.
US10430200B2
An integrated circuit can include a slave processor configured to execute instructions. The slave processor can be implemented in programmable circuitry of the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit also can include a processor coupled to the slave processor. The processor can be hardwired and configured to control operation of the slave processor.
US10430198B2
One embodiment provides an apparatus. The apparatus includes a store direct dependent (SDD) branch prediction circuitry and an SDD management circuitry. The store direct dependent (SDD) branch prediction circuitry is to store an SDD branch table. The SDD branch table is to store at least one record. Each record includes a branch instruction pointer (IP) field, a load IP field, a store IP field, a comparison info field and at least one of a store value field and/or a predicted outcome field. The SDD management circuitry is to populate the SDD branch table at runtime and to override a baseline branch prediction associated with an incoming branch IP with an SDD branch prediction, if the SDD branch table contains a first record populated with the incoming branch IP and at least one of a store value and/or an SDD predicted outcome.
US10430189B2
An apparatus to facilitate register allocation is disclosed. The apparatus includes an execution unit (EU) to execute processing threads. The EU includes a plurality of registers and register allocation logic to map the plurality of registers into logical register banks and allocate the processing threads to one or more of the logical register banks.
US10430184B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for attributing violation introductions and removals. One of the methods includes receiving a request to compute a number of violation introductions attributable to a particular developer entity in a plurality of ancestor snapshots of an original snapshot in a revision graph of a code base. A respective match set for each of a plurality of violations occurring in the plurality of ancestor snapshots of the original snapshot are computed, wherein each match set for a particular violation in a particular snapshot includes any transitively matching violations in the ancestor snapshots of the particular snapshot that transitively match the particular violation. A count of unique match sets having at least one violation that was introduced by the particular developer entity is computed. The number of unique match sets is provided in response to the request.
US10430182B2
Technology is disclosed herein for compressing, encoding, and otherwise reducing the size of resource files. In at least one implementation, similarity compression is employed to reduce the size of a resource file. In another implementation, map-less encoding is employed to reduce the number of bytes used to represent a resource string. Bit-level compression is employed in another implementation to reduce the quantity of bits used to encode each character in a string. In addition, implementations are disclosed related to technology for naming strings and accelerated string location and retrieval.
US10430174B2
In a terminal device and a method for controlling charging, a first processor controls an adapter to charge terminal device when the terminal device is connected to the adapter. The method includes receiving trigger information by the first processor; turning on a first communication interface according to the trigger information by the first processor; acquiring a firmware update file of the firmware from a server by a second processor; transmitting the firmware update file to the first processor via the first communication interface by the second processor; and updating the firmware according to the firmware update file by the first processor.
US10430171B2
Extension patterns are deployed to core deployment patterns stored in a first software repository. An event relating to registration of a component is detected. In response to detecting the event, a tool registry can be queried to identify one or more extension deployment patterns for use with one or more core deployment patterns. Based upon the query, one or more extension deployment components can be retrieved from a second software repository. The one or more extension deployment components can be deployed on top of one or more instances of the one or more core deployment patterns.
US10430166B2
Disclosed are various approaches for injecting resources into wrapped applications. A computing device first obtains a compiled version of a target application package. The computing device then decompiles the compiled version of the target application package to generate a source code version of the target application package. Then, the computing device combines the source code version of the target application package with management component source code. Next, the computing device generates an application resource index. Subsequently, the computing device, modifies the management component source code based at least in part on the application resource index. Finally, the computing device compiles the combined source code version of the target application package and the management component source code to generate a managed application package.
US10430164B2
Computer program products, methods, systems, apparatuses, and computing entities are provided for enforcing usage of a canonical model. For example, machine-automatable artifacts that express the canonical model using a set of metadata constraints and a set of transformation rules can be received from a canonical model artifact repository. These machine-automatable artifacts can be converted into language-specific bindings and applications can subsequently utilize those language-specific bindings to enforce conformity to the canonical model.
US10430163B2
A circuit for transposing a matrix comprising reversal circuitry configured, for each of one or more diagonals of the matrix, to receive elements of the matrix in a first vector and generate a second vector that includes the elements of the matrix in an order that is a reverse of an order of the elements of the matrix in the first vector, and rotation circuitry configured, for each of the one or more diagonals of the matrix, to determine a number of positions by which to rotate the elements of the matrix in the second vector, receive the second vector of elements of the matrix, and generate a third vector that includes the elements of the matrix in the second vector in an order that is a rotation of the elements of the matrix in the second vector by the determined number of positions.
US10430161B1
Disclosed herein is a true random number generator (TRNG). The TRNG includes a cavity filled with tritium and an electronic sensor constructed to detect energy from the decay of the tritium. The sensor produces a signal for the detected energy, and an amplifier amplifies the signal while a filter filters the signal. A processor (a) determines whether the signal represents decay events for tritium; (b) sets a timer to determine the time period between decay events; (c) based on the time period in step (b), assigns a value of a 0 or a 1; (d) stores the value in a memory; (e) repeats steps (b)-(d), resulting in a string of values; and (f) generates a true random number based on the string of values. This TRNG may be formed on an integrated circuit.
US10430159B1
A hardware random number generator comprises a gas discharge tube, an average voltage generator, and a comparator. The gas discharge tube includes first, second, and third terminals and may generate a variable voltage on the second terminal when a supply voltage is applied to the first and third terminals. The average voltage generator receives the variable voltage from the gas discharge tube and may generate an average voltage equal to a moving average value of the variable voltage over successive periods of time. The comparator receives the variable voltage and the average voltage and may generate a random stream of data bits, such that a value of each bit varies according to the relative magnitudes of the variable voltage and the average voltage.
US10430155B2
The disclosed technologies calibrate audio output based on a computer-based hearing evaluation. In an embodiment, the disclosed technologies perform operations that include playing an electronic file that contains segments of digital music that have different playback attributes, wherein playback attribute include at least one of volume data, frequency data, left/right data; during the playing of the electronic file, recording timestamp data and user account data that are associated with a user input; mapping the timestamp data to a set of playback attributes of a segment of the digital music; determining calibration data based on the timestamp data and the set of playback attributes; storing the calibration data in a user profile that is associated with the user account data; when different digital music is played, automatically calibrating the playing of the different digital music based on the user profile that is associated with the user account data.
US10430154B2
The technology relates to processing one or more audio streams. The processing may include segmenting the one or more audio streams into structural components comprising a tonal stream and a transient stream. The tonal stream and the transient stream may be processed and combined to provide an output sound signal. The one or more audio streams may include a first audio stream from a first sound source and a second audio stream from a second sound source. The tonal stream may comprise sound from the first audio stream and the transient stream may comprise sound from the second audio stream. One or more sound effects may be added to the tonal stream or transient stream prior to combining.
US10430152B2
A method and apparatus for intelligently routing and managing audio signals within an electronic device is disclosed. The routing is responsive to a set of logical and physical policies which are stored in data tables which can be updated as needed.
US10430150B2
According to the invention, a method for changing the behavior of computer program elements is disclosed. The method may include determining, with an eye tracking device, a gaze point of a user. The method may also include causing, with a computer system, an interactive event controlled by the computer system to alter its behavior based at least in part on the gaze point of the user.
US10430149B2
An image display device includes: a storing section configured to store associating information that associates information indicating one or more providing sources of image data with each of one or more display areas set within a display screen; an obtaining section configured to obtain image data from a providing source corresponding to each of one or more display areas on the basis of the associating information stored in the storing section; a forming section configured to form display image data of a display image to be displayed on the display screen on the basis of the image data being obtained by said obtaining section for each of one or more display areas; and a display processing section configured to display the display image corresponding to the display image data formed by the forming section on the display screen.
US10430148B2
Disclosed are a synchronization system comprising a display device and a wearable device, and a controlling method. The synchronization system comprises: a display device for receiving a preset touch gesture, converting a displayed background image to a preset image, displaying the preset image, and transmitting a synchronization signal to a wearable device; and the wearable device for, when receiving the synchronization signal from the display device, displaying an image which is identical to the preset image of the display device, and synchronizing data with the display device.
US10430140B2
The present disclosure has disclosed a method, an apparatus, and a system of opening a web page and belongs to the technical field of the Internet. Said method comprises: A binding relationship among terminals stored in advance in a server; said server receives the web page information of a target web page sent by the first terminal; according to the binding relationship among terminals stored in advance, said server determines the second terminal, which has a binding relationship with said first terminal; according to the web page information of said target web page, said server sends a notice of web page information to said second terminal so that said second terminal opens said target web page according to said notice of web page information.
US10430119B2
A mechanism for multiple coexisting configurations support in virtual tape applications. Specifically, the introduction of various additional computer processes facilitate the introduction or modification of user specific configurations on a virtual tape solution: (i) without requiring the shutdown and re-initialization of the virtual tape solution; and (ii) without compromising the performance of computing resources allocated towards the implementation of other user specific configurations already existing on the virtual tape solution.
US10430118B2
A virtualized peripheral driver and filter are installed at a kernel level of an Operating System (OS) on a host device. A new peripheral driver is installed on the host device and added to the peripheral device stack within the OS. Events generated from the user level of the OS are pushed through the stack for processing by a newly attached peripheral of the host device using the new peripheral driver. Events produced from the kernel for the peripheral are trapped by the filter when passing up through the stack to the user level of the OS and provided to the virtualized peripheral driver. The virtualized peripheral driver repackages, translates, and formats the events produced from the kernel as OS events expected by the OS for processing and the repacked, translated, and formatted events are processed by the OS.
US10430111B2
A computer system identifies high-value information in data streams. The computer system receives a filter graph definition. The filter graph definition includes a plurality of filter nodes, each filter node including one or more filters that accept or reject packets. Each respective filter is categorized by a number of operations, and the one or more filters are arranged in a general graph. The computer system performs one or more optimization operations, including: determining if a closed circuit exists within the graph, and when the closed circuit exists within the graph, removing the closed circuit; reordering the filters based at least in part on the number of operations; and parallelizing the general graph such that the one or more filters are configured to be executed on one or more processors.
US10430106B2
In a hybrid storage device comprising a fast tier and a slow tier, utilization of the fast tier is improved by dividing the fast tier into zones, including a zone for filesystem metadata, a zone for fast data, and a spillover zone for metadata, fast data or a combination thereof. By reducing the size of zones used exclusively for one type of data, while allowing both metadata and fast data to be stored in the spillover zone when necessary, better use of the fast tier is achieved. In another embodiment, a filesystem allocator is passed a policy object from which bands of storage are enumerated. The filesystem allocator iterates over the enumerated bands, searching for space to satisfy the allocation request.
US10430101B2
A semiconductor memory device includes a NAND memory including a plurality of blocks, each of which is a unit of data erasing, and a controller. The controller is configured to select an initial value from a group of initial values, based on an address of the NAND memory in which data are to be written, set a value corresponding to the selected initial value to a linear feedback shift register circuit, randomize the data using an output value of the linear feedback shift register circuit, and write the randomized data to the address of the NAND memory. A size of each of the blocks S is smaller than 2n-1 bytes, n being a number of registers included in the linear feedback shift register circuit.
US10430096B2
A hybrid storage device includes a controller, a volatile storage unit, and a non-volatile storage unit. When the hybrid storage device is in a first working mode, the volatile storage unit is in an enabled state, and the non-volatile storage unit is in a disabled state; when the hybrid storage device is in a second working mode, the non-volatile storage unit is in an enabled state, and the volatile storage unit is in a disabled state. When the hybrid storage device runs in the first working mode, and when detecting that a running parameter of the computer meets a first switching condition, the controller enables the non-volatile storage unit, copies data in the volatile storage unit to the non-volatile storage unit, and switches the hybrid storage device to the second working mode.
US10430094B2
A method and tangible medium embodying code for allocating resource units of an allocatable resource among a plurality of clients in a computer is described. In the method, resource units are initially distributed among the clients by assigning to each of the clients a nominal share of the allocatable resource. For each client, a current allocation of resource units is determined. A metric is evaluated for each client, the metric being a function both of the nominal share and a usage-based factor, the usage-based factor being a function of a measure of resource units that the client is actively using and a measure of resource units that the client is not actively using. A resource unit can be reclaimed from a client when the metric for that client meets a predetermined criterion.
US10430073B2
A processing device having a graphical user interface includes a housing having a touch screen display that receives touch gesture commands from a vehicle operator. Still further, a set of controls is arranged on a front face of the housing. The set of controls include hardware control equivalents to the gesture commands recognized by the touch screen of the display. This allows industrial vehicle operators to wear gloves or other attire fitting for the task at hand, without undue interference interacting with the graphical user interface. Also, redundant control, e.g., via gesture commands recognized by the touch screen of the display and corresponding controls in the user control section, allow the vehicle operator to use which ever data input option is most convenient for speed, convenience, workflow, etc.
US10430068B2
A method for displaying interface content and user equipment, which effectively improve interaction experience of a user when the user performs a flick operation on a touchscreen, and enhance pleasure in application interaction. A specific solution is acquiring an initial position and a movement direction of a touch point, determining a motion parameter of an interface element object in each grid on a screen according to the initial position and the movement direction, where the screen is divided in advance into multiple grids, and each grid includes a preset quantity of pixels, and moving the interface element object in each grid according to the motion parameter of the interface element object in each grid.
US10430067B2
Methods and systems are discussed herein for navigating media content using scrollable displays. For example, scrollable displays may provide an efficient user interface in order to increase the amount and type of content that can be presented to a user, particularly with regard to small displays. For example, instead of transitioning to new displays, which may require larger display screens or the removal of already presented content, the methods and systems disclosed nest scrollable displays within each other in order to enable a user to efficiently access and navigate content options without large display screen requirements.
US10430060B2
A graphical user interface that is embodied in a computer-readable medium for execution on a computer, and configured for processing of an image that is displayed on a screen. The graphical user interface includes an original version of a control element, and a blurred version of the control element. The blurred version of the control element is superimposed over the image on the screen, and the original version of the control element is superimposed over the blurred version of the control element on the screen.
US10430059B2
A method displays a user interface for a graphical view application. The user interface includes a plurality of shelves for specifying characteristics of a dataset. The method includes receiving user actions to associate first, second, and third fields of the dataset with first, second, and third shelves of the plurality of shelves, respectively. The method further includes, in response to receiving the user actions, displaying graphical views in the user interface in accordance with the first, second, and third fields, wherein (i) each of the graphical views corresponds to a respective distinct value of the third field; and (ii) each of the graphical views includes a set of graphical marks, each graphical mark (a) having a respective color that corresponds to a respective data value associated with the first field and (b) having a respective size that corresponds to a respective data value associated with the second field.
US10430048B2
A system and method for an improved aircraft information display is provided. The provided embodiments integrate and analyze relevant data from on-board and external sources to render airport availability and suitability information on the aircraft information display. The airport availability and suitability information displayed on the aircraft information display incorporates links between related information, is intuitively arranged on the aircraft information display, and dynamically updates responsive to changes in data and to user interaction.
US10430043B2
A portable medical device is operated in an active mode in which the device receives a user input at an input interface and provides the received user input to a processor of the device. The active mode is terminated and the device is operated in a safe mode, in which the received user input is not provided to the processor and/or one or more device function is disabled, in response to determining that the received user input was received in an out of bounds region of the input interface. The safe mode is terminated in response to receiving a predetermined user input comprising an activation input.
US10430031B2
In response to receiving user-interface activity information from a portable electronic device that specifies user selection of a content source, an audio/video (A/V) hub provides a request for high-definition multimedia-interface (HDMI) content to the content source based on the user selection. When the A/V hub receives the HDMI content from the content source, the A/V hub provide the HDMI content and display instructions to an A/V display device as frames with the HDMI content are received from the content source, so that the HDMI content is displayed in a tiled window on the display in the A/V display device while other HDMI content from another content source is displayed on the display.
US10430025B2
Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for active selection management system with suggested actions. The present invention is configured to determine one or more additional devices and/or one or more additional applications associated with the user based on at least determining that the one or more additional devices when combined with the one or more devices aids the user to accomplish the target; initiate a presentation of the one or more additional devices and/or the one or more additional applications on a user interface for display on the user device; receive a user selection of at least one of the one or more additional devices and/or one or more additional applications; and establish a communication link with the at least one of the one or more additional devices and/or the one or more additional applications selected by the user.
US10430019B2
Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising determining a position of an augmented reality (AR)-capable device relative to a position of a tracking point, determining a first arrangement of a first plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) elements associated with an application based on the position of the AR-capable device relative to the tracking point, and generating, by operation of a processor, a GUI comprising the first plurality of GUI elements arranged according to the first arrangement within a volume of a cylinder.
US10430010B2
A input sensing layer, including: a base layer; sensing electrodes disposed on the base layer, the sensing electrodes arranged in a first direction and in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and sensing wires electrically connected to the sensing electrodes, wherein each of the sensing electrodes includes a first sub sensing electrode and a second sub sensing electrode electrically connected to the first sub sensing electrode, the second sub sensing electrode overlapping the first sub sensing electrode on a plane, and wherein an area of the first sub sensing electrode is different from an area of the second sub sensing electrode.
US10430008B2
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise methods and apparatus for a 3-dimensional capacitive sensor. The method and apparatus may comprise a sensing element formed along multiple planes to create a sensing field. The capacitive sensor comprises two sensing planes in communication with each other. Each sensing plane may comprise a multi-operation electrode, where the multi-operation electrode is configured to operate as a transmission electrode and a reception electrode.
US10429996B1
The present disclosure relates to interactive projection systems. In one implementation, a system for projecting a user interface may include a film affixed to a surface; a first projector configured to project a user interface onto the film; a second projector configured to project a plurality of light beams such that the plurality of light beams form a plane above the film that does not intersect the film; and an image sensor configured to receive reflections caused by the projected plurality of light beams. The system may further include at least one processor configured to receive an indication of a reflection from the image sensor; determine a location associated with the reflection; in response to the received indication, determine a change for the user interface based on the determined location; and transmit a command to the first projector to modify the projected user interface according to the determined change.
US10429992B2
A display device may include the following elements: a touch screen unit (or touch-sensing unit) operating with a preset touch driving frequency; a display unit operating with a display driving frequency corresponding to a driving control signal; a noise analyzer determining a frequency band of a panel noise based on a feedback signal provided from the display unit, wherein the panel noise is caused by operation of the display unit; and a driving frequency controller controlling the display driving frequency such that the frequency band of the panel noise avoids the touch driving frequency.
US10429988B2
An information handling system with a touchscreen is disclosed. When the operating system has not been loaded or a driver of the touchscreen is absent, an embedded controller of the information handling system receives and presents touch input information from the touchscreen to a host processor by emulating the touchscreen as a legacy PS2 device. After the operating system is loaded and a driver for the touchscreen is running, the legacy PS2 device emulation is terminated and touch input information from the touchscreen is presented through an I/O interface to the host processor and processed by the operating system.
US10429987B2
In one embodiment, a touch sensor includes a substrate and a plurality of columns of electrodes disposed on a side of the substrate. Each column includes a drive electrode and a plurality of sense electrodes. The plurality of columns includes a first column, a second column, and one or more interior columns between the first and second columns. The drive electrode of a particular interior column of the one or more interior columns includes a main electrode line that extends a length of the particular interior column such that a first sense electrode and a second sense electrode of the sense electrodes of the particular interior column are located on opposite sides of the main electrode line of the drive electrode.
US10429986B2
A touch screen panel according to an embodiment includes a base film having a display region and a bent non-display region located on the outside of the display region, touch electrodes provided in the display region, touch pads provided on one edge of the non-display region, and routing wires that extend along the front or back of the bent non-display region and electrically connect the touch electrodes and the touch pads.
US10429983B2
A method for launching an application and a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes the following operations. Whether a touch operation of a user received on a touch display screen of a mobile terminal belongs to a touch operation set in a mapping relationship with an application set of the mobile terminal is judged, in response to the touch operation being detected when the touch display screen is in a screen-off mode. A proximity sensor in an off-state or a dormant-state is started based on a judgment that the touch operation belongs to the touch operation set. Existence of an occlusion within a preset distance in front of the touch display screen is detected with the proximity sensor. An application corresponding to the touch operation is launched when no occlusion exists.
US10429971B2
A display panel and a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device are disclosed. The display panel is divided into a display area and a non-display area, and the display panel includes: a display substrate; an upper substrate which is arranged on the display side of the display substrate and cell-assembled with the display substrate; and an adhesive layer which is arranged between the upper substrate and the display substrate, and the display panel further includes a thin film layer which is arranged on the side of the upper substrate away from the display substrate, a region of which corresponding to the non-display area is an opaque area, and a region of which corresponding to the display area is a transparent area. Thus, the structure is simplified, the manufacturing method of the display panel is simplified without side curing, and the cost is also reduced.
US10429970B2
A display device includes an array substrate and a counter substrate. The array substrate includes an outgoing line for connecting a first electrode for capacitive touch detection to a detection circuit. The outgoing line includes: a first wiring portion extended from the first electrode side to the detection circuit side; and a first capacitance adjusting wiring portion connected to the first wiring portion on the same layer and serving to adjust the total capacitance of the first electrode and the outgoing line.
US10429967B2
The present disclosure relates to a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, and particularly, to an in-cell touch type LCD device, and a method for driving capable of preventing deterioration of picture quality and enhancing touch sensitivity, by dividing a touch block in a spatial manner, not in a time manner.The in-cell touch type liquid crystal display (LCD) device, includes: an LCD panel including a first touch block and a second touch block having a plurality of gate lines and common lines; a gate driver for applying high-potential gate driving signals to the gate lines of the first touch block; a common voltage generator for supplying common voltages (Vcom) of first and second waveforms, to the common lines of the first and second touch blocks, respectively; and a touch detection circuit for detecting a touched position on the LCD panel through the second waveform common voltages.
US10429966B2
A touch input device includes a base board unit, a movable board unit, an actuating member and a noise reduction member. The base board unit has a distal end portion. The movable board unit overlaps and is connected to the base board unit, and has a free end portion movable toward or away from the distal end portion of the base board unit. The actuating unit includes a switch protruding from the free end portion and extending into the noise reduction member, and an actuating member protruding from the distal end portion. The noise reduction member is compressed by the distal end portion when the free end portion moves to the position adjacent to the distal end portion for the actuating member to actuate the switch.
