US10543906B1
Temperature management systems for aerial vehicles may include heat pipes that are thermally connected to components that generate heat. The heat pipes may be routed through or adjacent to a propeller or propulsion airflow, or within or across a vehicle airflow, to dissipate heat from the components. A heat pipe may be selected from a plurality of heat pipes based on measured temperatures of components that generate heat, operational characteristics of the aerial vehicle and/or one or more propellers, and/or measured temperatures of other components that may be heated. Additional temperature management systems may include cool air ducts and cool air pipes that may be routed from a propeller or propulsion airflow, or a vehicle airflow, to components that generate heat or other components that may be cooled.
US10543902B2
An actuator system for controlling a flight surface of an aircraft includes a first actuator having a first actuator input and a first linear translation element that moves based on rotational motion received at the first actuator input and a first laser distance sensor disposed inside the first actuator that generates a first output based on a displacement of the first linear translation element. The system also includes a second actuator having a second actuator input and a second linear translation element that moves based on rotational motion received at the second actuator input and a second laser distance sensor disposed inside the second actuator that generates a second output based on a displacement of the second linear translation element. The system also includes a control unit that receives the first and second outputs and determines if an error condition exists for the system based on first and second output.
US10543901B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for controlling the pitch angle of a propeller and rotor assembly that selectively limit the pitch angle according to a selected mode of operation. The system comprises a fine stop collar defining a primary channel, an oil transfer bearing (OTB) extending across the fine stop collar, and an actuator piston engaged with a propeller blade crankshaft to vary propeller blade pitch, wherein the annular piston is positioned about the OTB in fluid communication with the primary channel.
US10543899B2
An adjustable, or all-moving, horizontal stabiliser for an aircraft, the stabiliser having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a root and a tip, and a strake fixed with respect to the stabiliser and attached to, or integrally formed with, the stabiliser leading edge adjacent the root.
US10543896B2
A decompression device has at least one decompression member which is arranged on a supporting structure and which, in the event of differential pressure of a predetermined level, opens an opening in the supporting structure that acts as a connection between two volumes, wherein the decompression member can move between a retention position, in which the decompression member closes the opening, and a released position, in which the decompression member opens the opening, and has a locking arrangement which, when in use, fixes the decompression member in the retention position. The locking arrangement is provided with at least one locking element, which is arranged on the supporting structure, and the decompression member is kept in the retention position indirectly by the locking element interacting with an air conduction part.
US10543889B2
A fender for boats consisting of a base made of plastic material able to be fixed to a hull of a boat, and an insert made of plastic material able to be coupled by a lock joint to the base. The insert comprises two wings, two connection protrusions, a central body and two outer grooves between each wing and the respective connection protrusion.
US10543883B2
In a speed change apparatus for a vehicle, a controller stores as a clutch-disengaging shift spindle angle θ1 a position at which a clutch is disengaged when a shift spindle is rotated in a first direction. The controller controls the shift spindle by a first step W1 of rotating the shift spindle in the first direction until a disengaging-side target angle Ta1 is reached; a second step W2 of returning the shift spindle in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and a third step W3 of rotating the shift spindle in the first direction up to the clutch-disengaging shift spindle angle θ1 and thereafter rotating the shift spindle in the second direction to return the shift spindle, upon detection of an output from a drum angle sensor, the output corresponding to shallow engagement of dog teeth.
US10543881B2
A bicycle handlebar cushioning assembly includes a mount for positioning on and releasably engaged by and retained on bicycle handlebars. The mount releasably snaps onto and frictionally engages the bicycle handlebars. The mount has a first end and a second end and is elongated from the first end to the second end. A cushioning member is non-removably attached to the mount. The cushioning member is resiliently compressible.
US10543880B2
A bracket cover is configured to cover at least a portion of a bracket that is attachable to a handlebar of a bicycle. The bracket cover comprises a cover main body. The cover main body is formed in a tubular shape having a first end portion and a second end portion. The cover main body has an opening part extending from at least one of the first end portion and the second end portion such that the opening part forms a first edge portion and a second edge portion.
US10543875B2
A trailer for transporting a container has a frame mountable to a vehicle. The frame has a rear frame section mountable above a rear wheel assembly of the trailer, and a front frame section connected to and disposed forward of the rear frame section in a forward direction of travel of the vehicle. The front frame section has a king pin mountable to a hitch of the vehicle and a forward-most end. The forward-most end is moveable relative to the kingpin in a direction parallel to the forward direction of travel to extend and shorten a length of the front frame section between a fully-lengthened configuration and a fully-shortened configuration.
US10543874B2
Vehicles are disclosed that are configured to carry loads in a stabilized manner, such that the load is maintained in a substantially constant position or orientation relative to a predetermined reference point or frame even as the vehicle moves. A stabilization controller in such a vehicle receives information about movement of the vehicle relative to the reference point or plane from one or more sensors on the vehicle, and uses the information to control one or more movable objects by which the load is secured to the vehicle so as to maintain a relatively constant relationship between the load and the reference point or plane.
US10543863B2
Disclosed is a mobile cart for an organ container. The mobile cart includes a top assembly configured to be releasably secured to the organ container, which is at least one of an organ transporter and an organ perfusion apparatus configured to perfuse an organ. It also includes a support structure attached to the top assembly so as to support the top assembly, the support structure being moveable from an extended position to a collapsed position. The top assembly in turn includes distinct primary and secondary locking mechanisms, each of which is configured to secure the support structure in the extended position. And when the support structure is secured in the extended position, both the primary and secondary locking mechanisms must be actuated for the support structure to be moveable to the collapsed position.
US10543852B2
Described herein is an autonomous vehicle comprising a sensor and a driver notification module in communication with the sensor. The driver notification module may be configured to receive first information related to an upcoming event; determine an action for an autonomous vehicle based, at least in part, on the first information; determine one or more characteristics of the action based, at least in part on the first information and a current status of the autonomous vehicle; determine a notification based, at least in part, on the action and the one or more characteristics; and deliver the notification within the autonomous vehicle.
US10543846B2
In various example embodiments, a system and method for determining a power of a vehicle is disclosed. A method includes: providing predetermined calibration settings relating force to engine speed for a vehicle travelling at various speeds, altering accelerometer data based on filtered vehicle pitch and roll data, determining that one or more vehicle performance parameters fall within a threshold range, storing a plurality of data pairs that include longitudinal acceleration and drive force, and determining a slope of a line that linearly approximates the plurality of data pairs, the slope indicating a total weight of the vehicle including vehicle load; determining the vehicle power based on the total weight and drag force of the vehicle; and transmitting the total power to a display.
US10543844B2
A method controls an operational mode of a self-driving vehicle (SDV). One or more physical detectors detect an erratically driven vehicle (EDV) that is being operated in an unsafe manner within a predetermined distance of an SDV that is initially being operated in an evasive autonomous mode. One or more processors retrieve traffic pattern data for other SDVs, and examine the traffic pattern data to 1) determine a first traffic flow of the other SDVs while operating in the evasive autonomous mode, and 2) determine a second traffic flow of the other SDVs while operating in a manual mode. In response to determining that the first traffic flow has a higher accident rate than the second traffic flow, an operational mode device changes the operational mode of the SDV from the evasive autonomous mode to the manual mode.
US10543842B2
Methods and systems for improving vacuum generation for an engine that may be operated at higher altitudes are presented. In one non-limiting example, a transmission that is mechanically coupled to the engine may be shifted from a gear to neutral in response to an actual total number of times a vehicle brake pedal is applied and partially released while the vehicle is stopped and the brake pedal is applied.
US10543840B2
A vehicle control system includes: a detection section that detects a presence and state of any nearby vehicles traveling in the vicinity of a vehicle; a speed generation section that generates a target speed of the vehicle based on a state of a benchmark vehicle from out of the nearby vehicles whose presence and state have been detected by the detection section, the benchmark vehicle being closest to the vehicle in a direction of progress from out of a first vehicle traveling ahead of the vehicle in a current lane in which the vehicle is traveling or a second vehicle traveling ahead of the vehicle in an adjacent lane adjacent to the current lane; and a travel control section that automatically controls at least acceleration and deceleration of the vehicle based on the target speed generated by the speed generation section.
US10543832B2
Methods and systems are provided for improving engine restart operations occurring during a transmission shift in a hybrid vehicle. Engine speed is controller during cranking and run-up to approach a transmission input shaft speed that is based on the future gear of the transmission shift. Engine speed is controlled via adjustments to spark, throttle, and/or fuel, to expedite engine speed reaching the synchronous speed.
US10543809B1
Various arrangements for monitoring the unauthorized use of a vehicle are presented. An in-space parking sensor may be used to detect whether a vehicle is present. An indication of a time period during which the vehicle is expected to be within the parking space may be received. Using the sensor data obtained from the parking sensor, a vehicle departure from the parking space may be detected. A determination may be made that the vehicle departure is unauthorized due to the vehicle departure occurring during the time period. An alarm indication may be output based on determining that the vehicle departure is unauthorized.
US10543802B1
A restraint system includes a center console and an airbag inflatable upwardly from the center console. The airbag includes an internal panel defining two chambers. The internal panel includes a plurality of tubes, and each tube includes an opening at which that tube terminates. The openings are proximate a top of the airbag and open to the chambers.
US10543797B2
A retrofitting bumper that is intended to be used in motorsports and in the vehicular industry consists of a main structural bar, a first pair of support bars, and a second pair of support bars. Preferably, the main structural bar is manufactured from ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) so that the memory shape behavior allows the main structural bar to retain the original shape even after impact. The first pair of support bars and the second pair of support bars are terminally and angularly mounted along a structural body of the main structural bar. A fastening mechanism, a first pair of attachment brackets, and a second pair of attachment brackets are used to mount the main structural bar, the first pair of support bars, and the second pair of support bars onto the frame of the ATV.
US10543796B2
Provided is a protection device for a vehicle electrical component capable of preventing damage to a predetermined electrical component due to hitting by a battery, and also capable of reducing noise/vibration. The disclosure is a protection device which protects a starter in a vehicle in which a battery and the starter are disposed to face each other with a space therebetween in an engine room of the vehicle in which components constituting a power plant or a power train are supported by a vehicle body via a mount and a bracket. The skid block serving as the protection device includes bracket attachment portions attached to a transmission attachment portion of the bracket, and a skid block main body extending upward from the bracket attachment portions and gradually away from the bracket extension portion, and having a distal end portion positioned between the battery and the starter and facing the battery.
US10543794B2
A personal automotive vehicle includes a door with a door panel that partly defines a reconfigurable passenger cabin. The door panel presents an abrasion-resistant portion to the interior of the passenger cabin at an upper section of the door panel below the window. A seat is mounted in the passenger cabin and can be rotated inwardly to increase the available range of movement of the seat occupant. The abrasion-resistant portion of the door panel is located to prevent scuff-related damage to the door panel when the seat occupant crosses his legs. The abrasion-resistant portion of the door panel can be selectively covered and uncovered by a moveable portion of the door panel, which may include an armrest.
US10543789B1
A tailgate includes an opening through a rear end of the tailgate when in a tailgate open position. The tailgate also includes a tailgate extender having support tubes extending through the opening and telescopically slidable outward from the tailgate, a laterally extending support beam supported by the support tubes, and a cargo-assist step pivotally mounted to the support beam, the cargo-assist step configured to pivot downwardly when the support tubes are pivoted downwardly to define a step and to pivot upwardly into a vertical position when the support tubes extend horizontally to define a cargo stop.
US10543788B2
A mobile device holder for a rear-view mirror of a vehicle may include a mirror housing and a mobile device bracket arranged at least partially therein in a stored position, and a deployment mechanism connected to the bracket and including a torsion spring configured to rotatedly hinge the bracket from the stored position to a deployed position extending out of the housing in response to actuation of the torsion spring.
US10543783B1
A vehicle having at least one camera wherein the at least one camera is configured to provide an improved view for the driver of the vehicle. The vehicle includes a body having a camera mount operably coupled therewith. The camera mount is operably coupled to the vehicle in a first technique or a second technique. The camera mount has secured to the second end thereof a camera. The camera mount is movable intermediate a first position and a second position. In the second position of the camera mount the camera secured to the second end thereof is positioned such that the camera is above the roof of the vehicle. A drive motor and transmission mechanism is provided to offer operation of the camera mount so as to move intermediate its first position and second position. A display and controller are disposed within the passenger compartment of the vehicle.
US10543782B2
A machine includes a work implement and at least one camera arranged to capture a video image of a viewed area and provide a video signal related to the viewed area to a controller. The controller compiles a visual display in which the current position and a current direction of the work implement relative to the viewed area is displayed in real time. The controller also calculates a trajectory of the work implement based on machine speed and steering signals to compile a visual trajectory representation of the work implement relative to the viewed area, which is combined with the visual display into a combined visual representation that is presented to an operator through a video display.
US10543776B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a go-kart which is equipped with an LED light fixture that can efficiently shine light below the vehicle. This go-kart is equipped with: a vehicle body frame that supports an engine, front wheels, and rear wheels, and is exposed to the exterior; and elongated strips of LED tape that are affixed to both the left and right sides of the vehicle body frame extending in the front-rear direction, and shine light below the vehicle body frame. In addition, the front wheels and rear wheels are supported on the outer side of the vehicle body frame. When the front-side end of the vehicle is viewed from the left-right direction, the LED tape and the LED tape extend to positions which overlap with the front wheels, and when the rear-side end of the vehicle is viewed from the left-right direction, the LED tape and the LED tape extend to positions which overlap with the rear wheels.
US10543775B2
A lighting control method for use in a first vehicle is provided. The method includes receiving an optical signal from a lamp of a second vehicle; identifying a pulse signal included in the optical signal; determining a position of the second vehicle relative to the first vehicle; and controlling a lamp of the first vehicle in accordance with the position of the second vehicle and the pulse signal.
US10543774B2
An adjustment device for adjusting a position of at least one light module in a housing of a headlight, with a rotary member for at least indirectly transmitting a rotary motion to the at least one light module, wherein the rotary member at least at one point is guided through an opening in the housing and wherein for sealing the housing against the rotary member, an elastic sealing member is provided against an annular surface bordering the opening, which bears against the housing. To reduce the friction between the sealing member and the annular surface, the sealing member comprises a non-elastic annular element which is provided for abutment against the annular surface.
US10543768B2
Provided are systems and methods for adjusting an armrest assembly, the assembly comprising an armrest that includes an armrest pad, a rising platform having a nut aperture, a nut positioned within the nut aperture. The assembly further includes a rod assembly coupled with the armrest, an adjustment mechanism for raising or lowering the armrest, and may include one or more rotation stops coupled with a stationary plate.
US10543763B2
A clip for attaching a seat cover to a seat cushion includes a locking part configured to be secured to the seat cover and a hook connected to the locking part and configured to be secured to a wire of the seat cushion. The hook defines a wire holding cavity.
US10543759B2
Provided is a vehicle seat apparatus for a vehicle capable of executing a manual steering mode in which a vehicle occupant steers the vehicle by using a steering device and an automatic steering mode in which steering of the vehicle is controlled without intervention of the occupant. The vehicle seat apparatus includes a seat back, an arm rest, and a controller. The seat back is configured to support a back of the occupant. The arm rest is configured to support an arm of the occupant. The controller is configured to moves at least one of the seat hack and the arm rest. During a transition period of the vehicle from the automatic steering mode to the manual steering mode, the controller performs control to move the seat back in a direction to raise the seat back and performs control to move at least a portion of the arm rest forward.
US10543755B2
An apparatus comprises a power electronic energy conversion system comprising a first energy storage device configured to store DC energy and a first voltage converter configured to convert a second voltage from a remote power supply into a first charging voltage configured to charge the first energy storage device. The apparatus also includes a first controller configured to control the first voltage converter to convert the second voltage into the first charging voltage and to provide the first charging voltage to the first energy storage device during a charging mode of operation and communicate with a second controller located remotely from the power electronic energy conversion system to cause a second charging voltage to be provided to the first energy storage device during the charging mode of operation to rapidly charge the first energy storage device.
US10543743B1
A utility vehicle having a combined generator and coolant circulating pump assembly and at least one combined hydraulic pump and circulating pump is disclosed herein. An auxiliary pump may be disposed on a second hydraulic pump on the vehicle. A plurality of coolant reservoirs may be provided on the vehicle. The vehicle may also include a receiver for receiving signals from a remote operator transmitter, permitting remote operation of the vehicle, and an operator platform for permitting direct user control.
US10543734B2
An exemplary electrified vehicle assembly includes a battery pack, a cabin heater, and a coolant loop that communicates liquid coolant from the battery pack to the cabin heater. The cabin heater configured to heat a cabin of a vehicle with thermal energy from liquid coolant.
US10543725B2
Disclosed is a system for determining tow equipment compatibility that includes a processing device having a processor and non-volatile memory. The system also includes a data input device configured to input at least one unique tow equipment identification code (UTEIC) identifying a specific piece of tow equipment and properties thereof. The processor is configured to receive the UTEIC from the data input device, receive a user input, determine tow equipment compatibility based on the user input and the UTEIC, and communicate tow equipment compatibility data to a user.
US10543719B2
A belt layer of a pneumatic tire includes a first main working belt, a second main working belt arranged at an outer side of the first main working belt in a tire-radial direction, and a reinforcement belt. A cord angle of the second main working belt differs from that of the first main working belt in a direction with respect to a tire-circumferential direction. A cord angle of the reinforcement belt is not smaller than 6 degrees and not larger than 9 degrees. A width of the reinforcement belt is equal to or wider than 50% of a tire-section width and not wider than either narrower one of the first and second main working belts. A width of a shoulder land portion is between 10% and 15% of a tread width which is a distance from a center of the tread portion to one end of the tread portion.
US10543711B2
The application discloses apparatus and systems for authenticating physical object, identification documents and security documents. Some such methods and apparatus involve signal encoding or digital watermarking.
US10543707B2
A recording media containing a raw base substrate having, on its image side, a primary coating layer and a top image receiving layer is described herein. Said top image receiving layer encompasses a polymeric adhesion promoter having a glass transition temperature that is at, or above, 90° C. Also described is a printed article containing said recording media on which a printed feature has been formed with an ink composition that encompasses latex components that have a glass transition temperature that is at, or above, 90° C.
US10543698B2
A platen includes a plurality of supporting portions capable of supporting a sheet; negative pressure chambers, to which a negative pressure is supplied, so as to suck a sheet facing the supporting portions to the supporting portions; and an ink receiver that receives ink ejected from a printhead to the outside of the sheet supported by the supporting portions. The plurality of supporting portions are arranged in a sheet width direction transverse a sheet conveyance direction. The plurality of negative pressure chambers are disposed in a manner corresponding to the plurality of supporting portions, respectively.
US10543694B2
The invention concerns a method for cleaning an ink circuit of an ink-jet printer, comprising at least one tank (10), referred to as the main tank, at least one ink cartridge (30), a pump (31) for pumping the ink from the cartridge, ducts and valves (32-35, 320, 340, 341, 343, 344) for fluid connection between the ink cartridge and the tank, and control panel (3) for controlling the printer, the method comprising at least: a step of sending solvent, at a pressure P1, to the cartridge (30), by at least a part of the ducts and valves for fluid connection between the ink cartridge (30) and the tank (10), a step of pumping at least a portion of the solvent, sent in step a), towards the main tank (10).
US10543691B2
An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head configured to eject ink to record an image, an ink tank including an filling port for injection of the ink and configured to contain the ink to be supplied to the recording head, a cap configured to close the filling port, and a connection portion configured to connect the cap to the ink tank or a main body of the apparatus. The inkjet recording apparatus includes a rib provided adjacently to the filling port, the connection portion biases the cap in a direction separating from the filling port, and the cap removed from the filling port releases the filling port while being in contact with the rib by biasing of the connection portion.
US10543680B2
There is provided an inkjet printing apparatus including: a print head having an ejection opening surface on which a first ejection opening array capable of ejecting a first ink and a second ejection opening array capable of ejecting a second ink are arranged; a cap member; and a print controller configured to cause the first and the second ejection opening arrays to perform preliminary ejection to an inside of the cap member, and to cause the first ejection opening array to perform preliminary ejection in a first relative position and cause the second ejection opening array to perform preliminary ejection in a second relative position, wherein, on the cap member, a position in which the second ink lands by the preliminary ejection overlaps with an area where the first ink lands by the preliminary ejection.
US10543674B2
The present invention relates to a device for treating substrates which device is modular and versatile in use. The device for treating substrates comprises a feeder and one or more first sub-structure modules which each comprise a pressure cylinder with devices for fixing a lift and a sheet-conveying device and one or more second sub-structure modules which respectively have a transport cylinder with openings formed on the cover surface thereof, and having devices for fixing a lift and a sheet conveying device. All of the first or second sub-structure modules have the same intersection point for connecting the sub-structure modules on one of the inlet and the exit side and they all can be equipped with an attachment module.
US10543672B2
In one example, a non-transitory processor readable medium with instructions thereon that when executed cause an additive manufacturing machine to inhibit build material from coalescing in an area of a first layer of build material where a second slice of an object will overhang a first slice of the object formed in the first layer of build material.
US10543664B2
The present invention relates to a process for producing a molding made from blowing agent-containing foam comprising at least one fiber (F), wherein the at least one fiber (F) is partially introduced into the blowing agent-containing foam. The two ends of the respective fiber (F) that are not surrounded by the blowing agent-containing foam thus project from one side of the corresponding molding. The present invention also provides the molding as such. The present invention further provides a panel comprising at least one such molding, produced by the process according to the invention, and at least one further layer (S1). The present invention also provides for the production of the panels of the invention and for the use thereof, for example as a rotor blade in wind turbines.
US10543653B2
A container assembly for use in a high-pressure press having a central pressure cell and a method of sealing a central pressure cell. The container assembly includes a container that receives a sample to be pressed, and a gasket distinct from the container, the gasket meeting the container at an interface. The container and the gasket are dimensioned to locate the interface within the central pressure cell.
US10543648B2
A process arrangement and a process for the production of a fiber-reinforced plastics component made of at least one continuous-fiber-reinforced semifinished textile fiber product with reactive thermoplastic matrix material, where during the manufacture of the semifinished fiber product trimming residues arise, composed of a composite made of fibers and of the reactive thermoplastic matrix material. The trimming residues obtained during the manufacture of the semifinished fiber product are supplied to a recycling unit for the provision of a recyclate as reactive, as yet unpolymerized starting material for the production of a further component.
US10543645B2
A feedstock line comprises elongate filaments, a resin, and a full-length optical waveguide, comprising a full-length optical core. The full-length optical waveguide is configured such that when electromagnetic radiation enters the full-length optical core via at least one of a first full-length-optical-core end face, a second full-length-optical-core end face, or a full-length peripheral surface that extends between the first full-length-optical-core end face and the second full-length-optical-core end face, at least a portion of the electromagnetic radiation exits the full-length optical core via the full-length peripheral surface to irradiate, in an interior volume of the feedstock line, the resin that, due at least in part to the elongate filaments, is not directly accessible to the electromagnetic radiation, incident on the exterior surface of the feedstock line.
US10543644B2
A layered object manufacturing apparatus includes a nozzle that is provided with a body having an opening from which a laser beam is output and powder of a material is ejected.
US10543635B2
An apparatus for molding a handle-equipped container is provided. The apparatus has a gripping mechanism section 160a which comprises a first gripping member 161 having a pair of first chuck members 163 for grasping a preform 200, and a second gripping member 162 having a pair of second chuck members 167 for grasping a container handle 20 in association with the action of the first gripping member 161. The apparatus can simultaneously grasp a plurality of the preforms 200 and a plurality of the container handles 20 and reliably transport them to a blow molding section.
US10543629B2
A method for injection molding of plastic materials into a cavity of a mold by means of a molding apparatus including at least one injector having a pin valve displaceable between a fully closed position and a maximum opening position, and vice versa, in a controlled fashion in respect of its position and speed. In the opening displacement from the fully closed position to the maximum opening position, the pin valve is initially moved at a first speed and subsequently at a second speed, where the first speed is the highest opening displacement speed of the pin valve.
US10543619B2
Method of fabricating a 3-dimensional structure, mesh formwork element for fabricating a 3-dimensional structure, and method of fabricating the same. The method of fabricating a 3-dimensional structure comprises providing a mesh formwork element such that a cavity bound by at least two opposing portions of the mesh formwork is formed; accumulating a material in the cavity; and allowing the material to harden; wherein apertures in the at least two opposing portions of the mesh formwork element are adapted to the hydro-static pressure of the accumulated material or vice versa such that at least two surfaces of the hardened material substantially take on the respective shapes defined by the two opposing portions of the mesh formwork element.
US10543617B2
A method for forming three-dimensional (3D) printed structures is disclosed. The method may include 3D printing a first structural member including an opening to a cavity inside the first structural member; and 3D printing a second structural member including a protrusion disposed within the opening and the cavity of the first structural member.
US10543615B2
A method is for making a crown molding jig device. The method includes forming first and second V-shaped frames. Each of the first and second V-shaped frames has a vertex portion, and first and second legs extending from the vertex portion. The vertex portions of the first and second V-shaped frames are in a nested arrangement, and the second legs of the first and second V-shaped frames are parallel. The first legs of the first and second V-shaped frames are in a stacked arrangement, and the second legs of the first and second V-shaped frames define a recess. The first leg of the second V-shaped frame defines first and second slots. The method includes coupling first and second adjustable studs to be carried by the first leg of the first V-shaped frame, slidably receiving the coupled first and second adjustable studs into the first and second slots, respectively, so that the recess is adjustable in size, and fastening first and second fastening nuts respectively on the first and second adjustable studs.
US10543612B2
A cone-type spiral slicer includes a blade along the sidewall for cutting a vegetable into thin strips. The housing is formed in a first portion and a second portion that are separable from one another. A retractable set of julienne blades allows the user to selectively use the slicer for cutting either wide strips or narrow julienne strips.
US10543605B2
An electronic movement-controlled apparatus that includes a camera and a movable arm is disclosed. The movable arm has both a stationary end and a movable end with the camera being attached to the movable end so as to be movable therewith. The stationary end is configured to be coupled to a rigid support structure. The movable arm includes a plurality of arm segments connected in series to form the movable arm. The arm segments are configured to have cooperating segment regions in terms of each of the arm segments being compressible and expandable in unison to move the movable end and effect a pan and tilt movement of the camera.
US10543601B2
A workpiece conveying device includes a traveling platform which moves on traveling rails, a workpiece sucker arranged below the traveling platform, a vertical drive guide which is provided on the traveling platform and vertically drives the workpiece sucker, and a fork which is placed on the workpiece sucker so as to sandwich the workpiece sucker. With this structure, effects are obtained such that the workpiece conveying device is capable of achieving space saving in a factory and is capable of improving moving accuracy and increasing a moving speed while making it difficult to damage a product.
US10543592B2
A tool stand provides a tool tray supported on a frame and the tool tray can be lowered on the frame for compact storage and transportation of the tool stand and tools carried by the tray. The tool stand can provide two legs or columns that support the tray and also can be folded at the top to form a bar handle. The tray can be selectable positioned in elevation on the columns. The tool stand can provide magnetic accessories such as a media viewer mount that can be advantageously positioned on the tool tray to assist the user.
US10543586B2
A ratchet wrench includes a body, a ratchet wheel, a pawl, a ring, a top clip and a bottom clip. The body includes a through hole which defines through the top and the bottom of the body. A top recessed area and a bottom recessed area are respectively defined in the top and the bottom of the body. A recess is defined in the inner periphery of the through hole and a protrusion with a receiving slot extends from one end of the recess. A resilient member is received in the receiving slot to bias the pawl in the recess to engage with the ratchet wheel. The ring is engaged with the top recessed area. The top clip is engaged with the top recessed area and clips the ratchet wheel. The bottom clip is engaged with the bottom recessed area and clips the ratchet wheel.
US10543579B2
Some embodiments include an apparatus having a polishing mechanism configured to polish a surface of a wafer. The polishing mechanism converts fresh slurry to used slurry during a polishing process. At least one emitter is configured to direct electromagnetic radiation onto or through the used slurry. At least one detector is configured to detect transmittance of the electromagnetic radiation through the used slurry or reflection of the electromagnetic radiation from the used slurry. An identification system is coupled with the at least one detector and is configured to identify a property of the used slurry indicating that an endpoint of the polishing process has been reached. Control circuitry is coupled with the identification system and is configured to stop the polishing process based on receiving a trigger from the identification system. Some embodiments include polishing methods.
US10543578B2
The invention proposes a blocking calculation module (1) configured to calculate blocking data of an ophthalmic lens member (2) on a blocking element (3) of a blocking station (4), comprising:—receiving means (11) configured to receive input data from a remote device, the input data comprising optical data related to the ophthalmic lens member,—calculation means (15) configured to calculate the blocking data from the input data, and—transmitting means (17) configured to make the blocking data available to the blocking station.
US10543573B2
A method for straightening, constraining, cutting and terminating a multi-stranded, non-parallel cable. The method includes: (1) dividing the cable into smaller components which are in the size range suitable for the prior art termination technology; (2) creating a termination on the end of each of the smaller components; (3) providing a collector which reassembles the individual terminations back into a single unit; and (4) maintaining alignment between the terminations and the smaller components while the terminations and the collector are in a connected state.
US10543572B2
A mobile welding system that does not rely exclusively on a track to define the path of the welder. The present invention generally provides a mobile welder adapted to move along a work piece, the mobile welder including a chassis supporting a motor assembly; a travel assembly attached to the chassis and adapted to support the chassis over a portion of the work piece, wherein the motor is coupled to the travel assembly to selectively cause the chassis to move relative to the work piece; a controller connected to the motor assembly to control movement of the chassis relative to the work piece; a chassis holder connected to the chassis, the chassis holder being adapted to provide a force holding the chassis a selected distance from the work piece; and a welder supported on the chassis, the welder including an implement adapted to perform a welding operation, wherein the implement is supported on the chassis at a location where the implement and the chassis define an uninterrupted line of sight from the implement to the work piece, wherein the chassis holder is spaced from the line of sight a distance sufficient to prevent the chassis holder from interfering with the welding operation.
US10543570B2
Properties and performance of weld material between metals in a weldment is controlled by modifying one or more of the nitrogen content and the carbon content to produce carbide (e.g. MC-type), nitride and/or complex carbide/nitride (e.g. MX-type) type precipitates. Fusion welding includes (i) adjusting shield gas composition to increase nitrogen/carbon gas and nitride/carbide species, (ii) adjusting composition of nitrogen/carbon in materials that participate in molten welding processes, (iii) direct addition of nitrides/carbides (e.g. powder form), controlled addition of nitride/carbide forming elements (e.g. Ti, Al), or addition of elements that increase/impede solubility of nitrogen/carbon or nitride/carbide promoting elements (e.g. Mn), and (iv) other processes, such as use of fluxes and additive materials. Weld materials have improved resistance to different cracking mechanisms (e.g., hot cracking mechanisms and solid state cracking mechanisms) and improved tensile related mechanical properties.
