US10661646B2
A vehicle battery tray has a floor assembly with elongated tray sections that attach together at edge portions of adjacent tray sections of the elongated tray sections to form a floor structure that supports vehicle batteries contained in the vehicle battery tray. The elongated tray sections may have substantially consistent cross-sectional shapes that extends along a length of the tray sections. A thickness of the tray sections at a central area of the floor structure may be greater than a thickness of another one of the elongated tray sections at an outboard area of the floor structure, such as to withstand an equal or greater transverse bending moment than the outboard area of the floor structure.
US10661643B1
A weatherseal assembly, and the associated method, is adapted for receipt on an associated vehicle, and includes a first attachment portion for securing the weatherseal to the associated vehicle, and a protrusion facing outwardly from the weatherseal. An elongated reveal is dimensioned for receipt over the weatherseal protrusion and faces outwardly from the vehicle when mounted thereon. The reveal has a substantially C-shape. A clip is dimensioned for interconnecting the reveal to the weatherseal protrusion, and the clip includes a retention portion that is movable between different, first and second positions such that in the first position, the retention portion has a first dimension when the reveal engages the clip, and in the second position, the retention portion has a different, second dimension when the reveal is engaged to the clip for securing the reveal to the weatherseal assembly.
US10661642B2
In a back window part seal structure for a vehicle with a retractable roof wherein a weather strip is used, an outer panel provided on a deck cover includes an upper overlap portion that covers a weather strip at an upper edge of a back window from diagonally above and behind the vehicle to improve the sealing property and achieve a configuration in which the assembly failure is less likely to occur.
US10661631B2
A heat pump cycle includes a compressor, a first interior heat exchanger, a separator that separates a refrigerant discharged from the compressor into a gas-phase refrigerant which does not include a lubricant and a remaining refrigerant, an exterior heat exchanger that performs heat exchange between the remaining refrigerant flowing out of the separator and an outside air, a second interior heat exchanger, a control valve, an accumulator, and a first bypass passage that bypasses the second interior heat exchanger and connects to an inlet side of the accumulator. The heat pump cycle heats an air flow in the first interior heat exchanger and controls the control valve to reduce the pressure of the refrigerant, in a state where the refrigerant circulates in a refrigerant circuit including the first bypass passage while accumulating the gas-phase refrigerant flowing out of the separator in the second interior heat exchanger.
US10661627B2
A bracket includes: a recessed portion capable of accommodating a bushing; and a mount portion to be mounted on a vehicle-body-side component, on which a stabilizer bar is to be mounted via the bushing. The recessed portion has a pair of opposed portions opposed to each other. The pair of opposed portions have an intermediate portion and a portion nearer to an opening than the intermediate portion, and a distance between the pair of opposed portions is less at the portion nearer to the opening than at the intermediate portion.
US10661620B2
A computerized tire heating system is provided for. The system features a carcass with a tread, a sidewall and a bead, an inner tube having an inner volume, a first layer of thermal insulation, connected to said bead, a second later of thermal insulation, connected to said tread, a power source, and a heating system having more than one heating coil located in between the first layer of thermal insulation and the second layer of thermal insulation, where the heating system is connected to said power source. The computerized tire heating system may also have a heating gel located in the inner volume of the inner tube.
US10661618B2
The present tire management method includes detecting a temperature at predetermined intervals inside a tire air chamber, converting the temperature detected at predetermined intervals inside the tire air chamber into a first multiplication value of load times speed or a second multiplication value of the square of load times speed, and calculating an accumulation value by accumulating the first or second multiplication value for a predetermined period. The present tire management apparatus includes a temperature detector that detects a temperature at predetermined intervals inside a tire air chamber, a converter that converts the temperature detected by the temperature detector at predetermined intervals inside the tire air chamber into a first multiplication value of load times speed or a second multiplication value of the square of load times speed, and an accumulator that calculates an accumulation value by accumulating the first or second multiplication value for a predetermined period.
US10661613B1
A tire pressure regulating system and method are provided. The system includes a manifold that provides a fluid flow path between a pressure switch and a valve. The valve can switch between an open state and a closed state. Air bleeds from the tire when the valve is in the open state. The pressure switch signals the valve to open and close according to the pressure inside the manifold that is supplied from air pressure inside the tire.
US10661612B2
The present disclosure relates to a wheel valve arrangement (1) for a tire pressure control system of a vehicle, which wheel valve arrangement (1) comprises a pneumatically switchable wheel valve (2) and a shuttle valve (3) operating on the pressure balance principle as a vent valve, the control input (6) of which is to be connected to a tire connection channel (7) leading to a tire interior, and the input (4) of which is to be connected as control input to an air supply line. Said wheel valve arrangement (1) is characterized by the fact that the pneumatically controllable wheel valve (2) is connected into the tire connection channel (7) for closing and opening a fluid path between the shuttle valve (3) and a wheel connection (9) belonging to the wheel valve arrangement (1), which wheel valve (2) has a valve body (17) which can be moved by a piston rod (19) which, by means of a least one spring element (24), acts against the valve seat (13) assigned thereto in the closed position and which can be moved by the piston rod (19) into an open position moved away from the valve seat (13), and has a control piston (22) guided in a control cylinder (21) and connected to the piston rod (19), which control cylinder (21) is to be connected or is connected by the control chamber (28) of the control cylinder delimited by the drive side of the control piston (22) via the control line (29) to the supply line (5) on the input side of the shuttle valve (3), wherein the control piston (22) is designed in order that the valve body (17) can be moved away from the valve seat (13) of the valve body by means of the target tire filling pressure present in the air supply line (5) in order to open the wheel valve (2). The present disclosure further relates to a tire pressure control system for a vehicle having such a wheel valve arrangement.
US10661611B2
In a side reinforcing type tire 2, when a cross-sectional height of the tire 2 is denoted by L, a height in a radial direction from a bead base line to an outer edge of a core 34 is denoted by HC, a point on a turned-up portion 42 of a carcass ply 38 at which point a height in the radial direction from the bead base line is 0.35 times of the height L is denoted by P1, and a point on the turned-up portion 42 at which point the height in the radial direction from the bead base line is equal to the height HC is denoted by P2, the turned-up portion 42 has, between the point P1 and the point P2, a shape that is a curved line projecting inward in an axial direction, a straight line, or a combination thereof.
US10661610B2
A pneumatic tire has a carcass layer, a side wall rubber which forms an outer surface of a side wall portion, and a rim strip rubber which forms an outer surface of a bead portion. The rim strip rubber extends in a tire radial direction between the carcass layer and the side wall rubber. A height of the rim strip rubber on the basis of an outer diameter position of a bead core buries in the bead portion is equal to or more than 70% of a height of a tire outer diameter position. A thickness Tw of the rim strip rubber at the tire maximum width position is smaller than the maximum thickness Tm of the rim strip rubber which is closer to an outer side in the tire radial direction than the tire maximum width position.
US10661608B2
The tread comprises a plurality of blocks, each block being delimited by transverse or oblique grooves and circumferential grooves. Each block is provided with a sipe which has three branches. The branches have common ends. A first branch is oriented in a transverse or oblique direction. A second branch and a third branch each open when new into a transverse groove delimiting the block. The angle formed between the first and second branches is 100 to 125 degrees, and the angle formed between the first and the third branches is 100 to 125 degrees. After wear, each sipe represents between 45% and 70% of the total wearable thickness, such that the lengths of the three branches measured on the new tread surface, L1′, L2′, L3′ respectively, are shorter than the lengths L1, L2, L3 respectively measured on the tread surface when new.