US10429959B2
A minicomputer has a processor and a display unit and a communication unit and a haptic operating device. The haptic operating device has a rotatable rotating unit with a rotational resistance which can be changed by way of a control device. Selectable menu items are displayed on a display unit and a menu item is selected by rotating the rotating unit. A rotational resistance of the rotating unit is dynamically changed during a rotation of the rotating unit and the rotating unit is latched at a plurality of haptically perceptible latching points during the rotation of the rotating unit.
US10429955B2
A position detection apparatus of the electrostatic coupling type is provided, to detect not only a position of a pointer but also information other than the position information such as, for example, pointer pressure or side switch information. The pointer transmits two codes such that a pressure applied to a pen tip is associated with a time difference between the two codes. A position detector carries out a correlation matching operation between signals generated in reception conductors and correlation calculation codes corresponding to the two codes, to thereby detect a position on a sensor section pointed to by the pointer from a result of the correlation matching operation and based on at least one of the codes. The position detector further includes a pressure calculation circuit for detecting pressure applied to the pointer, which is associated with the time difference between the two codes, from the result of the correlation matching operation calculated by the correlation matching operation and based on the two codes.
US10429948B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus including a first body and a second body is provided. The second body is mechanically attachable to the first body in a first style and a second style. The electronic apparatus includes a memory and a hardware processor connected to the memory. The hardware processor is configured to detect whether the electronic apparatus is in the first or second style, and validate an operation of changing an orientation of a screen image displayed on the display and limit the validation of the operation to a certain time period during from a time of the second style being detected to a predetermined time passed.
US10429943B2
The technology disclosed relates to relates to providing command input to a machine under control. It further relates to gesturally interacting with the machine. The technology disclosed also relates to providing monitoring information about a process under control. The technology disclosed further relates to providing biometric information about an individual. The technology disclosed yet further relates to providing abstract features information (pose, grab strength, pinch strength, confidence, and so forth) about an individual.
US10429941B2
A selection processing unit performs selection processing of selecting one of a plurality of options relating to a 3D image, in a case where a double tap operation is recognized by an operation recognition unit, and of cyclically switching the option to be selected every time the double tap operation is recognized. A change processing unit performs change processing of changing a display form of a 3D image, which accompanies the one option selected in the selection processing unit in a case where a tap-and-hold operation is recognized by an operation recognition unit.
US10429931B2
The present disclosure described methods and systems for multimedia tactile augmentation. At least one method includes identifying media content loaded on a first computer, locating instructions stored on a second computer (said instructions corresponding to the content), initiating playback of the content, and synchronizing the instructions with the content. Said method further includes parsing and converting the instructions into one or more electrical signals, driving one or more haptic feedback devices with the electrical signals in synchronization with the playback of the content, and presenting the content to the user. The haptic feedback devices provide physical stimulation to a user accessing the content.
US10429929B2
Piezoelectric actuator apparatus and methods for providing tactile feedback are described herein. An example piezoelectric actuator assembly includes a support plate having a recessed well and conductive contact disposed within the recessed well of the support plate. A piezoelectric element has a first layer composed of an electrically conductive material and a second layer adjacent the first layer composed of a piezoelectric material. The piezoelectric element is disposed within the recessed well so that the first layer directly engages the conductive contact and the second layer is to be electrically coupled to a ground via a flexible conductive lead.
US10429922B2
Implementations of on-chip electrical regulation devices may include: a positive power domain electrically coupled with a negative power domain through a power mesh including two or more loads. The positive power domain, negative power domain, or both the positive power domain and negative power domain may each include a power domain rail. The power domain rail may include a resistance distributed along a length of the power domain rail. The distributed resistance may be electrically coupled with one or more transistors also distributed along the power domain rail. Each of the one or more transistors, in combination with the distributed resistance, may be configured to dissipate electrical power along the length of the power domain rail to reduce a voltage across the positive power domain, negative power domain, or both the positive power domain and the negative power domain to a desired operating voltage at the power mesh.
US10429902B2
An electronic device includes a first body and a second body. The first body includes a connecting mechanism having a base, at least one locking member, a limiting member, and a driving member connected to the limiting member. The locking member includes at least one locking portion. The second body has a through hole. At least one of a plurality of inner sidewalls of the through hole has at least one locking hole. When the connecting mechanism is located in the through hole and the driving member is in a locked state, the locking portion is protruded from at least one opening of the base and extended into the locking hole. When the driving member is actuated to an unlocked state, the driving member drives the limiting member to move and the locking member moves relative to the base such that the locking portion is retracted into the base.
US10429898B2
An electronic device includes a housing having an opening, a connection terminal located in an opening in the housing, and a terminal cover including a first resin member having a first surface facing the connection terminal and a second surface located opposite to the first surface and a second resin member located on the second surface. At least a portion of the second resin member covers a depression located on an outer peripheral portion of the first surface of the first resin member.
US10429896B2
An opening and closing unit which satisfies required functions of an opening and closing unit and is able to more smoothly bend/unfold a terminal, link parts are slidable with rotation relative to an attaching member. Link parts are slidable with rotation relative to an attaching member. Central parts are provided between the link members and the link parts, with one end portion thereof being slidable relative to the link members with rotation, and other end portion thereof being slidable relative to the link parts with rotation. The friction generating portions are provided between an attaching part and central parts, and apply a resistance force against a rotation of the central members relative to the attaching part. The friction generating portions are provided between an attaching part and central parts, and apply a resistance force against a rotation of the central parts relative to the attaching part.
US10429891B2
A mounting device includes a cradle including a first recess and configured to be mounted in a vehicle, a pivotable hinge member coupled to the cradle, and a docking tray coupled to the pivotable hinge member. The docking tray is configured to lock in a first position within the first recess in the cradle, and lock in a second position extending outward from the first recess in the cradle. The docking tray includes a second recess shaped and dimensioned to receive an electronic computing device.
US10429884B1
An adjustable frame which attaches to the bezel of a computer monitor, which comprises a first frame part and a second frame part joined in an extensible connection such that the second frame part telescopically extends or contracts in relation to the first frame part to alter the width of the adjustable frame to match the width of any computer monitor. The adjustable frame further comprises horizontal and vertical holders positioned at the top and sides of the monitor which are adapted to retain and display thin planar objects. The adjustable frame also comprises a fold-down shelf assembly adapted to display a book, and pivots between a vertical raised position and a horizontal lowered position.
US10429882B2
A clock generator outputs a processor clock that serves as an operation reference for a processor for use in a content protection system. The clock generator includes a direct digital synthesis and a random number generator. The direct digital synthesizer includes a phase accumulator and outputs the processor clock. The phase accumulator accumulates a setup value in synchronization with a reference clock. The random number generator generates random numbers. The setup value changes based on the random numbers.
US10429873B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of intelligent wearable technologies, and provides a power supply circuit, a power supply circuit generation method, and a power supply circuit control method. The present disclosure provides a power supply circuit, including: a bandgap voltage reference Bandgap, a real-time detection and control module, and an alternate voltage source module, where the real-time detection and control module adjusts an output point voltage of the alternate voltage source module according to an output voltage of the Bandgap; and when the output point voltage of the alternate voltage source module reaches a target voltage, the real-time detection and control module closes the Bandgap and supplies power by using the alternate voltage source module. In such a power supply circuit, after adjustment of an output point voltage of an alternate voltage source module is completed, a Bandgap does not need to keep a power-supply state, and therefore power consumed by the Bandgap is reduced based on stable voltage supply.
US10429871B2
Systems and methods for managing power supplied over an electric power grid by an electric utility and/or other market participants to multiplicity of grid elements and devices for supply and/or load curtailment as supply, each of which having a Power Supply Value (PSV) associated with its energy consumption and/or reduction in consumption and/or supply, and wherein messaging is managed through a network by a Coordinator using IP messaging for communication with the grid elements and devices, with the energy management system (EMS), and with the utilities, market participants, and/or grid operators.
US10429866B2
Embodiments include techniques for automatically restarting a voltage foldback circuit, the techniques include operating a circuit, and detecting a condition of the circuit. The techniques also include performing a foldback operation based at least in part on the condition of the circuit, subsequently detecting the condition of the circuit. The techniques include initiating a timer of the circuit based at least in part on the subsequent detection of the circuit, and returning the circuit to normal operation based on the timer.
US10429861B2
An economizer controller system having a plug and play recognition approach with an automatic user interface population mechanism. A check may be made for sensors connected to the controller. The control type of the sensors may be determined. The menu structure may be repopulated based on the control type. The user interface may then be updated. This approach may be repeated as needed.
US10429860B2
An adjustable differential pressure control valve has a first housing part with one or more fluid entry openings and one or more fluid exit openings. The valve is provided with a movable throttle member configured for regulating the through flow area of the exit openings in response to a difference in pressure across the throttle member, and a spring arrangement configured for providing a spring force acting on the throttle member in a direction that increases the through flow area of the exit openings. The spring arrangement comprises at least a first and a second spring, and the spring arrangement is adjustable to operate in a low pressure mode with the spring force acting on the throttle member being provided by the first spring only, and to operate in a high pressure mode with the spring force acting on the throttle member being provided by at least both the first and second springs.
US10429848B2
An automatic driving system includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to create a traveling plan including a control target value of automatic driving control of a vehicle based on a position of the vehicle of a map, a vehicle state, and an external environment, to calculate an abnormality value, to determine, based on the abnormality value, whether the vehicle is an a normal state, an abnormal state, or an intermediate state, and to create an abnormal traveling plan as the traveling plan when it has been determined that the vehicle is in the abnormal state.
US10429844B2
Various methods can, for example, depict information for use by a pilot or other individual in an aircraft. In an exemplary embodiment, the method may include providing, in a hardware display, a graphical vertical profile displaying an aircraft to the pilot of the aircraft. This method may further include providing, in the vertical profile, an indication of the relative speed of at least one other aircraft and a graphical indication of a clearance window for vertical maneuvers for the aircraft of the pilot. Further embodiments of the present invention concern systems and software for implementing the related method embodiments of the present invention.
US10429840B2
An autonomous vehicle includes an input unit configured to receive selection input of at least one of a time mode for driving to a set destination, a fuel efficiency mode, a safety mode, or a comfort mode. The autonomous vehicle further includes a power source driver configured to control an engine comprising a supercharger or a turbocharger or both and a controller configured to control the power source driver to turn the supercharger or the turbocharger on or off according to the selected mode.
US10429837B2
A method for operating a motor vehicle parked at a first position, using a mobile terminal, including monitoring a surrounding field of the parked motor vehicle and/or a route from a present position of the mobile terminal to the parked motor vehicle, transmission of monitoring data, based on the monitoring, via a wireless communication network to a mobile terminal, after the transmission of the monitoring data, reception of a move command, sent from the mobile terminal via the wireless communication network, for moving the motor vehicle away from the first position, transferring the motor vehicle from the first position to a second position in response to the reception of the move command transmitted from the mobile terminal via the wireless communication network. A corresponding apparatus and a computer program are also described.
US10429815B2
A motor control device for controlling driving of a motor based on position commands input from a host control device includes an offset value memory including first circuitry which stores offset values corresponding to predetermined values of position commands, respectively, and a drive controller including second circuitry which acquires, from the offset value memory, one of the offset values corresponding to an input position command among the position commands, and control driving of a motor based on an offset position command obtained by adding the one of the offset values to or subtracting the one of the offset values from the input position command.
US10429808B2
A program for light commercial building system (LCBS) solutions. Solutions and other systems may incorporate lightweight alerting service, auto-adjustment of gateway poll rates based on the needs of various consuming applications, detecting loss of space comfort control in a heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) system, HVAC capacity loss alerting using relative degree days and accumulated stage run time with operational equivalency checks, and HVAC alerting for loss of heat or cool capacity using delta temperature and dependent system properties. Also, incorporated may be triggering s subset of analytics by automatically inferring HVAC equipment details from controller configuration details, ensuring reliability of analytics by retaining logical continuity of HVAC equipment operational data even when controllers and other parts of the system are replaced, and an LCBS gateway with workflow and mechanisms to associate to a contractor account.
US10429806B2
A system for controlling the temperature in at least one room is provided. The system includes a central communication unit that is communicably connected with a memory configured to store at least one temperature set point. The system includes a volatile composition dispenser having a temperature sensor, wherein the temperature sensor is communicably connectable with the central communication through a wireless communication link. The system includes an air handling device communicably connectable with the central communication unit. The central communication unit compares incoming signals of temperature measurement from the temperature sensor with the temperature set point and sends outgoing instructions to the air handling device to heat or cool a room to the temperature set point if the temperature measurement is different from the temperature set point and to turn off if the temperature measurement is equal to the temperature set point.
US10429800B2
A method includes executing a control algorithm for an industrial process using a controller objective function, where the industrial process is associated with at least one controlled variable. The method also includes executing an optimization algorithm for the industrial process using an extended version of the controller objective function. The extended version of the controller objective function includes one or more additional terms added to the controller objective function, and one or more results of the optimization algorithm are provided to the control algorithm. The method further includes, based on tracking errors associated with the at least one controlled variable, adjusting at least one adaptive weight parameter in the extended version of the controller objective function. The at least one adaptive weight parameter is associated with at least one of the one or more additional terms.
US10429798B2
For generating timer data, a processor identifies a timer command from a command signal from an input device. The processor further identifies a timer interval and timer characteristics from the timer command. In addition, the processor generates timer data comprising a timer tag from the timer characteristics and the timer interval.
US10429794B2
A rotating force transmitting part for an electrophotographic photosensitive drum for a main assembly of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein the main assembly of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a driving shaft, to be driven by a motor, having the rotating force applying portion, and wherein the electrophotographic photosensitive drum is dismountable from the main assembly of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus in a direction substantial perpendicular with an axial direction of the driving shaft, the rotating force transmitting part includes a coupling member engageable with the rotational force applying portion to receive a rotational force for rotating the electrophotographic photosensitive drum in the state in which electrophotographic photosensitive drum is mounted to the main assembly of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus, wherein the coupling member being capable of taking a rotational force transmitting angular position for transmitting the rotational force for rotating the electrophotographic photosensitive drum to the electrophotographic photosensitive drum and a disengaging angular position in which the coupling member is inclined away from the axis of the electrophotographic photosensitive drum from the rotational force transmitting angular position, wherein when the process cartridge is dismounted from the main assembly of the electrophotographic image forming apparatus in a direction substantially perpendicular to the axis of the electrophotographic photosensitive drum, the coupling member moves from the rotational force transmitting angular position to the disengaging angular position.
US10429790B2
A replaceable unit for an electrophotographic image forming device according to one example includes a housing having a toner reservoir. An electrical connector mounted on the housing is movable between a retracted position and an operative position. The electrical connector includes an electrical contact for contacting a corresponding electrical contact in the image forming device. The electrical contact is electrically connected to processing circuitry on the housing. In the retracted position, the electrical connector is tucked into a portion of the housing. In the operative position, the electrical connector is exposed to permit the electrical contact to contact the corresponding electrical contact in the image forming device. A linkage is operatively connected to the electrical connector and includes an engagement surface accessible on an exterior of the housing to receive an actuation force. Movement of the linkage moves the electrical connector between the retracted position and the operative position.
US10429777B2
A fixing apparatus includes a tubular film, an elongate heater, a roller, and a lubricant interposed between the heater and the film. A temperature detecting member detects a temperature of the heater, a controller controls electrical power supplied to the heater so that a temperature detected by the temperature detecting member reaches a target temperature, and a guide member guides the film. The guide member has a plurality of protrusions protruding toward the inner surface of the film. In a longitudinal direction of the guide member, a first region of the guide member corresponds to the temperature detecting member, and a second region of the guide member does not correspond to the temperature detecting member. In addition, a width of one protrusion located at the first region is greater than a width of some of the plurality protrusions located at the second region.
US10429766B2
A developer carrying member is disposed below a storage chamber of a frame and has a surface configured such that a plurality of dielectric portions are dispersed on a conductive portion, an upper region of the storage chamber of the frame is enlarged further in a horizontal direction than a lower region in which the developer carrying member is disposed, and the frame has a lower guide surface and includes a curved surface having a tangent plane inclined at a first angle equal to or greater than a degree of an angle of repose of the developer and less than 90 degrees, in an inner wall of the lower region, and an upper guide surface includes a curved surface having a tangent plane inclined at a second angle that is less than the first angle relative to a horizontal plane in an inner wall of the upper region.
US10429761B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion for forming an image on a sheet by using a developer including toner, a feeding belt for feeding the sheet, an infrared irradiating portion for irradiating, with infrared radiation, the image on the sheet fed by the feeding belt, and an ultraviolet irradiating portion for irradiating, with ultraviolet radiation, the image on the sheet having been irradiated with the infrared radiation to fix the developer on the sheet by ultraviolet radiation. In addition, a controller controls operations of the feeding belt and the infrared irradiating portion, and causes the infrared irradiating portion to irradiate the feeding belt with the infrared radiation while causing the feeding belt to rotate in a stand-by state in which the controller waits for an execution instruction of an image forming operation in a state in which the image forming operation is capable of being started.
US10429760B2
An image forming apparatus, including a photosensitive drum, an exposure head, a base frame, and a spring, is provided. The exposure head includes light emitters, a lens array, and a head frame, and is movable between an exposable position and a retracted position. The base frame supports the photosensitive drum and includes a reference face. The reference face is configured to define a position of the exposure head with regard to a sub-scanning direction, which is orthogonal to a direction of an optical axis of the light from the light emitters and to a direction of a rotation axis of the photosensitive drum, by being contacted by the head frame of the exposure head when the exposure head is at the exposable position. The spring is arranged in the head frame and presses the head frame toward the reference face.
US10429756B2
A toner is provided. The toner comprises a glittering pigment and a coloring pigment. The glittering pigment is disposed inside the toner. The coloring pigment comprises a yellow pigment comprising an isoindoline pigment.
US10429754B2
Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member, including: a support; a charge-generating layer on the support; a charge-transporting layer on the charge-generating layer; and a protective layer on the charge-transporting layer, wherein the protective layer contains the following components (α), (β), and (γ): (α) a polymer of a hole-transportable compound; (β) a polycarbonate resin; and (γ) a hole-transportable compound, wherein a content of the component (β) in the protective layer is 0.01 mass % or more and 4.0 mass % or less with respect to a content of the component (α) in the protective layer, wherein a content of the component (γ) in the protective layer is 0.001 mass % or more and 3.0 mass % or less with respect to the content of the component (α) in the protective layer, and wherein the charge-transporting layer contains the component (γ).
US10429753B2
An electrophotographic photoconductor comprises a support, an undercoat layer, a charge generation layer, and a hole transport layer in this order. The undercoat layer comprises an electron transport substance, and the charge generation layer comprises a gallium phthalocyanine crystal and an amide compound represented by formula (N1): where R1 represents a methyl group, a propyl group, or a vinyl group.
US10429752B2
Provided is a positively charged electrophotographic photoconductor, a manufacturing method thereof, and an electrophotographic apparatus using the same. The positively charged electrophotographic photoconductor includes an electroconductive support and a single layer-type photosensitive layer provided thereon including a charge generation material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, and a mixed binder resin. Alternately, the positively charged electrophotographic photoconductor includes an electroconductive support; a charge transport layer provided on the electroconductive support and containing at least a hole transport material, and a binder resin; and a charge generation layer provided on the charge transport layer and including at least a charge generation material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, and a mixed binder resin. In either embodiment, the mixed binder resin contains at least two resins including a polycarbonate-based resin selected to provide the mixed binder resin with a water vapor permeability ranging from 5 to 13 g/m2·day.
US10429750B2
A method for recovering alignment marks in a mark layer of a substrate, the method including providing a substrate with a mark layer covered by a resist layer; forming alignment marks in the mark layer, wherein an alignment mark is formed by: exposing the resist layer to a patterned radiation beam thereby forming an alignment pattern in the resist; forming one or more recovery marks in the mark layer, wherein a recovery mark is formed by exposing the resist layer to at least a portion of the patterned radiation beam thereby forming an alignment pattern in a mark area of the resist and subsequently exposing the mark area of the resist, each time with a shifted patterned radiation beam until a substantial part of the mark area has been exposed.
US10429749B2
A method of reducing effects of reticle heating and/or cooling in a lithographic process, the method including calibrating a linear time invariant reticle heating model using a system identification method; predicting distortions of the reticle using the reticle heating model and inputs in the lithographic process; and calculating and applying a correction in the lithographic process on the basis of the predicted distortions of the reticle.
US10429740B2
A method of recovering a defect portion of a resist pattern formed on a substrate including applying a shrinking agent composition so as to cover the resist pattern having the defect portion; forming a developing solution-insoluble region on the surface of the resist pattern; and developing the covered resist pattern, the shrinking agent composition including a polymeric compound (X) which is a homopolymer or a random copolymer.
US10429736B2
A method of producing a flexographic printing plate using a continuous liquid interphase is provided herein. This method allows for significantly reduced production times and fewer preparation steps compared to standard non-continuous techniques and results in less waste than typical methods for preparing flexographic printing plates. The printing plate provided by using continuous liquid interphase production results in a printing plate with desirable elastomeric elongation, desirable hardness, plate thickness in the range of 0.030 inches to 0.250 inches, and comprises printing dots with desirable characteristics.
US10429734B2
Embodiments encompassing a series of compositions containing photoacid generator (PAG) and a base are disclosed and claimed. The compositions are useful as permanent dielectric materials. More specifically, embodiments encompassing compositions containing a series of copolymers of a variety of norbornene-type cycloolefinic monomers and maleic anhydride in which maleic anhydride is fully or partially hydrolyzed (i.e., ring opened and fully or partially esterified), PAG and a base, which are useful in forming permanent dielectric materials having utility in a variety of electronic material applications, among various other uses, are disclosed.