US10543567B2
A method of manufacturing a strip of rubber having discontinuous reinforcer segments includes a conveying step in which a rubber strip is conveyed in a direction DC, and a cutting step in which reinforcers of the strip are cut. The cutting step includes localized heating of each reinforcer using a laser beam from a remote source. A cutting device useable to perform the cutting step includes a conveying device and a cutting head. The conveying device moves the strip in the conveying direction DC past the cutting head. The cutting head includes an emitter from which at least one laser beam is produced to cause localized heating of at least one reinforcer of the strip, in order to cut the at least one reinforcer into discontinuous reinforcer segments. The strip may be conveyed continuously or discontinuously, such that the strip may be moving or immobilized during the cutting step.
US10543565B2
A method for producing a tailor-made semi-finished sheet metal product where two steel sheets of different material grades and/or thicknesses are joined by laser welding. At least one of the sheets is press-hardenable steel having a metallic coating of aluminium or aluminium-silicon. Filler wire is fed into the weld melt. The filler wire is substantially free of aluminium and contains at least one alloy element which promotes the formation of austenite in a content that is at least 0.1 wt. % greater than that in the press-hardenable steel. The filler wire is heated before being fed into the weld melt. The steel sheets have a gap delimited by the edges of the sheets having an average width of at least 0.15 mm. The ratio of the volume of filler wire inserted into the gap to the volume of the steel sheet material melted by the laser beam is at least 20%.
US10543564B2
Wafer alignment with restricted visual access has been disclosed. In an example, a method of processing a substrate for fabricating a solar cell involves supporting the substrate over a stage. The method involves forming a substantially opaque layer over the substrate. The substantially opaque layer at least partially covers edges of the substrate. The method involves performing fit-up of the substantially opaque layer to the substrate. The method involves illuminating the covered edges of the substrate with light transmitted through the stage, and capturing a first image of the covered edges of the substrate based on the light transmitted through the stage. The method further includes determining a first position of the substrate relative to the stage based on the first image of the covered edges. The substrate may be further processed based on the determined first position of the substrate under the substantially opaque layer.
US10543558B2
A diffuser insert is provided for use with a welding diffuser and contact tip assembly comprising a diffuser with an interior chamber configured to receive a wire conduit that supplies electrode wire and a shielding gas used during a welding operation and a contact tip coupled to the diffuser and configured to receive electrode wire. The diffuser insert comprises a diffuser insert body configured to be disposed within the interior chamber of the diffuser, and further comprises an insert bore extending therethrough configured to receive electrode wire. An outer periphery of the diffuser insert has at least one surface feature configured to manipulate a flow of said shielding gas from within said interior chamber of the diffuser and out of exit passages to thereby direct said flow of shielding gas about a molten welding puddle formed during a welding operation.
US10543553B2
A welding assembly and method is described which includes a charging circuit and regulator coupled to an input power source; an energy storage element connected in parallel with the charging circuit and regulator to increase the weld current output, wherein the energy storage element is charged by the charging circuit and regulator; and a weld output controller connected in parallel with the energy storage element for controlling a welding arc between an electrode and a workpiece, wherein the weld output controller includes a forward converter/inverter including a series circuit of a primary winding of a transformer, and a switching element which is coupled to the energy storage element, and a rectifier smoothing circuit which rectifies and smoothes a voltage induced in a secondary winding of the transformer according to a switching operation of the switching element, wherein the rectifier smoothing circuit conducts during an ON period of the switching element.
US10543551B2
A welding method includes feeding a welding electrode axially from a welding torch, moving the welding electrode radially in a desired pattern with respect to a central axis of the welding torch by a motion control assembly within the welding torch, transmitting from control circuitry a signal corresponding to a position of the welding electrode relative to a weld joint or weld pool, advancing the welding torch or a workpiece to establish a weld, and transferring material from the welding electrode to a first location in an area of the weld pool. The welding electrode moves radially while feeding the welding electrode from the welding torch, the material from the welding electrode is transferred to the first location during a first cycle of the desired pattern, and the first location is controlled based at least in part on the signal.
US10543548B2
A heating apparatus for induction heating is disclosed. The heating apparatus may comprise a bearing ring, at least one bearing element disposed in the bearing ring, and a braze material adjacent to the at least one bearing element and the bearing ring. The heating apparatus may additionally comprise an inductor positioned radially adjacent to at least a portion of the bearing ring. A current source may be electrically coupled to the inductor. A bearing orienting member may also abut a surface of the at least one bearing element. The bearing orienting member may orient a surface of the at least one bearing element. A heating method is also disclosed.
US10543543B2
A table saw includes a saw control unit and a wireless communication module dock defining a docking position. A wireless communication module is configured to be removably received in the docking position, the wireless communication module being operably connected to the saw control unit when received in the docking position. The wireless communication module includes an antenna and a wireless transceiver, the antenna and the wireless transceiver being configured to implement a first wireless communication protocol.
US10543540B2
A spindle of a drilling tool includes a socket portion having a first axial length (a1) of a first diameter (d1) for receiving and attaching a drill bit to the spindle. The spindle includes a fluid conduit having a second diameter (d2) narrower than (d1) for conveying a fluid to the socket portion. An interface space with diameter (d1) is formed between the fluid conduit and the drill bit when the drill bit is installed in the socket portion. A fluid conveyor, having a third diameter (d3) narrower than (d1), connects the fluid conduit to the drill bit to avoid fluid gathering in a periphery of the interface space. The fluid conveyor includes a first O-ring abutting a mouth of the fluid conduit, a second O-ring abutting a mouth of a fluid channel of the drill bit, and a spring between the first and second O-rings.
US10543532B2
Devices, systems, and methods are directed to applying magnetohydrodynamic forces to liquid metal to eject liquid metal along a controlled pattern, such as a controlled three-dimensional pattern as part of additive manufacturing of an object. Magnets used to form the magnetohydrodynamic forces are thermally managed to facilitate directing strong magnetic fields into liquid metals at high temperatures. Such strong magnetic fields can be useful for imparting, under otherwise equivalent conditions, higher magnetohydrodynamic forces to liquid metal being ejected from a nozzle to form an object.
US10543522B2
A processing unit of a machine tool for the punching processing of workpieces, in particular metal sheets, has a punching tool carrier configured to receive a punching tool and a stripper carrier for a stripper. The punching tool carrier can be moved by a punch drive along a stroke axis by a transverse drive element being driven by a punch drive motor relative to the punching tool carrier with a transverse drive movement along a transverse movement axis which extends in the transverse direction of the stroke axis. The stripper carrier can be moved along the stroke axis by a stripper drive, and the transverse drive element of the punch drive during the transverse drive movement can be moved relative to the stripper carrier along the transverse movement axis and the punching tool carrier and the stripper carrier can be moved relative to each other along the stroke axis.
US10543517B2
A particle for treatment and repair of soil contamination is mainly composed of potassium ferrate and an inorganic cementitious material. The inorganic cementitious material is a powdery air-hardening or hydraulicity inorganic cementitious material. The potassium ferrate and the inorganic cementitious material are mixed according to the mass fraction of 1:5-50. After mixing is carried out, the particle with the particle diameter ranging from 2 mm to 5 mm is formed by means of vibration of a vibration screen, the particle is wrapped by a water-soluble film, and the water-soluble film is heated to be shrunk and then is closely attached to the outer surface of the particle. Also disclosed is a method for repairing soil by using the particle. When the particle is mixed with an ozone water solution is adopted.
US10543515B2
The present invention relates to a method for removing a polymeric material from a surface of a nanostructure. The method includes applying, by a scanning probe microscope, an electrical field between a probe tip of the scanning probe microscope and the nanostructure, and simultaneously scanning over the surface of the nanostructure. Thereby, bonds connecting the polymeric material to the surface of the nanostructure are broken. A further step includes cleaning the surface of the nanostructure. A scanning probe microscope for performing such a method and a computer program product for controlling the scanning probe microscope are also disclosed.
US10543513B1
A processing system and method for nationwide commingling of mail items to increase efficiency and lower mailing costs includes a pre-sort facility which creates a first set of diverted mail items and a first set of associated data while a print and mail manufacture facility generates a second set of manufactured mail items and a second set of associated data and then receives the first set of diverted mail items and first set of associated data from the pre-sort facility and then commingles the first and second sets of mail items according to a predetermined set of commingling rules applied to the first and second sets of associated data to produce commingled mail items which reduces postal costs in mailing the commingled mail item.
US10543506B2
A dispensing apparatus having various features is described. The dispensing apparatus can receive a cartridge having a movable plunger configured to direct the fluid through a dispensing valve. The plunger can be movable under a force applied by air pressure. The cartridge can be inserted in the dispensing apparatus using a clamping and sealing mechanism and can be released using a cartridge ejector. The dispensing apparatus can include a ball valve having a ball defining an internal passageway that selectively aligns with a second internal passageway outside of the ball, a brush mounted via an elongating mechanism, and/or a gear train transmitting power from the elongating mechanism.
US10543499B1
The disposable powder-dispensing bulb is configured for use with talcum powder. The disposable powder-dispensing bulb stores the talcum powder. The disposable powder-dispensing bulb dispenses the talcum powder. The disposable powder-dispensing bulb is disposable. The disposable powder-dispensing bulb is degradable after disposal. The disposable powder-dispensing bulb comprises a degradable bulb, a degradable cap, and talcum powder. The degradable bulb is a hollow containment structure. The talcum powder is stored in the degradable bulb. The degradable cap attaches to the degradable bulb. The degradable cap opens and closes to provide access to the talcum powder stored within the degradable bulb.
US10543495B2
A spray drying system for drying liquid into powder including a plurality of processing towers each including an elongated drying chamber, a spray nozzle assembly at an upper end of the drying chamber and a powder collection chamber at a lower end of the drying chamber. The powder collection chamber of each processing tower being configured to discharge power to a common conveyor system.
US10543484B2
An analyzing device having a microchannel structure includes a sample inlet and a guide section extending from the sample inlet toward an axial center. The analyzing device further includes a first cavity connected to the guide section and configured to measure a certain amount of a sample liquid, and a receiving cavity located adjacent to the first cavity and receiving the sample liquid. The analyzing device further includes a liquid reservoir formed between the sample inlet and the guide section and temporarily holds the sample liquid before being suctioned into the guide section. The sample liquid temporarily held in the liquid reservoir is transferred from the liquid reservoir to the guide section and the first cavity by a capillary force and transferred to the receiving cavity by a centrifugal force caused by rotating the analyzing device about the axial center.
US10543480B2
A pre-catalyst composition comprising a) a silica support comprising silica wherein an amount of silica ranges from about 70 wt. % to about 95 wt. % based upon a total weight of the silica support, b) a chromium-containing compound wherein an amount of chromium ranges from about 0.1 wt. % to about 5 wt. % based upon the amount of silica, c) a titanium-containing compound wherein an amount of titanium ranges from about 0.1 wt. % to about 20 wt. % based upon the amount of silica, d) a carboxylic acid wherein an equivalent molar ratio of titanium-containing compound to carboxylic acid ranges from about 1:1 to about 1:10, and e) a nitrogen-containing compound with a molecular formula containing at least one nitrogen atom wherein an equivalent molar ratio of titanium-containing compound to nitrogen-containing compound ranges from about 1:0.5 to about 1:10.
US10543474B2
A flow reactor having two or more raw material feeding units, a mixing unit to mix raw materials fed from the raw material feeding units, and a reactor unit in which a mixed solution prepared in the mixing unit flows, wherein at least a part of an inner wall of the reactor unit is formed of a fluororesin containing a conductive filler.
US10543469B2
A supported scallop and a support distributor therefor for use in a radial flow reactor. The support distributor includes an elongated sheet having a plurality of perforations extending through a thickness thereof, and at least one edge along a length thereof so as to form a member having at least one support point which engages an inner surface of the scallop.
US10543464B2
Continuous mixing in a static mixer possible can be used to add one kind of particles (such as an enzyme granular product) in a small amount to a larger amount of a different kind of particles (such as a powder stream of detergent powder), even if the powder characteristics are substantially different, with substantially no damage to the enzyme particles and with a high degree of homogeneity.
US10543462B2
One or more polymeric hollow fiber membranes are pyrolyzed to form one or more hollow fiber CMS membranes by directing a flow of pyrolysis gas through a bundle of polymeric membranes (including a plurality of green, polymeric hollow fiber membranes oriented so that their ends are disposed with ends of the bundle) in a direction perpendicular to a length direction of the bundle in order to sweep away off-gases that are formed during pyrolysis.
US10543457B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus are contemplated in which a tube cell that produces a dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) is individually configured to minimize the mixing of unwanted byproducts of the generated plasma with an exhaust air stream. The tube cell generates a DBD within a tube cell, such that oxidants or radicals are generated in an environment substantially separated from the exhaust stream. The generated oxidants are directed to intersect with the exhaust stream to minimize the generation of unwanted byproducts. The tube cells are further shaped and arranged in tube cell arrays to alter the flow dynamics of the exhaust stream and the oxidant or radical streams, including mixing of the streams.
US10543450B2
A carbon dioxide recovery apparatus has a separator which separates carbon dioxide from a gas by utilizing adsorption and desorption of carbon dioxide to and from an adsorbent caused by pressure fluctuation, the separator including a pressurizer which pressurizes the gas to a pressure that the adsorbent is capable of adsorbing carbon dioxide, and has a dryer having a hygroscopic agent for drying the gas. A regeneration system supplies the residual gas discharged from the separator to the dryer as a regeneration gas for regenerating the hygroscopic agent in the dryer, and the regeneration gas to be supplied to the dryer is heated by an energy converter by utilizing a pressure of a post-regeneration gas discharged by the regeneration of the hygroscopic agent.
US10543449B2
An air dryer includes a supporting base, a drying agent container, and an outer cover. The supporting base includes an inlet for receiving compressed air to be subject to a drying process and an outlet for delivering the processed compressed air that has undergone the drying process. The drying agent container is a container supported on the supporting base, contains a drying agent in the interior, and enables the drying process to be performed by passing the compressed air from the inlet through the drying agent. The outer cover surrounds the outer side of the drying agent container on the supporting base and defines a chamber for storing the compressed air between itself and the drying agent container. The supporting base includes first and second mounting surfaces, which are oriented in different directions, and a plurality of inlets, which are oriented in different directions and receive the compressed air.
US10543446B2
A honeycomb structure including prismatic columnar honeycomb segments and a bonding layer, wherein the bonding layer has rows in each of which bonding layer portions each disposed between two honeycomb segments arranged to face each other are arranged to extend from one point of a peripheral edge of a bonded body of the honeycomb segments to the other point thereof, in a cross section, the bonding layer of each of the-rows is disposed so that among the bonding layer portions arranged in one direction, an outermost circumference bonding layer portion and at least one of the other bonding layer portions are not superimposed on each other on an extension line of the one direction, and a ratio of shift of side surfaces of adjacent honeycomb segments to a length of one side of a side surface of honeycomb segments having the same cross-sectional shape is 10% or less.
US10543445B2
An air filtering device for indicating when to replace the internal filter of an HVAC system. The air filtering device includes a frame having a plurality of sidewalls each having an upper end and a lower end. Each sidewall contains a plurality of slits that cycle air therethrough. A filter member is affixed to the upper end of the plurality of sidewalls, wherein the upper end containing the filter member is closed and the lower end is opened. Magnetic fasteners are affixed to the lower end of the plurality of sidewalls, wherein the magnetic fasteners removably secure to an outer perimeter of a return vent, such that the filter member overlays the grill of the return vent. In an alternate embodiment, a magnetic support member is affixed to a lower surface of the filter member at an equidistance from opposing sidewalls to prevent the filter member from touching the grill.
US10543443B2
A method for operating an air intake system for an engine is disclosed. The air intake system includes an air filter configured to provide filtered air to the engine for combustion. The method includes activating a blower, by a controller, to generate suction and draw purged contaminants from the air filter for facilitating a purging of the air filter. The method further includes deactivating the blower, by the controller, upon a determination of a completion of the purging of the air filter.
US10543438B1
A skimming apparatus with a pivot arm and a drive follower on the pivot arm that guides a belting to facilitate precise placement of the belting for efficient skimming.
US10543437B2
A self-propelled robotic cleaning apparatus for cleaning a submerged surface of a pool or tank includes a housing defining an interior chamber containing a filter assembly for filtering water flowing through at least one water inlet formed in the base plate. A filter backwash assembly is positioned within the interior chamber and has at least one fluid discharge outlet for providing a pressurized flow of a fluid towards the exterior surface of the filter assembly as a backwash to rinse and dislodge the debris therefrom.
US10543436B2
A filter assembly includes a canister housing closable by a lid and containing a removable and replaceable filter element cartridge. The lid is part of the filter element cartridge and a single unitary component therewith, such that removal of the filter element cartridge also removes the lid, and replacement of the filter element cartridge also replaces the lid.
US10543434B2
The system and method spatially predict the condensation of water and acid from the flue gas in the condensing heat exchanger installed in fossil power plant flue gas treatment system or similar environment. By modifying the operational conditions, the heat exchanger can control rates and areas of condensations. The system and method adjust either the cooling water temperature or the flowrate ratio of flue gas to cooling water to control the condensation rates of water or acids. The system and method also estimate actual coverage areas to apply for anti-corrosive coating onto the tube or duct surfaces to resist corrosion due to acid condensation. The system and method also optimize or customize condensation rates of water and acids in boiler flue gas under operating conditions given at a power plant.
US10543432B2
A toy top includes a shaft portion, a body, and a first attacking member and a second attacking member that are disposed at different circumferential direction positions of the body. The first attacking member is movable between an inner first position and an outer second position in a radial direction. The second attacking member is movable between an inner third position and an outer fourth position in the radial direction. The first attacking member is biased toward the first position and is movable to the second position by centrifugal force. The second attacking member is restrained at the third position when the first attacking member is at the first position and is released from restraint to be moved to the fourth position when the first attacking member is at the second position.
US10543422B1
The synchronized and integrated architecture and method disclosed here provides a continuous visual experience for different players across different platforms and engages them at different levels as they access a particular game within a virtual gaming arena from the different platforms. Each of the players may have a unique and different visual experience, depending upon the gaming platform a player uses. The architecture facilitates access to video gaming applications via personal computers, via mobile devices, via game consoles, via tablets or the like. In some instances, a single player can play a particular game including a main component and a sub-component from the different platforms, where play in the sub-component is seamlessly integrated into the main component.
US10543420B2
A prompting device for prompting state information of a physical game character includes a smog machine and a control circuit. The smog machine include a smog chamber, a heating element, and an air-blowing device. The smog chamber has a receiving cavity for receiving smog fluid, an inlet, and an outlet. The inlet and the outlet are in communication with the receiving cavity. The heating element is mounted within the receiving cavity and generates heat to vaporize the smog fluid after an electric current is applied. The air-blowing device is disposed corresponding to the outlet for blowing an air flow towards the receiving cavity. The air flow generated by the air-blowing device enters into the receiving cavity from the inlet and discharges smog within the receiving cavity from outlet. The control circuit is configured to control the smog machine to generate the smog that characterizes the state information.
US10543419B2
A binding for snowboard includes a base structure and a heel support pivotally mounted to the base structure for movement between an open position for allowing a user to insert or remove their boot from the binding and a closed position for securing the users boot in the binding. An adjustable foot strap is attached to the base structure and a tensioning system is attached to the heel support and the adjustable foot strap for applying a tensioning force to the adjustable strap when the heel support is moved to the closed position and for releasing the tensioning force from the adjustable foot strap when the seal support is moved to the open position.
US10543418B1
One aspect of this disclosure is a climbing skin attachment apparatus. The apparatus may comprise a climbing skin attachment portion and a snow device connection portion, a channel extending at least partially through the climbing skin attachment portion along a channel axis to receive an anchor portion of a climbing skin, and a passage extending through the climbing skin attachment portion and into the channel along the channel axis to receive a lead portion of the climbing skin. Related apparatus, methods, and systems also are described.
US10543415B2
Generally, described are methods, apparatuses and systems for a recommendation engine which determines a recommendation based upon a terrestrial parameter and an overall factor unrelated to the terrestrial parameter. The recommendation engine may receive as inputs: (1) some data relating to the terrestrial parameter and (2) some data relating to user operation of a mechanical device. An overall factor may be calculated or obtained, at least in part, from the data relating to user operation of the mechanical device. And based upon the data relating to the terrestrial parameter and the overall factor, a recommendation may be determined and transmitted. In one embodiment, as part of the transmission process, the recommendation may be displayed to a user requesting the recommendation.
US10543403B2
Multi-layered golf balls containing a dual-core structure are provided. The core structure includes an inner core (center) comprising a foam composition, preferably foamed polyurethane. The outer core layer is preferably formed from a non-foamed thermoset composition such as polybutadiene rubber. The core layers have different hardness and specific gravity levels. The specific gravity (density) of the foam inner core is preferably less than the density of the outer core layer. The core assembly preferably has a positive hardness gradient extending across the entire assembly. The core structure and resulting ball have relatively good resiliency.
US10543397B2
Disclosed herein is a resistance exercise device and methods of using the same. In one embodiment, a resistance exercise device is disclosed comprising a quarter-wheel, a means for attaching resistance to said quarter-wheel, a support means attached to the axis of the quarter-wheel, whereby a user can perform core exercise while moving in a direction parallel to the line of resistance.
US10543393B2
A suspension trainer including a handle system comprised of a ring element and a removable strap element.
US10543391B2
An upright posture retainer for upper body includes two upright retaining frames, and an adjusting device connected with the upright retaining frames and adjusted a distance between the upright retaining frames; wherein each of the upright retaining frames includes a resilient longitudinal retaining frame extended longitudinally and tending to recover an original upright state under stress, a shoulder retaining member and a leg retaining frame, wherein the shoulder retaining member is extended from an upper end of the resilient longitudinal retaining frame so as to form a shoulder contacting space, wherein the leg retaining frame is extended from an lower end of the resilient longitudinal retaining frame and transversely extended to form a leg retaining space, thereby contacting with the front of the human leg; wherein the adjusting device is fixed to the resilient longitudinal retaining frames of the upright retaining frames and supports the rear of upper body.
US10543387B2
Systems, kits, and methods for testing a combustion arrester are disclosed. Systems include an upstream chamber, a downstream chamber, and a combustion arrester between the upstream chamber and the downstream chamber. The upstream chamber includes an ignition port configured to receive an ignition source. And, the upstream chamber defines a convergent duct that converges toward the combustion arrester and terminates at the combustion arrester. The upstream chamber may include a hierarchical series of modular shell sections that define the convergent duct. The downstream chamber may include a series of modular shell sections.
US10543386B2
Systems and methods for respiratory health management are provided. An air filtration and analysis system may comprise an apparatus configured to be worn by a user. The apparatus may comprise a filtration device. The system may also include a plurality of sensors configured to collect data. A portion of the sensor data may be indicative of (i) one or more characteristics of the air inhaled and/or exhaled by the user, and/or (ii) an environment in which the user is located. At least one sensor and/or the apparatus may be in communication with a processor that is configured to analyze the collected sensor data.
US10543385B2
Disclosed herein are methods for evaluating the whitening effect of oral care composition on a stained egg comprising staining an eggshell, applying the oral care composition to a portion of the stained eggshell to obtain a treated eggshell area, calculating a ΔE value for the difference in color of the treated eggshell area compared to untreated stained eggshell when calculated in L*a*b color space, wherein the oral care composition comprises at least one high cleaning silica for stain removal. Further disclosed herein are methods for demonstrating the whitening effect of an oral care composition on a stained egg comprising showing an egg that has been stained to at least one consumer and brushing an oral care composition comprising at least one high cleaning silica for stain removal on a portion of the stained eggshell to obtain a treated eggshell area.
US10543384B2
The present disclosure relates to a hair styling compositions that exhibit non-Newtonian shear thickening behavior. The hair styling composition include: (a) about 0.1 to about 7 wt. % of AMP-acrylates/allyl methacrylate copolymer, based on the total weight of the hair styling composition; (b) one or more nonionic film-forming polymers; (c) one or more polysaccharides; (d) one or more nonionic surfactants; and (e) water. Additional components such as, for example, water-soluble solvents, fatty compounds, amphoteric film-forming polymers, volatile or non-volatile silicones, thickeners (ionic or non-ionic), etc., may also optionally be included. The hair styling compositions are particularly useful for styling or shaping hair and for providing hold, discipline, and texture to hair.
US10543367B2
The invention provides transcranial electrostimulation by combining transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and theta burst stimulation (TBS) to achieve an unexpected therapeutic effect in various brain or neural diseases. Accordingly, the invention provides a mode of direct current with biphasic square wave pulses in the treatment of brain or neural diseases. Also provided are methods of employing the transcranial electrostimulation of the invention and applications of the transcranial electrostimulation of the invention.
US10543365B2
A gait modulation system including: (a) a sensor device including a sensor adapted for associating with at least one lower limb of the patient, the sensor for transducing at least one parameter related to a gait of the patient, so as to obtain gait data related to the gait, and (b) a muscle stimulator including: (i) an electrical stimulation circuit, the circuit adapted to supply an electrical stimulation output to an electrode array for performing functional electrical stimulation of at least one muscle of the lower limb, and (ii) a microprocessor, operatively connected to the at least one sensor, the microprocessor adapted for: receiving a stream of gait information based on the gait data; processing the gait information, and controlling the stimulation output based on the processing of the gait information, and wherein the microprocessor is further adapted to identify a failure in the stream of gait information, and to consequently control the electrical stimulation circuit to deliver a fail-safe stimulation output over a portion of a duration of the failure.
US10543357B2
An electrode connectable to a pulse generator is disclosed. The electrode includes therapeutic terminals configured to deliver the pulse to a patient, first and second electrical pulse inlet holes, and a first pulse input terminal. The first pulse input terminal is in the first electrical pulse inlet hole and is spaced apart from an entrance to the first electrical pulse inlet hole by more than about 2.5 cm. Also, first pulse input terminal is connected with one or more of the therapeutic terminals. The electrode also includes a second pulse input terminal, where the second pulse input terminal is in the second electrical pulse inlet hole and is spaced apart from an entrance to the second electrical pulse inlet hole by a distance greater than about 2.5 cm. Also, the second pulse input terminal is electrically connected with one or more of the therapeutic terminals.
US10543356B2
A pain sensory nerve stimulation apparatus includes: an electrode portion including: a first electrode, a tip end of which is adapted to be inserted into a skin; and at lease one second electrode which is disposed in a circumference of the first electrode without being electrically conductive with the first electrode, and which is adapted to be in contact with a skin; and a stimulation signal supplying unit, supplying a bipolar stimulation signal between the first electrode and the second electrode, the bipolar stimulation signal including a first waveform signal and a second waveform, the first waveform which is convex in a negative direction in the first electrode, the second waveform signal which is convex in a positive direction in the first electrode.
US10543345B2
A fluid delivery device includes a tube coupled to an axial manipulator. The axial manipulator includes an elongate member arranged to move axially in a housing. The tube is in fluid communication with a fluid diverter which is arranged to move axially in the housing upon axial movement of the elongate member. Seals are provided to prevent fluid from leaking out of the housing. A fluid port is in fluid communication with the tube via the fluid diverter, such that fluid can flow in and out of the tube via the fluid port and the fluid diverter.
US10543344B2
The present invention generally relates to double-ended wire guides for use in a percutaneous procedure within a body cavity and to methods of using such devices. In certain embodiments, the wire guide includes a break-away discontinuity near at least one end of the wire guide.
US10543339B2
Devices, systems and methods are used to decouple proximal movement of a catheter supply lead or tubing from the tissue-embedded catheter. A catheter decoupling device comprises a catheter hub, sled and track, wherein the hub comprises a proximal end configured to receive a catheter fluid supply device, and a distal end configured to receive a catheter, the sled receives and retains the hub, the track receives and retains the hub; and, the hub has a limited range of back-and-forth motion relative to the track.
US10543332B2
A patient interface for delivery of a supply of pressurised air or breathable gas to an entrance of a patient's airways comprising: a cushion member that includes a retaining structure and a seal-forming structure permanently connected to the retaining structure; a frame member attachable to the retaining structure; and a positioning and stabilising structure attachable to the frame member.
US10543318B2
A stopper includes a main body portion defining an open rearward end configured to receive the plunger rod, an engagement portion provided along an inner circumference of the main body portion configured to engage at least a top portion of the plunger rod, a closed front end forming a flexible roof, and a first perimetrical skirt extending around an outer circumference of the main body portion toward the closed front end of the main body portion. When fluid pressure is increased inside the syringe barrel during an injection, the flexible roof expands in a radial direction toward an inner wall of the syringe barrel, the first perimetrical skirt is forced against the inner wall of the syringe barrel, and an engagement between the plunger rod and the engagement portion forces the main body portion to expand in the radial direction toward the inner wall of the syringe barrel.
US10543311B2
Envisaged herein are methods for determining the optimal volume of contrast medium to be administered to a patient. More particularly, the methods envisaged herein comprise the steps of (a) measuring one or more patient-specific physiological parameters, said one or more patient-specific physiological parameters comprising at least the patient's heart rate; and (b) determining the optimal volume of contrast medium based on the patient-specific physiological parameters determined under (a).
US10543308B2
A catheter system can include a tubular body, and at least one of a targeting system coupled to the tubular body, an expandable member, or a fluid injection port. A method of identifying a bifurcation can include inserting a catheter system into a first vessel, positioning the catheter system at a first location, expanding an expandable member to occlude the first vessel, delivering contrast material so the contrast material pooling proximate to the expandable member, and reviewing a shape of the contrast material in the first vessel under fluoroscopy.
US10543294B2
A bone graft composition includes a biologically-resorbable cement and a plurality of processed bone particles, where each of the bone particles have a shape configured to interconnect with adjacent bone particles. A method for treating a bone defect using the bone graft compositions includes providing the bone graft composition and administering an effective amount of the bone graft composition to a site of a bone defect in a subject. Kits including a biologically-resorbable cement powder and a plurality of processed bone particles are also provided.
US10543291B2
The present invention is intended to provide a cell for an ultraviolet irradiation module and an ultraviolet irradiation module with which it is possible to improve the efficiency of sterilizing an object to be irradiated to a greater extent than in the past. The cell for an ultraviolet irradiation module includes a case being at least partially formed of polytetrafluoroethylene having a crystallite size in a direction of 60 nm or more and 250 nm or less and having an internal space into which an object to be irradiated can be introduced.