US10661605B2
A swivel caster (1) including a support plate (2) for connection to a container, and including a caster mount (3) having a caster (6) rotatable about a horizontal rotation axis (H). The caster mount (3) is connected to the support plate (2) rotatable about a vertical rotation axis (V). At least one first magnet (15a) is connected to the caster mount (3) and at least one second magnet (15b) is connected to the support plate (2). The magnets (15a, 15b) are magnetized and disposed so as to be mutually parallel including a gap in such in an alignment of the caster mount outside a defined basic alignment (G) of the caster mount (3) the magnets (15a, 15b) interact such that the caster mount (3) swings into basic alignment (G). The caster mount (3) has a cover plate (11) which collectively with the saucer (9) of the support plate (2) and with the mounting plate (7) encloses an intermediate space for the magnets (15a, 15b). The cover plate (11) has two legs (17a, 17b) which extend in the direction of the horizontal rotation axis (H) of the caster (6). Each leg (17a, 17b) has a free end (18a, 18b) remote from the cover plate (11) is connected to the caster mount (3) via a connector.
US10661599B2
Apparatus for visually indicating a loose wheel nut on a motor vehicle has a first ring for engaging a first wheel nut so as to be rotatable therewith and a second ring for engaging a second wheel nut adjacent to the first wheel nut so as to be rotatable therewith. The first ring has a first pointer for indicating a start position of the first ring, and the second ring has a second pointer for indicating a start position of the second ring. A resiliently flexible elongate member interconnects the first and second rings. The elongate member is configured to curve in at least two directions and has a first end portion connected to the first ring and an opposed second end portion connected to the second ring. In use, any loosening rotation of the first wheel nut will cause the first ring and is pointer to rotate therewith, thereby providing a visual indication of a loosening of the first wheel nut.
US10661597B2
A decorative film that can handle various adherend shapes and application methods and has a visual effect that changes according to viewing angle. The decorative film of one embodiment includes a substrate layer, a photoluminescent layer that is adjacent to the substrate layer and has an unevenly-shaped surface, a transparent resin layer adjacent to the photoluminescent layer, and an outermost layer. A storage elastic modulus of at least the substrate layer or the transparent resin layer is 1×106 Pa to 1.5×108 Pa in a temperature range of 100° C. to 150° C. when measured under conditions of a frequency of 10 Hz and a shearing mode.
US10661596B1
More specifically, the invention relates to providing hand held engravers that can hold a graver closer to parallel to the work while at the same time raising the handle away from the work. The invention is also reversible allowing a graver to be held at a steep angle to the work.
US10661594B2
A structure for secure containment of information (SSCI) that is in the form of a laminate which includes at least two layers. The laminate is constructed to contain information such as a code, serial number, informational feature, encryption key or personal identification number (PIN). The information is located between the layer of the laminate such that the code, serial number, informational feature, encryption key, or PIN is not detectable from outside the laminate. The SSCI is configured to provide access and expose the code, serial number, informational feature, encryption key, or PIN by delaminating at least one layer, thereby indicating that tampering has occurred to the laminate. The SSCI can also function as a public key or private key for a blockchain, to provide access to a physical lock or to provide account access to claim financial value.
US10661592B2
An adjustable lighted bookmark. The adjustable lighted bookmark has a spine with an upper end opposite a lower end. A pair of upper arms, hingedly secured to the upper end of the spine, and a pair of lower arms, hingedly secured to the lower end of the spine, define a space therebetween. A pair of upper clips are disposed distally on the pair of upper arms and a pair of lower clips are disposed distally on the pair of lower arms. The pair of upper clips and the pair of lower clips are oriented inwardly towards the space between the upper and the lower arms. Each clip of the pair of upper clips and the pair of lower clips has at least one bearing on an internal surface thereof. A light extends from the spine which provides lighting on a piece of reading material secured by the adjustable lighted bookmark.
US10661589B2
A tape cassette that includes a housing having a front wall and a tape feed exit located on the front wall, a tape at least partially included within the housing and configured to be fed along a tape feed path extending to the tape feed exit, and tape type indicator apertures formed on the front wall of the housing. A combination of the tape type indicator apertures forms a pattern corresponding to a type of the tape at least partially included within the housing. The tape type indicator apertures include a first tape type indicator aperture and a second tape type indicator aperture, and the tape type indicator apertures are positioned such that the first tape type indicator aperture is not aligned with the second tape type indicator aperture in a direction orthogonal to the tape feed path and parallel to the front wall.
US10661575B2
A liquid circulation device comprises a booster pump that draws liquid from a liquid replenishing tank to supply it to a liquid discharge head; a pressure reducing pump that collects the liquid from the liquid discharge head to supply it to the liquid replenishing tank; a buffer tank connected between the liquid discharge head and the booster pump and between the liquid discharge head and the pressure reducing pump, and into which the liquid flows; a pressure sensor that detects pressure in the buffer tank; and a processor that controls driving voltages of the booster pump and the pressure reducing pump based on a nozzle surface pressure of the liquid discharge head calculated based on pressure data detected by the pressure sensor, and determines whether the liquid is deficient based on the nozzle surface pressure, the driving voltages of the booster pump and the pressure reducing pump.
US10661571B2
A print bar for inkjet printing includes a crossbar carrier, a row of head mounts carried by the crossbar carrier, and print heads held by the head mounts. Every head mount has lateral guide profiles for linearly guiding the head mounts. The guide profiles of respective adjacent or neighboring head mounts engage in one another.
US10661565B2
In a circulating system which circulates liquid within a liquid ejecting head, thickening of liquid in the vicinity of an ejection port section can be more securely suppressed. The ejection port section includes a first ejection port disposed at an upstream side with respect to an ejecting direction of ink and a second ejection port disposed at a downstream side with respect to the ejecting direction. The second ejection port includes an enlarged diameter portion whose diameter is enlarged in a radially outward manner from at least a part of an opening edge portion of the first ejection port.
US10661562B2
A drop-on-demand printing method comprising performing the following steps in a printing head: discharging a first primary drop of a first liquid from a first nozzle outlet to move along a first path (pA) with a first speed; discharging a second primary drop of a second liquid from a second nozzle outlet to move along a second path (pB) with a second speed, lower than the first speed, wherein the second path (pB) is inclined with respect to the first path (pB) along an axis inclined at an angle (α) from 3 to 60 degrees and crosses the first path (pA) at a connection point; controlling the flight of the first primary drop and the second primary drop to combine the first primary drop with the second primary drop into a combined drop at the connection point so that a chemical reaction is initiated between the first liquid of the first primary drop and the second liquid of the second primary drop; applying electric charge to the combined drop; wherein the path of flight (pC) of the combined drop is altered no more than 20 degrees from the axis of the path of flight (pA) of the first primary drop; and controlling the path of flight (pC) of the combined drop with applied electric charge by deflecting electrodes.
US10661551B2
A three-dimension (3-D) printing method and a 3-D printing system are provided. The method includes: generating printing information according to model information of a 3-D object; controlling a 3-D printing apparatus to perform a 3-D printing operation, so as to print a supporting object and the 3-D object, wherein the supporting object is used to support the 3-D object. Furthermore, the step of generating the printing information includes: detecting a floating contour of the 3-D object on the first printing layer according to the model information; and removing printing information of the supporting object from printing information corresponding to a second printing layer according to the floating contour. Thereby, difficulty of removing the supporting object can be reduced.
US10661546B2
The invention relates to a method for producing an adhesive tape, in particular a wrapping tape to be wrapped around cables in automobiles. In said method, at least one face of a perforated support (1) is coated with an adhesive. According to the invention, a mechanically and/or chemically reinforced nonwoven fabric is used as the perforated support (1).
US10661543B2
Embodiments provide a lamination machine and lamination process for laminating a membrane to a three-dimensional (3D) target surface of an article, such as a footwear article, glove, clothing article, backpack, or other article. The lamination machine may include an inflatable former that is permeable to air. The inflatable former may have a shape that generally corresponds to a shape of the target surface. The membrane and target surface may be arranged on the former, with a heat-activated adhesive disposed between the membrane and the target surface. The lamination machine may further include a pump to pump heated compressed air into the former. The heated compressed air may inflate the former to press the membrane against the target surface and to activate the adhesive to bond the membrane to the target surface.
