US10650541B2
Virtual environments may be presented to a user with an inclusion of one or more applications, but many such techniques for integrating the applications with the virtual environment may exhibit disadvantages. For example, a two-dimensional “flat” rendering of the application may require a loss of visual depth, and/or may appear inconsistent; an immersive presentation that is mutually exclusive with the presentation of the virtual environment may achieve very limited integration; and a holographic presentation may appear incongruous. Such techniques may also increase presentation latency, with noticeable and significant consequences. Instead, the virtual environment may define an application region, and may notify the application of the application region and a perspective of the user within the virtual environment. The application may present an application view that reflects the perspective of the user, and the virtual environment may present the application view within the application region of the virtual environment.
US10650540B2
An estimate of distance between a user and a camera on a device is used to determine an illumination pattern density used for speckle pattern illumination of the user in subsequent images. The distance may be estimated using an image captured when the user is illuminated with flood infrared illumination. Either a sparse speckle (dot) pattern illumination pattern or a dense speckle pattern illumination pattern is used depending on the distance between the user's face and the camera.
US10650539B2
The specification describes methods and systems for increasing a dimensional depth of a two-dimensional image of a face to yield a face image that appears three dimensional. The methods and systems identify key points on the 2-D image, obtain a texture map for the 2-D image, determines one or more proportions within the 2-D image, and adjusts the texture map of the 3-D model based on the determined one or more proportions within the 2-D image.
US10650527B2
The inventive subject matter is directed to point-of-care analytical devices that accurately determine the volume of test samples using image analysis to improve the accuracy of test results performed on the sample. Most preferably, the image analysis is based on rate changes in optical saturation that parallels sample saturation in a porous structure containing the sample.
US10650521B2
A method is for classifying an examination object by way of recordings. In an embodiment, the method includes capturing at least one optical recording of the examination object; determining and quantifying a number of defined characteristics of the examination object based upon an analysis of the optical recordings with the aid of a machine learning method; and affecting the classification of the examination object in respect of a classification criterion, based upon the quantified characteristics with the aid of a machine learning method. Also described are a classification entity and a medical imaging modality.
US10650503B2
An image processing apparatus obtains distance information indicating a distance to each of one or more objects of an image, performs grouping of the one or more objects in accordance with the distance to each object, extracts a plurality of object regions of the image in accordance with the grouping, and determines, in accordance with a number of the plurality of object regions extracted by the extraction unit, whether to perform tone conversion by applying a same tone characteristic to the image as a whole or to perform tone conversion by applying different tone characteristics for respective regions of the image.
US10650502B2
An image processing method and apparatus, and a storage medium are provided in the technical field of display. The method may include: acquiring pixel data of an image to be processed; acquiring a histogram of the image according to the pixel data, the histogram indicating a pixel number under each grey scale; obtaining a target grey scale set by using in the histogram a grey scale whose pixel number exceeds a preset pixel number; selecting, from the image, a target pixel whose grey scale belongs to the target grey scale set from the image; and performing a color inversion operation to the target pixel. The color inversion operation is performed to the background pixels and character pixels. Thus, the image grey scales may be reduced while maintaining the contrast of the image, and influence to the image definition by the grey scales is reduced.
US10650501B2
To encode High Dynamic Range (HDR) images, the HDR images can be converted to Low Dynamic Range (LDR) images through tone mapping operation, and the LDR images can be encoded with an LDR encoder. The present principles formulates a rate distortion minimization problem when designing the tone mapping curve. In particular, the tone mapping curve is formulated as a function of the probability distribution function of the HDR images to be encoded and a Lagrangian multiplier that depends on encoding parameters. At the decoder, based on the parameters indicative of the tone mapping function, an inverse tone mapping function can be derived to reconstruct HDR images from decoded LDR images.
US10650496B2
Systems and methods are provided for image scaling with efficient pixel resolution conversion. One embodiment is an image scaling system that includes a processor that receives an instruction to scale an input image having a first resolution by a scaling ratio to create an output image having a second resolution, and determines a rational fraction approximation of the scaling ratio to obtain a numerator integer representing a first block of consecutive pixels in the output image and a denominator integer representing a second block of consecutive pixels in the input image. The processor also calculates pixel values of the first block of pixels by: bit shifting pixel values of the second block of pixels, obtaining a sum of bit shifting operations of neighboring pixel values of the second block of pixels, and correcting the sum with a correction value to compensate for rounding errors in the bit shifting.
US10650486B2
A location of a preview image of a dynamic image is determined not to be stored in memory. A request for a frame number of at least one static image included in the dynamic image to an acquired network address is transmitted in response to determining the preview image is not stored in the memory. An issued frame number from the network address is received and the issued frame number is set as a designated frame number for the at least one static image. The at least one static image is extracted having the set designated frame number. The at least one static image is displayed having the set designated frame number as the preview image to a user.
US10650482B1
This application relates generally to parallel computer processing, and more specifically, to parallel processing within a rendering engine via parallel scene graphs. One or more parallel scene graphs or parallel data graphs may be provided to a rendering engine. The rendering engine may identify dependencies within the parallel data structures and process, in parallel, one or more aspects of a the parallel data structure.
US10650481B2
An image processing device executes image processing by each object of an object group in which plural objects are connected to each other in a directed acyclic graph form. The image processing device includes: a division unit that divides image data as an image processing target into division image data having a first size; a subdivision unit that subdivides the division image data into subdivision image data having a second size smaller than the first size for each partial processing which is image processing to be performed on the division image data, the division image data corresponding to the partial processing which is determined as executable processing based on a pre-and-post dependency relationship; and a control unit that performs control for causing plural computation devices to execute subdivision partial processing which is image processing to be performed on the subdivision image data, in parallel.
US10650479B2
Systems and methods of tracking distribution items using hardware components on or in the distribution items. Shippers and recipients of distribution items can track or locate a distribution item, especially a high value item, if the distribution item is lost, misrouted, or delayed.
US10650472B2
Embodiments are directed to systems, apparatus, and methods for account pool processing. In some embodiments, a server computer can store account information for a first pool of accounts and a second pool of accounts. The server computer can receive a payment request message from a buyer that identifies a payment amount and a supplier, and can determine that the payment amount corresponds to the first or second pool of accounts. If the payment amount corresponds to the first pool of accounts, the server computer can select an account from the first pool of accounts, and can transmit account information for the selected account to the supplier. If the payment amount corresponds to the second pool of accounts, the server computer can select an account from the second pool of accounts, and can transmit account information for the selected account to the supplier.
US10650463B2
A network generation system is configured to generate a private computerized network in response to detection by the system of the occurrence of an event. A mobile device application installed on an entity mobile device is configured to receive and transmit event data and GPS-based location data. A network server is configured to receive the event data and the GPS-based location data. A computer server based processing platform is configured to proactively extract resource provider data corresponding to resource providers based upon event data, entity data, event location data, and at least one resource data API. The computerized private network is generated and separate interfaces are generated for the entity, an event processor, and at least one resource provider.
US10650457B2
Systems and methods for blending a plurality of swaps may include determining a fixed rate for use in blending a plurality of swaps, each of the plurality of swaps having matching economics and a different associated fixed rate. A computing device may determine a first remnant swap for blending fixed rate components of the plurality of swaps using the fixed rate. In some cases, the computing device may determine second remnant swap for blending floating rate components of the plurality of swaps based on the first remnant swap.
US10650440B1
Systems and methods involving a computer-implemented portal that enables a user to pre-authorize purchase of items not yet available for sale are disclosed. In one embodiment, an exemplary method may comprise: providing an online portal that enables a user to manage a financial account; executing a first routine of the portal including interactive functionality enabling the user to specify and pre-authorize purchase of an item that is not yet available for sale; searching to determine at least one electronic source at which the item can be purchased when it becomes available for purchase; and executing a purchase transaction at the future date/time when the item is released for sale, to purchase the item for the user.
US10650439B2
A system includes N location indicators and a mobile scanning device. The N location indicators are configured to be arranged throughout a store that includes a plurality of stocked items for picking according to one or more electronic customer orders. Each of the N location indicators is configured to transmit a different location signal. The mobile scanning device includes a display. The mobile scanning device is configured to wirelessly receive an electronic customer order comprising a plurality of ordered items indicating which of the stocked items are to be picked, detect at least one of the N location signals, and arrange at least some of the plurality of ordered items on the display based on which of the at least one of the N location signals is detected.
US10650435B2
An electronic shopping system, such as an ecommerce retail website, is constructed and programmed to provide online shoppers with the ability to create and manage multiple configurable item orders contemporaneously within a single customer account. Each item in an item order is associated with a “purchase status” which can, in addition to other discrete adjustments, be toggled between “active” and “inactive” states at or before checkout. Each item order is itself configurable in respect of delivery address, payment source, frequency, and schedule. Orders and settings are saved within the customer's account to be recalled, reviewed, refined (if desired), and executed at checkout.
US10650428B2
Methods and systems are provided for designing a customized jewelry item via an electronic communications network. Some embodiments may include generating an interactive design tool. The interactive design tool may comprise an electronic template of a customized setting, which may comprise a plurality of sections. A user may select a section of a customized setting and a customizable feature of the selected section. A graphical representation of the customized setting with the customizable feature may be generated and displayed at a graphical user interface of an electronic display device.
US10650415B2
A link registration service may enable registration of link information to content, such that a network page associated with the link information may be accessed and displayed at a user terminal based on interaction with the content at the user terminal. The content may be received from a content creator terminal. The content may be set with one or more rights. A right may indicate whether registration of link information to the content to which the right is set is enabled. The link registration may register the requested link information to received content based on a right set to the content and a registration request received from a link registrant terminal. The link registration service may provide content to which the link information is registered to a user terminal for display.
US10650400B2
An electronic offer system including a payment instrument reader for reading payment instrument data from a payment instrument and an offer-payment instrument account association (O-PIAA) server communicating with the payment instrument reader and automatically operative in response to reading of the payment instrument data by the payment instrument reader to associate at least one offer in an offer program with a payment instrument account indicated by the payment instrument data.
US10650399B2
A method of shopping within an electronic commerce environment includes enabling a first user of a plurality of users to add one or more items to a virtual shopping cart of the first user that is maintained by a server computer system, generating, by the server computer system, statistical data related to the one or more items, and providing the statistical data to the first user in a web page that is generated by the server computer system. The statistical data includes a total quantity of at least one of the one or more items that are contained in the virtual shopping carts of all of the plurality of users.
US10650398B2
Communication systems and methods to transmit data among a plurality of computing systems in processing benefit redemption, including a portal configured to communicate with transaction terminals, reward hosts and issues processors. In response to a reward balance inquiry from a transaction terminal, the portal communicates with a respective reward host to obtain the balance, communicates with an issuer processor to obtain a one-time use account number, and provides the transaction terminal with the balance and the account number. The transaction terminal an authorization request for a payment transaction made using the account number. In response to the authorization request being received in the issuer processor, the portal communicates with the issuer processor to identify the payment transaction and communicates with the reward host to perform a reward redemption to support the payment transaction.
US10650374B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for implementing high performance digital wallets. In use, a digital wallet with a plurality of transactions to process is identified. Further, a plurality of digital proxy-wallets are associated with the digital wallet. Additionally, digital currency from the digital wallet is allocated to the plurality of digital proxy-wallets. Moreover, the plurality of transactions are automatically processed in parallel utilizing the plurality of proxy-wallets such that the transactions are processed against the digital wallet.
US10650369B1
Disclosed are methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable medium for managing transactions by consolidating associated transactions. For instance, a method may include receiving transaction information for a transaction. The transaction information may include an identifier and a transaction amount associated with the transaction. The method may further include comparing the transaction amount to a threshold to determine whether the transaction amount is equal to or above the threshold, or whether the transaction amount is below the threshold. The method may include, in response to determining that the transaction amount is below the threshold, obtaining pending transaction information, analyzing the pending transaction information to determine whether there is at least one associated transaction associated with the transaction, and performing at least one processing action to resolve the transaction.
US10650366B2
A registration settlement apparatus comprises a first determining module configured to determine contents of a transaction in response to an operation by a first operator; a second determining module configured to determine contents of the transaction in response to an operation by a second operator facing the first operator across the registration settlement apparatus; a determination control module configured to enable one of the first and second determining modules, and to switch to the determining module enabled for the determination on contents of a transaction started thereafter in response to a button operation by the second operator before the determination on contents of one transaction is started; and a settlement module configured to perform a settlement processing of calculating a settlement amount based on the contents of the transaction determined by the determining module enabled, and settling the calculated settlement amount in response to an operation by the first operator.
US10650355B2
An embodiment provides a method, including: communicating with a server to obtain change data derived from a set of event data; said set of event data comprising timestamped event data permitting calculation of a delta with respect to a scheduling milestone; identifying, using a processor, a display element impacted by the change data; and updating, using the processor, the display element according to the change data; said updating comprising changing a color of a display graphic in a schedule view to visually indicate the change data. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10650350B2
A method, computer program product, and computer system for generating, at a computing device, a collaboration container associated with a project. One or more requirements associated with the project is received using the collaboration container. The one or more requirements is mapped into changes for a web content management artifact. The web content management artifact is generated from the collaboration container. Collaboration for the web content management artifact is received. A status of the web content management artifact is promoted to the collaboration container, wherein promoting includes publically publishing at least a portion of the web content management artifact, closing at least the portion of the collaboration container, and archiving at least the portion of the collaboration container.
US10650349B2
A collaboration server hosts software for collaborative composition and editing of a media project with project collaborators using different media editing applications each having their own native data format. Project collaborators, such as video editors, sound editors, effects and graphics artists, and producers access a shared project workspace which contains a snapshot of the current state of the media project in a canonical format, as well as source media files, native application metadata, and change notes. Each editing application includes a module enabling it to read the canonical snapshot representation, and also to flatten its native data model representation into the canonical representation for writing to the shared project workspace. A collaboration server hosts the shared project space, and includes a workflow manager for issuing change notifications and handling versions, and an application server for the shared project user interface. Change notes are generated manually and also expressed automatically in terms of machine-readable change primitives that serve to direct an editor's attention to portions of the media project needing attention.
US10650338B2
A system includes a client device and a server computer coupled to a network and in communication, via the network, with the client device. The server computer is configured to receive, from the client device, a queue request. The queue request includes a candidate identifier. The server computer is configured to determine a risk factor for a candidate associated with the candidate identifier, and, upon determining that the risk factor indicates a high probability of inappropriate behavior during evaluation by the candidate by comparing the risk factor to a risk threshold encode into a first array defining a first candidate queue a reference to the candidate identifier, identify, in a first administrative queue, a first administrator identifier, the first administrative queue being designated as an administration escalation queue, and establish at least one of a first video connection and a first audio data connection between the client device and a first administrator device associated with the first administrator identifier.
US10650335B2
Various techniques for identifying a target worker group are described herein. In one example, a method includes detecting a response to a task from each worker in a group of workers and detecting a set of characteristics that correspond to each worker, wherein each characteristic comprises at least one attribute. The method can also include detecting a first attribute that corresponds to workers that provide responses with an accuracy above a threshold value. Furthermore, the method can include identifying the target worker group, the target worker group comprising the workers corresponding to the detected first attribute. The method may also include sending an additional task to the target worker group.
US10650329B2
According to some embodiments, an analytics computing environment data store may contain a set of electronic data records, each electronic data record being associated with a predictive analytic algorithm and including an algorithm identifier and a set of algorithm characteristic values. An analytics environment computer may receive an adjustment from a user associated with an enterprise, the adjustment changing at least one of the set of algorithm characteristic values for a predictive analytic algorithm. Deployment of the predictive analytic algorithm may then be initiated in an enterprise operations workflow and at least one result may be generated. The deployed predictive analytic algorithm may then monitor the result and generate an alert signal when the result exceeds a boundary condition.
US10650324B1
In some aspects, a heterogeneous computing system includes a quantum processor unit and a classical processor unit. In some instances, variables defined by a computer program are stored in a classical memory in the heterogeneous computing system. The computer program is executed in the heterogeneous computing system by operation of the quantum processor unit and the classical processor unit. Instructions are generated for the quantum processor by a host processor unit based on values of the variables stored in the classical memory. The instructions are configured to cause the quantum processor unit to perform a data processing task defined by the computer program. The values of the variables are updated in the classical memory based on output values generated by the quantum processor unit. The classical processor unit processes the updated values of the variables.
US10650322B1
Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate external port measurement of qubit port responses are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise an analysis component that can analyze responses of a multi-mode readout device coupled to a qubit. The computer executable components can further comprise an assignment component that can assign a readout state of the qubit based on the responses. In some embodiments, the multi-mode readout device can be electrically coupled to at least one of the qubit or an environment of the qubit based on a defined electrical coupling value.
US10650321B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for quantum phase estimation. In one aspect, an apparatus includes a quantum circuit comprising: a first quantum register comprising at least one ancilla qubit, a second quantum register comprising one or more qubits, wherein the second quantum register is prepared in a quantum state that is not an eigenstate of a unitary operator operating on the first and second quantum register; and a phase learning system, configured to learn phases of the eigenvalues of the unitary operator.
US10650317B2
A computing system is described that predicts a future action to be taken by a user of a computing device and determines, based on contextual information associated with the computing device, a current action being taken by the user. The computing system determines, based on the current action, a degree of likelihood of whether the user will be able to take the future action and predicts, based on the degree of likelihood, that the user will not be able to take the future action. The computing system sends information to the computing device indicating that the current action being taken by the user will lead to the user not being able to take the future action.
US10650315B2
A mechanism is provided in a data processing system comprising a processor and a memory, the memory comprising instructions executed by the processor to specifically configure the processor to implement a statistical model tool for providing insight into decision making. The statistical model tool applies the statistical model to an input image to generate an original classification probability. An image modification component executing within the statistical model tool iterative modifies each portion of the input image to generate a modified image. The statistical model tool applies the statistical model to the modified image to generate a new classification probability for each portion of the input image. A compare component executing in the statistical model tool compares each new classification probability to the original classification probability to generate a respective probability distance. A distance map generator executing within the statistical model tool generates a distance map data structure based on the probability distances. The distance map data structure represents an impact each portion of the input image has on determining classification probability by the statistical model.
US10650304B2
A driving assistance system for a vehicle includes a processor of the vehicle operable to process data for the driving assistance system. The driving assistance system determines a priority for various processing tasks required by one or more systems of the vehicle. Responsive to the determination of the priority of various processing tasks required by one or more systems of the vehicle, the processor determines a task with a higher priority than other lower priority tasks and is operable to process the higher priority task and to shift processing of lower priority tasks to other processors within the vehicle.
US10650303B2
Methods, systems, and computer storage media for implementing neural networks in fixed point arithmetic computing systems. In one aspect, a method includes the actions of receiving a request to process a neural network using a processing system that performs neural network computations using fixed point arithmetic; for each node of each layer of the neural network, determining a respective scaling value for the node from the respective set of floating point weight values for the node; and converting each floating point weight value of the node into a corresponding fixed point weight value using the respective scaling value for the node to generate a set of fixed point weight values for the node; and providing the sets of fixed point floating point weight values for the nodes to the processing system for use in processing inputs using the neural network.
US10650294B2
An image processing apparatus includes a target value calculation unit configured to calculate a target value to be output in a predetermined region in input image data based on pixel values of pixels included in the region, a distribution order determination unit configured to determine a distribution order of output values for distributing output values corresponding to the target value in the region based on a pixel value of each pixel included in the region and a threshold value in the threshold matrix corresponding to the pixel, and an output value determination unit configured to determine an output value of each pixel included in the region by allocating the target value to at least one pixel included in the region in the distribution order.
US10650293B2
A printing apparatus includes an obtaining section that obtains encoded data in which compression is performed, a decoding section that decodes encoded data to obtain image data for printing, and a printing section that performs printing by using image data for printing. The encoded data is encoded data including, for a respective one of the blocks, first compressed data in which quantized values obtained by performing orthogonal transformation for a respective one of N color components are each compressed, and second compressed data in which, by using a dictionary in which a plurality of different colors are registered as indexes, a corresponding one of the indexes associated with the color of each pixel is compressed. The decoding section decodes the first compressed data in N cycles and decodes the second compressed data in one cycle to obtain print data decoded in units of the blocks.
US10650285B1
In an illustrative embodiment, methods and systems for automatically categorizing a condition of a property characteristic may include obtaining aerial imagery of a geographic region including the property, identifying features of the aerial imagery corresponding to the property characteristic, analyzing the features to determine a property characteristic classification, and analyzing a region of the aerial imagery including the property characteristic to determine a condition classification.
US10650283B2
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes: a storage configured to store a plurality of filters each corresponding to a plurality of image patterns; and a processor configured to classify an image block including a target pixel and a plurality of surrounding pixels into one of the plurality of image patterns based on a relationship between pixels within the image block and to obtain a final image block in which the target pixel is image-processed by applying at least one filter corresponding to the classified image pattern from among the plurality of filters to the image block, wherein the plurality of filters are obtained by learning, through an artificial intelligence algorithm, a relationship between a plurality of first sample image blocks and a plurality of second sample image blocks corresponding to the plurality of first sample image blocks based on each of the plurality of image patterns.
US10650275B2
A method for detecting temporal pattern anomalies in a video stream includes detecting an object in a current frame of the video stream, generating a processed current frame that contains the detected object, generating a feature representation of the processed current frame, clustering the feature representation in one or more primary clusters in a clustering space of the primary class, generating an information vector of the feature representation, that includes information regarding the primary class, the sub-class and one or more external factors associated with the feature representation, clustering each information vector into one or more secondary clusters, and reporting a next frame as an anomaly when a corresponding information vector is positioned outside a secondary cluster of a feature presentation of a previous frame.
US10650273B2
A face recognition system of a residential environment identifies an individual present in the residential environment. The residential environment include a plurality of home devices and is associated with a group of different persons. The face recognition system identifies which person in the group is the individual and generate an operating instruction for a home device based on identity of the individual. For example, the face recognition system captures an image set of the individual's head and face and applies the image set to a machine learning model that is trained to distinguish between the different persons based on images of their heads and faces. The face recognition system can retrieve a personal profile of the identified individual, which includes settings of the home device for the identified individual. The face recognition system generates the operating instruction based on the personal profile.
US10650265B1
Disclosed embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for enhancing a vehicle identification with preprocessing. The system may comprise memory and processor devices to execute instructions for receiving an image depicting a vehicle. The image may be analyzed and first predicted identity and first confidence value may be determined. The first confidence value may be compared to a predetermined threshold. The processors may further select a processing technique for modifying the image and further analyze the modified image determining a second predicted identity of the vehicle. And a second confidence value may be determined. And the system may further compare the second confidence value to the predetermined threshold to select the first or second predicted identity for transmission to a user.
US10650262B2
The present invention includes systems, methods, and devices for interactive media sharing including a non-transient computer readable storage medium storing a set of instructions for accessing a media item from a first computing device, identifying a first position-of-interest on the media item from a memory component of the first computing device, displaying the media item on a second computing device, identifying a second position-of-interest on the media item from a memory component of the second computing device; generating an area-of-interest surrounding the first position-of-interest; comparing the second position-of-interest with the area-of-interest to determine whether the second position-of-interest intersects with the area-of-interest.
US10650261B2
One embodiment facilitates identification of re-photographed images. During operation, the system obtains a sequence of video frames of a target object. The system selects a frame with an acceptable level of quality. The system obtains, from the selected frame, a first image and a second image associated with the target object, wherein at least one of a zoom ratio property and a size property is different between the first image and the second image. The system inputs the first image and the second image to at least a first neural network to obtain scores for the first image and the second image, wherein a respective score indicates a probability that the corresponding image is re-photographed, wherein a re-photographed image is obtained by photographing or recording an image of the target object. The system indicates the selected frame as re-photographed based on the obtained probabilities.
US10650251B2
In an industrial machine, the work safety is further improved by eliminating blind spots from an image displayed on a monitor. A hydraulic excavator 1 which is the industrial machine is equipped with monitoring cameras 15F, 15B, 15L, 15R mounted in the respective places of a revolving upperstructure 3 in order to capture images for monitoring. A monitor 20 displays camera images 21F, 21B, 21L, 21R obtained by the cameras as well as an icon image 21C of an image illustration of the hydraulic excavator 1. The cameras 15F, 15L, 15R are mounted at the distal ends of support arms 40F, 40L, 40R to be located in positions jutting from a revolving upperstructure main unit 3a of the revolving upperstructure 3, so that a hidden area under the underside of a catwalk 14 provided on the revolving upperstructure 3 falls within the field of view.
US10650248B2
A system to facilitate management of surveillance devices, that are distributed over a monitored region, through a geographic information (GI) portal, having GI storage to store map data defining a geographic map of the monitored region. A GI manager unit (GIMU) to record, in the GI storage, asset position information with regarding locations for assets of interest within the monitored region. The GIMU obtains, from a remote surveillance device (SD) database, device-related records. The GIMU stores the device related records in the GI storage. The device records are associated with the surveillance devices installed in the monitored region. The device records include position tags that identify a location of the surveillance devices in the monitored region. The GIMU obtains, from a remote network (NW) database, network-related records. The GIMU stores the network related records in the GI storage. The network-related records associated with network devices are installed over the monitored region. The SD and NW databases are maintained and managed separately from the GI database by one or more independent management units. A display presents a geographic map of the monitored region with device markers and network links illustrated thereon. The device markers indicate positions of the surveillance devices relative to the geographic map. The network links indicate communications links between network devices. A user interface permits a user to select from the surveillance devices and network links. The GIMU makes available to the user the device related records and documents and the network related records and documents associated with the selected surveillance devices and network links.
US10650229B2
Devices, methods, and systems for occupancy detection are described herein. One device includes instructions to receive an image of a portion of a facility captured by an imaging device, the image defined by a field of view, and set a first occupancy detection threshold for a first part of the field of view and a second occupancy detection threshold for a second part of the field of view.
US10650219B2
According to various example embodiments, an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a housing having a first surface facing a first direction and a second surface facing a second, opposing direction. A first area of the first surface includes a plurality of selectable input keys. A second area of the first surface excludes the plurality of keys. A sensor module, such as a fingerprint sensor, is installed to the first area.
US10650208B1
A two-dimensional barcode encoder generates the hybrid two-dimensional barcode image that has control features corresponding to control features of a first formatting standard. The barcode encoder encodes a first data set in a data portion of the two-dimensional barcode in a second format that is different from a data encoding format of the first formatting standard. The encoder may also encode a second data set in the data portion of the two-dimensional barcode in the data encoding format of the first formatting standard. The encoder may also constellation encode the first data set.
US10650198B2
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for detecting anti-skimming magnetic interference, wherein the method comprises the steps of: S1: generating an original magnetic strip signal; acquiring an interfered magnetic strip signal by combining the original magnetic strip signal and an interference signal of an electromagnetic interference source to be tested; S2: decoding the interfered magnetic strip signal to obtain a decoded parameter; and S3: determining whether an original magnetic strip parameter is consistent with the decoded parameter; if so, obtaining a first test result that the electromagnetic interference source is unqualified to satisfy a magnetic card reading device's requirement for electromagnetic interference; otherwise, obtaining a second test result that the electromagnetic interference source is qualified to satisfy the magnetic card reading device's requirement for electromagnetic interference whereby security of the magnetic card reading device can be enhanced and the magnetic card can be protected from being skimmed.
US10650196B2
A communication assistive device and a communication assistive method for people with language disorder are provided. The communication assistive method comprises the steps of: receiving user touch screen input selecting one of images representing sentence components displayed on a screen, the sentence components such as words and postpositions constituting a sentence to be outputted; combining the received sentence components to generate a sentence; and outputting the generated sentence by voice, wherein input for at least one of the sentence components is performed by selection of an image coding a shape or meaning of a character, wherein a widget is created for the generated sentence.
US10650195B2
A bilingual-corpus generating method includes: acquiring a first clause in the first language, a first translated clause obtained by translating the first clause into a second language, a second clause in the first language, a second translated clause obtained by translating the second clause into the second language; and generating, as a translated clause of a third clause obtained by constructing the first clause and the second clause as one sentence by using a first conjunction in the first language, a third translated clause obtained by constructing the first translated clause and the second translated clause as one sentence by using a second conjunction in the second language.
US10650189B2
Systems and methods for managing and processing building plan documents. An electronic building plan document including a plurality of plan sheets is received. A first plan sheet is provided for display. A user interface is provided via which a user can select or enter a first comment associated with the first plan sheet. A user interface is provided via which the user can associate metadata, including a project type or discipline, with the first comment. A first plurality of comments, including the first comment, is stored in association with respective metadata. A user interface via which the user can select, by category and/or subcategory a plurality of comments to be included in a plan correction list, and a correction list is generated including a plurality of comments specified by a plurality of users.
US10650184B2
The present disclosure relates to linking text boxes and features associated with linked text boxes. A user interface feature in a document authoring application program for creating text boxes may include a text box creation graphical menu item presented on a display of an electronic device. In response to receiving user input indicative of a selection of the text box graphical menu item, the application program is configured to cause the electronic device to render a text box that includes a bounding edge in the document on the display. Additionally, the user interface feature includes a selectable visual indicator displayed as an integral part of the text box. The selectable visual indicator is indicative of a thread of text boxes in which the text box is included.
US10650183B2
A display control apparatus exaggeratedly displays a change in a printing image based on an alteration in a setting value of an editing item, on a display, when editing results of printing data on an editing screen are displayed on the display as the printing image and the setting value of the editing item of the printing data is altered.
US10650182B2
A method, terminal, cache server and system for displaying multimedia content in a browser, comprising receiving a webpage identifier in a browser window for a webpage comprising multimedia content, generating a multimedia content display request corresponding to the multimedia content, and sending the multimedia content display request to server, receiving multimedia content returned from the server, activating a multimedia display plug-in of the browser to display a multimedia display window, and displaying the received multimedia content in the multimedia display window, wherein the multimedia display window in an initial state is smaller than the browser window.
US10650175B2
Methods for simulating hydrocarbon (HC) migration and accumulation in a subsurface formation are provided. The methods include determining a plurality of HC mass associated with a plurality of grid cells representing the subsurface formation. The methods also include determining a plurality of HC mass outflow magnitudes for one or more grid cells in the plurality of grid cells, the HC mass outflow magnitude for each of the one or more grid cells having an upper bound value based on the HC mass in that grid cell. The methods update the HC mass of the plurality of grid cells based on the plurality of HC mass outflow magnitudes. The methods also determine that a set of grid cells in the plurality of grid cells contain an excess mass of HC, and perform an accumulation process to model filling of a trap associated with the set of grid cells.
US10650163B2
A user accessing data from a server in an authenticated session is determined to be human, an authorized bot, or a non-authorized bot based on receipt of behaviometric information from the user's interactions and responses to and with the server. The user is then denied or granted continued access to receive data, such as financial data, after it is determined if the user is authorized to do so by way of comparing the behaviometric data to known prior behaviometric data for particular humans and bots in embodiments of the disclosed technology.
US10650157B2
Facilities are provided to secure guest runtime environments (GREs). Security policy specifications may be associated with GREs. A GRE's security policy may be specific to the GRE and may also include security policy inherited from higher levels such as a host operating environment. The security policy of a GRE specifies restrictions and/or permissions for activities that may be performed within the scope of execution of the GRE. A GRE's security policy may limit what the GRE's guest software may do within the GRE. Restrictions/permissions may be applied to objects such as files, configuration data, and the like. Security specifications may be applied to execution initiated within a GRE. A GRE's security specification may restrict/permit executable objects from loading and executing within the GRE. The executability or accessibility of objects may be conditioned on factors such as the health/integrity of the GRE, the host system, requested files, and others.
US10650153B2
A document management computer system can validate a user with validation codes sent through a plurality of communication modes. The validated user may be provided with access to a stored electronic document.