US10543288B2
The invention is directed to a competitive glucose binding affinity assay comprising a glucose receptor (typically mannan binding lectin) labeled with an assay fluorophore and a modified glucose analog (typically dextran) labeled with a reference fluorophore. In certain embodiments, the glucose analog is dextran and is coupled to both a reference fluorophore and a quencher dye (e.g. hexamethoxy crystalviolet-1). Optionally the reference fluorophore is blue shifted relative to the assay fluorophore.
US10543285B2
In one aspect, methods of targeted nanoparticle and cell delivery are described herein. In some embodiments, methods described herein comprise coupling nanoparticles and cells to a carrier cell to form a nanoparticle-cell conjugate or cell-cell conjugate, disposing the nanoparticle-cell or cell-cell conjugate in a biological environment, and delivering the nanoparticles and cells to target cells or tissues located within the biological environment. The nanoparticles comprise a biodegradable photoluminescent polymer, and the nanoparticle-cell conjugate is formed using one or more click chemistry reaction products.
US10543284B2
Provided are an anti-c-Met antibody or an antigen binding fragment thereof, and an anti-c-Met antibody-cytotoxic drug conjugate, wherein the antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof is a chimeric antibody or a humanized antibody. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing the humanized anti-c-Met antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof, the antibody-cytotoxic drug conjugate, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvents thereof, that are used in the treatment of cancer.
US10543283B2
This disclosure relates to intranasal administration of conjugates comprising guanidinylated aminoglycosides (“guanidinoglycosides”) and a polypeptide (e.g., an enzyme, antibody, or polypeptide growth factor). For example, such administration methods are useful for delivering a polypeptide to the brain and/or cerebrospinal fluid. Such methods are useful for treating a lysosomal storage disease through intranasal administration of a conjugate comprising one or more guanidinoglycosides and an enzyme useful for treating a lysosomal storage disease.
US10543282B2
The present invention relates to the preparation and use of therapeutic compounds for the treatment of diseases at specific subcellular target areas such as specific cellular organelles. In particular, the therapeutic compounds of the invention are specific for modifying enzyme activity within targeted organelles or structures of cells and tissues. Subcellular organelles and structures that may be specifically targeted by compounds of the present invention include lysosomes, autophagasomes, the endoplasmic reticulum, the Golgi complex, peroxisomes, the nucleus, membranes and the mitochondria.
US10543280B2
Compositions and methods for stabilizing biomolecules are disclosed. Specifically, the compositions include novel homopolymers or copolymers containing trehalose side chains conjugated to biomolecules. When such homopolymers or copolymers are placed in close proximity to biomolecules, such as proteins, the homopolymers or copolymers protect and/or stabilize the biomolecule. The compositions and methods may be suitable for use in various industries such as healthcare (pharmaceuticals), molecular biology, biofuels, paper, personal care, detergent, photographic, rubber, brewing, dairy and food processing industries.
US10543278B2
A pharmaceutical composition comprising an immunoparticle is provided. The pharmaceutical composition comprising a monoclonal secondary antibody immunocomplexed with a primary antibody, wherein said monoclonal secondary antibody is coupled on an outer surface of a particle and wherein said particle is loaded with a pharmaceutical agent.
US10543274B2
The present invention is directed to novel lyophilized pharmaceutical preparations comprising a cytotoxic dipeptides such as melphalan flufenamide and one or more excipient(s) selected from the group comprising a polysorbate; a polyethylene glycol; β-cyclodextrin; ocyclodextrin; hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin; sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin; lactose; benzyl alcohol; disodium succinate; propylene glycol; Cremophor EL; Dimethyl sulfoxide; D-mannitol; Trehalose; Sucrose and an amino acid. This preparation may be further formulated and is useful in cancer therapy.
US10543272B2
The invention provides the use of a photosensitiser which is a derivative (e.g. an ester) of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, in the manufacture of a composition for use in methods of photodynamic therapy (PDT) on an animal, wherein said PDT comprises: (a) administering to said animal a composition comprising said photosensitiser; and (b) photoactivating said photosensitiser, and side-effects (e.g. pain and/or erythema) of said PDT are prevented or reduced by use of one or more of (i)-(iv): (i) said composition comprises said photosensitiser in a concentration of less than 10% wt (e.g. 0.5 to 8% wt), (ii) said composition is administered for less than 2 hours (e.g. 30 minutes to 90 minutes) prior to said photoactivation, (iii) said photoactivation is carried out with a light source having a fluence rate of less than 50 mW/cm2 (e.g. 5 to 40 mW/cm2), (iv) said photoactivation is carried out with sunlight. Preferably, side effects of PDT are prevented or reduced by using (ii) or (iv) in combination with (i) and/or (ii).
US10543269B2
The disclosure relates to respiratory virus ribonucleic acid (RNA) vaccines and combination vaccines, as well as methods of using the vaccines and compositions comprising the vaccines.
US10543255B2
This invention relates to novel compositions comprising analogs of naturally occurring polypeptides, wherein the analog comprises an α-amino acid and at least one β-amino acid. Administration of the compositions may be used for effecting treatment or prevention of a plurality of disease states caused by dysfunctional biochemical or biological pathways. The compositions and methods of this invention are particularly useful to identify novel therapeutic modulators of in-vivo receptor activity with extended half-lives and relevant bioactivity as compared to the naturally translated polypeptides upon which the analogs are derived.
US10543247B2
Methods for providing skin enhancement and pain relief to an individual in need of treatment by administering to such an individual an effective amount of an immunostimulatory Aloe vera derived composition. Oral and topical methods and compositions are provided. Aloe vera derived immunostimulatory compositions and methods of producing such compositions are provided.
US10543243B2
The invention relates to a soybean seed extract, method for producing the same and uses of the extract of soybean seeds in promoting wound healing, promoting neuron cell proliferation and/or treating brain diseases and/or neurodegenerative diseases, treating breast cancer, reducing side effects of interfering with DNA and/or RNA replication drugs and/or enhancing pharmaceutical effects of interfering with DNA and/or RNA replication drugs.
US10543240B2
The present invention provides a method of increasing the growth of staphylococcus epidermidis on skin, comprising topically applying to skin in need of treatment for eczema, acne, decreased moisturization, or other skin conditions associated with microbiota dysbiosis a composition comprising an extract of Pichia anomala and glycerin.
US10543239B2
The invention relates to use of a bacterium selected from a lactic acid bacterium, a Bifidobacterium or a mixture of any thereof for treating metabolic endotoxemia, inhibiting bacterial translocation and regulating lipid absorption in a mammal.
US10543237B2
This invention discloses new krill oil compositions characterized by having high amounts of phospholipids, astaxanthin esters and/or omega-3 contents. The krill oils are obtained from krill meal using supercritical fluid extraction in a two stage process. Stage 1 removes the neutral lipid by extracting with neat supercritical CO2 or CO2 plus approximately 5% of a co-solvent. Stage 2 extracts the actual krill oils by using supercritical CO2 in combination with approximately 20% ethanol. The krill oil materials obtained are compared with commercially available krill oil and found to be more bioeffective in a number of areas such as anti-inflammation, anti-oxidant effects, improving insulin resistances and improving blood lipid profile.
US10543236B2
A homeopathic pain topical analgesic composition based on snake venom is disclosed. The study product also contained of Arnica montana, a homeopathic remedy most frequently used for fractures, bruises, and muscle strains due to its analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects. The composition also contained a penetrant component to enhance penetration of the ingredients as well as an analgesic/anti-inflammatory component. The snake venoms used may include those of Naja naja, Crotalus horridus and Lachesis muta. A clinical study of a product formulated in this way was effective in promoting relief from muscle pain and discomfort.
US10543232B2
A polyplex of a double stranded RNA (dsRNA) and a polymeric conjugate consists of a linear polyethyleneimine (PEI) covalently linked to one or more polyethylene glycol (PEG) moieties. Each PEG moiety is conjugated via a linker to a targeting moiety capable of binding to a cancer antigen. Exemplary cancer antigens include epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and prostate surface membrane antigen (PSMA).
US10543228B2
The invention relates to compositions containing selenite-containing compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable acids, selected from citric acid, acetic acid, malic acid, carbonic acid, sulphuric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, fruit acids or mixtures thereof, for use for treating cervical inflammations, dysplasia and/or carcinomas. The invention further relates to methods of using such compositions.
US10543221B2
Provided herein are heterocyclic compounds and pharmaceutical formulations that can be used to treat bacterial infections. Also provided herein are methods of making and using the heterocyclic compounds and pharmaceutical formulations.
US10543220B2
The invention provides, in part, polyhydroxylated bile acids for treating biliary disorders, for example, biliary disorders arising out of cholestasis of portal hypertension. The invention also provides, in part, polyhydroxylated bile acids for stimulating bile flow. New compounds 2α, 3α, 7α, 12α-tetrahydroxy-5β-cholanoic acid and 3α. 4α, 7α, 12α-tetrahydroxy-5β-cholanoic acid are disclosed, uses thereof and synthesis thereof.
US10543215B2
Disclosed herein are combination therapies for the treatment of heart failure using a cardiac myosin activator, such as omecamtiv mecarbil, and a sinus node If current inhibitor, such as ivabradine. Also disclosed herein are compositions comprising a cardiac myosin activator and a sinus node If current inhibitor.
US10543212B2
The present invention provides a compound having a CaMKII inhibitory action, which is expected to be useful as an agent for the prophylaxis or treatment of cardiac diseases (particularly catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, postoperative atrial fibrillation, heart failure, fatal arrhythmia) and the like.The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof.
US10543207B2
The present disclosure is directed to compounds and methods for the treatment of disorders associated with fluid retention or salt overload, such as heart failure (in particular, congestive heart failure), chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease, liver disease, and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) gamma agonist-induced fluid retention. The present disclosure is also directed to compounds and methods for the treatment of hypertension. The present disclosure is also directed to compounds and methods for the treatment of gastrointestinal tract disorders, including the treatment or reduction of pain associated with gastrointestinal tract disorders. The methods generally comprise administering to a mammal in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound, that is designed to be substantially active in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract to inhibit NHE-mediated antiport of sodium ions and hydrogen ions therein. More particularly, the method comprises administering to a mammal in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound, or a pharmaceutical composition comprising such a compound, that inhibits NHE-3, -2 and/or -8 mediated antiport of sodium and/or hydrogen ions in the GI tract and is designed to be substantially impermeable to the layer of epithelial cells, or more specifically the epithelium of the GI tract. As a result of the compound being substantially impermeable, it is not absorbed and is thus essentially systemically non-bioavailable, so as to limit the exposure of other internal organs (e.g., liver, heart, brain, etc.) thereto. The present disclosure is still further directed to a method wherein a mammal is administered such a compound with a fluid-absorbing polymer, such that the combination acts as described above and further provides the ability to sequester fluid and/or salt present in the GI tract.
US10543203B2
There is provided a sustained-release pharmaceutical composition comprising a solid, continuous network comprising an excipient with a high mechanical strength, which network also comprises pores, within which pores is interspersed a mixture of an active ingredient and a film-forming agent, characterised in that said pores are formed during the production of the composition. Compositions of the invention find particularly utility as abuse-resistant formulations comprising opioid analgesics that may be employed in the treatment of chronic pain.
US10543201B2
Methods are provided for treating conditions including chronic pelvic pain, in which there are palpable trigger points of local areas of muscle restriction and spasticity that recreate or refer pain of patients complaints upon palpation, chronic pelvic pain syndrome, pelvic floor myalgia, pelvic floor dysfunction, interstitial cystitis, levator ani syndrome, coccygodynia, prostatodynia, piriformis syndrome, anal sphincter pain, bowel movement pain, post bowel movement pain, ejaculatory pain, post ejaculatory pain, sitting pain, post bowel movement pain, rectal pain, tailbone pain, urinary frequency, urinary urgency, urinary hesitancy, post urinary pain, overactive bladder, perineal pain, penile pain, vaginismus, anismus, sexual dysfunction, reduced level of ejaculate or reduced penile erection, myofascial pain in muscle tissue of a patient who has one or more trigger points in the muscle tissue, or the pain/sensitivity of pelvic floor muscle trigger points and specific areas of myofascial restriction detected upon palpation in a patient comprising administering to the one or more trigger points of the patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a calcium channel blocker, or L-arginine, or a combination of a calcium channel blocker and L-arginine, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, hydrates, solvates and prodrugs thereof; the application of the topical form of the drug can be applied by the patient regularly as part of a self treatment program to heal muscle related pain and muscle related pelvic pain and each optionally together with a corticosteroid such as cortisone of hydrocortisone. The invention further provides methods for myofascial release, trigger point release, and the use of dilators with and without calcium channel blockers for pain conditions. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions, kits and applicator devices useful in the methods of the invention.
US10543194B2
The present invention relates to certain PDE2 inhibitory compounds, in free or salt form, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for the treatment of PDE2 mediated disorders.
US10543189B2
The invention provides naphthofuran compounds, polymorphs of naphthofuran compounds, naphthofuran compounds in particle form, purified compositions that contain one or more naphthofuran compounds, purified compositions that contain one or more naphthofuran compounds in particle form, and methods of using these naphthofuran compounds, polymorphs, purified compositions and/or particle forms to treat subjects in need thereof.
US10543181B2
The present invention provides for the treatment, prevention, and/or reduction of a risk of a disease, disorder, or condition in which aldehyde toxicity is implicated in the pathogenesis, including ocular disorders, skin disorders, conditions associated with injurious effects from blister agents, and autoimmune, inflammatory, neurological and cardiovascular diseases by the use of a primary amine to scavenge toxic aldehydes, such as MDA and HNE.
US10543180B2
The present invention provides a method of inhibiting, suppressing or preventing levodopa-induced dyskinesia in a patient suffering from Parkinson's Disease, comprising the step of administering to the patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one compound of the invention. The present invention further provides a method of inhibiting, suppressing or preventing Parkinson's Disease in a patient, comprising the step of administering to the patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one compound of the invention.
US10543179B2
The present invention relates to a dosage regimen of an S1P receptor modulator or agonist in the course of the treatment of patients suffering from an inflammatory or autoimmune disorder, for example multiple sclerosis. Specifically, the present invention relates to testing a patient for a history of infection and vaccinating the patient prior to administration of fingolimod or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof at a daily dosage of 0.5 mg.
US10543172B2
The invention provides a water-based composition for treating an infection by a dermatophyte fungus comprising econazole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Also provided are methods of treatment utilizing the water-based foam composition, as well as its preparation.
US10543168B2
A formulation for generating an adhesion barrier that includes a plurality of particles or a dry powder that is made of a polymer combination of at least one biodegradable polymer and at least one water soluble polymer is disclosed. Methods of making and delivering the formulation are further disclosed. The formulation of particles is deposited on a surface of internal body tissue and the deposited formulation absorbs moisture from the tissue and forms a film over the surface. The film acts as an adhesion barrier by reducing or preventing adhesion of the surface to other body tissue.
US10543163B2
The application discloses dentifrice compositions comprising arginine together with fluoride, phosphate and pyrophosphate salts, in a dentifrice base with a calcium-free silica abrasive, which compositions provide enhanced remineralization, together with methods of using and of making these compositions.
US10543161B1
The present disclosure relates to methods for protecting skin from UV radiation while simultaneously improving the appearance of skin. The methods include layered application of a skin perfecting composition and a sunscreen composition. The skin perfecting composition comprises: (i) about 1 to about 40 wt. % of at least one primary film forming polymer having a Young's modulus of 0.1 to 50 MPa, and elongation at break >50% and a glass transition temperature of <0° C.; (ii) about 1 to about 35 wt. % of at least one pressure sensitive adhesive polymer; (iii) about 1 to about 35 wt. % of soft focus powder; and (iv) water. The sunscreen composition comprises: (i) at least one organic UV filter; and (ii) a cosmetically acceptable carrier.
US10543160B2
The present invention relates to a non-aqueous cosmetic composition comprising water-soluble scrub particles containing a polypeptide or a cell culture component. More specifically, the present invention relates to a non-aqueous cosmetic composition comprising 0.01 wt % to 15 wt % of hard and angulated water-soluble scrub particles containing cell culture components or various polypeptides including a peptide and an oligopeptide. Further, the cosmetic composition of the present invention provides a non-aqueous cosmetic composition which does not comprise active ingredients, but comprises water-soluble excipient scrub particles for maintaining or improving a scrubbing effect and adjusting viscosity or volume.
US10543157B2
The present invention is directed to a method for treating a hair disorder in a human or animal in need thereof, involving topically applying to the human or animal an effective amount of at least one 6-substituted 2-pyridinol N-oxide compound, a tautomer, or a cosmetically acceptable salt thereof wherein a hair count is increased by at least 0.5 hairs/cm2 and/or an increase the number of anagen hairs and maintain the number of telogen hairs when compared to a baseline and/or vehicle.
US10543156B2
Described herein is a method for shaping keratin fibres including (i) providing a crosslinking composition, wherein the crosslinking composition includes a 2-oxazolidinone compound, a photocatalyst being a hydroxy-substituted aromatic compound, and a cosmetically acceptable carrier; (ii) applying the crosslinking composition to keratin fibres; and (iii) mechanically shaping the keratin fibres with an appliance at a temperature of from about 80° C. to about 180° C. while exposing the crosslinking composition to electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength of from about 300 nm to about 750 nm.
US10543142B2
A torso-sling is provided to support at least a portion of the body of a patient on a surgical frame. The torso-sling is used in supporting at least a portion of the patient's torso. The torso-sling is supported relative to the surgical frame using a support bracket that can be attached to a chest support plate of the surgical frame. The torso-sling includes a frame portion, at least a first support strap, and at least a second support strap. The frame portion defines an access area, and the frame portion includes a first side portion, a second side portion, and a transition portion joining the first and second side portions together. The first side portion is configured for positioning adjacent a first lateral side on the posterior side of the patient, the second side portion is configured for positioning adjacent a second lateral side on the posterior side of the patient, and the transition portion is configured for positioning adjacent the neck and shoulders on the posterior side of the patient. The first support strap extends from the support bracket to the first side portion, the first support strap, when the patient is supported by the surgical frame and the torso-sling supports portions of the torso of the patient, extending in part adjacent portions of the first lateral side of the torso of the patient. The second support strap extends from the support bracket to the second side portion, the second support strap, when the patient is supported by the surgical frame and the torso-sling supports the portions of the torso of the patient, extending in part adjacent and contacting portions the second lateral side of the torso and the anterior torso of the patient.
US10543137B2
A patient support apparatus includes a computer supported thereon that acts as a thin client for at least one network service available on a remote network to which the patient support apparatus has access. The thin client architecture of the patient support apparatus enables the patient support apparatus to dynamically change its functions, algorithms, features and other aspects more easily. The thin client architecture may be applied to generating alerts, performing maintenance functions, analyzing sensor data—including, but not limited to—weight sensors used to detect weight distributions on the patient support apparatus, implementing patient care protocols, performing patient assessments, accumulating information for billing, and monitoring patient movement. The patient support apparatuses may also function as local WiFi hotspots and/or as software access points to the healthcare network and/or the Internet. One or more Software-as-a-Service applications may run on the patient support apparatus.
US10543135B2
A low migration energy curable ink composition may include, based upon total composition weight: a) from about 10% to about 80% of a solvent system comprising the following: i) from about 35% to about 80% of one or more mono-functional acrylate monomers, ii) from about 10% to about 35% of one or more di-functional acrylate monomers, and iii) from about 10% to about 30% of one or more tri-functional or greater acrylate monomers; b) from about 3% to about 30% of an acrylate oligomer, and c) from about 1% to about 15% of a colorant. The low migration energy curable ink may be incorporated into an absorbent article.
US10543127B2
The present invention relates to methods and devices for skin tightening after incising or excising tissue portions from a subject. Exemplary methods and devices include tunable dressings having an adhesive layer and a regulatable layer or an un-stretched layer that responds to one or more external stimuli to contract or expand the dressing, where the contraction or expansion can be uniform or non-uniform.
US10543120B2
A method for manufacturing a belt, which molds a heating member 13 by 20 to 98 parts by weight selecting at least one of nonferrous metals constituted by tourmaline, bentonite, pozzolan, mica, red clay, zeolite, magnesium oxide, white clay, calcium, and silica, 0.1 to 30 parts by weight selecting at least one of A type Tio sol, Ag sol, and Zno having a particle size of 5 to 20 nm, graphene 01 to 10 parts by weight having a particle size of 0.20 to 2.25 nm, and functional metal colloidal 0.05 to 8 parts by weight having a size of 1 to 10 nm by selecting at least one of Ag, Au, Zn Pt, and Y, 20 to 98 parts by weight are combined by selecting at least one of the nonferrous metals and thereafter, ground into particle sizes of 500 to 1500 meshes.
US10543115B2
What is disclosed is a medical device comprising a compressed, cylindrical or oblong, thin-walled, expandable metal structure (a “blockstent”) and a flexible, elongated device (a “delivery catheter”) to position the compressed blockstent into the lumen of a blood vessel segment to be treated, and methods of use for occlusion of treated blood vessel segments. A blockstent can be made with ductile metals such as gold, platinum, or silver such that the blockstent will conform to the shape of the lumen of the treated blood vessel segment during expansion and allow for the shape of the blockstent to be permanently changed by the application of an external force. The surface of the blockstent can be configured to promote local thrombus on the external surface of the blockstent and to promote the growth of tissue into the wall of the blockstent in order to occlude the treated blood vessel and fix the blockstent in place. The wall of the blockstent can also be configured to release drugs or pharmacologically active molecules such as those that promote thrombosis, cell proliferation, extracellular matrix deposition to promote this thrombus formation and tissue growth.
US10543109B2
A prosthetic device has a movable body and foot member with an end effector for contacting an external surface. A base body is coupled to a first joint of the foot member. A compliant linking member is disposed between a second joint of the foot member and a first joint of the moveable body. The compliant linking member can be a spring or flexible beam. A passive linking member is coupled between a third joint of the foot member and a third joint of the moveable body. An actuator is disposed between the base body and the second joint of the movable body. The actuator can be a motor with an extension member. The compliant linking member extends during roll-over phase. The actuator acts to assist with the extension of the compliant linking member during roll-over phase to aid with push-off phase in the gait cycle.
US10543106B2
An instrument with an implant holder disposed between a pair of tongs is provided. The implant holder may include a sleeve mechanically coupled to a distal end of a drive shaft and a pair of arms pivotably disposed within the sleeve. Movement of the sleeve in the distal direction pivots the pair of arms towards each other to grip the implant and movement of the sleeve in the proximal direction pivots the arms away from each other to automatically release the implant from the implant holder. The instrument may also include a dual mode drive shaft advancement mechanism that allows the implant holder to be advanced via an impact on the drive shaft from a tool such as a hammer or by rotation of the drive shaft.
US10543096B2
A prosthetic device for use as an artificial meniscus is disclosed. The prosthetic device restores shock absorption, stability, and function to the knee joint after removal of the damaged natural meniscus. In some embodiments, the prosthetic device is pre-tensioned to improve the fit of the prosthetic device within the knee joint and, thereby, maximize the contact area of the load-bearing surfaces to distribute loading through the prosthetic device in a manner substantially similar to that of a healthy natural meniscus. In some embodiments, the pre-tensioned prosthetic device is smaller, or scaled-down, relative to the size of a healthy natural meniscus.
US10543088B2
Systems, devices and methods for resizing a valve annulus are described. An implant is delivered proximate a mitral valve, the implant comprising a tubular body and a plurality of piercing helical anchors, the tubular body comprising an proximal diameter and a distal diameter. Tissue proximate the mitral valve is engaged by rotating the plurality of anchors with corresponding rotational drivers. The tubular body may be transitioned from a first structural configuration having the proximal diameter smaller than the distal diameter to a second structural configuration having the proximal diameter larger than the distal diameter.
US10543079B2
Mitral valve prosthesis are disclosed that include a frame or support structure having an inflow portion, a valve-retaining tubular portion and a pair of support arms. The inflow portion radially extends from a first end of the valve-retaining tubular portion and the pair of support arms are circumferentially spaced apart and radially extend from an opposing second end of the valve-retaining tubular portion. The inflow portion is formed from a plurality of struts that outwardly extend from the first end of the valve-retaining tubular portion with adjacent struts of the plurality of struts being joined, wherein each strut of the plurality of struts has a substantially s-shaped profile and at least one twisted area.
US10543075B2
A knotless anchor for attachment of tissue to bone includes a rigid anchor body and a suture extending there from. The suture is hollow and includes a fixed limb portion secured to the rigid anchor body. A soft suture tunnel extends in a longitudinal direction through the fixed limb portion of the suture. A free suture limb is passed through the tissue, back to the anchor, and through the soft suture tunnel, thereby creating a closable suture loop around the tissue. Tension applied to the free suture limb closes the suture loop, and approximates the tissue to the anchor body. When the anchor is deployed in a bone hole, external features of the anchor body grip the walls of the bone hole and simultaneously compress the suture, thereby preventing tissue pull-out. Anchor assemblies and methods of tissue fixation are also disclosed.
US10543074B2
A passive artificial sphincter includes a tension member, an outer sleeve, and a connecter. The tension member has first and second ends. The outer sleeve contains the tension member and is formed of a biocompatible material. The connecter is configured to couple the first and second ends together to form an artificial sphincter ring. The artificial sphincter ring is configured for implantation around the lumen to provide passive constriction of the lumen.In a method, an artificial sphincter comprising a tension member contained within an outer sleeve is positioned around a lumen of a patient. The lumen is constricted responsive to the tension in the tension member. The passage of material through the lumen and past the artificial sphincter ring is resisted responsive to the constriction of the lumen.
US10543065B2
An intraoral scanner includes an image sensor, a projection module, a motion sensor, a memory unit and a processor. The motion sensor senses three motion variations corresponding to three axes according to a motion state of the intraoral scanner. The memory unit stores three first variation thresholds corresponding to the three axes. The processor determines whether the three motion variations are smaller than or equal to the three first variation thresholds, respectively. When the processor determines that at least one of the three motion variations is smaller than or equal to the three first variation thresholds, the processor enables the image sensor and the projection module. When the processor determines that all of the three motion variations are larger than the three first variation thresholds, the processor disables at least one of the image sensor and the projection module.
US10543063B2
A dental prosthesis arrangement includes a lower part assigned to a jaw implant and an upper part assigned to a superstructure. The lower part engages in the upper part along a central axis. The lower part is supported against the upper part at several contact faces. The lower part and the upper part are connected releasably to each other via a securing device which provides a retaining force against axial withdrawal of the upper part from the lower part. A first radially inwardly directed structure is provided on the lower part and a second radially outwardly directed structure is provided on the upper part for receiving a holding element that provides the retaining force. A fastener passing through the upper part and connected to the lower part can alternatively fix the upper part to the lower part.
US10543062B2
A top piece for a corresponding pin-shaped dental implant with a platform, which features a first platform surface and a second platform surface, a retention pin placed onto the first platform surface, for mounting of a mesostructure, a connecting pin for connecting the platform with a blind bore of a pin-shaped dental implant corresponding to the connecting pin, while in a first version, an edge of the platform is bulged in a direction oriented away from the connection pin, and in a second version, a diameter of the platform is large enough, at least in a part of a total angular area that, where the top piece is connected to the corresponding pin-shaped dental implant, in a view from above onto the second platform surface, the platform protrudes over the corresponding pin-shaped dental implant.
US10543061B2
The present disclosure provides engineered surfaces that exhibit reduced specular reflection and gloss while still providing a high intensity of reflected light at multiple incident angles. The structured metal surfaces include engineered topography that increases diffuse reflection, leading to a greater intensity of light perceived at multiple viewing angles. A viewer engaging such surfaces is likely to perceive a stronger ‘white’ reflection of the incident light and an improvement, particularly in orthodontic and other oral applications, of aesthetic appearance. Methods of creating the engineered surfaces and orthodontic articles incorporating the engineered surfaces are also disclosed.
US10543057B2
Selectively lockable holding arrangements for a surgical access assembly are disclosed. One holding arrangement includes a body portion, an engagement barrel and a retaining member configured as a hook at a distal end of the body portion. The engagement barrel is position on a proximal end of the body portion and is configured to be selectively rotated about the body portion when operatively connected to a surgical holding arrangement. A rotation brake is mounted on the body section. The rotation brake is selectively operable to lock the engagement barrel against rotation.
US10543055B2
Disclosed are a structure for automatically identifying a predetermined length of a tourniquet, and a method for quickly identifying the predetermined length. The structure for automatically identifying a predetermined length of a tourniquet comprises a box and tourniquets, wherein the box has at least one receiving cavity in which the tourniquets are placed and an opening configured to be passed through by an end of the tourniquets, wherein apertures are formed in the tourniquets at an interval of the predetermined length in a longitudinal direction of the tourniquets, the box is provided with a protrusion configured to cooperate with the apertures during the extraction of the tourniquets, and the apertures are configured to identify the predetermined length of the tourniquets and facilitate tearing off of the tourniquets during the tearing off of the tourniquets.
US10543053B2
A container for a medical device having a housing defining a cavity for receiving a device, such as a lung volume reduction coil, is disclosed. In some embodiments, the container includes a coupling zone external to the cavity, an exit aperture between the cavity and the coupling zone, and a bearing surface located within the cavity, the bearing surface, exit aperture and coupling zone defining an exit path along which the device can be moved for deployment from the container. The bearing surface is spaced from the exit aperture and arranged, together with the coupling zone, such that the exit path is substantially straight. In some embodiments, the cavity may be approximately cylindrical, and the bearing surface, the exit aperture, and the coupling zone are aligned such that the exit path extends in a direction that is substantially tangential to the cavity.
US10543046B2
A system for assisting a surgeon to perform an operation on a patient where surgeon employs a first surgical instrument that has a shaft and a tip. The system include a video capture device configured to capture real-time video data showing the first surgical instrument while the first surgical instrument is being used by the surgeon to perform the operation. The system also includes a display device and a computer processor. The computer processor is configured to receive real-time video data from the video capture device as a sequence of digital image frames and, for each image frame, analyze the image frame to determine the location in the image frame of the shaft of the first surgical instrument, process the image frame to overlay received overlay information on the shaft of the first surgical instrument as it appears in the image frame, and display the processed image frame on the display device.