US10661539B2
A synthetic resin humidity control container has a storing chamber that contains contents and a pinch-off portion on the bottom of the container, the wall of the container including an innermost layer that defines a storing chamber, an outermost layer that is disposed outside the innermost layer and moisture absorption layers that are disposed between the innermost layer and the outermost layer and contain a hygroscopic inorganic filler, the innermost layer being made of a material having an MFR of less than 2.0.
US10661529B2
A textile sheet element having selectively applied arrays of surface projection elements defining raised zones across an active surface for cleaning and/or personal care, The textile sheet element is adapted for use by itself and/or for attachment to a user manipulated support with or without a handle such as a mop head or the like.
US10661526B2
Materials and methods is present for manufacturing fiber reinforced parts. A powder material comprising a matrix material of a size particular distribution comprising substantially oriented fiber of a predetermined length distribution and diameter (L/D). A manufactured part that has substantially randomly oriented fiber is provided using an energy delivery system and the powder material.
US10661514B2
Method for the production of a 3D printed object (100), wherein the method comprises (i) a 3D printing stage, the 3D printing stage comprising 3D printing a 3D printable material (110) to provide the 3D printed object (100) of printed material (120), wherein the 3D printing stage further comprises forming during 3D printing a channel (200) in the 3D printed object (100) under construction, wherein the method further comprises (ii) a filling stage comprising filling the channel (200) with a curable material (140) and curing the curable material (140) to provide the channel (200) with cured material (150), wherein the cured material (150) has a lower stiffness than the surrounding printed material (120).
US10661513B2
A system and method for manufacturing composite parts has been developed which offers the ability to produce composite parts in an infusion resin process without the use of expensive preforms or tools. In addition, the methods of manufacturing composite parts described herein offer the ability to produce composite parts having complex structures without the need for complex tooling. The method of manufacturing and systems described herein typically include printing a part skeleton using an additive manufacturing process followed by infusing the part skeleton with resin and curing the resin infused part skeleton to form the composite part.
US10661511B2
Provided are methods of forming composite structure over non-planar base structures and composite tools extending over cavities of the base structures. A tool may be formed from a composite layup cured on a flat mold. While applying the tool to the base structure, the tool may be bent around or about a bend axis. The bend axis may be parallel to continuous fibers within the tool. These fibers may span the full dimension of tool in the direction of the fibers. The continuous fibers extend across the cavity and provide stiffness to the tool in one direction even after bending of the tool. As such, the tool may withstand substantial forces in the direction perpendicular to its surface without collapsing into the cavity. In some embodiments, a composite structure may cured over the tool without impacting the size of the cavity on the other side of the tool.
US10661509B2
A film fin sealing device is disclosed herein which may have a groove defining a base. The base of the groove of the fin sealing device may be oriented at a skewed angle with respect to a longitudinal direction of the conveyor of a heat sealing machine. Edges of a thermoplastic sheet or two stacked layers of thermoplastic sheets are introduced into the groove of the film fin sealing device and placed in contact therewith to both heat and fuse the distal edge portions of the thermoplastic sheet(s) to join the edge portions thereof to form a fin seal.
US10661490B2
A protective cover for a plasticizing cylinder of a shaping machine has an elongate internal space which is enclosed by at least one wall and in which the plasticizing cylinder can be arranged. A terminal box for heating strips arranged on the plasticizing cylinder projects into the elongate internal space, and the at least one wall has an opening which is closed by an openable cover member. In an opened condition of the openable cover member, the opening allows access to the terminal box or the interior of the terminal box.
US10661489B2
A method of coating a surface of an interior component for a vehicle may include coupling a mold cavity on the interior component seated on a core and closing the mold cavity, and coating a surface of the interior component by injecting polyurethane into an interior of the coupled mold cavity and the core.
US10661484B2
A mold for in-mold foam-molding of a polyolefin-based resin for producing a molded article includes a first mold part, a second mold part, and a divided mold that holds an insert material, wherein the insert material has a protrusion part, the divided mold is formed on the first and the second mold parts in correspondence with the protrusion part of the insert material, the first mold part has a first holding surface, the second mold part has a divided mold member having a second holding surface and a biasing part that guides the divided mold member movably in the mold opening/closing direction and constantly biases the divided mold member toward the first holding surface, and the base portion of the protrusion part of the insert material is configured for being held between the first and second holding surfaces by the divided mold.
US10661482B2
A process for the production of fiber-reinforced components or semifinished products is provided, where fibers are saturated with monomer. The process includes at least one of adding flakes including fibers and adding individual fibers. For this, the fibers, the monomer, and the flakes including fibers and/or the individual fibers are added to an injection-molding machine and forced into an injection mold, whereupon polymerization of the monomer is completed in the injection mold. Alternatively a fiber structure on a conveyor belt is saturated with a solution including a monomer, optionally including an activator, and optionally including a catalyst. In a following step, individual fibers and/or flakes including fibers are distributed on the saturated fiber structure, the fiber structure is passed through a roll pair in which pressure is exerted onto the fiber structure, and finally the saturated fiber structure is cooled so that the monomer solidifies.
US10661481B2
Preform assembly (1) for blow moulding a container (20), comprising at least a first (2) and a second (3) preform, wherein the first preform (2) is positioned inside the second preform (3) before blow moulding the preforms into the container, wherein each preform has a body forming portion having a wall thickness of less than about 8 millimetres, preferably less than about 6 mm. A container blow moulded from the preform assembly and a method and an apparatus for forming the preform assembly are also disclosed.
US10661474B2
A form for separating a concrete block and a method for separating a concrete block from the form. The formed concrete block remains stationary while the doors of the form are pulled away from the concrete block in order to more conveniently, efficiently, and safely obtain access to the formed concrete block for its removal.
US10661471B2
A shipboard apparatus (300) for heat treating wood chips, for service in the trade and for export to receivers within the forest products industries and the biomass energy sectors. The purpose of heat treating wood fiber is to provide certification to meet the phytosanitary requirements of wood fiber importing countries, infusion of moisture laden, saturated heated air using a closed loop system (301, 303a, 303b, 304a, 304b, 305, 310) within the holds of the ship with the heating apparatus being situated on the quay while the ship is being loaded with wood chips. The completed heat treating process renders the cargo acceptable for issuance of a phytosanitary certificate.
US10661469B2
Lathe control systems and methods are described including stopping a motor prior to reversing direction as well as methods and systems that implement voltage and/or current protection thresholds.
US10661459B2
The present invention relates to a hair clipping device (10) comprising: a housing (14), a cutting assembly (16) for clipping hairs, a comb attachment (12) which is attachable to the housing (14), a drive unit (38) for moving the comb attachment (12) relative to the cutting assembly (16) between different comb positions in order to set a hair cut-length, a control unit (36) for controlling the drive unit (38), a memory unit (40), and a user interface (34). The user interface (34) is configured to receive from a user a first memory input indicative of a first comb position and to send a first memory signal to the control unit (36) in response to receiving the first memory input, and wherein the user interface (34) is configured to receive from the user a first recall input indicative of the first comb position and to send a first recall signal to the control unit (36) in response to receiving the first recall input, wherein the control unit (36) is configured to store position information regarding the first comb position in the memory unit (40) in response to receiving the first memory signal, and wherein the control unit (36) is configured to recall the position information regarding the first comb position from the memory unit (40) in response to receiving the first recall signal and to control the drive unit (38) to move the comb attachment (12) to the first comb position according to the position information regarding the first comb position.
US10661458B2
System and method for improving the shaving experience by providing improved visibility of the skin shaving area. A digital camera is integrated with the electric shaver for close image capturing of shaving area, and displaying it on a display unit. The display unit can be integral part of the electric shaver casing, or housed in a separated device which receives the image via a communication channel. The communication channel can be wireless (using radio, audio or light) or wired, such as dedicated cabling or using powerline communication. A light source is used to better illuminate the shaving area. Video compression and digital image processing techniques are used for providing for improved shaving results. The wired communication medium can simultaneously be used also for carrying power from the electric shaver assembly to the display unit, or from the display unit to the electric shaver.