US10650143B2
A microcontroller with a built-in self-healing function. A programmable memory stores a normal control routine. A processing unit is arranged to execute the normal control routine in order to provide output data on the output line. A danger signal input line which is connected to a logic unit and dedicated to communicating a danger signal to the logic unit. Processor and logic unit state lines are provided between the processing unit and the logic unit for communicating processor state data from the processing unit to the logic unit and communicating logic unit state data from the logic unit to the processing unit. An interrupt line between the logic unit and the processing unit is dedicated to communicating an interrupt signal from the logic unit to the processing unit.
US10650136B2
An apparatus and method are provided for controlling use of bounded pointers. The apparatus has a plurality of bounded pointer storage elements, each bounded pointer storage element being used to store a bounded pointer and associated permission attributes indicative of allowed uses of the bounded pointer. In accordance with the present technique, the associated permission attributes include a copy permission attribute indicating whether the bounded pointer is allowed to be subjected to a copy operation. Processing circuitry is then responsive to at least one instruction that specifies the copy operation, to generate, from a source bounded pointer and associated permission attributes of a source bounded pointer storage element, a destination bounded pointer and associated permission attributes to be stored in a destination bounded pointer storage element. Furthermore, the processing circuitry marks the source bounded pointer storage element as storing an invalid bounded pointer dependent on whether the copy permission attribute of the source bounded pointer indicates that the source bounded pointer is to be prevented from being subjected to the copy operation. This provides an effective mechanism for inhibiting the subversion of control flow integrity when executing software on the apparatus.
US10650135B2
The present application provides an authorization method for a joint account, applied to client software. The joint account is jointly managed by N joint managers, N is a natural number greater than 1. In one example, a user-side authentication parameter of a joint account is obtained. The user-side authentication parameter is the same as or corresponds to a network-side authentication parameter of the joint account, wherein the user-side authentication parameter is used to perform authentication on operation permissions for the joint account. The obtained user-side authentication parameter is divided into N parts. N joint management authentication parameters are generated based on each of the N parts. Each of the N joint management authentication parameters are transmitted to a different client device associated with each joint manager.
US10650133B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can detect an operation that causes a challenge response process to be initiated. An image category associated with a recognized category label can be identified. At least one image associated with the image category can be displayed during the challenge response process. The operation can be executed when the challenge response process, based on the at least one image, is successfully completed.
US10650128B2
Systems and processes for automatically configuring user authentication rules for each of a plurality of users for use in transactions. A neural network engine receives first party preferences data from a first party computer that includes user authentication requirement criteria associated with a plurality of transaction types, and receives at least two of user behavior data, user historical data, authenticator data associated with a mobile device of the user, and mobile device metadata. The neural network engine then generates an output value based on this data, transmits the output value to a score comparator for comparison to a required score specified by the first party, and receives feedback data from the score comparator when the output value is not within a tolerance of the required score. When the output value is within the tolerance, then the neural network engine generates user authentication rules recommendations and transmits them to the first party computer.
US10650127B2
In general, an indication is received through a user interface of an intention of a potential rider to use an autonomous vehicle. In response to the receipt of the indication, a hailing request is sent by a signaling mode to at least one autonomous vehicle that can receive the hailing request directly in accordance with the signaling mode.
US10650126B2
The present invention generally relates to authenticating online transactions, and more specifically, to method and system for determining a potentially fraudulent online transaction request based on a risk parameter associated with a user in a networking platform such as, a social networking platform. The method comprises receiving an online transaction request from a user. Thereafter, determining the risk parameter of the user based on one or more profile parameters associated with the user or one or more peer users associated with the user in the community. Based on the risk parameter of the user the online transaction request of the user is authenticated.
US10650122B2
A computer system for providing software over a network includes: a computer system for providing software over a network is provided. The system includes: a control unit configured to reside at a site, the control unit including a control unit identification (ID) that uniquely identifies the control unit to the network; a copy of the software, the software including sets of features; a license generator configured to create a features activation file containing the control unit ID and identifying at least one set of features to be activated by the control unit; a computer configured to download the features activation file to the control unit; and, the control unit configured for activating one of the sets of features according to the features activation file. A method and a computer program product are disclosed.
US10650120B2
Systems and methods for monetizing the reproduction of digital media content for the rights-holders of the digital media content. Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to determining whether a user of a media content item has a license to reproduce the media content item. In one embodiment, the media content item may be reproduced when the user is licensed. The user is prompted to select to acquire a license to reproduce the media content item or to decline the license to reproduce the media content item when the user is not licensed. Further embodiments determine whether a user may receive a license when the user wishes to acquire a license. In an embodiment, the user is declined a license when not approved for the license.
US10650112B1
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for efficiently implementing clock gating circuitry. A multi-bit clock gating cell is placed on the die of an integrated circuit and replaces at least two single-bit clock gating cells that were to be placed on the die. Each single-bit clock gating cell receives a single clock enable signal and generates a single gated clock signal. Each multi-bit clock gating cell receives multiple clock enable signals and generates multiple gated clock signals based on a single common received clock signal. Conditions for determining whether two or more single-bit clock gating cells are replaced by a multi-bit clock gating cell include a distance between two single-bit clock gating cells, a load driven by any one of the two single-bit clock gating cells and an activity level of a common single clock received by at least two single-bit clock gating cells is above a respective threshold.
US10650108B2
Downhole drilling tools designed and manufactured to minimize or reduce imbalance forces and wear by disposing cutting elements in cutter groups and cutter sets in a level of force balance and by placing impact and/or wear resistant cutters on blades subject to high impact forces and/or large loadings. Manufacturing costs may be reduced by placing inexpensive cutters on blades not subject to high impact forces and/or loadings. Some embodiments comprise designing downhole tools with combinations of thicker blades to receive high impact forces and/or loadings with thinner blades. Some embodiments comprise designing downhole drilling tools with optimized fluid-flow properties. Designing methods may comprise performing simulations on a designed tool, evaluating respective forces acting on cutters during simulated engagement with a downhole (uniform and transitional) and/or evaluating wear on cutters and bit, and/or CFD simulations to evaluate fluid-flow optimization on a tool. Various cutter layout procedures and algorithms are described.
US10650106B2
Systems and methods are provided for automatically separating and reconstructing individual stories of a three-dimensional model of a multi-story structure based on captured image data of the multi-story structure. In an aspect, a system is provided that includes an analysis component configured to analyze a three-dimensional model of structure comprising a plurality of stories generated based on captured three-dimensional image data of the structure and identify respective stories of the plurality of stories to which features of a three-dimensional model are associated. The system further includes a separation component configured to separate the respective stories from one another based on the features respectively associated therewith, and an interface component configured to generate a graphical user interface that facilitates viewing the respective stories as separated from one another.
US10650103B2
Systems and methods of various embodiments may enable or refine translation of text between a first language and a second language. In particular, systems and methods may enable or refine a text translation by soliciting and/or receiving feedback for: translation of a first word or phrase from a first language to a second language; transformation of the first word or phrase (in the first language) to a second word or phrase in the first language; or transformation of the first word or phrase (in the first language) to a second word or phrase in the second language. The systems and methods of various embodiments may incentivize user feedback for failed translations in order to encourage user feedback, improve the quality of user feedback received, and to permit development of translation corpora that can evolve with time.
US10650096B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a word segmentation method based on artificial intelligence, a server and a storage medium. The word segmentation method may include: acquiring a corpus to be segmented and a segmentation model corresponding to a preset segmentation template; matching the corpus to be segmented with the segmentation model according to a preset matching algorithm, and acquiring a target phrase satisfying a first preset rule in the corpus to be segmented; modifying an emission matrix corresponding to the segmentation model and the corpus to be segmented according to the target phrase; and performing a word segmentation on the corpus to be segmented according to the emission matrix modified, to acquire a first segmentation result.
US10650090B2
A content management apparatus includes a content storage section configured to store a piece of content together with a content unique identifier; a content transmitter configured to transmit the piece of content together with the content unique identifier to a Web server; an intra-server management identifier receiver configured to receive an intra-server management identifier corresponding to the content unique identifier from the Web server; a management table for storing the content unique identifier and the intra-server management identifier; a content information updating message receiver configured to receive content information on the piece of content and a content information updating message containing the intra-server management identifier from the Web server; an identifier converter configured to convert the intra-server management identifier contained in the content information updating message into the content unique identifier; and a content management section configured to allow the content storage section to store the content information.
US10650076B2
A media content placement system is provided. The system may determine a first parameter corresponding to a media object of a plurality of media objects displayed according to a presentation sequence, the first parameter based on a predetermined quantity of times a media object is displayed. The system may determine a second parameter corresponding to the media object, the second placement parameter may be based on of a positive feedback for the media object. The system may determine a third parameter corresponding to the media object, the third parameter may be based on a negative feedback for the media object. The system may determine a presentation index corresponding to a media object. The presentation index may reference a position in a presentation sequence used to display media objects. The system may determine the presentation index based on the first parameter, the second parameter and the third parameter.
US10650061B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating hypermedia-based graphical user interfaces for display on a mobile device. In one embodiment, the systems and methods may include at least one processor in communication with a mobile device associated with a user; and a storage medium storing instructions. When executed, the instructions may configure the at least one processor to automatically generate one or more queries for information identifying the user and an individual associated with the user, automatically generate one or more requests for status information and real-time location information for the individual, automatically generate, based on the requested status information and real-time location information, a plurality of hypermedia elements for a graphical user interface being formatted for the mobile device, and provide the automatically generated hypermedia elements for display in a graphical user interface formatted for the mobile device.
US10650051B2
Raw machine data are captured and may be organized as events. Entity definitions representing machine entities that perform a service identify the machine data pertaining to respective entities. KPI search queries each define a KPI. Each KPI search query derives one or more values for the KPI from machine data identified in the entity definitions. The derivation may be performed on a per-entity basis and on the aggregate. The derived values may then be translated into a state value domain using per-entity thresholds, aggregate thresholds, or a combination.
US10650049B2
Systems and techniques for determining significance between entities are disclosed. The systems and techniques identify a first entity having an association with a second entity, apply a plurality of association criteria to the association, weight each of the criteria based on defined weight values, and compute a significance score for the first entity with respect to the second entity based on a sum of a plurality of weighted criteria values. The systems and techniques utilize information from disparate sources to create a uniquely powerful signal. The systems and techniques can be used to identify the significance of relationships (e.g., associations) among various entities including, but not limited to, organizations, people, products, industries, geographies, commodities, financial indicators, economic indicators, events, topics, subject codes, unique identifiers, social tags, industry terms, general term/s, metadata elements, classification codes, and combinations thereof.
US10650036B2
An information processing apparatus is provided that includes a memory storing a program and a processor configured to execute the program to implement processes of determining whether an execution request for executing a function of the information processing apparatus has been accepted from a user, acquiring information relating to the execution request upon determining that the execution request has been accepted, generating a screen to be displayed on a display unit based on the acquired information relating to the execution request, executing an authentication process with respect to the user, and controlling the display unit to display the generated screen when the user has been successfully authenticated by the authentication process.
US10650034B2
Mechanisms are provided for performing an operation based on an identification of similar lines of questioning by input question sources. Question information identifying extracted features of an input question and a first source of the input question is obtained. A clustering operation is performed to cluster the input question with one or more other questions of a cluster based on a similarity of the extracted features of the input question to features of the one or more other questions. An operation is performed based on results of the clustering of the input question with the one or more other questions.
US10650032B1
Unstructured data items are stored at an object storage service. A filtering criterion to be used to generate a result set for an access request is determined. A test that can be used to determine, without completing parsing of a record identified in an unstructured data item, whether the record satisfies the filtering criterion is identified. Parsing of a particular record is abandoned in response to determining, using the test, that the record satisfies the filtering criterion. A response to the access request is determined using a subset of records that satisfy the filtering criterion.
US10650030B2
A system to align codes between two coding standards, including: an expert mapping module, a syntactical mapping module, and a case-based mapping module; a module adjustment unit or system; and an alignment unit or system; where the expert mapping module collects established mappings between pairs of codes of the two coding standards from the internet and/or from machine-readable publications; the syntactical mapping module accesses the two coding standards including descriptions for each code, and to find the similarity of pairs of codes of the two coding standards using the descriptions to provide syntactical mappings; the case-based mapping module accesses existing cases that are annotated with both coding standards and to find case-based mappings between pairs of codes of the two coding standards; the module adjustment unit aggregates the mappings from the modules; and the alignment unit accepts input of codes from one of the coding standards and to use the aggregated mappings from the module adjustment unit to extract one or more suitable mappings from each input code to a code of the other coding standard.
US10650025B2
In accordance with various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a method and an apparatus for checking and updating data on a client terminal are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: obtaining a presentation time interval between two adjacent presenting actions of target data on the client terminal, and obtaining an update time interval between two adjacent updating actions of the target data on a server; calculating a weighted mean value of the target data based on the presentation time interval and the update time interval, as well as a preset presentation weight and a preset update weight; and determining an update check period of the client terminal for periodically performing an update operation to the target data based on the weighted mean value.
US10650022B2
A method for maintaining a data storage system is disclosed. The method may include monitoring for receipt of a first broadcast message from a first data storage node, where the first broadcast message may indicate that the first data storage node is operating correctly. The method may also include detecting that the first data storage node is malfunctioning based on not receiving the first broadcast message for a predetermined period of time. The method may also include initiating a data replication procedure based on detecting that the first data storage node is malfunctioning. The data replication procedure may include sending a first multicast message to a plurality of data storage nodes requesting identification of a second data storage node that maintains a copy of a file stored on the first data storage node.
US10650019B2
Managing data conversion for user-defined data types within a DBMS. A custom data type definition and one or more converters are stored within a database management system. Each converter can convert instances of the custom data type between a binary format and a programming language format. The database management system receives a request for a custom data type instance in a specified programming language format. A converter among the one or more converters converts the custom data type instance expressed in the binary format into a custom data type instance expressed in the specified programming language format, using a custom data type definition from the database management system. The request is responded to with the converted custom data type instance in the specified programming language format.
US10650017B1
Tiered storage may be implemented for processing data. Data processors may maintain some of a data set, including user data and metadata describing the user data, locally. The data set is also maintained a data store remote to the data processor. When processing requests are received, a determination is made as to whether the local portions of the data set can execute the processing request or one or more additional portions of the data set are needed from the remote data store. If additional portions of the data set are needed, then a request may be sent to the data store for the additional portions. Once received, the data processor may execute the processing request utilizing the additional portions. Portions of the data set maintained locally at the data processor may be selected and flushed from local storage to the remote data store.
US10650013B2
Disclosed aspects relate to access operation management to a database management system (DBMS) on a shared pool of configurable computing resources having a set of members. A map of the set of table names to the set of members may be established. A query may be received which indicates the access operation request to the DBMS. The query may be parsed to identify a mentioned table name. In the query related to the access operation request to the DBMS, the mentioned table name may be identified. A specific member of the set of members may be selected by comparing the mentioned table name with the map. The specific member of the set of members may be configured to process the access operation request to the DBMS. The routing may be performed in order to process the access operation request to the DBMS.
US10650011B2
A method includes logically organizing, by an object hierarchy processor, data objects in a first hierarchy. A portion of the data objects in the first hierarchy logically includes groupings of other data objects. The object hierarchy processor physically organizes the data objects across two or more types of memory in a second hierarchy. Another portion of the data objects in the second hierarchy physically includes groupings of other data objects. Groupings of the data objects in the second hierarchy are dynamically moved across the two or more types of memory. Levels of access of the data objects are tracked using a data structure that maps groupings of the data objects in the first hierarchy onto metadata information including combined access frequencies of the data objects, and current number of accessors to the data objects, in each grouping of the data objects.
US10650005B2
A computing system is described that identifies, based on search histories associated with a group of computing devices for a particular context, a task performed by users of the group of computing devices for the particular context. The computing system determines a first degree of likelihood of the task being performed by the users of the group of computing devices for the particular context and determines a second degree of likelihood of the task being performed by the users of the group of computing devices for a broader context that includes the particular context and at least one other context. Responsive to determining that the first degree of likelihood exceeds the second degree of likelihood by a threshold amount, and that a current context of a particular computing device corresponds to the particular context, the computing system transmits, to the particular computing device, information for completing the task for the particular context.
US10650001B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for disaggregating latent causes for computer system optimization. In one aspect, a method includes accessing a data stream for data values resulting from operations performed by a computer system; providing the data values as input to a data disaggregation machine learning model that generates descriptors of latent causes of the data values; providing the data values and the descriptors of the latent causes of the data values as inputs to a control system model that generates embedded representations of commands to modify the operations performed by the computer system; determining commands to modify the operations performed by the computer system based on the embedded representations of commands to modify the operations performed by the computer system; and providing the commands to the computer system.
US10649999B2
Methods and systems for generating performance profiles using electronic activities linked to record objects are disclosed. Exemplary implementations may: access a record objects of a system of record of a data source provider; identify, from the record objects, a subset of record objects associated with a node profile corresponding to an entity; identify, for each record object of the subset, electronic activities linked to the record object; determine, for each record object of the subset, a respective entity engagement profile for the entity based on the electronic activities linked to the record object and one or more object field-value pairs of the record object; generate a composite entity engagement profile of the entity based on each respective entity engagement profile corresponding to each record object of the subset of record objects; and store, in one or more data structures, an association between the entity and the entity performance profile.
US10649998B2
Systems and methods for determining a preferred communication channel can be based on determining a status of a node profile using electronic activities. The system and methods can include accessing a plurality of electronic activities and maintaining a plurality of node profiles. The system and methods can include identifying a node profile and generating a communication mode schedule. The systems and methods can include transmitting a notification to a device via a communication selected using the communication mode schedule.
US10649997B2
A method and system for performing numeric searches related to biometric information, the method comprising generating a main search key representing biometric features of an item to be searched, partitioning the main search key into at least two sub-keys, each sub-key comprising a predetermined number of bits, obtaining a set of index tables each comprising a plurality of key values, each key value being associated with a corresponding index value, wherein the number of index tables in the set is equal to the number of sub-keys within the main search key, identifying, in a first one of said set of index tables, at least one key value matching a first sub-key of the main search key, obtaining, for each identified key value, a corresponding index value pointing to a limited portion of key values in a next index table, identifying, in said limited portion of said next index table, at least one key value matching a next sub-key of the main search key repeating the steps of obtaining index values and searching a limited portion of a next index table until all sub-keys of the main search key have been searched, returning a result when the last sub-key of the main search key has been searched.
US10649989B2
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for building complex hierarchical queries. A User Interface (UI) representation of a logical query is received, wherein the UI representation describes object types, relationships between the object types, and attributes of the object types. The UI representation is translated to a logical query. The logical query is converted to data layer calls to retrieve objects having the object types, the relationships between the object types, and the attributes of the object types. The objects are received. Then, a directed graph is generated using the identified objects.
US10649983B1
Systems and methods for integrating data are described. In an example embodiment, a plurality of data attributes of comparison data and the plurality of data attributes of a master record are respectively compared to determine that there is a difference, the comparison data originating from a data source. A relative level of source priority of the data source of the comparison data is determined relative to the data source of a current state version of the master record in accordance with source evaluation criteria. The current state version of the master record is stored in reference data based on a determination that there is a difference and that the source priority of the data source of the comparison data is equal to or greater than the data source of the current state version of the master record. Mapped comparison data is used to update the current state version of the master record based on the determination that there is a difference and that the source significance of the data source of the comparison data is equal to or greater than the data source of the current state version of the master record to create an updated state version of the master record, the mapped comparison data being based on the comparison data. Additional methods and systems are disclosed.
US10649973B2
A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing a distributed analytics operation. The distributed analytics operation uses interface technologies to de-couple an actual data storage technology from an implementation of distributed analytics. Such a distributed analytics operation obviates requirements to deploy specific computer code onto a data storage platform to specifically target that platform for distributed predictive analytics computations.
US10649970B1
In some embodiments, a method includes receiving a plurality of descriptors via a network. Each descriptor includes at least one of a descriptor component or a keyword. The method further includes storing the plurality of descriptors in a database, and generating a database index of the plurality of descriptors based on at least one of the descriptor component or the keyword for each descriptor of the plurality of descriptors. The method further includes storing the database index in the database. The method further includes receiving a file component extracted from a file and identifying, based on the file component, a set of descriptors from the plurality of descriptors. The method further includes inferring, based on the set of descriptors, a measure of likelihood of a functionality associated with the file, and transmitting an indication of the measure to a user.
US10649965B2
Data structures stored on a source database are migrated to a destination database in which the data are structured in a different format than that of the source database. Dictionaries are stored that are based on representations of the data structures stored on the source database that are formatted in other than the structural format used on the source database for the data structures. One of the data structures and a corresponding one of the dictionaries are transferred from the source database to a destination database. The transferred data structure is loaded onto the destination database in accordance with the transferred dictionary.
US10649959B2
A Bε-tree associated with a file system on a storage volume includes a hierarchy of nodes. Each node includes a buffer portion that can be characterized by a fixed maximum allowable size to store key-value pairs as messages in the buffer. Messages can be initially buffered in the root node of the Bε-tree, and flushed to descendent children from the root node. Messages stored in the buffers can be indexed using a B+-tree data structure. As the B+-tree data structure in a buffer grows (due to receiving flushed messages) and shrinks (due to messages being flushed), disk blocks can be allocated from the storage volume to increase the actual size of the buffer and deallocated from the buffer to reduce the actual size of the buffer.
US10649952B1
A request to migrate from a secondary storage system to a server a requested version of database content of a database backed up at the secondary storage system is received. A new version of the database content at the secondary storage system is instantiated. Functionality of the database is maintained including by allowing a database application hosted on the server to access the database content from the secondary storage system using the instantiated new version of the database content while migrating the requested version of database content from the secondary storage system to the server.
US10649938B2
An information processing apparatus includes a first bus interface to receive first data transferred in a pixel-parallel transfer mode, a second bus interface to receive second data transferred in a line-parallel transfer mode, a selector to select one of the first data transferred in the pixel-parallel transfer mode and the second data transferred in the line-parallel transfer mode, as input data, a transfer switching circuit to switch between the line-parallel transfer mode and the pixel-parallel transfer mode to process the input data according to the switched transfer mode.
US10649933B1
A device to detect a select state and initiate a function based on detecting the select state. The device receives a signal sent over a bus to be used to communicate between one component of one unit and another component of another unit. The bus is defined based on a selected protocol, and the device is configured to communicate with the other component of the other unit. A determination is made as to whether the signal represents a select state, the select state being an unintended state of the bus. Based on determining that the signal represents the select state, a function is initiated.
US10649931B2
A method of sending data is provided. The method may include, executed in a master, applying a first code to an address of an addressed data sink of a slave, thereby forming a master-encoded address, combining the data with the master-encoded address using a reversible function, thereby forming a data-address-combination, and sending the data-address-combination and the address from the master to the slave.
US10649929B2
A bus system is proposed, which includes M (M is a natural number) master ports, N (N is a natural number) slave ports, a bus, A (A is a natural number) masters, B (B is a natural number) salves, and an internal memory. The bus system includes P (P is a natural number, P≤M) master ports, a traffic monitoring unit, Q (Q is a natural number, Q≤N) slaves, a port traffic monitoring unit, and a memory clock scaling unit. Accordingly, in a system-on-chip using a low-power processor, a memory clock of an internal memory connected to a plurality of slave ports is scaled so as to distribute bus traffic.
US10649928B1
A bus controller is configured to transmit a broadcast read request on at least one bus. The broadcast read request includes an address. A first logic module determines that the broadcast read request is targeting the first logic module. The first logic module reads a first value from a first register included in the first logic module. The first register is specified by the address included in the broadcast read request. The first value is transmitted onto the at least one bus. A second logic module determines that the broadcast read request is targeting the second logic module. The second logic module reads a second value from a second register included in the second logic module. The second register is specified by the address included in the broadcast read request. The second value is transmitted onto the at least one bus.
US10649926B2
A value representative of a duration of the low state of a synchronization signal on a bus is measured and then compared with a threshold value. The threshold value is stored in a memory and the measured value represents, in a first comparison, a longest duration of the low states of the synchronization signal.
US10649917B2
Examples relate to efficient storage of initialization vectors in a system. One example facilitates determining an initialization vector for use in encrypting a first cache line of a first page of memory, wherein determining the initialization vector comprises concatenating a page-level counter with a first set of hierarchical counters. The first set of hierarchical counters includes a first counter associated with the first cache line; a first group counter associated with a first group of cache lines, the first group of cache lines comprising the first cache line; and a first cluster counter associated with a first cluster of cache line groups, the first cluster comprising the first group of cache lines.
US10649915B1
The present disclosure relates to a disaggregated computing architecture comprising: a first compute node (302) comprising an interconnect interface (310); an accelerator node (304) comprising a physical device (402); and an interconnection network (308) linking the first compute node (302) and the accelerator node (304), wherein: the first compute node (302) executes a host operating system (410) and instantiates a first virtual machine (VM) executing a guest device driver (406) for driving the physical device; one or more input registers of the physical device are accessible via a first uniform physical address range (upa_a_devctl) of the interconnection network (308); and the interconnect interface (310) of the first compute node (302) is configured to map a host physical address range (hpa_c_devctl) of the host operating system (410) to the first uniform physical address range (upa_a_devctl).
US10649908B2
In an approach for purging an address range from a cache, a processor quiesces a computing system. Cache logic issues a command to purge a section of a cache to higher level memory, wherein the command comprises a starting storage address and a range of storage addresses to be purged. Responsive to each cache of the computing system activating the command, cache logic ends the quiesce of the computing system. Subsequent to ending the quiesce of the computing system, Cache logic purges storage addresses from the cache, based on the command, to the higher level memory.
US10649900B2
According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a first cache configured to store data. The apparatus may include a second cache configured to, in response to a fill request, supply the first cache with data, and an incoming fill signal. The apparatus may also include an execution circuit configured to, via a load request, retrieve data from the first cache. The first cache may be configured to: derive, from the incoming fill signal, address and timing information associated with the fill request, and based, at least partially, upon the address and timing information, schedule the load request to attempt to avoid a load-fill conflict.
US10649867B2
When rebuilding a RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) array in which a drive has failed, if another RAID array contains a mirror copy of the of the rebuilding RAID array content, this mirroring RAID array can be used to more rapidly rebuild the RAID array with the failed drive. Data requests to the rebuilding RAID array can be redirected to the mirroring RAID array; data can be transferred from the mirroring RAID array; or a combination of these can be used to finish rebuilding more quickly. When transferring data to the rebuilding array from the mirroring array, the transfer can be performed as a direct memory access (DMA) process independently of the RAID module of either array.
US10649859B2
A method for performing a recovery process of a network node of a blockchain network includes broadcasting a state request message by the network node to the other network nodes of the blockchain network to recover a target transaction of a target sequence number, receiving state reply messages that each includes a sequence number from the other network nodes, identifying the target sequence number based on the sequence numbers in the state reply messages, sending a requesting message to the other network nodes to request an ECHO message from each of the other network nodes, determining a number of valid ECHO messages that are sent by the other network nodes, recovering the target transaction based on the number of valid ECHO messages, and sending a message to the other network nodes indicating that the network node has been recovered.
US10649842B2
Implementations of Data Bus Inversion (DBI) techniques within a memory system are disclosed. In one embodiment, a set of random access memory (RAM) integrated circuits (ICs) is separated from a logic system by a bus. The logic system can contain many of the logic functions traditionally performed on conventional RAM ICs, and accordingly the RAM ICs can be modified to not include such logic functions. The logic system, which can be a logic integrated circuit intervening between the modified RAM ICs and a traditional memory controller, additionally contains DBI encoding and decoding circuitry. In such a system, data is DBI encoded and at least one DBI bit issued when writing to the modified RAM ICs. The RAM ICs in turn store the DBI bit(s) with the encoded data. When the encoded data is read from the modified RAM ICs, it is transmitted across the bus in its encoded state along with the DBI bit(s). The logic integrated circuit then decodes the data using the DBI bit(s) to return it to its original state.
US10649831B2
A processor includes a memory-controller that controls an access to a memory which includes through electrode groups and a memory chip including a storage areas connected to each of the through-electrode groups including through-electrodes, and that includes an address-filter circuit that outputs an access address included in a read access request of reading data from the memory, as an error address, a counter that includes counters corresponding to the through-electrode groups and updates a counter value of the counter corresponding to the through-electrode group connected to the storage area indicated by the received error address, a first circuit that outputs area information indicating the storage area connected to the through-electrode group corresponding to the counter having a counter value which is greater than a predetermined value, and a second circuit that outputs an access request to the storage area indicated by the area information output from the first circuit.
US10649830B2
It is determined whether an arithmetic operation function of a device to be inspected is normal or not. A MCU 13 to be inspected acquires a constant to be used for an arithmetic problem from a power source IC 12 on an inspection side. The MCU 13 sequentially selects a plurality of the arithmetic problems and carries out an arithmetic operation using the acquired constant according to the selected arithmetic problem. A monitoring circuit 23 of the power source IC 12 receives the result of the arithmetic operation of the arithmetic problem from the MCU 13. The monitoring circuit 23 compares the received arithmetic operation result with the arithmetic operation result of the arithmetic problem calculated at the side of the monitoring circuit 23. The monitoring circuit 23 determines whether the arithmetic operation function of the MCU 13 works normally or not based on the comparison result.
US10649824B1
An enterprise system for an event management framework is described where an event subscription processor detects and/or creates computer-executable events, which are then published on user interface of multiple computing devices configured to subscribe, process, and execute the computer-executable events. The event subscription processor may enable processing and execution of one or more computer-executable events in a mode that the computer-executable event execution and management is centralized, and performed in a consistent manner within an organization. The event subscription processor allows the computer-executable event execution tasks/processes to be easily created, modified, and managed in one single enterprise system.
US10649821B2
A method of dynamically allocating event data from a plurality of client devices among a set of event processors includes: at a partitioning controller, storing an initial shard map allocating initial subsets of the client devices to respective data stores, each data store associated with a respective one of the event processors; at the partitioning controller, obtaining an operational parameter for each of the event processors; at the partitioning controller, generating an updated shard map based on the operational parameter for each of the event processors, the updated map allocating updated subsets of the client devices to the respective data stores; responsive to generating the updated shard map, transmitting a map update notification from the partitioning controller for the client devices.
US10649820B2
An improved system for handling events in an industrial control system is disclosed. A module in an industrial controller is configured to generate an event responsive to a predefined signal or combination of signals occurring. The event is transferred to an event queue for subsequent execution. The event queue may also be configured to store a copy of the state of the module at the time the event is generated. The event queue may hold multiple events and each event is configured to trigger at least one event task. Subsequent events that occur during execution of the event task are stored in the event queue for later execution. An event, or combination of events, may trigger execution of an event task within the module, within the controller to which the module is connected, or within multiple controllers.
US10649812B1
A system for performing a computation includes a tenant associated processor; a commingling associated processor; an interface; and a processor. The interface is configured to receive an indication of a computation. The processor is configured to determine a set of computational steps for performing the computation; determine a preprocessing subset, wherein the preprocessing subset comprises a subset of the set of computational steps for execution by the tenant associated processor; and determine a main processing subset, wherein the main processing subset comprises the set of computational steps for execution by the commingling associated processor.
US10649795B2
An apparatus for compositing an output surface (10) from a plurality of input surfaces (1, 2, 3, 4) includes processing circuitry and a composition processor. The processing circuitry is configured to determine whether two or more input surfaces of the plurality of input surfaces (1, 2, 3, 4) can be combined into a single secondary surface for provision to the composition processor. When it is determined that two or more input surfaces of the plurality of input surfaces (1, 2, 3, 4) can be combined into a single secondary surface for provision to the composition processor, the processing circuitry is configured to provide data representing the secondary surface to the composition processor, the data indicating the input surfaces that contribute to the secondary surface.
US10649794B2
An example system includes a memory store of aggregate definitions. Each aggregate definition specifies a key value, an output store, a feature, a half-life value, and an aggregate operation metric to apply to a cross of the feature and the half-life value to generate aggregate metrics. The system also includes an aggregation engine that generates aggregate feature records from the input source based on the aggregate definitions and stores the aggregate feature records in the output store. An aggregate feature record includes an aggregate of the metric for the feature decayed over time using the half-life. The system also includes a query service that identifies, using the aggregate definitions, responsive aggregate feature records that satisfy parameters of a received request, applies the half-life to the responsive feature records, and provides the responsive feature records to a requester, the requester using the responsive feature records as input for a neural network.