US10543040B2
The present invention is concerned with a skin treatment device, in particular a hair removal device, having a light emission unit comprising a substrate and a plurality of first LED dies mounted on the substrate on an area of at least 0.2 cm2, in particular of at least 1 cm2, wherein the skin treatment device is arranged to activate the first LED dies to emit a treatment light pulse having a pulse length in particular in the range of between 10 ms and 300 ms and the first LED dies have a radiant flux such that a radiant fluence on the skin of a user of at least 1 J/cm2 is achieved by application of the treatment light pulse, wherein the light emission unit has at least two selectable active areas of first LED dies, where the selectable active areas have different sizes, and at least three second LED dies are mounted on the substrate at locations suitable for visibly indicating each of the selectable active areas.
US10543034B2
According to some embodiments, a method of treating a subject having diabetes or symptoms associated with diabetes is provided. The method includes delivering a neuromodulation catheter within a vessel (e.g., hepatic artery) having surrounding nerves that innervate the liver (e.g., sympathetic nerves of the hepatic plexus). The method may also include modulating (e.g., disrupting, ablating, stimulating) the nerves by mechanical compression, energy delivery, or fluid delivery.
US10543027B2
An implant assembly for a human sternum and ribs can include a sternal implant and a rib link. The sternal implant can be couplable to a sternum. The rib link can include a distal portion, a proximal portion, and a strut. The distal portion can be couplable to a rib. The proximal portion can be couplable to the sternal implant. The strut can connect the distal portion to the proximal portion. The strut can be configured to flex so that the distal portion can be aligned with the rib.
US10543023B2
A device and a system comprising such a device, for fixing a spinal vertebra to a rod. The device comprises a pedicle screw and an anchor lug for fixing the screw to the rod. The device also comprises a flexible strip for connection to the vertebra, a ring secured to the lug, and means secured to said ring, for adjustably locking the flexible strip in relation to the anchor lug.
US10543014B2
An apparatus includes a shaft assembly and an end effector. The shaft assembly includes a first tube, a second tube, and a distally projecting tongue. The second tube is coaxially disposed within the first tube. One of the first tube or the second tube is configured to translate relative to the other of the first tube or the second tube. The tongue is fixed to either the first tube or the second tube. The end effector includes an ultrasonic blade and a clamp arm. The clamp arm is pivotally coupled to the tongue. The clamp arm is configured to pivot toward and away from the ultrasonic blade in response to relative translation between the first and second tubes. The tongue is configured to flex relative to the first tube and the second tube in response to the clamp arm grasping tissue.
US10543011B2
The invention relates to a papillotome for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy comprising a front opening (11), which is located in a free end region of a catheter (10) and at the outlet of a first lumen (12), a rear opening (9), which is further from a free end (17) than the front opening (11) is and which connects the first lumen (12) to the outside, and a cutting wire (16), which is located in the first lumen (12) in an axially displaceable manner and extends through the front opening (11) and the rear opening (9) and is located on the outside between the front opening (11) and the rear opening (9). When the cutting wire (16) is tensioned, the free end region is deformed in a arc shape and the cutting wire (16) forms a transversely extending cutting edge (15) between the front opening (11) and the rear opening (9). The front opening (11) is arranged at a distance of at least 3 mm from the free end (17). A projection (20) is formed between the free end (17) and the front opening (11). A cutting tip (20) is formed at the free end (17) of the catheter (10). The cutting tip is connected to the cutting wire (16) and forms the foremost end of the papillotome.
US10543006B2
An infusion catheter system may deliver a therapeutic agent to a desired location in the body. The system may include an elongate catheter shaft having a proximal end region, a distal end region, a distal opening, and a lumen extending between the proximal end region and distal opening. The distal end region may include a coiled portion having a preformed coiled configuration including a plurality of helically wound rings. A plurality of apertures may be formed through a sidewall of the coiled portion. A guidewire may be configured to be slidably disposed within the lumen of the catheter shaft. The guidewire may include a proximal end region having a first cross-sectional dimension, an enlarged distal end region having a second cross sectional dimension greater than the first cross-sectional dimension, and an intermediate region disposed between the proximal end region and the distal end region.
US10543004B2
Systems, methods, and devices provide for a bone centering drill guide. The bone centering drill guide may include a clamping mechanism which clamps to a bone in a pivotable fashion. The proximal end of the clamping mechanism includes a handle portion having a first arm and a second arm which is configured to allow a user to grip the device and exert force which urges the first and second arms toward each other. The distal end includes a clamping portion having first and second arms which are urged into a closed configuration when closing force is provided to the handle portion. The proximal end may further include a locking mechanism which locks the clamping device in a clamped configuration. The bone centering drill guide may further include a guide slot disposed on the distal end above the clamping arms, the slot configured to remain centered between the first and second clamping arms.
US10543002B2
A surgical instrument such as a rongeur (2), including a fixed or stationery first jaw element (4); a stop plate (6) carried at a distal end of the first jaw element; and a second jaw element (12) slidably coupled to the first jaw element, the second jaw element comprising a body (14) having a cutting edge (20) at the front thereof, and defining a channel therein having a front opening and a rear opening, wherein the second jaw element has a closed configuration in which the cutting edge of the second jaw element body is in contact with the stop plate and an open configuration in which the cutting edge of the second jaw element body is spaced from the stop plate, and wherein the instrument further includes a detachable collection tube (28) releasably coupled to the rear of the body of the second jaw element, the detachable collection tube including an inlet in communication with the rear opening of the channel.
US10543000B2
A reciprocating surgical saw blade includes a distal portion, a proximal portion, and a main body extending between the distal portion and the proximal portion. The main body includes an upper surface and a lower surface, and a first outer edge extending from the upper surface to the lower surface of the main body, and a second outer a second outer edge extending from the upper surface to the lower surface of the main body. A biocompatible polymer is provided along at least one of the upper surface, the lower surface, the first outer edge, or the second outer edge of the main body.
US10542991B2
A surgical stapling instrument is disclosed. The stapling instrument comprises a staple cartridge including a circular array of staple cavities defined therein and an anvil configured to deform the staples. The stapling instrument further comprises a closure drive configured to position the anvil relative to the staple cartridge and a firing drive configured to eject the staples from the staple cartridge. The closure drive includes a shaft which is extendable above the staple cartridge to permit the anvil to be attached to the shaft. In various instances, the stapling instrument is configured and arranged such that the anvil cannot be attached to the shaft unless the shaft is moved into a fully-extended position above the staple cartridge.
US10542978B2
The present disclosure provides a powered surgical instrument including a housing defining an inner cavity therein; at least one internal component disposed within the housing; and potting material injected into the inner cavity encapsulating at least a portion of the at least one internal component.
US10542976B2
A surgical instrument includes a drive shaft, a motor for rotating the drive shaft, and a motor speed control. The motor speed control includes a first switch and a second switch which are in communication with the motor. The first switch is disposed over and in registration with the second switch. The first switch has an activated state such that the first switch sends a first signal to the motor. The motor rotates the drive shaft in response to the first signal. The second switch sends a second signal to the motor that varies the speed that the motor rotates the drive shaft in response to a force applied to the second switch by the first switch.
US10542972B2
Disclosed is a joining element (10), especially a suture material for surgical use. The joining element (10) is composed of a first material (12) that is essentially rigid during impingement by a relatively short-lasting tensile load on opposite sides as well as a second material (11) which is connected to the first material. The second material is substantially rigid during impingement by said tensile load on opposite sides while contracting slowly during a second period of time that is longer than the first period of time.
US10542967B2
A method and apparatus for coupling a soft tissue implant into a locking cavity formed within a bone is disclosed. The apparatus includes a member to pull the soft tissue implant into a femoral tunnel. The member includes a suture having first and second ends which are passed through first and second openings associated with the longitudinal passage to form a pair of loops. Portions of the suture lay parallel to each other within the suture. Application of tension onto the suture construction causes retraction of the soft tissue implant into the femoral tunnel.
US10542965B2
The use of red or near infrared light upon neurons of the lumbar plexus that are in distress due to retraction-induced ischemia. The surgeon may protect nerves made ischemic in the surgery by: a) making an incision in a patient, b) inserting an access device into the patient through the incision to at least partially create a path to a spine of the patient, and c) irradiating nervous tissue adjacent the path with an amount of NIR or red light effective to provide neuroprotection.
US10542963B2
The present disclosure relates to an ultrasound phantom for a focused ultrasound wave. More specifically, the present invention provides an ultrasound phantom which mimics a body so as to correspond to a speed of sound in the body, in which agarose, sucrose, polydiacetylene vesicle, and distilled water are mixed, and a specific part onto which an ultrasound wave is irradiated by a focused ultrasound transducer is gradually discolored in accordance with a temperature.
US10542960B2
A system having an X-radiation generator; an X-radiation detector, and a portable computing device. The X-radiation detector has a first wireless communication module, and a non-volatile memory. The X-radiation detector is configured to self-trigger acquisition of an X-radiation image upon detecting X-radiation generated by the X-radiation generator, store the acquired X-radiation image in the non-volatile memory, transmit a lower-resolution version of the X-radiation image via the first wireless communication module, and transmit the X-radiation image to a server via the first wireless communication module. The portable computing device has a second wireless communication module, and a digital screen. The portable computing device is configured to receive the lower-resolution version of the X-radiation image via said second wireless communication module that communicates with said first wireless communication module, display the lower-resolution version of the X-radiation image on the digital screen, enable a user to select whether to discard the X-radiation image from the X-radiation detector or to transmit the X-radiation image from said X-radiation detector to the server, and responsive to the user selecting to transmit the X-radiation image to the server, cause the X-radiation detector to transmit the X-radiation image to the server.
US10542959B2
An object tracking device for a medical imaging system tracks a predetermined movable object such as a medical instrument and/or a patient. The object tracking device includes primary and secondary imagers. The primary imager is configured to provide first image data of a patient's body including the interior of a patient's body. The primary imager is movable between imaging and parking modes. The secondary imager is configured to provide second image data of a patient's body including the exterior of a patient's body. The object tracking device further includes a position monitoring arrangement configured to monitor a position of the secondary imager relative to the position of a reference point. As a result, the medical instrument and/or the patient is traceable in the imaging mode based on the image data of the primary imager, and in the parking mode based on the image data of the secondary imager.
US10542955B2
A method of medical image registration with respect to a volume of interest (VOI) and an apparatus for performing the method are provided. In one embodiment, the method includes obtaining a first medical image of a selected section of the VOI, from a first medical apparatus, detecting a sectional image corresponding to the selected section from second medical images previously captured of the VOI, based on an anatomical feature appearing in the first medical image, mapping virtual coordinate schemes of the first and second medical images to produce a mapped virtual coordinate scheme, based on the detected sectional image and the first medical image, and tracking a movement of a section of the VOI captured by the first medical apparatus in the second medical images by using a mapped virtual coordinate scheme.
US10542952B2
A method is described for the determination of a calcium score for a patient to be examined with the aid of a CT system. The method is used to define patient-specific CT-acquisition parameters. In addition, material parameters for a model method for the generation of synthetic image data for virtual CT-acquisition parameters are calibrated using phantom image data recorded with reference CT-acquisition parameters. A calcium score assigned to synthetic phantom image data corresponds to a calcium score determined with phantom image data recorded with reference CT-acquisition parameters. Next, CT-projection-measurement data is acquired for a region of interest using the patient-specific CT-acquisition parameters. The acquired CT-projection-measurement data is used to generate synthetic image data using the calibrated model method. Finally, a calcium score is determined using a standard method on the basis of the synthetic image data. Also described is a calcium-score-determining device. Also described is a computed tomography system.
US10542950B2
The medical image diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to: generate medical volume data including bones and an organ; identify, based on the volume data, the organ and an abnormal bone having an abnormal region of the bones; calculate, based on the organ and the abnormal bone of the volume data, an influence rate on the organ by the abnormal bone; and superimpose data indicating the influence rate on the image based on the volume data, thereby displaying the superimposed image on a display.
US10542947B2
The present invention is directed to make a photon-counting CT apparatus capable of more accurate data acquisition. Such apparatus is provided with a reference detection unit and a time measuring instrument to measure temporal fluctuations in a rotational direction of an X-ray irradiation unit. The apparatus corrects temporal fluctuations in the rotational direction involved in data measured by the reference detection unit, using time measurement data which is output by the time measuring instrument. Using corrected measurement data measured by the reference detection unit, the apparatus makes corrections of fluctuations pertaining to the X-ray tube of the X-ray irradiation unit and pile-up. Data corrections with high accuracy are thus enabled.
US10542946B2
A dental imager includes an elongated handle with a rotatable head coupled to a distal end thereof and having a central platform with a plurality of arcuate scanning arms pivotally coupled thereto by a hinge. The arcuate scanning arms are of a shape and size for general deployment around a tooth and each include at least one scanner and a roller guide that comfortably rolls along the surface of the tooth or gums to bias the scanners a desired distance from the surface of the tooth, conducive for imaging thereof. In this respect, such a dental imager may be used in a process to scan and record the contours of an intraoral surface, the data of which may be used to create a digital three-dimensional surface impression printable by a 3D printer or the like.
US10542939B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a method of monitoring a patient comprising generating an accelerometer signal of a patient via a patient medical device and capturing and sampling the accelerometer signal at a sampling rate that utilizes non-regular timing intervals. Embodiments further describe a patient medical device comprising sensors for monitoring an accelerometer signal of a patient and circuitry for sampling the accelerometer signal at a sampling rate that utilizes non-regular timing intervals. Embodiments also describe a method of processing physiological signals comprising monitoring ECG signals and accelerometer signals of a patient via a patient medical device and capturing an ECG segment and sampling the accelerometer signal at a sampling rate that utilizes non-regular timing intervals.
US10542936B2
The invention relates to a carrier system for an object worn on the body, comprising a flexible carrier plaster, which has a flat carrier layer and an adhesive layer, applied to the lower face of said carrier layer, which adhesive layer adheres to the skin of a body part when pressed thereon, the adhesive layer consisting of a pressure-sensitive adhesive, and further comprising, on the upper face of the carrier layer facing away from the skin, a rigid mounting platform. According to this disclosure, a joining region of the mounting platform is permanently joined to the upper face of the carrier layer via a structural adhesive connection that consists of a structural adhesive.
US10542929B2
Techniques, methods, systems, devices, and computer readable medium are disclosed from an oral cavity of a user identifying a feature in the user's oral cavity, tracking the feature as it changes, and determining a condition based on the tracking of the feature in the user's oral cavity. The user can use an interface provided by the device's user interface for activities such as biofeedback, controlling functions of the device and other devices, receiving information from external devices or the device, etc.
US10542920B2
[Object] To more simply measure a scattering coefficient of an in-vivo component at any measurement location of a living body.[Solution] A measurement device according to the present disclosure includes: a light source configured to emit at least one kind of measurement light belonging to a predetermined wavelength band toward a measurement region formed by at least a part of a living body; a detection unit in which a plurality of sensors are arranged regularly in a predetermined disposition, the detection unit being provided on a same side as the light source with respect to the measurement region and configured to detect reflected light from the living body of the measurement light transmitted through a part of the living body with the plurality of sensors; and an analysis unit configured to analyze scattering characteristics of an in-vivo component present in the living body using a detection result of the reflected light detected by the detection unit.
US10542914B2
A person's fall risk may be determined based on machine learning algorithms. The fall risk information can be used to notify the person and/or a third party monitoring person (e.g. doctor, physical therapist, personal trainer, etc.) of the person's fall risk. This information may be used to monitor and track changes in fall risk that may be impacted by changes in health status, lifestyle behaviors or medical treatment. Furthermore, the fall risk classification may help individuals be more careful on the days they are more at risk for falling. The fall risk may be estimated using machine learning algorithms that process data from load sensors by computing basic and advanced punctuated equilibrium model (PEM) stability metrics.
US10542913B2
Disclosed is apparatus and method for motion tracking of a subject in medical brain imaging. The method comprises providing a light projector and a first camera; projecting a first pattern sequence (S1) onto a surface region of the subject with the light projector, wherein the subject is positioned in a scanner borehole of a medical scanner, the first pattern sequence comprising a first primary pattern (P1,1) and/or a first secondary pattern (P1,2); detecting the projected first pattern sequence (S1′) with the first camera; determining a second pattern sequence (S2) comprising a second primary pattern (P2,1) based on the detected first pattern sequence (S1′); projecting the second pattern sequence (S2) onto a surface region of the subject with the light projector; detecting the projected second pattern sequence (S2′) with the first camera; and determining motion tracking parameters based on the detected second pattern sequence (S2′).
US10542905B2
The present invention relates to a device for detecting a state of true perception loss of a human, the device including processing means operable to detect from information on electrical signals sensed adjacent to the scalp of the human the activity of oscillations present in the electrical signals as a marker for the state of true perception loss of the human.
US10542903B2
The present disclosure relates to physiological monitoring to determine the depth of consciousness of a patient under sedation. The monitor includes an EEG sensor and a depth of consciousness monitor. The depth of consciousness monitor can utilize treatment data, such as patient data and/or drug profile information with an EEG signal to determine whether the patient is adequately sedated.
US10542899B2
A catheter adapted or high density mapping and/or ablation of tissue surface has a distal electrode array with offset spine loops, each spine loop having at least a pair of linear portions and a distal portion connecting the pair of linear portions, and one or more electrodes on each linear portion. The linear portions of the plurality of offset spine loops are arranged in-plane a single common plane, and the distal portions of the plurality of offset spine loops are arranged off-plane from the single common plane.
US10542893B2
A monitoring apparatus includes a housing that is configured to be attached to a body of a subject. The housing includes a sensor region that is configured to contact a selected area of the body of the subject when the housing is attached to the body of the subject. The sensor region is contoured to matingly engage the selected body area. The apparatus includes at least one physiological sensor that is associated with the sensor region and that detects and/or measures physiological information from the subject and/or at least one environmental sensor associated with the sensor region that is configured to detect and/or measure environmental information. The sensor region contour stabilizes the physiological and/or environmental sensor(s) relative to the selected body area such that subject motion does not impact detection and/or measurement efforts of the sensor(s).
US10542877B2
The specification describes endoscopes that enable varying stiffness of an insertion portion in an endoscope assembly. In one example, an actuator operates either a spring or a flexible tube to vary stiffness of the insertion portion. In alternative examples, an elliptical wheel arrangement or screw mechanism provides a means to increase stiffness of the insertion portion of an endoscope assembly. In further examples, fluid and gas may be used inside the insertion potion to vary stiffness by varying pressure of the fluid/gas.
US10542874B2
An imaging device includes a lens group configured to collect incident light, a prism configured to reflect the light collected by the lens group, and an image sensor having a light receiving unit configured to receive the light reflected by the prism and to perform photoelectric conversion on the received light to generate an electrical signal. The prism is mounted on the light receiving unit, and the lens group is directly mounted on a surface of the image sensor.
US10542870B2
A manipulator, including: a drive unit for generating a driving force, and a treatment tool that is driven by the drive unit and attachable to and detachable from the drive unit, wherein the treatment tool includes: a distal end having at least one joint driven by the drive unit, a lock unit that is actuated to lock at least one of joints at the distal end, a lock-operating unit for operating the lock unit, and a control unit that is operated such that the lock unit is operated by the lock-operating unit and such that when the drive unit is driven, the drive unit is deactivated, and even with the treatment tool detached from the drive unit, the lock unit keeps on with locking.
US10542869B2
Provided are an endoscopic surgical device and a guide device that can satisfy the function of interlocking two medical instruments with each other. An overtube, which is punctured into a body wall and guides an endoscope and a treatment tool into a body cavity, includes an interlocking member that interlocks the forward and backward movements of the endoscope and the treatment tool with each other. The interlocking member is constituted of a first sleeve coupled to the endoscope, a second sleeve coupled to the treatment tool, and a corded flexible coupling member that couples the first sleeve and the second sleeve together. Accordingly, when the coupling member is in a relaxed state, the endoscope and the treatment tool independently move forward and backward, and when the coupling member is in a tensioned state, the endoscope and the treatment tool move forward and backward in an interlocking manner.
US10542868B2
A medical instrument system comprises an imaging probe including a distal tip terminating at a first distal end of the imaging probe and a lens disposed at the first distal end. The imaging probe including a first sealing feature on an external surface of the imaging probe. The medical instrument also comprises an elongated medical instrument including a distal portion terminating at a second distal end and including a working channel configured to slidably receive the imaging probe. The working channel including a second sealing feature on a surface of the working channel. The first sealing feature and the second sealing feature are shaped and configured to contact one another to prevent the passage of fluid between the first and second sealing features.
US10542867B2
An endoscope includes: a distal end cover provided on a distal end of an insertion portion; a holding member fitted with the distal end cover and holding built-in components; a cylindrical member inserted into the distal end cover and the holding member, the cylindrical member having a groove portion formed on an outer circumference; an elastically deformable elastic member engageably inserted into the groove portion and fixing the cylindrical member to the distal end cover and the holding member; first accommodating portions formed at least on a surface of the holding member and accommodating the elastic member; and second accommodating portions communicating to the first accommodating portions and accommodating the elastic member which, at time of inserting and detaching the cylindrical member, comes out from the groove of the cylindrical member, comes into contact with the outer circumferential portion of the cylindrical member and bends by elastic deformation.
US10542861B2
An upright surface cleaning apparatus, such as an extractor, has an upright section moveably mounted to a surface cleaning head and a recline limiter system adapted to inhibit the upright section reclining to a positon at which recovered water enters the separator.
US10542840B2
Examples are disclosed herein that relate to a grill with a continuous cooking surface having individually controllable heating zones separated by one or more isolation zones. One example provides a grill, comprising a continuous cooking surface comprising a plurality of individually controllable heating zones separated by one or more isolation zones, each heating zone comprising a heating zone plate with one or more heating elements disposed beneath the heating zone plate, and each isolation zone comprising an isolation bar joined to adjacent conductive plates of adjacent heating zones, each isolation bar comprising a cooling channel extending at least partially along a length of the isolation bar.
US10542809B2
A station for the treatment of hair, comprising: a washbasin (2), provided with a seat (21) for enabling a user to rest his/her neck and a drain (9) for draining the water from the washbasin (2); a dispenser (3) for dispensing steam inside the washbasin; a spray head (8) with an attached mixer tap (81) for dispensing hot or cold water; a cover (4) associated with the washbasin (2) to take on at least a closed position, in which it defines, together with the washbasin (2) a working space (V), and an open position; wherein the cover (4) comprises a window (41) to enable the users face to protrude outside of the working space (V).The cover (4) comprises a pair of openings (42) arranged to enable insertion of an operator's hands inside the space (V).
US10542803B2
A case for a mobile device with a screen. The case comprises a band arranged to surround the edge of the device. The band comprises an outer layer of a flexible polymer, an inner layer of damping material and an intermediate layer of a dissipation material between the inner and outer layers. The intermediate layer is the hardest of three layers and the inner layer is the softest.
US10542792B2
An article of footwear includes an upper with openings arranged in an auxetic configuration. The upper includes at least two openings that differ in size. Regions of the upper with larger openings may expand more than regions of the upper with smaller openings.
US10542789B2
A method for making a wadding strip element, in particular to be used for making paddings of clothing articles such windcheaters and/or shoes, the wadding material being adapted for depositing thereon at least an auxiliary material, comprises at least the further step of subjecting the wadding strip element to a combined chemical, mechanical and thermal treatment process adapted to increase the mechanical strength of the wadding strip element and reduce its porosity, thereby allowing the deposit on at least a surface of at least a printing material or an auxiliary material thereby the deposited material only slightly penetrates the wadding material to create on the surface a predetermined printed pattern configuration adapted to withstand washing operations and inevitable wear, without decomposing.
US10542781B2
A system to generate a vapor from a liquid includes an electric heater and an elongate wick. The electric heater defines an interior void having an inner surface and a plurality of apertures, and it is formed of an electrically resistive material contained within a heat diffusing material. The elongate wick is formed of a durable elongate structure having a plurality of liquid-conducting features on the outer surface. At least a portion of the liquid-conducting features of the elongate wick proximate the first end engage at least a portion of the one inner surface of the electric heater and are capable of conducting a the liquid from a source proximate the second end of the wick along the outer surface of the elongate wick to the electric heater.
US10542779B2
There is provided an aerosol-generating device configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate, including: a power supply; a heater positioned to heat the aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol; a controller configured to control a supply of power from the power supply to the heater; and a gas sensor that is sensitive to a particular gas or gases, a response of the gas sensor being dependent on a temperature of the gas sensor, and the controller being connected to the gas sensor and being configured to monitor signals from the gas sensor.
US10542767B2
Dried pasta in the form of a tortiglione, i.e. shaped as a hollow cylindrical tube, having an outer diameter of between 8 and 14 mm and having on its outer surface a plurality of ridges or ribs oriented in the manner of a helix with an angle of inclination of between 40° and 58°; these tortiglioni have organoleptic and structural characteristics, in particular a consistency or texture, superior to those of conventional tortiglioni which have ridges or ribs oriented in the manner of a helix with an angle of inclination of about 35°.
US10542761B2
A method and processing device for processing an organ package taken out from slaughtered poultry is provided. At least two cooperating rollers that define a nip between the rollers selectively allow preselected organs from the organ package to pass through the nip. The rollers during operation rotate in opposite directions in order to convey the organ package and simultaneously promote that the preselected organs pass through the nip, wherein the rollers have a cross-sectional diameter, the value of which varies as seen in the longitudinal direction of the rollers and depends on the location of the cross-section between an entrance portion and an exit portion of the rollers so as to provide each of the rollers with a superficial curved contour.
US10542759B2
In general, embodiments of the present invention provide seed, soil, and plant treatment compositions, and methods of making and using such products and compositions. The use of these products and compositions can act as a plant protectant and increase the growth, health, and yield of various seeds and plants such as crops and grasses, and further provide similar benefit to soils.
US10542756B2
A method of treating a textile substrate by applying a disinfecting treating composition comprising at least one anti-microbial agent, using an exhaust process, and subjecting the textile substrate to one or more heat treatments.
US10542751B2
The present invention relates generally to peroxyformic acid forming compositions, methods for forming peroxyformic acid, preferably in situ, using the peroxyformic acid forming compositions. The present invention also relates to the peroxyformic acid formed by the above compositions and methods. The present invention further relates to the uses of the peroxyformic acid, preferably in situ, for treating a surface or a target. The present invention further relates to methods for treating a biofilm using peroxyformic acid, including peroxyformic acid generated in situ.
US10542735B2
Mice, embryos, cells, and tissues having a restricted immunoglobulin heavy chain locus and an ectopic sequence encoding one or more ADAM6 proteins are provided. In various embodiments, mice are described that have humanized endogenous immunoglobulin heavy chain loci and are capable of expressing an ADAM6 protein or ortholog or homolog or functional fragment thereof that is functional in a male mouse. Mice, embryos, cells, and tissues having an immunoglobulin heavy chain locus characterized by a single human VH gene segment, a plurality of human DH gene segments and a plurality of human JH gene segments and capable expressing an ADAM6 protein or ortholog or homolog or functional fragment thereof are also provided.
US10542723B2
Improving milking system performance through the incorporation of a source of greater than atmospheric pressure air into a pulsator while limiting total pressure in the teat cup. The system is further improved by providing an improved supply of regulated vacuum to the milking cluster throughout the milking process. The system is further improved with a monitoring and detecting the functional failure of the pulsation assemblies. Additional system improvements are provided with the addition of a fresh air valve assembly, a wireless method of regulating vacuum levels and the remote location of a pulsator assembly in a basement style parlor.
US10542721B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072231. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072231. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072231 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072231 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10542720B1
A soybean cultivar designated 79252127 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 79252127, to the plants of soybean cultivar 79252127, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 79252127, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 79252127. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 79252127. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 79252127, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 79252127 with another soybean cultivar.
US10542711B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV644326. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV644326, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV644326 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV644326 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV644326.
US10542708B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH377087. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH377087, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH377087 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH377087.
US10542706B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV702725. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV702725, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV702725 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV702725 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV702725.
US10542703B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV651295. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV651295, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV651295 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV651295 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV651295.
US10542700B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH883654. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH883654, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH883654 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH883654.
US10542694B1
A soybean cultivar designated 77290232 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 77290232, to the plants of soybean cultivar 77290232, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 77290232, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 77290232. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 77290232. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 77290232, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 77290232 with another soybean cultivar.
US10542692B1
A soybean cultivar designated 70262703 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 70262703, to the plants of soybean cultivar 70262703, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 70262703, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 70262703. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 70262703. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 70262703, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 70262703 with another soybean cultivar.
US10542688B2
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato hybrid SVTM2303. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds, and tissue cultures of tomato hybrid SVTM2303 and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US10542678B2
An agricultural harvester includes a chassis, a threshing and separating system for separating grain from MOG, and a grain cleaning system for further separating grain from residual MOG. The grain cleaning system has a main grain pan beneath the threshing and separating system with the grain pan having openings in its forward and to selectively receive grain from the forward portion of the threshing and separating system. A component beneath the main grain pan directs flow in parallel to the cleaning system either to a pre-sieve within the cleaning system or to an upper sieve.
US10542670B2
A high-efficiency cutting system for an autonomous mower provides a multiple blade tip cutting radius for a cleaner cut, and more complete mow. The system includes a spinning blade disk provided within a housing including a vertical standoff. The blade disk includes a first pair of cutting blades located between the center of the blade disk and the circumference of the blade disk, and a second pair of cutting blades located radially inward from the first pair of cutting blades. The cutting blades extend downward and away from the blade disk at an angle.
US10542661B2
An automated method for analyzing seeds generally includes collecting image data from individual seeds using a seed sampling system, determining at least one characteristic of each of the individual seeds based on the collected image data, and removing tissue from each of the individual seeds using the seed sampling system. The method also includes, prior to removing the tissue sample from each of the individual seeds, adjusting at least one operational parameter of the seed sampling system based on the at least one characteristic of the seed from which the tissue is to be removed to thereby allow for generally consistent removal of tissue from each of the individual seeds. In some aspects, the method further includes analyzing the tissue removed from the seeds for presence or absence of at least one characteristic, and selecting seeds based on presence or absence of the at least one characteristic.
US10542652B2
The asymmetrical head of a shovel incorporates a vertically oriented metatarsal edge extending upwardly from the tip of the head to a recessed offset dorsal edge offset along the entire length of the dorsal edge from the tip of the head. The construction of the head permits it to function both as a pivot and as a lever, as well as facilitating the initial penetration of the head in soil.
US10548249B2
Disclosed herein are arrangements for shielding in electronic assemblies, as well as related methods and devices. In some embodiments, an electronic assembly may include a circuit board having a first face and a second opposing face, and a shield coupled to the second face of the circuit board. The circuit board may have a hole extending therethrough, and the shield may extend into the hole towards the first face.