US10661455B2
An apparatus including a plurality of robot arm links movably connected to one another, where a first one of the robot arm links includes a frame, where the frame has a first end movably connected onto a second one of the robot arm links; and at least one vibration damper arrangement on the frame of the first robot arm link, where the at least one vibration damper arrangement includes at least one viscoelastic element connected to the frame of the first robot arm link by a connection such that, as the frame of the first robot arm link experiences vibrations, the at least one viscoelastic element dampens the vibrations in the frame of the first robot arm link based upon viscoelasticity and the connection of the at least one viscoelastic element to the frame of the first robot arm link.
US10661452B2
A linear extension and retraction mechanism has a plurality of flat-plate shaped first connection pieces and a plurality of grooved-frame shaped second connection pieces. Each of the first connection pieces is bendably connected at front and rear end surfaces to adjacent first connection pieces. Each of the second connection pieces is bendably connected at bottom front and rear end surfaces to adjacent second connection pieces. The first and second connection pieces become linearly rigid when overlapped together, and the first and second connection pieces return to a bent state when separated from each other. A cushion member is mounted on the front end surface of each first connection piece to cushion a shock of a collision between end surfaces of the first connection pieces. A slot section for fitting the cushion member is provided in the front end surface of each first connection piece.
US10661446B2
A robot system having a robot with a jamming gripper is disclosed. The jamming gripper may comprise granular material within a deformable membrane configured to phase transition between a malleable state and a rigid state upon modification of its internal pressure. The phase transition of the gripper may allow the robot to engage and/or grasp a target object by conforming to the shape of the target object while in its malleable state, then transitioning to its rigid state in order to firmly grasp the object. In some situations, the robot may be configured to select and/or engage a stencil before engaging the target object, so as to pre-shape the gripper before engagement with the target object.
US10661445B2
According to one embodiment, a holding mechanism includes a plurality of links, a first elastic body, and a second elastic body. The plurality of links are rotatably connected to one another at ends of the links. The first elastic body is disposed along the links. The second elastic body is interposed between adjacent links of the links so as to be along the first elastic body.
US10661439B2
During an operation of a mobile robot 1, observed values of a plurality of reference parameters including at least one of contact reaction forces) of one or more movable links 3, 4 and a contact reaction force function value expressed as a function value of contact reaction force(s) of one or more movable links 3, 4 are acquired based on outputs from force detectors 31 mounted on the respective movable links 3, 4 of the mobile robot 1, and the observed values of the reference parameters are used to detect presence or absence of occurrence of abnormal contact of the mobile robot 1 by a contact detecting model Ai.
US10661437B2
A stopper apparatus for robot rotary joint, for limiting the rotation angle of a turning shaft. The stopper apparatus includes: a rotary protrusion, fixed to the shaft and extended from an outer circumference surface of the shaft; a ring-like orbit, fixed to a mounting housing of the robot rotary joint, inserting the shaft therein; a first slider and a second slider, rotatably accommodated in the orbit and able to push each other to rotate; a stop protrusion, fixed to the housing of a robot rotary joint and extended in the direction of the center of the shaft; the rotary protrusion is able to directly push the second slider to rotate, while it is not able to directly push the first slider to rotate; the shaft, the rotary protrusion and the second slider cannot be obstructed by the stop protrusion when rotate, while the first slider is able to be obstructed by the stop protrusion when rotate, thereby the relative rotation between the shaft and the housing can be stopped. The present invention also provides a rotary joint and a robot. Compared with the existing prior arts, the proposed solution enables a rotation range larger than ±360 degrees.
US10661434B2
A support device, in particular an assembly support device for stabilizing a body part of a person includes a plurality of hinged-together elements designed to at least partially envelop a body part of a person, so that the plurality of hinged-together elements collectively form a flexible shell for the body part of the person. The flexible shell is designed to transfer a portion of a load acting on the body part of the person in order to stabilize the body part of the person. A vehicle, to which is secured an assembly support device, as well as a method for stabilizing a body part of a person during the assembly of a vehicle are also described.
US10661432B2
A method of inductively coupling a first body and a second body is provided, wherein the first body rotates relative to the second body. During rotation, alignment is maintained between a first and second coil. Signals are sent and received between the coils.
US10661420B2
A mortising kit for hinges, locks, strike plates, and the like can include a guide attachable to a subject to be mortised (e.g., door or door jamb). The kit can include a chisel that interacts with locating features of the guide to ensure proper placement of the chisel. Force applied to the chisel can score or otherwise cut the subject to a desired depth, at which point stops or other features of the guide can limit the chisel from scoring or cutting deeper. Placement of the chisel at opposite ends of the guide allow the full mortise perimeter to be scored or cut. Excess waste material can be removed from between the mortise perimeter, such as through use of the block plane.
US10661414B2
Disclosed is a tool, such as pliers, with handle offsets and stop features. In an embodiment, the tool has a minimum of about 0.50 inches of clearance between handles in an area where a user's index finger contacts the handles. This is accomplished by offsetting upper and lower handles of the tool. For example, the lower handle may be offset about 1.10 inches from a pivot point between the handles. Similarly, an end of the upper handle may be offset by about 1.150 inches from the pivot point when jaws of the tool are adjusted to a closed position.
US10661412B2
A clamp apparatus including two pairs of first and second clamp arms, which are supported rotatably with respect to a body and are disposed mutually in parallel. First and second cam members including respective cam surfaces are provided on ends of the first and second clamp arms. The first cam members are pressed by rollers upon lowering of a block body under a driving action of a first cylinder that makes up a drive unit. The first clamp arms are rotated to assume a clamped state. The second cam members are pressed by rollers upon lowering of a block body under a driving action of a second cylinder of the drive unit, whereby the second clamp arms are rotated to assume a clamped state.
US10661402B2
A fixture for suppressing tool vibration on an outer rim, wherein a pressure claw base, an end face block and a base are installed on the chuck, and the pressure claw is installed on the chuck; a lower pressure plate is fixed on the base, limiting columns and an upper pressure plate are installed on the lower pressure plate, with steel balls and a rubber strip being enclosed in a space formed by the lower pressure plate and the upper pressure plate; and a rubber strip is enclosed in an annular groove formed by a jaw A and a jaw B, and can move radially in the groove. The fixture in the present invention is configured to counteract the vibration of the wheel rim during machining, and thus can effectively eliminate the problem of tool vibration on the outer rim.
US10661398B2
A link actuator includes a proximal end side link hub, a distal end side link hub, and link mechanisms which connect the distal end side link hub to the proximal end side link hub. Each of the link mechanisms includes a proximal side end link member, a distal side end link member, and an intermediate link member. Each of the proximal end side link hub and the distal end side link hub is provided with a through-hole which allows an origin positioning shaft to be inserted therethrough. The distal end posture of the link actuator is set to a specified posture by inserting the origin positioning shaft through the through-holes. An amount of operation of actuators in a state where preload is applied to the link actuator is set as a position of an origin of the actuator.
US10661390B2
Particular aspects provide novel devices for bone tissue engineering, comprising a metal or metal-based composite member/material comprising an interior macroporous structure in which porosity may vary from 0-90% (v), the member comprising a surface region having a surface pore size, porosity, and composition designed to encourage cell growth and adhesion thereon, to provide a device suitable for bone tissue engineering in a recipient subject. In certain aspects, the device further comprises a gradient of pore size, porosity, and material composition extending from the surface region throughout the interior of the device, wherein the gradient transition is continuous, discontinuous or seamless and the growth of cells extending from the surface region inward is promoted.
US10661387B2
The invention relates to a bridge (B) for laser cutting machines. In the latter, a laser cutting head (K) is guided over a workpiece support (W) by means of a guide system. The bridge (B) is configured in the form of a substantially straight and box-like profile (1) which has at least one guide for a cutting carriage carrying the laser cutting head (K). According to the invention, at least two side faces (10, 11) of the profile (1) that are located opposite one another with regard to the vertical plane of symmetry (VSE) of the bridge enclose a non-zero angle (a) of less than 180° that opens in the direction of the machining region, at least over a part of the height of said profile (1).