US10649793B2
An application synchronization method and device are provided. The method includes: an application management category of an original application is obtained; the obtained application management category is synchronized to a new application corresponding to the original application, so that an application management category of the new application is as same as that of the original application.
US10649792B1
Technologies are described herein for a representational state transfer (“REST” or “RESTful”) over Intelligent Platform Management Interface (“IPMI”) interface for firmware to baseboard management controller (“BMC”) communication and applications thereof. These applications include, but are not limited to, remote firmware configuration, firmware updates, peripheral device firmware updates, provision of management information such as system inventory data, cloning and batch migration of firmware configuration settings, and firmware integrity monitoring. This functionality can be provided in a way that enables communication between BMCs and firmware to utilize modern manageability interfaces while maintaining backward compatibility with previous IPMI implementations.
US10649786B2
Embodiments are generally directed to a multithreaded processor for executing a plurality of threads, as well as an associated method and system. The multithreaded processor comprises a first control register configured to store a stack limit value, and instruction decode logic configured to, upon receiving a procedure entry instruction for a stack associated with a first thread, determine whether to throw a stack limit exception based on the stack limit value and a first predefined stack region size associated with the stack.
US10649783B2
A technique to enable efficient instruction fusion within a computer system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor includes multiple cores, each including a first-level cache, a fetch circuit to fetch instructions, an instruction buffer (IBUF) to store instructions, a decode circuit to decode instructions, an execution circuit to execute decoded instructions, and an instruction fusion circuit to fuse a first instruction and a second instruction to form a fused instruction to be processed by the execution circuit as a single instruction, the instruction fusion occurring when both the first and second instructions have been stored in the IBUF prior to issuance to the decode circuit, and wherein the first instruction was the last instruction to be stored in the IBUF prior to the second instruction being stored in the IBUF, such that the first and second instructions are stored adjacently in the IBUF.
US10649782B2
An apparatus and method are provided for controlling branch prediction. The apparatus has processing circuitry for executing instructions, and branch prediction circuitry that comprises a plurality of branch prediction mechanisms used to predict target addresses for branch instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry. The branch instructions comprise a plurality of branch types, where one branch type is a return instruction. The branch prediction mechanisms include a return prediction mechanism used by default to predict a target address when a return instruction is detected by the branch prediction circuitry. However, the branch prediction circuitry is responsive to a trigger condition indicative of misprediction of the target address when using the return prediction mechanism to predict the target address for a given return instruction, to switch to using an alternative branch prediction mechanism for predicting the target address for the given return instruction. This has been found to improve performance in certain situations.
US10649775B2
A stream of data is accessed from a memory system by an autonomous memory access engine, converted on the fly by the memory access engine, and then presented to a processor for data processing. A portion of a lookup table (LUT) containing converted data elements is preloaded into a lookaside buffer associated with the memory access engine. As the stream of data elements is fetched from the memory system each data element in the stream of data elements is replaced with a respective converted data element obtained from the LUT in the lookaside buffer according to a content of each data element to thereby form a stream of converted data elements. The stream of converted data elements is then propagated from the memory access engine to a data processor.
US10649768B1
A technology is described for redirecting a service request to a service proxy on a software development host. An example method may include receiving a service request directed to a service hosted in a service provider environment. In receiving the service request, a determination may be made that a service proxy simulates the service on a software development host, and that the service proxy may be used to execute development code on the software development host. In response, the service request may be redirected to the service proxy on the software development host for handling of the service request.
US10649765B2
Systems and methods for preventing service disruptions in a computing system. The methods comprise: receiving, at a cloud-based computing system, messages for initiating software updates requiring system reboots by remote computing machines; and performing operations by the cloud-based computing system to cause an operational state of only one remote computing machine to be transitioned from an online state to an offline state at any given time by scheduling the software updates and system reboots in a one-machine-at-a-time manner.
US10649761B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an application upgrade method and an apparatus. The application upgrade method includes: receiving an application deployment request; determining a deployment package of a to-be-deployed application; determining that a version of a first platform node is below a version requirement of a node template of the to-be-deployment application for a first platform node template; acquiring a first platform node upgrade package that meets the version requirement of the node template of the to-be-deployed application for the first platform node template; upgrading the first platform node indicated by an identifier of the first platform node by using the first platform node upgrade package; determining an identifier of a to-be-upgraded application node; and upgrading the application node indicated by the identifier of the to-be-upgraded application node by using the deployment package of the to-be-deployed application.
US10649757B1
A method and system for automating application of software patches to a server system having a virtualization layer. A plurality of software patches are downloaded to a computer system having a first operating system. The software patches to apply to a server console operating system are then determined. The software patches are automatically copied to the server system by executing a first script file. The copied software patches are automatically decompressed by executing a second script file. The decompressed software patches are installed in a specified order by executing the second script file. The console operating system is rebooted only after all software patches are installed.
US10649754B2
An electronic whiteboard includes a white list in which predetermined software is registered, a mode switching unit configured to switch a normal mode in which software unregistered in the white list is not permitted to be installed and an install mode in which the unregistered software is permitted to be installed, an invalidating/validating processor configured to invalidate the white list in the install mode, and a registerer configured to register software installed while the white list is invalidated in the white list, in which the invalidating/validating processor validates the white list after the installed software is registered in the white list.
US10649753B2
A device can store a plurality of variants of an application. The device can receive, from a user device that is associated with a first variant of the application, a request for a second variant of the application. The first variant can include a first set of features and include a file size that is different than the second variant. The second variant can include a second set of features. The device can determine a first version identifier of the first variant of the application, and determine that a second version identifier associated with the second variant of the application is different than the first version identifier. The device can provide, to the user device, the second variant of the application to permit the user device to install the second variant of the application.
US10649744B1
Apparatus and methods are described for adapting a programming environment to handle renamed programming constructs such as classes and packages. Non-canonical identifiers that reference renamed programming constructs can be used in code parts to be executed in the programming environment, and the code parts can execute, without disruption or user intervention, using related canonical identifiers. The solutions described herein provide backward and forward compatibility for code and data affected by renaming of programming constructs.
US10649739B2
Methods, computer systems, computer-storage media, and graphical user interfaces are provided for facilitating application development. In embodiments, input is received from a designer, the input including an indication of a class of applications and one or more preferences for designing a module specification. Thereafter, the module specification is created in association with the class of applications. Input is received from a teacher in association with the module specification. At least a portion of such input indicates how to recognize when a user intends to run an application. An application is generated based on the input provided from the teacher. Such an application can be used by one or more users.
US10649736B2
Arithmetic circuits and methods that perform efficient matrix multiplication for hardware acceleration of neural networks, machine learning, web search and other applications are disclosed herein. Various arrays of multiplier-accumulators may be coupled to form a matrix multiplier which processes data using high precision, fixed point residue number arithmetic.
US10649734B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for distributing a value among a plurality of accounts. One of the methods includes receiving, from a first terminal associated with a first account, a request for generating values, wherein the request comprises a sum of the values to be generated and a count of multiple second accounts, to which the values are to be distributed. The method also includes determining an average based on the sum and the count, generating multiple values in response to the request, the generated values comprising one or more value pairs and zero or one individual value, wherein a count of the generated values equals the count of second accounts in the request. The method further includes distributing the multiple values to the second accounts, wherein each of the second accounts is associated with a second terminal.
US10649733B2
A method is described that involves executing a first instruction with a functional unit. The first instruction is a multiply-add instruction. The method further includes executing a second instruction with the functional unit. The second instruction is a round instruction.
US10649722B2
An audio/video (A/V) hub that coordinates playback of audio content is described. In particular, the A/V hub may calculate current time offsets between clocks in electronic devices and a clock in the A/V hub based on differences between receive times when frames are received from electronic devices and expected transmit times of the frames. For example, the expected transmit times may be based on coordination of clocks in the electronic devices and a clock in the A/V hub at a previous time and a predefined transmit schedule of the frames. Then, the A/V hub may transmit, to the electronic devices, one or more frames that include audio content and playback timing information, which may specify playback times when the electronic devices are to playback the audio content based on the current time offsets.
US10649714B2
According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a data output method may include: receiving unit-time or unit-size auditory data which are generated around a user and detected via a first apparatus; removing noises from the auditory data; extracting a frequency component included in the auditory data from which the noises have been removed; measuring at least one frequency of the auditory data on the basis of the frequency component; searching a database on the basis of the at least one frequency to fine reference data oscillating at the at least one frequency; generating first output data providing semantic data included in the reference data; and generating and providing an output control signal for transmitting the first output data.
US10649710B2
Provided are methods and systems for simulating context-dependent electronic content on a separate digital sign. A user creates context-dependent electronic content for a separate digital sign, and associates the electronic content with context rules for displaying the content. The context-dependent electronic content is then displayed on a digital sign, such as in a normal display mode. To simulate the electronic content, a user selects simulation parameters for the simulation. An electronic content management system then configures the simulation parameters into a simulation protocol. When the simulation protocol is executed at the digital sign, digital sign displays the electronic content based on the simulation protocol, irrespective of the context associated with the sign. The simulation can continue, for example, until the user terminates the simulation.
US10649695B1
A command processing method and a storage controller are provided. The command processing method includes: receiving multiple read-modify-write (RMW) commands by a command processing pool of the storage controller, wherein each of the RMW commands includes a read command and a write command in pairs; locking a queue by the command processing pool and transmitting a pending first read command of the RMW commands in the command processing pool to the queue; when a second read command paired with a second write command of the RMW commands is pending, not locking the queue by the command processing pool and not transmitting the second write command to the queue; and when a third read command paired with a third write command of the RMW commands is not pending, locking the queue by the command processing pool and transmitting the third write command to the queue.
US10649694B2
A management device is configured to control reading and writing of data as performed by a processing circuit with respect to a nonvolatile memory. The management device includes circuitry configured to: in response to a request from the processing circuit, perform writing or reading with respect to the nonvolatile memory; in response to writing with respect to the nonvolatile memory, update a table indicating a rewriting count for each area in the nonvolatile memory; detect writing having a high degree of locality representing rewriting operation performed to an extent equal to or greater than a reference value, with respect to the same area in the nonvolatile memory by refer to the table; and identify an area under attack in which the writing having the high degree of locality is performed.
US10649689B2
An electronic device includes a semiconductor memory. The semiconductor memory includes a first variable resistance element, a first switching element coupled to the first variable resistance element via a first line, a second variable resistance element, and a second switching element coupled to the second variable resistance element via a second line, wherein a distance between the first switching element and the first variable resistance element is larger than a distance between the second switching element and the second variable resistance element, and wherein a second path from a first terminal of the second switching element to the second variable resistance element includes a resistance component, a resistance of the second path being greater than a resistance of a first path, the first path being from a first terminal of the first switching element to the first variable resistance element.
US10649682B1
Described is a deduplicated storage system that may perform a focused sanitization process by reducing the number of data storage containers that must be sanitized. The system leverages additional characteristics of the files that need to be sanitized such as an initial storage date (e.g. data breach date) of when a sensitive file (e.g. file to be sanitization) was actually stored on the deduplicated storage system. By maintaining a creation date of data containers, the system may limit sanitization to those containers having a creation date on or after the initial storage date of the sensitive file. Accordingly, the system is capable of performing a more focused overwriting of data thereby improving the overall efficiency of the sanitization process.
US10649679B2
Systems for distributed data storage. A user accesses a user interface in a distributed virtualization system comprising computing nodes that support virtualized controllers that include preconfigured APIs to receive application extension modules. The system receives a user command from a user interface at the virtualized controller, the user command corresponding to a download request for at least one application extension. A successful download and integration event causes integration of the containerized application extension into the system. The additional functionality of the containerized application extension is offered to the user. The user can address additional functionality of the containerized application extension through a user interface.
US10649675B2
According to an embodiment, a storage controller comprises a circuitry configured to implement an address generator, a reader, and a duplication detector. The address generator is configured to generate a scan address indicating each storage area of a storage that stores therein externally written data, according to a particular scan pattern for defining an order of an address of data to be read. The reader is configured to read data from the storage area of the storage indicated by the scan address. The duplication detector is configured to detect whether the data read by the reader is a duplicate of any one of a past predetermined number of pieces of data.
US10649674B2
The present disclosure describes technologies and techniques for use by a data storage controller—such as a controller for use with a NAND device or other non-volatile memory (NVM)—to retrieve configuration information from a NAND boot partition during an initialization procedure initiated by a host. Within illustrative examples described herein, the configuration information stored in the NAND boot partition is provided in addition to configuration information stored within physical layer register sets of the data storage controller. In the examples, the data storage controller is configured for use with versions of Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express—Non-Volatile Memory express (NVMe) that provide support for NAND boot partitions. In these examples, the use of the NAND boot partition allows an NVM device manufacturer to implement at least some new features in firmware or software within an existing NVM card, without modifying the physical layer registers.
US10649663B2
A method and system for accessing a memory for a data processing system. The method comprises sending a read request for a plurality of locations in the memory to read the plurality of locations in parallel based on an upper bound for reading the memory. The upper bound for a number of locations is based on a group of constraints for the memory. The method receives a summed value of a plurality of memory values in the plurality of locations in the memory.
US10649654B2
A method for operating a device, wherein a graphical user interface is generated and displayed on a display area. The user interface has at least one operating object assigned to an application program for controlling the device. Output data are generated and displayed in the region of the assigned operating object, wherein the application program has a function having exactly two activatable program states. The first program state is activated and the output data are generated based on the activated program state. An input gesture is detected based on the user interface. The operating object has a first region and a second region and the input gesture is assigned to the first region or to the second region.
US10649636B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods that enable low-vision users to interact with touch-sensitive secondary displays. An example method includes: displaying, on a primary display, a first user interface for an application and displaying, on a touch-sensitive secondary display, a second user interface that includes a plurality of application-specific affordances that control functions of the application. Each respective affordance is displayed with a first display size. The method also includes: detecting, via the secondary display, an input that contacts at least one application-specific affordance. In response to detecting the input and while it remains in contact with the secondary display, the method includes: (i) continuing to display the first user interface on the primary display and (ii) displaying, on the primary display, a zoomed-in representation of the at least one application-specific affordance. The zoomed-in representation is displayed with a second display size that is larger than the first display size.
US10649629B2
A computing device is configured with a multifunctional backlit display. The backlighting can be operated in at least a first mode and a second mode. In a first mode, the backlighting provides luminance to the display so that images on the display can be easily seen. In a second mode, the backlighting provides visual stimulus for relaying information to a user or a user's surroundings.
US10649624B2
An interactive media management server that facilitates management of interactive media and delivery of such interactive media. It comprises a first interface to an interactive media distribution server communicatively coupled to a plurality of mobile devices, and a second interface to a service provider system or a content provider system. It comprises a manager module for managing creation, distribution and tracking of a plurality of interactive media. The manager module, via the second interface, manages the delivery of the plurality of interactive media from the service provider system or the content provider system, and the communication of user responses to the plurality of interactive media to the corresponding service provider system or content provider system.
US10649623B2
Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for creating a file activity feed for display on a user interface of a client computing device. In one aspect, data comprising a plurality of activities associated with a file may be obtained. Two or more activities from the plurality of activities may be grouped into a single module of work for display within the file activity feed. The file activity feed may be displayed on the user interface of the client computing device. In some cases, the file activity feed includes one or more file activity elements including at least the single module of work. In some cases, the file activity feed includes a filter icon and a query feature. The filter icon may provide one or more filter preferences for filtering the file activity feed. The query feature may facilitate querying the file activity feed.
US10649622B2
The present disclosure relates to electronic message user interfaces. A device, including a display, a touch-sensitive surface, and a rotatable input mechanism, is described in relation to accessing, composing, and manipulating electronic messages. In some examples, a user can provide input through the rotatable input mechanism to access a landing screen of an electronic messages application. The landing screen concurrently displays an affordance for accessing an electronic messages inbox and an affordance for accessing an interface for composing electronic message.
US10649619B2
A system, method and architecture of using context in determining a response to user interaction with a device, such context may be context of content being output by the device, the device's context, the user's content, or some combination of contexts. In accordance with one or more embodiments, a response may comprise a menu the content of which, e.g., one or more user-selectable actions or options, can be determined based on a determined context, or contexts, or a determination may be made to provide a response other than an option menu, which determination may be made based on a determined context or combination of contexts. As yet another alternative, a determination may be made to provide a response that includes a menu, the content of which is determined based on one or more determined contexts, and another response, such as an answer identified based on one or more determined contexts.
US10649615B2
Aspects of the technology described herein provide a control interface for manipulating a 3-D graphical object within a virtual drawing space. The control can be activated by selecting a graphical object or objects. When multiple objects are selected, the manipulations can occur as a group. In one aspect, the manipulations occur around the centroid of the 3-D graphical object, or groups of objects. The manipulations can include rotation, size adjustment, and positional adjustment within the virtual drawing space. The control interface comprises controls that rotate the object around an x-axis, an y-axis, or an z-axis.
US10649594B2
First and second substrates are disposed to face each other and allowed to approach each other. A plurality of first electrodes are formed on the first substrate. A plurality of second electrodes are formed on the second substrate and face the respective first electrodes. A facing electrode pair is constituted by each of the first electrodes and a corresponding one of the second electrodes. A switching unit causes each of the first electrodes and each of the second electrodes to be connected to a driving unit or a detecting unit and switches between a first detection state in which a distance change between each of the first electrodes and a corresponding one of the second electrodes is detected and a second detection state in which the coordinates of a position that an operating body approaches or touches are determined in accordance with detection outputs from the facing electrode pairs.
US10649593B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a hand holding state detection method, a capacitive touch apparatus and an electronic device. The method includes: acquiring feature data output by each coupling capacitor in a capacitor array network when the coupling capacitor is touched, and reference feature data corresponding to each coupling capacitor; and determining a feature region formed by touch on the capacitor array according to the feature data output by each coupling capacitor and the corresponding reference feature data, to determine a hand holding state according to the feature region. In this way, a man-machine interaction interface may be adjusted according to the hand holding state, such that a user may conveniently or accurately touch all the virtual keys in the man-machine interaction interface.
US10649592B2
A laminated substrate is provided that includes a transparent base material, and a laminated body formed at least one surface of the transparent base material. The laminated body includes a blackened layer containing oxygen, copper, and nickel, and a copper layer. A ratio of the nickel is 11 mass % or more and 60 mass % or less, among the copper and the nickel contained in the blackened layer.
US10649587B2
A terminal is provided with an input unit configured to detect contact of an object and a position of the object, and a controller configured to generate a control signal corresponding to a recognition of a gesture of the object, which is detected at a position spaced apart from the input unit when touched by the object. The terminal may allow an operation command desired by the user to be completed since a gesture is initiated at a surface of the terminal, and terminated at the surface of the terminal again after being performed in a space on the surface of the terminal. By specifying a start or an end of the gesture, the intention of the user may be clearly presented and may improve the recognition rate. Therefore, the user may easily manipulate mobile phones and various equipments while driving.
US10649581B1
In one embodiment, an apparatus and associated method are provided, comprising: at a device having a display and a touch-sensitive surface: displaying a first user interface of a first application on the display; while displaying the first user interface on the display, detecting a first movement of a first contact across the touch-sensitive surface in a first direction; and during detection of the first movement of the first contact across the touch-sensitive surface: in accordance with a determination that first one or more criteria is met by a first movement condition being met, displaying a second user interface, and in accordance with a determination that second one or more criteria is met by a second movement condition, that is different from the first movement condition, being met, displaying a third user interface.
US10649570B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a force detection apparatus and method, a touch device and an electronic terminal. The apparatus includes: a first detection capacitor, and a second detection capacitor configured to perform differential processing for a capacitance of the first detection capacitor to cancel an interference signal; wherein the first detection capacitor includes a force detection electrode, and the second detection capacitor includes a reference detection electrode, the force detection electrode and the reference detection electrode being arranged within a surface, such that the first detection capacitor and the second detection capacitor are simultaneously coupled to the interference signal causing interference to force detection, and differential processing is performed for capacitances of the first detection capacitor and the second detection capacitor. In this way, the interference signal, for example, which caused by a display device, is canceled, and sensitivity of force detection is enhanced while temperature drift is inhibited.
US10649566B2
The in-cell touch display panel has a display area and a non-display area. Multiple pixel structures are disposed in the display area. Transparent conductive layers, metal layers, and first to fourth insulation layers are disposed in the pixel structures. The thickness of the third insulation layer is greater than or equal to that of the second insulation layer. The thickness of the third insulation layer is 1.2 or more times of that of the fourth insulation layer. The thickness of the third insulation layer is greater than or equal to 5000 Å. The sum of the thickness of the third insulation layer and the thickness of the fourth insulation layer is greater than or equal to 7000 Å.
US10649564B2
A touch display panel and a display device are disclosed. The touch display panel includes a plurality of touch signal lines and a plurality of data lines disposed in a display area, and a plurality of lead terminals disposed in a peripheral area. The plurality of lead terminals includes a plurality of first terminals respectively connected to the plurality of data lines and a plurality of second terminals respectively connected to the plurality of touch signal lines. The plurality of lead terminals are arranged in a matrix. The first terminals and the second terminals are provided in a row direction or a column direction so as to be consistent with the sequence in which the data lines connected to the first terminals and the touch signal lines connected to the second terminals are arranged.
US10649562B2
The present invention provides an In-Cell touch screen and a display device, which belongs to the field of touch display technology. The FIC capacitive touch screen comprises an array substrate and touch electrodes disposed above or below the array substrate, the touch electrodes comprising a plurality of first capacitive electrodes and a plurality of second capacitive electrodes, wherein the first capacitive electrode comprises a plurality of electrically connected capacitive electrode blocks correspondingly located in areas where at least a portion of sub-pixel units of the array substrate are located. The FIC capacitive touch screen has fewer reports for false touch point.
US10649561B2
A multilayer structure includes a touch sensor and an optical functional layer formed thereon. The optical functional layer includes a phase-difference layer and a linear polarization layer formed thereon on a side opposite to the touch sensor. The phase-difference layer which gives a phase difference to transmitted light has a laminated structure including a 1/4λ phase-difference layer and a 1/2λ phase-difference layer. The multilayer structure has first and second retardations at wavelengths of 450 nm and 590 nm, respectively, while the optical functional layer has third and fourth retardations at wavelengths of 450 nm and 590 nm, respectively. A first ratio of the first retardation to the second retardation is smaller than 0.763 and greater than a second ratio of the third retardation to the fourth retardation. A slow axis of the base member extends in a direction parallel to a synthesized slow axis of the optical functional layer.
US10649558B2
A touch panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a touch device are disclosed, which belongs to the field of manufacturing touch panel. The touch panel includes a substrate, a black matrix in an annular area at edges of the substrate and a transparent conductive pattern. The transparent conductive pattern has an overlapping region with the black matrix in the annular area. The transparent conductive pattern includes a plurality of lateral touch driving lines, a plurality of longitudinal touch sensing lines and a plurality of padding blocks. The plurality of Txs laterally disposed and the plurality of Rxs longitudinally disposed are insulated from each other. The distribution density of the padding blocks in the overlapping region is greater than the distribution density of the padding blocks in the view area.
US10649556B2
A control knob for controlling operation of a machine, the control knob including: an attachment member configured for attaching the control knob to a surface of the machine so that the control knob is operably connectable with the machine to control operation thereof; a display member comprising an electronic display module disposed thereon; an operational mode display controller for controlling display of operational modes of the machine upon the electronic display module, said operational mode display controller being configured for rotational movement around the electronic display module amongst a plurality of rotational positions, said operational mode display controller being operably connected with the electronic display module such that, responsive to the rotational movement of the operational mode display controller amongst the plurality of rotational positions, the electronic display module is configured to display a plurality of operational modes of the machine corresponding to the plurality of rotational positions; and an operational mode selector for controlling selection of one of the plurality of operational modes of the machine when said one of the plurality of operational modes is displayed on the electronic display module, the operational mode selector being configured for movement between at least a first position and a second position to actuate selection of the operational mode displayed on the electronic display module.
US10649548B2
The structure and devices described herein provide an improved attachment for a peripheral device, such as a stylus, to a computing device when not in use. A stylus may have magnets contained therein that cooperate with magnets in a computing device to magnetically secure the stylus to the computing device when not in use. In addition, a retractable interlock may automatically extend from the stylus when the stylus is in proximity of the computing device. The interlock is received in a receptacle of the computing device to provide an improved attachment through the mechanical interaction of the interlock and the receptacle. The interlock is biased in a retracted position and automatically extends through magnetic attraction with the computing device.
US10649547B2
An image projection system includes a projector and a light pen. The projector includes: an image pickup unit which performs image pickup in a periodically repeated image pickup period and does not perform image pickup in a non-image pickup period; a detection unit which detects a pointed position of the light pen; and an infrared signal receiving unit which receives pointing element information transmitted from the light pen. The light pen includes: a light emitting unit; a control unit; and a storage unit which stores the pointing element information. The light pen performs first light emission in the image pickup period and second light emission corresponding to the pointing element information in the non-image pickup period. The projector detects the pointed position, based on an image of the first light emission picked up by the image pickup unit and receives the pointing element information transmitted via the second light emission.
US10649546B2
A method and an apparatus for presenting a panoramic photo in a mobile terminal, and a mobile terminal. A trigger instruction that is used to instruct the mobile terminal to enter an immersive browsing mode is detected, where the immersive browsing mode is a browsing mode in which a panoramic photo moves as the mobile terminal rotates; and if the trigger instruction is detected, a rotation angle of the mobile terminal is detected and determined, and a panoramic photo that is presented in a normal mode in the mobile terminal is moved and presented according to the determined rotation angle. Using the present disclosure, complexity of panoramic photo browsing can be reduced, which makes it convenient for a user to browse a panoramic photo.
US10649541B2
A medical treatment system comprising a housing; a recess defined by the housing; and a keyboard connected to the housing by a mechanism configured to permit the keyboard to move between: a deployed position in which the keyboard is disposed outside of the recess at an angle of 10° to 80° relative to a front surface of the housing; and a stored position in which the keyboard is at least partially disposed in the recess and keys of the keyboard are exposed for use by a user.
US10649537B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided for displaying a mapping application user interface. The mapping application user interface may include at least a first display area and a second display area. A method may be provided for displaying the mapping application user interface that includes displaying on the first display area, a map of a geographic location; displaying on the second display area a plurality of categories for filtering of the plurality of geographic objects with the plurality of categories being grouped according to context information; and changing the display of the plurality of geographic objects on the first display area, in response to detection of a first input gesture on the second display area, wherein, for example, the second display area is proximate to a user's thumb for facilitating performing of the first input gesture using one-handed interaction.
US10649531B2
Techniques for haptic effect on a touch input surface are described. Generally, haptic effects are provided for different user interactions with a touch input surface, such gestures applied to a touch pad and/or a touchscreen to interact with applications, services, system-level functionalities (e.g., operating system user interfaces), and so forth. According to various implementations, haptic effects can be output based on visual and/or functional attributes of a particular device environment, and/or based on attributes of a gesture used to apply touch input.
US10649530B2
A haptic device includes a display configured to display an image, a haptic output device configured to generate a haptic effect to a user when the user interacts with the display, and a processor configured to receive information related to the image displayed on the display. The processor is also configured to create a friction based haptic effect map associated with the image displayed on the display, and generate a signal to the haptic output device to output the haptic effect when the user interacts with the display when the image is displayed on the display, the haptic effect being configured to simulate a feel of the image in three dimensions.
US10649529B1
A feedback or a user-perceived feedback of an input device is modified using one or more output devices. The output devices include one or more speakers and/or one or more actuators. The output (e.g., acoustic and/or haptic) produced using the output device may enhance, amplify, mask, obscure, or cancel an inherent sound or tactile feedback produced by the input device.
US10649524B2
One embodiment of a virtual reality apparatus comprises: a graphics processing engine comprising a plurality of graphics processing stages, the graphics processing engine to render a plurality of image frames for left and right displays of a head mounted display (HMD); and foveation control hardware logic to independently control two or more of the plurality of graphics processing stages based on feedback received from an eye tracking module of the HMD, the feedback indicating a foveated region selected based on a current or anticipated direction of a user's gaze, the foveation control hardware logic to cause the two or more of the graphics processing stages to process the foveated region differently than other regions of the image frames.
US10649522B2
A method, apparatus and system for controlling a smart device based on a headphone are disclosed. The method includes: collecting, by the headphone, head motion feature data of a human body if a trigger condition of a collection task is satisfied; judging, according to the collected data, whether a target motion feature satisfying a predetermined motion feature is present in head motion feature of the human body; and if the target motion feature is present, acquiring information of an application currently running on the smart device, and generating an operation control instruction corresponding to the target motion feature according to the information of the currently running application and sending the operation control instruction to the smart device. According to the present application, control function may be enhanced for the smart device and control accuracy may be improved.
US10649511B2
A system with a local data collector that collects power management data for a subsystem. The local data collector can determine whether a first formatting associated with a first channel between the local data collector and a system power management data collector is equivalent to a second formatting associated with a second channel between the local data collector and the system power management data collector, and in response to a determination that the first formatting and second formatting are not equivalent format the power management data according to the first formatting; store the power management data formatted according to the first formatting in a first location in a memory; format the power management data according to the second formatting; and store the power management data formatted according to the second formatting in a second location the memory.
US10649507B2
A portable or modular cooling system is operated via the power-over-Ethernet (PoE) standard. The cooling system receives electrical power via an Ethernet connection to a source device (such as a server, switch, or other PoE-enabled equipment). The cooling system may thus be used to spot-inject cooler ambient air in the vicinity of the source device without the need for grid electric and for cumbersome electrical wiring.
US10649503B2
A device that includes a die, a thermal interface material (TIM) coupled to the die, and an electromagnetic (EMI) shield coupled to the thermal interface material (TIM). The electromagnetic (EMI) shield is configured to compress the thermal interface material (TIM). The electromagnetic (EMI) shield comprises a flexible portion. In some implementations, the thermal interface material (TIM) is compressed by the electromagnetic (EMI) shield such that the thickness of the thermal interface material (TIM) is reduced by about at least 10˜20 percent.
US10649498B2
In one example, a kickstand for a mobile computing device is described. The kickstand having a first end and a second end opposite the first end to rotatably couple to a first side and a second side of a housing of the mobile computing device, respectively, proximate the middle of the first side and the second side of the housing such that the U shaped kickstand provides the space for disposing the components in the housing without significantly affecting form factors and/or aesthetic aspects of the mobile computing device in typing, inking and retracted modes.
US10649486B1
One embodiment relates to a method of performing a latency measurement within an integrated circuit. Receipt of a word that contains a beginning of a frame is detected by a frame begin detect circuit in a decoding circuit block. A begin frame detected signal is fed back to the physical media attachment circuit, and an asynchronous signal from the physical media attachment circuit is transmitted at a beginning of a subsequent frame to a time measurement circuit in a core of the integrated circuit. A bitcount may be used to generate a synchronous signal that is also transmitted to the core. At the core of the integrated circuit, a first time is measured that corresponds to receipt of the asynchronous signal and a second time is measured that corresponds to receipt of the synchronous signal. A latency is determined at least by subtracting the first time subtracted from the second time. Other embodiments and features are also disclosed.
US10649473B2
A pre-metering system for feeding different types of seed into a seed meter of a planter includes separate feeder wheels that are selectively rotated to deliver different types of seed from on-row storage into the seed meter at a given time. The feeder wheels may be supported by a feeder wheel carrier that may also support various wall and ramped structures, such as upright divider walls and sloped walls that maintain separation between the different types of seeds in the on-row storage and direct the different types of seed toward the individual feeder wheels.