US10548245B2
A system and an method to provide cooling of electronic components mounted in a tray by means of a cold plate, is disclosed. The system comprises a cold plate that is mounted in a rack with removable trays mounted on rails affixed to the underside of the cold plate. In one embodiment, compatibility with Open Rack specifications developed by the Open Compute Project is disclosed.
US10548235B1
Harsh environment key panel and bezel structures for a user interface device are disclosed. In embodiments, a user interface device includes a printed board, a switch mounted to the printed board, and a key panel disposed upon the printed board. The key panel includes a plurality of printed device layers forming a bezel, a button configured to actuate the switch, and a deformable interface between the bezel and the button. The plurality of printed device layers can include at least one continuous printed device layer that forms portions of the bezel, the button, and the deformable interface. The continuous printed device layer may include at least one rigid device material that forms a portion of the bezel and a portion of the button and a deformable device material that forms a portion of the deformable interface between the bezel and the button.
US10548234B2
An ultraviolet light-resistant article that includes: a substrate having a glass or glass-ceramic composition and first and second primary surfaces; an ultraviolet light-absorbing element having a an absorptivity greater than 50% at wavelengths from about 100 nm to about 380 nm and a thickness between about 10 nm and about 100 nm; and a dielectric stack formed with a plasma-enhanced process. Further, the light-absorbing element is between the substrate and the dielectric stack. Alternatively, the light-absorbing element can include one or more ultraviolet light-resistant layers disposed within the dielectric stack over the first primary surface.
US10548230B2
Semiconductor devices, semiconductor device assemblies, and methods of making such semiconductor devices and semiconductor device assemblies. Material may be removed from a semiconductor device having a first thickness to obtain a second thickness and a carrier may be attached to the semiconductor device having a third thickness with the third thickness plus the second thickness substantially equaling the first thickness. The carrier has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) that differs from the CTE of the semiconductor device. The addition of the carrier to the semiconductor device may change the overall warpage or CTE of a semiconductor device assembly. The semiconductor device assembly be include a redistribution layer between the semiconductor device and a substrate. A material may encapsulate the carrier and the semiconductor device. The carrier may provide electromagnetic shielding. A coating may be applied to external surface of the semiconductor device assembly to provide electromagnetic shielding.
US10548225B2
A display device includes a first substrate, a flexible printed circuit, and a film. The flexible printed circuit is disposed on a first area of the first substrate. The film is disposed on the first substrate and the flexible printed circuit. The flexible printed circuit includes a second substrate, a pad area, and a dummy pad. The pad area comprises pads disposed on the second substrate. The pads extend in a first direction and are spaced apart from one another in a second direction crossing the first direction. The dummy pad is disposed on the second substrate. The dummy pad is spaced apart from the pad area.
US10548219B2
The present invention provides a stress relaxation substrate for relaxing stress generated due to differences in the hardness of a circuit substrate and a cloth body. This stress relaxation substrate is disposed between a cloth body and a circuit board having a wiring, wherein the stress relaxation substrate includes a stress relaxation layer harder than the cloth body, and softer than the circuit board, an adhesive layer provided on one surface of the stress relaxation layer, and a conductive portion provided on the stress relaxation layer to be formed between a first surface and a second surface.
US10548203B2
The present invention is directed to a method for bidirectional communication between a command unit and a plurality of LED control units connected thereto. In accordance with the invention, it is possible to supply control commands to LED control units with high speed, or to return execution results from these control units to a command unit. Therefore, the present invention provides for a highly efficient and thus highly performant method for communication between several serially connected control units. Furthermore, the invention is directed to a respective device for bidirectional communication as well as a computer program product including control commands for implementation of the method.
US10548198B2
Systems and methods for maintaining the illumination intensity of one or more LEDs above a minimal intensity level. The systems and methods may include: (1) a current regulator for regulating the current in a circuit; (2) a voltage source for applying current to a circuit; (3) an LED with a minimal intensity level that correlates to a set-point temperature; and (4) a thermal sensor that is in proximity to the LED and adapted to sense a temperature proximal to the LED. The thermal sensor may transmit a signal to the current regulator if the sensed temperature exceeds the set-point temperature. Thereafter, the current regulator may take steps to regulate the current in order to maintain the LED illumination intensity above the minimal intensity level.
US10548195B2
System and method for providing at least an output current to one or more light emitting diodes. The system includes a control component configured to receive at least a demagnetization signal, a sensed signal and a reference signal and to generate a control signal based on at least information associated with the demagnetization signal, the sensed signal and the reference signal, and a logic and driving component configured to receive at least the control signal and output a drive signal to a switch based on at least information associated with the control signal. The switch is connected to a first diode terminal of a diode and a first inductor terminal of an inductor. The diode further includes a second diode terminal, and the inductor further includes a second inductor terminal.
US10548191B2
Self-identifying solid-state transducer (SST) modules and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, for example, an SST system can include a driver and at least one SST module electrically coupled to the driver. Each SST module can include an SST and a sense resistor. The sense resistors of each SST module can have at least substantially similar resistance values. The SSTs of the SST modules can be coupled in parallel across an SST channel to the driver, and the sense resistors of the SST modules can be coupled in parallel across a sense channel to the driver. The driver can be configured to measure a sense resistance across the sense resistors and deliver a current across the SSTs based on the sense resistance.
US10548189B2
A lighting driver (300, 400) for driving at least one lighting device (120) includes a control unit (310, 410) disposed on a first side of an electrical isolation barrier (320, 420), and a power supply unit (350, 450) disposed on a second side of the electrical isolation barrier so as to be electrically isolated from the control unit. The control unit supplies a single enable signal (302, 402) across the electrical isolation barrier to the power supply unit. The power supply unit includes a switching circuit (S1/S2) configured to selectively enable and disable, in response to the single enable signal, two output voltages for supplying power to an external device (130) which communicates data with the lighting driver.
US10548188B2
A controller for controlling a plurality of serially-connected LED strings includes a reference voltage generator configured to generate a plurality of reference voltages. The reference voltage generator is further configured to vary the plurality of reference voltages based on a sampled voltage signal. The sampled voltage signal can include one or both of a peak voltage of the rectified input AC voltage and a peak voltage of an LED diode forward voltage Vf. The controller further includes a plurality of linear regulators, each linear regulator coupled between a cathode of a corresponding LED string and a common current sense node, and each linear regulator is configured to regulate a current through a corresponding LED string according to a corresponding reference voltage.
US10548185B2
Integrated management of connected assets that utilize different technologies and that are located across disparate wireless communications networks is facilitated herein. A method can comprise evaluating, by a system comprising a processor, first data associated with a first device operable with a first computing platform and second data associated with a second device operable with a second computing platform different from the first computing platform. The method can also comprise transforming, by the system, at least a first portion of the first data and at least a second portion of the second data into third data. The third data can be compatible with the first data and the second data. Further, the method can comprise rendering, by the system, the third data as an integrated view of at least the first portion of the first data and at least the second portion of the second data.
US10548182B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A base station may transmit, to a user equipment (UE) operating in a discontinuous reception mode, a wakeup signal indicating whether data is available to be transmitted to the UE, the wakeup signal transmitted using a first set of transmit beams, which may be selected from a periodic beam management procedure, in accordance with a beam sweeping configuration. The base station may receive, from the UE and based at least in part on the wakeup signal, a response signal. The base station may perform, based at least in part on the response signal, further beam update procedures to identify a second set of transmit beams for future transmissions of the wakeup signal and/or for transmission of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) to the UE.
US10548170B2
The present disclosure provides a method a user equipment (UE) to perform random access to a radio network comprising an uplink physical resource configuration (UL) and supplementary physical resource configuration (SUL). A random access request containing a preamble may be transmitted from the UE to the radio network on a physical random access channel (PRACH) of one of the uplink physical resource configuration or the supplementary uplink physical resource configuration. A random access response for the UE indicating the physical resource configuration on whose PRACH the random access request was sent may be received at the UE, wherein the indication is made by a Random Access Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RA-RNTI) used to identify the random access response. The radio network may be accessed by the UE based on information in the random access response.
US10548169B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and specifically, to a method and a device for the method which comprises the steps of: receiving a PDCCH including uplink scheduling information; and transmitting, at a UL SF, a PUSCH indicated by the uplink scheduling information, wherein, if the PDCCH requests a transmission of an ACK, the PUSCH includes ACK information about a SF set corresponding to the UL SF, wherein the SF set includes a plurality of SFs.
US10548167B2
Provided are a method for performing a random access process in an unlicensed band, and a device using the same. The device receives a random access preamble (RAP) order instructing the transmission of a RAP. The device performs a clear channel assessment (CCA) in an unlicensed cell during an RAP window so as to transmit the RAP when the device succeeds in CCA.
US10548162B2
A user apparatus according to an embodiment is provided. The user apparatus communicates with a base station in a wireless communication system. The user apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain resource allocation information in which downlink signal reception quality is associated with radio resources used for uplink signal transmission; a measurement unit configured to measure the downlink signal reception quality; and a transmission unit configured to determine a radio resource of the radio resources used for uplink signal transmission by comparing the resource allocation information with the measured downlink signal reception quality, and transmit an uplink signal by using the determined radio resource.
US10548159B2
A method and apparatus are provided for dynamic resource allocation, scheduling and signaling for variable data real time services (RTS) in long term evolution (LTE) systems. Preferably, changes in data rate for uplink RTS traffic are reported to an evolved Node B (eNB) by a UE using layer 1, 2 or 3 signaling. The eNB dynamically allocates physical resources in response to a change in data rate by adding or removing radio blocks currently assigned to the data flow, and the eNB signals the new resource assignment to the UE. In an alternate embodiment, tables stored at the eNB and the UE describe mappings of RTS data rates to physical resources under certain channel conditions, such that the UE uses the table to locally assign physical resources according to changes in UL data rates. Additionally, a method and apparatus for high level configuration of RTS data flows is also presented.
US10548142B2
Various embodiments to enable Spectrum Access System (SAS) interference mitigation options are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a memory to store a data sequence, and one or more processing devices coupled to the memory. The processing devices to generate an interference metric associated with a first group and a second group of infrastructure nodes of a Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network infrastructure based on measurement information. The measurement information comprises measurements related to the transmission of data sequences associated with the first group and the second group. Thereupon, configuration settings are determined for infrastructure nodes of the first group and second group based on the generated interference metric. Each configuration setting represents a frequency band and transmission power level for a corresponding infrastructure node to access data in the LTE network infrastructure.
US10548139B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for the display of a multi-screen virtual billboard. The virtual billboard utilizes individual mobile devices as portions of a display screen (e.g., as individual pixels or groups of pixels). Each mobile device is configured to display a portion of the virtual billboard corresponding to a location of the mobile device. The mobile devices forming the virtual billboard are triggered in order to display a graphic or other visual information in synchronization with the other mobile devices.
US10548135B2
A mobile station receives a downlink control structure in a first carrier, where the downlink control structure indicates that control information for the mobile station is on a second, different carrier. The mobile station decodes the control information in the second carrier, where the control information specitl.es resource allocation of a wireless link for the mobile station. More specifically, according to some implementations, the control channel in the first carrier specifies the resource allocation for an extended control channel in the second carrier, where the extended control channel specifies the resource allocation for traffic data of a wireless link for the mobile station.
US10548134B2
A node is configured for connection to a massive multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) array to provide spatially multiplexed channels in an unlicensed frequency band. The node includes a memory configured to store samples of non-spatially filtered signals received by the node during a first listen-before-talk (LBT) operation used to acquire the unlicensed frequency band. The node also includes a processor configured to determine, based on a number of previously stored samples, a duration of a silent time interval during which the node collects samples of non-spatially filtered signals and stores the samples in the memory. The node further includes a transceiver configured to perform a second LBT operation to acquire the unlicensed frequency band using a spatial filter determined based on the samples stored in the memory.
US10548130B2
Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method includes identifying a priority parameter associated with data to be transmitted on an uplink carrier; selecting, based at least in part on the identified priority parameter, between a first type of message for requesting uplink resources in a shared radio frequency spectrum band or a dedicated radio frequency spectrum band, or a second type of message for requesting uplink resources in the dedicated radio frequency spectrum band; and transmitting the selected type of message.
US10548126B2
A method and apparatus for downlink and uplink control management of component carriers during carrier aggregation in a new radio wireless communication system is disclosed. For example, the method and apparatus include receiving, at a user equipment (UE), a slot format indicator in at least one slot of at least one component carrier of a plurality of component carriers from a network entity, where the at least one component carrier includes a group common Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), the slot format indicator within the group common PDCCH indicating at least slot structure information for one or more other component carriers from the plurality of component carriers; and communicating, with the network entity, using the at least slot structure information for the one more other component carriers.
US10548124B2
Methods, apparatuses, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication. In one method, a control format indicator value for a frame may be received over a physical carrier in a shared spectrum. Based on the control format indicator value, a number of subframes of the frame to be used by a base station for downlink transmissions over the physical carrier may be determined. The control format indicator value may indicate an end of transmission, if data is to be transmitted during the frame, a number of subframes to be used for transmission, or whether the current subframe is the final subframe used for transmission. In some cases, a user equipment (UE) may use the control format indicator value to determine a sleep schedule. Further, ACK/NACK transmissions by a UE may be scheduled based on the control format indicator value.
US10548120B2
The present invention discloses an information acquiring method, including: acquiring initial information according to at least one preset resource set, where the at least one resource set is used to indicate a resource used to acquire the initial information. In the information acquiring method according to embodiments of the present invention, a terminal may receive the initial information by using a preset resource set without a need to detect a widest scope of resources, thereby improving receiving efficiency of the terminal, and further reducing power consumption of the terminal.
US10548116B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method comprises allocating a control channel resource in a wireless relay transmission frame on a wireless relay link; generating a control signaling based on at least one of a resource allocation scheme, a status of the wireless relay link and a traffic condition of the wireless relay link; mapping the control signaling to the allocated control channel resource via at least one of a time-first mapping, a frequency-first mapping, and a multiplexing mapping; and transmitting the control signaling in the allocated control channel resource on the wireless relay link to at least one associated relay node.
US10548114B2
An apparatus controlling channel assignments for a shared access system is disclosed. The apparatus generates a first registration in a database that indicates that a first channel is assigned to a device and sends the identity of the first channel to the device. The device may use the first channel to communicate with other devices in the system. The apparatus may receive a query from the device indicating the first channel is encumbered. In response to the query, the apparatus may send the identity of a second channel to the device, generate a second registration in the database that indicates that the second channel is assigned to the device, and generate an amendment to the database indicating that the first channel is encumbered. The apparatus may then verify whether the first channel is encumbered and remove or keep the amendment in the database based on the verification.
US10548111B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for efficiently managing groups of stations (STAs) receiving simultaneous transmissions in a multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) scheme. One example method generally includes; for a first apparatus in a number of groups of apparatuses, allocating a first spatial stream position for each of at least one first group in the number of the groups; and transmitting a first unicast message to the first apparatus, wherein the first unicast message comprises an indication of the allocated spatial stream position for each of the at least one first group and, for each group in the number of the groups, an indication of a membership status, in the group, of the first apparatus.
US10548101B2
A method for accessing a millimeter wave cell by a terminal in a wireless communication system supporting a millimeter wave according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a millimeter wave link connection configuration message from a legacy cell that is radio resource control (RRC)-connected to the terminal; measuring discovery signals from the millimeter wave cells located around the terminal on the basis of the millimeter wave link connection configuration message; and transmitting a first type random access preamble to one of the millimeter wave cells on the basis of a result of the measuring of the discovery signals, wherein the measuring of the discovery signals is performed on the basis of a signal detection wave form that is specifically configured for each millimeter wave cell.
US10548098B2
A method for reporting power headroom-related information for a plurality of aggregated carriers. The method includes reporting in a bitmap the power headroom-related information for a number of the aggregated carriers that is less than or equal to the total number of aggregated carriers, wherein the power headroom-related information is one of a power headroom for at least one of the aggregated carriers and a path loss for at least one of the aggregated carriers.
US10548092B2
A high-frequency signal processing apparatus and a wireless communication apparatus can achieve a decrease in power consumption. For example, when an indicated power level to a high-frequency power amplifier is equal to or greater than a second reference value, envelope tracking is performed by causing a source voltage control circuit to control a high-speed DCDC converter using a detection result of an envelope detecting circuit and causing a bias control circuit to indicate a fixed bias value. The source voltage control circuit and the bias control circuit indicate a source voltage and a bias value decreasing in proportion to a decrease in the indicated power level when the indicated power level is in a range of the second reference value to the first reference value, and indicate a fixed source voltage and a fixed bias value when the indicated power level is less than the first reference value.
US10548090B2
It is disclosed a base station of a cell having at least a first and a second antenna sector, where the base station is distributed in terms of location and a method performed in said base station for determining an uplink power control target for a UE that is connected to the first antenna sector. The method comprises estimating (42, 504), in the at least the first and the second antenna sectors, a thermal noise floor; and determining (44, 516) the uplink power control target based on a maximum of the estimated thermal noise floors in all of the at least the first and the second antenna sectors. The method improves uplink performance of cells with antenna sectors having different receiver sensitivity, and provides enhanced observability of UEs for cells extending over multiple base stations.
US10548080B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe devices, methods, computer-readable media and systems configurations for managing state transitions of communication circuitries in wireless networks. Embodiments manage radio resource control (RRC) state transitions and/or discontinuous reception (DRX) state transitions. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10548077B2
A method of energy saving is applied to a mobile communications network comprising at least two radio access technology systems (102; 104) having a plurality of base stations (108-118). The method comprises the steps of: assigning (136a; 136b) respective priorities to the radio access technology systems; and an energy saving server (136a; 136b) instructing, on the basis of the priorities, a selected radio access technology system to reduce the operational state cells in a group of cells. This reduction occurs if the selected radio access technology system and/or another radio access technology system is able to maintain service to served mobile terminals.
US10548076B2
A wireless resource is utilized efficiently.An information processing apparatus is an information processing apparatus that includes a control unit. The control unit provided in the information processing apparatus performs control for aborting, when a packet decided to be transmitted from a second network different from a first network to which the own apparatus belongs is detected, reception of the packet. Further, the control unit provided in the information processing apparatus performs control for dealing with carrier sense as an idle state based on a reception strength of the packet decided to be transmitted from the second network.
US10548063B1
A wireless device or UE is configured to function as a relay on behalf of a donor access node. The relay UE performs call admission controls including balancing the resources of the relay access node with the resources provided by the donor access node providing services to end UEs via the relay access node, i.e. a backhaul connection of the relay UE. The backhaul throughput is compared to a throughput requirement of the end UEs being served by the relay UE. If the throughput requirement is larger than the backhaul throughput, any new connection requests from an additional end UE may be rejected. A threshold may be defined to ensure that there are ample resources at the backhaul prior to accepting connection requests from additional end UEs.
US10548056B1
A method for controlling handover of a user equipment device (UE) between (i) a first cell site that provides dual-connectivity service on a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT and (ii) a second cell site that provides standalone first-RAT service, wherein the handover includes transitioning the UE from source first-RAT service to target first-RAT service. The method includes setting a handover threshold to use as a basis to evaluate whether target first-RAT coverage detected by the UE is sufficiently stronger than source first-RAT coverage detected by the UE, where setting the handover threshold includes setting the handover threshold to a value selected based on whether the UE has detected that second-RAT coverage of the first cell site meets a defined threshold measurement threshold. Further, the method includes applying the set handover threshold as a basis to control whether to invoke the handover of the UE.
US10548051B2
A radio network (6) and a radio terminal (4) are configured to, when the radio terminal (4) is using a first cell (10) served by a first radio station (1) as a primary cell and a second cell (20) served by a second radio station (2) as a secondary cell, change the secondary cell form the second cell (20) to a third cell (30) while keeping communication status information regarding the radio terminal (4) on the second cell (20). It is thus, for example, possible to enable a communication service in the secondary cell to be continued after the secondary cell is changed when the radio terminal which is simultaneously using a plurality of cells served by different radio stations changes the secondary cell from a cell of one radio station to a cell of another radio station.
US10548044B2
A first access network in which a bearer transfer path that guarantees a predetermined QoS has been established and a second access network in which a transfer path which is different from that in the first access network has been established are provided, and PCRF 60 transmits to a mobile station an uplink traffic switching request including information of a flow of which the access system type is switched, out of flows in which a UE 10 performs communication, and information of an access system type to be a switching destination of the flow, and the UE 10, upon receiving the uplink traffic switching request, switches a transfer path of the flow included in the uplink traffic switching request to that of the access system type. This makes it possible to provide a mobile communication system or the like in which a transmission path of a flow established by a mobile station capable of being simultaneously connected to a plurality of radio access networks is able to be switched without making alterations to all the radio access networks, with initiative taken by a control station installed in a core network.
US10548037B2
A method for identifying cellular networks using a computer processor and a signal receiver including determining whether a cellular network being used is either an LTE-DL, LTE-UL, GSM, CDMA2000 or UMTS network. The determination is made on the basis of individual tests eliminating one network at a time based on unique characteristics of each particular network.
US10548035B2
Techniques described herein relate to performing wireless diagnostic analyses including execution and evaluations of interactive content resources executed by execution devices on and/or for separate content receiver devices. A multi-phrase diagnostic session may proceed with an execution of an initial set of diagnostic modules on an execution device, during which interactive content is transmitted/received from a connected receiver device. The results of the diagnostic modules may be evaluated in real-time and transmitted to a diagnostic analyzer server to select additional diagnostic modules for execution during the diagnostic session. The diagnostic analyzer server may select the additional diagnostic modules based on based on response data received via the content execution device to the interactive content of the previously executed diagnostic modules, and/or data received from additional data sources related to the content receiver.
US10548032B2
A system may collect, from a wireless network, first data pertaining to nodes in the wireless network. Each datum of the first data belongs to one of two or more categories/For each of the nodes, for each of the categories, and for each datum belonging to the category, the system may determine if the datum is outside of a first range of values, and if the datum is inside the first range, the system may calculate a first base network performance health (NPH) score that is a function of the nodes, the categories, the data, and time. The system may also apply first deep learning to a first neural network among a plurality of neural networks to update first coefficients for correlating the first base NPH score to a mean opinion score, for each of the categories.
US10548031B2
Communication systems are described that use signal constellations, which have unequally spaced (i.e. ‘geometrically’ shaped) points. In many embodiments, the communication systems use specific geometric constellations that are capacity optimized at a specific SNR, over the Rayleigh fading channel. In addition, ranges within which the constellation points of a capacity optimized constellation can be perturbed and are still likely to achieve a given percentage of the optimal capacity increase compared to a constellation that maximizes dmin, are also described. Capacity measures that are used in the selection of the location of constellation points include, but are not limited to, parallel decode (PD) capacity and joint capacity.
US10548019B2
A method at a network element, and a system, for resource reservation in an unlicensed spectrum band. The method includes determining quality of service requirements of traffic queued for a network operator. Further, the method includes reserving resources in the unlicensed spectrum band for the network operator in accordance with the quality of service requirements to form a coordination frame for the traffic, where the coordination frame has a flexible proportion of the resources from the unlicensed spectrum.
US10548018B2
A resource allocation indication method, a device, and a system are provided. The method includes: obtaining, by a terminal device, first indication information; and determining, by the terminal device, a target resource based on the first indication information, and sending uplink data on the target resource, where the target resource includes a resource block in M basic resource units that is allocated to the terminal device; a position of an allocated resource block in each of the M basic resource units corresponds to a first frequency domain position of a resource block in a first resource block set; the first frequency domain position is a frequency domain position obtained after a second frequency domain position of a resource block in a second resource block set is shifted; and the M basic resource units are arranged in ascending order in frequency domain.
US10548011B2
Approaches presented herein enable challenge-response authentication of a user based on information captured by a personal internet of things (IoT) device set associated with the user. Specifically, in one approach, a personal IoT device set comprising at least one device records and stores data associated with a user. The data is synchronized and stored to a computerized authentication system, which prompts the user with an authentication question based on the synchronized and stored data. The user may find an answer to the authentication question by reviewing data recorded and stored in the device of the personal IoT device set. The user may then enter the found answer to the authentication question, thereby authenticating the user. The personal IoT device set may comprise a single device or may comprise a plurality of devices, the information of one of which may be selected as the basis of the authentication question.
US10548009B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable media may be operable to facilitate an overwrite of wireless credentials with user-input credentials. An extended wireless setup may be initiated at an access point when a predetermined input is received. During the extended wireless setup period, the access point may request updated wireless credentials from a user via a direct message or through a web page interface. The access point may overwrite currently used wireless credentials with the updated wireless credentials received from user input, and the access point may use the updated wireless credentials for establishing future wireless connections with one or more stations.
US10548008B2
A method and device for authenticating wireless communication links between devices. The method may comprise sending a first frame from first device to a second device. The first frame may comprise a header and a payload containing data packets for implementing a first Extensible Authentication Protocol. A first secure link may be established between the first network interface card of the first device and the first network interface card of the second device, then an action management frame may be sent across the first link. The action management frame may comprise the header, a payload comprising a vendor-specific information element containing identifying information about the first device, and an action that instructs the second device to implement a second Extensible Authentication Protocol through a second network interface card of the second device. A second secure link may be established between the second network interface cards of each device.
US10548006B2
Systems, methods, apparatus and other mechanisms of authorizing a device to receive subscriber services via a network by comprising identifying a customer premises equipment (CPE) access device in communication with a device to be authorized for receiving subscriber services, determining a location associated with the CPE access device; and authorizing the device for receiving subscriber services if the CPE access device location is a valid location for a subscriber account associated with requested subscriber services.
US10548004B2
In a communication system comprising a first network operatively coupled to a second network, wherein the first network comprises a first security edge protection proxy element operatively coupled to a second security edge protection proxy element of the second network, a method comprises configuring at least a given one of the first and second security edge protection proxy elements to determine whether to apply at least one security operation at the transport level for incoming packets based at least in part on source and destination networks for the incoming packets.
US10548000B2
This document discusses, among other things, a Cellular Internet-of-Things (CIoT) network architecture to enable communication between an apparatus of a CIoT User Equipment (UE) and a network through a CIoT enhanced Node B (eNB) according to a lightweight Non-Access Stratum (NAS) protocol. An apparatus of a CIoT eNB can process data for communication between the CIoT UE and the network. The lightweight NAS protocol supports a reduced set of NAS messages for communication between, for example, the CIoT UE and the CIoT eNB, such as using a modified NAS message, or one or more new messages.
US10547998B2
A transmission method of a base station is provided. The base station generates a first discovery signal block including a first PSS (primary synchronization signal) and a first SSS (secondary synchronization signal). The base station generates a second discovery signal block including a second PSS and a second SSS. Also, the base station transmits the first discovery signal block and the second discovery signal block.
US10547995B2
The present invention relates to a method and a device for a first device transmitting/receiving data through a Bluetooth mesh network wherein a first message for setting the address of the first device is received from a second device, wherein the first message comprises at least one among an address field comprising the address, or a first response field indicating a request or no request for a response to the first message, and if the response field indicates a request for a response, a first response message to the message is transmitted to the second device.
US10547991B2
Systems and methods utilize a machine type communication interworking function and mapping function to manage and route requests from a variety of devices in data networks.
US10547987B2
An apparatus having both a Bluetooth-compatible transceiver and a cellular-telephony transceiver has a control circuit operably coupled to the foregoing configured to facilitate at least one on-board application using voice-based user input. The control circuit, upon determining that a call-setup message as received via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver specifies a particular predetermined number (such as a predetermined number that comprises an invalid number to serve as a telephone number) to call, automatically uses audio content received via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver as the aforementioned voice-based user input for that on-board application. By one approach, the apparatus can provide that predetermined number to a given secondary platform as part of a conveyed contacts list.
US10547986B2
Determining a context of communications between at least two users to determine when a root URL is being shared. The root URL being shared may then be evaluated to determine a context of need or purpose of a user of the URL and suggest whether an updated URL, which is an expanded or a direct URL would be the best fit for the user's needs and dynamically replaces the shared root URL with the updated direct URL.
US10547981B2
Implementations of the present specification include receiving, from a computing device, feature information of a Wi-Fi signal that is detected by the computing device, the feature information including identification information of the Wi-Fi signal; searching a database to identify one or more target objects associated with the feature information of the Wi-Fi signal, the database mapping feature information of a plurality of Wi-Fi signals to identification information of a plurality of target objects; and providing identification information of at least one target object of the one or more target objects to be displayed on the computing device.
US10547969B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for location tracking. In one embodiment, an apparatus receives a message sent to a user of a mobile device in a wireless network, and a processor determines at least one location parameter. Data is extracted from the message, and initiation of a computing function (e.g., transmission of a communication to the mobile device) is triggered by a match between the location and the data from the message.
US10547968B2
The present invention is directed to methods and systems for requesting information from a mobile device with a fencing agent. The fencing agent determines a position with a DNS resolver, queries geofences with an IP address, receives an anchor point with an IP address from the DNS resolver. The device with the fencing agent is able to receive multiple anchor points within multiple geofences within an ROI and translate fence points into fence geometries. Geofence information is stored and registered in a database of geofences, and each geofence is associated with a plurality of geographic designators, wherein each of the plurality of geographic designators is associated with an IP address.
US10547967B2
A method includes a mobile device receiving data from a first beacon in a plurality of beacons, wherein the data indicates a plurality signals strengths of signals received by the first beacon from the other beacons in the plurality of beacons. The mobile device uses multivariable regression based on the data received from the first beacon and signal strengths of signals received by the mobile device from the other beacons in the plurality of beacons to determine distances from the mobile device to the beacons. The mobile device determines a location of the mobile device based on the determined distances.
US10547966B2
Location based services to users of electric vehicles (114) are facilitated. Users that are in possession of a wireless communication device (116) may receive RF signals in the form of beacons (109) transmitted by an EVSE (102). The information contained in the signals may be used to facilitate for the user when the user wishes to take advantage of different services (132,134,136), nearby the EVSE (102) as well as further away from the EVSE (102).
US10547959B2
The invention concerns a mobile terminal with at least two transducers (LSm, LSs1, LSS2) used simultaneously as loudspeakers for stereophonic effect. According to the invention, one of said transducers is a main transducer (LSm) with a main working frequency band (Bm) corresponding to at least the phone frequency band, while the other transducer is a secondary transducer (LSs1; LSs2) with a secondary working frequency band (Bs1; Bs2) band different from said main frequency band, the lowest frequencies of said secondary working frequency band (Bs1; Bs2) being greater than the lowest frequencies of said main working frequency band.