US10429723B2
A rail securing mechanism comprises an outer wall portion and an inner wall portion, the outer wall portion and inner wall portion configured to retain a portion of a rail; a recess between the outer wall portion and the inner wall portion; and a rail securing assembly at least partially disposed between the outer wall portion and the inner wall portion. The rail securing assembly comprises a medial bar at least partially disposed within the recess; a tightening bolt; one or more outer wedge pieces; and one or more inner wedge pieces disposed between the one or more outer wedge pieces and the medial bar. Rotating the tightening bolt causes at least one of the one or more outer wedge pieces or inner wedge pieces to protrude from the recess into a space between the outer wall portion and the inner wall portion.
US10429716B2
A laser beam steering device for two-dimensionally steering a laser beam may include a refractive index converting layer whose charge concentration is configured to change based on an electric signal applied thereto; an antenna disposed above the refractive converting layer; a laser beam reflecting layer disposed below the refractive index converting layer and including a plurality of cells arranged in a two-dimensional matrix; and a driver disposed below the laser beam reflecting layer and including a plurality of driving circuits respectively connected to the plurality of cells, the plurality of driving circuits being configured to respectively apply electric signals to the plurality of cells.
US10429713B2
An electro-optic (EO) display includes one or more adjustable-intensity color filters; a transparent backlight; and a transflective layer positioned between the adjustable-intensity color filter(s) and the transparent backlight, wherein the transflective layer reflects light off of one surface of the transflective layer and allows light through another surface of the transflective layer.
US10429705B2
A liquid crystal panel includes: first and second substrates arranged to be opposite each other at a predetermined gap; a liquid crystal layer filled between the first and second substrates; alignment films; a counter electrode pattern formed on the first substrate; and a pixel electrode pattern formed on the first substrate so as to have a plurality of electrode branches, the pixel electrode pattern having a partial connection branch formed around a contact so as to transversely connect a plurality of electrode branches extending from the contact from among the plurality of electrode branches.
US10429701B2
This application provides a display panel and an LCD panel and an LCD apparatus using the same. The display panel comprises a first substrate; a plurality of pixel units, formed on the first substrate; a protective layer, formed on the first substrate, and a transparent electrode layer formed on the protective layer, wherein the protective layer has different thicknesses in each of the pixel units so that a plurality of transparent regions are formed in each of the pixel units.
US10429696B2
A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first substrate including a plurality of unit regions positioned at a display area in a plan view; a liquid crystal layer opposing the first substrate; a unit electrode portion positioned on a first surface of the first substrate at one unit region; a lower dam positioned at a peripheral area positioned around the display area in the plan view; and a protrusion positioned corresponding to the unit region in the plan view. The lower dam and protrusion are positioned between the first substrate and the liquid crystal layer and protruded toward the liquid crystal layer. The protrusion enclosing a portion around the unit region with respect to a center of the unit region in the plan view. The lower dam and the protrusion are positioned at a same layer and include the same material.
US10429689B2
A liquid crystal display device includes a color filter including a filter portion and a black mask which is arranged around the filter portion and shields light, a liquid crystal panel including a liquid crystal portion including a display region corresponding to the filter portion, and a protection cover which is arranged on a display side of the liquid crystal panel and is made of a translucent material. The protection cover includes an intermediate layer having a pattern in which a partial light shielding region and a partial light transmitting region are mixed corresponding to a part of the black mask arranged outside the filter portion, and a light shielding layer arranged outside the intermediate layer and having the same material and color as the partial light shielding region.
US10429668B2
A screwless eyeglasses frame includes a lens, a rim and two temples. The screwless eyeglasses frame further includes two first connecting portions respectively disposed at two ends of the rim, and two second connecting portions individually disposed at one end of each of the temples. Each of the first connecting portions includes a first body, an accommodating slot, a pivotal rotation channel, a sliding channel, and a positioning groove. Each of the second connecting portions includes a second body, a protruding block, a pivotal rotation axis and a sliding block. The pivotal rotation axis is able to sequentially enter the sliding channel, the pivotal rotation channel and the positioning groove. When the pivotal rotation axis is abutted against a lower end of the positioning groove, the second connecting portion is able to pivotally rotate correspondingly to the first connecting portion.
US10429658B2
An illumination system includes a first light source providing a first color beam, a first beam-splitting element which disposes on a transmission path of the first color beam and separates the first color beam into a first sub-beam and a second sub-beam, an optical wavelength conversion element which receives the first sub-beam and converts the first sub-beam into a second color beam and reflects the second color beam back to the first beam-splitting element, a second light source providing a third color beam, and a second beam-splitting element which is located between the second light source and the first beam-splitting element to reflect the second sub-beam. The third color beam passes through the second beam-splitting element and is transmitted to the first beam-splitting element. The second sub-beam, the second color beam and the third color beam are combined into an illumination beam.
US10429653B2
A method including receiving augmentation allocation property data that includes data that correlates a virtual information region with at least one surface property, receiving information indicative of at least one physical object that is in a physical environment proximate to the head mounted display, determining that the physical object has a surface that conforms with the surface property, determining environmental augmentation allocation data that includes data that correlates the virtual information region with the surface of the physical object such that the environmental augmentation allocation data designates the surface of the physical object for display of a representation of information allocated to the virtual information region, determining that at least part of the surface of the physical object is at least partially within a field of view of the head mounted display, and causing display of at least part of information that is allocated to the virtual information region.
US10429647B2
A virtual scene presented on a display of a virtual reality headset can be adjusted using a varifocal element by changing the shape of one or more optical elements of a pancake lens block, by varying the distance between the two optical elements, or both, based on where in a virtual scene a user is looking. The headset tracks a user's eyes to determine a vergence depth from gaze lines in order to accommodate the user's eye for the determined vergence depth. Accordingly, the shape of one or more optical elements is adjusted, the distance between the two optical elements, or both, is changed to focus light from the display of the virtual reality headset at the vergence depth to keep the user's eye in a zone of comfort as vergence and accommodation change.
US10429646B2
A prescriptive see-through eyepiece includes a meniscus lens body and an optical combiner. The meniscus lens body has an external scene side with a convex curvature and an eye-ward side with a concave curvature. The optical combiner is disposed within the meniscus lens body to combine image light incident through the eye-ward side with external scene light incident through the external scene side into a combined image. The optical combiner is partially reflective and imparts substantially no lensing power to the external scene light passing through. The optical combiner along with the concave curvature of the eye-ward side are configured to impart prescriptive lensing to the image light while the convex curvature of the external scene side and the concave curvature of the eye-ward side are configured to impart the prescriptive lensing to the external scene light.
US10429633B2
An imaging module of the invention includes: a connector including: a first implanted conductor; a second implanted conductor longer than the first implanted conductor; a first groove that includes a second mounting terminal constituting part of the first implanted conductor; a second groove that includes a third mounting terminal constituting part of the second implanted conductor; and a third groove that is located between the first groove and the second groove; and a coaxial cable including: an internal conductor that is provided in the first groove and is electrically connected to the second mounting terminal; a sheath conductor that is provided in the second groove and is electrically connected to the third mounting terminal; and a coated portion that is provided in the third groove.
US10429625B2
A spherical camera includes two oppositely-oriented lenses rigidly secured by a unibody dual-lens mount. The unibody dual-lens mount includes two lens barrel that are laterally offset from each other. Each lens barrel secures a lens and has a top, a midsection and a bottom along its axial length, where the midsection is located between the top and the bottom. A first base portion extends radially outward from the bottom of a first lens barrel to join the midsection of a second lens barrel. A second base portion extends radially outward from a bottom of the second lens barrel to join a midsection of the first lens barrel. The base portions may be approximately perpendicular to central axes of the lens barrels. Additionally, the first lens barrel can be approximately parallel to the second lens barrel, and the first base portion can be approximately parallel to the second base portion.
US10429616B2
An imaging lens having from an object to image side, a first lens having positive refractive power and a convex surface facing the object side, a second lens having a meniscus shape with negative refractive power and a concave surface facing the image side, a third lens having positive refractive power and a convex surface facing the object side, a fourth lens having a meniscus shape with positive refractive power and a convex surface facing the image side, and a fifth lens having negative refractive power and a concave surface facing the image side as a double-sided aspheric lens. A pole point at an off-axial point is provided on the image-side surface, and a below conditional expression (1) is satisfied: (1) 40<|r6/f|<90 where f: the focal length of the overall optical system of the imaging lens, and r6: curvature radius of the image-side surface of the third lens.
US10429612B2
The invention discloses a three-piece optical lens for capturing image and a three-piece optical module for capturing image. In order from an object side to an image side, the optical lens along the optical axis comprises a first lens with positive refractive power; a second lens with refractive power; and a third lens with refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the three lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.
US10429605B2
The lens tube includes a cylindrical barrel, a holder, a cap, and a stress applying portion. The barrel houses at least one first lens. The holder houses an imaging element and is fixed to a substrate. The holder is configured to allow one end of the barrel in an axial direction to be screwed into the holder such that an optical axis of the first lens and an optical axis of the imaging element are aligned with each other. The cap is mountable to the barrel by allowing the other end of the barrel in the axial direction to be screwed into the cap. The stress applying portion is located between the holder and the cap when the barrel is screwed into the holder and the cap, and applies a stress in a direction in which the cap is separated from the holder. The first lens is held and fixed between a first stopper formed on the cap and a second stopper formed in the barrel when the cap is mounted to the barrel.
US10429602B2
Certain embodiments of a fiber distribution hub include a swing frame pivotally mounted within an enclosure having a low profile. For example, the enclosure can have a depth of less than about nine inches. Termination modules can be mounted to the swing frame and oriented to slide at least partially in a front-to-rear direction to facilitate access to connectors plugged into the termination modules. Splitter modules and connector storage regions can be provided within the enclosure.
US10429592B2
A receptacle connector comprises a receptacle ferrule, and a receptacle housing including a cavity housing the receptacle ferrule and a cavity housing a plug connector. The receptacle ferrule includes an optical coupling surface (front surface). An opening area of the cavity on a cross section vertical to an inserting direction of the plug connector to the receptacle housing is smaller than an opening area of the cavity on the cross section vertical to the inserting direction. In a second state after being optically coupled, the optical coupling surface (front surface) is positioned inside the cavity.
US10429591B2
Integrated optical component combine the functions of a Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA), a tap coupler, and a photo-detector, reducing the size, cost, and complexity of these functions. In other embodiments, the integrated optical component combines the functions of an optical switch, a tap coupler, and a photo-detector. A rotatable mirror is used to adjust the coupling of light from an input port or ports to one or more output ports. A pin hole with a surrounding reflective surface is used at the core end face of one or more output fibers, such that a portion of the output optical signal is reflected to a photodiode chip. The photo-detector provides an indication of the optical power that is being coupled to the output fiber. With appropriate electronic control circuitry, the integrated optical component can be used to set the output optical power at a desired or required level.
US10429590B1
A rotating or tilting MEMS structure, such as a tilt mirror for an optical device, includes a damping mechanism, provided by locating an inlay block structure underneath the MEMS rotating surface. Damping is created by the temporary squeezing or compression of the air, atmosphere, or gas(es) surrounding the MEMS structure, between the underside of the MEMS tilting surface and the top surface of the block. Movement of the MEMS surface away from the top surface of the block will also be damped by the temporary reduction in pressure. The block structure is fabricated separately from the MEMS tilt-mirror structure and located under the MEMS tilt-mirror structure, either before or during the die-attach or die-bonding process. The damping effect serves to minimize and limit the amplitude and duration of oscillatory motion of the MEMS tilt-mirror, following intentional movement of the mirror, or, in response to external shock and vibrational forces.
US10429585B2
Optical fibers are described that include integrated Photovoltaic (PV) cells. One embodiment comprises a method of integrating a photon converter into an optical fiber. The method comprises acquiring an optical fiber having a core that is configured to convey light. The method further comprises cleaving the optical fiber to form a first length and a second length, and fabricating a photon converter onto an end of the first length of optical fiber, where the photon converter includes a void that allows the light through the core to traverse across the splice. The method further comprises splicing the end of the first length of the optical fiber to an end of the second length of the optical fiber.
US10429581B1
Structures for a polarization splitter and methods of forming a polarization splitter. A multi-mode interference region includes a first waveguide and a second waveguide arranged in a stack over the first waveguide. First and second input ports are connected with the multi-mode interference region. First and second output ports are connected with the multi-mode interference region.
US10429579B2
An optical fiber having a core comprising silica and greater than 1.5 wt % chlorine and less than 0.5 wt % F, said core having a refractive index Δ1MAX, and a inner cladding region having refractive index Δ2MIN surrounding the core, where Δ1MAX>Δ2MIN.
US10429569B2
A display device is disclosed, which includes a display panel and a backlight module. The backlight module is disposed corresponding to the display panel, and includes a light guide plate, at least one light emitting unit, a reflector and a first pattern. The light guide plate has a central region and an outer region, and the outer region is disposed around the central region. The at least one light emitting unit is disposed adjacent to the light guide plate. At least a part of the reflector is disposed corresponding to a bottom surface of the light guide plate. The first pattern is disposed corresponding to the outer region, and the reflector and the light guide plate are adhered via the first pattern.
US10429558B2
Polymeric multilayer optical films are described. More particularly, polymeric multilayer optical films having a first optical packet and a second optical packet are described. The second optical packet is disposed on the first optical packet. How the configuration of the layers of the optical packets affect hemispheric reflectivity of the overall film is also described. The polymeric multilayer optical film reflects more than 95% of light from 400 nm to 700 nm at normal incidence.
US10429553B2
An optical assembly includes a transparent substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface. The transparent substrate includes one or more damage layers disposed between a first non-damage layer and a second non-damage layer. Elongated laser-induced damage tracks are disposed within the damaged layer(s) to form at least one area pattern so that light directed toward the transparent substrate at an angle that exceeds a predetermined viewing angle (θ) is scattered by the plurality of laser-induced damage tracks. Alternatively, if light is directed toward the transparent substrate at an angle that is less than the predetermined viewing angle (θ), it is transmitted by the transparent substrate.
US10429549B2
An optical element including a reflective coating is disclosed. In an embodiment the reflective coating includes an adhesion-promoting layer, an at least partially reflective silver layer disposed on the adhesion-promoting layer and a protective layer system disposed on the silver layer, wherein the protective layer system includes a plurality of dielectric layers, wherein the dielectric layers include at least one first layer and at least one second layer, wherein the first layer and the second layer have a different resistance to at least two different contamination substances, wherein the dielectric layers have a thickness of not more than 30 nm, and wherein a number of the dielectric layers amounts to at least five.
US10429547B2
The present invention is directed to systems and methods for managing and regulating construction sites, particularly in light of inclement weather or hazardous conditions. In many jurisdictions, extreme weather conditions, including excessive precipitation, render a construction site closed, or unworkable, thereby wasting time and resources. This invention provides a system and processes to monitor, detect and measure precipitation on a construction site, and even several sub-sites on the construction site, from a remote location. The system and processes of the present invention also provide features to further investigate precipitation levels in a more efficient manner than conventionally available and to communicate the construction site conditions, e.g., precipitation levels, and whether the site has met the required regulatory thresholds for inspection. Moreover, the present invention may be used to determine the magnitude of rain events, and potential liabilities associated therewith.
US10429543B2
There is provided a substrate detection apparatus of detecting whether or not a substrate is normally supported by a support part at a predetermined position, in a transfer device including the support part configured to support a plurality of disc-like substrates in multi-stage processing at vertical intervals. The substrate detection apparatus includes: a plurality of optical sensors, each of the plurality of optical sensors including a light transmitting part configured to irradiate a light and a light receiving part configured to receive the light from the light transmitting part, wherein at least one pair of the plurality of optical sensors are disposed such that the light from the light transmitting part is sequentially blocked at each of the plurality of disc-like substrates, during the plurality of disc-like substrates is collectively transferred while being normally supported by the support part at the predetermined positions.
US10429534B2
A tool, method and system for ranging between two wellbores. The target wellbore includes a conductive member disposed within a portion of the target wellbore. An investigative wellbore includes an electromagnetic gradiometer positioned within the wellbore, as well as emitter electrode and return electrode spaced apart along an investigative wellbore, preferably in the process of being drilled. The position of the emitter electrode and the return electrode are selected to optimize current transmission to the target wellbore in order to enhance the electromagnetic field emanating from the conductive member at a desired point along the conductive member. Where the electrodes and gradiometer are carried by a drill string, gap subs are positioned along the drill string to minimize conduction of current along the drill string therebetween. In some embodiments, the gradiometer is positioned between the emitter and return electrodes.
US10429532B2
A technique facilitates estimating elastic properties of formations by exciting a wavefield and acquiring the signal with and without azimuthal decompositions. For example, the elastic properties may be estimated by exciting a multipole wavefield and acquiring the signal with and without the azimuthal decomposition. The technique is effective for estimating elastic properties of azimuthally homogeneous and heterogeneous formations including isotropic and anisotropic formations.
US10429531B2
A method and product for reducing or eliminating noise in waveforms for the purpose of improving the subsequent acoustic log processing products. The present disclosure identifies the noise signature and removes the noise signature from the formation signal through a process of deconvolution. This product and method is particularly effective where the noise signal overlaps in the time domain and in the frequency domain with the formation signal.
US10429525B2
A method for correcting PET data includes acquiring first PET data at a time interval. The method also includes acquiring a first normalization coefficient corresponding to the first PET data. The method also includes determining a scale factor based at least partially on the first normalization coefficient. The method also includes determining second PET data based on the first PET data, the scale factor, and the second normalization coefficient. The method also includes determining a first dead time correction coefficient corresponding to the second PET data. The method also includes determining third PET data based on the second PET data and the first dead time correction coefficient. The method further includes reconstructing a first image based on the third PET data.
US10429518B2
An image generating apparatus for image generation and dose calculation is provided. The image generating apparatus includes a movable detector for detecting nuclear radiation during a detection period and an evaluation system. The evaluation system includes an interface system for transmitting detector data to the evaluation system. The detector data include information about the detected radiation for image generation. The evaluation system further includes a data memory portion for storing the detector data. The evaluation system further includes a program memory portion with a program for repeatedly determining at least one quality value with respect to image generation during the detection period. The image generating apparatus includes an output system including at least one output unit. The at least one output unit includes one output unit for outputting an instruction to a user for further moving the detector in dependence of the detector data. The instruction relates to at least a part of the remaining detection period.
US10429516B2
A positioning control apparatus is provided, which includes: an acquisition unit that acquires predictive ephemeris data from outside of the positioning control apparatus; a setup unit that sets up, based on a predetermined condition different from an expiration date that has been set up in the predictive ephemeris data, a switching condition as to whether the predictive ephemeris data acquired by way of the acquisition unit should be used for positioning calculation to calculate location information that indicates a current location of the positioning control apparatus; and a control unit that switches, based on the switching condition that has been set up by way of the setup unit, whether the predictive ephemeris data should be used for the positioning calculation.
US10429515B2
A GNSS receiver to track low power GNSS satellite signals. The GNSS receiver includes a frequency locked loop (FLL) that measures a current doppler frequency of the satellite signal. A delay locked loop (DLL) measures a current code phase delay of the satellite signal. A current operating point corresponds to the current doppler frequency and the current code phase delay of the satellite signal. A grid monitor receives the satellite signal and the current operating point, and measures a satellite signal strength at a plurality of predefined offset points from the current operating point. The FLL and the DLL are centered at the current operating point. A peak detector is coupled to the grid monitor and processes the satellite signal strengths at the plurality of predefined offset points and re-centers the FLL and the DLL to a predefined offset point with the satellite signal strength above a predefined threshold.
US10429514B2
Disclosed herein are example embodiments for unoccupied flying vehicle (UFV) location assurance. For certain example embodiments, at least one machine, such as a UFV, may: (i) obtain one or more satellite positioning system (SPS) coordinates corresponding to at least an apparent location of at least one UFV; or (ii) perform at least one analysis that uses at least one or more SPS coordinates and at least one assurance token. However, claimed subject matter is not limited to any particular described embodiments, implementations, examples, or so forth.
US10429513B2
A method of detecting an unknown signal and estimating a source location of the unknown signal using aircraft based on an automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) system is provided. The method includes a first step (S100) for obtaining from a plurality of airborne aircrafts provided with a network system, aircraft signals transmitted to an air traffic control (ATC) and a second step (S200) for detecting, by the ATC, a presence of an unknown signal in the aircraft signals based on one of a time difference of arrival (TDOA) method, a time of arrival (TOA) method, and an angle of arrival (AOA) method. The method further includes a third step (S300) for estimating the source location of the unknown signal and a fourth step (S400) for transmitting unknown signal generation information associated with the unknown signal and the source location of the unknown signal to neighboring aircraft and the ATC.
US10429508B2
A distance measuring device includes a first measurer, a second distance measurer, and circuitry. The first distance measurer measures a distance to a target object; and outputs first distance information indicating a measured distance when the distance measurement is performed under a condition that satisfies a distance measurement condition, but outputs the first distance information indicating a predetermined value when the distance measurement is performed under a condition that does not satisfy the distance measurement condition. The second distance measurer measures a distance to the target object and outputs second distance information indicating the measured distance. When the first distance information indicates the predetermined value and the second distance information satisfies a predetermined condition, the circuitry makes alteration such that the distance measurement condition is relaxed. When the distance measurement condition is altered, the first distance measurer measures a distance to the target object again.
US10429505B2
A survey system and method to improve one or more of survey quality, efficiency, and utility for example by utilizing a vessel mounted MBES and a selected survey plan to check sound speed(s) via eliciting echoes from reflectors in colocated groups of reflectors using multi-perspective ensonification.
US10429502B2
The target detecting device comprises a radar sensor, an imaging sensor, and an ECU. The target detected by the radar sensor is selected under certain conditions, for example, i) a reception intensity of the reflected radar waves is equal to or more than a predetermined value, or ii) the target is moving, to be outputted externally. When a stopped vehicle is detected on a road by the sensor, and a target, for example a pedestrian, present behind the stopped vehicle is detected from the image acquired by the imaging sensor by performing image recognition using predetermined patterns of a target, the ECU makes the selection condition less restrictive than the selection condition for targets other than the target present behind the stopped vehicle, or unconditionally selects the target present behind the stopped vehicle.