US10649472B2
A system for establishing a fluid path between a plurality of tubes includes a manifold and a plurality of caps. The manifold defines an internal cavity and a plurality of orifices that access the cavity. Each of the plurality of caps are secured to an end of a respective tube of the plurality of tubes. Each cap defines a central orifice that is in fluid communication with the respective tube. Each cap has a tapered protrusion extending away from the end of the respective tube. The caps are disposed within the internal cavity such that the respective tube extends through a respective orifice of the plurality of orifices and outward from the manifold. The tapered protrusions of adjacent caps interact with each other to position each cap to form a seal with other caps having a central orifice such that the central orifices are in fluid communication with each other.
US10649462B2
Systems and methods are provided for navigating an autonomous vehicle using reinforcement learning techniques. In one implementation, a navigation system for a host vehicle may include at least one processing device programmed to: receive, from a camera, a plurality of images representative of an environment of the host vehicle; analyze the plurality of images to identify a navigational state associated with the host vehicle; provide the navigational state to a trained navigational system; receive, from the trained navigational system, a desired navigational action for execution by the host vehicle in response to the identified navigational state; analyze the desired navigational action relative to one or more predefined navigational constraints; determine an actual navigational action for the host vehicle, wherein the actual navigational action includes at least one modification of the desired navigational action determined based on the one or more predefined navigational constraints; and cause at least one adjustment of a navigational actuator of the host vehicle in response to the determined actual navigational action for the host vehicle.
US10649460B2
A system may include a robot that includes (1) an imaging device that generates image data corresponding to a field of view of the imaging device and (2) a mobility subsystem that moves the robot. The system may also an imaging subsystem that (1) tracks the image data, (2) detects an object of interest in the field of view of the imaging device, and (3) generates region-of-interest image data that includes only a portion of the tracked image data corresponding to a region of interest. Additionally, the system may include a positioning subsystem that (1) determines an initial proximity of the robot to the object of interest and (2) determines a target location for the robot. Various other robots, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US10649457B2
A system includes a processor. The processor is configured to derive one or more partitions of a field based on a vehicle system data via a learning system. The processor is further configured to derive one or more turn features representative of vehicle turns in the field based on the vehicle system via the learning system. The processor is also configured to derive an autonomous vehicle plan based on the partitions of the field and the turn features via a planning system, wherein the autonomous vehicle plan comprises a planned route of the autonomous vehicle in the field.
US10649456B2
A sub-mobility device charging system for a vehicle is capable of moving while carrying a sub-mobility device in which a passenger sits. The system includes an acquisition unit, a main electric power supply unit and a controller. The acquisition unit acquires a destination or traveling schedule inputted to the sub-mobility device; the main electric power supply unit supplies electric power to the sub-mobility device carried in the vehicle; and the controller controls to supply electric power to the sub-mobility device via the main electric power supply unit. The controller charges the sub-mobility device on a basis of the acquired traveling schedule for the sub-mobility device in the destination, and generates a traveling route to guide the charged sub-mobility device to a stop-off points corresponding to the destination.
US10649445B2
A storage, retrieval and processing system is disclosed for processing objects. The system includes a plurality of bins including objects to be distributed by the processing system, said plurality of bins being provided in at least a partially generally circular arrangement, a programmable motion device that includes an end effector for grasping and moving any of the objects, said programmable motion device being capable of reaching any of the objects within the plurality of bins, and a plurality of destination containers for receiving any of the objects from the plurality of bins, said plurality of destination containers being provided in a region that is generally within the at least partially generally circular arrangement of the plurality of bins.
US10649441B2
A controller for a machine tool includes a machine learning apparatus configured to learn an Nth-order time-derivative component of a speed of each axis of the machine tool. The machine learning apparatus includes: a state observation section configured to observe first state data representing the Nth-order time-derivative component of the speed of each axis as a state variable representing a current state of an environment; a determination data acquisition section configured to acquire determination data representing a properness determination result of at least any one of machining accuracy, surface quality, and machining time of the machined workpiece; and a learning section configured to learn the Nth-order time-derivative component of the speed of each axis in relation to at least any one of the machining accuracy, the surface quality, and the machining time of the machined workpiece using the state variable and the determination data.
US10649437B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus's for improving orthodontic treatments. In an embodiment, an orthodontic tracking template is provided for assisting in determining whether a patient's teeth are in an appropriate tooth arrangement for transitioning between a wire and bracket orthodontic treatment to a patient-removable orthodontic appliance treatment. The tracking template may include a shell portion defining a plurality of tooth-receiving cavities arranged to fit over at least a portion of the patient's teeth in an intermediate tooth arrangement without applying a tooth-moving force to the teeth or to any brackets attached to the teeth.
US10649436B2
An abnormality detection apparatus includes: a state observation section that observes tool weight data on weights of tools attached to a tool exchange device, tool balance data on balances of the tools, and tool exchange state data on a state during exchange of the tools; a tool exchange state data storage section that stores the tool weight data, the tool balance data, and the tool exchange state data in association with each other; and a determination result output section that detects an abnormality in the exchange of the tools based on the tool weight data, the tool balance data, and the tool exchange state data observed by the state observation section during the exchange of the tools in the processing machine and the data stored in the tool exchange state data storage section.
US10649434B2
A numerical controller can suppress overshoot in adaptive control and includes a speed calculation unit and a spindle load correction unit. The speed calculation unit performs PID control to adjust a feeding speed based on a spindle load measured by a measurement unit. The spindle load correction unit corrects the spindle load so as to have a value close to a target load until the spindle load reaches the target load. The speed calculation unit performs PID control using the corrected spindle load.
US10649429B2
A system for the cryptographically-secure, autonomous control of devices comprising, connected to or remotely operating devices in an electrically powered network and the transaction of the benefits, costs or value created by or transacted through the devices in this electrically powered network.
US10649421B2
The various implementations described herein include methods and systems for protecting unattended children in the home. In one aspect, a method is performed at computer system. The computer system: (1) receives occupancy data for a room in a smart home environment; (2) determines based on the received occupancy data whether a predetermined child-protection alert condition is met; (3) in accordance with a determination that the condition is met, presents or sends instructions to issue a child-protection alert; (4) receives a request to cancel the child-protection alert; (5) in accordance with a determination that the request is a first type of cancellation request, cancels the child-protection alert and modifies the predetermined child-protection alert condition; and (6) in accordance with a determination that the request is a second type of cancellation request, cancels the child-protection alert and foregoes modifying the predetermined child-protection alert condition.
US10649415B2
A method is provided for installing a system that controls a first switch terminal or equivalent of a building occupied by one or more building occupants. One or more switch terminals of the system are installed where the one or more switch terminals include a plurality of switch terminal parameters for a switch terminal relative to the building. The one or more switch terminals includes: a first computer system coupled to the first switch terminal or equivalent of the building at a first location of the building; and a first plurality of sensors coupled to the first switch terminal or equivalent and the first computer system, at least a portion of the sensors are configured to provide signal data to the first computer system, the first computer system producing a command or data output that relates to at least one of: a command output for a local control system, a command output for a different system, a data output for a different system, a command output for a non-local device or a data output that is a non-local device. Wiring components are coupled to circuitry wiring without live points of contact with the use of a locking mechanism.
US10649410B2
This invention relates to apparatus and methods for measuring the time-of-flight of a signal. The signal may be acoustic energy or electromagnetic energy such as x-ray, radio frequency, microwave, millimeter-wave, radar, and laser. Unlike unambiguous ranging devices that measures the phases of two or more signals to determine the time-of-flight and requires long averaging to achieve some degree of accuracy, this invention phase lock one or more transmitter signals to the corresponding received signals in predetermined phase relationships and measures the frequencies of one or more variable frequency oscillators having frequencies several times higher than the frequency of the transmitter signal to determined the time-of-flight with much higher accuracy.
US10649408B2
A clock apparatus with: (i) a gas cell, including a continuous path cavity including a sealed interior for providing a signal waveguide; (ii) an apparatus for providing an electromagnetic wave to travel along the continuous path cavity and for circulating around the continuous path cavity back toward and past a point of entry of the electromagnetic wave in the continuous path cavity; (iii) a dipolar gas inside the sealed interior of the cavity; and (iv) receiving apparatus for detecting an amount of energy in the electromagnetic wave, wherein the amount of energy is responsive to an amount of absorption of the electromagnetic wave as the electromagnetic wave passes through the dipolar gas.
US10649403B2
The present invention discloses a process cartridge and a power supply method therefor. The process cartridge is detachably mounted in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus, comprising a developing member rotatably mounted in the process cartridge and a voltage generating unit, the voltage generating unit is electrically connected to the conductive contact and the developing member. The process cartridge supplies power by using a data line, and the power supply method comprises: providing a conductor, and transmitting electric energy on the data line to the voltage generating unit by using the conductor. When the process cartridge is mounted in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus that outputs a DC bias voltage, because the voltage generating unit can generate an AC bias voltage, the process cartridge can work in an electrophotographic image forming apparatus that outputs a DC bias voltage and also in an apparatus that outputs an AC bias voltage.
US10649400B2
An image forming apparatus including a cartridge including an image carrying member and a positioning portion, and an apparatus main body. The apparatus main body including an opening portion, a rotatable opening and closing member, the opening and closing member including an engaging portion and being rotatable between a first position and a second position, an engaged portion, an abutment portion that determines a position of the attached cartridge, and a pressing portion applying pressing force to the cartridge. The opening and closing member rotates from the first position to the second position against counterforce of the pressing force, and the engaging portion is provided in an area of the opening and closing member that is closer to the rotational axis than an area of the opening and closing member that receives the counterforce.
US10649398B2
A process cartridge includes: a drum cartridge including a photosensitive drum; and a toner cartridge which is mountable on the drum cartridge and stores toner, wherein the drum cartridge includes: a cleaner configured to collect waste toner on the photosensitive drum; a waste toner conveyance tube configured to convey the waste toner collected by the cleaner; and a developing unit which includes a developing roller configured to supply toner to the photosensitive drum and is swingable about a swing axis with respect to the photosensitive drum, and wherein the toner cartridge has a waste toner storing chamber for storing the waste toner conveyed by the waste toner conveyance tube.
US10649396B2
An imaging cartridge installable in an image forming device. The image forming device includes a rotational driving member and at least one cartridge guide defining a guide path. The cartridge includes a first cartridge portion engageable with the at least one cartridge guide for movement along the guide path and a second cartridge portion coupled to the first cartridge portion. The second cartridge portion includes a drive receiving member configured for engagement with the rotational driving member and at least one of a drum unit assembly, a hopper, a developer roller, and a regulating blade. The second cartridge portion is moveable with respect to the first cartridge portion between a first position, in which the drive receiving member is not engageable with the rotational driving member, and a second position, in which the drive receiving member is engageable with the rotational driving member.
US10649390B2
A developer cartridge according to one aspect is attachable to a photoconductor unit that comprises a photoconductive drum. The developer cartridge may comprise a main body having an opening, the main body comprising an electric circuit, a front cover configured to move to an opening position in which the opening of the main body is exposed and to a closing position in which the opening of the main body is closed, a first terminal electrically connected to the electric circuit, a photosensitive drum, and a developer cartridge comprising a developing roller, developing frame having a pressed portion, memory unit and second terminal. The front cover may include a pressing portion configured to press the pressed portion of the developing frame in a direction from the developing roller toward the photosensitive drum, and wherein the second terminal faces to the front cover when the front cover is in the closed position.
US10649388B2
An intermediate transfer belt includes at least two layers which are a base layer and an inner surface layer having electric resistance lower than electric resistance of the base layer, and an end portion of the inner surface layer is positioned on an outside of an end portion of a development opening portion in a width direction as a direction orthogonal to a circumferential direction of the intermediate transfer belt.
US10649387B2
The power supply apparatus comprising a generation unit configured to generate a pulse signal, a memory unit configured to store information set in advance on the driving frequency, and a determination unit configured to determine an error of the input voltage and an error of a load, to a piece of the information stored in the memory unit, a driving frequency detected by the detection unit under a state where a load is connected to the convertor, and based on a result of comparing, to a piece of the information stored in the memory unit, a driving frequency detected by the detection unit under a state where the load is not connected to the convertor.
US10649381B2
An image forming apparatus includes a fixing unit having a first shielding member configured to change an opening width of a first opening with respect to a longitudinal direction, a second shielding member configured to change an opening width of a second opening with respect to the longitudinal direction, and a controller that controls, on the basis of an output of a detector and size information of the recording material, the opening widths of the first opening and the second opening, so as to correspond to widths of non-passing portions of the recording material in the nip, by moving the first shielding member and the second shielding member in the longitudinal direction, respectively, when the recording material, having a size other than the maximum size, is inserted into the fixing unit.
US10649380B2
In one example, a development cycle of a binary ink developer, BID, is timed. Timing may be based on the length of a substrate in which the image is to be printed or the size of the image or the area to be printed with the ink associated to the BID.
US10649374B2
A transport device includes a first belt member, a second belt member, a first roller, a second roller, a third roller, a fourth roller, a fifth roller, and a sixth roller. The second belt member is in contact with the first belt member to form a contact portion in cooperation with the first belt member. The first roller is capable of adjusting a tilt in a longitudinal direction of the first roller. The second roller is capable of adjusting a tilt in a longitudinal direction of the second roller. The third and fourth rollers are located adjacent to the first roller. The fifth and sixth rollers are located adjacent to the second roller. The third roller, the fourth roller, the fifth roller, and the sixth roller each have a uniform diameter in a longitudinal direction of the roller, and are disposed at positions other than the contact portion.
US10649372B2
A method of converting a CMYK toner printer to print with a white toner, comprising the steps: providing a CMYK toner printer; wherein the toner printer has four printing cartridges; wherein the four printing cartridges comprise a black toner printing cartridge, a cyan toner printing cartridge, a magenta toner printing cartridge, and a yellow toner printing cartridge; removing the black toner printing cartridge from the toner printer, such that there is an empty toner cartridge slot; providing a white toner printing cartridge that is filled with a white toner; installing the white toner printing cartridge into the empty toner cartridge slot; and providing raster image processor (RIP) software, such that the printer is able to incorporate the white toner into one or more images printed by the printer.
US10649363B2
A developing cartridge includes a casing, a developer-carrying member, a supply member, a developing electrode, a supply electrode, and an insulating member. The casing is configured to accommodate therein developer. The developer-carrying member is configured to rotate about a rotational axis and carry the developer thereon. The supply member is configured to supply the developer to the developer-carrying member. The developing electrode is configured to be electrically connected to the developer-carrying member. The supply electrode is configured to be electrically connected to the supply member. The insulating member insulates the developing electrode and the supply electrode with each other. The developing electrode, the insulating member, and the supply electrode are overlapped in this order in an axial direction of the rotational axis.
US10649355B2
A method of making a composite feed material for fused deposition modeling (FDM) is disclosed. The method comprises providing composite particles made by a process of emulsion aggregation, the composite particles comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer and at least one carbon particle material. A composite feed material is formed for fused deposition modeling from the composite particles. The composite feed material is in a form selected from a filament and a paste.
US10649354B2
The present disclosure relates to an electrophotographic photoreceptor which can suppress occurrence of abnormalities such as peeling or falling off of a film from a substrate end portion in a film formation step of a surface layer and maintain and reproduce a stable printing quality even in a use stage after productization, and an image forming apparatus including the same. An electrophotographic photoreceptor includes a cylindrical substrate including a chamfered face located between an substrate outer circumferential surface and a substrate end face, and a surface layer located on the outer circumferential surface. The substrate outer circumferential surface includes a first uneven portion. The chamfered face includes a second uneven portion and a third uneven portion located on a surface of the second uneven portion. A surface roughness Sa of the second uneven portion is larger than a surface roughness Sa of the third uneven portion.
US10649350B2
The present invention provides an electrophotographic member having excellent deformation recovery even when stored or used under a high temperature and high humidity environment, which is useful in forming a high-quality electrophotographic image; a process cartridge; and an electrophotographic apparatus. The electrophotographic member of the present invention includes a conductive mandrel and an electro-conductive layer; the electro-conductive layer including a resin synthesized from an ion conducting agent and a compound being able to react with the ion conducting agent; the ion conducting agent including a specific anion and a cation having at least three hydroxyl groups; the compound being able to react with the hydroxyl group.
US10649348B2
A movable body apparatus includes: a substrate holder which can move in the X-axis and Y-axis directions; a Y coarse movement stage which can move in the Y-axis direction; a first measurement system which acquires position information on the substrate holder by heads on the substrate holder and a scale on the Y coarse movement stage; a second measurement system which acquires position information on the Y coarse movement stage by heads on the Y coarse movement stage and a scale; and a control system which controls the position of the substrate holder based on position information acquired by the first and second measurement systems. The first measurement system irradiates a measurement beam while moving the heads in the X-axis direction with respect to the scale, and the second measurement system irradiates a measurement beam while moving the heads in the Y-axis direction with respect to the scale.
US10649347B2
An apparatus having: a system configured to measure an object; a base structure; an object support constructed to hold the object, the object support movably supported on the base structure; a balance mass configured to absorb a reaction force arising from movement of the object support; an actuator connected to the balance mass and the base structure, the actuator configured to apply a force to the balance mass and the base structure; a sensor configured to produce a signal for a measured characteristic of the base structure corresponding to a disturbance, or its effect, acting on the base structure; and a control system configured to determine, based on at least the signal for the measured characteristic of the base structure, a signal for the actuator to apply a force to the base structure and/or the balance mass.
US10649345B2
Methods and apparatuses for estimation of at least one parameter of interest of a feature fabricated on a substrate, the feature having a plurality of structure parameters, the structure parameters including the at least one parameter of interest and one or more nuisance parameters. A receiver receives radiation scattered from one or more measured features on the substrate. A pupil generator generates an unprocessed pupil representation of the received radiation. A matrix multiplier multiplies a transformation matrix with intensities of each of a plurality of pixels of the unprocessed pupil representation to determine a post-processed pupil representation in which effects of the one or more nuisance parameters are mitigated or removed. A parameter estimator estimates the at least one parameter of interest based on the post-processed pupil representation.
US10649341B2
An immersion lithographic apparatus is disclosed that includes a fluid supply system configured to supply a fluid, the fluid supply system having a chamber with a plurality of inlet holes in a first side wall and a plurality of outlet holes in a second side wall, the first side wall facing the second side wall, wherein the inlet holes direct fluid entering the chamber in a direction towards areas of the second side wall between the plurality of outlet holes.
US10649331B2
The composition includes a compound represented by Formula 1, a binder polymer, and a photopolymerization initiator, in Formula 1, Q1 and Q2 each independently represent a (meth)acryloyloxy group or a (meth)acryloyloxyalkyl group; and R1 represents a divalent hydrocarbon group. Q2-R1-Q1 (1)
US10649324B2
An illumination device includes a first light source section which includes at least one first light emitting element adapted to emit first colored light collimated, and is adapted to emit first light including the first colored light, and a light beam magnifying optical system adapted to magnify the first light. The light beam magnifying optical system includes first through fourth lens surfaces arranged in sequence from an incident side of the first light, the first lens surface is formed of a spherical surface having power, the second lens surface is formed of a first anamorphic surface having power with the same sign as the sign of the power of the first lens surface, the third lens surface is formed of a second anamorphic surface having positive power, and the fourth lens surface is formed of a spherical surface having positive power.
US10649321B2
A light source device is provided with a blue laser emitting element, a red laser emitting element, a light combining element, a diffusely reflecting element, a phosphor, a polarization splitting/combining element having a polarization split function, and a first wave plate. The polarization splitting/combining element guides a blue first polarization component obtained by performing polarization split on the light from the blue laser emitting element, and the light from the red laser emitting element to the diffusely reflecting element, and guides a blue second polarization component obtained by performing polarization split on the light from the blue laser emitting element to the phosphor. Then, the polarization splitting/combining element emits red diffused light, blue diffused light, a red polarization split component, and a principal fluorescence component obtained by removing the first red fluorescence component from fluorescence in one direction to thereby generate illumination light.
US10649317B2
An imaging system includes a spherical window, a reflector, an image sensor, a housing and a snap ring. The reflector has a focus point located at a center of a sphere defined by an outer surface of the window. Light entering the window at an angle perpendicular to the outer surface of the window and traveling to the focus point is reflected onto the image sensor by the reflector. The window and housing have first and second grooves, respectively. In order to couple the window to the housing, the snap ring is placed in the second groove, the snap ring is compressed with the window and then the snap ring is allowed to expand so that the snap ring is located in both the first and second grooves.
US10649314B2
An image capturing unit is provided, including a base, a frame movably connected to the base, a lens holder movably disposed in the frame for receiving a lens, a first magnet, a first coil, a second magnet, and a second coil. When a current is applied to the first coil, a magnetic force is generated between the first magnet and the first coil to move the frame and the lens holder relative to the base. When a current is applied to the second coil, a magnetic force is generated between the second magnet and the second coil to move the lens holder relative to the frame.
US10649311B2
Provides a focal-plane shutter comprising: a base plate that has an opening portion for exposure; a blade group for opening and closing the opening portion; an arm that is linked to a blade group; and a driving mechanism portion, linked to the arm, for driving the blade group through the arm, wherein: the blade group and the arm are linked through a coupling plated with a metal crystallized structure with crystallization degree of no less than 99%. This focal-plane shutter can improve the wear durability of a coupling for linking a blade group and an arm. This can prevent the production of wear debris, and prevent the coupling from becoming brittle through wear, even given repeated operations.
US10649300B2
A method for controlling an electrochromic device comprises obtaining (210) of a target colouring level and a measure of an initial colouring level. A measure of an initial open circuit voltage between electrodes of the electrochromic device is obtained (220). A voltage applied between the electrodes is calibration ramped (230). A calibration charging current is measured (232) during the calibration ramping of the voltage. The calibration ramping of the voltage is interrupted (236), intermittently and temporarily and a calibration open circuit voltage is measured (238). The calibration ramping is stopped (240) when a calibration condition is met. A constant main charging/discharging voltage between the electrodes of the electrochromic device is applied (250). The voltage is selected in dependence of the ramped voltage when stopped. Application of a voltage between the electrodes is removed (270) when target colouring level is reached. An electrochromic device capable of performing such procedure is disclosed.
US10649299B2
An electro-optic assembly for use in a vehicle having a windshield is provided and includes a first arcuate substrate having a first surface with an anti-reflective coating and a second surface. A second arcuate substrate includes a third surface and a fourth surface with an anti-reflective coating. The first and second substrates are positioned such that the second and third surfaces are at least 0.1 mm apart. A seal is disposed between the first and second substrates and located substantially about a periphery of the electro-optic assembly. An electro-optic medium is positioned in a cavity defined by the first substrate, the second substrate, and the seal, the electro-optic medium including a refractive index greater than 1.2. The second surface is configured to receive and reflect incident light projected from a projector, thereby displaying information that appears to be displayed forward of the windshield.
US10649296B2
The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device capable of performing high-definition and high-luminance dual view display. A liquid crystal display device of the present invention, includes: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed facing the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate; a barrier layer formed on a surface side of the first substrate; a TFT element layer formed on the barrier layer; a pixel electrode laminated on the TFT element layer; a color filter disposed on a liquid crystal layer side of the second substrate; and a counter electrode disposed between the color filter and the liquid crystal layer. The barrier layer includes a barrier pattern formed on the first substrate and an intermediate layer with which the barrier pattern is covered.
US10649290B2
A display device is disclosed, which comprises: a first substrate; a first metal layer disposed on a surface of the first substrate; a first insulating layer disposed on the first metal layer; a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer; and a second metal layer covering a part of the second insulating layer and comprising a connecting region, wherein the first metal layer and the second metal layer are electrically connected to each other in the connecting region, wherein the second metal layer corresponding to the connecting region comprises a sidewall region and a non-sidewall region, a first thickness of the sidewall region corresponding to the second insulating layer along a direction parallel to the surface of the first substrate is smaller than a second thickness of the non-sidewall region along a direction perpendicular to the surface of the first substrate.
US10649285B2
This invention discloses a pixel structure comprising: a scan line, and a data line, being crossed with the scan line to define a pixel unit. The pixel unit comprises a pixel electrode including a main body portion and a peripheral portion; a pixel driving element; and a common electrode disposed in an overlay structure with the pixel electrode. The common electrode forms a storage capacitor with the pixel electrode, and includes an outside portion adjacent to the data or scan line. The pixel electrode further includes an extension portion located outside the peripheral portion. The extension portion electrically connects the peripheral portion and forms an evading hole therebetween. The outside portion of the common electrode corresponds to the evading hole. The present invention further discloses a liquid crystal display panel. This invention has advantages of increasing the capacity of the storage capacitor and improving the parasitic capacitance and dark veins.
US10649284B2
A liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device are provided. The liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate having a plurality of pixel electrodes. Each of the pixel electrodes includes a horizontal trunk electrode and a vertical trunk electrode through which a pixel unit corresponding to the pixel electrode is divided into four light-transmitting areas, and two adjacent light-transmitting areas have different alignment directions. The pixel electrode also includes a plurality of branch electrodes located in the four light-transmitting areas. The branch electrodes are parallel to the horizontal trunk electrode or the vertical trunk electrode.
US10649275B1
A display is described. The display includes an array of light sources, collimating optics, a diffuser, a liquid crystal layer and a controller. The array of light sources includes a first group of light sources and a second group of light sources. The collimating optics are arranged to receive and collimate light from the first group of light sources, but not the second group of light sources. The diffuser is arranged to receive and diffuse the collimated light, directed normal to the diffuser, from the collimating optics and light from the second group of light sources. The liquid crystal layer is arranged to receive light from the diffuser and to display an image. The controller is configured to control the array of light sources such that at least some of the light sources emit light.
US10649274B2
Optical constructions are disclosed. A disclosed optical construction includes a reflective polarizer layer, and an optical film that is disposed on the reflective polarizer layer. The optical film has an optical haze that is not less than about 50%. Substantial portions of each two neighboring major surfaces in the optical construction are in physical contact with each other. The optical construction has an axial luminance gain that is not less than about 1.2.
US10649269B2
A color substrate and a display device including the same. The color substrate includes: a substrate including first and second pixel regions spaced apart from each other, and a light shielding region between the first and second pixel regions; a first color conversion layer over the first pixel region and configured to convert incident light into first color light; a second color conversion layer over the second pixel region and configured to convert the incident light into second color light; and a retroreflective layer over the light shielding region and configured to retroreflect incident light through the first and second color conversion layer.
US10649262B2
[Object] To provide an electronic apparatus that can prevent defects caused by a seepage of ultraviolet curable resin, a method of bonding the electronic apparatus, and a substrate laminate.[Solving Means] An electronic apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a translucent substrate, a display panel, a first bond layer, and a guard. The translucent substrate has a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a frame-shaped coating arranged at a periphery of the first surface. The display panel has a display surface faced to the first surface. The first bond layer bonds the first surface and the display surface together, coats an inner periphery of the coating, and is made of a cured product of light-curable resin. The guard is arranged on the coating along at least a part of a periphery of the first bond layer and has a structural surface with lower wettability to the light-curable resin than that of the coating.[Selected Drawing] FIG. 2
US10649229B2
Various embodiments provide an optical image stabilization circuit including a drive circuit having a power waveform generator and a power waveform conversion circuit. The power waveform generator generates a power waveform. The power waveform conversion circuit converts the power waveform to a power drive signal. An actuator is then driven by the power drive signal to move a lens accordingly and compensate for any movements and vibrations of a housing of the lens.
US10649228B2
Various embodiments provide an optical image stabilization circuit including a drive circuit having a power waveform generator and a power waveform conversion circuit. The power waveform generator generates a power waveform. The power waveform conversion circuit converts the power waveform to a power drive signal. An actuator is then driven by the power drive signal to move a lens accordingly and compensate for any movements and vibrations of a housing of the lens.
US10649216B2
An optical reflective device for homogenizing light including a waveguide having a first and second waveguide surface and a partially reflective element is disclosed. The partially reflective element may be located between the first waveguide surface and the second waveguide surface. The partially reflective element may have a reflective axis parallel to a waveguide surface normal. The partially reflective element may be configured to reflect light incident on the partially reflective element at a first reflectivity for a first set of incidence angles and reflect light incident on the partially reflective element at a second reflectivity for a second set of incident angles.
US10649213B2
An eyepiece for use in front of an eye of a viewer includes a waveguide configured to propagate light therein, and a diffractive optical element optically coupled to the waveguide. The diffractive optical element includes a plurality of first ridges protruding from a surface of the waveguide. Each of the plurality of first ridges has a first height and a first width. The diffractive optical element further includes a plurality of second ridges. Each of the plurality of second ridges protrudes from a respective first ridge and has a second height greater than the first height and a second width less than the first width. The diffractive optical element is configured to diffract a portion of a light beam incident on the diffractive optical element toward the eye as a first order transmission.
US10649211B2
A fixed-distance display system includes a light source configured to generate a light beam. The system also includes a light guiding optical element configured to propagate at least a portion of the light beam by total internal reflection. The system further includes a first inertial measurement unit configured to measure a first value for calculating a head pose of a user. Moreover, the system includes a camera configured to capture an image for machine vision optical flow analysis. The display system is configured to display virtual images only within a tolerance range of a single predetermined optical plane.
US10649209B2
Optical combiners are provided. The optical combiner may have a see through optically transparent substrate and a patterned region included in the optically transparent substrate and disposed along a wave propagation axis of the substrate. The patterned region may be partially optically reflective and partially optically transparent. The patterned region may comprise a plurality of optically transparent regions of the optically transparent substrate and a plurality of optically reflective regions inclined relative to the optical transparent substrate wave propagation axis. Augmented reality optical apparatus, such a head up display, may include the optical combiner.
US10649205B2
A camera module according to one embodiment comprises: a barrel provided with at least one lens; a retainer having an inner space and accommodating the barrel in the inner space; a holder coupled to the lower portion of the retainer; a housing disposed on the lower side of the holder and accommodating a printed circuit board; and a cover part mounted on the retainer and disposed in front of the lens. The cover part comprises: a cover glass; a first reflection suppression layer disposed on the upper side of the cover glass; a heating layer disposed on the lower side of the glass cover; and a second reflection suppression layer disposed on the lower side of the heating layer.
US10649204B2
A device and a method for deflecting a light beam to scan a solid angle range. The device includes: a deflection device having an adjustable micromirror, which is configured to periodically deflect a light beam in accordance with an actuating signal, in order to periodically scan a solid angle range, using the micromirror; a control device to receive a control signal that indicates a currently preferred solid angle in the solid angle range to be scanned, and to generate the actuating signal based on the received control signal; and the control device is configured to generate the actuating signal so that a maximum of a location probability density of the periodically deflected light beam is situated at the solid angle.
US10649201B2
The objective optical system consists of order from an object side, a first group having a positive refractive power, a second group having a negative refractive power, and a third group having a positive refractive power, wherein focusing is carried out by moving the second group, and a lens nearest to image is a planoconvex positive lens having a convex surface directed toward the object side, and a flat surface of the planoconvex positive lens is either affixed directly to an image pickup surface or cemented to a cover glass formed on the image pickup surface, and the objective optical system satisfies the following conditional expression (1). 5
US10649192B2
A culture vessel that houses a culture liquid and a specimen is irradiated with pattern light having a pattern that is previously set for the culture vessel. Transmitted light transmitted through the culture liquid in the culture vessel because of the irradiation with the pattern light is detected. Optical characteristics of an adjusting optical system that adjusts refraction of light caused by the shape of the liquid surface of the culture liquid in the culture vessel are adjusted, on the basis of a detection signal based on the detected transmitted light. After the adjustment, the culture vessel is irradiated with illumination light for phase-contrast measurement, and the specimen irradiated with the illumination light is imaged.
US10649187B2
Among other things, a method comprises imaging a sample displaced between a sensor surface and a surface of a microscopy sample chamber to produce an image of at least a part of the sample. The image is produced using lensless optical microscopy, and the sample contains at least blood from a subject. The method also comprises automatically differentiating cells of different types in the image, generating a count of one or more cell types based on the automatic differentiation, and deriving a radiation dose the subject has absorbed based on the count.