US10547958B2
The invention relates to a sound reproduction device which comprises a signal source, a power source, an amplifier, and a loudspeaker. The sound reproduction device further comprises an impedance measuring device and an analysis device. The impedance measuring device is connected to loudspeaker leads of the loudspeaker in order to measure impedance values, and the impedance measuring device is connected to the analysis device in order to forward the measurement results. The analysis device is also connected to the signal source and/or to the amplifier in order to adapt a signal fed to the loudspeaker.
US10547954B2
A microphone includes a substrate, an opening in the substrate, and a support structure in the opening. The support structure includes a first bracket formed in a closed-loop pattern and a second bracket connecting the first bracket to a periphery of the opening. The support structure in the opening increases the mechanical reliability of the microphone.
US10547953B2
Sound waves cause pressure changes in the air, and the pressure changes cause changes in the dielectric constant of air. Capacitive sensor measurements indicative of the changes in the dielectric constant of air can be processed to extract features associated with sound waves in the air. The features can include sound pressure levels represented and recordable as audio samples. Furthermore, the features can help identify types of sounds, determine direction of travel of the sound waves, and/or determine the source location of the audio. Instead of relying on movement of a mechanical member to transduce sound waves through a port into an electrical signal, an improved microphone uses capacitive sensing to directly sample and sense static pressure as well as dynamic pressure or pressure changes in the air to derive audio samples. The resulting microphone avoids disadvantages of the conventional microphone having the moving mechanical member and port.
US10547948B2
A display apparatus includes: a display panel configured to display an image by emitting light, a rear structure configured to support the display panel, a vibration generator configured to vibrate the display panel, and a supporting member between the display panel and the vibration generator, the supporting member being configured to maintain a distance between the display panel and the vibration generator.
US10547941B1
A system includes a computer and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the computer to identify a target and to adjust a frequency of an acoustic message from a vehicle based on a predicted target trajectory and a predicted vehicle trajectory.
US10547940B1
A sound collection equipment is disclosed. The sound collection equipment includes a speaker, a microphone and a processing unit. The speaker is used for generating a test sound having a first frequency. The microphone is used for receiving an external sound. The processing unit is electronically connected to the microphone and the processing unit. The processing unit is used for determining whether a frequency range of the external sound includes the first frequency and whether the energy of the external sound exceeds a predetermined energy value, and for judging that the sound collection equipment is in a usage state when the frequency range of the external sound includes the first frequency and the energy of the external sound does not exceed the predetermined energy value.
US10547937B2
Various aspects include approaches for controlling acoustic beams. In some particular aspects, a system includes: a microphone array; and a control system coupled with the microphone array, the control system programmed to control the microphone array by: processing a signal from a beacon device to identify a physical location of the beacon device relative to the microphone array; and focusing the microphone array in a direction based upon the physical location of the beacon device prior to receiving an audio input at the microphone array.
US10547931B2
A headset is described which includes a speaker capsule and a headband connected to the speaker capsule with a first sensor on the headset for sensing an angle of rotation of the speaker capsule relative to the headband, and a second sensor on the headset for sensing a Don/Doff event. The angle of rotation sensor can indicate whether the speaker capsule on the headband is in a wearable position or in a non-wearable position. Logic controls an operation of the headset in response, such as changing power management modes, signaling host devices, and enabling/disabling the second sensor.
US10547926B1
Disclosed are systems and methods for processing an audio signal on a stereo audio device. Left and right audio signals are encoded as mid and side channel signals by taking the sum and difference of the left and right audio signals, respectively. The side channel is outputted to a first signal pathway that features a dynamic range compressor. The mid channel is outputted to a second signal pathway which is then spectrally decomposed into a plurality of sub-band signals using one or more bandpass filters. Each sub-band signal is then provided to a dynamic range compressor, compressed and outputted to a gain stage. Subsequently, each compressed sub-band signal is outputted from the gain stage and recombined. The outputs of the first and second signal pathways are then recombined and decoded in order to produce left and right audio signals. The left and right audio signals are then outputted.
US10547922B2
A solar speaker self-adjusting control system includes a photovoltaic panel, a voltage conversion device, a speaker device, an embedded processing device, and a calling device. The photovoltaic panel is for receiving solar energy and outputting a voltage signal; the voltage conversion device is connected to the photovoltaic panel for converting the voltage signal outputted by the photovoltaic panel into voltage values required by the system; the embedded processing device is connected to the calling device and speaker device for converting a voice signal transmitted from the calling device into a control current that drives the operation of the speaker device; and the calling device is embedded into a dashboard at a front end of the motor vehicle and connected to the embedded processing device installed in the dashboard at the front end of the motor vehicle through a cable. This system achieves the self-adjusting control effect of a solar speaker.
US10547915B1
The present invention provides a major innovative development in low latency live streaming at scale which includes a Viewer to transmit a series of requests for Media Segments ahead-of-time the Media Segment data is expected to exist and a Server capable of delivering Media Segment data, as it is being generated, to one or more Viewers. Specifically, the invention incorporates a method of embedding Playlist Data into Media Segment data to enhance ultra-low latency playback, while providing an immediate transferring of essential Playlist Data to the Viewer.
US10547913B2
A method of processing a data stream comprising: (a) receiving said data stream including a watermark message encoded within said data stream; (b) extracting a corresponding recovery file location from said watermark message; (c) receiving a recovery file based upon said recovery file location that includes a corresponding content identifier; (d) selectively extracting said content identifier from said recovery file when said content identifier is an object that includes properties of a pattern expression to express a constraint as a string, where said string is entertainment identifier register information.
US10547911B2
Devices and methods are provided for generating reminder notifications pertaining to time-sensitive media content. In various embodiments, the method includes the step or process of establishing whether time-sensitive media content is desirably viewed by an end user of the media receiver. If establishing that time-sensitive media content is desirably viewed by the end user, it is further determined whether a reminder notification should be generated for the time-sensitive media content at a specified time relative to a change in availability of the time-sensitive media content from a media content provider. If further determining that a reminder notification should be generated for the time-sensitive media content, the reminder notification is generated at the specified time; e.g., the media receiver may generate the reminder notification itself or transmit instructions to a user-carried electronic device to generate the notification reminder.
US10547909B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for providing interactive electronic commerce functionality via graphical overlays on live streaming video. An indication is received that an item is featured or discussed in a live video stream. The live video stream is sent to a client. Data encoding a selectable graphical overlay is sent to the client in response to the indication. The selectable graphical overlay is configured to be rendered by the client relative to the live video stream. A selection of the selectable graphical overlay is configured to perform an interactive function relative to the item.
US10547894B2
A synchronized video stream switching method for a video wall system. The video wall system includes a transmitter having first and second channels, and a receiver having third and fourth channels. The method includes: (a) After receiving a control command, the transmitter uses the first channel to transmit the first video stream to the third channel, and uses the second channel to transmit a pre-switch command to the fourth channel. (b) After receiving the pre-switch command, the receiver preserves the first video stream in the third channel. (c) After the switching event occurs at the transmitter in response to the control command, the transmitter transmit the second video stream via the first channel, but the receiver continues to preserve the first video stream in the third channel within a predetermined time period. (d) After the predetermined time period, the receiver accepts the second video stream in the third channel.
US10547891B2
Apparatuses, methods and systems to enable display of media content, the apparatus includes: a remote control device; a button pad with a set of buttons for controlling a media player device wherein the set of buttons comprises at least a plurality of buttons to navigate an user interface on a display device, and to display streaming media content on the display device wherein the button pad is part of the remote control device, the button pad further includes: a first set of buttons ordinarily designated to navigate the user interface; and a second set of buttons ordinarily designated to play streaming media content wherein the second set of buttons further configured for use to navigate the user interface with the first set of buttons.
US10547890B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a memory that is configured to store subscriber identity module (SIM) information corresponding to a communications service provider that provides a network. The SIM information is received, via the network, from an external device. A processor-implemented manager module is operatively connected to the memory and is configured to change, based on at least the SIM information, at least a part of a user interface to be displayed through a display operatively connected to the electronic device.
US10547881B2
To reduce the transport amount of MMT data transport control signaling.Detailed information regarding files under a directory agreeing with an MPU, is not transported in a DDMT, and detailed information regarding items under the MPU agreeing with the directory is not transported in a DAMT. A file describing the detailed information regarding the items under the MPU agreeing with the directory, is described as one item and is passed to the MPU so that transport is performed. In addition, an MPU node descriptor indicating that the MPU agrees with the directory, is arranged into the DAMT so that matching with the directory is performed.
US10547876B2
A video cache rule generation system for generating cache rules for caching and playing back a video includes an obtaining module, a determining module, an extracting module, a comparing module, and a generating module. The obtaining module obtains URL addresses. The determining module determines whether each URL address belongs to a video URL address according to a media tag library. The extracting module divides a first URL address into chunks and extracts first key chunks from the chunks after division. The comparing module compares each first key chunk with a key chunk subclass, and marks a second key chunk where the second key chunk is found to be different from the key chunk subclass. The generating module generates a cache rule through generating a list of marked key parameter chunks. A video cache rule generation method is also provided.
US10547872B2
An encoding apparatus encoding a bitstream including an image frame is disclosed. The encoding apparatus comprises a selection unit for selecting a plurality of pixels including non-zero transform coefficients in a transform coefficient block constituting an image frame, an inverse transform unit for generating a plurality of groups of code candidates including combinations of codes assignable to the non-zero transform coefficients of the selected plurality of pixels and generating candidate reconstruction blocks by performing an inverse transform on each of the transform coefficient blocks in which the sign is assigned to the non-zero transform coefficients according to the generated plurality of groups of code candidates, a cost calculation unit for calculating a cost on the basis of a pixel value difference between pixel values of a plurality of pixels selected from among the generated candidate reconstruction blocks and pixel values of other pixels adjacent to the selected plurality of pixels and an encoding unit for assigning different predetermined codewords to a plurality of groups of code candidates on the basis of the calculated cost and encoding one codeword of the codewords into encoding information of non-zero transform coefficients of the selected plurality of pixels.
US10547864B2
The present technique relates to an image processing device and method which can suppress an increase in an operation time. The image processing device has: an encoding control unit which, upon encoding independently performed per slice for dividing a picture into a plurality of pictures, controls whether or not to adopt for motion information a merge mode of merging a relevant region of an operation target with a surrounding region positioned in a surrounding of the relevant region, based on information of surrounding regions which belong to a relevant slice to which the relevant region belongs; and an encoding unit which encodes the relevant region in the merge mode or a mode other than the merge mode under control of the encoding control unit. The present disclosure is applicable to the image processing device.
US10547861B2
A video image decoding device (1) is equipped with a TT information decoder (14) that, in the case where encoded data includes merge/skip information that merges or skips presence information indicating whether or not frequency-domain transform coefficients are included in the quantized transform coefficients, does not decode the presence information, and a TT information inference unit (33) that, in the case where the encoded data includes merge/skip information that merges or skips the presence information, infers the presence information. The TT information decoder (14) uses presence information inferred by the TT information inference unit (33) to decode the encoded and quantized transform coefficients.
US10547860B2
A video decoder or encoder can be used to convert and process different video streams having different combinations of frame rate and Chroma fidelity. Rather than setting the maximum sample rate of the encoder based on a Luma sample rate, the encoder's throughput is set based on a maximum color sample rate. Additionally, the picture buffer size can be set based on a maximum number of color pictures. An input of the video decoder receives an input video stream having a given display resolution and encoded in a first format employing a first combination of frame rate and Chroma fidelity. Processing circuitry in the decoder converts the input video stream from the first format to an output video stream having a second format, the second format having the given display resolution and employing a second combination of frame rate and Chroma fidelity different from the first combination.
US10547857B2
When a switching portion at which a sequence of video streams to be transmitted is switched from a first sequence to a second sequence having a different frame rate from the first sequence is provided, display control information is inserted into at least encoded image data of a picture corresponding to the switching portion or a packet containing the encoded image data. A reception side performs display control of pictures using the display control information and implements an excellent display.
US10547854B2
A device for coding video data is configured to determine that a current block of video data is coded using an intra prediction mode; add an intra prediction mode of a first neighboring block of the current block to a most probable mode candidate list for the current block; add an intra prediction mode for a second neighboring block of the current block to the most probable mode candidate list for the current block; add an intra prediction mode for a third neighboring block of the current block to the most probable mode candidate list for the current block; and code the current block of video data using an intra prediction mode.
US10547851B2
Disclosed are methods for coding and decoding at picture layer and slice layer, and corresponding coder and decoder. The method comprises: coder selecting, according to network transmission state and video characteristic, different constrained loop filter (CLF) and/or constrained intra-prediction (CIP) control modes for one of the following three objects: 1: different video sequences; 2: pictures in different periods in the same video sequence; 3: different slices in the same picture; according to the selected CLF and/or CIP control mode, coding CLF and/or CIP control flag bits in picture layer parameter set and slice layer parameter set; and a decoder parsing slice layer bitstream containing header information, picture layer parameter set and/or slice layer parameter set, and according to the obtained CLF and/or CIP control flag bits, decoding picture and slice by using the corresponding CLF and/or CIP control mode. Through the present invention, a desirable tradeoff can be achieved between coding efficiency and error resilience performance.
US10547847B2
An image encoding method according to the present invention, which is performed by an encoding apparatus, comprises the steps of: generating an adaptive motion vector range (AMVR) enable flag; deriving a motion vector difference (MVD) with respect to a current block; deriving a representative MVD value of an MVD range including a value of the MVD from among a plurality of MVD ranges; generating a coded MVD corresponding to the representative MVD value; and outputting the AMVR enable flag and the coded MVD through a bit stream. According to the present invention, the amount of bits allocated to an MVD can be reduced and the overall coding efficiency can thus be increased.
US10547846B2
Image information is often transmitted from one electronic device to another. Such information is typically encoded and/or compressed to reduce the bandwidth required for transmission and/or to decrease the time necessary for transmission. Embodiments are directed to tagging objects or primitives with attribute tags to facilitate the encoding process. Other embodiments are directed to codecs running on hardware and/or software.
US10547843B1
A system and method of forming entropy coding groups in an entropy encoder includes providing multiple prefix codebooks, each prefix codebook being associated with a bit-based representation; receiving a block of sample values as a current block of sample values; forming multiple entropy coding groups; converting the sample values in each entropy coding group to a selected bit-based representation; determining the bit-based representation used for each respective entropy coding group; selecting a first or second prefix codebook for a respective entropy coding group in response to the determining; applying the selected prefix codebook to encode a prefix value of the respective entropy coding group; forming the bit-representation of the entropy coding groups, where the bit-representation of each entropy coding group includes a prefix encoded using the selected prefix codebook and one or more sample values; and providing the bit-representation of the entropy coding groups as an output.
US10547827B2
The invention relates to a method for aligning at least two image recording elements of two camera modules of a stereo camera system, in particular with respect to their roll angle relative to one another, as well as to a stereo camera system whose camera modules or image recording elements are aligned in accordance with such method.
US10547824B2
Provided is a data processing apparatus for calculating confidence coefficient data to indicate a confidence of pixel values of a second image data. The apparatus acquires similarity between a pixel value of a first pixel of the first image data corresponding to a target pixel of the confidence coefficient data, and each pixel value of a plurality of second pixels around the first pixel. The apparatus acquires the confidence coefficient by determining an estimated pixel value in the third pixel of the second image data corresponding to the first pixel, based on the similarity of each of the plurality of second pixels, each pixel value of the plurality of fourth pixels around the third pixel and the pixel value of the third pixel and by comparing the pixel value of the third image and the estimated pixel value in the third pixel.
US10547819B2
A method and system for visualizing micro-contrast. At least one processor obtains a selected root image from a digital video, generates an assistive image, and blends the assistive image with the selected root image to obtain a mutated image, which configured to be displayed by a display device. The selected root image includes root pixels each associated with color values. The assistive image is generated based on a plurality of micro-contrast scores comprising a micro-contrast score calculated for each of at least a portion of the root pixels. The micro-contrast score is calculated for a selected one of the root pixels by identifying a submatrix centered at the selected root pixel, and calculating the micro-contrast score for the selected root pixel based on the color values associated with only sample pixels positioned one each at corners of the submatrix.
US10547813B2
A method and system for video relay service calling with audio monitoring is described. The method includes initiating a video relay service call, the video relay service call including a video portion between a sign language interpreter and a user who is deaf, hard-of-hearing, or speech impaired (D-HOH-SI); an audio portion between the sign language interpreter and a called party; and one or more call parameters. The method further includes determining whether one of the call parameters indicates that the video relay service call should be monitored; in response to determining that the video relay service call should be monitored, directing at least the audio portion of the video relay service call to an audio monitoring service so that the audio portion of the video relay service call between the sign language interpreter and the called party can be monitored by the audio monitoring service.
US10547811B2
A smart camera system is disclosed. The camera can work with cloud data storage systems and compute cloud. A call center can access the cloud to provide security monitoring services.
US10547803B2
An imaging arrangement comprising: a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix; and a signal processing arrangement. A first and a second line of the matrix each comprise a light-receiving pixel and a reference pixel, the light-receiving pixels each receive incident light and output a light signal based on the incident light, and each reference pixel outputs a pixel signal for forming an address signal. The processing arrangement provides a first address signal and a second address signal, wherein: the first address signal indicates the position of the first line and comprises a signal value based on the pixel signal from the first line; and the second address signal indicates the position of the second line and comprises a signal value based on the pixel signal from the second line; and the signal value of the first address signal is different to the signal value of the second address signal.
US10547799B2
An apparatus for increasing the resolution of at least one portion of a cryogenically cooled and vacuum-sealed infrared imaging detector including a two-dimensional detector array having a fill factor value, the portion of the array successively exposed to an image scene to acquire multiple infrared imaging samples of the scene, a masking filter having a single pattern, disposed between the array and the image scene and operative to reduce the fill factor value of the portion of the array by a fill factor reduction amount (FFRA), an optical element disposed between the masking filter and the image scene, a directional angle shifter for shifting an angle at which the imaging samples are directed onto the portion of the array thereby successively shifting the image scene relative to the portion of the array between each of the imaging samples by a shifting increment corresponding to the FFRA and a processor.
US10547798B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for implementing a reality overlay device. A reality overlay device captures information that is pertinent to physical surroundings with respect to a device, the information including at least one of visual information or audio information. The reality overlay device may transmit at least a portion of the captured information to a second device. For instance, the reality overlay device may transmit at least a portion of the captured information to a server via the Internet, where the server is capable of identifying an appropriate virtual billboard. The reality overlay device may then receive overlay information for use in generating a transparent overlay via the reality overlay device. The transparent overlay is then superimposed via the device using the overlay information, wherein the transparent overlay provides one or more transparent images that are pertinent to the physical surroundings. Specifically, one or more of the transparent images may operate as “virtual billboards.” Similarly, a portable device such as a cell phone may automatically receive a virtual billboard when the portable device enters an area within a specified distance from an associated establishment.
US10547797B1
Among other things, embodiments of the present disclosure can help to automatically generate images displaying activity-based information and distribute such images to other users, such as members of a social network. The image may be modified based on activity data associated with other users and/or from other activity sensors.
US10547796B2
A calibration equipment of a mechanical system includes a light emitter emitting a light beam, a light sensing module, and an operating module. The light sensing module includes a carrier plate, and a plurality of light sensing units located on the carrier plate. The plurality of light sensing units receive the light beam and generate a plurality of image data. The operating module receives the plurality of image data and generates a calibrated kinematic parameter.
US10547793B2
A camera unit and method of control are described. The camera unit has a camera flash sub-unit configurable to emit flash light having an adjustable characteristic. A camera sensor sub-unit generates raw color data when exposed to light for processing into a digital image. The camera unit also includes a camera controller for coordinating operation of the camera flash sub-unit and the camera sensor sub-unit. The camera controller monitors one or more ambient light characteristics in a vicinity of the camera unit. Prior to receiving a command instructing the camera unit to generate the digital image, the camera controller repeatedly configures the camera flash sub-unit based on the monitored ambient light characteristics to adjust the characteristics of the emitted flash light. Once the camera controller receives the command, the camera sensor sub-unit is instructed to expose an image sensor using the pre-adjusted camera flash light to increase illumination.
US10547787B2
A distance measurement device includes an imaging optical system, an imaging unit, an emission unit, a derivation unit which performs a distance measurement to derive a distance to a subject based on a timing at which directional light is emitted by the emission unit and a timing at which reflected light is received by a light receiving unit, a shake correction unit which performs shake correction as correction of shake of the subject image caused by variation of an optical axis of the imaging optical system, and a control unit which performs control such that the shake correction unit does not perform shake correction or performs shake correction with a correction amount smaller than a normal correction amount determined in advance in a case of performing the distance measurement and performs shake correction with the normal correction amount in a case of not performing the distance measurement.
US10547781B1
An apparatus includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to (a) receive (i) a plurality of first samples selected from a first picture of a sequence of pictures, (ii) a plurality of smooth first samples corresponding to the plurality of first samples, (iii) a plurality of second samples selected from a second picture of the sequence of pictures, and (iv) a plurality of smooth second samples corresponding to the plurality of second samples, and (b) generate a plurality of adjusted first samples by combining the smooth first samples, the first samples, and the smooth second samples. The second circuit may be configured to generate a plurality of values based on the plurality of adjusted first samples and at least one of the plurality of first samples and the plurality of second samples. The first samples and the second samples generally have different levels of a lighting condition. The adjusted first samples and the second samples generally have similar levels of the lighting condition.
US10547777B2
A camera shooting information generation apparatus generates extended UMID data having basic UMID data serving as a unique identifier identifying material data globally uniquely, and a source pack including information on altitude, longitude, and latitude, each of which is constituted of 8 nibbles, wherein first to fifth nibbles of the altitude indicate last 5 digits of a value of an altitude relative to the sea level of the local geoid, an eighth nibble of the altitude indicates whether the altitude relative to the sea level of the local geoid has a positive value or a negative value and a description target of the source pack, a seventh nibble of the altitude indicates: the number of GPS satellites each serving as a transmission source of a signal received when a camera shooting position of an imaging apparatus is detected; a first flag indicating whether a supportive apparatus is used when the camera shooting position is detected; and a second flag indicating which one of the first digit of the value of the altitude relative to the sea level of the local geoid and a PDOP value of the detected camera shooting position is specified at a sixth nibble of the altitude, and the sixth nibble of the altitude indicates either the first digit of the value of the altitude or the PDOP value. The camera shooting information generation apparatus includes a fixed value setting unit configured to invalidate a value set as the PDOP value at the sixth nibble by setting, at the seventh nibble, a first fixed value which indicates: the number of the GPS satellites being no more than two; and the flag indicating the PDOP value being specified at the sixth nibble, and which is unused in a format specification of the extended UMID data, a camera shooting azimuth setting unit configured to set a value of a camera shooting azimuth of the imaging apparatus at the sixth nibble, an altitude setting unit configured to set a value of the altitude relative to the sea level of the local geoid, and an extended UMID data generation unit configured to generate the extended UMID data in which values are set by the fixed value setting unit, the camera shooting azimuth setting unit, and the altitude setting unit.
US10547746B2
A system and method for dynamically updating a service level agreement during a communication with a contact center are disclosed. The system and method are configured to display an initial time associated with a predetermine SLA path and then update the displayed time based on a communication between an agent and a customer.
US10547745B2
A system and method for allowing a telemarketer to place a series of telephone calls to called parties utilizes a distributed processing architecture. This allows the telemarketer to utilize data stored at remote locations to help interact with called parties. In addition, the telemarketer can utilize telephone assets to quickly and easily place multiple simultaneous calls to different called parties.
US10547743B2
Systems and methods are described herein for sending notifications associated with different use or active modes of a mobile device, such as a smart phone, tablet, and so on. For example, a mobile device may be in a busy mode, where a user associated with the mobile device is busy on a call, and/or in an entertainment mode (or other non-communication mode), where the user is utilizing entertainment functions provided by the mobile device (e.g., watching a video, playing a video game, listening to a podcast, and so on).
US10547734B2
A system and method for augmenting a graphical user interface by filtering options within a text message displayed within the graphical user interface includes determining that a content of the text message includes a plurality of options, receiving a location information of the sending device, the location information of the sending device being used to determine a venue corresponding to a physical location of the sending device, determining that the venue corresponding to the physical location of the sending device is relevant to the plurality of options, retrieving a contextual information from the venue about the plurality of choices, and augmenting the graphical user interface of the sending device by appending the contextual information to the plurality of options of the text message, such that the graphical user interface of the sending device simultaneously displays both the contextual information and the plurality of options.
US10547720B2
A method for automatically saving an unknown number in a mobile phone includes comparing a telephone number being answered or dialed with numbers in an address book, and determines whether the telephone number is an unknown number. If yes, conversation content is monitored, and keywords of the conversation content are extracted after the call is successfully connected. After the call ends, a user is prompted whether to save, if yes, the keywords are arranged in order for the user to select.
US10547718B2
A mobile terminal including a flexible display; an intermediate case including an opening; an internal case within the intermediate case for rolling the flexible display in and out of the intermediate case through the opening; a first case covering one end of the intermediate case; a second case covering the other end of the intermediate case; a first magnetic member provided within an interior of the intermediate case; and a plurality of second magnetic members provided under the flexible display such that the flexible display is rolled by an attractive force between the plurality of second magnetic members and the first magnetic member.
US10547714B2
Frame formatting for communications within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. A signal is processed within a communication device using at least two respective downclocking ratios (e.g., a first downclocking ratio applied to a first portion of the signal such as a frame or packet extracted there from, a second downclocking ratio applied to a second portion of the signal). Alternatively, a signal is divided into more than two respective portions, and different respective downclocking ratios are applied to those different respective portions (e.g., a first downclocking ratio applied to a first portion of the signal, and so on up to an n-th downclocking ratio applied to an n-th portion of the signal). Some implementations apply a singular or common downclocking ratio to more than one portion of the signal (which may be contiguous/adjacent or non-contiguous/non-adjacent within the signal).
US10547713B2
A system and method for transmitting state based input over a network are presented. Embodiments of the present invention are operable to generate vector data comprising a composite of all state data associated with the state of all user input claims of a client system and transmit the vector data from the client device to a host device over a network. Embodiments of the present invention are further operable at the host device to determine a simulated input state at the client side by performing a comparison of the vector data currently received to a last known vector data and rendering output in response to the comparison.
US10547704B2
Predictive pre-fetching of streams for 360 degree video is described. User view orientation metadata is obtained for a 360 degree video stream that includes data for a plurality of viewports. Data corresponding to one or more high-resolution frames for a particular one of the viewports is pre-fetched based on the user view orientation metadata and those frames are displayed. The high resolution frames are characterized by a higher resolution than for remaining viewports.
US10547699B2
Methods and apparatus for mobile device identification using TCP segment timestamps are disclosed. A request from a mobile device is received at a server. A TCP connection, initiated by the mobile device, is made between the server and the device, and a timestamp generated by the mobile device is retrieved from the options field of the TCP SYN segment. Other identifying information is received from the mobile device source, including an IP address, port, and HTTP headers. Based on the identifying information, the mobile device timestamp, and a current timestamp generated by the server, a likelihood is determined that the particular mobile device previously communicated with the server.
US10547696B2
A method and associated computer system. A processor queries a service catalog and a virtual service inventory to obtain network service instances including a virtual network function. The processor seamlessly replaces the virtual network function by a new version of the virtual network function without interruption of the network service in the production environment. The processor deploys the new version of the virtual network function unattached to the production environment, including: replacing a network address of the virtual network function in the load balancer with a network address of the new version of the virtual network function. In response to a determination by the processor that the virtual network function has a floating network address, the processor detaches the floating network address from the virtual network function and attaches the detached floating network address to the new version of the virtual network function.
US10547693B2
A physical security system is described comprising a simplified method for selection of a compute node from a cluster of compute nodes with which to assign a role or acquire a service. The method determines a scalar priority value for compute nodes in the cluster, and allows selection of a compute node by simply choosing the highest priority scalar value. Scalar priority values may be determined by one or more of: a compute node license type, capacity limits, a hardware capability, a software capability, and a current node load.
US10547690B2
A connection destination server instruction apparatus for causing a client terminal to connect to a specific sever in a plurality of servers, including: parameter acquisition means configured to acquire a server parameter on each server; area name acquisition means configured to acquire an area name of a location of the client terminal based on a connection request; connection destination determination means configured, when an area indicated by the area name belongs to a specific area, to regard one or more servers placed in the specific area in the plurality of servers to be candidates of the specific server, and to determine the specific server from the one or more servers that are the candidates by using the server parameter acquired by the parameter acquisition means; and connection destination instruction means configured to transmit, to the client terminal, information of the specific server.
US10547686B2
A display apparatus having a communicator configured to communicate with an external device; a display; and a controller configured to receive schedule information about reproduction of a plurality of pieces of content from the external device, determine whether second content to be reproduced following first content is completely downloadable until a reproducing completion time of the first content based on the received schedule information, download the second content while reproducing the first content if it is determined that the second content is completely downloadable, and start downloading the second content instead of reproducing first content if it is determined that the second content is not completely downloadable.
US10547682B2
Techniques disclosed herein dynamically scale components of an application using microservices. An exemplary technique involves executing the application on a computing device such as a server. For example, the application can be executed to host server-side services using the components of the application locally on the computing device. The technique monitors use of the components during execution of the application and determines to migrate a component to a microservice based on the use of the component during the execution of the application. The technique then migrates the component to a micro service by initiating launch of the micro service on a remote computing device and converting local calls for the component to remote calls for the microservice in the application.
US10547681B2
Encoding a file into a plurality of chunks, wherein a subset of the plurality of chunks may be used to create a functional equivalent of the file. At least one additional chunk is created from the plurality of chunks. The at least one additional chunk is directed to be stored in a cache memory and the plurality of chunks are directed to be stored on at least one storage node. Upon demand for the file, at least one additional chunk is cased to be retrieved from the cache and at least a portion of the plurality of chunks are caused to be retrieved from the at least one storage node and the functional equivalent of the file is constructed through utilization of the at least one additional chunk and the portion of the plurality of chunks.
US10547678B2
A stand-alone, network accessible data storage device, such as a filer or NAS device, is capable of transferring data objects based on portions of the data objects. The device transfers portions of files, folders, and other data objects from a data store within the device to external secondary storage based on certain criteria, such as time-based criteria, age-based criteria, and so on. A portion may be one or more blocks of a data object, or one or more chunks of a data object, or other segments that combine to form or store a data object. For example, the device identifies one or more blocks of a data object that satisfy a certain criteria, and migrates the identified blocks to external storage, thereby freeing up storage space within the device. The device may determine that a certain number of blocks of a file have not been modified or called by a file system in a certain time period, and migrate these blocks to secondary storage.