US10429492B2
The misalignment quantity calculating apparatus determines whether a first object detected by a beam sensor is identical to a second object detected by an image sensor. Upon determining that the first object is identical to the second object, the misalignment quantity calculating apparatus calculates, as a misalignment quantity of the beam sensor, an angle between a first line segment and a second line segment; the first line segment connects a predetermined reference point of the misalignment quantity calculating apparatus and a first feature point of the first object, and the second line segment connects the predetermined reference point and a second feature point of the second object.
US10429486B1
Methods and systems including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for training and deploying machine-learned communication over radio frequency (RF) channels. One of the methods includes: determining first information; generating a first RF signal by processing using an encoder machine-learning network; determining a second RF signal that represents the first RF signal altered by transmission through a communication channel; determining a first property of the first signal or the second RF signal; calculating a first measure of distance between a target value of the first property and an actual value of the first or second RF signal; generating second information as a reconstruction of the first information using a decoder machine-learning network; calculating a second measure of distance between the first information and the second information; and updating at least one of the encoder machine-learning network or the decoder machine-learning network based on the first and second measures.
US10429477B2
A system and method for calculating a flip angle schedule is provided. The technique includes selecting an initial condition, providing a function for calculating flip angles, calculating flip angles, assessing the flip angles, and repeating the calculation of the flip angles by adjusting the function until a desired flip angle schedule is obtained.
US10429475B2
A method for maximizing the signal-to-noise ratio (“SNR”) in a combined image produced using a parallel magnetic resonance imaging (“MRI”) technique is provided. The image combination used in such techniques require an accurate estimate of the noise covariance. Typically, the thermal noise covariance matrix is used as this estimate; however, in several applications, including accelerated parallel imaging and functional MRI, the noise covariance across the coil channels differs substantially from the thermal noise covariance. By combining the individual channels with more accurate estimates of the channel noise covariance, SNR in the combined data is significantly increased. This improved combination employs a regularization of noise covariance on a per-voxel basis.
US10429457B2
In a method for operating a medical imaging apparatus in which an examination object is situated, information is detected indicating that at least one image of the examination object is to be created by the medical device. Next, a selection of an examination sequence is made from multiple stored, predefined examination sequences, and subsequently a detection occurs as to the step in the selected examination sequence at which the medical device is currently operating. Thereafter, a specification of the next step to be undertaken from the selected examination sequence is presented to a person operating the medical imaging apparatus.
US10429448B2
Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise methods and apparatus to measure a route resistance of a battery. The method and apparatus may comprise utilizing various parameters, such as known resistance characteristics, voltage, and current to calculate the route resistance of the battery. In various embodiments, the route resistance may be used to provide a more accurate estimate of the relative state of charge (RSOC).
US10429443B2
A scan flip-flop includes an input unit and a flip-flop. The input unit is configured to select one signal from among a data input signal and a scan input signal to supply the selected one signal as an internal signal according to an operation mode. The flip-flop is configured to latch the internal signal according to a clock signal. The flip-flop includes a cross coupled structure that includes first and second tri-state inverters which share a first output node and face each other.
US10429436B2
The disclosure relates to a device for measuring an electrical characteristic of a substrate comprising a support made of a dielectric material having a bearing surface, the support comprising an electrical test structure having a contact surface flush with the bearing surface of the support, the bearing surface of the support and the contact surface of the electrical test structure being suitable for coming into close contact with a substrate. The measurement device also comprises at least one connection bump contact formed on another surface of the support and electrically linked to the electrical test structure. This disclosure also relates to a system for characterizing a substrate and a method for measuring a characteristic of a substrate employing the measurement device.
US10429428B2
A method of detecting a ground fault in a faulty electronic control unit. A ground fault detection technique executed by a processor is enabled. The processor determines a message count for each respective electronic control unit transmitted during a ground offset condition over a predetermined time period. The message count includes messages communicated within a communication bus having a measured voltage at least a predetermined voltage value above an expected voltage value. The message counts for each respective electronic control unit are normalized. The faulty electronic control unit is identified as a function of the normalized message counts. A fault signal is output to identify the fault electronic control unit.
US10429424B2
A distance H from a standard point O to one surface of a bottom plate of a terminal holding section 31 is set so that with respect to a direct wave that is output from one of a measurement antenna 25 and a wireless terminal that is a measurement target and is directly input to the other one thereof, a reflectivity of a reflection wave that is output from the one thereof, is reflected on one surface 32a of the bottom plate of the terminal holding section 31, and is input to the other one thereof is equal to or smaller than an incidence angle (for example, 80° or 70°) for assigning a predetermined allowable limit in view of a characteristic of incidence angle-to-reflectivity determined by a specific dielectric constant of the terminal holding section 31, to thereby reduce an influence of the reflection wave on measurement.
US10429421B2
A method of operating a hearing aid system, comprising a hearing aid (200), adapted for detection of congestion of a sound output of the hearing aid. The invention also relates to hearing aid systems capable of carrying out such a method.
US10429411B2
A near-field scanning probe includes: a measurement probe that relatively scans a test sample; an excitation light irradiation system; a near-field light generation system that generates near-field light in a region including the measurement probe in response to irradiation with excitation light from the excitation light irradiation system; and a scattered light detection system that detects Rayleigh scattering and Ramen scattered light of the near-field light from the sample, generated between the measurement probe and the sample, and the near-field scanning probe is characterized in that the near-field light generation system includes a cantilever with a chip coated with a noble metal, and a tip of the chip is provided with a thin wire group including a plurality of carbon nanowires with a noble metal provided at ends thereof.
US10429409B2
Systems and methods are provided for calibrating and regulating the temperature of a sensor. One or more temperature adjusting devices can be provided to regulate the temperature of the sensor. One or more of the temperature adjusting devices can be provided to perform a calibration to determine a relationship between sensor bias and sensor temperature. The one or more temperature adjusting devices can be built into the sensor.
US10429405B2
Systems and methods for improving common mode cancelation in a vibrating beam accelerometer (VBA) by using multiple resonant modes. The VBA includes two double-ended tuning forks (DETF). Additional oscillators drive the DETFs into the extra resonant modes. This increases common mode rejection from two modes to four modes. In addition the scale factor of the additional mode may provide a greater scale factor than prior designs.
US10429404B2
An electronic device is installed in a machine where there is a possibility in occurrence of vibration or impact. The electronic device includes an acceleration detecting unit detecting acceleration in a predetermined time interval, and an impact determining unit. In a case where it is determined that an acceleration value exceeds a predetermined first threshold value, a second threshold value is calculated based on a maximum value among acceleration values of plural accelerations for a predetermined time interval after the determination. In a case where the number of accelerations where acceleration values exceeds the second threshold value among the plural accelerations is a predetermined number or less, the impact as a single-type impact is determined. In a case where the number exceeds the predetermined number, the impact as a multiple-type impact is determined. Also included is an output unit outputting a signal in a case where the impact is determined as the multiple-type impact.
US10429401B2
Container identification data from a container inspection unit that analyzes a container containing a liquid is combined with liquid level detection raw data from a liquid level detection unit that analyzes the container containing the liquid and a liquid level detection result is generated. The liquid level detection result is cross-checked with additional data from the container inspection unit. The result can be used to plan a route for the container in the laboratory automation system.
US10429398B2
The invention relates to the detection of vitamin D metabolites. In a particular aspect, the invention relates to methods for detecting derivatized vitamin D metabolites by mass spectrometry.
US10429396B2
Methods are provided for detecting the amount of one or more CAH panel analytes (i.e., pregnenolone, 17-OH pregnenolone, progesterone, 17-OH progesterone, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), androstenedione, testosterone, deoxycorticosterone, 11-deoxycortisol, and cortisol) in a sample by mass spectrometry. The methods generally involve ionizing one or more CAH panel analytes in a sample and quantifying the generated ions to determine the amount of one or more CAH panel analytes in the sample. In methods where amounts of multiple CAH panel analytes are detected, the amounts of multiple analytes are detected in the same sample injection.
US10429394B2
A monoclonal antibody to KIR2DS1 or a fragment containing an antigen-binding region thereof has VL having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or an amino acid sequence having the same amino acid sequence as the amino acid sequence except that one or several amino acids are conservatively substituted as CDR1, having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence having the same amino acid sequence as the amino acid sequence except that one or several amino acids are conservatively substituted as CDR2, and having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3 or an amino acid sequence having the same amino acid sequence as the amino acid sequence except that one or several amino acids are conservatively substituted as CDR3; and VH having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4 or SEQ ID NO: 5 or an amino acid sequence having the same amino acid sequence as the amino acid sequence except that one or several amino acids are conservatively substituted as CDR1, having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 6 or an amino acid sequence having the same amino acid sequence as the amino acid sequence except that one or several amino acids are conservatively substituted as CDR2, and having an amino acid sequence of any one selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 7, SEQ ID NO: 8, and SEQ ID NO: 9 or an amino acid sequence having the same amino acid sequence as the amino acid sequence except that one or several amino acids are conservatively substituted as CDR3.
US10429391B2
The invention relates to a method for identifying specific marker proteins (biomarkers) for cholangiocellular carcinoma (CCC), the biomarkers for CCC identified by the method and the use thereof, in particular for diagnosis, surveillance and treatment. The invention further relates to a diagnostic device comprising the biomarkers for CCC and a screening assay wherein these biomarkers for CCC are used to identify novel pharmaceutical compounds for treatment of CCC.
US10429389B2
Methods of identifying altered leukocyte profiles are disclosed. In one embodiment, counts or relative percentages of leukocyte cell types are received and constitute input data points. Combinations of input data points are generated. Pairs of input data points and combinations are generated. Secondary data values are generated from the pairs. Three-dimensional plots are then constructed and selected as useful for identifying an altered leukocyte profile through pattern recognition of perpendicular data inflection, data bifurcation, non-overlapping data clusters, or combinations thereof. Such a strategy results in partially or totally non-overlapping data subsets, which are then interpreted.
US10429385B2
A method for treating sepsis and/or respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) comprises applying peripheral blood from a patient or subject to an apheresis column loaded with a solid support comprising one or more binding reagents capable of specifically binding to a chemokine receptor, optionally the chemokine receptor CCR5, CXCR1, CXCR2, and/or CCR2 immobilized directly or indirectly on the support thus removing one or more chemokine receptor, optionally CCR5, CXCR1, CXCR2, and/or CCR2 expressing cells from the peripheral blood of the patient or subject. Various companion therapeutic methods and useful binding reagents are also described.
US10429381B2
This invention concerns Chemically-sensitive Field Effect Transistors (ChemFETs) that are preferably fabricated using semiconductor fabrication methods on a semiconductor wafer, and in preferred embodiments, on top of an integrated circuit structure made using semiconductor fabrication methods. The instant ChemFETs typically comprise a conductive source, a conductive drain, and a channel composed of a one-dimensional (1D) or two-dimensional (2D) transistor nanomaterial, which channel extends from the source to the drain and is fabricated using semiconductor fabrication techniques on top of a wafer. The ChemFET also includes a gate, often the gate voltage is provided through a fluid or solution proximate the ChemFET. Such ChemFETs, preferably configured in independently addressable arrays, may be employed to detect a presence and/or concentration changes of various analyte types in chemical and/or biological samples, including nucleic acid hybridization and/or sequencing reactions.
US10429380B2
The present invention relates to measures for determining glucose and for diagnosing diseases based on impaired glucose metabolism. In particular the present invention relates to a device comprising a hydrogel having a glucose-binding protein and a ligand of the glucose-binding protein incorporated therein, wherein the hydrogel comprises a first hydrogel matrix made of alginate and a second hydrogel matrix which forms an interpenetrating network within the first hydrogel matrix. The invention further relates to the use of such a device for determining the glucose content in a sample and to the use of the device for diagnosing impaired glucose metabolism in a test subject.
US10429379B2
Disclosed herein are methods of diagnosing Rheumatoid arthritis in a subject comprising determining whether the subject is immunologically reactive with N-acetylglucosamine-6-sulfatase and/or filamin-A, wherein immunological reactivity of the subject to one or more of N-acetylglucosamine-6-sulfatase or filamin-A, as compared to an appropriate control, indicates the subject has rheumatoid arthritis. Examples of specific assays and kits for use with the methods are also disclosed.
US10429377B1
A coagulation test device for measuring clotting time and clot characteristics of a whole blood sample under different hemostatic conditions. Results of the test are used as an aid in management of patients with coagulopathy of unknown etiology in order to help the physician determine appropriate clinical action to arrest bleeding in a patient.
US10429373B2
A method is for diagnosing a rolling device comprising an outer member, an inner member, and a rolling element. The method includes applying an alternating voltage to an electric circuit configured by the outer member, the rolling element and the inner member, measuring an impedance and a phase of the electric circuit when the alternating voltage is applied to the electric circuit, and calculating a lubrication film thickness and a metallic contact ratio between the outer member and the rolling element and/or between the inner member and the rolling element, based on a measured impedance and a measured phase.
US10429370B2
Various embodiments of the disclosure include a system having: a computing device configured to monitor a sealing oil from a dynamoelectric machine by performing actions including: establish a baseline flow rate for the sealing oil through the dynamoelectric machine for designed operating conditions; calculate a plurality of average flow rates for the sealing oil through the dynamoelectric machine from a set of measured flow rates in each of a plurality of successive designated periods; provide an alert suggesting action in response to at least one of the average flow rates deviating from a threshold flow rate, the threshold flow rate derived from the baseline flow rate to indicate a fault in the sealing oil; and calculate an expected sealing life for the sealing oil based upon a pattern in the plurality of average flow rates for the plurality of successive designated periods.
US10429369B2
Provided are multi-parameter sonde systems having a unique integrated user interface for ease of set-up and control, service and maintenance, even in the field and without accessory controllers. The necessary components, such as central processing unit, display and accelerometer are positioned in a water-tight housing, with the display configured for convenient observability and readability. A plurality of sensors provide electronic signals to the CPU, such as by a measurement subsystem. Upon a controlled change in orientation or a force application to the sonde, the display via the accelerometer provides a desired output display configuration.
US10429363B2
In order to achieve high sensitivity without an increase in device complexity or cost, a far-ultraviolet absorbance detection device for liquid chromatography is provided with: an optical system including a light source that emits light including far-ultraviolet light, a diffraction grating for dispersing the light emitted from the light source, a flow cell through which a liquid is passed, a slit for selecting a predetermined wavelength of +1 order light diffracted by the diffraction grating and causing the light to enter the flow cell, a first photodetector for detecting the light transmitted by the flow cell, and a second photodetector for detecting light other than the +1 order light diffracted by the diffraction grating; a mechanism for evacuating or substituting the optical system with nitrogen gas; and a computation unit that calculates absorbance from an output signal from the first photodetector and an output signal from the second photodetector. The second photodetector is fixedly disposed.
US10429360B2
To reduce damage to a column caused during column switching when performing successive analyses while switching columns, provided is liquid chromatograph control system 70 for analyzing a sample according to a schedule table where analysis conditions and execution order of a plurality of analyses are described. Control system 70 includes: schedule reader 66 for reading out two consecutively executed analysis conditions; column comparator 67 for comparing columns used in the two analysis conditions; insertion method file creator for creating an insertion method file so that the flow rate of a mobile phase sent to the column used in later one of the two analyses is increased in stages toward a flow rate determined for the later analysis, where the columns are different between the two analysis conditions; and a schedule table creator 63 for inserting the insertion method file into immediately before the later analysis in the schedule table.
US10429358B2
An object is to provide a delamination inspection method and a delamination inspection apparatus capable of easily and distinctly detecting an inter-layer delamination of a laminated body even when an obstacle such as a reinforcing plate is present on a part to be inspected, and capable of inspecting a wide inspection area in a short time. The apparatus includes: a transmission probe 2a that causes an ultrasonic wave to enter a laminated body 10 at a predetermined refraction angle θ; a reception probe 2b that receives a propagation wave having propagated while having been repeatedly reflected by interfaces of a plurality of members; and a probe holding means that holds the transmission probe 2a and the reception probe 2b with a predetermined interval L therebetween. A propagation wave having propagated through a sound part is received, and a detection length over which the echo height of the received propagation wave is detected as being equal to or greater than a predetermined value is obtained as a reference detection length. The propagation wave having propagated through an inspection target part E is received, and a detection length over which the echo height of the received propagation wave is detected as being equal to or greater than the predetermined value is measured. The measured detection length is compared with the reference detection length to inspect whether or not an inter-layer delamination D is present in the inspection target part E.
US10429357B2
There is provided an analysis model creation method which is capable of simply and quickly creating an accurate analysis model with respect to a structure including a crystalline material. In order to solve a problem described above, there is provided a model creation method of an analysis region used in numeral analysis, the method including a step of designating a crystal growth direction if a region is a region including crystallinity including acoustic anisotropy in the analysis region, a step of selecting partial image data to which the crystallinity of the region is reflected, a step of rotating and operating the partial image data along the crystal growth direction, and a step of creating image data which is covered in the region designated using the rotated partial image data.
US10429351B2
The present disclosure described devices, assemblies, apparatus and methods useful in conducting health monitoring of structures including monitoring for structural damage and liquid (e.g., water, fuel, anti-Icing fluid, moisture, etc.) Ingress in composite sandwich-type structures of mobile platforms. An exemplary method for detecting water Ingress in a structure comprises: introducing mechanical energy into the structure; sensing the mechanical energy transmitted through the structure; and determining the existence of water ingress in the structure based on the sensed mechanical energy.
US10429346B2
Staining compositions and methods for use with a matrix, such as an electrophoretic gel, containing separated biopolymers. The compositions including an acid, an organic solvent, and a generally planar, fluid-permeable gel contact sheet consisting primarily of a non-cellulosic material. The acid and organic solvent may be sorbed to the fluid-permeable gel contact sheet, or may be sorbed to a layers contactable with a non-gel contact side of the gel contact sheet. In one embodiment, the composition is a source electrophoretic stain composition including a staining reagent. In one embodiment, the composition is a sink electrophoretic stain composition including a sorbent.
US10429338B2
A gas sensor in which an electrode is prevented from being poisoned is provided. A mixed-potential type gas sensor includes a sensor element composed a solid electrolyte. The sensor element includes: a measurement gas introduction space having an open end at a distal end and extending in a longitudinal direction; a sensing electrode provided on an inner side of the measurement gas introduction space; and a heater configured to heat the sensor element. The concentration of the gas component is determined based on a potential difference between the sensing electrode and a reference electrode, while the heater heats the sensor element so that a place having a temperature higher than the temperature of the sensing electrode and the melting point of a poisoning substance exists between the open end and the sensing electrode and the temperature decreases toward the sensing electrode.
US10429336B2
A method is provided for verifying test element integrity includes providing a biosensor having an electrode-support substrate. A first electrode is provided on the substrate that includes a first body and a neck extending from the first body. A second electrode is provided on the substrate that includes a second body and an opposite pair of necks. Each of the necks extends from a respective end of the second body. A spacer is positioned on the substrate and has an edge defining a boundary of a capillary channel formed between a cover and the substrate. The method also includes applying a signal across the necks of the second electrode to verify continuity along the second electrode. The second body of the second electrode and the pair of connective necks surround the first electrode in the capillary channel forming a loop circuit around the first electrode.
US10429331B2
A heat exchanger monitoring system includes a heat exchanger 11 capable of receiving a flow F of a working fluid therethrough. A first sensor 12 is disposed upstream of the heat exchanger 11 for measuring at least one property of fluid relating to an amount of contaminant material carried by a first flow entering the heat exchanger 11 and configured to output a first sensor signal indicative of the measured property of the fluid. A second sensor 14 is disposed downstream of the heat exchanger 11 for measuring the same property of the fluid relating to an amount of contaminant material carried by a second flow exiting the heat exchanger 11 and configured to output a second sensor signal indicative of the measured property of the fluid.
US10429297B2
A wood stove monitoring and control device can include a mounting flange mountable to a chimney exhaust pipe of a wood stove. The device can include a ring removably mountable on top of the mounting flange, where the flange is suitably positioned vertically along the exhaust pipe so that the ring is positioned at least partially above an end of the exhaust pipe. The device includes an optical beam source disposed on the ring, and which generates and outputs an optical beam. The device includes an optical sensor positioned on the ring opposite the optical beam source to detect the optical beam output by the optical beam source as the optical beam passes through smoke exhausted by the wood stove through the exhaust pipe. The device can include a temperature probe disposed on the ring to measure a temperature of heat exhausted by the wood stove through the exhaust pipe.
US10429293B2
Provided is a light scattering cell classification technology which can classify cells into various types and at the same time classify cells with very high accuracy despite the rotation of the cells. A cell analysis apparatus using a plurality of lasers, according to an embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a plurality of laser generators which are installed around a movement path through which cells to be classified are moved, and which irradiate laser beams at one measurement point on the movement path at different angles; a plurality of photodetectors, installed around the one measurement point, which collect a second laser beam, which is a laser beam generated as the laser beams irradiated from the laser generators are incident on the cells and then scattered; and a cell analysis unit which classifies the cells to be classified according to the second laser beam collected by the photodetectors.
US10429288B2
Provided herein are methods to characterize preparations of recombinant viral particles using analytical ultracentrifugation. Recombinant viral particles include recombinant adeno-associated viral particles, recombinant adenoviral particles, recombinant lentiviral particles and recombinant herpes simplex virus particles. Variant species of recombinant viral particles including empty capsids and recombinant viral particles with variant genomes (e.g., truncated genomes, aggregates, recombinants) can be identified and quantitated. The methods can be used to characterize preparations of recombinant viral particles regardless of the sequence of the recombinant viral genome or the serotype of the recombinant viral capsid.
US10429287B2
An observation apparatus (100) includes an observing optical system (101) capable of obtaining an image of a measurement target present in a gap included in a device (1). One end of the gap included in the device (1) is wider than the other end thereof, and upon light beam irradiation to the device (1), an interference fringe appears in the gap. The observing optical system (101) irradiates the gap included in the device (1) with a plurality of light beams having different wavelengths to cause a plurality of interference fringes to appear in the gap. Then the observing optical system (101) obtains an image of the plurality of interference fringes.
US10429285B2
An apparatus for checking a need for maintenance of a viscometer measuring consistency of suspension comprises a rigid rod and an elongated cavity in a measuring arm of the viscometer. The rigid rod is matched with the cavity for the rod to be movable in the cavity. The cavity is configured to become mismatched with respect to the rod in response to a bending of the measuring arm, the mismatch indicating a need for maintenance of the viscometer.