US10661385B2
A laser machining apparatus includes: a laser beam emission device; a visible laser beam emission device; a scanner; and a controller. The controller is configured to perform: generating machining data including coordinate data representing a machining pattern to be machined on a workpiece; machining the workpiece with a laser beam according to the machining data by controlling the laser beam emission device and the scanner; generating, in response to receiving a resuming command after the machining has been halted at a stopping position, a guide pattern based on a stopping point coordinate and the machining data, the guide pattern being used for resuming the machining from the stopping position, the stopping point coordinate indicating the stopping position and being determined by the coordinate data; and projecting the guide pattern onto the workpiece with a visible laser beam by controlling the visible laser beam emission device and the scanner.
US10661383B2
Methods of dicing semiconductor wafers are described. In an example, a method of dicing a wafer having a plurality of integrated circuits thereon involves dicing the wafer into a plurality of singulated dies disposed above a dicing tape. The method also involves forming a material layer over and between the plurality of singulated dies above the dicing tape. The method also includes expanding the dicing tape, wherein a plurality of particles is collected on the material layer during the expanding.
US10661381B2
A structure and a method of creating the structure in which relatively thin pieces of non-weldable aluminum alloy or other non-weldable material are welded together. First layers of a weldable material, such as a weldable aluminum alloy or other weldable material, having a total thickness of between 0.01 and 0.30 inches, are built up on a surface of the first piece using an ultrasonic or other solid state joining technique, and second layers of the weldable material having a similar total thickness are built up on a surface of the second piece using the same technique. The first piece is then welded to the second piece at the first and second layers of weldable material using a fusion welding technique. The resulting structure may be part of an aircraft, landcraft, watercraft, or spacecraft type of vehicle or may be used in other high-performance applications.
US10661372B2
A system and method for determining settings or parameters for a welding-type power source are provided. By presenting an operator with an interface that is positioned along the path of a weld cable and configured to input weld characteristics, an operator is not required to determine electrical parameters for setting a welding-type power source output at the power source. The interface is presented to the operator at a remote welding-type device, such as a wire feeder, a weld robot, a torch, or the like. From the operator-specified weld characteristics, the system and method determine appropriate settings for the power source. In some embodiments, the system and method may automatically set the power source accordingly.
US10661371B2
A short circuit welding method with successive welding cycles with a respective arc phase and short circuit phase includes controlling at least the welding parameters welding current and feed speed of a melting electrode and feeding the electrode toward of a workpiece at a predetermined forward final speed at least during part of the arc phase and away from the workpiece at a predetermined rearward final speed at least during part of the short circuit phase. A device carries out this method. A change in the feed speed and a rearward final speed are predetermined and a welding current is controlled to complete the short circuit phase after reaching the rearward final speed and after 3 ms at the latest and repeat every 8 ms at the latest. The welding parameters are controlled such that the welding cycle duration≤8 ms, resulting in a welding frequency≥125 Hz.
US10661370B2
Melting energy exemplified by an arc (24) is delivered to a metal alloy material (22, 23), forming a melt pool (26). A metal oxide material (34) is delivered (33) to the melt pool and dispersed therein. The melting energy and oxide deliveries are controlled (44) to melt the alloy material, but not to melt at least most of the metal oxide material. The deliveries may be controlled so that the melting energy does not intercept the metal oxide delivery. The melting energy may be controlled to create a temperature of the melt pool that does not reach the melting point of the metal oxide. Deliveries of the melting energy and the oxide may alternate so they do not overlap in time. A cold metal transfer apparatus (22) and process (18, 19, 20) may be used for example in combination with an oxide particle pulse delivery device (42, 46).
US10661364B2
A tool clamping device, in particular a saw-tool clamping device, for a portable power tool, includes at least one clamping unit configured to clamp-in a machining tool, which comprises at least one movably mounted release element configured to transfer the clamping unit into a releasing position, at least one clamping element configured to produce a clamping-in force acting on the machining tool, at least in a state of the machining tool in which the machining tool is connected to the clamping unit, and at least one movement-arresting element configured to arrest at least one possibility of movement of the release element in at least one state. The movement-arresting element is fixedly connected to the clamping element.
US10661356B2
A drilling tool includes at least two chip flutes and a chisel edge with a thinned region. The thinned region merges continuously into the chip flutes in such a way that the thinned region forms the end of the respective chip flute in the region of the chisel edge.
US10661353B2
Provided are: a method for producing a high-speed tool steel material capable of increasing carbides in the structure of a high-speed tool steel product; a method for producing a high-speed tool steel product; and a high-speed tool steel product. The method for producing a high-speed tool steel material is provided with: a casting step for casting molten steel to obtain a steel ingot; a blooming step for heating the steel ingot obtained in said casting step to a temperature higher than 1120° C. and thereafter hot-working same to obtain an intermediate material; and a finishing step for heating the intermediate material obtained in the blooming step to a temperature of 900-1120° C. and thereafter hot-working same to obtain the high-speed tool steel material. Further, said method for producing a high-speed tool steel material is provided with an annealing step for annealing the high-speed tool steel material obtained in said finishing step. The present invention is also: a method for producing a high-speed tool steel product, wherein quenching and annealing is performed on the high-speed tool steel material obtained in the production method above; and a high-speed tool steel product.
US10661352B2
A parting lathe tool for machining metal is described. This has a clamping seat for receiving a cutting insert and an internal coolant supply system for supplying coolant to a cutting zone. In this case, the coolant supply system comprises at least three coolant outlets. The coolant outlets are fluidically connected to a coolant supply port via at least two separate coolant lines running within the parting lathe tool.
US10661348B2
The present invention relates to the use of a compound as a capping agent for controlling or modifying the growth of silver nanowires in a polyol method. The invention also relates to a corresponding method of making silver nanowires. And even further, the present invention relates to a product comprising silver nanowires having adsorbed to their surface a capping agent compound.
US10661342B2
Additive manufacturing systems and methods for fabricating an article are provided. The additive manufacturing system may include a substrate and a layering device configured to fabricate a first layer of the article on the substrate. The layering device may include an optical beam source configured to generate an optical beam and a variable beam characteristics (VBC) fiber operably coupled with the optical beam source and configured to modify one or more beam characteristics, such as a wavelength, of the optical beam.
US10661341B2
The present disclosure provides three-dimensional (3D) printing processes, apparatuses, software, and systems for controlling and/or treating gas borne debris in an atmosphere of a 3D printer.
US10661338B2
A wrought aluminium material with improved damage tolerance while preserving the high strength of the material is disclosed. Furthermore, a cast aluminium material of a precipitation hardenable aluminium alloy is disclosed, the material comprising grains having two distinct zones with a first centre zone enriched in elements capable of reacting peritectically with aluminium and a second zone, surrounding the first zone, enriched in elements capable of reacting eutectically with aluminium.
US10661335B2
In a localized torsional severe plastic deformation method for conical tube metal, a desired region of a conical tube metal can be subjected to severe plastic deformation using molds in which roughness is formed at predetermined regions. The method includes roughening a predetermined region of each of the molds; sticking the conical tube metal only to the roughened regions of the molds; moving the lower mold toward the upper mold to apply a load to the conical tube metal; and rotating the molds to apply severe plastic deformation to the conical tube metal only at the regions stuck to the roughened regions of the molds.
US10661332B2
A monolithic bypass includes an upstream conduit, the upstream conduit defining a first end and a second end, the upstream conduit defining an upstream bore extending from the first end to the second end, the first end defining an inlet opening to the upstream bore; a downstream conduit, the downstream conduit defining a first end and a second end, the downstream conduit defining a downstream bore extending from the first end to the second end, the first end defining an outlet opening to the downstream bore; and a bypass valve body seamlessly connected to the second end of the upstream conduit and the second end of the downstream conduit, the bypass valve body defining a bypass body bore, the upstream bore, the downstream bore, and the bypass body bore defining a seamless bypass bore extending from the inlet opening to the outlet opening; wherein the monolithic bypass is substantially U-shaped.