US10649186B2
The invention relates to a mobile microscopic imaging device comprising a sample stage for holding a sample to be imaged, at least one light source for illumination of the sample, an imaging panel capable of capturing an image of the sample upon transmission illumination of the sample by the light source, and an optical magnification unit between the sample and the imaging panel for guiding light from the illuminated sample to the imaging panel so that a magnified image of at least portion of the sample is formed at the imaging panel. According to the invention, the optical magnification unit comprises a filter integrated polymeric lens assembly in a transmitted light fluorescence configuration which allows for both miniaturization of the device to a truly mobile level and reducing manufacturing costs.
US10649178B2
An optical imaging lens includes first, second, third, fourth and fifth lens elements arranged sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The image-side surface of the first lens element comprises a convex portion in a vicinity of its periphery. The third lens element has negative power. The object-side surface of the fifth lens element comprises a concave portion in a vicinity of its periphery. The optical imaging lens as a whole has only the five lens elements having refractive power.
US10649176B2
An optical imaging system includes: a plurality of lenses disposed along an optical axis; and a reflection member closer to an object than the plurality of lenses, and including a reflection surface configured to change a path of light; wherein the plurality of lenses are spaced apart from each other by preset distances along the optical axis; and the condition 0.9
US10649161B2
A hermetic optical fiber alignment assembly, including a first ferrule portion having a first surface provided with a plurality of grooves receiving the end sections of optical fibers, wherein the grooves define the location and orientation of the end sections with respect to the first ferrule portion, and a second ferrule portion having a second surface facing the first surface of the first ferrule, wherein the first ferrule portion is attached to the second ferrule portion with the first surface against the second surface, wherein a cavity is defined between the first ferrule portion and the second ferrule portion, wherein the cavity is wider than the grooves, and wherein a suspended section of each optical fiber is suspended in the cavity, and wherein the cavity is sealed with a sealant. The sealant extends around the suspended sections of the optical fibers within the cavity. An aperture is provided in at least one of the first ferrule portion and the second ferrule portion, exposing the cavity, wherein the sealant is feed through the aperture. In another aspect, the hermetic assembly provides optical alignment and a hermetic feedthrough for an opto-electronic module. In a further aspect, the hermetic assembly provides alignment and a terminal for access to an opto-electronic module.
US10649157B2
A freeform DOE for use in an optical transmitter and a method of designing and manufacturing the DOE are provided. The freeform DOE is capable of achieving the same, or nearly the same, functionality as that of a glass DOE, but has a design that has been transformed to make the surface profile of the DOE compatible with a molding process that can be used to manufacture the DOE with high quality at low costs. The method of designing and manufacturing the DOE includes preselecting a CGH that will obtain a target freeform DOE design, using a preselected smoothing function to smooth the surface profile of the target freeform DOE design to transform the design into a DOE design that is compatible with a molding process, and using a fabrication process to manufacture a freeform DOE that is based on the transformed DOE design.
US10649152B1
The connector system of the present invention includes a crimp housing and a floating block. A passage extending in a longitudinal direction is formed in the crimp housing. The floating block is disposed in the passage of the crimp housing and has an interior passage extending in the longitudinal direction for receiving a back post of a connector. The floating block may make limited three-dimensional movements with respect to the crimp housing. The connectors seated in the connector system of the present invention may be independently moved with respect to each other thereby properly aligning with an adapter.
US10649143B2
An optical device for polarizing light including a polarization altering element operatively coupled to a light path associated with the first light coupling device and the second light coupling device is described. The optical device may further include a first waveguide portion including a first layer having parallel plane surfaces with the first waveguide portion having a first light coupling device. The optical device may also include a second waveguide portion including a second layer having parallel plane surfaces with the second waveguide portion having a second light coupling device.
US10649140B1
Structures including a waveguide core and methods of fabricating a structure including a waveguide core. A back-end-of-line interconnect structure includes a cap layer, an interlayer dielectric layer, and one or more metal features embedded in the interlayer dielectric layer. The interlayer dielectric layer is stacked in a vertical direction with the cap layer. The one or more metal features have an overlapping arrangement in a lateral direction with the waveguide core, which is arranged under the back-end-of-line interconnect structure.
US10649139B2
An optical waveguide structure includes a substrate and a core structure disposed on the substrate. The substrate includes a first waveguide region, a second waveguide region, and a transition region between the first waveguide region and the second waveguide region. The core structure includes first core segments arranged in a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction on the transition region. The core structure includes second core segments arranged in the first direction and the second direction on the second waveguide region. The first direction and the second direction are parallel to a top surface of the substrate.
US10649138B2
A photonic chip having a photonic-circuit layer supported on a substrate, the photonic-circuit layer including a suspended portion that extends beyond the outline of the substrate on the photonic-circuit layer. In various embodiments, the suspended portion may host one or more functional optical elements, such as an on-chip grating coupler, an on-chip microring resonator, and an on chip optical waveguide, that can be used to couple light in and out of the photonic chip. The geometry of the suspended portion enables unencumbered (e.g., double-sided) access to the one or more functional optical elements located therein and can advantageously be used to place an optical fiber and/or a second photonic chip sufficiently close to those functional optical elements to achieve a high chip-to-fiber or chip-to-chip optical-coupling efficiency.
US10649137B1
There are disclosed herein various implementations of a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) die including a light emitting layer pedestal-aligned with a light receiving segment, as well as methods for fabricating such an SOI die. The SOT die includes a pedestal region of the SOI die having a pedestal including a thin top silicon segment, a buried oxide (BOX) segment, and a handle wafer segment. The SOI die also includes an integrated circuit (IC) region having a thin silicon waveguide that is aligned with the thin top silicon segment in the pedestal region. A light emitting layer is situated over the pedestal in the pedestal region, the light emitting layer being aligned with the light receiving segment to situated over the thin silicon waveguide in the IC region.
US10649136B2
The invention comprises a delivery fiber assembly suitable for delivering broad band light and comprising a delivery fiber and a connector member. The delivery fiber has a length, an input end for launching light and a delivery end for delivering light. The delivery fiber comprises along its length a core region and a cladding region surrounding the core region wherein the cladding region comprises a cladding background material having a refractive index Nbg and a plurality of microstructures in the form of inclusions of solid material having refractive index up to Ninc and extending in the length of the longitudinal axis of the delivery fiber, wherein Ninc
US10649124B2
A polymerizable composition of the present invention has favorable solubility, and an optically anisotropic body using the polymerizable composition is unlikely to discolor and is excellent in heat resistance and light resistance. The problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a polymer obtained by polymerizing the polymerizable composition and an optically anisotropic body using the polymer. The present invention relates to a polymerizable composition which includes a compound having at least one mesogenic group and satisfying an expression represented by Expression (1), and which satisfies an expression represented by Expression (2). 0.5≤YI/Δn≤500 Expression (2)
US10649116B2
An auto focusing lens includes an active lens including a lens body including electroactive polymer and a transparent electrode at least partially coated on a surface of the lens body, and a controller controlling the focus of the active lens by applying a voltage to the transparent electrode.
US10649114B2
A display device includes a display panel, a light source unit, a light guide plate including a light exit surface, a bottom surface, a light incident surface, an opposite surface, and first and second side surfaces connecting the light incident surface and the opposite surface and being opposite to each other, a first refractive layer disposed on the light exit surface and having a refractive index lower than that of the light guide plate, an optical member between the display panel and the light guide plate, and an protective member covering at least one of a side surface of the optical member and at least a portion of a side surface of the light guide plate corresponding thereto.
US10649110B2
Methods and apparatus for evaluating a volume of an earth formation wherein the volume comprises a fluid-saturated rock matrix including clay particles. Methods include making measurements of complex permittivity at a plurality of frequencies using an electromagnetic tool in a borehole penetrating the earth formation; and estimating a plurality of parameters of interest simultaneously using the measurements at the plurality of frequencies and a mixing model accounting for electrical effects on the measurements caused by the clay particles. The plurality may include at least: i) water saturation; and ii) resistivity of formation water. Parameters of interest may comprise at least one of: i) an electrical parameter of the volume; and ii) a textural parameter of the volume. Methods may include modeling for electrical effects caused by at least one of: i) a surface conductivity of the clay particles; and ii) a textural property of the clay particles.
US10649104B2
A method and apparatus for reconstructing an incident energy spectrum for a detector are disclosed. In this method, an object to be inspected is illuminated with rays, and then rays transmitted through the object to be inspected are received by the detector to convert the received rays into data of a detected energy spectrum. The incident energy spectrum for the detector is reconstructed based on the data of the energy spectrum using a statistical iterative algorithm with a pre-established detector response function. With the above solution of the embodiments, the incident energy spectrum for the detector can be more accurately acquired, thereby reducing a distortion of the incident energy spectrum caused by the detector.
US10649103B2
A portable radiographic image capturing apparatus includes a radiation conversion panel configured to output image information on the basis of applied radiation, a casing housing the radiation conversion panel therein, and a plurality of support members on which the radiation conversion panel is supported in the casing. The support members have slot structures housing wires therein.
US10649097B2
An electronic timepiece includes a pointing hand, a distance display hand, a magnetic sensor, a GPS receiver receiving GPS time information from a GPS satellite, a storage unit storing ephemeris data of the GPS satellite, and a control unit generating positional information of the electronic timepiece using the GPS time information received by the GPS receiver and the ephemeris data stored in the storage unit and executing navigation using the pointing hand and the distance display hand based on the positional information, an output of the magnetic sensor, and destination site information. When the ephemeris data is stored in the storage unit and then a first predetermined time equal to or less than a valid period of the ephemeris data elapses, the control unit receives the ephemeris data using the GPS receiver and updates the ephemeris data stored in the storage unit to ephemeris data received using the GPS receiver.
US10649093B2
A method for determining protection levels that comprises a preliminary phase carried out at least one time and a main phase carried out upon determining each new navigation solution. The preliminary phase comprises the steps of acquiring a first error value, providing a set of numbers of monitored faults, determining a plurality of computation coefficients, and storing the set of determined computation coefficients. The main phase includes the steps of determining a current number of monitored faults, and determining a protection level of the corresponding navigation solution by using an integrity relationship and the computation coefficients determined during the preliminary phase.
US10649088B1
In one general aspect, a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium can be configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform a process. The process can include transmitting a plurality of laser beams at a feature on an object, and calculating a candidate shape parameter representing the feature based on a plurality of laser beams reflected from the feature. The process can include determining that the candidate shape parameter matches a measured shape parameter stored in a shape parameter database and representing a measured feature of the object, and identifying an absolute location corresponding with the measured feature of the object.
US10649082B2
An apparatus for warning a vehicle driver about an object, including: a) a sensor device having a detection area (DA) extending from a front DA, in front of a vehicle, including the front DA, to a rear end of a side DA, laterally from one vehicle side and whose length corresponds to no more than the vehicle length, the sensor device detecting an object, b) a control device to evaluate the sensor signals for objects and defines a warning area (WA) that is dynamically alterable (DyA) based on the vehicle speed, the WA being alterable within the side DA between a non-zero minimum/maximum WA, c) a warning device generating a warning signal for a detected object, d) the sensor device being such that the DA continues from the side DA into a rear DA behind the vehicle rear, including the rear DA, e) the control device expanding the DyA WA.
US10649078B2
A method and a system for detecting geological structure of an extraterrestrial solid planet by using a single-transmitter and multiple-receiver (STMR) radar are provided. The method comprises obtaining the detection of thickness distribution and geological structure of each geological layer on the extraterrestrial solid planet by using a STMR mode, and calculating information of the dielectric coefficients and the depth of the respective geological layer. There are two detection channels having different depths of detection and detection resolutions, in which a first channel operates in a HF/VHF band for detecting geological structure of rocks on the extraterrestrial solid planet, and a second channel operates in a UHF band for detecting geological structure of regolith on the extraterrestrial solid planet. These two detection channels can cooperate with each other, ensuring accuracy and reliability of the detection.
US10649074B2
A radar device includes a transmitting unit, a receiving unit, and a signal processor. The transmitting unit transmits a radar wave. The receiving unit mixes the received incoming wave with the radar wave to generate a beat signal. The signal processor executes a target detection process to detect a target having reflected the radar wave. In the target detection process, a signal value is extracted from the beat signal generated by the receiving unit for each of specified times, the specified time being a reciprocal of a DC component frequency, an approximation curve of a plurality of the signal values is calculated as a DC component signal, and the calculated DC component signal is subtracted from the beat signal to generate a target signal. Based on a result of frequency analysis performed on the target signal, a target that is a source of the incoming wave is detected.
US10649060B2
Techniques are described herein that are capable of performing sound source localization (SSL) confidence estimation using machine learning. An SSL operation is performed with regard to a sound to determine an SSL direction estimate and an SSL-based confidence associated with the SSL direction estimate based at least in part on a multi-channel representation of the sound. The SSL direction estimate indicates an estimated direction from which the sound is received. The SSL-based confidence indicates an estimated probability that the sound is received from the estimated direction. The multi-channel representation includes representations of the sound that are detected by respective sensors (e.g., microphones). Additional characteristic(s) of the sound are automatically determined. A machine learning (ML) operation is performed based at least in part on the SSL direction estimate, the SSL-based confidence, and the additional characteristic(s) to determine an ML-based confidence associated with the SSL direction estimate.
US10649055B2
In diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging, diffusion-encoded gradient pulses with an amplitude and a duration are activated. The amplitude and the duration of the gradient pulses are varied for various excitations of nuclear magnetization. The echo time for the various excitations of nuclear magnetization can be changed.
US10649054B2
In a method and apparatus for noise decorrelation of magnetic resonance (MR) measurement signals acquired by multiple detectors of an MR apparatus, which are disturbed by additive noise, noise signals and reference signals of the multiple detectors are used to determine an improved noise decorrelation matrix, which removes a noise correlation in the MR measurement signals of the multiple detectors.
US10649051B2
A system and method for detecting a nucleus of interest in a chemical using a nuclear quadrupole resonance transition. An excitation pulse is used to excite one or more nuclei of interest, if they present in a sample, to an excited state, the energy of which depends on the magnetic field in the sample. The magnetic field in the sample is modulated, after the end of the excitation pulse, while the nuclei of interest decay from the excited state, so that the radiation they emit is frequency modulated. The frequency modulation is detected in the emitted radiation. In some embodiments a DC magnetic field is applied to the sample, during the application of the excitation pulse, to tune the frequency of the transition being excited.
US10649048B2
A single-layer magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radio frequency (RF) coil array configured to operate in a transmit (Tx) mode or in a receive (Rx) mode comprises at least one single-layer MRI RF coil array element configured to provide integrated B0 field shimming. The at least one single-layer MRI RF coil array element includes a resonant LC coil, a matching Tx/Rx switch circuit, a magnitude/phase control component, and a preamplifier. The LC coil, upon resonating with a primary coil at the working frequency, generates a local amplified Tx field based on an induced current in the LC coil. The magnitude/phase control component is configured to independently adjust a magnitude or a phase of the induced current. The at least one single-layer MRI RF coil element may include a Tx field monitoring component configured to monitor the strength or phase of the local amplified Tx field.
US10649045B2
The present invention provides a safety monitoring device (10) for detecting radio frequency resonances in a subject of interest (12) comprising an essentially tubular examination space (14), which is vertically arranged, for locating therein the subject of interest (12), an radio frequency resonance device (16), which has at least one connection port (21), for covering at least a part of the examination space (14) along its longitudinal axis, a rotation device (22) for rotating the radio frequency resonance device (16) relative to the subject of interest (12), a controlling device (30) for controlling the rotation of the radio frequency resonance device (16), and a detection device (34) for monitoring an impedance of the at least one connection port (21) of the radio frequency resonance device (16) during the rotation and detecting radio frequency resonances out of the monitored impedance of the at least one connection port (21) of the radio frequency resonance device (16). The present invention further provides a method for detecting radio frequency resonances in a subject of interest (12) comprising the steps of locating the subject of interest (12) within an essentially tubular examination space (14), which is vertically arranged, rotating a radio frequency resonance device (16), which has at least one connection port (21), relative to at least a part of the examination space (14) along its longitudinal axis, monitoring an impedance of the at least one connection port (21) of the radio frequency resonance device during (16) the rotation, and detecting radio frequency resonances out of the monitored impedance of the at least one connection port (21) of the radio frequency resonance device (16).
US10649019B2
A system and a method for determining local electric field strengths, the system including: a light source module configured to emit light; a plurality of electric field sensors, each sensor including a light input portion and a light output portion, each sensor including an electro-optic material arranged in a path of at least some of the received light, an optical property of the electro-optic material being variable depending on a local electric field strength at the sensor, and the electro-optic material being arranged in the sensor such that a property of the output light varies depending on the local electric field strength; a light detection module arranged to receive the output light from the sensors; and a processing module in communication with the light detection module, the processing module being programmed to determine a corresponding value for the electric field strength local to each of the sensors.
US10649009B2
A system and method are provided for a floating reference recloser voltage sensor that measures low energy analog voltage from a voltage divider connected to a high energy transmission line electrode. A floating reference cylindrical voltage screen is coaxially positioned between a high energy transmission line electrode and a cylindrical ground plate, and is positioned closer to the transmission line electrode. The floating reference recloser voltage sensor is filled with a solid dielectric material. A voltage divider network is formed when a voltmeter of a recloser controller is connected to the high-voltage electrode and the floating reference voltage screen, and connected in parallel with another divider network capacitance. The voltmeter reads a low energy voltage drop between the high energy transmission line electrode and the floating reference voltage screen. The recloser controller and the voltmeter are both disconnected from ground.
US10649008B2
A signal correction method for correcting a measured signal has the following steps: processing a digital representation of a first signal at a first measurement input; processing a digital representation of a second signal at a second measurement input corresponding to the first signal convoluted with a transfer function; and determining the transfer function for correcting the measured signal. Further, a use of the method, a system for correcting a measured signal, and an oscilloscope are provided.
US10649006B2
Apparatuses, systems, and techniques for characterizing asymmetry effects caused by cathode designs, ESC designs, cable routing, and process chamber geometries are provided. Such apparatuses, systems, and techniques may include, for example, a rotatable RF probe assembly in physical contact to a conductive plate disposed on a surface of a pedestal.
US10649004B2
A contact terminal may include a tubular body made of an electrically conductive material; and stick-shaped first and second central conductors made of an electrically conductive material. The first and second central conductors may include first and second stick-shaped bodies, first and second clasped portions configured to have a diameter greater than that of each of the first and second stick-shaped bodies, and first and second swell portions configured to have a diameter greater than that of each of the first and second stick-shaped bodies. The first and second central conductors are arranged to have a distal end portion of the first and second swell portions inserted into a joining portion of the tubular body, and to have a distal end surface of the first swell portion and a distal end surface of the second swell portion opposite each other with a gap therebetween.
US10649000B2
A connection assembly includes a sensor substrate, a layer substrate coupled to the sensor substrate so as to face an upper surface of the sensor substrate, and a wire connected between the sensor substrate and the layer substrate. The sensor substrate includes first and second projections provide on the upper surface of the sensor substrate and extending in an extension direction along the upper surface of the sensor substrate. The wire has a first end sandwiched between the layer substrate and the first projection, and a second end sandwiched between the layer substrate and the second projection. The connection assembly provides reliable connection.
US10648998B2
An inventory management system for automatically generating a restocking order or prompting generation of a restocking order includes a storage space, a divider pivotable on the storage space between an upright position in which the divider separates the storage space into a front storage section and a rear storage section and a recumbent position that facilitates access to the rear storage section; and a motion detector module attached to the divider, the motion detector module including a sensor for detecting pivoting of the divider and a radio frequency transmitter in communication with the accelerometer and configured to emit radio frequency signals when the divider is rotated from the upright position to the recumbent position.
US10648995B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include systems and methods. According to certain embodiments, provided is an integrated analysis system that includes a first module including a sample analysis component and a first internal container conveyor system. The integrated analysis system further includes a second module including a second internal container conveyor system. The first and second modules are positioned adjacent each other such that the first and second internal container conveyor systems are aligned and adapted to transport containers from the first module to the second module. Also provided are methods of analyzing and preparing samples (e.g., blood and body fluid samples), as well as components that find use within the analysis systems of the present disclosure.
US10648985B2
Low-copper click chemistry, 1.3-dipolar cycloadditions, and Staudinger ligations for modifying biomolecules is provided. Compositions, methods, and kits relating to low-copper click chemistry, 1.3-dipolar cycloadditions, and Staudinger ligations are also provided.
US10648983B2
A method of identifying a subject having cancer who is likely to be responsive to a treatment compound, comprising administering the treatment compound to the subject having the cancer; obtaining a sample from the subject; determining the level of a biomarker in the sample from the subject; and diagnosing the subject as being likely to be responsive to the treatment compound if the level of the biomarker in the sample of the subject changes as compared to a reference level of the biomarker; wherein the treatment compound is a compound of Formula I:
US10648979B2
A probe is provided comprising a label and a binding moiety, wherein the binding moiety is adapted to bind to gram-negative bacteria, and to substantially not bind to animal cells or gram-positive bacteria. A method of detecting the presence of bacteria in a target area is also provided, which allows the detection of bacteria generally, and the determination of whether that bacteria is gram negative or gram positive.
US10648972B2
The present disclosure describes methods, devices, reagents, and kits for the detection of one or more target molecules that may be present in a test sample. In one embodiment, a test sample is contacted with an aptamer that includes a tag and has a specific affinity for a target molecule. An aptamer affinity complex that includes an aptamer bound to its target molecule is allowed to form. If the test sample contains the target molecule, an aptamer affinity complex will generally form in the test sample. The aptamer affinity complex is optionally converted to an aptamer covalent complex that includes an aptamer covalently bound to its target molecule. The aptamer affinity complex (or optional aptamer covalent complex) can then be detected and/or quantified using any of a variety of methods known to one skilled in the art, including using a solid support, using mass spectrometry, and using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (Q-PCR).
US10648970B2
The present invention lies in the field of visualization and quantification of immobilized targets in samples using immunochemical means. In particular, the invention relates to a method and reagents for detection, visualization and quantification of a molecular target in immunostained histological samples using particular compositions of the target specific binding agent. Methods and compositions of the invention are suitable for any assay that uses a target visualization system in histological samples based on detection of the target by the target specific binding agent. The methods and compositions are useful for evaluation of targets that are biomarkers of diseases in medical diagnostic.
US10648962B2
A system and method is provided for monitoring a vehicle for inhibiting substances comprising detecting, using a movement detector, movement of a vehicle, collecting, using an air sampler, an initial air sample of air within a cabin of the vehicle, analyzing, using an inhibiting substance detector, the air sample to determine whether an inhibiting substance is detected in the air sample, in response to determining that an inhibiting substance is detected in the air sample, increasing the sampling rate of the air sampler, until a predetermined number of samples are collected that also have been analyzed and an inhibiting substance detected therein and sending an alert to an administrator of the vehicle indicating that inhibited driving is occurring.
US10648947B2
A micro-magnetic detecting method includes the steps of: detecting a magnetic induction intensity along a first direction on a surface of a detected object to generate a detection signal, determining whether an amplitude of the detection signal is an anomalous value at a first position of the surface of the detected object, wherein the anomalous value is a value which is inconsistent with a linear value of the detection signal at the first position, and the linear value is a value that satisfies a linear relationship of the detection signal, and determining there is a defect at the first position of the detected object in case that the amplitude of the detection signal is the anomalous value. Accordingly, it detects the magnetic induction intensity on the surface of the detected object so as to detect its surface and internal defects when it remains in its original status.
US10648946B2
The invention relates to the material, design and manufacture of a drift tube with an ion source region, particularly a miniaturized drift tube, for an ion mobility spectrometer to measure mobility spectra, particularly at atmospheric pressure. The invention proposes to use a high-performance plastic which can be injection-molded for the insulating main body for the drift tube and the ion source region. Polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) can be used for this purpose, for example.
US10648941B2
In various embodiments a molecular circuit is disclosed. The circuit comprises a negative electrode, a positive electrode spaced apart from the negative electrode, and a binding probe molecule conductively attached to both the positive and negative electrodes to form a circuit having a conduction pathway through the binding probe. In various examples, the binding probe is an antibody, the Fab domain of an antibody, a protein, a nucleic acid oligomer hybridization probe, or an aptamer. The circuit may further comprise molecular arms used to wire the binding probe to the electrodes. In various embodiments, the circuit functions as a sensor wherein electrical signals, such as changes to voltage, current, impedance, conductance, or resistance in the circuit, are measured as targets interact with the binding probe. In various embodiments, the circuit provides a means to measure the presence, absence, or concentration of an analyte in a solution.
US10648933B2
A light-trapping geometry enhances the sensitivity of strain, temperature, and/or electromagnetic field measurements using nitrogen vacancies in bulk diamond, which have exterior dimensions on the order of millimeters. In an example light-trapping geometry, a laser beam enters the bulk diamond, which may be at room temperature, through a facet or notch. The beam propagates along a path inside the bulk diamond that includes many total internal reflections off the diamond's surfaces. The NVs inside the bulk diamonds absorb the beam as it propagates. Photodetectors measure the transmitted beam or fluorescence emitted by the NVs. The resulting transmission or emission spectrum represents the NVs' quantum mechanical states, which in turn vary with temperature, magnetic field strength, electric field strength, strain/pressure, etc.
US10648930B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for determining an effective energy spectrum of an X-ray tube. It is described to provide (210) a temporally varying acceleration voltage of an X-ray tube for a time period. A temporally varying X-ray tube current is also provided (220) for the time period. At least one product of the temporally varying X-ray tube current and a time interval is determined (230). An effective energy spectrum of the X-ray tube processing the X-ray tube is determined (250) as a function of the at least one product of the temporally varying X-ray tube current and the time interval and as a function of the voltage of the X-ray tube.
US10648925B2
Defects from a hot scan can be saved, such as on persistent storage, random access memory, or a split database. The persistent storage can be patch-based virtual inspector virtual analyzer (VIVA) or local storage. Repeater defect detection jobs can determined and the wafer can be inspected based on the repeater defect detection jobs. Repeater defects can be analyzed and corresponding defect records to the repeater defects can be read from the persistent storage. These results may be returned to the high level defect detection controller.
US10648924B2
Methods and systems for generating a high resolution image for a specimen from one or more low resolution images of the specimen are provided. One system includes one or more computer subsystems configured for acquiring one or more low resolution images of a specimen. The system also includes one or more components executed by the one or more computer subsystems. The one or more components include a model that includes one or more first layers configured for generating a representation of the one or more low resolution images. The model also includes one or more second layers configured for generating a high resolution image of the specimen from the representation of the one or more low resolution images.
US10648923B2
A continuous quality control device for containers in a roto-revolutionary movement consists of making said containers pass in front of lighting means, capturing by at least one single sequential image capturing device each of said containers in rotation, obtaining an optical reconstruction of said containers and controlling their quality according to said optical reconstruction, characterised in that said lighting means is equipped with stroboscopic control means that allows the illumination of said containers in counterphase from at least two different angles of incidence and the capturing of at least two overlapping images in the same angular rotation position of said container in its own housing with respect to said image capturing device.
US10648919B2
A metrology apparatus (302) includes a higher harmonic generation (HHG) radiation source for generating (310) EUV radiation. Operation of the HHG source is monitored using a wavefront sensor (420) which comprises an aperture array (424, 702) and an image sensor (426). A grating (706) disperses the radiation passing through each aperture so that the image detector captures positions and intensities of higher diffraction orders for different spectral components and different locations across the beam. In this way, the wavefront sensor can be arranged to measure a wavefront tilt for multiple harmonics at each location in said array. In one embodiment, the apertures are divided into two subsets (A) and (B), the gratings (706) of each subset having a different direction of dispersion. The spectrally resolved wavefront information (430) is used in feedback control (432) to stabilize operation of the HGG source, and/or to improve accuracy of metrology results.
US10648915B2
In an example implementation, a substance detection device includes a chamber with chamber walls, a chamber top, and a chamber bottom. A substrate comprises imprinted nanostructures positioned within the chamber, and the substrate is coupled to the chamber walls to form the chamber bottom. An inert gas is sealed within the chamber.
US10648912B2
In one exemplary embodiment, a method for validating an instrument is provided. The method includes receiving amplification data from a validation plate to generate a plurality of amplification curves. The validation plate includes a sample of a first quantity and a second quantity, and each amplification curve includes an exponential region. The method further includes determining a set of fluorescence thresholds based on the exponential regions of the plurality of amplification curves and determining, for each fluorescence threshold of the set, a first set of cycle threshold (Ct) values of amplification curves generated from the samples of the first quantity and a second set of Ct values of amplification curves generated from the samples of the second quantity. The method includes calculating if the first and second quantities are sufficiently distinguishable based on Ct values at each of the plurality of fluorescence thresholds.
US10648910B2
A difference between a peak reflectance of a first wavelength component and a reflectance of a second wavelength component having a predetermined wavelength among reflectances of a plurality of wavelength components constituting reflected light in a highlight direction from a glitter material-containing coating film is set as a first difference value. Reflectance is measured of the first and second wavelength components of the reflected light in the highlight direction for the coating film corresponding to a measurement object. A first difference value is calculated by using the measurement result. A storage stores in advance correlation information indicating a correlation between the first difference value and an index value indicating predetermined physical characteristics of a glitter material contained in the coating film. An index value calculator calculates the index value of the coating film corresponding to the measurement object by using the correlation information and the first difference value calculated in the first calculator.
US10648903B2
A photothermal deflection measuring system includes a substrate, a detecting light source, a detecting unit, and a processor. The substrate includes a plurality of positioning structures, on each of which supports a cell emitting heat outside a surface thereof. The detecting light source is utilized to project a detecting light passing through a specific position outside the surface whereby the detecting light is deflected due to a thermal gradient caused by the emitted heat. The detecting unit is arranged at a side of the cell for receiving the deflected detecting light thereby generating an optical deflection signal corresponding to a deflection of the deflected detecting light. The processor is configured to receive the optical deflection signal, analyze the optical deflection signal and determine a heat value corresponding to the specific position out side the surface of the cell according to the optical deflection signal.
US10648902B2
A spectrophotometer 1 comprises a control unit 45 with a warming-up determination unit 452 that determines the completion of a warming-up based on a variation amount of a detection signal in a predetermined duration when a light detector 7 detects a light from a sample chamber without loading the sample. Specifically, the warming-up determination unit 452 calculates a difference between a signal intensity of the detection signal detected by the light detector 7 at the time when the predetermined time passes and a signal intensity of the detection signal detected by the light detector 7 at a previous time and determines that a warming-up is complete when a value of the difference is less than a first threshold value. The warming-up determination unit 452 automatically determines the completion of warming-up independently from the determination by the user.
US10648890B2
A vehicle restraint apparatus is for restraining a vehicle 1 on one or more rollers 7 of a vehicle test system. The vehicle restraint apparatus 11 includes a vehicle restraining jig 12 to connect the vehicle 1 with a pole 10 on a floor 9, and a deflection absorbing mechanism 90 to absorb deflection of the vehicle restraining jig 12 produced at the time of vehicle test with the vehicle test system.
US10648882B2
A wake generator for placement in a wind tunnel between a wind source and a test object includes a first frame member having a first track formed thereon, where the first track has a shape including a first side that is substantially rounded and a second side that is substantially flat. The wake generator may include a mounting plate disposed within a perimeter of the first track, where the mounting plate is rotatable relative to the first frame member about a first axis. The wake generator may allow for better simulation of unsteady turbine wakes that influence cooling flow. The wake generator may also include a plurality of bars slidably engaged to the mounting plate and structurally configured to traverse along the first track when the mounting plate is rotated about the first axis.