US10429284B1
The present invention relates to an in situ testing system, which includes a wear tester and an enclosure. The wear tester is configured to apply a normal load, by way of a tip, to a surface of the test sample. Use of an enclosure allows such wear testing to be conducted in a controlled environment.
US10429282B2
A method for detecting and quantifying haloether contamination in aqueous samples. A flow state is artificially induced upon an aqueous sample and a solid phase microextraction (SPME) fiber, upon which an electric potential is applied, is exposed to the flowing aqueous sample in direct immersion mode. Halide ions liberated from electrophoretically dehalogenated haloether compounds contained in the aqueous sample are absorbed upon the SPME fiber, then later desorbed at a gas chromatograph, separated into individual halide ions and analyzed by mass spectrometry. Effects of various parameters such as absorption time, sample pH, salt content, applied voltage, SPME fiber type, flow rate and background matrix are also described.
US10429281B2
A molding apparatus for producing a biological tissue embedded in a block of an embedding material. The molding apparatus comprising a mold comprising a compartment configured for containing the embedding material. The compartment having a compartment floor and at least one wall extending upwards from said compartment floor. The compartment comprises at least one depression extending downwards from the compartment floor. The molding apparatus further comprising a sample sheet configured to attach to the biological tissue and hold the biological tissue thereon. The sample sheet being further dimensioned to be positioned in the compartment and to be constrained to the position thereof, at least along one direction, by the compartment. The depression is configured for accepting the biological tissue at least partially therein. Thereby the molding apparatus being configured for producing a block of an embedding material having at least one protrusion associated with the at least one depression wherein the biological tissue, attached to the sample sheet, is embedded at least partially in the protrusion.
US10429278B2
A sampling system for collecting periodic composite and/or non-composite samples of vaporized gas during a transfer process from a vaporizer of a cryogenic hydrocarbon liquid including 1) a direct sample pathway to a gas analyzer for instantaneous, real-time vaporized gas analysis, 2) a speed loop pathway for directly collecting fresh vaporized gas samples for subsequent analysis, and 3) a composite sample pathway including a pressurized sample accumulator for collecting a plurality periodically obtained samples of a select volume during the transfer process to create a composite sample of the vaporized gas.
US10429267B2
Disclosed herein is a pipe assembly containing a pipe, an insulating jacket coupled to the pipe via an attachment base; and a tracer wire within the insulating jacket. The width of the attachment base is greater than width of the insulating jacket. Also disclosed herein are methods of locating a pipe concealed below a ground surface, and detecting the presence and the position of a leak in a pipe concealed below a ground surface.
US10429264B1
A device for detecting the balance of a hub valve hole that includes a hub conveying roller bed configured to sequentially convey a hub from an upstream of a conveying belt to a hub identification device and a valve hole balance detection device until the hub leaves the valve hole balance detection device, wherein the hub identification device includes an electronic belt scale configured to obtain the weight of the hub and an industrial camera configured to take a photo of a wheel disc of the hub when the hub is conveyed to the hub identification device. The device can accurately identify the hub type and then automatically complete the valve hole compensation function of balance detection through the combination of the above components, program control and an algorithm, thereby improving the automation level and reducing the repeated operation of an operator.
US10429257B2
A high-damping rubber isolation bearing, an intelligent bearing and a bearing monitoring system are disclosed. The high-damping rubber isolation bearing comprises a top bearing plate, a bottom bearing plate, a high-damping rubber bearing body and a base plate, wherein at least one pressure sensing unit is arranged between the top bearing plate and the base plate, or between the bottom bearing plate and the base plate. The intelligent bearing includes a data acquisition unit, a data output unit and the high-damping rubber isolation bearing. The data acquisition unit transmits the bearing pressure measured by the at least one pressure sensing unit to the data output unit. The bearing monitoring system includes a data acquisition unit, a data output unit, a monitoring center and the high-damping rubber isolation bearing.
US10429252B1
A flexible passive capacitance pressure sensor includes a first polymeric substrate and a second polymeric substrate. An elastic dielectric sensing material is positioned between the inner-facing surface of the first polymeric substrate and the inner-facing surface of the second polymeric substrate. A first plurality of wires are positioned on the outer-facing surface of said first polymeric substrate, and a second plurality of wires positioned on the outer-facing surface of said second polymeric substrate. The plurality of wires form a flexible capacitor. With the reduced profile enabled by such a capacitor, the flexible passive capacitance pressure sensor can have a thickness of less than 200 microns.
US10429249B2
Provided is a thermocouple transition body apparatus comprising: a transition body, having at least one recess; a positive electrical terminal; a negative electrical terminal; and, at least one cap; wherein the transition body, positive terminal, and negative terminal are configured to attach to conductors without the use of epoxy or crimping. The thermocouple transition body apparatus is able to withstand temperatures exceeding 500 degrees Fahrenheit.
US10429246B2
The panoramic-reconstruction temporal imaging (PARTI) system is a single-shot optical waveform measurement apparatus that achieves scalable record length and sub-picosecond resolution simultaneously for ultrafast non-repetitive waveform characterization, in analogy with the wisdom of stitching multiple mosaic images to achieve larger-field-of-view in the spatial domain. It consists of a high-fidelity optical buffer, a low-aberration time magnifier and synchronization-control electronics. For specific measurement circumstances, the PARTI system can also be carried out based on a passive optical buffer, which reduces the system complexity. The PARTI system is configured for real-time single-shot characterization of non-repetitive optical dynamic waveform that evolves over a time scale much larger than that of its ultrafast temporal details, i.e., optical dynamics with large time-bandwidth product.
US10429236B2
A gesture sensing device includes a single light source and a multiple segmented single photo sensor, or an array of photo sensors, collectively referred to herein as segmented photo sensors. A light modifying structure relays reflected light from the light source onto different segments of the segmented photo sensors. The light modifying structure can be an optical lens structure or a mechanical structure. The different segments of the photo sensor sense reflected light and output corresponding sensed voltage signals. A control circuit receives and processes the sensed voltage signals to determine target motion relative to the segmented photo sensor.
US10429227B2
An electric wave type biosensor includes: an electromagnetic wave irradiation unit; and a reflected wave receiving unit which receives a reflected wave and obtains an I signal obtained by multiplying the irradiated electromagnetic wave signal and the received reflected signal, and a Q signal obtained by delaying the I signal only by a predetermined phase. The electric wave type biosensor further includes: a differentiation calculation unit which differentiates the I signal and the Q signal and calculates an I signal differential value and a Q signal differential value; and an angular velocity calculation unit which calculates an angular velocity of the I signal and the Q signal, based on the I signal and the Q signal and the I signal differential value and the Q signal differential value.
US10429223B2
The present disclosure provides an air flow rate measuring device disposed in an intake air passage. The air flow rate measuring device measures a flow rate of the intake air flowing through the intake air passage. The air flow rate measuring device includes a casing, a flow rate sensor, and a sensor module. The casing defines a bypass passage to take in a portion of the intake air. The flow rate sensor is disposed in the bypass passage. The flow rate sensor generates an output signal according to a flow rate of the intake air. The sensor module protrudes from an outer wall of the casing. The sensor module includes a multi-sensor unit that has a relative humidity sensor and a temperature sensor. The relative humidity sensor is exposed to an inside of the intake air passage to detect a relative humidity of the intake air flowing through the intake air passage. The temperature sensor detects a temperature of the intake air flowing through the intake air passage.
US10429214B2
Sensor-mounting devices are disclosed. A sensor mounting device has a tubular body having a front end, a rear end, and a through hole that extends between the front and rear ends. The tubular body front end includes a flange with a perimeter that is larger than a perimeter of the tubular body. The flange may be positioned at a front face of a mounting structure. A sensor-attachment structure is located on at least one of the tubular body and the front flange. Further locking structure extends from the tubular body to couple the tubular body to the mounting structure. The locking structure is at least one item from the group consisting of: a rear flange, a barb, and threading.
US10429211B2
Disclosed herein are apparatus and methods for linear actuators that can deliver strokes and forces at different values. The linear actuators include both multi-coil and single-coil actuator designs. The linear actuators include a controller that is removably or permanently coupled to a piston assembly having any number of coils. An encoder may also be removably or permanently coupled to the piston assembly. The piston assembly, controller and encoder move as one unit during actuation of the linear actuator.
US10429199B2
Vehicle management systems and associated processes can consider energy consumption when selecting routes for fleet vehicles. Vehicle management systems and associated processes are described that, in certain embodiments, evaluate vehicle energy usage based on factors such as terrain or elevation, vehicle characteristics, driver characteristics, road conditions, traffic, speed limits, stop time, turn information, traffic information, and weather information, and the like. The features described herein may also be implemented for non-fleet vehicles, such as in personal vehicle navigation systems.
US10429193B2
The present application discloses a method and an apparatus for generating a high precision map. According to an embodiment, the method comprises: acquiring three-dimensional (3D) laser point cloud data and information related to a grid map for generating the high precision map; determining position information of each piece of the 3D laser point data of the 3D laser point cloud data in the grid map; rendering each pixel point in the grid map, by using the reflection value of corresponding 3D laser point data of the 3D laser point cloud data, in order to generate each of grid images in the grid map; identifying, by using a machine learning algorithm, traffic information of each of the grid images in the grid map; clustering the traffic information of each of the grid images in the grid map to obtain the traffic information of the grid map; and loading the traffic information of the grid map into the grid map to generate the high precision map. The embodiment implements the generating of a high precision map with a high precision and a plurality of dimensions.
US10429184B2
An underwater sensor assembly includes a frame configured to sit on a bottom of a body of water and at least one first sensor connected to the frame. The at least one first sensor is configured to measure at least one parameter related to the body of water. A system for environmental monitoring includes the underwater sensor assembly, at least one buoy at a surface of the body of water, and at least one cable attached at a first end to the frame and attached at a second end opposite the first end to the at least one buoy. The at least one buoy comprises at least one second sensor configured to measure at least one parameter above the surface of the body of water.
US10429180B2
Provided is versine trolley-type equipment for inspecting a track irregularity, having sensors respectively provided to a trolley so as to measure a height difference, direction misalignment, gauge irregularity, rail longitudinal slope, cant and the like of railroad rails, and simultaneously measuring the height difference and direction misalignment of a left rail and a right rail so as to reduce a measurement time by half and, also, allowing left and right measurement frames to freely move in a vertical direction within a predetermined range, thereby bringing front and rear trolley wheels of the left and right measurement frames into close contact with the rails all the time even if the rails are warped.
US10429179B2
A stylus holder for a stylus, the stylus having a measuring machine adapter, a shaft, and a stylus tip. The stylus holder includes a body which is designed to receive the stylus and has a moveable securing element on the body. The body has a base which is designed to receive the measuring machine adapter, and the securing element has support surfaces, which can be moved relative to the base plane into a securing position resting on the measuring machine adapter provided in the base, and interaction areas in order to release the securing position of the support surfaces resting on the measuring machine adapter via the areas and/or in order to ensure the securing position by means of a hood or a support.
US10429166B2
A processing device includes: a coordinate acquisition unit that acquires a moving amount of a measuring probe and a probe output; a matrix generation unit that generates a correction matrix including linear correction elements and non-linear correction elements; and a probe output correction unit that corrects the probe output with the correction matrix. The coordinate acquisition unit acquires the moving amount and the probe output of the measuring probe in each of measurement points in a quantity larger than or equal to the sum of the number of the linear correction elements and the number of the non-linear correction elements. Consequently, a non-linear error of the probe output supplied from the measuring probe can be corrected, and thus shape coordinates of an object to be measured can be obtained with high accuracy.
US10429159B2
A deployable airfoil airborne body such as missiles, bombs, guided projectiles, MALDs and UAVs includes first and second rigid airfoil sections stowed end-to-end along the airborne body. The airfoil sections have first and second interior edges of equal lengths, abutting ends connected at the first and second interior edges by a free-floating pivot, a distant end of the first rigid airfoil section coupled to a fixed pivot on the airborne body, and a distant end of the second rigid airfoil section having a translation point. The first and second rigid airfoil sections are configured to rotate in opposite directions to move the translation point axially along the airborne body to abut the fixed pivot driving the free-floating pivot radially away from the airborne body to join the first and second interior edges in a deployed position transverse to the airborne body to form a rigid airfoil.
US10429158B2
A folding wing for a missile comprises a wing root, an upper wing part foldably supported at the wing root around a swiveling axis, at least one first elastically pre-stressed force element and a latching device. The at least one first elastically pre-stressed force element is coupled with the wing root and the upper wing part and is designed for permanently urging the upper wing part into a working position relative to the wing root through introducing a torque. The latching device is designed for arresting the upper wing part on reaching the working position automatically.
US10429139B2
A heat exchanger comprises a glass body having a first flat face and a second flat face on opposing ends, and defining a longitudinal axis therebetween. A plurality of holes in the glass body are elongated along the longitudinal axis by extending from said first flat face to said second flat face. The plurality of holes are configured to receive and direct a gas therethrough, to exchange heat between the gas and the glass body.
US10429138B2
Methods and apparatus to generate oscillating fluid flows in heat exchangers are disclosed. A disclosed fluid flow apparatus includes a repeating pattern of fins arranged in rows, where fins of each row are separated from one another by channels, where the fins have respective sub-channels extending therethrough to facilitate oscillation of fluid moving through the channels, and where each of the sub-channels defines a sub-channel inlet and a sub-channel outlet of a respective fin of the pattern.
US10429128B2
The present invention relates to a method for heat-treating water-absorbing polymeric particles at a temperature equal to or above 150° C. in a fluidized bed dryer at a fast heat-up rate, the use of a fluidized bed dryer for heat-treating water-absorbing polymeric particles in continuous or batch mode as well as to the heat-treated polymeric particles obtained by the method of the present invention.
US10429110B2
An air conditioning service system includes a plurality of conduits and voids defining a total refrigerant receiving volume of the air conditioning service system, a pressure transducer configured to sense a pressure at a first location in the plurality of conduits and voids, a compressor operably connected to the plurality of conduits and voids, and a controller. The controller determines a quantity of refrigerant recovered from a refrigeration system by obtaining a first pressure signal from the pressure transducer corresponding to a first pressure at the first location, operating the compressor to recover the refrigerant from the refrigeration system after the first pressure is sensed, obtaining a second pressure signal from the pressure transducer corresponding to a second pressure at the first location after operating the compressor, and determining an amount of refrigerant recovered from the refrigeration system based on the first pressure signal an the second pressure signal.
US10429109B2
A refrigerant circuit includes: plural gas/liquid separators adapted to separate a two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant into refrigerant vapor and refrigerant liquid; a channel switching valve connected upstream of the gas/liquid separators and adapted to switch channels for the two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant by opening and closing; an evaporating heat exchanger adapted to accept inflow of the refrigerant liquid or the two-phase gas-liquid refrigerant, the refrigerant liquid produced by separation by the gas/liquid separators; a header installed upstream of the evaporating heat exchanger perpendicularly or at angles to the evaporating heat exchanger; a compressor installed downstream of the evaporating heat exchanger; and plural bypass routes connected to the respective gas/liquid separators and adapted to allow passage of the refrigerant vapor. The refrigerant vapor passing through the plural bypass routes and refrigerant vapor passing through the evaporating heat exchanger merge at a first meeting point between the evaporating heat exchanger and the compressor.
US10429108B2
A method of maintaining a fluid flow rate in a heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC-R) system while maintaining superheat in the HVAC-R system at a desired level includes: continuously measuring an operating fluid temperature of the HVAC-R system and calculating superheat at a pre-determined rate, determining if the calculated superheat is stable, measuring and recording an operating fluid pressure of the system each time the calculated superheat is stable, recording an average operating fluid pressure each subsequent time the superheat is stable, calculating an output PWM and reducing fluid flow through a metering valve when an actual PWM is greater than the calculated output PWM by adjusting a PWM signal to a microvalve in the metering valve, and increasing fluid flow through the metering valve when the actual PWM is less than the calculated output PWM by adjusting the PWM signal to the microvalve.
US10429106B2
A falling film evaporator includes an evaporator housing and a plurality of evaporator tubes disposed in the evaporator housing and arranged into one or more tube bundles, through which a volume of thermal energy transfer medium is flowed. A plurality of tube sheets support the plurality of evaporator tubes. A first wall member and a second wall member extend vertically at opposite lateral sides of the plurality of evaporator tubes. The first wall member and the second wall member define an inner vapor passage therebetween, define a first outer vapor passage between the first wall member and the evaporator housing, and define a second outer vapor passage between the second wall member and the evaporator housing. A first gap between a first wall member lower edge and the plurality of tube sheets is greater than second gap between a second wall member lower edge and the plurality of tube sheets.
US10429104B2
System and method for generating and storing electricity by electromagnetic induction using a magnetic field modulated by the formation, dissipation, and movement of vortices produced by a vortex material such as a type II superconductor and further including a vortex flux generator in cryostat and a refrigerant compartment having bi-directionally thermal transfer to the vortex flux generator are described. Magnetic field modulation occurs at the microscopic level, facilitating the production of high frequency electric power. Generator inductors are manufactured using microelectronic fabrication, in at least one dimension corresponding to the spacing of vortices. The vortex material fabrication method establishes the alignment of vortices and generator coils, permitting the electromagnetic induction of energy from many vortices into many coils simultaneously as a cumulative output of electricity. A thermoelectric cycle is used to convert heat energy into electricity.
US10429103B2
A liquid absorption refrigeration system and a tube and channel heat exchanger include: an absorber section to contain a saturated strong solution; a pump connected to an outlet of the absorber section to receive saturated strong solution therefrom; a regenerator section connected to an outlet of the pump to receive a flow of pressurized saturated strong solution therefrom; an expansion device connected to an outlet of the regenerator section to receive a flow of subcooled strong solution therefrom; an evaporator section connected to an outlet of the expansion device to receive the subcooled strong solution therefrom, the evaporator section connected to the absorber section to return strong solution thereto; and a condenser section connected to the evaporator section to receive a refrigerant evaporated from the subcooled strong solution in the evaporator, the condenser section connected to the absorber section to return liquid refrigerant thereto.
US10429101B2
An HVAC&R system that includes a first pumping device configured to circulate a first volume of a first two-phase medium, a second pumping device configured to circulate a second volume of the first two-phase medium, a first plurality of secondary HVAC&R units, a second plurality of secondary HVAC&R units, a first primary HVAC&R unit, and a second primary HVAC&R unit. At least one of the first plurality of secondary HVAC&R units is operably coupled to the first pumping device. At least one of the second plurality of secondary HVAC&R units is operably coupled to the second pumping device. The first primary HVAC&R unit is operably coupled to at least one of the first plurality of secondary HVAC&R units and the first pumping device. The second primary HVAC&R unit is operably coupled to at least one of the second plurality of secondary HVAC&R units and the second pumping device.
US10429096B2
Exemplary embodiments are provided of combined heater and accumulator assemblies. In an exemplary embodiment, an assembly generally includes an enclosure including a first portion, a second portion, and a divider between the first and second portions. The assembly also includes an inlet through which coolant may enter an interior of the second portion, and an outlet through which the coolant may exit the interior of the second portion. The assembly further includes a heat source operable for supplying heat for heating the coolant within the interior of the second portion.
US10429093B2
An air handling system comprising: a top cover (1), a base (5) and at least one air handling device provided between the top cover (1) and the base (5), wherein the top cover (1) and the adjacent air handling device, the base (5) and the adjacent air handling device, and the adjacent air handling devices are all connected to each other by means of magnetic attraction.
US10429083B2
The disclosure discloses a multi-type air conditioner system including: an outdoor machine, a refrigerant pipe connected with an output end of the outdoor machine, a manifold connected with an input end of the refrigerant pipe, an indoor machine connected with an output end of the refrigerant pipe, and a controller connected respectively with the outdoor machine and the indoor machine through a shielded signal line, wherein the multi-type air conditioner system may further include: a pipe set including a composite pipe, a third cutoff valve, a third filter, a third electronic expanding valve, a fourth cutoff valve and a pipe control board. With the disclosure, heating can be provided by precisely controlling indoor temperature and effectively lower power consumption.
US10429079B2
An apparatus includes a heater with a heating element having a region that does not contain a surface heating portion of the heating element and a thermostat positioned in the region. The thermostat includes a contact surface disposed to make physical contact with an object placed on the surface heating portion and a switch configured to prevent a current from conducting through the heating element when the contact surface experiences a temperature equal to or greater than a temperature limit.
US10429071B2
A staged fuel injector comprises a pilot inner air swirler arranged along a centre axis of the injector, a pilot fuel swirler arranged radially outboard of the pilot inner air swirler, a main inner air swirler arranged radially outboard of the pilot fuel swirler and a main fuel swirler arranged radially outboard of the pilot fuel swirler. A fuel feed arm is arranged in fluid communication with the pilot fuel swirler and the main fuel swirler for delivering fuel to the pilot fuel swirler and the main fuel swirler and a heat protective casing enclosing the fuel feed arm, the pilot fuel swirler and the main fuel swirler.
US10429069B2
A wall of a structural component to be cooled by means of cooling air with at least one cooling air channel, which at least in its outflow area is arranged so as to be inclined at an angle with respect to the wall inclined, penetrating the wall from the side at which the cooling air is supplied to the thermally loaded side, characterized in that the cooling air channel has a tubular extension on the side where the cooling air is supplied, wherein the tubular extension is arranged at an angle to the surface of the wall and is supported by means of a rib with respect the surface of the wall, and in particular to an inner gas turbine combustion chamber wall with effusion holes.
US10429068B2
A flame powered intermittent pilot combustion controller may include a first power source and a second power source separate from the first power source, a thermal electric and/or photoelectric device, an igniter and a controller. The thermal electric and/or photoelectric device may charge the first power source when exposed to a flame. The controller and the igniter may receive power from the first power source when the first power source has sufficient available power, and may receive power from the second power source when the first power source does not have sufficient available power.