US10661329B2
A two different process continued performance type product assembly device may include a punching jig having a punch and configured to ascend and descend, a punching tool located on a lower portion of the punching jig and having a punching die that is located below the punch during a punching work, a fusion tool located on the lower portion of the punching jig and having a fusion horn that is located below the punch during a fusion work, and a tool exchange cylinder configured to push the punching die so that the fusion horn secedes from a position below the punch during the punching work and to pull the punching die so that the fusion horn comes into the position below the punch during the fusion work.
US10661317B1
A vehicle mounted garbage bin cleaning system including power takeoff includes a pair of arms configured for lifting a garbage bin, the pair of arms rotatably coupled to a mount on the vehicle, a hopper configured for accepting the garbage bin when the pair of arms lifts the garbage bin into the hopper, at least one spray rod extending upwards from the hopper, said spray rod including a water nozzle, wherein when the pair of arms lifts the garbage bin into the hopper, the spray rod is situated within the garbage bin, a hydraulic pump mechanically coupled with a transmission of the vehicle, such that the transmission drives the hydraulic pump, a hydraulic motor hydraulically coupled with the hydraulic pump, a pressure washer pump mechanically coupled to the hydraulic motor, the spray rod fluidically coupled with the pressure washer pump.
US10661313B2
A part cleaning machine includes a cradle moveable along an X axis, and rotatable about a first cradle axis. A part holder is attached to the cradle, and is rotatable about a second cradle axis. A chuck holder is moveable on a tool positioning plane that is perpendicular to the X axis. A tool chuck is attached to and moveable with the chuck holder. A tool holder is moveable relative to the chuck holder along the X axis. A plurality of tools are releasably attached to the tool holder for selective attachment to the tool chuck. A machine controller is operable to control movement of the chuck holder, the tool chuck, and the tool holder to transfer a selected one of the tools between the tool chuck and the tool holder, and position an appropriate tool and the part in different positions for several different cleaning operations.
US10661309B2
A dual frequency ultrasound transducer includes a high frequency ultrasound array and a low frequency transducer positioned behind or proximal to the high frequency ultrasound array. In one embodiment, a dampening material is positioned between a rear surface of the high frequency array and the a front surface of the low frequency array. The dampening preferably is high absorbing of signals at the frequency of the high frequency array but passes signals at the frequency of the low frequency transducer with little attenuation. In additional, or alternatively, the low frequency can angled with respect to the plane of the high frequency transducer to reduce inter-stack multipath reflections. Beamforming delays compensate for the differences in physical distances between the elements of the low frequency transducer and the plane of the high frequency transducer.
US10661305B2
The film production method includes: forming an ink layer on the base substrate covering the surface of the base substrate, the ink layer including a solvent and a film-forming material dissolved in the solvent; blowing gas to the ink layer so that the solvent in the ink layer spreads towards the periphery of the base substrate; removing the solvent in the ink layer so that the film-forming material in the ink layer forms a film covering the surface of the base substrate.
US10661297B2
An embodiment of a method includes retaining a first workpiece and a second workpiece selectively on a workpiece fixture disposed within a deposition chamber. The workpiece fixture includes tooling including a first workpiece holder, a second workpiece holder, and a first hollow wall. The first workpiece is separated from the second workpiece using the first hollow wall. Energy is selectively applied and directed within the deposition chamber, from an energy source toward a first crucible, the first crucible including a plurality of walls defining an upper recess contiguous with, and disposed directly above a first lower recess, at least the upper recess open to an interior of the deposition chamber. During the step of selectively applying and directing energy, a gas valve is controlled to maintain a partial vacuum in the deposition chamber of greater than 2 Pa to control a size and overlap of at least one coating zone formed around each of the at least one workpiece.
US10661295B2
Disclosed is a portable painting and drying apparatus for facilitating painting and drying of wooden blocks such as cabinet doors. The portable painting and drying apparatuses are formed using various components such as bases, poles (e.g., metallic poles and wooden dowels), joints (e.g., single and double-pole joints), a spinner, hangers, a spray gun holder, a hitch clip, a hanger organizer, a hitch clip holder, a rail connector, a rubber washer, or a thumb screw. The painting apparatus is used by a painter for painting all surfaces of a cabinet door at the same time. Upon completion of painting of the cabinet door, the painted cabinet door is transferred to the drying apparatus for drying.
US10661281B2
A lighter case is provided. The lighter case may have a main body forming a clamshell shaped to receive a cigarette lighter. The lighter case may have a grinding apparatus on a portion of the main body or slidable relative to the main body and configured to disaggregate a smoking material. The lighter case may collect the disaggregated smoking material and may guide the disaggregated smoking material into a receptacle such as by scooping or via a piston. In this manner, the smoking material may be prepared.
US10661280B1
An overall apparatus including a known manually operated rock crusher which includes at least one bar; wherein an end of the at least one bar is moved manually, and then downwards to cause the crushing of rocks; and further including an assistance device configured to be attached to the at least one bar; and a switch activated by an activation device; wherein in response to activation of the switch by the activation device, the assistance device applies a force to the at least one bar and then the switch is deactivated to move back to an original position and orientation, to thereby crush rocks. The assistance device may further include an air compressor; a piston assembly having a piston rod and a piston housing; wherein the piston rod moves outward from the piston housing to apply force to the at least one bar and then back inward during a downstroke.
US10661271B2
A device for processing a sample comprises a blister defined by first and second walls. The first wall is flexible allowing the blister to be divided into one or more sealed regions by an external pressure applied to a portion of the first wall. The external pressure is applied in the form of a 2-dimensional shape to form a sealed region having that shape.
US10661267B2
Provided is an electric pipette system, including: an operating condition receiving milt configured to receive an operating condition of a manipulation operation to foe occur next; a suction/discharge operating unit configured to perform at least any one of a suction operation and a discharge operation of a liquid by an electric pipette based cm the operating condition; an information collecting unit configured to collect various types of information during the suction operation or the discharge operation of the liquid; and an information recording unit configured to record the information.
US10661264B2
The present invention provides novel methods of cell disruption and release of biomolecules from a cell. The invention comprises the use of positively and/or negatively charged microparticles comprising ground resin. It is particularly useful for purification of biomolecules from cell culture.
US10661261B2
Mixed-phase TiO2 nanofibers prepared via a sol-gel technique followed by electrospinning and calcination are provided as photocatalysts. The calcination temperature is adjusted to control the rutile phase fraction in TiO2 nanofibers relative to the anatase phase. Post-calcined TiO2 nanofibers composed of 38 wt % rutile and 62 wt % anatase exhibited the highest initial rate constant of UV photocatalysis. This can be attributed to the combined influences of the fibers' specific surface areas and their phase compositions.
US10661250B2
In embodiments, a packing material for supported liquid extraction has a sorbent media that includes synthetic silica particles. In embodiments, the synthetic silica particles can have physical properties relating to one or more of particle surface area, shape, size, or porosity. In one embodiment, synthetic silica particles have a surface area less than about 30 m2/g. In another embodiment, the synthetic silica particles have an approximately uniform particle shape. In further examples, synthetic silica particles have a particle size in a range of about 30-150 μm inclusive or greater than about 200 μm. In another embodiment, synthetic silica particles are arranged to have a pore size greater than about 500 Angstroms. In an embodiment, an apparatus for supported liquid extraction includes a container and a sorbent media that includes synthetic silica particles. In a further embodiment, a method for extracting target analytes through supported liquid extraction is provided.
US10661246B2
A light irradiation device includes a protective tube, which has a wire insertion path therein, a light source unit facing and disposed along an upper part of the protective tube, and a gutter-shaped concave reflection mirror facing the light source unit and provided below the protective tube. The concave reflection mirror is received in a gutter-shaped concave accommodating part provided in a holding body, and has flange portions extending from the outer surface in the horizontal direction. The convex reflection mirror is detachably affixed to the holding body with the flange portions.