US10648880B2
Provided are a pressure sensor device and a method of manufacturing the same. The pressure sensor device includes a housing including an air inlet and a fluid inlet provided in different directions, a substrate provided in an inner space of the housing and including a through-hole through which the air passes, and a pressure sensor chip mounted on the substrate to cover the through-hole in such a manner that a pressure of a fluid flowing in from the fluid inlet is applied to a top surface thereof and a bottom surface thereof is exposed to the air through the through-hole, in order to measure the pressure of the fluid relative to a pressure of the air, wherein the inner space is divided into an upper region and a lower region with respect to the substrate, and wherein the upper region is divided into a first inner region in which the pressure sensor chip is provided and a second inner region through which the air passes.
US10648879B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a capacitive pressure sensor. The capacitive pressure sensor can include a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface, a movable plate at a bottom of a first cavity recessed into the substrate from the first surface, and a second substrate bonded to the first substrate over the first surface. A second cavity is formed between the movable plate and the second surface. The second substrate includes a fixed plate disposed over the movable plate to form a capacitor. The second substrate further includes a third cavity between a surface of the fixed plate opposite to the movable plate and a surface of the second substrate opposite to the first substrate.
US10648873B2
A sensor device may detect pressure. The sensor device may comprise: an elastic dielectric; a first wiring formed on one surface of the elastic dielectric; a second wiring formed on another surface of the elastic dielectric facing the surface on which the first wiring is formed; and a flexible printed circuit board, which is connected to the first wiring and the second wiring, for receiving signals transferred from the first wiring and the second wiring.
US10648871B2
Embodiments of the invention include a fracture ring sensor and a method of using the same to detect out of tolerance forces. Aspects of the invention include a product having a defined an out of tolerance force, a fracture ring sensor, and a mounting assembly coupling the fracture ring sensor to the product. The fracture ring sensor is patterned with a conductive trace and is manufactured to break when subjected to a predetermined amount of force. The predetermined amount of force is substantially equal to a percentage of the out of tolerance force of the product.
US10648860B2
Disclosed is a spectroscopic device including a planar lightwave circuit to which light passing through an optical fiber is input, a wavelength divider configured to divide a wavelength of light passing through the planar lightwave circuit, a beam splitter configured to divide a traveling direction of light passing through the wavelength divider into an external sample inlet and an internal sample inlet and adjust power of the divided light, a charge-coupled device (CCD) image sensor configured to covert light transmitted from the internal sample inlet to an electrical signal or convert light reflected by the external sample inlet to an electrical signal, a control and signal processor configured to process the electrical signal to indicate a light intensity based on each wavelength, and an input and output interface configured to perform a spectrum analysis for each wavelength using the processed electrical signal.
US10648852B2
A micromachined ultrasonic transducer (MUT). The MUT includes: a substrate; a membrane suspending from the substrate; a bottom electrode disposed on the membrane; a piezoelectric layer disposed on the bottom electrode and an asymmetric top electrode is disposed on the piezoelectric layer. The areal density distribution of the asymmetric electrode along an axis has a plurality of local maxima, wherein locations of the plurality of local maxima coincide with locations where a plurality of anti-nodal points at a vibrational resonance frequency is located.
US10648847B2
A level sensor and housing therefor, the level sensor provides a measurement of the depth in a sewer manhole or chamber. The level sensor includes an ultrasonic transducer that emits a signal to measure the liquid below and may use an additional transducer or it is used by itself to detect the signal reflected from the surface. A parabolic reflector is designed and arranged to direct the emitted ultrasonic signal from the transducer to the surface with a linear beam while minimizing the beam spread. The return echo may either be measured directly or with the same transducer that was used to transmit the ultrasonic signal. The narrow ultrasonic beam with limited spread will allow measuring level in a sewer manhole or confined chamber or any sewer where the level is measured close to a vertical wall.
US10648840B2
Aspects of spectrometer secondary reference calibration are described. In one embodiment, a diagnostic measurement for evaluation of an aspect of calibration in spectroscopy is performed. A result of the diagnostic measurement is analyzed to determine a deviation from an expected result. Based on the analysis, a correction algorithm may be applied to the aspect of calibration, in view of the deviation. In some embodiments, a product model diagnostic measurement is also performed for further evaluation of the aspect of calibration. A result of the product model diagnostic measurement is analyzed to determine a product model deviation from an expected result of the product model diagnostic measurement, and a product model correction algorithm is applied, if necessary. According to aspects of the embodiments described herein, using secondary reference standards permits reconstruction of calibration parameters without any need for a master instrument or other forms of calibrated reference instrumentation.
US10648836B2
A rotary element is equipped with a pattern representing a reflected binary code on at least three bits. A detection circuit is configured to sense the pattern and deliver an incident signal encoded in reflected binary code on at least three bits. The incident signal is converted by a transcoding circuit into an intermediate signal encoded in reflected binary code on two bits. A decoding stage decodes the intermediate signal and outputs at least one clock signal representing the amount of rotation of the rotary element and a direction signal representing the direction of rotation. A processing circuit determines the movement of the rotary element, and has at least one general purpose timer designed to receive the at least one clock signal and direction signal.
US10648835B2
Systems and methods disclosed herein may be useful for use in landing identification. In this regard, a method is provided comprising receiving pulse information over a first time period, wherein the pulse information is indicative of an angular distance traveled by a first wheel, comparing the pulse information to a threshold value, and determining a likelihood of a landing event based upon the comparison. In various embodiments, a system is provided comprising a monstable multivibrator in electrical communication with a metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET), a resistor-capacitor network in electrical communication with the MOSFET, and a comparator that receives a voltage from the resistor-capacitor network and a reference voltage.
US10648833B2
A measurement device includes: attachment holes, provided on a scale frame with respect to a measurement direction; rear-face bushings inserted into the attachment holes from a rear face side of the scale frame; and fasteners that fix the scale frame to first measurement target part. Each of the rear-face bushings includes: a cylinder part, which is formed shorter than the length of the attachment holes with respect to a penetration direction and is formed having an outer diameter smaller than the inner diameter of the attachment holes; a flange, which is formed at the end of the cylinder part located toward the first measurement target part and which has an outer diameter greater than the inner diameter of the attachment holes; and an elastic member, which is cylindrical in shape and is provided covering the outer circumferential surface of the cylinder part.
US10648822B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for generating and displaying a comparison of multiple modes of transportation for reaching a destination. One method includes receiving a start location and a destination location, and stops in between, receiving information related to at least one third party operated mode of transportation from a third party determining data related to the at least one third party operated mode of transportation and at least one user operated mode of transportation, generating and displaying determined data for at least one option for each of the plurality of modes of transportation, receiving a selection of a sort category, and determining the option of each mode of transportation to be displayed and an order in which the modes of transportation are displayed based on the selection of the sort category.
US10648820B2
Methods and apparatus for assessing coordinate data are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a processor to receive coordinate data relating to a desired path and task of a vehicle. The processor of the example apparatus to determine if the coordinate data satisfies a threshold. The processor of the example apparatus to determine if the coordinate data is compatible with a positioning system of the vehicle. The processor of the example apparatus to authorize operation of the vehicle to traverse the desired path based on the coordinate data.
US10648815B2
There is provided an information processing device including a movement data acquiring unit that acquires pieces of movement data including positional information for movement and time at which the positional information is acquired, a movement data analyzing unit that analyzes a velocity for movement on a specific route on the basis of the pieces of movement data, and a route dividing unit that divides the specific route on the basis of a result obtained by analyzing the velocity.
US10648812B2
A method for filtering the signals arising from a sensor assembly (EC) comprising at least one measurement sensor for measuring a vector physical field which is substantially constant over time and in space in a reference frame, said sensor assembly (EC) being tied in motion to a moving frame, moving in the reference frame, the method comprising the steps consisting in: applying a first transformation (T1) to the measurements of a measurement sensor of the sensor assembly (EC) which are provided in the moving frame, to a pseudo reference frame, with the aid of a first change-of-frame operator (R(t)) by rotation between the moving frame and the pseudo reference frame; and applying a filtering (FILT) to the measurements thus transformed in the pseudo reference frame; and applying a second transformation (T2), the inverse of said first transformation, to the measurements filtered by said filtering (FILT), from the reference frame to the moving frame, with the aid of a second change-of-frame operator (R−1(t)) by rotation between the pseudo reference frame and the moving frame, the inverse of said first operator (R(t)).
US10648811B2
One embodiment includes a gyroscope system. The system includes a sensor system comprising a vibrating-mass and electrodes each arranged to provide one of a driving force and a force-rebalance to the vibrating-mass in each of three orthogonal axes. The system also includes a gyroscope controller that generates a drive signal provided to a first electrode of the electrodes to provide the driving force to facilitate an in-plane periodic oscillatory motion of the vibrating-mass along a first axis of the three orthogonal axes. The gyroscope controller also generates a force-rebalance signal provided to each of a second electrode and a third electrode of the plurality of electrodes associated with a respective second axis and a respective third axis of the three orthogonal axes to calculate a rotation of the gyroscope system about the respective second axis and the respective third axis of the three orthogonal axes.
US10648810B2
A rotation rate sensor includes first, second, third and fourth structures that are each movable relative to a substrate, a drive device configured to deflect each of the first, second, third, and fourth structures essentially parallel to a drive direction and out of respective resting positions of the first, second, third, and fourth structures, such that, at a first frequency, the first and fourth structures are excitable to an oscillation that is essentially in-phase relative to each other and essentially in phase-opposition relative to the second and third structures, and, at a second frequency, the first and second structures are excitable to an oscillation that is essentially in-phase relative to each other and essentially in phase-opposition relative to the third and fourth structures.
US10648806B2
A microcontroller controlled altimeter includes a microcontroller, a digital altitude pressure sensor with a pressure indicating output coupled to the microprocessor, and at least one Form A solid state relay coupled to the microcontroller, where the microcontroller is configured to provide control signals to the at least one Form A solid state relay to provide an open circuit between normally open and common terminals of the at least one Form A solid state relay if the digital altitude pressure sensor output is less than, or equal to, a setpoint for the at least one Form A relay, and provide continuity between the normally open and common terminals of the at least one Form A solid state relay if the digital altitude pressure sensor output is greater than the setpoint for the at least one Form A relay.
US10648805B2
A method for tracking and identifying a polluted air mass's transmission trajectory in real 3-D space. In one aspect, a polluted air mass's transmission path identification is based on a monitoring of PM2.5 concentration in cubic volumes of an air mass. The method computes a transmission path of polluted air that considers wind-pressure conversion, the displacement estimation with mass concentration, and planetary boundary layer (PBLP height constraint) for 3-D cubic grids. The resultant determination of a polluted air mass's transmission trajectory in real 3-D space generates more practical and reliable results for intensive knowledge of the transport pathways and potential pollution sources in real 3-D space.
US10648803B2
Even when lacking an accurate association between the trajectory and identification of a moving body, the association between trajectory and identification of the moving body is estimated and the ambiguity quantified. An identification information association unit associates an individual trajectory link included in a trajectory link candidate with likely moving body identification information per trajectory link candidate. An association trend quantification unit quantifies a trend of the number of times when trajectory information is associated with moving body identification information per individual moving body identification information for individual trajectory information based on an association result between a trajectory link and moving body identification information. An association score calculation unit calculates an association score indicating ambiguity of an association between a trajectory indicated by trajectory information and a trajectory of a moving body identified by moving body identification information for each item of moving body identification information per trajectory information.
US10648795B2
A distance measuring apparatus measures a distance to a target based on reflected light in response to launched laser beam. A distance measuring process includes generating a difference binary image from first and second range images that are respectively generated in states without and with the target in front of a background and represent distances to each of range measurement points, extracting a first region greater than a first threshold from a non-background region of the difference binary image made up of non-background points, grouping adjacent points on the second range image into groups of adjacent points having close distance values, for each point within the first region, to extract second regions corresponding to the groups, and extracting a third region smaller than a second threshold from the second regions, to judge that each point within the third region is edge noise.
US10648792B2
A measuring system having a measuring tool which includes a probe body and an optical marker, a camera for recording image data of the measuring tool, and an evaluation and control unit which is configured to evaluate the image data recorded by the camera and use the data to determine spatial position coordinates of the optical marker. The evaluation and control unit is also configured to calculate the deformation of the measuring tool due to external mechanical loading acting on the measuring tool, and to determine spatial position coordinates of the probe body based on the spatial position coordinates of the optical marker and the calculated deformation.
US10648791B2
A test artifact for a coordinate measuring machine includes a calibrated standard and a convex background illumination surface. The calibrated standard, the convex background illumination surface and a vision sensor are positionable relative to one another so as to create a silhouette of the calibrated sphere in the vision sensor's field of view. The test artifact may thus be used to calibrate the coordinate measuring machine, and/or to assess the associativity between the vision sensor and another measuring sensor.
US10648786B2
A magnetoelastic sensor is provided for analyzing strain induced by a force causing mechanical deformation of a region of a substrate. The sensor includes a substrate that has a non-deformable region and a mechanically deformable region, the mechanically deformable region coupled to the non-deformable region by a linking structure. The sensor also has a transformer having a magnetic flux guide. The flux guide includes a magnetoelastic section having a magnetoelastic subsection configured to be strainable by deformation of the mechanically deformable region. In transformer embodiments, one or more drive coil and/or pickup coil has a width greater than the minimal width of the linking structure. Sensor embodiments include numerous configurations. The sensor is useful in methods for analyzing strain and force.
US10648785B1
Methods, systems, and devices for an area-denial munition configured for self-neutralization of an explosive ordnance. In one or more embodiments the munition including a housing including a chassis defining one or more openings such that the housing is an at least partially open structure exposing an interior to an ambient environment. In various embodiments the munition includes a detonation module including a detonation initiator and a deflagration module including a deflagration initiator coupled with a pyrotechnic primer, and munition control circuitry. In various embodiments the munition control circuitry receives instructions to deflagrate the explosive ordnance and instructs the deflagration module to activate the deflagration initiator. In various embodiments, the deflagration initiator causes a deflagration of the explosive ordnance for self-neutralization of the munition resulting in safe destruction of the munition's explosive charge and control electronics.
US10648781B1
A system for scoring shooting sports includes an adapter that attaches an optical device to a mobile computer programmed to support scoring, analysis, and coaching. The mobile computer includes an image detector to sample images of a target, the images including pre-launch image data sampled before a projectile is launched at the target and post-launch image data sampled after the projectile is launched at the target. The system includes an accelerometer to detect projectile launches and thus distinguish pre-launch and post-launch image data. The mobile computer compares the pre-launch image data and the post-launch image data to locate a point of impact of the projectile on the target. A user interface on the mobile computer indicates the point of impact to the shooter.
US10648778B2
A process for manufacturing a light armored curved laminated glazing intended to be fitted in an opening of a transport vehicle suitable for the mass-production fitting of a curved laminated glazing containing two glass sheets, wherein use is made of at least three constituent curved glass sheets of such mass-produced curved laminated glazing containing two glass sheets, including both sheets from one and the same such mass-produced curved laminated glazing containing two glass sheets, which have been previously bent together.
US10648777B2
A ballistic resistant material and structure and methods for allowing and preventing projectiles from passing through the ballistic resistant defense structure. The ballistic resistant defense structure involves a ballistic multilayer arrangement comprised of V-Profiles 100 which are further comprised of V-shaped wedges arranged adjacent to each other, spaced slightly apart, with gaps. The gaps between the V-shaped wedges expand or contract depending on which side of the V-Profile a projectile strikes.
US10648773B2
A kit and method for aligning a scope located a shooting weapon including calibrating first and second electronic alignment sensors while on the shooting weapon, placing the second electronic alignment sensor on the scope, and adjusting an alignment of the scope relative to the shooting weapon if the first and second electronic alignment sensors indicate relative vertical misalignment.
US10648770B2
A grasping element is provided including a manual actuator associated with a thermoelectric module, and an optional device powered by the thermoelectric module upon manipulation of the manual actuator. The thermoelectric module can generate electricity via a thermal gradient generated by a user's body. The electricity can power the optional device directly and/or indirectly.
US10648764B2
A toy launcher apparatus of a soft foam dart where the dart is loaded onto a spike in a firing chamber by a pusher panel that presses against the nose of the dart. The apparatus includes a dart magazine with a feed mechanism. The pusher panel is followed by a barrier sleeve that prevents the next uppermost dart in the magazine, which is being biased upward by the feed mechanism, from causing either the uppermost dart or the second uppermost dart to distort and cause a jam. The barrier sleeve also prevents the magazine from being loaded through a top opening until the uppermost dart in the firing chamber is launched. Near the end of a cocking cycle, the pusher panel, which is connected to a cam follower tab that engages a cam member, moves away from a launch path of the dart in the firing chamber.
US10648763B2
A toy projectile launcher capable of launching a substantially large number of projectiles, for example, toy foam darts. To increase the number of projectiles that can be launched between reloadings, the projectiles are housed in a hopper. The hopper may include a movable rear wall which facilitates the loading of a large number of projectiles into the hopper at one time. A portion of a side wall of the hopper may be agitated to loosen the projectiles within the hopper so that they will drop into a firing chamber of the launcher more easily. A cover for the hopper may have a collapsible ceiling to prevent the projectiles from becoming improperly oriented in the hopper as they are being loosened by the agitated portion of the side wall of the hopper. A rotating track and a push rod may cooperate to advance projectiles from a firing chamber of the launcher.
US10648761B1
The present invention relates to an interchangeable bow grip system that allows an archer or a user to change an interchangeable angled member when desired. The angled member rests between the hand of the archer and a base plate adjoined to the riser of a bow. The angle of the angled member can match the desired grip for various environmental conditions, hand sizes, and target locations. The interchangeable bow grip system including a grip mounting area, a base plate, an angled member, and a grip pad.
US10648759B2
Stocks for aimable devices are provided. In one aspect, stock has a body mechanically associated with the aimable device and movable to determine an aiming axis of the aimable device, a shoulder mount positioned proximate to one end of the body, a firing grip positioned apart from the shoulder mount along a length of the body; a support leg having a mounting end pivotably mounted to the body between the firing grip and an end of the body opposite from the shoulder mount and having a foot end movable between a first range of positions and a second range of positions and a receiver located between the mounting of the support leg to the body and the firing grip and adapted to releasably hold the support leg in the first range of positions wherein the at least one support leg provides a grippable forestock.
US10648754B2
A system for keyless locking of a firearm against discharge is provided, which includes a casing configured for removable insert into a barrel of the firearm, and an extension rod disposed in longitudinally displaceable manner therein. The extension rod is provided with first and second ends and an intermediate portion extending longitudinally therebetween. A locking component supported by the casing is displaceable responsive to the extension rod between locked and unlocked positions. A powered driver coupled to the extension rod for selectively drives the displacement thereof responsive to user activation. The locking component in the locked position protrudes transversely beyond the casing for retentively engaging an inner surface of the firearm to prevent removal of the casing from its barrel, and in the unlocked position is retracted to maintain clearance from the inner surface of the firearm to permit removal of the casing from the barrel of the firearm.
US10648752B1
A bypass system for a water heat exchanger is disclosed. The water heat exchanger has a water heat exchanger inlet attached to a feed valve and a water heat exchanger outlet attached to an exit valve. The feed valve and the exit valve are three-way bypass valves attached to a bypass line. When the feed valve and the exit valve are in the flow through position, fluid will flow into and out of the water heat exchanger. When the feed valve and the exit valve are in the bypass position, fluid will not enter nor exit the water heat exchanger, but fluid will flow through the bypass line.
US10648740B2
Large scale field erected air cooled industrial steam condenser having 10 heat exchanger bundles per cell arranged in five pairs in a V-shape, each heat exchanger bundle having four primary heat exchangers and four secondary heat exchangers in which each secondary heat exchanger is paired with a single primary heat exchanger. Four primary condensers are arranged such that the tubes are horizontal, while the inlet steam manifolds at one end of the tubes are perpendicular to the primary condenser tubes, i.e., parallel to the transverse axis of the bundle. Steam enters the small inlet steam manifolds from below. Cross-sectional dimensions of the tubes are 200 mm wide with a cross-section height of less than 10 mm with fins that are 10 mm in height, arranged at 9 to 12 fins per inch.
US10648735B2
A machine learning method and system for predictive maintenance of a dryer. The method includes obtaining over a communication network, an information associated with the dryer and receiving measurements of a vibration level of one of a process blower, a cassette motor and a regeneration blower associated with the dryer. Further, an anomaly is determined based on at least one of a back pressure and a fault and balance of at least one of the process blower and the regeneration blower is tracked. An alarm for maintenance is raised when one of an anomaly and an off-balance is detected.
US10648724B2
A refrigerator includes a refrigerated compartment, at least one door that selectively seals the refrigerated compartment and a cold plate shelf assembly mounted in the refrigerated compartment. The shelf assembly includes a front trim, a rear trim and a first plate directly coupled to the front trim and the rear trim. A second plate extends from the front trim to the rear trim, the second plate being positioned so that a food item supported on the shelf assembly contacts the second plate. The second plate is made from a material having a higher thermal conductivity than glass. In one arrangement, the refrigerator further includes an air duct having an air vent. Air exiting the air duct through the air vent either impinges on and travels across the second plate or enters an interior of the shelf assembly.
US10648719B2
A method of controlling fluid flow through a heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC-R) system includes measuring temperature and pressure at an outlet of an evaporator of the HVAC-R system, wherein the evaporator is in fluid communication with a compressor, a condenser, an expansion device between the evaporator and the condenser, and a flow control valve between the compressor and the condenser, and measuring a sub-cooling temperature at an outlet of the condenser. The measured evaporator temperature and pressure data is sent to a first superheat processor, and the measured sub-cooling temperature data is send to a second superheat processor. A control signal to the expansion device from the first superheat processor and a control signal to the flow control valve from the second superheat processor are then simultaneously sent.
US10648711B2
A DC-powered refrigeration system may include controls configured to switch between available DC power supplies and manage the refrigeration system in accordance with one or more methods. The one or more methods of the control system may include multiple tiers of power management, including, e.g., maximization of power usage when on a photovoltaic power supply to subcool a refrigerated load.
US10648707B2
A thermoelectric dehumidification rod comprises a bendable heat-dissipation tube formed with a wave structure at the surface, a thermoelectric element set in the heat-dissipation tube, and a power cable. Both ends of the heat-dissipation tube are covered by an end cap, respectively. The power cable is through one of the end caps and electrically connected with the thermoelectric element. Accordingly, the thermoelectric dehumidification rod is bendable and has the closed tube to protect the thermoelectric element. Furthermore, the wave surface of the heat-dissipation tube increases its surface area, enhancing the dissipation effect. Moreover, the thermoelectric dehumidification rod could be put on the curved surface due to its bendable characteristic, shortening the linear length of the whole thermoelectric dehumidification rod, or in a space which size is smaller than the linear length of the unbended thermoelectric dehumidification rod, so it is convenient for use and has more economic benefit.
US10648704B2
A magneto-caloric thermal diode assembly includes a magneto-caloric cylinder with a plurality of magneto-caloric stages. A length of one of the plurality of magneto-caloric stages is different than a length of another of the plurality of magneto-caloric stages. Each of a plurality of thermal stages includes a plurality of magnets and a non-magnetic ring. The plurality of magnets is distributed along a circumferential direction within the non-magnetic ring in each of the plurality of thermal stages. The length of each of the plurality of thermal stages corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of magneto-caloric stages.
US10648692B2
A building management system includes building equipment, a metrics engine, and a visualization module. The building equipment is configured to provide raw data samples of one or more data points. The metrics engine is configured to collect the raw data samples, and calculate a first metric, a second metric, and a third metric as a function of the raw data samples. The visualization module is configured to correlate the first metric to a first dimension value, the second metric to a second dimension value, and the third metric to a third dimension value. The visualization module is also configured to generate a graphical visualization in which the first dimension value is displayed as a first dimension of the graphical visualization, the second dimension value is displayed as a second dimension of the graphical visualization, and the third dimension value is displayed as a third dimension of the graphical visualization.
US10648691B2
An actuator in a HVAC system includes a housing having an interior-facing surface and an exterior-facing surface. The actuator includes magnetic field sensor(s) located within the housing and arranged adjacent to the interior-facing surface. The actuator includes a user input device retaining magnet(s) that are movable into multiple different positions along the exterior-facing surface of the housing. An actuator controller includes a magnet locator that determines a location of the magnet(s) with respect to the magnetic field sensor(s) based on data generated by the magnetic field sensor(s). The actuator controller also includes a settings generator that generates settings for the actuator based on the location of the magnet(s) determined via the magnet locator.
US10648678B2
A building-integrated solar energy system is disclosed that comprises an evacuated closed-loop conduit network circulating a working fluid through a solar thermal collector and at least one heat usage device, wherein the effective entirety of the surfaces of the closed-loop conduit network are in contact with the working fluid such that phase change occurs whenever heat energy is added by the solar thermal collector or removed by a heat usage device. The working fluid is adiabatically isolated and contained in a low pressure environment within the closed-loop conduit network. The full surface contact and low-pressure isolation of the working fluid dramatically reduces temperature differentials and energy losses, allowing for highly efficient and cost-effective heat collection and distribution.
US10648676B2
Disclosed herein is an oven able to reduce the temperature of an upper portion of the front glass through a door duct having an improved flow path structure for some of the air sucked into the inside of the door to reach to the upper portion of the front glass. An oven includes a main body; a cooking room provided inside the main body with an open front; a door, wherein the door includes a front glass installed on a front side; a rear glass installed on a rear side; at least one middle glass arranged between the front glass and the rear glass; a door handle coupled to an upper portion of the front glass; support frames arranged on both sides of the door to fix the front glass, the rear glass, and the middle glass; and a door duct coupled to an upper portion of the support.
US10648673B2
A combustor includes a combustion tube having a cylindrical shape with a combustion space where fuel is combusted and including an inlet through which the fuel is introduced, an outlet through which a gas generated when the fuel is combusted is discharged, and a protrusion protruding inward from a wall surface between the inlet and the outlet; an injection unit configured to inject fuel into the combustion tube through the inlet of the combustion tube; and an additional injection unit located on the protrusion of the combustion tube and configured to inject fuel into the combustion tube.
US10648664B2
A high-efficiency modulating gas furnace (herein ‘gas furnace’) includes a furnace controller. The gas furnace further includes a gas valve and at least one pressure switch that is coupled to the furnace controller. The electrical contacts of the at least one pressure switch are removed from a series electrical circuit with the gas valve such that the gas furnace operates without de-energizing the gas valve as soon as the electrical contacts of the at least one pressure switch are opened. Further, the furnace controller operates the induced draft blower at or close to a lowest RPM at which the electrical contacts of the at least one pressure switch can be kept closed, which is between a make point RPM at which the electrical contacts of the at least one pressure switch close and a break point RPM at which the electrical contacts of the at least one pressure switch open.
US10648660B2
The present invention provides a combustion device, which includes a fuel tank assembly and a candle wick. The fuel tank assembly includes a first tank, a second tank, a connection tube, and a switch. The capacity of the second tank is less than the capacity of the first tank. An end of the connection tube is connected to the first tank, and another end of the connection tube is connected to the second tank. The connection tube communicates with internal spaces of the first and second tanks. The switch is disposed between the first and second tanks so as to selectively open or close a channel interconnected between the first and second tanks. The candle wick is mounted in the second tank. Therefore, the combustion device is easy to use by the above structure.
US10648646B2
Operating room monoreflector light includes a dome or hood-shaped upper housing portion and a lighting means arranged in the upper housing portion, preferably as an LED lighting means, including an LED board on which a plurality of LEDs are arranged. A main reflector is arranged in the upper housing portion and deflects a light flux produced by the lighting means through a light exit opening closed by a cover plate of the upper housing portion. To reduce the necessary installation space and to simplify the construction, the upper housing portion is in one piece and extends interruption-free from an upper end which is directed upwardly in the installation position to a lower end which defines the light exit opening. The upper housing portion includes a fixing plane for the LED board, and on which an LED light module is or can be mounted.
US10648641B2
A vehicle lamp comprises: a substrate; a semiconductor light source which is mounted on the substrate; a lens which emits light from the semiconductor light source; and a heat sink having a planar first surface which is formed in the shape of a plate from a metal material, is in contact with and affixed to the substrate, and supports the lens, and a planar second surface which is the back surface of the first surface, the heat sink being plastically deformed by a plurality of recesses disposed in a prescribed pattern in a surface machining area on the second surface that includes an area on the back side of the contact area.
US10648638B2
The invention relates to a process for obtaining a light-scattering assembly in particular for a motor vehicle, the light-scattering assembly comprising a part including first and second sections. The process includes forming, by injection molding, the first section of the light-scattering assembly, the first section forming a transparent scattering screen having microstructures obtained by injection molding and configured to scatter light passing through said first section, and forming, by injection molding, the second section, the second section being devoid of microstructures obtained by injection molding and configured to scatter light. The second section has an external region extending around at least some of the perimeter of the first section, the external region extending beyond a peripheral portion of the first section [and away from the first section, the first and second sections being formed in contact with each other and being united with each other.
US10648636B2
A lighting device includes an LED light source and a concave reflector. The light source is arranged such that light emitted is reflected by the reflector. The shield is arranged in front of the reflector. A projection lens is arranged to project light passing the shield. In order to efficiently use light emitted from the LED light source and to enable a projected illumination beam of high luminous flux, the LED light source is arranged below an optical axis L of the projection lens.
US10648631B2
An electronic lighting device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The electronic lighting device may comprise a core, which may comprises an enclosure, a light-emitting element, a flame sheet and a swing mechanism. The flame sheet is movably supported or suspended on the enclosure, and may comprise an upper sheet which is of a flame-like shape. The upper sheet is configured to expose above the top of the enclosure. The light-emitting element may be installed on the enclosure. A light outgoing direction of the light-emitting element may be intersected with the surface of the upper sheet so that the light of the light-emitting element is projected on the surface of the upper sheet. The swing mechanism is disposed beneath the flame sheet and can apply a force on the flame sheet to actuate the flame sheet to sway or swing. By the present application, a visual experience of true fire can be achieved and an interestedness and appreciation can be improved.
US10648627B2
A portable rechargeable lighting device uses software in a microcontroller to turn on a charger protection circuit when a charging circuit is activated, to monitor at least one electrical characteristic relative to a rechargeable battery, to control at least one charging parameter of the charging circuit, and to alert a user of a low battery condition before light emitted from the device terminates.
US10648620B2
An apparatus is configured to be positioned between a boss and a shell of a pressure vessel. The boss includes a bore therethrough, and the bore has a longitudinal axis. The apparatus includes an annular body and a gas permeable feature. The annular body includes an inner surface configured to abut the boss and an outer surface configured to abut the shell. The annular body has opposite first and second ends relative to the longitudinal axis. The gas permeable feature is provided on the inner surface and extends at least from the first end to the second end. The disclosure also describes a pressure vessel including a shell, and boss, and an apparatus positioned between the boss and the shell. A method for forming a pressure vessel includes mounting a boss on a mandrel, positioning an annular fitting about a neck of the boss, forming a liner, and forming an outer shell.
US10648613B1
A device for securing accessories to a track having an entrance height. The device includes a main body defining an axle opening and being configured to couple to the accessory. A track bolt has an axle extending to a head, which is rotatably received in the axle opening. The head has a long length greater than the entrance height and a short length less than the entrance height. A handle is fixed to the track bolt, which rotate together. A ramp and a riding surface are disposed between the handle and the front of the main body, the riding surface engaging the ramp from a low end and a high end. When the head is inserted into the track and the handle is rotated such that the riding surface engages the high end of the ramp, the head is drawn into compression with the track to secure the device.
US10648609B2
A structural cabinet for an appliance includes an outer wrapper and an inner liner defining an insulating cavity therebetween. A first insulating structural layer is disposed against an inner surface of the outer wrapper. A second insulating structural layer is disposed against the inward surface of the inner liner. A core insulating material is disposed between the first and second structural insulating layers, wherein the first and second insulating structural layers reinforce the outer wrapper and inner liner, respectively, and resist deflection when the core insulating material is in a compressed state within the insulating cavity.
US10648608B2
Ice hole wraps configured to be positioned in a floor of an ice shelter are provided. An ice hole wrap includes a first circular end, a second circular end, a cylindrical wall extending between the first and second ends, and a height extending between the first and second circular ends. The wall is foldable between a first configuration in which the cylinder has a first height between the first and second circular ends, and a second configuration in which the cylinder has a second height between the first and second circular ends.