US10429064B2
System, method and apparatus for controlling the flow direction, flow rate and temperature of solids
An apparatus for controlling flow of a material includes an inlet for receiving the material from a source, and a seal mechanism connected to the inlet, the seal mechanism having a fluidizing bed configured to receive the material from the inlet, a first discharge passageway and a second discharge passageway. The fluidizing bed includes a first transport zone associated with the first discharge passageway and a second transport zone associated with the second discharge passageway, wherein the first and second transport zones are configured to receive transport gas from a transport gas source. The transport gas is controllable to selectively divert a flow of the material into the first discharge passageway and the second discharge passageway.
US10429060B2
A ceiling fan motor with a reduced axial height includes a stator, a rotor and a light-emitting module. The stator includes an iron core and a shaft. The iron core forms an assembly opening at a central portion thereof. The rotor is rotatably coupled with an outer periphery of the shaft and includes a housing. The light-emitting module is at least partially arranged between the iron core and the shaft, or is arranged between the iron core and the housing of the rotor, along a radial direction perpendicular to the shaft.
US10429054B2
A combination (110) of a light bulb (111) and a bulb holder (112) in which the light bulb (111) comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes (77) mounted on a mounting platform (76) located within a globe (74) of the light bulb (111). The mounting platform (76) is mounted on and in heat conducting engagement with a heat transfer member (75) which is located within and in heat conducting engagement with an Edison screw threaded first coupling element (73) also of heat conductive material, so that heat generated by the light emitting diodes (77) is conducted through the mounting platform (76), the heat transfer member (75) and the first coupling element (73) into the light bulb holder (112). The light bulb holder (112) comprises a body member (93) of heat conductive material having an internally Edison screw threaded socket (95) engageable with the first coupling element (73) of the light bulb (111). A plurality of heat exchange fins (97) extending outwardly from the body member (93) sink heat conducted from the light bulb (111) into the light bulb holder (112). Concentric contact elements (115,116) located at the end of the first coupling elements (73) are engageable with corresponding concentric first and second contact elements (121,122) located in the socket (95) for providing an electrical power supply to the light emitting diodes (77).
US10429052B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a light emitting diode (LED) lighting fixture and methods of manufacturing the same. In various embodiments, the LED lighting fixture comprises a lighting fixture body and one or more luminaires. The one or more LED modules are operatively and securely fixed to the lighting fixture body. Each LED module comprises at least one LED, and a heat sink. The at least one LED is mounted within the LED module such that light emitted by the at least on LED is emitted in an upward direction. The heat sink is positioned such that at least a portion of the light emitted by the at least one LED is not incident upon the heat sink. Additionally, the heat sink is permanently fixed to the lighting fixture body.
US10429050B2
A light-emitting apparatus according to the present invention has a packaging substrate having a packaging area, a plurality of light-emitting elements packaged in the packaging area, and a sealing resin that seals the plurality of light-emitting elements. The plurality of light-emitting elements includes light-emitting elements packaged in a first packaging area including the center of the packaging area and light-emitting elements packaged in a second packaging area surrounding the perimeter of the first packaging area. The packaging density of the light-emitting elements packaged in the first packaging area is higher than the packaging density of the light-emitting elements packaged in the second packaging area.
US10429044B2
Example embodiments provide lighting fixture mounting kits for mounting a flat panel lighting fixture to a mounting surface. One mounting kit comprises a mounting frame and a lighting fixture. When the mounting frame is secured to the mounting surface, a junction box is accessible therethrough. The mounting frame and lighting fixture are shaped for engagement and attachment to one another. Another mounting kit comprises a mounting plate and a lighting fixture. The mounting plate may comprise indexing tabs for alignment with corresponding indexing slots of the lighting fixture and extending outwardly from a plate portion of the mounting plate. The lighting fixture may comprise a back portion having therein one or more indexing slots for receiving an indexing tab therein. Insertion of the indexing tab into the indexing slot guides the engagement of the lighting fixture with the mounting plate.
US10429038B2
In various embodiments, a transom light arrangement may include a transom, which is arranged between a construction element and a transom light, a light source arrangement, which is mounted at least one of on or in the transom, with the light source arrangement or the transom defining a horizontal plane, and a screen structure. The light source arrangement and the screen structure are arranged relative to one another and are configured such that a spatial region above the horizontal plane is illuminated using the light source arrangement.
US10429030B2
A lens system includes a TIR (Total Internal Reflection) lens and a diffuser. The lens has an optical body member including an upper end, a lower end opposite the upper end, and an outer surface. The outer surface is shaped to provide total internal reflection for light from a light source. An upper surface extends in a series of steps from the upper end to a first interior portion of the optical body member. A substantially cylindrical cavity extends from the lower end to a second interior portion of the optical body member. A middle portion separates the first and second interior portions and has a flat upper surface and a curved lower surface. The diffuser has a curved shell configured for disposing over a light source and configured to fit inside the cylindrical cavity of the optical body member, the diffuser having a circular rim fused to the lower end of the optical body member.
US10429028B2
A soft box with a smooth rod folding structure, comprising: brackets mounted on the edge of the speed ring at uniform intervals so as to couple the rods; a lever mounted by a first hinge part on the upper end of each of the brackets; a link connected to the lever by a second hinge part, which is provided to the lever so as to be located at the rear end side of the bracket at the same height as the first hinge part when the lever is fully lifted to the upper part of the bracket and moved to the side surface of the bracket when the lever is moved reversely; a rod support provided by a third hinge part at the lower end of the bracket.
US10429027B2
The present invention relates to a lamp unit employing a high-efficiency heat radiation solution for an LED light source, and a lighting device and a vehicle lamp using the same, and the lamp unit comprises an LED light source, a support part for supporting the LED light source, a transfer part facing the LED light source, and a connection part for connecting the support part and the transfer part, wherein the support part, the connection part and the transfer part are provided as thermal conductive members and emit heat of the LED light source to the outside in the form of conduction energy and radiation energy.
US10429025B2
A vehicle light assembly including a housing, a light source, a lens disposed in front of the light source, a light sensor disposed in the housing outside of light output from the light source directed at the lens for sensing light reflected off the lens caused by moisture, and a heater disposed on the lens for reducing the moisture when moisture is sensed.
US10429020B2
A portable light bulb system includes a bulb that is removably coupled to a mounting bracket that is affixed to a support surface. The bulb includes an internal battery power supply and a LED light engine. The system also includes a wireless module communication device configured to wirelessly communicate with the bulb. The portable light bulb system is capable of being configured in a first use position where operation of the bulb provides illumination to a region proximate the mounting bracket affixed to the support surface. An operator can disconnect the bulb from the bracket and bring the bulb to a second use position where operation of the bulb provides illumination to the second region. The operator can then return the bulb to the bracket at the first use position, or bring the bulb to yet another location for illumination.
US10429017B2
The electrical cover is a flexible, friction-held electrical cover that guards outlets from finish materials such as paint, spackling, and other foreign materials. The frictionally-held finish material electrical covers utilize specifically shaped features on the surfaces, such as negative draft, that contact the electrical components to increase the hold on the electrical device. Some of the shaped features of the frictionally-held covers also help minimize stress in the cover. The electrical covers are shaped with an arched rear surface that assists in minimizing edge warping when the electrical cover is positioned against the wall surface. Features are also molded into the parts to assist and strengthen the cover flatness once installed, and thus protect against the intrusion of finish material behind the cover.
US10429015B2
This invention provides an integrated LED energy-saving lamp, a manufacturing method thereof and a corn lamp. The LED energy-saving lamp comprises at least one tube, at least one baseplate, a plurality of LED lamp beads and a heat conductive adhesive. Each tube comprises two parallel first parts and a second part for connecting the two first parts. Each baseplate comprises two parallel branch parts, located on the same plane, and a connecting part for connecting with the two branches; the two branches are respectively located in the two first parts of the tube. The LED lamp beads are respectively arranged on the two branches. The heat conductive adhesive is pasted between the two branches and the internal wall of the tube.
US10429013B1
A portable worklight has a main body having a lower end, a left side, a right side, a front surface and a rear surface, with a first illumination device provided on the front surface. The worklight also has a left side body hingedly coupled to the left side and having a second illumination device, and a right side body hingedly coupled to the right side and having a third illumination device. A base is pivotably mounted to the lower end of the main body. The worklight can be configured in a deployed position and a storage position.
US10429008B2
Provided is a pressure tank having a lattice structure, including: a tank body that has a high-pressure fluid accommodated therein and is manufactured to have a prismatic shape; and cell structures that are disposed in the prismatic tank body, are manufactured in a lattice form, arrive from one side wall of the tank body to the other side wall thereof facing it, and are orthogonally arranged regularly.
US10429006B2
A cellular structure may include a plurality of cells. Each cell of the plurality of cells may have a twelve-cornered cross section. The twelve-cornered cross-section may include two sides each having a first cross-sectional length, and ten sides each having a second cross-sectional length that differs from the first cross-sectional length.
US10428994B2
An auto-fill two-layer two-half wear resistant elbow of a concrete pump truck consists of an outer-layer protection elbow, an inner-layer heterogeneous wear resistant combined elbow and a wear resistant connecting flange. A filling space is provided between the outer-layer protection elbow and the inner-layer heterogeneous wear resistant combined elbow. The wear resistant elbow is designed as a two-layer two-half unique structure including a protection layer and a wear resistant layer. Upon using the wear resistant elbow for the first time, the concrete grout fills the reserved slit via the heterogenous combined elbow and enters the reserved filling space, allowing the outer-layer protection elbow and the inner-layer heterogeneous wear resistant combined elbow to be fixed as a whole.
US10428989B2
An unload tee has a tee body with a front side and a rear side. The tee body includes an extendable link pivotally connected to the front side of the tee body wherein the extendable link is slidable from a first position wherein the extendable link is shortened to a second position wherein the extendable link is lengthened. An arm is pivotally connected at an opposite end of the extendable link and a door is pivotally connected to an end of the arm unconnected to the shaft. The door is configured to cover an opening of the tee body, wherein an end of the door unconnected to the arm is pivotally connected proximate the rear side of the tee body.
US10428985B2
A fluid system swivel joint includes a body and a tail rotatably connected together and which partially define a fluid passageway. The tail has an integrally formed flange for connecting to other fluid conduits. A counterbalancing mechanism is disposed within the fluid passageway. The counterbalancing mechanism has a selectively adjustable level of tension that adjusts the amount of force required to rotate the tail relative to the body. At least a portion of the counterbalancing mechanism can be selectively inserted into or removed from the fluid passageway through an opening in the body. The opening in the body can be closed off with an end plate. A swivel assembly rotatably connects the body to a fluid conduit so that the body can rotate relative to the fluid conduit. The swivel assembly includes a collar fixedly and selectively connectable to the body, and a flange body rotatably connected to the collar.
US10428982B2
A grip and fitting assembly for coupling an air hose to a gladhand coupler. The grip is flexible and tapered with a tubular interior through which may pass a length of hose shielded and protected by the grip. The grip is affixed to a fitting attachable to the gladhand coupler on a first threaded end thereof and attachable to the air hose on a second barbed end thereof. The grip is configured with one or more internal keyway boss which aligns and interlocks with one or more corresponding keyway recess on a retaining shoulder formed between the ends of the fitting.
US10428980B2
A sanitary line attachment (1) is provided which is of sleeve-shaped design in at least one front end region (6) and, in the sleeve interior of the sleeve-shaped front end region (6), bears an internal thread (7) for attachment to an adjacent line portion, wherein at least one sealing ring (9) is clamped in a sealing manner between the adjacent line portion and the line attachment. On the ring outer circumference of the sealing ring at least one holding projection (10) protrudes, which holding projection (10) engages in the internal thread (7) in the sleeve interior of the sleeve-shaped front end region (6). The sealing ring (9) is produced from a dimensionally stable and/or inelastic material, and the sealing ring (9) has at least one and preferably at least two indentations (11) which are arranged at a distance from one another on the ring inner circumference and are designed as tool engagement surfaces.
US10428971B1
A valve assembly includes a flow duct with an inlet and an outlet downstream from the inlet. A piston housing is inside the flow duct and is axially aligned with a center axis of the flow duct. A piston is inside the piston housing and is configured to extend downstream of the piston housing in a closed position. A control chamber is between the piston and an upstream end of the piston housing. A control opening extends through the upstream end of the piston housing and fluidically communicates with the flow duct and the control chamber. A cap extends through the control opening. A cap passage extends through the cap and has an inlet outside of the piston housing and an outlet inside the piston housing, and includes two ninety-degree turns between the inlet and the outlet of the cap passage.
US10428951B2
A dust preventing seal may include a body and first and second dust lips. The body may be installed at a locking portion between an arm and a bucket of a construction machine. The body may have an annular shape. The first and second dust lips may be protruded from an outer surface of the body to the outside.
US10428950B2
A packing assembly for a valve includes a first segment having at least one first guiding surface, and a second segment having at least one second guiding surface in engagement with at least a portion of the at least one first guiding surface. A shape-memory member couples the first and second segments. The shape-memory member may be formed of a material that is responsive to changes in temperature, so that, in response to a change in temperature, the shape-memory member may cause relative movement of the first and second segments in a first direction. In response to the movement, the first and second guiding surfaces may cause relative displacement of the first and second segments in a second direction.
US10428946B2
End cap section (10) for use in the construction of a configurable pressure vessel (80) and the vessel constructed thereof. The vessel having an interior volume and including at least one such end cap section joined to a second section. The end cap section (10) has a tubular wall (12) extending from an enclosed first end (16) to an open second end (18). At least one mounting pad (30) is positioned on the outer surface (20) of the wall on the enclosed first end (16) thereof. Such mounting pad has a base portion (32a-e) supported on the wall (12) and a generally tubular stub portion (34a-e) extending outwardly from the base portion intermediate a proximal end adjoining the wall (12) and a distal end (40a-e) configurable for connection to a fluid component (90). With the stub proximal end being closed by the wall, such end is openable through the wall to provide a port opening into the interior volume of the vessel.
US10428930B2
A ball screw with a cooling passage includes a ball screw, a nut and a sealing unit. The nut is provided with the input and output cooling holes parallel to the axis, and the flat surface is provided with the guide groove. A first hole and a second hole are disposed between the guide groove and the input cooling hole and the output cooling hole, respectively, and then a sealing unit seals the guide groove, so as to form the cooling passage. The guide groove, the first hole and the second hole all extend along the axial direction of the nut, and the cooling passage can be formed simply by sealing the guide groove with the sealing unit, which effectively reduces the assembling steps and time, consequently decreasing the assembling cost.
US10428923B2
A torque converter oil cooling system includes an air-oil cooler system that is adapted to be disposed between a torque converter charging oil outlet and charging oil inlet. The torque converter oil cooling system has a controller that directs oil when at a predetermined temperature to pass through an air oil cooler for cooling and then directs the cooled oil back to the inlet of the torque converter for torque converter operation. The torque converter oil cooling system normally operates in the non-lockup mode operation of the torque converter. Using the torque converter oil cooling system permits a vehicle to continuously operate in a torque converter mode for an extended period of time, which becomes extremely helpful when the vehicle is called upon to haul heavy loads over steep grades.
US10428922B2
A hybrid module configured for arrangement in a torque path upstream from a transmission and downstream from an internal combustion engine includes a drive unit including an electric motor and a housing, a torque converter connected to the electric motor and at least one baffle blade extending axially from the housing radially outside of the electric motor and the torque converter.
US10428917B2
Shaft assemblies include an elongate shaft having a plurality of closely spaced apart external notches with wall segments having a greater outer diameter than an outer diameter of the notches residing therebetween and at least one self-retaining locking ring that engages one of the notches to axially lock into position on the shaft and provide a pull out force that is between about 100 lbf to about 1000 lbf. The notches can have a width that is between about 0.010 inches to about 0.020 inches, on average, and a depth that is between about 0.001 inches to about 0.010 inches, on average.
US10428914B2
The CVT includes a first pulley and a second pulley. Each of the first and second pulleys includes a first sheave, a second sheave, and a pulley axle operatively coupled between the first sheave and the second sheave. The first sheave can move relative to the second sheave along the pulley axle. Each of the first and second sheaves includes a sheave body and a plurality of sheave teeth protruding from the sheave body. The CVT further includes an endless rotatable device operatively coupled between the first and second pulleys. The endless rotatable device includes a plurality of pins interconnecting at least two of the links. The endless rotatable device further includes a plurality of device teeth each coupled to the pins.
US10428913B2
A number of variations may include a product comprising: an orifice flow valve comprising: a disk, wherein the disk comprises at least one orifice which is constructed and arranged to direct a forward flow of a fluid through the at least one orifice and to impede a backflow of the fluid through the at least one orifice.
US10428902B2
A synchronizer-mechanism-equipped transmission capable of moving tips of sleeve teeth and ring teeth away from butting each other by moving a synchronizer sleeve with biasing means even if the tips of the sleeve teeth and ring teeth are in contact when actuator driving stops. When sleeve teeth of a synchronizer sleeve that moves during gear shifting are located at a first synchronization position where the sleeve teeth begin to come into contact with ring teeth, a pressing member of a detent mechanism is in contact with a pre-gear-shifting detent recessed portion of a star cam.
US10428897B2
The present disclosure provides a compressible fluid device (1), such as a gas spring. The device comprises a casing (11) defining a compression chamber (12), a piston (15), which is movable in the chamber (12), and a safety member (2) placed in such a manner as to be struck by the piston (15) in the event of the piston overstriking, whereby at least some of the compressible fluid is evacuated from the compression chamber (12). The device further comprises a pre-strike member (25), that is arranged to be struck before the safety member (2) is struck, such that the safety member (2) is only struck once a predetermined overstroke force has been achieved.
US10428896B2
In a hydraulic cylinder piston unit comprising a cylinder with an interior space delimited by opposite end walls in which a piston and a compensation seal element are movably arranged supported by a piston rod and engaged by a compensation spring disposed between the compensation seal element and an adjacent cylinder end wall, the compensation seal element has two spaced seal rings via which it is guided along the inner cylinder wall and the compensation spring is supported directly on the compensation seal element for an improved sealing effect of the compensation seal element in the extended state of the hydraulic cylinder piston unit and a simplified design.
US10428886B2
A bicycle disc brake rotor including a center rotational axis is provided with an outer member including a braking portion extending in a rotation direction of the bicycle disc brake rotor and an inner member located at an inner side of the outer member in a radial direction of the bicycle disc brake rotor and coupled to the outer member. At least one of the outer member and the inner member includes a displacement reducing structure configured to reduce displacement of the braking portion in an axial direction of the bicycle disc brake rotor.
US10428878B2
A wedge plate clutch, including: an axis of rotation; a hub; an outer ring located radially outwardly of the hub; a plurality of circumferentially aligned wedge plate segments radially disposed between the hub and the outer ring; a cage; and a dual function spring including a first plurality of resilient elements urging the cage in a first axial direction and a second plurality of resilient elements urging the plurality of circumferentially aligned wedge plate segments radially inwardly. For a disconnect mode for the wedge plate clutch, the hub and the outer ring are rotatable with respect to each other. To transition from the disconnect mode to a connect mode for the wedge plate clutch, in which the hub and the outer ring are non-rotatably connected, the cage is arranged to displace the first plurality of circumferentially aligned wedge plate segments.
US10428872B2
A guide apparatus is provided which can increase a holding force that holds a table, a drawer, a cabinet, a device, or the like at a predetermined position. An engagement body (43) is placed on a second member (42b). A pair of plate spring portions (44a and 44b) is placed on a first member (41) in such a manner as to sandwich the engagement body (43). The pair of plate spring portions (44a and 44b) bend in such a manner that a minimum dimension between the pair of plate spring portions (44a and 44b) is smaller than a dimension (length) of the engagement body (43). In a state where the engagement body (43) has gone beyond a minimum dimension position (53) between the pair of plate spring portions (44a and 44b) and the second member (42b) is being held at a predetermined position on the first member (41), the minimum dimension between the pair of plate spring portions (44a and 44b) is smaller than the dimension (length) of the engagement body (43), and both end portions (44a1, 44a3, 44b1, and 44b3), in a length direction, of the plate spring portions (44a and 44b) are supported by the first member (41).
US10428861B2
An apparatus (10) for visually indicating a loose wheel nut (57) on a wheel of a motor vehicle has a plurality of wheel nut engaging members (12, 14, 16, 18, 20). Each wheel nut engaging member is rotatable with a respective wheel nut to which it is engaged and has a pointer (26) for indicating a start position of the wheel nut engaging member. Any two adjacent wheel nut engaging members of the plurality are interconnected by an elongate member (28) which is resiliently flexible so as to define an endless configuration of spaced apart but interconnected wheel nut engaging members. In use, any loosening rotation of a first wheel nut (57) will cause the engaging member (12) which engages that wheel nut and its pointer (26) to rotate therewith, thereby providing a visual indication of a loosening of that wheel nut.
US10428860B2
A self-sealing fixing element is disclosed having a body with a bearing surface, and a bore with an opening in the bearing surface. A curable sealant layer is carried by the bearing surface and encircles the opening in the bearing surface. The curable sealant layer is formed from a sealant material which cures when exposed to atmosphere. A barrier layer overlays the curable sealant layer and can break apart when the fixing element is installed in order to expose the sealant layer to atmosphere. The curable sealant layer has a thickness which decreases away from the bore, and the barrier layer has a thickness which increases away from the bore.
US10428854B2
Fastening system for a machine element (41), in particular for an elongate machine element (41), in particular for a toothed rack or a linear guide, for fastening in an abutment (45), in particular a machine bed or a flange, comprising: an eccentric bolt (1) which comprises a pin section (5) to be received in a receiving opening (55) of an abutment (45) and comprises a joining section (7), wherein the joining section is arranged in an eccentric manner in relation to the pin section (5), and an eccentric sleeve (3) to be slid onto the joining section (7).
US10428834B2
A fan casing assembly for a turbine engine including a casing having an annular fan cooler. The annular fan cooler includes first and second connection assemblies to fix movement of the fan cooler during engine operation, while permitting circumferential thermal growth of the fan cooler without suffering from high cycle fatigue.