US10661239B2
A reactor configuration comprises an inlet section I, a preheating section II, a transition section III, a reaction section IV and an outlet section V; except for the preheating section II and the reaction section IV, the existence of the inlet section I, the transition section III and the outlet section V depends on reaction conditions; and the process realizes no coke deposition synthesis of methane and high selectivity synthesis of ethylene. The methane conversion rate is 20-90%; ethylene selectivity is 65-95%; propylene and butylene selectivity is 5-25%; aromatic hydrocarbon selectivity is 0-30%; and coke deposition is zero.
US10661237B2
A static mixer device comprising a housing having a proximal end, a distal end, and an opening extending between the proximal and distal ends. In certain embodiments, a plurality of metal frits is positioned within the opening of the housing, each of the metal frits extending across a cross-sectional dimension of the opening and having interconnected porosity. In other embodiments, one or more mixer elements fabricated using laser additive manufacturing technology and having novel configurations are positioned within the opening of the housing. In yet other embodiments, the housing comprises multiple openings having different diameters from each other, with each opening either extending through the housing with a constant diameter or with one or more of the openings having a varying diameter.
US10661236B2
A system and method for delivering a treatment fluid to a wellbore by emulsifying the treatment fluid with a continuous fluid in a flowline. The treatment and continuous fluids are combined in a mixer that is separate from containers that retain the fluids. In an example where the mixer is a venturi, the continuous fluid flows into an inlet on an entrance end of the venturi, and the treatment fluid flows into an inlet that is at a flow restriction in the venturi. The continuous fluid experiences a localized decrease in pressure at the restriction, which is due to a localized increase in flow rate at the restriction. The pressure decrease induces the treatment fluid into the venturi, where the treatment fluid is dispersed into droplets within the continuous fluid, and that forms a treatment emulsion. The treatment fluid escapes from within the treatment emulsion when in the wellbore.
US10661235B2
A system for blending polymers and other chemicals in an aqueous liquid is provided. Static mixers and tubes, preferably in one or more tube bundles, provide a volume sufficient to allow a residence time in the system to hydrate a polymer. Static mixers may be integrated with a tube bundle. The system may be mounted on a portable base such as a trailer. The concentration of polymer and chemicals in water may be controlled by a controller. A variable speed electric pump may be utilized to precisely control the amount of polymers or other chemicals added to the aqueous liquid.
US10661233B2
An improved air handing system for a particulate metering system is provided. The system includes a flow path with an inlet in communication with an intake and an outlet in communication with one or more discharge points. A blower can be in communication with the flow path at the intake and provide an air flow to the flow path. The system can include a plenum within the flow path and in fluid communication with the blower. A plurality of ports can be disposed on the plenum and within the flow path. Each of the ports can be in communication with a discharge point. The system can further include air flow directing members within the flow path. Each of the air flow directing members can be in communication with a separate one of the ports and one of the discharge points.
US10661226B2
Process for treating a combustion waste gas stream containing NOx and contaminants such as heavy metals and/or acid gases, e.g., halogens, SOx, comprising: injecting an alkali sorbent, into the waste gas stream; removing some contaminants with the alkali sorbent from the waste gas stream; injecting an ammonia source into the gas stream; injecting a deNOx catalyst into the gas stream at a temperature of 100° C. to preferably not more than 600° C. to reduce with NH3, in the presence of O2, some NOx to N2 and water in the gas stream, wherein the deNOx catalyst comprises copper and/or copper oxide deposited on a porous support comprising at least 60 wt % of a calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite having a Ca/P of less than 1.67. A blend comprising the alkali sorbent and the deNOx catalyst may be formed to inject them together into the waste gas stream. The ammonia source and the deNOx catalyst are preferably injected simultaneously. Alternatively, the ammonia source may be included in the alkali sorbent and/or the deNOx catalyst.
US10661223B2
A method and apparatus for thermally processing a substrate is described. The apparatus includes a thermal processing chamber having an interior volume which includes a top portion and a side wall. The apparatus also include a getter assembly comprising a getter configured as a wire disposed in the top portion and extending into the interior volume proximal to the side wall.
US10661221B2
An apparatus includes a proton-conducting electrolyte membrane, an anode, a cathode, a first flow path which is disposed on the anode and through which an anode fluid containing hydrogen as a constituent element flows, a second flow path which is disposed on the cathode and through which hydrogen flows, a voltage applicator, a detector which detects a hydrogen cross leak amount passing through the membrane, where the detector detects the hydrogen cross leak amount from, a natural potential of one electrode of the cathode and the anode after forming a state where hydrogen is present at the one electrode and hydrogen is not present at the other electrode of the cathode and the anode, or a current flowing between the anode and the cathode when the voltage is applied from the voltage applicator in a state where the first flow path and the second flow path are both sealed off.
US10661213B2
An industrial air filtration system and associated filter element are provided. The system includes a filter cage which supports its associated filter element or elements. The filter element or elements seal directly against upper and lower plates of the filter cage. Further, the system includes a liquid collection region and a sump region in fluid communication with the liquid collection region. The aforementioned regions are arranged to drain away liquid which coalesces within the system during operation.
US10661204B2
A method of sealing a filter bag at the stitched joints of the filtration material, consisting in forming the filter bag out of at least one filtration material piece, whereupon the surface of at least one filtration material edge being joined is covered with a liquid or semi-liquid layer of a sealant in such a way that the filtration material edges being joined are in contact with one another at least on the surface covered with the sealant. After the sealant layer has been applied, the filter bag elements prepared beforehand are combined together permanently by sewing them with a thread. A filter bag formed of at least one filtration material piece whose edges (2) and (3) are joined together with a thread (5), with at least one stitch, is characterised by the fact that at the stitched places between the adjoining surfaces of the filtration material edges (2) and (3) being combined there is a sealant layer (4), applied before sewing.
US10661201B2
An example device includes a frame having at least one outer opening and at least one inner opening recessed from the outer opening, at least one filter screen mounted on a perimeter of the at least one inner opening to form an inner chamber, at least one cover layer mounted on a perimeter of the at least one outer chamber to form an outer chamber, and a series of bubblebreaking features positioned within the inner chamber. The bubble-breaking features are positioned along a depth and a height of the inner chamber. The filter screen separates the inner chamber from the outer chamber, and the filter screen prevents froth from crossing and allows coalesced fluid to cross into the outer chamber.
US10661193B2
A chain-shaped splicing toy is attached to a ball so that a plurality of balls can be spliced with each other. The chain-shaped splicing toy includes a first chain assembly. The first chain assembly has two first coupling portions, a first ring, two first buckling portions, and a plurality of first chain connecting portions. Wherein, when the first chain assembly is attached to the ball, the first coupling portion at one end is coupled to the first ring at the other end. The first buckling portions are buckled to the first coupling portion that is not located at one end of another first chain assembly attached to the other ball so that the balls can be spliced with each other in different shapes and models.
US10661188B1
The model train car coupler comprises a coupler body and a pivoting knuckle. The model train car coupler body resembles a Janney coupler reduced to the scale of a model train. The model train car coupler is used on one or both the ends of a model train locomotive, caboose, or train car to couple one car to an adjacent car. The model train car coupler is used by backing a train car having the coupler into another car also having the coupler. As the cars are pushed together, the pivoting knuckles of each coupler defect to opposite sides, pass each other, and then spring back to their original positions at which point the couplers are engaged and forward motion of the train will cause one car to pull the other forward.
US10661185B2
The current invention relates to an amusement device, in which the amusement device includes a first tower; a first arm, extending between a first end and a second end, which is at its first end rotatably connected to the first tower for allowing rotation over at least 180° and configured to rotate around a swining axis (Sa); a carrier, rotatably connected to the second end of the first arm and rotatable around a carrier rotation axis, and a stability mechanism, connecting the carrier with the first tower, wherein the stability mechanism is configured to maintain the carrier in an upright orientation while the first arm rotates around the swinging axis.