US10648606B2
A method of reducing a leak or a risk of a leak of a pipe system is disclosed. The pipe system is filled with a composition that includes metal powder and xylenes, and a pressure is applied to the filled pipe system and the pipe system is drained of said composition. Also, the use of a composition for reducing a leak or a risk of a leak of a pipe system is disclosed.
US10648602B2
A pipe sealing gasket is shown which is designed to be received within a raceway provided within a socket end of a female bell plastic pipe end which is assembled with a mating male pipe end to form a plastic pipe joint. The raceway in the female bell plastic pipe end is preformed during manufacture and the gasket is installed thereafter. The gasket has a rubber body portion which is reinforced by a hard plastic band formed as a series of integral, spaced wedges which are interconnected by a flexible ribbon. The gasket is flexible enough to be flexed and placed in the pipe raceway and yet the hard plastic band acts to prevent extrusion of the gasket during a variety of pressure conditions as well as preventing displacement during field assembly.
US10648590B2
A marine pipelaying friction clamp device for frictionally retaining an offshore subsea pipeline to be launched into the sea includes a frame which includes a main frame structure that is adapted to be supported by the pipelaying vessel. The frame supports multiple annular arrays of clamping units adapted to simultaneously engage separate portions of the pipeline. The frame further includes one or more mobile subframes for one or more of said annular arrays of clamping units. Each of said one or more mobile subframes is movably supported by the main frame structure so as to be mobile relative to said main frame structure in said longitudinal direction of the clamp device, and each of said one or more mobile subframes is supported by a spring assembly.
US10648588B2
A control valve for a fluid flow includes: a valve body that defines an inlet and an outlet for the fluid, an obstructer inserted in the valve body, and an actuator system configured for reversibly translating the obstructer between a first position, in which the obstructer allows the passage of the fluid between the inlet and the outlet, and a second position, in which the obstructer prevents the passage of the fluid between the inlet and the outlet; the control valve further includes a turbine rotor housed inside the valve body, wherein the rotor includes a plurality of blades and is configured for continuously rotating under the action of the fluid flowing between the inlet and the outlet, the rotor rotating about an axis of rotation substantially aligned with the direction of translation of the obstructer.
US10648585B2
A pressure control valve is provided with a pressure control block. The pressure control block has a pressure control block having an opening portion provided on one outer surface, a pressure control surface provided as a plane at a bottom portion of the opening portion, and two internal channels having openings at the respective end portions of the pressure control surface. A sheet-like valve body having elasticity and arranged so as to cover the pressure control surface is provided in the opening portion of the pressure control block. A valve body driving portion is provided on a side opposite to the pressure control surface with the valve body interposed therebetween that adjusts an amount of a gap between the valve body and the pressure control surface by pressing the valve body in a direction perpendicular to the pressure control surface. The pressure control surface has higher hardness than a hard material.
US10648577B2
A control valve includes a casing that has a port in which an outflow opening is formed, a joint that is joined to an opening end surface of an outflow opening in the port, a rotor that is rotatably accommodated inside the casing, a slide ring that has a slide surface for sliding on an outer circumferential surface of the rotor, a sealing ring that is interposed between an inner circumferential surface of the port and an outer circumferential surface of the slide ring, and a holder that is disposed between the inner circumferential surface of the port and the outer circumferential surface of the slide ring and holds the sealing ring from an outer side in a port axial direction with respect to the sealing ring. The holder is disposed to be separated from at least any of the joint and the port.
US10648573B2
A fluidic device controls fluid flow in channel from a source to a drain. In some embodiments, the fluidic devices comprises a gate, a channel, and an obstruction. The gate comprises at least one chamber whose volume increases with fluid pressure. A high pressure state of the gate corresponds to a first chamber size and a low pressure state of the gate corresponds to a second chamber size that is smaller than the first chamber size. The obstruction controls a rate of fluid flow within the channel based on the fluid pressure in the gate. The obstruction induces at most a first flow rate of fluid in the channel in accordance with the low pressure state of the gate, and at least a second flow rate of the fluid in the channel in accordance with the high pressure state of the gate.
US10648559B2
A transmission system for a vehicle has a shift driving mechanism which operates, under control by a control unit, at the time of shifting the gear position, to disengage a transmission gear of a current gear position and a shifter from each other after engaging a transmission gear of a next gear position and a shifter with each other in a condition where a transmission clutch that transmits power to the transmission gear of the next gear position is in an engaged state. This ensures smoother and swifter shifting of gear position.
US10648553B2
A gear assembly is provided. The gear assembly includes a first gear that rotates about a first axis and includes a first gear face with a plurality of first gear teeth; a second gear that rotates about a second axis and includes a second gear face with a plurality of second gear teeth, where the first axis is not parallel with the second axis and the first and second teeth rotatably engage as the first gear rotates about the first axis and the second gear rotates about the second axis; a scraper that includes a distal interference surface in face-to-face proximity with at least one of the first plurality of teeth as the first gear rotates about the first axis, where the interference surface removes oil entrained adjacent to the plurality of first or second gear teeth as the first or second gears rotate.
US10648550B2
A harmonic driving device comprises a wave generator, a rigid wheel having an internal gear furnished therein, and a flexible wheel having an external gear furnished therein further comprising a cup-shaped which is composed of a main body and a bottom, a plurality of holes are disposed on the cup-shaped.
US10648547B2
A torque converter, including: a cover arranged to receive torque; an impeller including an impeller shell fixedly connected to the cover and including a first surface; a first plurality of blades fixedly connected to the impeller shell; a turbine including a turbine shell with a second surface; a second plurality of blades fixedly connected to the turbine shell; friction material bonded, with an adhesive, to one of the first surface or the second surface; and a stator connected to the turbine and the impeller and including a third plurality of blades. The one of the first surface or the second surface includes a periodic pattern etched into the one of the first surface or the second surface.
US10648542B2
A planetary gear includes a housing, a first gear stage having a first planet gear carrier, a bearing disposed on a wall of the housing, and a first shaft connected to the first planet gear carrier for torque transmission and supported in the bearing. The planetary gear further includes a second gear stage having a second planet gear carrier connected to a sun gear shaft of the first gear stage for torque transmission. The second planet gear carrier is supported in at least one of two ways, a first way in which the second planet gear carrier is supported in an axially inner bearing arranged on the first planet gear carrier, a second way in which the second planet gear carrier is supported in an axially outer bearing arranged in the wall of the housing.
US10648538B2
A bicycle-chain outer link plate comprises a first outer-link end portion, a second outer-link end portion, and a first outer-link intermediate portion. The first outer-link end portion comprises a first outer-link opening and a first outer-link end outermost edge. The second outer-link end portion comprises a second outer-link opening and a second outer-link end outermost edge. The first outer-link intermediate portion comprises a first outer-link intermediate outermost edge and a first additional outer-link intermediate outermost edge. The first outer-link intermediate portion has a first distance defined in an axial direction on a first outer-link longitudinal axis. The first outer-link intermediate outermost edge has a second distance defined in the axial direction. The first outer-link end outermost edge has a third distance defined in the axial direction. The first distance is larger than the second distance and the third distance. The second distance is larger than the third distance.
US10648535B2
The present invention extends to a carabiner intended for use as an adjustable anchor. In general, embodiments of the invention include a carabiner that includes a pinching mechanism. More specifically, some embodiments of the invention include a carabiner having a pinching mechanism that includes one of a slidable pin, a rotatable cam, or a pivotable block. Additionally, some embodiments of the invention include a rope, whereas other embodiments can be used with a rope supplied by a climber.
US10648529B2
In one embodiment, a centrifugal force generating device comprises a first hydraulic rotor, a second hydraulic rotor, and one or more hydraulic control valves. The first hydraulic rotor comprises a first mass and is configured to rotationally drive the first mass around a first axis of rotation using a first flow of hydraulic fluid through the first hydraulic rotor. The second hydraulic rotor comprises a second mass and is configured to rotationally drive the second mass around a second axis of rotation using a second flow of hydraulic fluid through the second hydraulic rotor. The one or more hydraulic control valves are configured to control the first flow of hydraulic fluid through the first hydraulic rotor and the second flow of hydraulic fluid through the second hydraulic rotor.
US10648522B2
A brake caliper housing includes a first end wall, a second end wall, and a transverse wall that extends from the first end wall to the second end wall. The brake caliper housing includes a first bearing protrusion that extends from the first end wall and the transverse wall, and that defines a first lateral bearing surface and a first arcuate bearing surface that extends from the first lateral bearing surface.
US10648519B2
A rotary propulsion system for a tiltrotor aircraft operable to transition between rotary and non rotary flight modes. The rotary propulsion system includes an engine that is coupled to a freewheeling unit. A gear system has a torque path coupling assembly between a first gear assembly that is coupled to the freewheeling unit and a second gear assembly that is coupled to a proprotor assembly. The torque path coupling assembly has an engaged position wherein the output of the first gear assembly is coupled to the input of the second gear assembly thereby providing a torque path between the engine and the proprotor assembly. The torque path coupling assembly also has a disengaged position wherein the output of the first gear assembly is independent of the input of the second gear assembly thereby interrupting the torque path between the engine and the proprotor assembly.
US10648516B2
The present invention relates to a double clutch device (2) with a first clutch (18) for selective torque transmission between a clutch input side (26) and a first clutch output side (28) and a second clutch (20) for selective torque transmission between the clutch input side (26) and a second clutch output side (30), wherein an actuating force (78) counter to the reset force (102) of a first spring device (100) may be applied to the first clutch (18) via a first force transmission element (76) and an actuating force (82) counter to the reset force (116) of a second spring device (114) may be applied to second clutch (20) via a second force transmission element (80). The first spring device (100) extends through at least one recess (104) in the second force transmission element (80).
US10648513B2
A thread-reinforced joint device for a coupling device of a vehicle drive, particularly of a low-platform vehicle, includes a plurality of coupling elements, at least one thread packet coupling two adjacent coupling elements so that a force is transmittable, a support device arranged on at least one of the coupling elements for axially guiding the at least one thread packet and at least one elastic body, into which, the at least one thread packet and the coupling elements are at least partially embedded. The coupling elements are designed and/or can be positioned so that the thread-reinforced joint device is adaptable to different mounting interfaces of a respective coupling device.
US10648508B2
A retainer of an outer ring guide type, includes a retainer guide surface, a relief surface (edge relief groove), and an axial groove. The retainer guide surface is provided on at least one axial end portion of a retainer outer diameter surface and is guided by the outer ring. The relief surface is formed on the retainer outer diameter surface along a circumferential direction, located on an axial center side with respect to the retainer guide surface, and has an outer diameter smaller than that of the retainer guide surface. The axial groove extends from the pockets to an axial end on the retainer outer diameter surface, forms an axial step portion by axially traversing the retainer guide surface, and has a groove bottom on a radial inner side with respect to the relief surface.
US10648494B1
According to at least one example, a walking assist system includes a walker having a pair of laterally opposed upright tubular structures connected by at least one laterally-extending tubular portion. The walking assist system also includes a seating device having a first tubular structure formed in an inverted U—pivotably connected by a hinge mechanism to a second tubular structure formed in an inverted U-shape. The seating device also defines a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The walking assist system further includes a retention clip defining a first opposing end configured to removably clamp to at least one of an upright tubular structure and the laterally-extending tubular portion of the walker. The retention clip also defines a second opposing end configured to removably clamp to at least one tubular structure of the seating device.
US10648476B2
The present invention relates to a turbo air blower having waterproof and damp-proof functions. The turbo air blower has a waterproof structure so as to be installed outdoor, thereby obviating the need to add a pressure-feeding line and manufacture an air blower room which are required for conventional indoor installation. Further, the turbo air blower has a reliable damp-proof function by installing various dehumidifying parts therein, thereby being capable of preventing a device from being corroded by humidity and dampness as well as providing dehumidified pressure-fed air.
US10648467B2
A gear pump is comprised of a driving gear, a first driven gear and second driven gears mutually in mesh; a housing accommodating them and defining a flow path including a first suction port, a second suction port, a first pressure port and a second pressure port; a floating comprising a thrust face bearing a floating force exerted by fluids and first, second and third pressure-receiving faces respectively oriented in a direction opposed to the thrust face; a first pressurizing chamber having fluid connection with the first pressure port or the second pressure port to exert pressure on the first pressure-receiving face; a second pressurizing chamber having fluid connection with the first suction port to exert pressure on the second pressure-receiving face; and a third pressurizing chamber having fluid connection with the second suction port to exert pressure on the third pressure-receiving face.
US10648466B2
A piston pump includes a perforated disk as a throttle, in a central hole of which an outlet valve is arranged and its inner edge is fixed externally on a cylinder sleeve base of the piston pump and an outer edge of which lies with prestress on an annular support. Brake fluid displaced out of the piston pump lifts the perforated disk-shaped throttle off from the annular support, with which a dynamic throttle is formed. A throttle channel which negotiates the annular support in the perforated disk-shaped throttle also enables a throughflow in the case of a throttle lying on the annular support.
US10648461B2
The invention relates to a metering pump having a hydraulic drive (12) for supplying a hydraulic fluid under pressure. The metering pump furthermore comprises a housing (2) and an oscillating piston (3), which is accommodated in the housing (2) in such a way that at least a first and a second hydraulic chamber (9-1, 9-2) and a first (6-1) and a second delivery chamber (6-2) are formed, wherein the oscillating piston (3) has at least a first driving surface (10-1) in the first hydraulic chamber (9-1) and at least a second driving surface (10-2) in the second hydraulic chamber (9-2), and the hydraulic chambers (9-1, 9-2) communicate with the hydraulic drive, thus enabling the oscillating piston (3) to be moved backward and forward between a first and a second position by the hydraulic fluid, wherein, during the movement from the first to the second position, the volume of the first delivery chamber (6-1) is enlarged and the volume of the second delivery chamber (6-2) is reduced and, during the movement from the second to the first position, the volume of the second delivery chamber (6-2) is enlarged and the volume of the first delivery chamber (6-1) is reduced. The invention furthermore relates to a metering system for mixing two fluids and a metering system for metering at least one fluid.
US10648454B2
A wind turbine system comprising a plurality of wind turbines mounted to a common support structure, wherein each of the plurality of wind turbines includes a rotor and a power generation system driven by the rotor, wherein the wind turbine system further comprises: localised control means including a plurality of local control modules, wherein each of the local control modules is operable to monitor the operation of a respective one of the plurality of wind turbines, and to issue local control commands thereto to achieve a set of local control objectives; and centralised control means configured to monitor the operation of the wind turbine system and provide centralised control commands to the plurality of wind turbines in order to achieve a set of supervisory control objectives associated with at least two of the plurality of wind turbines.
US10648453B2
There may be provided a wind power system that may include a turbine that comprises multiple curved blades that rotate about a vertical axis; wind collectors that surround the turbine; wherein each wind collector comprises a set of facets that define an outlet and an opening that is bigger than the outlet; wherein the outlet faces the turbine; and a ventilation mechanism.
US10648420B2
Various embodiments include a method for operating a fuel injector with a solenoid drive having a hydraulic stop at a predetermined fuel pressure comprising: applying a first current profile to the solenoid including a first holding current value prespecifying the current flowing during a holding phase; determining a resulting first flux; determining a first force based on the first flux corresponding to a hydraulic force exerted on the armature by fuel; determining a deviation between the first force and an optimal force corresponding to the predetermined fuel pressure; determining a second holding current based on the first holding current and the determined deviation; and applying a second current profile to carry out a second injection process using the second holding current value to apply a hydraulic force on the armature by the fuel adapted to the optimal force value.
US10648418B2
A method for calculating Atkinson cycle intake flowrate of an internal combustion engine includes determining an intake stopping point and an engine crank angle corresponding to a piston position of the internal combustion engine at the intake stopping point; calculating mass and partial pressure of an exhaust gas and a fresh gas within a cylinder from the engine crank angle; obtaining a mass ratio of a quantity of gas pushed out of the cylinder by a piston to a total quantity of gas within the cylinder at the intake stopping point during a period of time starting from the intake stopping point until intake valve closure; and calculating intake flowrate of the fresh gas within the cylinder at the intake valve closure from the mass ratio obtained. Also disclosed is a system for calculating Atkinson cycle intake flowrate of an internal combustion engine.
US10648417B2
A method for an engine control unit to conduct real time updating of data tables based on feedback from the air flow sensor without external computing. The air fuel ratio is based on information received from an air flow meter, where a look-up table is actively tuned for the air flow calibration instead of the volumetric efficiency tables. Here, the look-up table involves a single dimension value so the calculations are simpler than more complex evaluations previously set forth.
US10648411B2
To provide a controller and a control method, for an internal combustion engine, that can detect occurrence of knocking appropriately, even though the frequency distribution of the knock signal is distorted according to the occurrence state of knocking. The controller for the internal combustion engine calculates the background level by processing a low pass filter to the knock signal; and performs a low side frequency increase which makes a low side frequency, which is a cutoff frequency of the low pass filter in the case where the knock signal is smaller than an output value of the low pass filter, higher than a high side frequency, which is a cutoff frequency of the low pass filter in the case where the knock signal is larger than the output value of the low pass filter.
US10648410B2
Provided is a piston temperature state monitoring system for an internal combustion engine and a piston temperature monitoring method for an internal combustion engine which are capable of properly managing a history of a piston temperature. When the number of times of a piston temperature suppression control is counted, if a ratio of a temperature difference which is the difference between a maximum limit temperature and a piston temperature to a margin width which is the difference between the maximum limit temperature and a control start temperature is equal to or less than a count threshold ratio set in advance or calculated, a count output system outputs a count signal.
US10648407B2
A turbine section for a gas turbine engine includes a turbine blade that extends radially outwardly to a radially outer tip and for rotation about an axis of rotation. A blade outer air seal is mounted in a support structure and is arranged radially outward of the outer tip. A flow guide is arranged between the support structure and the blade outer air seal and defines a passage between the flow guide and the blade outer air seal. The passage is configured to communicate air in a generally axial direction.
US10648405B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods disclosed provide for estimating the remaining life for an engine. The method includes determining a correlation between a quantity of burned fuel and a level of wear of a piston ring for an engine. The level of wear of the piston ring is indicative of a remaining life of the engine. The method also includes determining a current quantity of burned fuel by the engine, and determining the remaining life of the engine based on the correlation and the current quantity of burned fuel by the engine.
US10648402B2
This control device starts an electric motor on the basis of a drive signal. After starting of the electric motor, the control device switches a bypass valve from an open state to a closed state.
US10648390B2
A heater system for an exhaust system is provided. The heater system includes a heater disposed in an exhaust conduit. The heater includes a plurality of heating elements disposed in the exhaust conduit. A heating control module controls the plurality of heating elements differently according to operating conditions specific to each heating element. In other forms, the heater system for an exhaust system has a plurality of heating zones, instead of a plurality of heating elements. The heating control module controls the plurality of heating zones differently according to operating conditions specific to each heating zone.
US10648386B2
A process for optimizing a depollution of nitrogen oxides from the gases in an engine exhaust line carried out according to a selective catalytic reduction by injection of a quantity of reducing agent into the line makes it possible to monitor a setpoint of the amount of nitrogen oxides per second at the outlet of the line. A readjustment of the setpoint is made at each completion of successive running distance intervals determined by integration of the speed over a time interval that ends as soon as a predetermined target cumulative amount of carbon dioxide released is reached, an amount of nitrogen oxides at the outlet per kilometer traveled being calculated for each interval from a cumulative amount of nitrogen oxides measured at the outlet and compared with a target amount of nitrogen oxides per kilometer for the calculation of a deviation used for the readjustment of the setpoint.
US10648385B2
A DEF injector is configured to inject DEF into an exhaust system of a vehicle. A DEF pump includes an electric motor configured to drive a compression mechanism and pumps the DEF to the DEF injector. A pressure sensor is configured to measure a pressure of the DEF output from the DEF pump. A sampling module is configured to, based on a rotational position of an output shaft of the electric motor, selectively output samples of the pressure. A measurement module is configured to determine a measured pressure at the pressure sensor based on a present one of the samples and a last one of the samples output before the present one of the samples. A pump control module is configured to apply power from a power source to the electric motor based on a difference between the measured pressure and a target pressure.
US10648378B2
An engine with an engine casing and a dipstick. The dipstick extends into the engine casing and has a free end. The design of the free end may be selected such that the natural frequency of the dipstick does not resonate with the operating frequency of the engine. The dipstick may also be oriented such that the free end does not contact the engine.
US10648377B2
A variable valve actuation mechanism is provided for an internal combustion engine including at least one valve for control of gas admission to a cylinder of the engine and/or gas exhaust from the cylinder. The mechanism includes two concentrically arranged camshafts, a cam set comprising two cams, each fixed to a respective of the camshafts, whereby the camshafts are arranged to be turned in relation to each other, so as to change the combined profile of the cams, and a cam follower adapted to follow the combined profile of the cams and to actuate at least one of the at least one valve in dependence on the combined profile of the cams, wherein the cam follower includes two rollers, each roller being adapted to follow a respective one of the cams.
US10648368B2
A drive assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an exemplary embodiment includes, among other things, an epicyclic gear train having an input and an output, the input coupled to a first turbine, the output coupled to an accessory drive shaft, and at least one engagement feature on a component of the gear train. An actuator is engageable with the at least one engagement feature to cause the accessory drive shaft to rotate. A method of driving a section of a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
US10648363B2
A vane includes a pair of airfoils having a plurality of film cooling holes that extend through an exterior surface of the airfoils, the plurality of film cooling holes including at least a first subset of film cooling holes, wherein the first subset of film cooling holes break through the exterior surface at geometric coordinates set forth herein. Each of the geometric coordinates is measured from a reference point on a leading edge rail of a platform of the vane.
US10648349B2
A method of manufacturing a coated turbine vane (34) comprises manufacturing a turbine vane (34) having a platform (44) and an aerofoil (42) extending from the platform (44), a curved transition (60) connects the platform (44) to the aerofoil (42) and a recess (64) is provided in the curved transition (60) from the platform (44) to the aerofoil (42). A bond coating (70) is deposited on the platform (44), the aerofoil (42), the curved transition (60) and the recess (64). A ceramic thermal barrier coating (72) is deposited on the platform (44), the recess (64) and the curved transition (60) by plasma spraying. The recess (64) reduces the size of the step due to the ceramic thermal barrier coating (72) and hence improves the aerodynamics of the turbine vane (34).
US10648345B2
An airfoil includes pressure and suction side walls that extend in a chord-wise direction between leading and trailing edges. The pressure and suction side walls extend in a radial direction to provide an exterior airfoil surface. A core cooling passage is arranged between the pressure and suction walls in a thickness direction and extends radially toward a tip. A skin passage is arranged in one of the pressure and suction side walls to form a hot side wall and a cold side wall. The hot side wall defines a portion of the exterior airfoil surface and the cold side wall defines a portion of the core passage. The core passage and the skin passage are configured to have a same direction of fluid flow. A resupply hole fluidly interconnects the core and skin passages. The resupply hole has a single inlet that is fluidly connected to multiple discrete outlet apertures. A centerline of the single inlet is arranged at an angle relative to the direction of fluid flow in the core passage and is configured to provide a low turbulence flow region in the skin passage.
US10648326B2
An inground housing supports a transmitter for receiving electrical power from a battery. The transmitter transmits at least one signal using at least two different transmit power levels for at least one of locating the transmitter and characterizing an orientation of the transmitter. Based on detecting the battery voltage, the transmitter selects one of the transmit power levels. Transmitter output power can be controlled based on one or both of signal gain and duty cycle.
US10648323B2
A device is provided for positively locating within a profile, wherein the device includes one or more radially resilient locator mechanisms; one or more slips; one or more packing elements; and a stopping mechanism; wherein the one or more locator mechanisms are radially expandable to locate within the profile and wherein the stopping mechanism prevents engagement of the one or more slips and the one or more packing elements unit the one or more locator mechanisms are located in the profile. A method is also provided for applying downhole isolation.
US10648322B2
A system and method for determining drilling parameters based on hydraulic pressure associated with a directional drilling system are disclosed. A drilling parameter associated with a directional drilling system may be determined by measuring hydraulic pressure associated with the directional drilling system during drilling of a wellbore, detecting a change in the hydraulic pressure, and determining a drilling parameter based on the detected change in hydraulic pressure.
US10648316B2
In some embodiments, an apparatus and a system, as well as a method and article, may operate to model electromagnetic data to provide modeled electromagnetic data by solving a first set of surface integral equations that include earth model parameters corresponding to an earth model of a geological formation. Additional activity may include publishing at least some of the modeled electromagnetic data in human-readable form, and/or controlling drilling operations in the geological formation based on the earth model when error between the modeled electromagnetic data and measured electromagnetic data is less than a selected threshold. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10648312B2
The present invention provides a method and system for providing on-site electrical power to a fracturing operation, and an electrically powered fracturing system. Natural gas can be used to drive a turbine generator in the production of electrical power. A scalable, electrically powered fracturing fleet is provided to pump fluids for the fracturing operation, obviating the need for a constant supply of diesel fuel to the site and reducing the site footprint and infrastructure required for the fracturing operation, when compared with conventional systems.
US10648308B2
A variation of expanding solvent steam assisted gravity drainage (ES-SAGD) production of heavy oil wherein steam and hydrocarbon solvent are co-injected into a heavy oil reservoir and water, hydrocarbon solvent and heavy oil are produced by gravity drainage until the steam chamber is well developed or until oil recovery reaches about 20-30% of oil in place. At that time, the wells are switched to a lateral sweep using non-condensible gas (NSG) and steam co-injection, where more hydrocarbon solvent is recovered than is recovered with ES-SAGD used alone and where the cumulative steam to oil ratio is reduced over using -ES-SAGD alone.
US10648304B2
A well treatment fluid contains a surface modifying treatment agent having an anchor and a hydrophobic tail. The surface modifying treatment agent is an organophosphorus acid derivative. After the well treatment fluid is pumped into a well penetrating the subterranean formation, the anchor binds to the surface of the formation. The subterranean formation is a siliceous formation or a metal oxide-containing subterranean formation. The anchor bonds to a Si atom when the formation is a siliceous formation and to the metal of the metal oxide when the formation is a metal oxide-containing formation. After being bound to the surface of the formation, frictional drag within the well is reduced. This allows for faster recovery of formation fluids. The bonding of the surface modifying treatment agent onto the formation may further be enhanced by first pre-treating the formation with a non-aqueous fluid. By increasing the number of sites for the surface modifying treatment agent to bind onto the surface of the subterranean formation, productivity is improved.
US10648295B2
Equipment for connection of subsea pipelines for oil and gas fields includes one machined block manifold having at least one fluid import spindle of side input, one stop valves set provided on a surface of machined block manifold, which also receives a header and branches, a point for line support and device for subsea installation, subsea line or pipeline. This set is installed on a foundation frame in sea soil and will be part of an oil drilling system.
US10648289B2
A downhole milling tool (100) operable to remove unwanted debris from an interior wall of a pipeline, well casing or other tubular in which the tool (100) is deployable. The tool (100) comprises a hollow tool body (1, 11) mountable on a drill string and an annular element (8) mountable about an outside surface of the tool body (1). The annular element (8) houses at least one elongate milling blade (12). The at least one milling blade (12) is configured such that it always projects from an outside surface of the annular element (8) and includes an elongate cutting face (36). The annular element (8) is configured to be rotatably coupled to the tool body (1) in an active state and rotatably decoupled from the tool body (1) in an inactive state such that the annular element (8) and the tool body (1) are rotationally dependent when coupled and rotationally independent when decoupled. The cutting faces (36) are each configured to be operable to remove unwanted debris only when the annular element (8) and the tool body (1) are rotationally dependent, such that, in use, rotation of the tool body (1) effects operation of the milling blades (12) to remove unwanted debris and to be inoperable to remove unwanted debris when the annular element (8) and the tool body (1) are rotationally independent.
US10648287B2
A downhole tool, configured to receive a milling tool or other forcing tool, includes: a tubular mandrel; an adapter housing coupled to the mandrel; a guide sleeve disposed within the adapter housing; a movable sleeve configured for sliding movement within the guide sleeve; and a retainer positioned uphole of the movable sleeve. The retainer includes an upper annular portion, a lower annular portion, an annular void between the upper and lower annular portions, and a bridge portion extending between the upper and lower annular portions. The upper annular portion is initially fixed to the guide sleeve. The lower annular portion is configured such that downward movement of the lower annular portion causes the movable sleeve to move downward within the guide sleeve. The bridge portion comprises a through-passage and a thin walled segment adjacent to the void. Milling or otherwise disconnecting the bridge portion permits the lower annular portion to move the moveable sleeve.
US10648276B2
A slip and cone arrangement including a slip having a centrally located cone interconnection feature, and a cone having a slip retention feature engageable with the interconnection feature. A slip including a body, the body having a T section, and an engagement section, the engagement section having a centrally located cone interconnection feature.
US10648272B2
A casing floatation system includes a casing having a pre-load collar and a landing collar; and a lower bottom latch-in plug comprising: a catch mechanism compatible with the pre-load collar; and a landing mechanism compatible with the landing collar. A method of well completion includes floating a casing in a wellbore with a casing floatation system having a pre-load collar; sequentially engaging a lower bottom latch-in plug and a top latch-in plug having a transitionable seal; pressure testing the casing; and triggering the transitionable seal to unseal the bore of the top latch-in plug.
US10648264B2
A system (100) for positioning a working tool (21) in a wellbore (1). The positioning system (100) comprises a casing element (110) with a marker (111, 112, 113) provided on an inner surface, the marker (111, 112, 113) having a distinct diameter different from the inner diameter of the casing element (110). The system further comprises a positioning tool (120) with a latching element (121, 122) adapted to form a latch (115) with the marker (111, 112, 113), and a force detector (130) adapted to detect an axial latching force (FL) applied to a tubing string (20) from the latch (115) when the casing element (110) is located within the wellbore (1) and the force detector (130) is located at a surface (2) outside the wellbore (1).
US10648250B2
An elevator device for drilling systems consisting substantially of a lifting device (2) cooperating with a loading device (3) applied to a drilling machine (4); said lifting device (2) taking a rod (100) or a casing (101) from a horizontal position to successively engage said rod or casing in a driving head (5) of a drilling machine (4), said device being directly mounted on the driving head and being driven by said driving head.
US10648247B2
An assembly for use in subsurface drilling includes a downhole probe supported by a centralizer. The centralizer comprises a tubular member that extends around the downhole probe. A wall of the centralizer is fluted to provide inward contact points that support the downhole probe and outward contact points that bear against a bore wall of a section of drill string. The downhole probe may be supported for substantially its entire length.
US10648242B2
A drill tool that is usable in drilling a wellbore can include a pin component and a box component. The pin component has a threaded portion and an extended portion extending axially from an end of the threaded portion. The box component is part of a stator of a downhole drilling motor. The box component is threadedly coupled to the pin component such that the extended portion of the pin component is positioned in an inner area defined by the box component to absorb stress from the threaded portion during a bend for a wellbore drilling operation.
US10648232B2
Methods and apparatus to control an architectural opening covering assembly are disclosed herein. An example architectural opening covering assembly includes a tube and a covering coupled to the tube such that rotation of the tube winds or unwinds the covering around the tube. A motor is operatively coupled to the tube to rotate the tube. The example architectural opening covering assembly also includes a gravitational sensor to generate tube position information based on a gravity reference. The example architectural opening covering assembly further includes a controller communicatively coupled to the motor to control the motor. The controller is to determine a position of the covering based on the tube position information.