US10428827B2
The present invention provides a centrifugal fan that can be easily positioned when it is installed in a device or apparatus, which can further improve positioning accuracy, and which can decrease noise, even if it is made thin. In the centrifugal fan in which an impeller is received inside a casing and air drawn in from a suction port formed on the casing by rotating the impeller is discharged from the casing to the outside of a blowing port, a circular protruded portion is formed on a peripheral edge of the suction port, and protrudes upwardly in a shaft direction from an upper surface of the casing.
US10428821B2
A pump for transferring molten metal includes an intake tube, a motor, a rotor positioned at least partially within the bottom end of the intake tube, a rotor shaft positioned at least partially in the intake tube, the rotor shaft having a first end attached to the motor and a second end attached to the rotor. An overflow conduit is attached to the intake tube. The pump does not include a pump housing and preferably does not include a superstructure, so it is relatively small, light and portable. In use, the motor drives the rotor shaft and rotor to generate a flow of molten metal upward into the intake tube and into the overflow conduit where it is discharged.
US10428819B2
A scroll compressor according to the present invention includes a casing, an orbiting member provided within the casing and performing an orbiting motion, a non-orbiting member forming a compression chamber together with the orbiting member, the compression chamber having a suction chamber, an intermediate pressure chamber and a discharge chamber, a communication passage configured to bypass a refrigerant of the compression chamber into the casing, an opening/closing valve assembly configured to open and close the communication passage, and a switching valve assembly configured to operate the opening/closing valve assembly, the switching valve assembly being provided outside the casing and connected to the opening/closing valve assembly, whereby an installation of the bypass hole can result in prevention of over-compression and an installation of a control valve for varying a capacity outside the casing can result in reduction of costs for the control valve.
US10428813B2
There is provided a state-monitory system of a moving apparatus which is capable of deducing an abnormality and cause of breakdown of the moving apparatus by Equationematical analysis only by measuring vibration of a casing or object to be monitored and which requires no large-scaled apparatus.An equivalent model of the moving apparatus 1 is formed, which is adapted to replace the vibration of a monitored object of the moving apparatus 1 with the vibration of a viscoelastic member such as an elastic spring etc. and which is adapted to be capable of outputting virtual vibration data having synthesized vibration equivalent to the vibration of the viscoelastic member, and the equivalent model is Equationematically analyzed, thereby estimating the abnormality and cause of breakdown of the moving apparatus 1 only by measuring vibration of the casing 8 or a monitored object.
US10428801B2
A one-way clutch used in a wind power generation device integrally rotatably connects an input rotating body and an output rotating body to each other in a state in which a rotational speed of the input rotating body exceeds a rotational speed of the output rotating body, and breaks connection between the input rotating body and the output rotating body in a state in which the rotational speed of the input rotating body is lower than the rotational speed of the output rotating body. The input rotating body and the output rotating body are allowed to relatively move along an axial direction, and a maximum allowance of movement is set to be larger than variation of a distance along the axial direction between an input shaft and an output shaft caused by state change.
US10428790B2
A method of making an elongate wind turbine blade is described. The wind turbine blade extends longitudinally between a root end and a tip end in a spanwise direction, and the method comprises: (a) providing an elongate mould tool (20) extending longitudinally in a spanwise direction; (b) arranging an elongate spar structure (40) in the mould tool, the spar structure (40) N extending longitudinally in the spanwise direction; (c) arranging core material (24) adjacent to the spar structure (40); (d) providing resin-permeable material (114) between the spar structure (40) and the core material (24); and (e) administering resin into the mould during a resin infusion process. The resin-permeable material (114) restricts the flow of resin between the spar structure (40) and the core material (24) in the spanwise direction and thereby substantially prevents lock-offs from forming during the infusion process.
US10428783B2
A cooling system for an internal combustion engine of a motor-vehicle presenting a circuit for a coolant of the engine. The circuit includes a thermally insulated tank for the coolant of the engine, connected to an outer portion of the cooling circuit. The tank is arranged in the circuit to retain a defined quantity of coolant at a temperature above the ambient temperature when the engine is inactive, and for causing this quantity of coolant to flow, at a temperature above the ambient temperature, into the cooling circuit of the engine, after a subsequent start of the engine, during an engine warm up stage. The circuit also includes an expansion vessel connected to the outer circuit portion of the coolant of the engine. The expansion vessel has a thermally insulated body and constitutes the thermally insulated tank for the engine coolant.
US10428781B2
A fuel injector, comprising a nozzle body having a proximal end and a distal end, an upper row of nozzle holes being equally spaced about a first circumference of the nozzle body, and a lower row of nozzle holes located between the distal end and the upper row of nozzle holes, wherein the upper row has a first number of holes that is greater than a second number of holes in the lower row and wherein one of the first number of holes and the second number of holes is odd.
US10428780B2
Technology is provided for a fuel injector mounting system for mounting an injector to an engine cylinder liner. The system includes an injector adapter having an adapter body including a first end portion threaded for engagement with a cylinder liner and an injector port formed in the adapter body opposite the first end portion. The injector port includes a plurality of concentric bores configured to receive the proximal end portion of an injector. A flange extends transversely from the adapter body and a collar engages a portion of the injector and connects to the flange to retain the injector in the adapter. A transverse passageway extends through a sidewall of the adapter body and intersects the injector port and an annular fitting is disposed on the injector adapter for fluid communication with the transverse passageway. An injector support bracket attaches a distal end portion of the injector to the engine.
US10428772B2
A canister for absorption of fuel vapors from a fuel tank, includes a hollow body defining an internal chamber containing absorbent material, a first opening communicating with a tank vent conduit, a second opening vented towards the atmosphere, and a third opening communicating with a conduit connected to an engine intake manifold. The canister body has outer and inner side walls parallel to and spaced apart from each other, and defining therebetween a thermally insulating interspace extending continuously for the whole circumferential extension of the outer side wall, on all sides of the canister body, whereby said thermally insulating interspace surrounds the internal chamber and promotes saving of heat generated inside the internal chamber in the absorption operating mode, during an engine inoperative stage, so as to improve canister scavenging efficiency during a subsequent stage wherein the scavenging operating mode is activated, when the engine is operative.
US10428770B2
The present disclosure provides a solenoid valve including: a valve body having an inlet through which a fluid is introduced, and a plurality of outlets through which the introduced fluid is discharged, and a variable switching device for discharging the fluid introduced from the inlet through a selected one of the outlets by a control unit.
US10428764B2
A cascade assembly of a nacelle for a turbofan engine includes a cascade concentrically disposed about an centerline, and a translating sleeve constructed and arranged to move between a forward position and an aft position along the centerline. A deflection limiter of the cascade assembly includes a first surface facing at least in-part in a radial direction and a second surface facing at least in-part in an opposite radial direction. The first surface is carried by one of the cascade and the translating sleeve and the second surface is carried by the other of the cascade and the translating sleeve. The first and second surfaces oppose one-another for limiting deflection when the translating sleeve is in the aft position and are spaced axially apart when the translating sleeve is in the forward position.
US10428763B2
A nacelle is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This nacelle includes a stationary support, a fanlet, a thrust reverser sleeve and an interface assembly providing an interface between the stationary support, the fanlet and the thrust reverser sleeve where the fanlet and the thrust reverser sleeve are respectively in stowed positions. The stationary support extends circumferentially about an axial centerline. The fanlet includes an inlet structure and a fan cowl. The fanlet is configured to translate axially along the centerline. The thrust reverser sleeve is configured to translate axially along the centerline. The interface assembly includes a pair of interlocking components, wherein a first of the interlocking components is mounted to the fanlet at the aft end of the fanlet.
US10428761B2
A galleryless piston having a reduced temperature during operation in an engine is provided. The piston includes an upper wall with an exposed undercrown surface. A ring belt and pin bosses depend from the upper wall, and a pair of skirt panels depend from the ring belt and are coupled to the pin bosses by struts. The piston includes an inner undercrown region and outer pockets extending along the undercrown surface. The inner undercrown region is surrounded by the skirt panels, the struts, and the pin bosses. Each outer pocket is surrounded by one of the pin bosses, a portion of the ring belt, and the struts adjacent the one pin boss. A plurality of holes extend through the pin bosses and/or the struts from the inner undercrown region to one of the outer pockets to convey cooling oil from the inner undercrown region to the outer pockets.
US10428758B2
A fuel injection controller for an internal combustion engine includes first and second calculation sections. The first calculation section acquires a fuel pressure at a predetermined point of time before an injection starting point of time and calculates an injection time using the acquired fuel pressure. The second calculation section acquires a fuel pressure when the injection starting point of time arrives and calculates the injection time by using the acquired fuel pressure. The controller is configured to, before starting the energization to the injector, set a point of time to stop energization to an injector based on a calculation result of the injection time by the first calculation section. The controller is also configured to, after starting the energization to the injector, reset the point of time to stop the energization to the injector based on a calculation result of the injection time by the second calculation section.
US10428756B2
The present invention is related to a vehicle provided with operation selection mode. In particular, the present invention is related to a common rail electronically controlled vehicle provided with operation selection mode wherein the user can select either of the power mode and the economy mode of vehicle operation depending on the road conditions. The system of the present invention provides a system to enable selection of power mode operation for power conscious driving requirement or economy mode operation for fuel conscious driving option obviating the use of additional interface devices between engine and engine control unit.
US10428755B2
An ECU calculates peak-current arrival time (time elapsed before a detected current arrives at a target peak current), and calculates predetermined-current arrival difference time (time elapsed before the detected current becomes lower than a predetermined current after exceeding the predetermined current). The ECU uses a beforehand stored relationship between the predetermined-current arrival difference time and defined peak-current arrival time to calculate the defined peak-current arrival time corresponding to the latest predetermined-current arrival difference time. The ECU uses such defined peak-current arrival time to compare the latest peak-current arrival time with the defined peak-current arrival time (for example, calculates a difference between the peak-current arrival time and the defined peak-current arrival time), and thus determines a shift in detected current of a current detection circuit.
US10428751B2
Systems and methods for operating an engine that includes one or more fuel injectors are described. The systems and methods may characterize fuel injector operation during a time when injecting fuel may be useful to maintain balance of a catalyst to reduce engine emissions. Further, large or small amounts of fuel may be injected without affecting engine combustion.
US10428750B2
A control device estimates a leakage gas amount with respect to gas that leaks to an upstream side from a downstream side of a fresh air introduction valve when the fresh air introduction valve is closed. If the leakage gas amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined value when there is a request to open the fresh air introduction valve, a target opening degree of the fresh air introduction valve is determined based on the engine speed and intake pressure, and also a correction opening degree with respect to the target opening degree is calculated based on the leakage gas amount. The fresh air introduction valve is opened to an opening degree greater than the target opening degree by an amount corresponding to the correction opening degree, to thereby cause leakage gas that is accumulated in a fresh air introduction passage to flow into an intake passage together with a required amount of fresh air.
US10428741B2
A gas turbine engine, in particular an aircraft engine with a geared turbofan arrangement, with a planetary gearbox being connected through a shaft system with a propulsive fan. The shaft system includes a helical spline coupling coupling two parts of the shaft system, wherein the helical spline coupling is connecting a fan shaft and the planetary gearbox with a axially flexible but torsional stiff flexible element.
US10428729B2
Various systems and methods are provided for controlling operation of a turbocharger compressor. In one example, a system includes a turbocharger including a turbine positioned in an exhaust passage and a compressor positioned in an intake passage, an engine bypass passage having an inlet fluidically coupled to an outlet of the compressor and an outlet fluidically coupled to an inlet of the turbine, an engine bypass valve to control flow through the engine bypass passage, and a controller configured to adjust a position of the engine bypass valve to maintain compressor operation within a designated compressor efficiency region.
US10428726B2
A control apparatus 1 for the engine includes an ECU. When the operating region of the engine is in the EGR execution region B, the ECU performs the EGR control (step 2), and performs first coolant temperature control for controlling an IC coolant temperature TWic such that the temperature of intake air passing through an intercooler exceeds a dew-point temperature (step 14). Further, in a case where the operating region of the engine is in the EGR stop region C, the ECU performs second coolant temperature control for controlling the IC coolant temperature TWic such that the temperature of intake air having passed through the intercooler exceeds the dew-point temperature, assuming that the operating region of the engine has shifted to the EGR execution region B (step 17).
US10428715B2
Disclosed is an exhaust gas analyzing system which includes a main flow passage provided with a PM collection filter, a diluted exhaust gas sampling flow passage connected upstream of the PM collection filter of the main flow passage for sampling a part of diluted exhaust gas, a diluted exhaust gas flow rate adjusting mechanism connected downstream of the PM collection filter of the main flow passage, and control equipment altering a setting flow rate of the diluted exhaust gas flow rate adjusting mechanism depending on a flow rate of sampling diluted exhaust gas flowing through the diluted exhaust gas sampling flow passage.
US10428714B2
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control device for an internal combustion engine, in which an electric heating catalyst (EHC) having a catalyst support generating heat by energizing is provided to an exhaust passage. The control device includes a control unit configured to energize the support in the case where a rapid change in intake air flow is detected based on an intake air flow of the internal combustion engine or a correlation value of the intake air flow, so as to suppress any occurrence of a crack caused by an increase in difference in temperature between predetermined portions at the support during the rapid change in intake air flow.
US10428711B2
Methods and systems are provided for an exhaust gas mixer. In one example, a system may comprise an outer annular portion exterior to an exhaust pipe and an inner annular portion interior to the exhaust pipe, where the outer annular portion comprises a spiral fin extending around the exhaust pipe in a downstream direction.
US10428696B2
The invention is an actuator device comprising a first and a second tappet, wherein the first tappet is movably arranged in a first guide sleeve and the second tappet is movably arranged in a second guide sleeve, wherein the first tappet in the first guide sleeve is surrounded by a first restoring spring and the second tappet in the second guide sleeve is surrounded by a second restoring spring, and wherein the guide sleeves are arranged at a fixed distance from each other, wherein the first restoring spring is a coil spring wound in the left-hand direction and the second restoring spring is a coil spring wound in the right-hand direction.
US10428693B2
In an example, a system configured to operate in a heat pump mode and heat engine mode is disclosed. The system may comprise a first working fluid path, first hot thermal storage (HTS) fluid path, and first cold thermal storage (CTS) fluid path for operation in the heat pump mode. The first working fluid path may be configured to circulate the working fluid through, in sequence, a first compressor, first hot side heat exchanger, first turbine, first cold side heat exchanger, and back to the first compressor. The system may also comprise a second working fluid path, second HTS fluid path, and second CTS fluid path for operation in the heat engine mode. The second working fluid path may be configured to circulate the working fluid through, in sequence, a second compressor, second hot side heat exchanger, second turbine, second cold side heat exchanger, and back to the second compressor.
US10428691B2
In an exhaust gas turbocharger, comprising a first radial bearing and a second radial bearing configured for the radial support of a shaft of the exhaust gas turbocharger, wherein the first radial bearing comprises a bearing axis extending in alignment with the bearing axis of the second radial bearing which is arranged spaced from the first radial bearing, a third radial bearing with a third bearing axis, which is extends parallel to, but at a distance (E) from, the first bearing axis and the second bearing axis is arranged between the first and second radial bearings.
US10428688B2
A turbine ring assembly includes a plurality of ring segments and a ring support structure, the ring assembly further including, for each ring segment, a cooling distribution element fixed to the ring support structure and positioned in a first cavity delimited between the turbine ring and the ring support structure.
US10428687B2
The present disclosure is directed to a rotating component for a turbine engine. The rotating component defines a surface and includes a heat pipe positioned on the surface of the rotating component or within the rotating component. The heat pipe includes a working fluid and an outer perimeter wall.
US10428681B2
The present invention provides a gas turbine engine comprising a tubular containment casing surrounding a rotary fan blade assembly. The radially outer perimeter (and optionally the radially inner perimeter) of the radial cross-sectional profile of the containment casing is non-circular e.g. polygonal, corrugated, fluted or wavy.
US10428679B2
A turbomachinery vane includes a vane body defining a longitudinal axis, a trunnion extending from the vane body and defining a pivot point for pivoting the vane body about the longitudinal axis, and a lock system operatively connected to the trunnion and configured to lock the vane body in a plurality of locked positions. A gas turbine engine includes a turbomachinery component including a row of actuated stators, wherein the actuated stator row includes a plurality of the turbomachinery vanes. A method of actuating a vane by aerodynamic loads includes moving the vane about a pivot point from a first position to a second position by a first set of by aerodynamic loads.
US10428674B2
Turbine assemblies for a turbine of a gas turbine engine are disclosed herein. The turbine assembly includes a turbine wheel assembly and a turbine shroud. The turbine wheel assembly includes a disk and a plurality of blades that extend outwardly from the disk in a radial direction away from an axis. The turbine shroud extends around the blades of the turbine wheel assembly to block gasses from passing over the blades during operation of the turbine assembly. The turbine shroud includes a plurality of blade track segments arranged circumferentially adjacent to one another about the axis to form a ring. Each blade track segment has a runner that forms a primary track surface facing the axis and spaced from the axis in the radial direction.
US10428673B2
An aspirating face seal assembly for a turbo-machine including a rotor assembly having a first radially extending portion defining a rotor surface is disclosed. The aspirating face seal assembly includes a seal body including a second radially extending portion defining a bearing surface and having a plurality of return channels. The second radially extending portion is disposed in the turbo-machine such that the bearing surface is disposed facing the rotor surface. The aspirating face seal assembly further includes an annular ring including one or more openings. The annular ring is concentrically disposed on the second radially extending portion and between the rotor surface and the second radially extending portion and configured to rotate in an event of rub between the first radially extending portion and the annular ring. A turbo-machine including the aspirating face seal assembly and a method for operating an aspirating face seal are also disclosed.
US10428666B2
A turbine vane includes an inner platform and an outer platform joined together by an airfoil. The airfoil has a leading edge and a trailing edge joined together by a pressure side and a suction side disposed opposite the pressure side. The inner platform defines a plurality of first inner cooling holes and a plurality of second inner cooling holes that are fluidly connected to an inner cooling passage. The plurality of first inner cooling holes are disposed proximate the leading edge and extend towards the suction side and the plurality of second inner cooling holes are disposed proximate the trailing edge and the suction side and extend towards the leading edge.
US10428660B2
An airfoil may comprise an airfoil body having a leading edge and a trailing edge. A heat pipe may be disposed within the airfoil. The heat pipe may include a vaporization section and a condensation section. The vaporization section may be disposed within the airfoil body and may be configured to remove heat from the trailing edge. The second cooling apparatus may be disposed within the airfoil body and may be configured to remove heat from the leading edge.
US10428656B2
The present invention relates to a gas turbine, in particular an aircraft engine gas turbine having a shaft and a bladed turbine rotor joined therewith that has a first rotor segment which has a downstream rotating cascade of the turbine rotor and bounds a first space in the radial direction, this first space communicating with a first gas passage disposed in the shaft, and has a second rotor segment axially adjacent to the first rotor segment, which has at least one second rotating cascade of the turbine rotor and bounds in the radial direction a second space axially adjacent to the first space, this second space communicating with a second gas passage, wherein the first rotor segment has at least one first discharge opening for the discharge of gas from the first space upstream of the furthest downstream rotating cascade.
US10428655B2
A linear reciprocating engine may include a cylinder having a first combustion chamber at one end and a second combustion chamber at an opposing end, first and second cylinder heads located at an end of the first and second combustion chambers, respectively, and a double-faced piston slidably mounted within the cylinder. The engine may further include a first piston rod portion extending from a first face of the double-faced piston through the first combustion chamber, and a second piston rod portion extending from a second face of the piston through the second combustion chamber. Passageways in the piston rod portions may be configured to communicate gases between the combustion chamber and a location outside the cylinder and configured to prevent gases from being exchanged between the cylinder and a location outside the cylinder via a path that crosses both face of the piston.
US10428652B2
A strike tip (100) for a pick tool, comprising a strike structure (120) joined to a substrate (110) at an interface boundary (115), the strike structure (120) comprising or consisting or super-hard material and the substrate (110) comprising or consisting of carbide material; the strike tip having a proximate strike end (117) coterminous with the super-hard material and a distal end (118) defined by the substrate (110), a side connecting the strike and distal ends; the strike end (117) including a flat apex area (150) and an outer area extending from the apex to the side. The apex area (150) is substantially less than the outer area, and is at least 1 square millimeter and at most 25 square millimeters.
US10428648B2
A downhole formation fluid viscometer sensor and method therefor include a viscometer sensing package, a flexible diaphragm, a magnet and electric coil, and a signal pickup assembly. The viscometer sensor may also include a first cavity and a second cavity for mechanical and electric energy transfer. The magnet and electric coil may be driven by external alternating current to generate an electromagnetic force. Silicon oil may be used to fill the first cavity and/or a pressure balance hole may connect the first cavity to an external area. The diaphragm may be a titanium alloy and a ferromagnetic magnet may be attached to the diaphragm. The diaphragm preferably has a thickness from about 0.030 to about 0.040 inches and the magnet and electric coil can propel the diaphragm to vibrate at a frequency from 0 to 100 kHz. Formation fluid viscosity is determined using resonant frequency linewidth, with contributions from the sensor package intrinsic properties removed.
US10428642B2
In some embodiments, a method for transposition of logs onto a horizontal well path may include collecting vertical situational data from a plurality of depths of a vertical well in a geological formation and collecting horizontal situational data from a plurality of locations along the horizontal well path in the geological formation. The method further includes collecting geological data associated with the plurality of depths of the vertical well and generating pseudo-logs for the horizontal well path based on the plurality of depths and the associated geological data for the plurality of depths.
US10428633B2
Methods including introducing a first high-viscosity treatment fluid (HVTF) into a subterranean formation through an opening and applying incrementally increased fracturing rate steps (IIFRSs) to the first HVTF to create or enhance a dominate fracture, wherein between each IIFRS applied to the first HVTF a downhole pressure slope over time will increase, decline, or stabilize at a first HVTF measured pressure slope. Evaluating the first HVTF measured pressure slope prior to applying a subsequent IIFRS to the first HVTF. Introducing a first low-viscosity treatment fluid (LVTF) through the opening to create or enhance a secondary azimuth fracture extending from the dominate fracture, and introducing a low-viscosity diversion fluid pill (LVDF) pill through the opening to create a fluidic seal therein.