US10547676B2
An approach is provided to automatically replicate content to certain servers in a networking environment based on, amongst other metrics, location of third parties accessing information in a social networking environment. The approach includes obtaining content from a user within a networked environment and analyzing information of one or more third parties that have access to the networked environment and who have an association with the user. The approach further includes replicating the content to one or more servers within the networked environment based on the analyzed information of the one or more third parties.
US10547673B2
Technical solutions are described for optimizing operation of a server cluster. An example method includes receiving a job request that executes using a set of data blocks, the job request being associated with an expected completion time. The cluster server is used to identify a set of replica servers, wherein each server from the set of replica servers contains the set of data blocks. In response to each server from the set of replica servers estimating a completion time for the job request that is more than the expected completion time, a new server is initiated, the set of data blocks is relocated from a first server from the set of replica servers to the new server, and the job request is allocated to the new server.
US10547670B2
Systems and methods of the present invention for maintaining network data distribution are provided. Network data may be distributed in such as manner as to allow a network session to weather interrupted communications between host and clients without significant loss of data. Embodiments of the present invention provide for one or more clients to serve as backup host(s) for the network session. When the other clients transmit data to the host, they may also transmit the data to one or more backup hosts if there are any indications of interrupted communication.
US10547668B2
A communications system and a communication method are disclosed. The communication method includes: sending, by a first computing node, a communication manner parsing request to a management node, where the communication manner parsing request includes an identifier of the first computing node and an identifier of a second computing node; determining, by the management node, information about a physical communication manner between the first computing node and the second computing node according to the communication manner parsing request and communication manner reference information, where the communication manner reference information includes system topology information and a system physical resource allocation result; sending, by the management node, the information about the physical communication manner to the first computing node; and communicating, by the first computing node, with the second computing node based on the information about the physical communication manner. Embodiments of the present disclosure can improve communication efficiency.
US10547647B2
A system and method for identifying distributed attacks, such as, but not limited to, distributed denial of service attacks and botnet attacks, in a first network serviced by a first carrier and configured to alert a second network serviced by a second carrier that is different from the first carrier is disclosed. Once an attack has been identified, an attack alert is generated and provided to the second network or other aspects of the first network, or both. The attack alerts may be distributed dynamically with the second network via diameter based security protocol Rs. Such system and method may mitigate distributed malicious attacks by sharing destination internet protocol and bad international mobile subscriber identity information across carriers.
US10547646B2
The present disclosure relates generally to threat detection, and more particularly, to techniques for analyzing security events using dynamic policies and displaying a consolidated view of active threats and user activity including the dynamic policies being triggered by the active threats and user activity. Some aspects are directed to the concept of a policy bus for injecting and communicating the dynamic policies to multiple enforcement entities and the ability of the entities to respond to the policies dynamically. Other aspects are directed providing a consolidated view of active threat categories, a count of policies being triggered for each threat category, and associated trends. Yet other aspects are directed to providing a consolidated view of users, applications being accessed by users, and the access policies, if any, implicated by the such accesses.
US10547644B2
A device may receive policy information associated with a first application group and a second application group. The device may receive network topology information associated with a network. The device may generate a first policy based on the policy information and the network topology information, and generate a second policy based on the policy information and the network topology information. The device may provide, to the virtual network device, information associated with the first policy to permit the virtual network device to implement the first policy in association with network traffic transferred between the first application group and the second application group. The device may provide, to the physical network device, information associated with the second policy to permit the physical network device to implement the second policy in association with network traffic transferred between the first application group and the second application group.
US10547637B1
A computer-implemented method for automatically blocking Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol (WPAD) attacks may include (i) automatically detecting, by a computing device, a WPAD request for a configuration file, (ii) identifying, by the computing device, a server attempting to fulfill the WPAD request for the configuration file, (iii) determining, by the computing device, that the server is not included in a whitelist of WPAD servers for the configuration file, and (iv) automatically performing, by the computing device and based on the determination that the server is not included in the whitelist, a security action to secure the WPAD request for the configuration file. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10547627B2
Techniques for malicious HTTP cookies detection and clustering are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for malicious HTTP cookies detection and clustering includes receiving a sample at a cloud security service; extracting a cookie from network traffic associated with the sample; determining that the cookie is associated with malware; and generating a signature based on the cookie.
US10547626B1
Examining applications for structural indications of repackaging is disclosed. A mobile application is received. The mobile application is analyzed to determine whether the mobile application matches a build-related file format fingerprint indicative of application repackaging. In response to a result of the analysis, the mobile application is categorized as a repackaged application.
US10547624B2
When a security authentication request sent by a terminal is received, an identity authentication solution includes acquiring network environment information and user behavior data according to the security authentication request, then determining, according to the network environment information and the user behavior data, whether a current operation is a machine attack, and acquiring a CAPTCHA of a predetermined type according to a predetermined policy and delivering the CAPTCHA to the terminal if the current operation is a machine attack, to perform identity authentication, or determining that security authentication succeeds if the current operation is not a machine attack.
US10547622B2
An approach is provided for sharing valid token(s) across application instances. If refresh token rotation is used, (i) a token request is received which includes a number of tokens required, (ii) access and refresh token pairs are generated and shared so that a total number of the pairs equals the number of tokens, and (iii) the access and refresh token pairs are sent to a client so that in response to token requests, the application instances obtain respective access and refresh token pairs. If refresh token rotation is not used, (iv) a request for a refresh token is received, (v) an existing access token is validated, where the access token is bound to the refresh token, and (vi) if the existing access token is expired, a new access token is generated and sent to the client; otherwise, the existing access token is sent to the client.
US10547608B2
Examples provided herein are directed to a computing device and media playback system sharing access to a media service corresponding to a media application installed on the computing device. In one example, a media playback system may be configured to (i) receive from the computing device an authorization code that corresponds to a media application installed on the computing device that is authorized to access media from a media service, (ii) transmit to the media service an authorization request with the authorization code, (iii) receive from the media service an authorization token that facilitates obtaining media from the media service, and (iv) transmit to the media service a request for media for playback by the media playback system, where the request for media includes the authorization token.
US10547607B2
A management system for managing at least one function to be executed in a communication terminal. The management system includes a reception unit that receives identification information about the communication terminal from the communication terminal; a storage unit that stores a service period set for each of functions associated with pieces of identification information about communication terminals; a specification unit that specifies, from the functions associated with the received identification information, functions within the service periods; and a transmission unit that transmits function information indicating the specified functions to the communication terminal.
US10547603B2
In currently available mobile devices (e.g., a user equipment (UE)), no authentication occurs at the mobile device to answer an incoming call at the mobile device. In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus for secure call answering are provided. The apparatus is a first UE. The apparatus receives an incoming call originated from a second UE. The apparatus determines whether the incoming call originated from the second UE is a secure incoming call. The apparatus also receives a secure authentication input upon determining that the incoming call is a secure incoming call. Further, the apparatus determines whether the secure authentication input matches with authentication information upon receiving the secure authentication input. Additionally, the apparatus answers the received secure incoming call originated from the second UE when the received secure authentication input matches the authentication information.
US10547586B1
Systems and methods involve managing exhaustible electronic resources, such as IPv4 addresses. A determination to allocate an internet protocol (IP) address can be made based at least in part on an amount of traffic that the IP address receives when not allocated to a customer and another amount of traffic received from a prospective customer. Information directed to the allocated IP address can be received and routed to a network associated with the customer via a connection configured to share information using the IP address.
US10547581B2
When an electronic mail is transmitted, a computer outputs to a display device a transmission confirmation screen on which a destination or an attached file name is displayed, the destination or the attached file name being different from a destination or an attached file name that has been set by a user in the electronic mail, and on which whether transmission of the electronic mail will be performed is selectable. Upon receipt of selection of whether the transmission will be performed, the computer outputs to the display device message information that varies according to a result of the selection of whether the transmission will be performed on the transmission confirmation screen.
US10547579B2
A client apparatus transmits to a server apparatus email information including destination email addresses of an email and information about a first file selected as a file to be attached, receives from the server apparatus at least one storage destination which is accessible to all users corresponding to the destination email addresses and in which a second file relating to the first file is stored as at least one storage destination candidate for the first file, displays the received storage destination candidate on a display, stores the first file in a storage destination corresponding to a storage destination candidate selected by a user from the displayed at least one storage destination candidate, and transmits to the destination email addresses an email including a link to the stored first file.
US10547570B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, electronic devices and applications for presentation, configuration and operation of an application including a user interface. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting a command for a user interface of the device, wherein the command is associated with a card element displayed by the user interface, wherein the user interface and card element are displayed by the device and wherein operation of device for presentation of the user interface is based on a platform for operation with card elements. The method also includes determining at least one operation of the device based on the command and the platform for operation with the card element, wherein determining includes interoperation of the user interface with the platform and controlling, by the controller, operation of the device based on said determining. Another embodiment is directed to a device configured to present a user interface.
US10547569B1
A computer-implemented method for a user device including receiving a notification by a processing device of a user device a first user, the notification notifying the first user that a second user has shared a media item with the first user, the notification including a reference to the media item. The method further includes receiving a request of the first user to view the media item. The method further includes in response to the request of the first user, causing a messaging session between the first user and the second user to be provided, and presenting the media item to the first user in the messaging session.
US10547566B2
An adaptive network repeater is disclosed for electronically connecting first and second subnetworks. The adaptive network repeater includes a first network interface coupled to the first subnetwork, a second network interface coupled to the second subnetwork, and a controller that monitors communication link status between the first and second subnetworks across the adaptive network repeater. Data received from the first subnetwork at the first network interface is retransmitted to the second subnetwork through the second network interface, and data received from the second subnetwork at the second network interface is retransmitted to the first subnetwork through the first network interface. When the controller determines that the first and second subnetworks want to communicate across the adaptive network repeater at incompatible communication speeds, the controller determines a compatible communication speed and causes the first and second subnetworks to communicate across the adaptive network repeater at the compatible communication speed.
US10547559B2
In an example, there is disclosed a computing apparatus, having: a network interface configured to provide a plurality of queues; an application; and one or more logic elements comprising a queuing engine to: inspect an incoming packet; and assign the incoming packet to a dedicated queue for the application based on a classifier. There is also disclosed a method of providing a queuing engine, and one or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage mediums having stored thereon executable instructions for providing a queuing engine.
US10547556B2
A control device includes an information analysis unit that measures communication volume in each flow included in input traffic and generates traffic information including information representing at least the measured communication volume of each of the flows and a time at which measurement is taken; a reduction target selection unit that generates ranking information representing a ranking which is a rank order of a communication volume of each of the flows in the input traffic and selects a flow having the ranking that has a trend to change in a particular direction as a reduction target flow whose communication volume is to be reduced; and a traffic control unit that reduces a communication volume on the reduction target flow, and transmits the reduction target flow subjected to the reduction processing together with another flow included in the input traffic as output traffic.
US10547552B2
Connection based selection of a network congestion control process is presented herein. A system can comprise a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising: storing communication congestion control procedures into a module of a kernel of the system, determining a connection attribute for a connection corresponding to a connection request received from a device; and selecting, via the module based on the connection attribute, a communication congestion control procedure of the communication congestion control procedures for servicing of the connection request. In an example, the determining the connection attribute comprises determining a round-trip time of the connection, determining a bandwidth-delay product of the connection, determining whether the connection is a wireless connection, and determining a bandwidth of the connection.
US10547534B2
Apparatus to predict end of streaming media using a prediction model are disclosed herein. Examples disclosed herein comprise a predictor to determine a bandwidth rate associated with presentation of streaming media based on monitored traffic between a user device and the streaming media, a modeler to generate a prediction model based on characteristics of the bandwidth rate, and a forecaster to determine that a time when an output of the prediction model is below a minimum bandwidth threshold is a session end time for a streaming media session, the session end time corresponding to when the user device stops receiving the streaming media.
US10547531B2
The disclosed computer-implemented method for enforcing data loss prevention policies may include (i) identifying an application installed on the computing device, where the computing device is capable of transmitting data to other computing devices via a wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances, (ii) examining the application for a module that indicates that the application is capable of transferring files via the wireless technology standard, (iii) monitoring for initiations of connections via the wireless technology standard by the application, (iv) monitoring, in response to detecting an initiation of a connection via the wireless technology standard by the application, file system access by the application, (v) determining that the application is attempting to open a file, and (vi) analyzing the file to determine if transferring the file via the wireless technology standard violates a data loss prevention policy. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10547524B2
In one embodiment, a server determines a trigger to diagnose a software as a service (SaaS) pipeline for a SaaS client, and sends a notification to a plurality of SaaS nodes in the pipeline that the client is in a diagnostic mode, the notification causing the plurality of SaaS nodes to establish taps to collect diagnostic information for the client. The server may then send client-specific diagnostic messages into the SaaS pipeline for the client, the client-specific diagnostic messages causing the taps on the plurality of SaaS nodes to collect client-specific diagnostic information and send the client-specific diagnostic information to the server. The server then receives the client-specific diagnostic information from the plurality of SaaS nodes, and creates a client-specific diagnostic report based on the client-specific diagnostic information.
US10547516B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products are described herein for minimizing the downtime for nodes in a network-accessible server set. The downtime may be minimized by determining an optimal timeout value for which a fabric controller waits to perform a recovery action. The optimal timeout value may be determined for each cluster in the network-accessible server set. The optimal timeout value advantageously reduces the overall downtime for customer workloads running on a node for which contact has been lost. The optimal timeout value for each cluster may be based on a predictive model based on the observed historical patterns of the nodes within that cluster. In the event that an optimal timeout value is not determined for a particular cluster (e.g., due to a lack of observed historical patterns), the fabric controller may fall back to a less than optimal timeout value.
US10547515B2
A computer-implemented method for determining service flow rank based on service flow dependency is provided. The method includes receiving a plurality of data flow information for a plurality of data flows. Each data flow of the plurality of data flows includes a source, a destination, a start time, and an associated service. The method also includes determining a plurality of dependency sets based on the plurality of data flow information. Each dependency set of the plurality of dependency sets includes at least a first data flow and a second data flow. The method further includes calculating a plurality of dependency strengths based on the plurality of dependency sets, calculating a plurality of total service scores based on the first data flows of the plurality of dependency sets, and calculating a plurality of service flow ranks based on the plurality of dependency strengths and the plurality of total service scores.
US10547508B1
Techniques are disclosed for reducing the time required to instantiate network services in a service provider network to service requests by subscriber devices. In one example, an orchestration engine pre-creates pools of different virtual network functions (VNFs). Upon receiving a request to service network traffic from a subscriber device, the orchestration engine dynamically creates a service chain using the appropriate VNFs from the pools of different VNFs. In another example, the orchestration engine pre-creates pools of common service chains. Upon receiving a request to service network traffic from a subscriber device, the orchestration engine selects the appropriate service chain from the pools of service chains. After configuring the service chain, the orchestration engine issues instructions to a Software-Defined Networking (SDN) controller causing the SDN controller to update forwarding information in the service provider network to enable the service chain to service the subscriber traffic.
US10547506B2
A method includes configuring, by a cloud provisioning server, a first user identity to execute a provisioning to provision an instance. The instance to be provisioned includes one of an instantiated software resource and a computing service. The method also includes configuring a second user identity to be an approver of the provisioning. The method also includes performing provisioning of the instance. The provisioning is executed under the first user identity, and the second user identity has provided approval of the provisioning.
US10547504B2
A method for measuring quality of a service running on a terminal includes sending, by the terminal, a measurement request message to a network management device, where the measurement request message requests the network management device to measure the quality of the service, receiving, by the terminal, measurement configuration information from the network management device in response to the measurement request message, coloring a packet of a service stream within a preset measurement period according to the measurement configuration information to obtain a colored packet, and sending, by the terminal, at least one of quantity information or time stamp information of the colored packet to the network management device. Hence, the quality of the service running on the terminal is comprehensively measured.
US10547490B1
A digital triggering system for processing data relating to a signal received is described, with an analog-to-digital converter, an IQ data source providing IQ data, a first digital signal processor, and at least a second digital signal processor. The first digital signal processor is connected with the IQ data source via a first signal path. The second digital signal processor is connected with the IQ data source via a second signal path. The first digital signal processor has at least a first signal processing parameter. The second digital signal processor has at least a second signal processing parameter. The first signal processing parameter and the second signal processing parameter are independent from each other. The first digital signal processor generates a trigger signal based upon a characteristic of the IQ data obtained from the IQ data source. The first digital signal processor triggers the second digital signal processor via the trigger signal to acquire IQ data obtained from the IQ data source. Further, a method for processing data is described.
US10547487B1
The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to an integer non-uniform constellation (NUC) high-order M-QAM. In some implementations, M is no less than 1024. Each of M constellation points of the integer NUC M-QAM has respective integer real and imaginary coordinates. A bit pattern is received and mapped to integer real and imaginary coordinates of one of the M constellation points according to a mapping rule of the integer NUC M-QAM. A transmission signal is modulated in accordance with the integer real and imaginary coordinates of the one of the M constellation points of the integer NUC M-QAM.
US10547476B2
A system for wirelessly transmitting data provides an input for receiving an input data stream. First modulation circuitry applies quantum level overlay (QLO) modulation to the input data stream to generate a QLO modulated data stream. Second modulation circuitry applies quantum level orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation to the QLO modulated data stream to create an OTFS/QLO modulated data stream. A transmitter transmits the OTFS/QLO modulated data stream.
US10547464B2
Methods and systems for vehicle to operator communication for preparation for a meeting are disclosed. The methods and systems can include collecting meeting information regarding a meeting, transmitting the meeting information to an operator through a communication system, receiving emotional inputs reflecting an emotional state of a party, determining a phased emotional state for the party using the emotional inputs, and transmitting state information to the operator, the state information including the phased emotional state.
US10547463B2
Computerized aspects monitor listening virtual local area network ports for multicast packets from hypervisor virtual machines that meet a multicast group definition, and retrieve source addresses for original hypervisor sources of detected ones of the multicast packets, bind the retrieved addresses to the multicast packets to generate encapsulated packets, and forward the encapsulated packets as user datagram protocol unicast packets to a destination address of a virtual extensible helper daemon defined for a destination hypervisor of a second virtual local area network. The destination address meets the multicast group definition for the first virtual local area network, and the second virtual local area network is geographically remote from and different from the first virtual local area network, and thus the aspects send the first user datagram protocol unicast packet through an internet protocol router to the designated receiving port.
US10547459B2
In a method for generating a cryptographic key in a system-on-a-chip having a hardware-programmable logic unit, a circuit region of the hardware-programmable logic unit is configured in such a way that a first physical unclonable function is executed in the circuit region in order to generate a first cryptographic key, and the circuit region is reconfigured in such a way that (i) a further physical unclonable function is executed in order to generate a further cryptographic key or (ii) another functionality that does not encompass a physical unclonable function is executed.
US10547458B2
Systems and techniques are described herein for managing and negotiating SSL certificates as part of a handshake between a client computing device and a website hosting infrastructure. Certificates for a website are stored in a common storage and are lazy-loaded into cache memory when the website is requested by a client. Certificates are served by the hosting infrastructure responsive to a handshake request from a client by determining if a certificate for a hostname in the handshake request is in cache memory. When available, a cached certificate is served. When a cached certificate for the hostname is unavailable, a certificate is retrieved from the common storage, placed in cache memory, and served. OCSP stapling data is lazy-loaded and served also from the cache memory. Hence, a certificate is available immediately upon deployment, without costly reconfiguration of the hosting platform to accommodate new certificates and new hostnames.
US10547456B1
A policy group associated with one or more data packets received from a workload is determined. The one or more data packets are encrypted with a certificate associated with the policy group. The encrypted one or more data packets are sent to an endpoint.
US10547451B2
A method for authenticating a prover to a verifier, the prover being provided with a proving key paired to a verification key registered with the verifier, wherein the proving key can be obtained by transforming a protected key and a secret (S) using a transformation (E), characterized in that the prover stores the protected key and does not store the corresponding proving key nor the corresponding verification key in clear, with the exception of storage in transient memory.
US10547448B2
This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for enhancing a device provisioning protocol (DPP) to support multiple configurators. In one aspect, a first configurator device can export a configurator key package. In one aspect, the configurator key package may be used for backup and restore of the configurator keys. The configurator key package may include a configurator private signing key and, optionally, a configurator public verification key. A second configurator device may obtain the configurator key package and also may obtain decryption information which can be used to decrypt the configurator key package. Thus, in another aspect, both the first configurator device and the second configurator device can use the same configurator keys with the device provisioning protocol to configure enrollees to a network.
US10547443B2
An example method may include receiving, at a session key service, a first session key and a first public key of a client device to be authenticated to a web server. The first session key being encrypted by the client device using a second public key of the web server. The web server is a subscriber of the session key service hosted in a cloud-based environment. The method may also include decrypting, using a first private key of the web server, the first session key to obtain a plaintext session key, encrypting the plaintext session key using the first public key of the client device to generate a second session key, and sending the second session key to the web server to facilitate a decryption of the second session key by the client device for an authentication of the client device to the web server.
US10547439B2
Disclosed is a clock data recovery (CDR) device including a master lane circuit and a plurality of slave lane circuits. The master lane circuit includes: a clock multiplication unit including a phase frequency detector (PFD), a charge pump (CP), a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO), and a loop divider; a master lane sampling circuit; a master lane phase detector (PD); and a master lane multiplexer coupled between the master lane PD and the CP and between the PFD and the CP. Each slave lane circuit includes: a slave lane sampling circuit (SLS); a slave lane PD; a slave lane digital loop filter; a phase rotator (PR); and a slave lane multiplexer coupled between the VCO and the SLS and between the PR and the SLS, in which the master lane multiplexer and the slave lane multiplexers are configured to have the CDR device operate in one of multiple modes.
US10547430B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method by which a terminal reports a channel state on the basis of a channel state information-reference signal (CSI-RS) in a wireless communication system can comprise the steps of: transmitting, to a base station, terminal capability information related to the maximum number of CSI processes which can be simultaneously updated or calculated by the terminal in which a shortened processing time has been set; receiving an aperiodic CSI request from the base station; and, according to the aperiodic CSI request, updating or calculating CSI in a CSI reference resource at the point of time set for the shortened processing time, on the basis of the terminal capability information and transmitting the updated or calculated CSI to the base station.
US10547427B2
According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for transmitting a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system that supports a Narrow Band (NB)-Internet of Things (IoT) includes generating a DMRS sequence by considering a single subcarrier transmission or a multiple subcarrier transmission; mapping the generated DMRS sequence to one or more symbols in time domain; and transmitting the DMRS to a base station through the mapped symbols, where each element of the generated DMRS sequence is sequentially mapped to each symbol of M symbols, when the DMRS is transmitted through the single subcarrier, and where the generated DMRS sequence is mapped to N symbols, when the DMRS is transmitted through the multiple subcarriers.
US10547426B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for a base station to trigger transmissions of sounding reference signals (SRS) from one or multiple user equipments (UEs) on one or multiple cells and for a UE to determine a power, a time instance, and other parameters for SRS transmissions in response to the triggering. A SRS transmission can be on a cell where a UE is not configured to transmit data or control information.
US10547423B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and a device of configuring downlink control information. Specifically, the corresponding demodulation reference signal configuration information is set for three kinds of demodulation reference signal enhancement situations respectively and is indicated by the downlink control information according to the embodiments of the present disclosure. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a base station sends the downlink control information to user equipment, the downlink control information including a demodulation reference signal configuration index that indicates the demodulation reference signal configuration information, and the demodulation reference signal configuration information including one item in the demodulation reference signal configuration information set. In the case of using one codebook, the demodulation reference signal configuration information set includes: a first combination set of one layer, the antenna port 11 or 13, and a scrambling sequence number. In the case of using two codebooks, the demodulation reference signal configuration information set includes: a second combination set of two, three, or four layers, at least one of the antenna ports 7, 8, 11, and 13, and a scrambling sequence number.
US10547420B2
Wireless environment information is obtained by aggregating data corresponding to wireless signals detected by wireless devices in the wireless environment. A wireless device is configured to obtain additional information for a wireless environment based on determining that wireless environment information is insufficient. One or more devices are configured based at least on the additional information.
US10547408B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a memory and a processor operatively coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to be operatively coupled to a first optical transponder and a second optical transponder. The processor is configured to receive, from the second optical transponder, a signal representing a skew value of an optical signal and a signal representing a bit-error-rate (BER) value of the optical signal. The skew value is associated with a skew between an in-phase component of the optical signal and a quadrature component of the optical signal. The processor is configured to determine, based on at least one of the skew value or the BER value, if a performance degradation of the first optical transponder satisfies a threshold. The processor is configured to send a control signal to the first optical transponder to adjust a pulse shaping or a data baud rate of the first optical transponder.
US10547407B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for reducing jitter and latency in a PON. In one aspect, an optical network unit includes a downstream optical receiver configured to receive downstream traffic over a first wavelength; a first upstream optical transmitter having a first data rate; a second upstream optical transmitter having a second data rate that is higher than the first data rate; and a controller configured to direct upstream traffic to one of the first upstream optical transmitter or the second upstream optical transmitter depending on a traffic type of the traffic. Traffic having a control plane traffic type is directed to the first upstream optical transmitter and traffic having a data plane traffic type is directed to the second upstream optical transmitter.
US10547405B1
A multi-mode wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) receiver includes a receiver head to receive a free-space optical (FSO) signal. A multi-mode demultiplexers (demux) is coupled to the receiver head via a multi-mode fiber to generate a number of optical signals based on the FSO signal. A number of repeaters modify the optical signals and generate a number of single-mode optical signals.
US10547404B1
Automatic optical link calibration systems and methods include, in an optical section with an Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (OADM) multiplexer, an OADM demultiplexer, and zero or more in-line optical amplifiers between the OADM multiplexer and the OADM demultiplexer, wherein the optical section includes integrated measurement equipment, and wherein the OADM multiplexer and the OADM demultiplexer have a route and select architecture, obtaining measurement data from the integrated measurement equipment subsequent to turn up; determining an optimal target launch power profile per fiber span in the optical section based on the measurement data; configuring channel holders at the OADM multiplexer to meet the optimal target launch power profile per fiber span; and calibrating each fiber span to determine settings of equipment at the OADM multiplexer, the OADM demultiplexer, and the zero or more in-line optical amplifiers.
US10547398B2
A media automation system controls the ability of local stations to automatically replace certain scheduled items. A show is identified as a restricted show, with respect to exclusion of content associated with at least one advertiser. Restriction rules, which are configured to prevent content associated with the at least one advertiser from being scheduled during the restricted show are obtained, and a master broadcast log is generated based on a broadcast schedule and the restriction rules. The local stations are prevented from successfully performing automated replacement of content during the restricted show by inserting a flag into metadata associated with the master broadcast log, the flag specifying a blackout attribute. Buffers can be established around restricted shows, so that spot breaks near restricted shows can also be restricted. A playout system can perform validation checks to ensure that advertisements from advertisers included in the list are not improperly scheduled.
US10547397B2
An example method may include a processing system of a channel sounding receiver having a processor receiving from a base station, at a location, a channel sounding waveform via a plurality of carriers, sampling the channel sounding waveform via the plurality of carriers to generate a plurality of per-carrier time domain sample sets, and processing the plurality of per-carrier time domain sample sets via a plurality of discrete Fourier transform modules to provide a plurality of per-carrier frequency domain sample sets. The method may further include the processing system aligning the plurality of per-carrier frequency domain sample sets in gain and phase to provide a combined frequency domain sample set and measuring a channel property at the location based upon the combined frequency domain sample set.
US10547395B2
In one embodiment, a method includes determining a received power at a receiving antenna mounted to an antenna measurement system from a transmitting antenna mounted to a device under test (DUT) in motion relative to the antenna measurement system; determining one or more first orientation parameters of the antenna measurement system; determining one or more second orientation parameters of the DUT; and determining an antenna pattern of the transmitting antenna based on the received power, the first orientation parameters, and the second orientation parameters.
US10547392B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for transmitting an image. The method includes converting, by a first device, an image to be transmitted into a number of sets of feature data according to a preset conversion rule; performing, by the first device, music composition according to preset music composition rules to obtain a music in accordance with musical tone rules through making each set of the number of sets of feature data correspond to one musical element; and playing, by the first device, the music to a second device. An image transmission manner utilizing a sound wave that is hearable to the human ear may be implemented.
US10547383B2
Embodiments of the present application provide an information transmission method, a coordinator, and a terminal node in an optical wireless communications network. The method includes: receiving a request to send (RTS) frame sent by a sending node by using a first bandwidth, wherein the RTS frame comprises first indication information; determining a second bandwidth based on the first indication information, wherein the second bandwidth is a sending bandwidth used when the sending node sends to-be-sent information and a receiving bandwidth used when the receiving node receives the to-be-sent information; and sending a clear to send (CTS) frame to the sending node by using a third bandwidth.
US10547382B2
An FSO communication system includes a laser, an optical detector and a first optical adjustment module and a controller. The laser is configured to emit an optical signal. The optical detector is configured to receive an optical signal from the first optical adjustment module. The controller is configured to obtain an optical power of an optical signal received by the optical detector; and generate a control command based on the optical power and transmit the control command. The first optical adjustment module is configured to: receive the control command and the optical signal emitted by the laser; adjust, in response to the control command, the optical signal emitted by the laser to cause the optical power of the optical signal received by the optical detector to be in a preset reasonable range; and transmit the adjusted optical signal to the optical detector.
US10547375B1
A method for uplink and downlink scheduling in a satellite long-term evolution (LTE) network includes receiving, at a satellite base station, a scheduling request from a terminal device. The method further includes transmitting an uplink and downlink grant to the terminal device with an initial allocation that supports the configured data rate. User data is sent and received from the terminal device based on this initial allocation without continually sending grants to the terminal device. The method also supports changes to the persistent allocation based on updated user traffic requirements as indicated by the terminal device.
US10547374B1
A method for of communication in a satellite LTE network by a satellite base station includes transmitting to a terminal device in a satellite beam of the satellite base station a frame having embedded timing information. The timing information includes a lowest delay time associated with the satellite beam. An uplink acquisition message is received from the terminal device. The uplink acquisition message is received with a first timing advance (TA) value estimated by the terminal device based on the lowest delay time. An arrival time associated with the uplink acquisition message is estimated, and a second TA value is determined based on the estimated arrival time. The terminal device uses the sum of first TA and second TA to adjust its timing in subsequent transmissions.