US10648224B2
An insulating glass unit (IGU) assembly line comprising a registration station capable of interleaving double and triple pane IGUs in accordance with an IOU production schedule. Visual indicators or prompts instruct operators at the assembly line in configuring a sequence of IGUs. Triple pane IGUs are assembled with minimal contamination of a center glass lite. A non-contact Bernoulli pad is used to lift a glass lite off from a horizontal or vertical support that conveys it from a glass washer to the registration station. Each of multiple pads has a capacity to lift approximately seven to ten pounds. Use of multiple pads per glass sheet or lite allows lites having dimensions up to 70 by 100 inches (assuming glass thickness of one quarter inch) to be assembled.
US10648218B1
A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a food storage chamber. A door is positioned on the cabinet and is movable between a closed position and an open position. A door opener includes an outer case fixedly mounted to the cabinet. The door opener also includes an inner case within the outer case that is movable relative to the outer case. A finger extends from the door opener towards the door. The door opener also includes a sensor that detects relative movement between the inner case and the outer case. The finger is positioned in contact with an inner surface of the door when the door is in the closed position and the door opener is in a zero position. The sensor detects movement of the inner case from the zero position of the door opener towards the back portion of the cabinet along the transverse direction.
US10648217B2
A railroad hopper car body includes a set of hopper and hopper discharges. Egress of lading from the discharges is governed by movable doors that swing between a closed position and an open position. The motion is driven by a mechanical transmission that is itself driven by an actuator. Each pair of doors is driven by a single actuator. The actuator is mounted to act through the center sill. A portion, or substantially all, of the actuator may be mounted in a predominantly squat, vertical orientation within the center sill. In alternate embodiments, the transmission output may be bifurcated. The center sill bottom flange may be narrower adjacent to the doors. The mechanism may have a secondary lock. The mechanism may have an auxiliary manual release.
US10648216B2
A touch sensor unit includes a pressure-sensitive sensor and a support that supports the pressure-sensitive sensor. The support includes a first portion that is folded and overlapped with a second portion of the support to at least partially enclosed and support the sensor. One of the first portion and the second portion includes a groove, and the other of the first portion and the second portion includes a projection that projects toward the groove. The projection is fitted into the groove.
US10648207B2
A casement window opening control device including a sash sub-assembly and a frame sub-assembly. The device is self-locating by aligning the bottom end of each sub-assembly with physical features of the window. This saves time and effort in installation by not requiring any measurements to ensure that an engaging feature of the limiting arm of the device is aligned with an engaging feature of the frame sub-assembly so that the device properly reengages upon closing of the sash after release. Also, operation of the release of the travel limiting arm is intuitive, requiring only pressing in on a latch button and sliding it upwardly to effect release.
US10648205B2
A tonneau cover system for a vehicle having a cargo box and a tailgate movable between an open position and a closed position. The tonneau cover system includes a tonneau cover mountable to the vehicle and movable between deployed and open arrangements. In the deployed arrangement, the tonneau cover overlies the cargo box. In the open arrangement, the tonneau cover is opened for allowing access to the cargo box. A latch mechanism is movable between a locked position in which the latch mechanism secures the tonneau cover in the deployed arrangement, and an unlocked position in which the latch mechanism is released to allow movement of the tonneau cover into the open arrangement. The latch mechanism is biased in the unlocked position and comprises a tailgate contact positionable to engage the tailgate in the closed position to move the latch mechanism from the unlocked position to the locked position.
US10648202B2
A locking device and method for locking the locking device includes a lock for a door or a hatch for a hood of a motor vehicle. The lock having includes a locking mechanism that has a rotary latch and at least one pawl for blocking the rotary latch. The locking device includes a drive which allows the locking mechanism to be moved in such a way that a door gap or hatch gap can be narrowed in the closed state of the door or hatch. The lock is an electric lock that includes an electric drive which allows the locking mechanism to be brought into the main blocking position of the locking mechanism and/or allows the lock to be opened.
US10648196B2
A lock assembly includes a lock body and a U-shaped shackle having a curved portion extending between first and second legs receivable in first and second shackle apertures in an upper portion of the lockbox body. The shackle has a guard wall affixed to an interior surface of the curved portion, the guard wall defining an interior arcuate wall surface extending forward and rearward from a central plane bisecting the shackle. The upper portion of the lock body includes first and second protruding projections at least partially surrounding the first and second shackle apertures and defining first and second upwardly diverging interior surfaces laterally aligned with the curved portion of the shackle. The lock body includes a latching mechanism configured to secure the shackle in a plurality of latched positions to adjust a distance between the first and second upwardly diverging interior surfaces and the curved portion of the shackle. When the shackle is secured around a door handle with the shackle secured in a suitable one of the plurality of latched positions, abutment of the interior arcuate wall surface with a neck portion of the door handle impedes forward and rearward rotation of the lock assembly about a horizontal axis extending through the curved portion of the shackle and abutment of the first and second upwardly diverging interior surfaces with a neck portion of the door handle impedes side-to-side twisting rotation of the lock assembly about a vertical axis extending through the curved portion of the shackle.
US10648191B1
A pole stabilizing device for making a field repair on a pole includes a main vertical plate and left and right vertical brackets which are secured to each other to clamp against the pole and which are secured to the foundation of the pole.
US10648190B2
A modular ballast system for supporting objects uses tubing such as pipes of appropriate size for the required ballast. Once in place, the empty pipes are filled with a watery mix (slurry) of sand, silt, gravel, soil, cement or other generally available material to generate a majority of the ballast weight. A two piece clamping mechanism provides fixed placement attachment points suitable for attachment by supported structures. The lower piece of the clamping mechanism sits under the ballast tubing and is designed to both support and disperse the anticipated weight of the objects with minimal impact on the surface beneath it. The upper piece of the clamping mechanism mates to the lower clamping piece and completes a full 360 degree collar around the ballast tubing to create a durable clamping mechanism that both captures the weight and position of the ballast tubing and prevents the ballast tubing from shifting.
US10648187B2
A foundation having a central vertical pedestal, a plurality of radial reinforcing ribs extending radially outward from the pedestal. The pedestal and ribs forming a continuous monolithic structure. An anchoring system under the ribs with anchoring the foundation to the ground by anchoring elements connected to rock anchors, soil anchors, piles or the like. The foundation design reduces the weight and volume of materials used, reduces cost, and improves heat dissipation conditions during construction by having a small ratio of concrete mass to surface area thus eliminating the risk of thermal cracking due to heat of hydration.
US10648186B2
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a ramp and platform interface, includes a platform side defining one or more slots, the upper end of the one or more slots defined by a downwardly and inwardly extending lip; at least one support flange including a body, a lip disposed at the top edge of the body, and a flange section outwardly extending from the body, wherein the at least one support flange is selectively mounted to the platform side via the one or more slots; and a ramp section defining a support surface on a top side thereof and one or more support flange engagement structure on the bottom side thereof, wherein the ramp section is disposed in a supporting relationship with the platform side via cooperation of the flange section and the support flange engagement structure.
US10648180B2
A building construction system of includes a prefinished exterior weather-tight insulating skin (panel), a cavity and structural zone where electrical, mechanical, plumbing, HVAC, data/audio systems can run freely and be modified, and a prefinished interior wall panel which is easily removable allowing access to the cavity and structural zone. The exterior and interior panels are mounted to structural components and create the cavity therebetween.
US10648179B2
A system for removing shingles on a roof is provided. One embodiment includes a navigational apparatus for traversing the roof and a roof shingle removal apparatus attached to the navigational apparatus for removing the shingles. The improved removal apparatus pries existing shingles from the roof, and then stores the shingles in a debris bin before emptying the shingles in a precise location.
US10648175B2
An apparatus for protection of an elongated structural support from impact, the apparatus includes an elongated impact protection component in the form of a unitary part having an inner surface, an outer surface, and a plurality of orthogonally-oriented projections spaced along a length of the elongated impact protection component. The projections of the elongated impact protection component include integrally formed connectors for interlocking connection to other same type impact protection components.
US10648174B2
The invention relates to an architectural assembly consisting of wall elements made of concrete containing conductive particles with a conductive mesh forming an electromagnetic radiation shielding. Said wall elements consist of a panel 1 made of concrete containing conductive particles without a conductive mesh, at least one face of which is provided with a skin 2, 3 comprising a conductive mesh, with meshes being less than 30×30 mm in dimensions.
US10648166B2
A screening device for separating out and removing contaminants from wastewater includes two continuous conveyors, which are mounted with clearance from each other. Each has a drive wheel that is guided on a circular path and includes a fixedly situated bar screen, which includes multiple mutually spaced grating bars for removing contaminants from the wastewater. Each bar screen includes multiple clearing elements, which are connected to the conveyor for removing from the bar screen the contaminants that have been separated out by the bar screen. The bar screen forms a fixed screen surface that extends, in the intended installation position of the screening device, essentially in the flow direction of the wastewater reaching the screening device.
US10648159B2
A monitoring region for monitoring entry of an obstacle is set around a machine main body. A plurality of obstacle sensing sensors sense an obstacle in the monitoring region and sense an obstacle in different directions with respect to the machine main body. A construction machine accumulatively stores approach information indicating that an obstacle has been sensed by any of the plurality of obstacle sensing sensors in a specific period, and outputs the approach information to be displayed on a display device.
US10648151B2
Embodiments of a mold for making a retaining wall blocks are disclosed. The mold enables blocks to be made more quickly by enabling separation of each block from the mold housing when the block is cured sufficiently to enable separation. Once separated, the block can be permitted to fully cure away from the mold housing, while the mold housing is re-used to produce one or more other blocks. In one embodiment, among others, the mold has a movable bottom tray and a mold housing with at least one door. The mold housing has an opening designed to receive and introduce a fabrication material, such as concrete, into the cavity. Once a block is sufficiently cured, it is separated from the mold housing on the tray through the at least one door, and a new tray is inserted in the mold housing to make another block.
US10648134B2
Fibrous structures that exhibit a Geometric Mean Elongation of greater than 14.85% as measured according to the Elongation Test Method are provided.
US10648129B2
The invention relates to a process for producing a dissolving pulp from a cellulosic starting material using the kraft process, comprising the step of cooking the starting material with a cooking liquor. The process according to the invention characterized in that the starting material is exposed to a steam treatment prior to cooking and that the pulp obtained by cooking is subjected to cold caustic extraction (CCE) in the course of further processing.
US10648121B2
A laundry treating an appliance comprises a cabinet defining an interior and having an access opening located on one of a front or top of the cabinet, a tub located within the interior and defining a liquid reservoir, a drum located within the liquid reservoir and rotatable about a horizontal or vertical axis, a dispenser fluidly coupled to the liquid reservoir having at least one treating chemistry compartment with a siphon movable between a first position and a second position.
US10648116B2
A laundry treating appliance having a tub with a tub interior that defines a liquid chamber, a rotatable drum located within the liquid chamber and rotatable about a rotational axis that at least partially defines a treating chamber, and a lifter housing carried by the drum and located within the treating chamber.
US10648108B2
A method monitors/controls unwinding and supplying thread from a supply device to a textile machine. The supply device includes a control unit and a thread collection and supply unit moved by a motor. A first sensor detects first data indicative of a current driving torque applied to the collection and supply unit. A second sensor detects second data indicative of a current tension value of thread supplied to the textile machine. A first indicator representing driving torque values is calculated, each variation of the first indicator representing a variation of the driving torque value to compensate for a deviation of the first data. A second indicator is calculating representing tension values applied to the thread supplied to the textile machine. Each variation of the second indicator representing a deviation of the second data. Based on the indicators, malfunctions in the unwinding and supply of thread are detected and signaled.
US10648103B2
Provided herein, in some embodiments, are novel compositions and improved methods for nucleic acid manipulation and analysis that can be applied to multiplex nucleic acid sequencing. In certain embodiments, the novel compositions and methods presented herein are more cost effective, more conducive to automation, and faster than traditional approaches. Also provided herein are novel blocking nucleic acids.
US10648089B2
A system for providing hydrogen includes a first electrochemical cell or stack including a first cathode and a first anode separated by a first proton exchange membrane. A first inlet is in communication with the anode side of the first electrochemical cell or stack. The first inlet receives a first gas including hydrogen. A liquid composition on a liquid flow path is in communication with the cathode side of the first electrochemical cell or stack. The liquid composition includes water and a water-compatible redox compound. A second electrochemical cell stack including a second cathode and a second anode separated by a second proton exchange membrane is disposed with the anode side of the second electrochemical cell or stack in communication with the liquid flow path. A hydrogen outlet in communication with the cathode side of the second electrochemical cell or stack dispenses hydrogen from the system.
US10648085B2
The present disclosure relates to coating a carrier component by means of cold gas dynamic spraying. For example, a method for coating a carrier component may include: laying a mask with an opening on the component; depositing a material through the opening to completely fill up the mask opening; removing any material located above the upper side to form a flat surface even with the upper side of the mask; laying a second mask on the first mask; depositing the material again; removing any deposited material located above the upper side of the second mask to form a flat surface even with the upper side of the second mask; repeating layers of additional masks and material deposition until the deposited material reaches a required thickness on the carrier component; and after completion of the coating to the required thickness, removing the masks.
US10648084B2
A method for forming a sheet structure includes providing a tool having a formation surface corresponding to a shape of the sheet structure. The method also includes depositing at least one layer of material on the formation surface using a cold-spray deposition technique. The method also includes removing the at least one layer of material from the formation surface to create the sheet structure.
US10648082B1
The disclosed process is capable of depositing thin layers of a wide variety of metals onto powders of magnesium, aluminum, and their alloys. A material is provided that comprises particles containing a reactive metal coated with a noble metal that has a less-negative standard reduction potential than the reactive metal. The coating has a thickness from 1 nanometer to 100 microns, for example. A method of forming an immersion deposit on a reactive metal comprises: combining a reactive metal, an ionic liquid, and a noble metal salt; depositing the noble metal on the reactive metal by a surface-displacement reaction, thereby generating the immersion deposit on the reactive metal; and removing the ionic liquid from the immersion deposit. The material may be present in an article or object (e.g., a sintered part) containing from 0.25 wt % to 100 wt % of a coated reactive metal as disclosed herein.
US10648066B2
The present invention relates to the reduction of artificial aging time of 7xxx series alloys. Currently, the artificial aging times for typical 7xxx series alloy can be as long as 24 hrs. The current invention allows for a significant reduction of aging times, thereby saving time, energy, money and storage space hence increasing the productivity.
US10648061B2
Producing high purity lithium solution from a lithium source containing dissolved Na+, Ca2+, and Mg2+, by: passing the source into and out of a bed of sorbent composed of hydrated alumina intercalated with LiX, preferably LiCl, to extract lithium from the lithium source into the sorbent; washing the bed of sorbent with dilute aqueous LiCl to remove lithium from the sorbent to obtain a lithium eluent of increased Li+ concentration; subjecting this eluent to nanofiltration to produce a lithium permeate from which Ca2+, Mg2+, and other nanofilterable components are concurrently removed, yielding a permeate solution with 25% or less, and a retentate solution with 75% or more Ca2+ and Mg2+, as compared to the eluent from washing; and subjecting the permeate solution to a particular forward osmosis yielding a solution having 13,000-25,000 ppm dissolved lithium. Specified optional steps and new features can be used to increase lithium concentrations and purity.
US10648055B2
A sheet or blank is provided which includes a substrate and pre-coating on at least one face of the substrate. A polymerized layer overlies at least a part of the pre-coating and has a thickness from 2 μm to 30 μm, a nitrogen content of less than 1% by weight, carbon pigments in a quantity from 3 to 30% by weight and does not include a polymer with silicon. A welded blank, part and fabrication methods are also provided.
US10648051B2
A sickle cutting section is provided. The sickle cutting section comprises a plate having a base material of a first hardness. The plate extends forwardly from a mounting portion to a front tip. A serrated cutting edge extends at least partially between the front tip and the mounting portion. A clad material is of a second hardness that is harder than the first hardness and is deposited along the base material at least partially along the serrated cutting edge.
US10648047B2
A method is provided for producing breathable leather material including the following steps: a leather-based material is provided; the leather-based material is perforated; a support body is provided; a finishing is applied to the support body such that a later visible side of the finishing is facing the support body and the finishing is transferred to the surface of the perforated leather-based material and removed from the support body.
US10648044B2
This document relates to molecular complexes having acid alpha glucosidase activity and at least one modification that results in enhanced ability of the molecular complex to be transported to the interior of a mammalian cell.
US10648037B2
The present invention discloses a method for non-invasively detecting EGFR gene mutations in subjects, comprising the following steps: designing primers according to EGFR gene exons; extracting plasma DNAs in subjects; connecting the extracted plasma DNAs with tagging linkers; PCR pre-amplifying the tagging linkers connected plasma DNAs; cyclising the pre-amplified DNAs to obtain cyclised DNAs; PCR amplifying the cyclised DNAs using the designed primers; and high throughput sequencing the PCR amplified product and analyzing the EGFR gene mutations. The present invention also discloses a corresponding kit.
US10648030B2
The disclosure provides a method of determining the presence or absence of a plurality of target polynucleotides in a sample including combining a sample that may comprise one or more of the plurality of target polynucleotides with a plurality of sets of complementary polynucleotides; incubating the polynucleotides under conditions that allow hybridization of complementary sequences; joining the first and second complementary polynucleotides to form one or more product polynucleotides; and detecting the presence or absence of one or more product polynucleotides to determine the presence or absence of one or more of the plurality of target polynucleotides in the sample.
US10648029B2
Embodiments may include a method of analyzing a nucleic acid molecule. The method may include attaching the nucleic acid molecule to a protein. The protein may be attached to a particle with a first diameter. The method may also include applying an electric field to move a first portion of the nucleic acid molecule into an aperture. The aperture may be defined by a first electrode, an insulator, and a second electrode. The aperture may have a second diameter less than the first diameter. The method may further include contacting the first portion of the nucleic acid molecule to both the first electrode and the second electrode. The method may include applying a voltage across the first electrode and the second electrode. The current through the electrodes and the portion of the nucleic acid molecule may be measured, and a nucleotide of the nucleic acid molecule may be identified.
US10648027B2
Techniques for measuring sequences of nucleic acids are provided. Time-based measurements (e.g., forming a histogram) particular to a given sequencing cell can be used to generate a tailored model. The model can include probability functions, each corresponding to different states (e.g., different states of a nanopore). Such probability functions can be fit to a histogram of measurements obtained for that cell. The probability functions can be updated over a sequencing run of the nucleic acid so that drifts in physical properties of the sequencing cell can be compensated. A hidden Markov model can use such probability functions as emission probabilities for determining the most likely nucleotide states over time. For sequencing cells involving a polymerase, a 2-state classification between bound and unbound states of the polymerase can be performed. The bound regions can be further analyzed by a second classifier to distinguish between states corresponding to different bound nucleotides.
US10648025B2
Provided herein is technology relating to the amplification-based detection of bisulfite-treated DNAs and particularly, but not exclusively, to methods and compositions for multiplex amplification of low-level sample DNA prior to further characterization of the sample DNA. The technology further provides methods for isolating DNA from blood or blood product samples, e.g., plasma samples.
US10648009B2
The present invention relates to enzyme compositions for high temperature saccharification of cellulosic material and to uses thereof.
US10648004B2
The invention features compositions and methods for the increased production of mevalonate, isoprene, isoprenoid precursor molecules, isoprenoids, and/or acetyl-CoA-derived products in recombinant microorganisms by engineering the microorganisms to comprise one or more acetylating proteins such that the expression and/or activity of the one or more acetylating proteins is modulated.
US10647990B2
The present invention provides a new plant gene-rice high temperature resistance 1 gene (Rice High Temperature Resistance 1, HTR1) and encoded protein thereof. Also disclosed is the use of the high temperature resistance gene, especially for the enhancement of high-temperature resistance of plants in plant variety improvement and cross breeding.
US10647986B2
The present disclosure relates to an inhibitor of Dynamin 2 for use in the treatment of centronuclear myopathies. The present disclosure relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing Dynamin 2 inhibitor and to their use for the treatment of centronuclear myopathies. It also deals with a method for identifying or screening molecules useful in the treatment of a centronuclear myopathy.
US10647968B2
The present invention discloses a new anti-tumor medicament comprising a mutant of endostatin. The mutant comprises a mutation in the ATP-binding site of endostatin and has a decreased ATPase activity and an increased anti-angiogenesis activity.
US10647962B2
An aluminoborate glass composition, including B2O3, Al2O3, P2O5, Na2O, and CaO, as defined herein. Also disclosed are bioactive compositions including the disclosed aluminoborate glass composition, a suitable fluid, and at least one live cell. Also disclosed is method of limiting the amount of boron released into an aqueous solution from a disclosed aluminoborate-containing glass composition as defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of proliferating cells on a bioactive substrate as defined herein.
US10647958B2
The present disclosure provides instruments, modules and methods for improved detection of edited cells following nucleic acid-guided nuclease genome editing. The disclosure provides improved automated instruments that perform methods—including high throughput methods—for screening cells that have been subjected to editing and identifying cells that have been properly edited.
US10647957B2
Methods, devices and kits for the physical separation of plankton into its component parts utilizing phototactic behavior are described. The methods utilize positive phototactic behavior and negative contrast orientation of the zooplankton for maximal in situ separation of phytoplankton and zooplankton for use in further studies and evaluation of separation efficiency. The devices provide effective conditions for use in the separation of plankton into component parts.
US10647955B2
An operation isolator forms an aseptic space. An incubator is connected to the operation isolator, in which cells are stored and cultured. A storage chamber stores articles used in the operation isolator. In order to carry articles from the outside into the storage chamber, a decontamination pass-box is provided. The storage chamber and the operation isolator are directly or indirectly connected to each other.
US10647953B2
An article suitable for inducing quasispherical cell clustering is provided. The article comprising: a layer suitable for culturing quasispherical cell clusters, the layer comprising a bulk region comprising an interpenetrating network of at least one predominantly positively charged polyelectrolyte and at least one predominantly negatively charged positive polyelectrolyte, a back surface region, and a front surface region, wherein the front surface region comprises a net negative fixed surface charge density of between about 0.4 micromole per m2 and about 1.5 micromole per m2.
US10647921B2
A liquid crystal composition includes a polymerizable compound (or polymer) and a polar compound, where the homeotropic alignment of liquid crystal molecules can be achieved by the action of these compounds, and a liquid crystal display device includes such a composition. A nematic liquid crystal composition has positive dielectric anisotropy and includes a polymerizable compound as a first additive and a polar compound as a second additive, and the composition may include a specific liquid crystal compound having a large positive dielectric anisotropy and a specific liquid crystal compound having a high maximum temperature or a small viscosity, and a liquid crystal display device includes such a composition.
US10647918B2
A liquid crystal composition includes: at least one liquid crystal compound selected from the group consisting of Chemical Formulas 1-1 to 1-8; at least one self-aligned compound selected from the group consisting of Chemical Formulas 2-1 and 2-2; and at least one reactive mesogen selected from the group consisting of Chemical Formulas 3-1 to 3-5. Compositions and devices constructed therewith are capable of ameliorating liquid crystal drip spots that typically occur in a manufacturing process. In addition, the display devices using the composition do not require an additional alignment layer, which simplifies manufacturing.
US10647914B2
Scintillating plastics resistant to crazing and fogging, methods of making and using the same are disclosed. The scintillating plastics include: one or more primary polymers present in an amount ranging from about 40 wt % to about 95 wt %; one or more secondary polymers present in an amount ranging from about 1 wt % to about 60 wt %; and one or more fluors present in an amount ranging from about 0.1 wt % to about 50 wt %. Methods of making such plastics include: creating a homogenous mixture of precursor materials including primary polymer, secondary polymer, and fluor in the amounts set forth above; and polymerizing the homogenous mixture. Methods of using such plastics include: exposing the scintillating plastic to one or more extreme environmental conditions for a predetermined amount of time without generating crazing or fogging within the scintillating plastic. Various additional features and specific embodiments of these inventive concepts are also disclosed.
US10647912B2
A carbon-coated vanadium dioxide particle includes a vanadium dioxide particle; and a coating layer containing amorphous carbon on a surface of the vanadium dioxide particle, the amorphous carbon being derived from carbon contained in an oxazine resin, and having a peak intensity ratio of a G band to a band of 1.5 or greater as determined from a Raman spectrum. The coating layer has an average thickness of 50 nm or less. The coating layer has a coefficient of variation (CV value) of thickness of 7% or less.
US10647909B2
A fracturing fluid including a base fluid including salt water, a polymer, a crosslinker, and a nanomaterial. The crosslinker may include a Zr crosslinker, a Ti crosslinker, an Al crosslinker, a borate crosslinker, or a combination thereof. The nanomaterial may include ZrO2 nanoparticles, TiO2 nanoparticles, CeO2 nanoparticles; Zr nanoparticles, Ti nanoparticles, Ce nanoparticles, metal-organic polyhedra including Zr, Ti, Ce, or a combination thereof; carbon nanotubes, carbon nanorods, nano graphene, nano graphene oxide; or any combination thereof. The viscosity and viscosity lifetime of fracturing fluids with both crosslinkers and nanomaterials are greater than the sum of the effects of crosslinkers and nanomaterials taken separately. Moreover, this synergistic effect offers significant, practical advantages, including the ability to use salt water rather than fresh water for fracturing fluids, the ability to reduce polymer loading to achieve a desired viscosity, and the ability to achieve better formation cleanup after the fracturing treatment.
US10647906B2
Compositions may include a wax modifier that is the product of a reaction between a polysaccharide having a number of sugar subunits in the range of 2 to 60 and one or more fatty acid reagents, and a reservoir fluid produced from a subterranean formation comprising one or more components capable of producing waxes. Methods may include contacting a hydrocarbon fluid with a wax modifier, wherein the wax modifier is the product of the reaction of a polysaccharide and one or more fatty acid reagents. Methods may also include introducing a wax modifier into a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation, wherein the wax modifier is the product of a reaction between a polysaccharide and one or more fatty acid reagents; producing hydrocarbons from the subterranean formation; and allowing the wax modifier to inhibit the precipitation of a wax.
US10647900B2
A chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) composition is provided comprising (A) one or more compounds selected from the group of benzotriazole derivatives which act as corrosion inhibitors and (B) inorganic particles, organic particles, or a composite or mixture thereof. The invention also relates to the use of certain compounds selected from the group of benzotriazole derivatives as corrosion inhibitors, especially for increasing the selectivity of a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) composition for the removal of tantalum or tantalum nitride from a substrate for the manufacture of a semiconductor device in the presence of copper on said substrate.
US10647899B2
Provided are a heat-curable fluoropolyether-based adhesive composition capable of being cured and adhering to various kinds of base materials made of, for example, a metal, ceramic and/or plastic in a short period of time; and an electric/electronic component employing the same. The composition is a heat-curable fluoropolyether-based adhesive composition having, as an adhesion imparting agent, an alicyclic epoxy group-containing and fluorine-containing organohydrogensiloxane having in one molecule: a monovalent perfluoroalkyl or perfluorooxyalkyl group(s), or a divalent perfluoroalkylene or perfluorooxyalkylene group(s); and at least one silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atom (SiH group).
US10647895B2
The present invention aims to provide an interlayer filling material for a touch panel which is used for filling an interlayer space between a touch panel and another component or an interlayer space between transparent conductive films included in the touch panel in production of a personal digital assistant, is less likely to cause cracks or breakage in a surface protection panel or a glass substrate, and enables production of a touch panel laminate that is not likely to display images with color irregularity. The present invention also aims to provide a touch panel laminate produced using the interlayer filling material for a touch panel. The present invention relates to an interlayer filling material for a touch panel used for filling an interlayer space between a touch panel and another component, or at least one of interlayer spaces included in the touch panel between transparent conductive films, between a glass sheet and one of the transparent conductive films, between a glass sheet and another glass sheet, between a glass sheet and a polarizing film, between a substrate and a glass sheet, between a substrate and one of the transparent conductive films, and between a substrate and a polarizing film, the interlayer filling material containing: a polyvinyl acetal; and a plasticizer, the interlayer filling material having a residual stress Kpa (25° C., 2 min) after two minutes at 25° C. of 300 kPa or less.
US10647893B2
Aqueous-based adhesive composition comprising a mixture of polycholorprenes, at least one self-crosslinkable agent of alkyd type and at least one filler, 2) use of such a composition as contact adhesive, 3) multilayer structure assembled with the aid of the adhesive composition 1).
US10647892B2
Provided is an adhesive that can provide quick bonding between thermoplastic resins and excellent bond strength, a structure having adhesion provided by the adhesive, and an adhesion method using the adhesive. The adhesive bonds a first member (11) containing a thermoplastic resin or a carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin and a second member (12) containing the thermoplastic resin or the carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin. The adhesive includes a thermoplastic resin as a main component containing a metal nano material that absorbs electromagnetic waves and generates heat.
US10647885B2
Provided herein is a method of coating a surface. A silicon-based coating composition is coated onto a surface. The composition comprises 5% to 80% polysilazane, 20% to 60% polysiloxane, and polysilane of a formula (R1R2Si)n, wherein n is greater than 1, and wherein R1 and R2 are the same or different and are chosen from alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, alkylamino, aryl, aralkyl, or alkylsilyl, which polysilane has a weight average molecular weight of more than 50,000, and optionally organic solvent. The coating is cured ambiently to provide a non-ceramic clear coating having a thickness ranging between 0.1 mil and 1.5 mil, a hardness ranging between 2H and 9H in accordance with ASTM 3363 for film hardness by pencil test, and a kinetic coefficient of friction between 0.03 and 0.04. Also provided are silicon-based coating compositions and cured coatings from those compositions using the provided method.
US10647875B2
Provided is a thermally curable coating composition for alloy substrates, comprising: curable components, comprising an epoxy resin and a multifunctional (meth)acrylate; latent curing agents, which crosslink with the curable components upon heating, and comprise an isocyanate having at least two NCO groups and an amino resin; a curing promoter, comprising an aromatic phosphate comprising at least one hydroxy group connected with the phosphorous atom; and an organic solvent. Also provided are a method for providing a coating layer onto an alloy substrate and a coating layer thus obtained.
US10647874B2
The present invention provides a coating composition comprising a polymer binder and from 1% to 40% by dry weight based on total dry weight of the coating composition, titanium dioxide particles, wherein the polymer binder comprises, as polymerized units, by dry weight based on total dry weight of the polymer binder, from 50% to 99%, ethylenically unsaturated nonionic monomers, and from 1% to 5%, a vinyl functionalized benzotriazole.
US10647873B2
Provided herein is a polymerizable liquid composition useful for additive manufacturing, which composition may include: (i) a free radical photoinitiator; (ii) monomers and/or prepolymers (e.g., reactive diluents) that are polymerizable by exposure to actinic radiation or light, optionally wherein some or all of said monomers and/or prepolymers comprise one or more acid-labile groups; (iii) a chain extender, optionally wherein said chain extender comprises one or more acid-labile groups; and (iv) a photoacid generator, wherein at least one of said monomers and/or prepolymers, or said chain extender, comprises one or more acid-labile groups, and wherein said free radical photoinitiator and said photoacid generator are, or are selected to be, activated by light at different ranges of wavelengths or intensities. Methods of forming a three-dimensional object with the composition, and articles so formed are also provided. Methods of removing a portion of the article by dissolving in a polar or non-polar solvent are further provided.
US10647871B2
The present invention is directed to a coating composition or paint comprising a multistage latex with at least first and second stages, wherein the composition or paint is substantially free of volatile organic compounds (VOC) and capable of film formation even in the absence of coalescent agents. The base paint formulation is capable of being tinted at a point-of-sale (i.e. in-store) using a colorant composition of a type and quantity required to produce a paint of desired color and finish. The paints, show improved block resistance, scrub resistance and tack resistance.
US10647862B2
Disclosed are an ink composition including light-absorbing nanoparticles and a photonic crystal structure formed using the same. The ink composition may include inorganic particles; monomer; photoinitiator; and nanoparticles light-absorbing nanoparticles to provide the photonic crystal structure. As consequence, problems such as low color sharpness, which makes photonic crystals visible, and attaining high productivity may be eliminated. Moreover, white scattering can be reduced, and thus a distinctive color can be exhibited even when there is a difference between a reflection angle and an observation angle of light, thereby improving visibility.