US10428630B2
A method of live well artificial lift completion includes hanging an umbilical on a wellhead of a live well, the umbilical fluidly coupling a production pump to a well surface and electrically coupling an electric motor to a surface power source, the electric motor powering the production pump. The umbilical includes coiled tubing surrounded by a jacket. The umbilical also includes power cables extruded inside the jacket to form a smooth jacket outer surface. The method also includes creating a pressure seal inside the umbilical during deployment of the umbilical into the live well, the pressure seal inside the umbilical created using a blowout plug positioned to block a discharge of the production pump. The method further includes forming an annular pressure seal during deployment of the production pump to obtain well control, the annular pressure seal formed using an annular bag coupled to the wellhead.
US10428629B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for extracting underground objects using a beam pumping unit including a rotating motor and one or more cranks coupled to a walking beam enabling the extraction. According to certain embodiments, the method includes receiving, at a control system, one or more input signals; and providing, based on the input signals, one or more control signals to the rotating motor to enable the rotating motor to directly drive the one or more cranks for extracting the underground objects. The method also includes varying, based on the one or more control signals, a rotating speed of the rotating motor based on one or more conditions of the underground objects; and enabling the extraction in a reciprocated manner based on the varying rotating speed of the rotating motor.
US10428603B2
A method for putting together a down-the-hole drilling apparatus for plastic pipe drilling. The down-the-hole drilling apparatus has a drilling device for carrying out drilling by using a drilling unit with a plastic pipe, which drilling unit includes in its drilling head a drilling arrangement. The plastic pipe is arranged to be pulled into the hole to be drilled by a power influence directed thereto from the drilling unit, being coupled with the second drilling means in a manner transmitting power at least in the longitudinal direction of the drilling device. The drilling unit and the plastic pipe are coupled by a skirt part that exists at an opposite end of the drilling arrangement, with respect to the drilling surface of the drilling unit, which skirt part has an internal protrusion assembly in radial direction.
US10428594B2
A connection is established between a pin connector and a box connector defined on a pair of tubular members such as casing segments in the field of oil and gas recovery. The pin connector and box connector include features for the protection of metallic-sealing surfaces during assembly, disassembly, transport and handling of the tubular members. The pin connector includes a stabbing flank with an inwardly tapered annular flank surface thereon, and an alignment protrusion extending outward with respect to the pin-side metallic sealing surface in a direction normal to a cone angle defined by the inwardly tapered annular flank surface. The alignment protrusion engages internal surfaces of the box connector to concentrically align the pin connector with the box connector, and thereby protects the metallic sealing surfaces from damage that might otherwise result from collisions between the pin connector and the box connector.
US10428583B2
A boring tool is movable through the ground. A transmitter supported by the boring tool transmits an electromagnetic homing signal. A portable device monitors the electromagnetic homing signal and receives the electromagnetic homing signal in a homing mode for guiding the boring tool to a target position. A processor generates steering commands for guiding the boring tool based on a bore plan in a steering mode such that at least some positional error is introduced without using the electromagnetic homing signal. Switching from the steering mode to the homing mode is based on monitoring of the electromagnetic homing signal as the boring tool approaches the portable device to then guide the boring tool to the target position location in compensation for the positional error. Intermediate target positions are described as well as guiding the boring tool based on the homing signal so long as the portable device receives the signal.
US10428577B2
An arrangement for loading a cargo space includes a transfer element as part of the transfer apparatus, which is arranged to move, together with load units to be arranged on top of it, into a cargo space and back out of there leaving the load units in the cargo space and means for forming a protective wall between the structure defining the cargo space and the load units. The forming of the protective wall is synchronized with the movement of the transfer element. In addition, an apparatus is disclosed for forming a protective wall in a cargo space and a method for loading a cargo space.
US10428573B2
A construction profile is made of polymeric material and defines an inner cavity. The construction profile has an outer surface comprising unexposed side portions and exposed side portions. A stiffening profile is provided external of the construction profile and at an unexposed side portion thereof. The stiffening profile has a polymer material and a reenforcement material. The stiffening profile has a tensile (flexural) modulus in its length (L) direction of at least 5 Gpa according to EN2561 and the polymer material has a lambda value of maximum 2 W/mK.
US10428571B2
An automobile comprises an automatically opening and closing boot lid having a drive mechanism located on the dry side of the drain channel and a rotatable shaft extending into the wet side of the drain channel, in order to provide drive to an arm which opens and closes the boot lid. The drive mechanism may be a linear actuator, such as a spindle drive, but drive is transmitted through the drain channel as torque.
US10428559B1
Systems and methods for control systems for facilitating situational awareness of a vehicle are provided. Sensors located around a stationary vehicle may detect moving objects that pose potentially dangerous situations for the vehicle occupants and for the object. This can cause the doors to lock automatically in order to make the situation safer. Additionally, electromagnetic radiation sensors located around the vehicle may detect the lights and sounds of emergency vehicles. If the electromagnetic data from the electromagnetic radiation sensors match a known pattern of electromagnetic data emitted by emergency vehicles stored in a library an alarm may be sounded through the speakers of the vehicle in order to alert the vehicle occupants of an emergency vehicle in the vicinity.
US10428557B2
A lock that includes a motor driven pin, a first motor connected to the motor driven pin, and a body housing the first motor and the motor driven pin. The motor driven pin is moveable from an open position where it is inside the body to a closed position where it is at least partially outside the body. The body includes a hook member. When the motor driven pin is in the closed position, the hook member and the motor driven pin create a closed loop.
US10428552B2
A fence component buried in the earth having a generally planar base portion, having a generally flat bottom surface and a generally ridged upper surface. The fence component includes a generally vertical support secured to the base, the support located substantially off-center of the base portion.
US10428543B2
A pool assembly is provided. The pool assembly includes a pool body defining a pool cavity for containing water. The pool body includes an injection manifold disposed in an inlet wall of the pool body for providing a flow of water into the pool body. An ejection manifold is disposed in an exit wall of the pool body for removing the flow of water from the pool body. Removable plates attach to the manifolds for altering the flow of water. A stairway and seat subassembly is constructed of mesh is disposed adjacent the exit wall to allow water to flow therethrough.
US10428537B2
An end connector for a horizontal scaffold member includes two sidewalls that are substantially parallel joined to a pipe. Each side wall has two spaced apart engagement section. The sidewalls extend into the interior of the pipe and remain substantially parallel in the interior of the pipe. A movable latch is positioned between the two sidewalls.
US10428533B2
A decorative wall system is provided that includes a number of panels that can be secured to an underlying wall and to one another in an overlapping configuration to provide a multi-layer, three-dimensional appearance to the wall. In one embodiment of the wall system, the system includes individual panels that include a decorative front surface and a rear surface. The rear surface includes undercuts along each side of the rear surface that can be positioned over the side edges of the front surface of an adjacent wall panel. The panels may each include an adhesive layer including compressible strings therein that assist the adhesive in holding the panel on a surface by forming a vacuum between the panel and the surface to which the panel is attached.
US10428532B2
A cladding clip comprising a lateral base, a head coupled to the lateral base, and a flexible lip upstanding from the lateral base and laterally spaced from the neck along the base is disclosed. The flexible lip is hooked so that a lateral part of the lip extends laterally spaced from the base.
US10428530B2
A roof vent includes a continuous elongate mat composed of a mesh of randomly oriented fibers. The mat has a top surface, a bottom surface, and a first longitudinally extending side surface. A portion of the mat proximate to and forming the first longitudinally extending side surface is configured as a wind baffle. The wind baffle includes a wind deflector lip, formed from the mesh, which extends above the top surface of the mat.
US10428523B2
A post-tensioning tendon may include a tension member including a strand and sheath, the sheath having an outer surface. The post-tensioning tendon may also include an anchor coupled to an end of the tension member, the anchor including a tubular extension through which the tension member is passed. The tubular extension may have an engaging surface. The post-tensioning tendon may additionally include a sheathing retention assembly. The sheathing retention assembly may include an outer cap, the outer cap having a forcing surface. The outer cap may be coupled to the tubular extension. The sheathing retention assembly also may include one or more holding elements positioned at least partially within the outer cap. The one or more holding elements may each have a tapered outer surface abutting the forcing surface. The one or more holding elements each may include an inner surface that engages the outer surface of the sheath.
US10428522B2
A construction system definable in terms of an X, Y, and Z coordinate axes which provides a first part having a hollow four-walled web elongate in the Z axis, having a securement flange on the upper XZ base of the elongate Z axis member; and a second part having at least one open end for complemental engagement of the first part wherein the second part may fit over distal ends of said first part in which a cross-section of the second part is generally that of the first part, but wide and tall enough to allow the first part to slip within the second part, and said second part having an opposite end of said opening, wherein said second part securing the first part to a structural support.
US10428518B2
A floor dowel sleeve is provided that includes a rectangular-shaped body portion having a cavity that is configured to receive a dowel plate that spans across a seam between concrete slabs. A pair of break-away interior walls extend within the cavity from the opening to the end wall of the sleeve. The interior walls extend between two opposing (horizontal) walls of the exterior side walls and are continuously spaced from the other two opposing (vertical) walls of the exterior side walls. The body portion is configured to receive the dowel plate in the cavity between the break-away interior walls, where the break-away interior walls are configured to at least partially break-away from the exterior side walls upon lateral horizontal movement of the dowel plate within the cavity.
US10428517B1
Apparatus and associated method contemplating a roof assembly having a plurality of roof structurals. A rake plate having a panel flange is configured for attaching a roof panel thereto. A fastener connects the rake plate to the building structural. A rake plate retainer has a retention flange defining a fastener opening through which the fastener passes, and defines a standoff boss apart from the fastener that is configured to define a predetermined gap for the rake plate that permits operable movement of the rake plate relative to the building structural.
US10428516B2
A method of repairing a tilt wall construction includes affixing a fixture at a bottom of the wall, installing a piling into the earth directly below the fixture, forming a support member having a link corresponding to a distance between the fixture and a head the piling, and affixing the support member to the fixture and to the head such that the piling supports the wall. The fixture is an angle member that is anchored to the wall. A plate is affixed onto a top surface of the head of the piling. The support member can include a pair of steel pipes that are welded at one end to the plate and an opposite end welded to the angle member.
US10428510B1
A plastic leaching unit for receiving water when buried in trenches in soil comprises a plurality of pillars interconnected by struts. A canopy made of sheet material is attached to the tops of the pillars. The pillars are arranged as spaced apart integral assemblies to enable lateral and vertical bending of the leaching unit, for conforming to a not-straight trench. Preferably, the canopy comprises a second perforated sheet overlying a first sheet having larger perforations, the combination arranged for flow of water and gases while hindering soil particulates. Preferably, the canopy extends a greater amount from the first end of each unit than from the second end, to facilitate end-to-end mating of the units. Leaching units may be stacked one upon the other within a trench.
US10428505B2
The present invention discloses a flushing toilet cover. The flushing toilet cover comprises a seat, a cover plate and a shell, wherein the rear portion of the seat and the rear portion of the cover plate are hinged to the shell, and a pressure-reduction and flow-stabilization valve, a heating assembly, a switch valve, a flushing assembly and a control panel are mounted in the shell; the pressure-reduction and flow-stabilization valve is provided with a water inlet channel and a water outlet channel, the switch valve is provided with a water inlet and at least one water outlet, the flushing assembly comprises at least one flushing pipe, telescopic flushing spray heads are mounted on the flushing pipes, and water inlets are formed in the flushing pipes; the water inlet channel of the pressure-reduction and flow-stabilization valve communicates with an external water inlet pipe, the water outlet channel of the pressure-reduction and flow-stabilization valve communicates with a water inlet of the heating assembly through a pipeline, a water outlet of the heating assembly communicates with the water inlet of the switch valve, and the water outlets of the switch valve communicate with the water inlets of the flushing pipes; the control panel controls the operating state of the heating assembly, and when the switch valve is in the closed state, the water inlet channel and the water outlet channel of the pressure-reduction and flow-stabilization valve are blocked. The flushing toilet cover of the present invention is quite simple in structure and control and low in cost and can achieve flushing when power failures occur.
US10428497B2
A faucet assembly including a handle that rotates about a rotational axis extending perpendicular to an angled interface for adjusting a water parameter.
US10428495B2
A water pressure sensor assembly includes a water connection fitting attached to a housing, where the water connection fitting is configured to attach to a point of use in a plumbing system. A pressure sensor and an optional temperature sensor are disposed within the housing and configured to be in fluidic communication with the point of use in the plumbing system. Another temperature sensor measures the surrounding air temperature. An electronic microprocessor is disposed within the housing and in electrical communication with the pressure sensor and the temperature sensors. A power source is in electrical communication with the electronic microprocessor. A data transmission path is in electrical communication with the electronic microprocessor. A control device is in electrical communication with the electronic microprocessor through the data transmission path, the control device including a visual display and at least one user control configured to control the water pressure sensor assembly.
US10428494B1
A wear plate assembly includes a base having a slot with an enlarged aperture, and a wear plate having a wear surface and a hold recessed below the wear surface. The wear plate moves between a free condition and an applied condition covering the base. The assembly includes a nut and a key. The nut has a bore to receive the key, and is applicable through the aperture into the slot. The nut moves between a first position registered in the aperture and a second position offset from the aperture where the nut is captured under the base. In the applied condition of the wear plate and the second position of the nut, the bore is registered with the slot and the hold to define a keyway, and the key is applicable to the keyway for engagement with the nut to secure the wear plate on the base.
US10428487B2
A liner for a manhole cover is made up of stackable sections. Each stackable section is formed of a plurality (e.g. 4) pieces. Each piece comprises a first arm and a second arm which are substantially perpendicular to one another, the first arm being longer than the second arm, and both arms comprising connection means to allow the pieces to be connected together. The respective dimensions of the first arm and the second arm are chosen such that, when the piece is incorporated into a stackable section comprising three other corresponding pieces that are connected to each other in a sequence of a second arm of one piece connected to the first arm of an adjacent piece to form a quadrilateral stackable section, a further corresponding piece can fit within the stackable section along an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first arm. Further corresponding pieces can thus be arranged within a complete stackable section to maximize the number of pieces that can be transported in a given space.
US10428473B1
A sinusoidal traffic line that has scalloped edges to form a sine wave that increases visibility under conditions of reduced visibility is formed of a pre-cut ribbon or applied traffic line material (e.g., sprayed thermoplastic material). The traffic lines have a wavy left edge and a wavy right edge. The edges are formed in a regular pattern, having a regular amplitude and wavelength relative to a directional vector along the axis of the traffic line. The patterns of the outer edges are arranged in an opposite arrangement such that they converge and diverge. The upper surface of the traffic line can be embossed by an embossed device so as to create a regular pattern and increase reflectivity.
US10428471B1
An example cold planer system includes a machine frame, a milling drum, a first conveyor, a second conveyor, a swivel sensor and a control module. The milling drum is rotatably coupled to the machine frame. The first conveyor is configured to convey a milled material away from the milling drum. The second conveyor is configured to convey the milled material from the first conveyor to a discharge location and the second conveyor is pivotably connected to the machine frame. The swivel sensor is configured to generate swivel data corresponding to a swivel position of the second conveyor. The control module is in electrical communication with the swivel sensor, and the control module is configured to receive the swivel data and to control motion of the second conveyor based on the swivel data.
US10428467B2
Methods and apparatus for vacuum forming a meat tray using a slurry. The slurry comprises: a moisture barrier comprising AKD in the range of about 4% by weight; a fiber base comprising bagasse; and an oil barrier comprising a water-based emulsion in the range of about 1.5% by weight.
US10428463B2
Fibrous structures containing solid additives, and more particularly, fibrous structures containing two regions that exhibit at least one common micro-CT intensive property that differs in value and wherein the common micro-CT intensive property transitions between the two regions and methods for making same are provided.
US10428462B2
A release product including a basic substrate and a siliconized release layer. The basic substrate has a first side and a second side. The siliconized release layer has been applied on the first side of the basic substrate. The release product includes a coating layer which has been applied directly on either the first side of the basic substrate, or the second side of the basic substrate. The coating layer includes silica particles and a binder.
US10428460B2
A porous body is placed in a rectangular parallelepipedal casing made of a stainless steel to prepare a mold form. A CNF-containing slurry is charged into the mold form, and another porous body is placed on the CNF-containing slurry. If the CNF-containing slurry are enwrapped in a nylon mesh, leakage of the CNF-containing slurry from a gap between the mold form and the porous body or clogging of the porous bodies can be inhibited. The upper and lower porous bodies are heated while applying a load to the CNF-containing slurry for a desired period of time to effect hot pressing, thereby obtaining a desired molded product. This provides a method for molding CNFs which enables a CNF molded product having a three-dimensional configuration to be obtained at a high productivity, and the CNF molded product obtained by the method for molding CNFs.
US10428458B2
The present invention relates to a medical nonwoven fabric comprising gelable cellulose derivative short-cut fibers as prepared by the paper making process, a preparation method thereof, and an adhesion prevention barrier using the same. The present invention provides a single phase of medical nonwoven fabric comprising gelable cellulose derivative short-cut fibers, to induce capillary action of micropores formed between the fibers and thereby control the gelation time, and provides a composite nonwoven fabric formed by laminating a nonwoven fabric layer comprising a different kind of biodegradable polymer material not susceptible to gelation on the single-phase of medical nonwoven fabric comprising gelable cellulose derivative short-cut fibers, thereby improving dimensional stability and convenience of surgical procedure. The present invention further provides a dyed medical nonwoven fabric to improve visibility, allowing easiness of recognizing the placement or location of the medical nonwoven fabric.
US10428450B2
Embodiments of the invention provide fiber mat facers, ceiling panels, and method of manufacturing the same. A fiber mat facer may include a non-woven web of fibers having a first group of fibers with an average fiber diameter from about 6 μm to about 20 μm and a second group of fibers with an average fiber diameter from about 0.5 μm to about 5 μm. The fiber mat facer may also include a binder to bond together the non-woven web of fibers into the fiber mat. The binder may include a water repellant additive. The binder and/or fiber mat facer may further include an additive that enhances the opacity of the fiber mat facer. The fiber mat facer may also include a paint applied to an outer surface of the facer. The paint may include an additive that enhances the visual appeal of the facer and/or ceiling panel.
US10428449B1
A method for creating original jewelry pieces by creating a star chart based on a specific time and a specific place, classifying stars by magnitude, creating a template based on the star chart, indicating position and magnitude for each star, transferring the chart onto a transparency by overlaying the transparency onto the template, matching a plurality of gemstones to the stars in the star chart, the lower the magnitude of the star, the larger the gemstone, and creating the jewelry piece by replicating the transparency, placing a gemstone matching the magnitude of the star onto the matching position of the star on the template. The original jewelry piece can be a multiple strand piece or a solid piece.
US10428448B2
Disclosed herein is a knitted multi-layer fabric construction that provides the ability to cool skin to below a current temperature whether wetted or dry. The knit uses four separate yarns which collectively work together to produce enhanced cooling. Knits can include warp knit, seamless, hosiery, flat bed, spacer, and double knits. Various finishing methods may also be employed to enhance the cooling power of the fabric.
US10428445B2
A method includes drawing a roving thread from a roving bobbin through a roving guide, an aft drafting roller, and a mid drafting roller to a front drafting roller, and drawing a spandex core from a spandex bobbin using a guide roller. The method also includes associating the roving thread and the spandex core by drawing the roving thread and the spandex core in an approximately parallel fashion through the front drafting roller, and drawing the associated roving thread and the spandex core through a lappet hook and an anti-ballooning guide. Further, the method includes winding the drawn associated roving thread and the spandex core on a ring-frame bobbin including a ring traveler attached to a rotatable ring. The circular motion of the ring traveler around the ring-frame bobbin causes the drawn associated roving thread to twist around the drawn associated spandex core, forming a core spun yarn.
US10428444B2
Polymer nanofibers from electrospinning of complex coacervates, and compositions and methods thereof
The invention provides novel polymer nanofiber or microfiber mats or membranes and methods for their preparation via an aqueous, one-step polyelectrolyte complexation and electrospinning of complex coacervates.
US10428443B2
The invention relates to a device for producing a spun-bonded web from filaments, comprising spinnerets, a cooling chamber into which process air can be introduced in order to cool the filaments, a monomer suction device arranged between the spinnerets and the cooling chamber, a stretching unit, and a placing device for placing the filaments so as to form the spun-bonded web. The cooling chamber is divided into two cooling chamber portions. Process air can be suctioned out of a first upper cooling chamber portion to the monomer suction device with a volumetric flow rate Vm, and process air exits the first upper cooling chamber portion into a second lower cooling chamber portion with a volumetric flow rate V1. The volumetric flow rate ratio VM/V1 is 0.1 to 0.3.
US10428441B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to methods for removing contaminants and native oxides from substrate surfaces. The methods generally include removing contaminants disposed on the substrate surface using a plasma process, and then cleaning the substrate surface by use of a remote plasma assisted dry etch process.
US10428437B2
Disclosed is process for producing a wear-resistant coating on a component. The process comprises providing an electrolyte which contains Co and/or Ni, dispersing first particles comprising hard material particles and/or slip material particles in the electrolyte, dispersing second particles comprising metal alloy particles in which the metal alloy comprises chromium and aluminum in the electrolyte, providing a component to be coated in a bath of the electrolyte which has first and second particles dispersed therein, and electrodepositing a matrix of Co and/or Ni with incorporated first and second particles on the component. A correspondingly produced wear-resistant coating is also disclosed.
US10428430B2
An improved marine anode sled comprises a single piece casting with high surface to weight ratio providing increased active surfaces and improved reliability. In one embodiment the anode weighs about 2,000 lbs and has an active surface area of about 5,000 square inches and a current output capacity of up to 160 amps. The improved anode has considerably higher current output than existing anode sleds with similar weight. Unlike known anode sleds, the entire exposed surface of new anode sled is anode material and passes current to a surrounding medium. The single piece casting eliminates structural failure when a frame of know anode sleds is damaged, and electrical failure when cables connecting multiple anodes are damaged. Two redundant lead cable are attached proximal to opposite corners to optimize reliability and electrical performance.