US10547358B2
Systems and methods are described for radio frequency (RF) calibration in a multiple antenna system (MAS) with multi-user (MU) transmissions (“MU-MAS”) exploiting uplink/downlink channel reciprocity. The RF calibration is used to compute open-loop downlink precoder based on uplink channel estimates, thereby avoiding feedback overhead for channel state information as in closed-loop schemes. For example, a MU-MAS of one embodiment comprises a wireless cellular network with one or multiple beacon stations, multiple client devices and multiple distributed antennas operating cooperatively via precoding methods to eliminate inter-client interference and increase network capacity.
US10547356B2
A method for a terminal transmitting channel state information (CSI) in a wireless access system that supports massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) according to one embodiment of the present invention may comprise the steps of: receiving CSI configuration information for reporting CSI; and transmitting CSI and identification information with respect to the partial channel corresponding to the CSI of the full channel according to the massive MIMO, on the basis of the CSI configuration information.
US10547353B2
The present disclosure discloses a distributed antenna system. The DAS includes a signal source, a first signal generator, a first passive mixer, and a first antenna. The first signal generator is configured to: generate a first local-frequency signal, and send it to the first passive mixer by using a passive DAS line. The first passive mixer is configured to receive the first local-frequency signal, and a downlink radio frequency signal having a second radio frequency band. The first passive mixer is further configured to: perform frequency mixing processing on the received downlink radio frequency signal having the second radio frequency band by using the first local-frequency signal, to form a first downlink radio frequency signal having a first radio frequency band, and then send it to the first antenna. The first antenna is configured to transmit the received first downlink radio frequency signal having the first radio frequency band.
US10547346B2
A system for digital self-interference cancellation includes a filter that generates a reduced-noise digital residue signal; a channel estimator that generates a current self-interference channel estimate from a digital transmit signal, the reduced-noise digital residue signal, and past self-interference channel estimates; a controller that dynamically sets the digital transform configuration in response to changes in a controller-sampled digital residue signal; a predictor that modifies output of the channel estimator to compensate for a first time delay incurred in tuning the system for digital self-interference cancellation; and a channel memory that stores the past self-interference channel estimates.
US10547345B2
A radio-frequency (RF) transceiver front-end circuit includes an antenna, a power amplifier, a low-noise amplifier, a first switch unit and a second switch unit. The power amplifier is connected to a transmitting unit and the antenna to form a transmission path. The low-noise amplifier is connected to a receiving unit and the antenna to form a reception path. The transmission path and the reception path selectively do not include a λ/4 transmission line connected to the antenna. The RF transceiver front-end circuit has a receiving state and a transmitting state. In the receiving state, the first switch unit is controlled and causes the transmission path to have high impedance. In the transmitting state, the second switch unit is controlled and causes the reception path to have high impedance.
US10547344B2
Example implementations relate to an antenna. In some examples, a system may comprise a radio, an antenna, and an enforcer. The antenna may be connected to the radio and the antenna may be non-functional until an enabling signal is received. The enforcer may modify the enabling signal in response to a determination whether a utilization of the antenna by the radio is permitted.
US10547342B2
A protective lens cover for a camera and a flash of an electronic device includes a first lens portion for covering the camera of the electronic device and a second lens portion for covering the flash of the electronic device. The first lens portion has a top surface, a bottom surface positioned directly opposite the top surface, and a side surface continuously extending from the top surface to the bottom surface. At least a portion of the side surface of the first lens portion is coated with a light-blocking ink.
US10547336B2
Radio frequency (RF) circuitry is configured to separately route RF transmit signals in different RF frequency bands through one or more non-linear elements, such as switches, in order to avoid intermodulation of the RF transmit signals. One or more filters may be arranged to provide different switching paths in RF front end circuitry to ensure that RF transmit signals are not routed together through a non-linear element, thereby improving the performance of the circuitry.
US10547334B2
A method and a terminal device for executing a radio application are disclosed. The method for executing a radio application comprises the steps of: allowing a radio virtual machine (RVM) of a reconfigurable mobile device to reference a radio programming interface (RPI); and replacing at least one abstract processing element (APE) of the RVM with at least one elementary RVM according to an RVM hierarchical structure referenced by the RPI.
US10547332B2
A device, system and method for decoding a product code generated by encoding input data by a plurality of first and second dimension error correction codes. For each of a plurality of first dimension codewords, the first dimension input data codeword may be decoded using a first dimension error correction code and the first dimension codeword may be erased if errors are detected in the decoded first dimension codeword. For each of a plurality of second dimension codewords, the second dimension codeword may be decoded using a second dimension erasure correction code to recover an erasure in the second dimension codeword that was erased in the first dimension decoding.
US10547329B2
A transmitter is provided. The transmitter includes: a Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) encoder configured to encode outer-encoded bits to generate an LDPC codeword including LDPC information bits and parity bits; a puncturer configured to puncture some of the parity bits included in the LDPC codeword; and a mapper configured to map the LDPC codeword except the punctured parity bits to symbols for transmission to a receiver, wherein the puncturer calculates a number of parity bits to be punctured among the parity bits included in the LDPC codeword based on a number of the outer-encoded bits, a number of the LDPC information bits, and a minimum number of parity bits to be punctured among the parity bits included in the LDPC codeword.
US10547328B1
Systems, methods, and apparatus are provided for iteratively decoding a codeword. Once a codeword is received, the codeword is processed to generate an incremental hard decision value and a log likelihood ratio amplitude value. These values are generated by processing the codeword using a soft output Viterbi algorithm. A faulty symbol in the codeword is identified. A complete hard decision value is generated using the incremental hard decision value. The LLR amplitude value and complete hard decision value corresponding to the identified faulty symbol are selectively provided to a decoder and the decoder uses these values to decode the codeword.
US10547323B2
A bitstream converter for converting a 1-bit pulse density modulated (PDM) bitstream signal into an analog audio signal, the bitstream converter comprising: a processor configured to process the 1-bit PDM bitstream signal using a return to zero clock having a frequency higher than a sampling frequency of the 1-bit PDM bitstream signal to output a corresponding 1-bit return to zero signal, wherein the processor is configured to process the 1-bit PDM signal to ensure a portion of each bit of the 1-bit PDM bitstream signal is zero for a duration which is based on the frequency of the return to zero clock; and signal processing means configured to extract the analog audio signal from the 1-bit return to zero signal by filtering the 1-bit return to zero signal.
US10547321B2
A differential successive approximation register (SAR) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) with wide input common-mode range adds one step to its conversion process. No additional circuitry is required for full rail-to-rail common mode voltage operation. In a first step the top-plate nodes vcp and vcn may be reset to a fixed voltage vcm. Then in a next step sampling may be performed while leaving vcp and vcn floating but shorted. Whereby a single node vx is formed, which provides for simple capacitive voltage division. Thereafter a standard sequential SAR bit-by-bit analog-to-digital conversion is performed. the voltage at node vx will follow vcmin during the entire sampling phase, with a limitation in rate of change only limited by the RC time constant of the shorting switch and the sampling capacitors. This will have much higher bandwidth than any active OTA-based tracking circuit.
US10547319B2
Multi-step ADCs performs multi-step conversion by generating a residue for a subsequent stage to digitize. To generate a residue, a stage in the multi-step ADC would reconstruct the input signal to the stage using a feedforward digital to analog converter (DAC). Non-linearities in the DAC can directly affect the overall performance of the multi-step ADC. To reduce power consumption and complexity of analog circuit design, digital background calibration schemes are implemented to address the non-linearities. The non-linearities that the calibration schemes address can include reference, DAC, and quantization non-linearities.
US10547318B2
A DA converter includes a first DA conversion section for obtaining an analog output signal in accordance with a digital input signal value, and a second DA conversion section for obtaining an analog gain control output signal in accordance with a digital gain control input signal value. In the DA converter, the gain control of the analog output signal generated by the first DA conversion section is performed on the basis of the gain control output signal generated by the second DA conversion section.
US10547317B1
A device includes a physical medium attachment (PMA), a physical coding sublayer (PCS), a phase detector, and an oscillator. The PMA receives data at a first speed and overclocks the received data to a second speed, wherein the second speed is higher than the first speed. The PCS receives the data at the second speed. The phase detector receives another data from the PCS wherein the another data is based on the received data at the second speed or the phase detector is configured to receive the data at the second speed directly from the PMA. The phase detector adjusts a phase based on bit transitions. The oscillator is coupled to the phase detector and generates a reference clock signal wherein a phase of the reference clock is adjusted by the phase detector. The oscillator clocks the PMA based on the adjusted clock.
US10547312B2
An integrated circuit includes an input terminal configured to receive an input signal, a reference voltage node configured to provide a control voltage, and a pass transistor comprising a first terminal coupled to a first node, a control terminal coupled to the reference voltage node, and a second terminal coupled to the input terminal. The control voltage has a control voltage level sufficient to allow a signal to pass from the second terminal to the first terminal. The pass transistor is configured to linearly transfer the input signal to the first node in response to a voltage level of the input signal being below a first voltage level and configured to transfer a voltage-limited version of the input signal to the first node in response to the voltage level being above the first voltage level. At most, a negligible DC current flows through the input terminal into the second terminal.
US10547305B2
A switch control circuit includes a positive voltage bias node, a voltage-regulated positive supply rail coupled to the positive voltage bias node, a charge pump coupled to a charge pump supply node, and a current source positive supply rail coupled to the charge pump supply node and configured to supply the charge pump.
US10547293B1
A circuit and method are provided for improving the accuracy of a quadrature clock. The method includes receiving a first phase, a second phase, a third phase, and a fourth phase of a first quadrature clock; outputting a first phase of a second quadrature clock in accordance with an equal sum of the first phase and the second phase of the first quadrature clock using a first summing network; outputting a second phase of the second quadrature clock in accordance with an equal sum of the second phase and the third phase of the first quadrature clock using a second summing network; outputting a third phase of the second quadrature clock in accordance with an equal sum of the third phase and the fourth phase of the first quadrature clock using a third summing network; and outputting a fourth phase of the second quadrature clock in accordance with an equal sum of the fourth phase and the first phase of the first quadrature clock using a fourth summing network.
US10547290B2
Systems, methods, and devices are provided to efficiently share an antenna between multiple communication systems and allow for the communication systems to be simultaneously connected to the antenna with less attenuation and/or no fluctuation in signal strength. Communication circuitry may include an antenna that transmits and receives electromagnetic radiation. The communication circuitry may also include an antenna port that provides primary access to the antenna with a first attenuation via an antenna port input. Additionally, the communication circuitry may include a coupler attached to the antenna port. The coupler may provide secondary access to the antenna with a second attenuation.
US10547288B2
A radio frequency front-end circuit includes a multiplexer including filters with different pass bands and including a first acoustic wave filter and a first terminal of each of the filters being connected in common, a second acoustic wave filter including a pass band within the pass band of the first acoustic wave filter, and a switch including a common terminal connected to a second terminal of the first acoustic wave filter and selective terminals including a selective terminal connected to the second acoustic wave filter. Each of an acoustic wave resonator of the first acoustic wave filter located closest to the switch and an acoustic wave resonator of the second acoustic wave filter located closest to the switch, is a serial arm resonator.
US10547285B2
A bulk acoustic wave resonator includes a substrate including a cavity groove, a membrane layer disposed above the substrate and including a convex portion. And a lower electrode including a portion thereof disposed on the convex portion. The bulk acoustic wave resonator also includes a piezoelectric layer configured so that a portion of the piezoelectric layer is disposed above the convex portion, and an upper electrode disposed on the piezoelectric layer. A first space formed by the cavity groove and a second space formed by the convex portion form a cavity, the cavity groove is disposed below an active region, and the convex portion comprises an inclined surface disposed outside of the cavity groove.
US10547283B2
Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) resonators with a Border (BO) ring and an inner ring are provided. One BAW resonator includes a bottom electrode, a piezoelectric layer over the bottom electrode, and a top electrode over the piezoelectric layer in which an active region is formed where the top electrode and the bottom electrode overlap. The top electrode includes a BO ring extending about a periphery of the active region and an inner ring inside of and spaced apart from the BO ring. The BO ring is a mass loading of a first portion of the top electrode and the inner ring is a mass unloading of a second portion of the top electrode. Various methods include fabricating a BAW resonator with a top electrode including a mass loading BO ring and a mass unloading inner ring spaced apart from the mass loading BO ring.
US10547281B1
Methods and apparatuses for tuning source impedance for at least a portion of a receive path in a radio frequency front-end. An exemplary circuit generally includes a first tunable resonant circuit having an output coupled to an input of the at least the portion of the receive path and a second tunable resonant circuit having an input coupled to the output of the first tunable resonant circuit and to the input of the at least the portion of the receive path. The circuit also includes a first control input coupled to the first tunable resonant circuit and configured to adjust an impedance of the first tunable resonant circuit based on a frequency response of an output of the at least the portion of the receive path, and a second control input coupled to the second tunable resonant circuit and configured to adjust an admittance of the second tunable resonant circuit.
US10547280B2
Various examples are provided for tunable radio frequency (RF) filtering. In one example, a RF multiband filter includes a Lyot filter including a tunable birefringence loop including a circulator and a polarization controller (PC) and a phase modulator (PM). The Lyot filter can generate an optical comb based at least in part upon a received optical signal and a polarization rotation angle of the polarization controller. The phase modulator (PM) can generate a modulated tap signal by modulating the optical comb by a RF input signal.
US10547275B2
A new method for amplifying signals having higher bandwidth, lower T.H.D., higher efficiency, smaller circuit size and lower costs in design, has been developed. A clipped signal is amplified to smaller pieces and each smaller part is amplified. Adding clipped amplified signals to each other, the main amplified signal is generated.
US10547271B2
Support plate adapted for fitting into a photovoltaic panel and allowing the fixing and the integration of this panel onto a building roof, said plate comprising leaktight vertical overlap means, leaktight leteral fitting means adapted for cooperating with a neighboring plate, protruding studs for positioning the plate which are raised, characterized in that the plate comprises a central portion forming a hood which is deliminated by a front face designed to be arranged opposite the photovoltaic panel and a rear face, said hood comprising an aperture adapted for allowing the recovery of air interposed between the photovoltaic panel and the front face of the hood.
US10547269B2
An electric motor apparatus may include a rotor and a stator. The apparatus may include a main field motor stage having a set of stator armature windings positioned on the stator and a set of main field windings positioned on the rotor, where the set of stator armature windings is configured to receive a main multiphase power signal from an alternating current power bus having a first current that causes a first rotating magnetic flux that rotates relative to the stator, where the set of main field windings is configured to receive a secondary multiphase power signal having a second current that causes a second rotating magnetic flux that rotates relative to the rotor, and where a combination of the first rotating magnetic flux and the second rotating magnetic flux causes the rotor to turn at a predetermined reference frequency.
US10547267B2
Methods and apparatus providing a smooth transition from a pulse width modulation mode to a linear mode to drive a voice coil motor are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an H-bridge; a pulse generator to generate a pulse when the voice coil motor driver transitions from pulse width modulation mode to linear mode; a first boost circuit to, when the pulse is generated, increase a first current being applied to a first gate of a first transistor in the H-bridge, the increase in the first current enabling the first transistor; and a second boost circuit to, when the pulse is generated, provide an additional path to ground from a node coupled to a second gate of a second transistor of the H bridge, the path to ground corresponding to a voltage drop that disables the second transistor.
US10547263B2
A motor control unit controls a driving current that flows through a coil of a motor to be driven, by controlling a PWM signal supplied to an H bridge circuit constituted by FETs. A current value generation unit detects a driving current based on a voltage that occurs across a current detection resistor, and corrects a detection value by using a first or second correction value. The current value generation unit, if the driving current is detected in the H period of the PWM signal, corrects the detection value by using the first correction value, and if the driving current is detected in the L period of the PWM signal, corrects the detection value by using the second correction value that has a polarity different from a polarity of the first correction value.
US10547259B1
Embodiments of a method, controller and system include an electric generating system with interleaved direct current DC-DC converter are provided. The embodiments include a controller, a permanent magnet generator (PMG), wherein the PMG provides a 6-phase PMG, and a rectification stage coupled to the PMG. The embodiments also include a boost converter stage coupled to the rectification stage, wherein the boost converter stage comprises four phases, a DC link capacitor coupled to the boost converter stage, and an output filtering stage coupled to the DC link capacitor.
US10547258B2
An electric machine coupled to rotating machinery includes a rotor and a stator, and the method of control of an electric machine and an electric machine control system. The method includes sensing one or more parameters indicative of one or more resonance conditions of the rotating machinery, and comparing the sensed parameter to a predetermined threshold to determine whether the rotating machinery is operating at the resonance condition. Where the rotating machinery is determined to be operating at the resonance condition, adjusting a magnetic field of one or both of the rotor and the stator to provide a predetermined torque to the rotating machine, to modulate the stiffness of the rotational machinery, and thereby move the resonance condition away from the current rotating machinery conditions.
US10547254B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for controlling multiple inverters and an inverter system including the same. The apparatus according to the present disclosure determines a motor having the smallest operation time among motors which are not being operated as a main motor to thereby transmit a running reference and a frequency reference to the corresponding main motor, if a speed of a main motor which is being operated is above a speed set by a user and a feedback is below a predetermined level.
US10547250B2
A rectifier device is described herein. In accordance with one embodiment, the rectifier device includes a semiconductor body doped with dopants of a first doping type and one or more well regions arranged in the semiconductor body and doped with dopants of a second doping type. Thereby, the one or more well regions and the surrounding semiconductor body form a pn-junction. The rectifier device further includes an anode terminal and a cathode terminal connected by a load current path of a first MOS transistor and a diode, which is parallel to the load current path. An alternating input voltage is applied between the anode terminal and the cathode terminal during operation of the rectifier device. The rectifier device includes a control circuit that is configured to switch on the first MOS transistor for an on-time period, during which the diode is forward biased, wherein the first MOS transistor and the diode are integrated in the semiconductor body and the control circuit is at least partly arranged in the one or more well regions. Further, the rectifier device includes a switching circuit that is configured to electrically connect a first well region of the one or more well regions with the anode terminal, as long as the alternating input voltage is above a threshold value, and, to pull the voltage of first well region towards the alternating input voltage, as long as the alternating input voltage is at or below the threshold value.
US10547239B2
A voltage converter control apparatus controls repetitive switching operations of a voltage converter, for conversion between a terminal voltage of a battery as an input-side voltage and a terminal voltage of a power inverter as an output-side voltage, by determining a command value of duty ratio of the switching in accordance with a command value of the output-side voltage. The voltage converter control apparatus sets a normal duty ratio range defining limit values of the duty ratio for normal operation of the voltage converter, with the limit values being determined based upon information including the command value of the output-side voltage.
US10547237B1
A power conversion system includes a feedback controller circuit connected between the output of a boost converter and a duty cycle control input of the boost converter. The feedback controller circuit comprises: a first summing node which generates an error signal indicative of a difference between a voltage of the output of the boost converter and a reference voltage, a compensator circuit receiving the error signal and applying a gain to the error signal to generate an amplified error signal, and a scaling circuit for scaling the amplified error signal to generate a scaled signal, which is applied to a duty cycle control input of the boost converter to alter the duty cycle and/or pulse frequency of the boost converter. The feedback controller circuit provides a frequency-dependent impedance transformation looking into the boost converter from the source such that instability due to line impedance is reduced.
US10547234B2
An oscillatory actuator has: a fixed body that has a planar part and a flat coil disposed on the planar part; and a movable body that has a magnet facing the coil and oscillates in a reciprocating manner in one direction relative to the fixed body above the planar part via cooperation between the coil and the magnet. The fixed body has a pair of linear bearings that are respectively disposed along both side surfaces extending in said one direction of the movable body and are equipped with balls capable of rolling and coming into contact with the respective side surfaces. The movable body is supported via the balls of the linear bearings so as to be able to oscillate in said one direction.
US10547232B2
A stator for a high efficiency motor and a manufacturing method of a stator for a high efficiency motor are disclosed. The method includes: preparing filling powder by coating a surface of soft magnetic powder with an insulating layer; providing a stator core partitioned into a center hole and inner spaces, the stator core including a yoke portion and a plurality of teeth; coiling coils around the plurality of teeth located in the inner spaces, respectively; and filling the inner spaces with a mixture of the filling powder and an adhesive, and curing the mixture of the filling powder and the adhesive.
US10547220B2
The electric machine comprises a rotor, a stator and a support structure. The stator comprises a stator core and a stator frame. The stator frame has axial (X-X) ends and longitudinal sides. The rotor is supported with bearings on the support structure. An end support structure of cast iron is provided at each end of the stator frame. The end support structure is formed of a longitudinal middle portion and two upwards directed end portions. The end support structure extends in a traverse direction between outer edges of the axial (X-X) end of the stator frame. The end support structure is attached with compression joints to the support structure and to the axial (X-X) end of the stator frame.
US10547219B2
This disclosure discloses a rotating electric machine including a rotor and a stator. The rotating electric machine includes a stator core including a teeth part, and an air core coil. The air core coil is fitted to the teeth part. The air core coil includes curved end surfaces configured to approximately define a part of cylindrical shape at inner radial side and outer radial side. The air core coil includes approximately flat end surfaces at both circumferential sides and both axial sides.
US10547214B2
In a wireless power transfer system, a resonant circuit is formed on the secondary coil side, phase information of a resonant current flowing in the resonant circuit is detected, and, based on this phase information, a driving frequency is determined so that the current phase of a driving current flowing in a primary coil slightly delays from the voltage phase, thereby driving the primary coil. A Q value determined based on a leakage inductance of the secondary coil, a capacitance of a resonant capacitor, and an equivalent load resistance is set to a value greater than or equal to a value determined by Q=2/k2 (k is a coupling coefficient).
US10547212B2
A wireless power receiver that receives a power signal from a wireless power transmitter includes: a receiving antenna including a receiving coil for receiving the power signal; a rectifying circuit configured to rectify an alternating current flowing through the receiving antenna; a smoothing capacitor configured to smooth an output of the rectifying circuit; an overvoltage detecting circuit configured to compare a rectified voltage generated in the smoothing capacitor with an overvoltage threshold; a modulator configured to change a parallel resonance frequency of the receiving antenna; and a discharging circuit configured to be switched between an enable state and a disable state and configured to enter the enable state during a communication period by the modulator to discharge the smoothing capacitor.
US10547210B2
According to one embodiment, a wireless power transmission system includes: a power transmission device and a power reception device. The power transmission device includes an AC power generation circuit; first circuits connected to the AC power generation circuit; and power transmission resonators. The power reception device includes: power reception resonators, second circuits each connected to different one of the plurality of power reception resonators and a rectifier circuit. An absolute value of an open-circuit output reverse voltage gain in an F matrix of each of the plurality of first circuits is less than 1, and an absolute value of a short-circuit output reverse current gain in an F matrix of each of the plurality of second circuits is less than 1.
US10547209B2
The present disclosure relates to a wireless power transmitter for performing communication with a wireless power receiver using a plurality of slots, and the wireless power transmitter may include a power conversion unit configured to transmit a wireless power signal to the wireless power receiver, and a power transmission control unit configured to perform communication with the wireless power receiver using the wireless power signal, wherein the power transmission control unit performs steps including receiving control information from the wireless power receiver within any one of the plurality of slots, transmitting an ACK signal to the wireless power receiver in response to the control information, and allocating the any one slot to the wireless power receiver to perform communication with the wireless power receiver using the any one slot when the ACK signal is received.
US10547208B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are related to a wireless power resonator and method that includes a wireless power transmit element. The wireless power transmit element may include a substantially planar transmit antenna configured to generate a magnetic field and formed from a conductive trace including a plurality of distributed inductive elements along the conductive trace. The transmit element may further include a filter formed from selected ones of the plurality of distributed inductive elements of the planar transmit antenna and configured to generate at least one frequency response.
US10547204B2
The present invention relates to an energy harvesting circuit for harvesting energy from at least one energy source. The circuit comprises: an oscillating circuit comprising an inductor and a first capacitor for temporarily storing charges from the energy source and connected in series with the inductor, the inductor being connected to a first oscillating circuit node, while the first capacitor being connected to a second oscillating circuit node; a first switch connected between the first oscillating circuit node and the energy source for selectively connecting and disconnecting the energy source to or from the oscillating circuit; a second switch connected between ground and the first oscillating circuit node for generating a negative voltage across the first capacitor during oscillations of the oscillating circuit for collecting charges from the at least one energy source when the voltage across the first capacitor is negative; a voltage regulating element for controlling voltage across the energy source; a control circuit for controlling opening and closing of the first and second switches; and a clock signal generator for providing a clock signal to the control circuit to allow opening and closing the first and second switches in a timely coordinated manner.
US10547198B2
Disclosed is a wireless charging system of using multi-frequency including at least one transmitter and at least one receiver which is wirelessly charged by the at least one transmitter, wherein the at least one transmitter includes a signal generator configured to generate a power signal of each of a plurality of frequency bands; a plurality of matching units connected to the signal generator matching and outputting the power signal of each of the plurality of frequency bands; and at least one antenna connected to the plurality of matching units transmitting the power signal of each of the plurality of frequency bands to each of at least one receiver, and wherein the at least one receiver includes at least one antenna receiving a power signal of each of a plurality of frequency bands from each of at least one transmitter; a plurality of matching units connected to the at least one antenna matching and outputting the power signal of each of the plurality of frequency bands; and a plurality of rectifiers connected to the plurality of matching units rectifying AC power applied to the power signal of each of the plurality of frequency bands to DC power.
US10547184B2
A system includes a battery and a power management unit connected with the battery. The power management unit controls power to the battery. A spare power unit can connect with the power management unit and the battery. The power management unit stores excess charge to the spare power unit and to divert stored charge to the battery when the battery is charged less than a determined percentage.
US10547181B2
A charging and discharging control device is configured to control switching operations of a plurality of switching devices in a first control mode such that only a part of the plurality of battery groups are connected to the electrical load when a measured temperature of the battery pack has not reached a predetermined determination temperature when discharging of the battery pack is performed, and controls the switching operations of the plurality of switching devices in a second control mode such that all of the plurality of battery groups are connected to the electrical load when the measured temperature of the battery pack has reached the predetermined determination temperature when discharging of the battery pack is performed.
US10547176B2
In a direct load control system supporting frequency control of an electrical grid, at each electrical load of an aggregation of loads, a load status report is generated comprising an urgency value and a power level. At an aggregation dispatch controller, a dispatch signal is generated based on the generated load status reports and information indicative of electrical frequency. At each electrical load of the aggregation, the load is operated at the reported power level if the reported urgency value satisfies the dispatch signal and is not operated at the reported power level if the reported urgency value does not satisfy the dispatch signal.
US10547174B2
A method for ranking network assets based on downstream events may include: receiving communications from one or more sensors in a power distribution network, the communications indicating the occurrence of a network event; calculating a probability of a network asset causing a problem indicated by the event for each network asset in an affected area of the network; calculating a spread probability of the network asset causing the problem for each network asset in the affected area of the network; based on the probability and the spread probability, calculating a probability of the network asset malfunctioning for each network asset in the affected area of the network; comparing the probability of the network asset malfunctioning to a threshold value; based on the comparison, determining a network asset having a highest probability of malfunctioning; and controlling one of more other network assets to mitigate the problem.
US10547163B2
A cable has a corrugated armor exterior surface, and a split bushing defines an interior surface which conforms to the corrugated exterior surface. The bushing is split radially in one place to form a gap which may be opened to allow the bushing to open, or the bushing is split radially at two or more places to form two or more parts, and is fitted about the corrugated exterior surface. The bushing defines first and second external chamfer surfaces. A connector includes a body having external threads and a chamfer which urges against the first bushing chamfer. A nut has internal threads which engage the external threads of the body, and a chamfer which urges against the second bushing chamfer. As the nut is tightened onto the body, wedge action on the first and second bushing chamfers compresses the bushing around the corrugated exterior surface to secure the connector to the cable.
US10547160B2
The optical mode of a photonic device is coupled between a first region made of a semiconducting material, and a second region made of a dielectric material. Photons are generated within the first region, while the optical mode is predominantly stored within the second region. The thickness of the first region and its width are controlled to determine its effective refractive index, enabling control of the optical mode.
US10547157B2
A control apparatus for driving a laser diode comprises an output connection for connecting the laser diode, a regulation device for generating an output signal, a detector device which is designed to determine a regulation variable when the regulation device provides the output signal and the laser diode is connected to the output connection. The control apparatus furthermore comprises a computer device for providing a control signal for the regulation device, wherein the computer device provides the control signal independently of the regulation variable. The regulation device is designed in such a way that it generates a level for the output signal depending on the control signal and the determined regulation variable.
US10547152B2
An electrical connector assembly method, including the steps of: step 1: providing a terminal having a soldering portion; step 2: heating the soldering portion to a melting temperature of a solder; step 3: providing the solder, and press-fitting the solder to the soldering portion by a jig, so that the solder is fused and fixed to the soldering portion; and step 4: inserting the terminal fixed with the solder into an insulating body. Because only the soldering portion of the terminal is heated, less thermal energy is needed, thereby saving energy and reducing the production cost of the electrical connector. Moreover, the insulating body does not need to be heated, thus preventing the insulating body from being warped and deformed due to heat.
US10547151B2
Connector adapters that may have a MagSafe connector receptacle and a Universal Serial Bus Type-C connector insert. This may allow MagSafe chargers to be used to charge devices having Universal Serial Bus Type-C connector receptacles. This also may provide the breakaway characteristic of a MagSafe connector system for a device that does not include a MagSafe connector receptacle. Other adapters may have other types of magnetic connector receptacles and connector inserts.
US10547146B2
A modular connector including a pair of energizable contacts that facilitate an electrical path which may be de-energized by a switch component.
US10547138B1
The present disclosure provides a load-bearing type circuit connecting device applicable to ferrule structure and an artificial Christmas tree with the device. A power source communicating device is provided with a first inserting connector and a second inserting connector, which are respectively assembled in an inner cavity of a first tree section and an inner cavity of a second tree section, wherein the first tree section and the second tree section are adjacent and are in inserting connection, and the first inserting connector and the second inserting connector are respectively provided with three or more electrical interfaces; and a first connecting end face of the first inserting connector is protruded from the inner cavity of the first tree section, and a second connecting end face of the second inserting connector is protruded from the inner cavity of the second tree section.
US10547134B1
The present invention relates to a detachable connection port and an electronic device having the same. The detachable connection port is detachably assembled at an electronic device, which includes a board-to-board connector. The detachable connector includes a sub circuit board and a socket connector. The sub circuit board includes a golden finger. The socket connector is fixed at and electrically connected to the sub circuit board, and includes an installation portion. The socket connector is installed at the electronic device through the installation portion, and is electrically connected to the board-to-board connector through the golden finger. Thus, the detachable connection port achieves an advantage of easy replacement, further reducing repair costs and standby time for a user.