US10661183B2
A game operating device (controller) includes a longitudinal housing, and a holding portion held by hand to be wrapped by its palm it is formed in the housing. A direction switch is provided on an upper surface at a position where it can be operated by thumb of the hand holding the holding portion, and a start switch and a select switch are provided backward thereof. An X button 46 and a Y button are further arranged in line on the upper surface of the housing. An imaging information arithmetic unit is provided at a front end of the housing in a longitudinal direction in such a manner that an imaging device thereof is exposed from a front-end surface. A concave portion is formed on a lower surface at a position corresponding to the direction switch. The concave portion includes a valley and two inclined surfaces. An A button capable of being operated by index finger of the hand holding the holding portion is provided on the backward inclined surface. By processing an image signal obtained by imaging an infrared ray from LED modules by the imaging device, it is possible to obtain an operation signal varying according to a position and/or attitude of the controller.
US10661174B2
An image generation system includes a processor including hardware, the processor being configured to implement an object space setting process, an image generation process generating a projection image, a process receiving a captured image from an imaging section, and a hit determination process calculating a screen spotlight position based on a position of a spotlight within the captured image, calculates a direction from a set position toward the screen spotlight position to be an emission direction of an emitting element, and determines whether or not an object among the plurality of objects disposed in the object space has been hit based on the calculated emission direction, the screen spotlight position being a position of the spotlight on a projection screen, the spotlight being formed by light emitted from the emitting element, and the set position being set to be a representative position of the emitting element or a player.
US10661172B2
The present disclosure provides a visual display method and apparatus for compensating sound information, a storage medium, and an electronic device, and relates to the field of human-computer interaction technologies. The method includes: providing an orientation ruler on a graphical user interface, the orientation ruler including an orientation identifier for indicating an orientation; detecting a sound in a first preset range of a game scene, and when the sound in the first preset range of the game scene is detected, acquiring orientation information of a sound source of the sound; and generating a graphic identifier corresponding to the sound at a corresponding position of the orientation ruler according to the orientation information.
US10661170B2
Systems and methods for rendering of a virtual content object in an augmented reality environment based on a physical marker are discussed herein. Virtual content objects may be rendered by a display device in an augmented reality environment based on the field of view seen through the display device and a position of a marker (and one or more linkage points associated with the marker) in the real world. When rendered in the augmented reality environment, the virtual content objects may be visualized from any angle, from the exterior or interior of the object, and manipulated in response to user input. Virtual content objects and/or user visualizations of virtual content objects may be shared with other users (local and/or remote), enabling multiple users to potentially build, modify, and/or interact with a virtual content object simultaneously and/or cooperatively.
US10661169B1
A gaming server can host a gaming session involving multiple players utilizing separate gaming devices. To ensure consistency across devices, the gaming server receives player-specific game data from each device then sends updated game state data to the gaming devices. Each gaming device includes a circular buffer that can contain up to a determined amount of recent game state data. If a device is to provide an instant replay, the devices can pull the state data from the circular buffer and cause the game replay to be rendered according to the timeline of the buffered game state data. Once the replay is finished, the game session resumes and new game state data is stored to the circular buffer. The gaming server can also store the game state data such that after the session the state data can be downloaded and a full replay rendered.
US10661168B2
The present disclosure provides a method for processing information, an apparatus for processing information, an electronic device, and a computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: in case that at least one of a touch sliding event passing a control and a touch sliding event starting from a control is detected, calculating a distance between a current position of a touch point of the touch sliding event and a position of the control in real time; and under the distance is greater than a first preset threshold, adjusting at least one of a direction and a distance of an emission operation for a corresponding skill of the control performed on a virtual character according to the current position of the touch point.
US10661164B2
A method is provided for controlling game character movement for a server. The method includes receiving a movement-request data-packet sent by a first client, where the server is configured to manage a character movement on the first client and a character movement on a second client in a same game scene. The method also includes determining whether a target client is the first client or the second client according to the movement-request data-packet, where a character on the target client is a character whose movement needs to be controlled by the first client. Further, the method includes updating a movement identifier of the target client, and broadcasting the updated movement identifier of the target client to the first client and the second client.
US10661161B2
A wireless charging adapter that can snap onto a computer game controller can be inductively coupled to a charging base to wirelessly recharge a battery in the controller. The adapter also can include keys that mirror keys on the controller so that a gamer can remove the adapter with controller from the charging base, keep the adapter on the controller, and use both the controller keys and adapter keys to control a computer game.
US10661158B2
A game manipulation panel capable of communicating game information, the game manipulation panel includes: a panel body configured to generate a manipulation signal for playing a game; and an antenna member positioned in a portion of the panel body to transmit and receive a signal for transferring game information to a short-range wireless communication module that performs nearfield communication (NFC) with a portable device.
US10661150B1
A rolling knee support device is attached to each knee of the user for support thereof when the user is in a kneeling position. The device has four swivel caster type wheels with a threaded stem for being releasably mounted into one of eight holes defined in a double-curved lower surface of a base of the support. The four wheels can be moved and arranged such on the double-curved lower surface so that the supporting feature of the knee supporting device can be modified and customized according to the needs of the worker and/or the particular job whereby the worker is supported in the most comfortable, balanced, and efficient position and orientation for any particular job. Straps with fasteners are used to secure each rolling knee support device to each knee of the user.
US10661140B2
Described is an apparatus for practicing a golf swing in either an indoor or outdoor environment. The apparatus includes a frame with a leg portion, a rebounding surface, an arm with a cord that is secured to golf ball, and a mat. A golfer can practice a golf swing by striking the ball secured to the cord, and receives instantaneous feedback based on the ball's trajectory, sound produced when the ball hits the rebounding surface, and divot markings imprinted on the mat.
US10661135B2
A golf bag including a body defining a housing adapted to receive one or more golf clubs, and extending between a bottom portion and a top portion. The golf bag further includes an attachment mechanism coupled to the body, and configured to secure a first portion of a towel. An auxiliary attachment mechanism is coupled to the body. The auxiliary attachment mechanism is configured to support a second portion of a towel.
US10661134B2
Embodiments of a strap system for a golf bag are described herein. Various embodiments of the strap system for a golf bag comprise a first strap including a first end and a second end, each of the first and the second ends of the first strap configured to be coupled to the bag, a second strap including a first end and second end, each of the first and the second ends of the second strap configured to be coupled to the bag, a pad including a first portion including a first channel and a first clasp, the first strap extending through the first channel, the first clasp configured to receive the first strap and including a first position in which the first strap is immovable relative to the first portion and a second position in which the second strap is movable relative to the first portion, a second portion including a second channel and a second clasp, the second strap extending through the second channel, the second clasp configured to receive the second strap and including a first position in which the second strap is immovable relative to the second portion and a second position in which the second strap is movable relative to the second portion, and an elastic member coupled between the first portion of the pad and the second portion of the pad, wherein the first portion is coupled to the second portion and configured to maintain an orientation of the first strap relative to the second strap for ease of locating the first and the second straps prior to lifting and wearing the bag. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US10661132B1
A golf putter can include a shaft and a golf putter head attached to the shaft. The head can include a heel, a toe, a top line facing upwardly and extending between the heel and the toe, a sole facing downwardly and extending between the heel and the toe, and a face extending between the top line and the sole, and between the heel and the toe. The head can further include a visual sighting area on the putter head that visually contrasts with a surface region of the putter head that is adjacent to the visual sighting area and on opposing sides of the visual sighting area, with the visual sighting area continuously wrapping from a portion of the visual sighting area on the top line to a portion of the visual sighting area on the face and/or with side edges of the portions being aligned.
US10661116B2
An exercise apparatus for performing a back extension exercise comprising: a frame, a seat having a seating surface and a pelvic stabilization pad having a lower back engagement surface, an input arm assembly interconnected by a first interconnection to a first resistance mechanism, the input arm assembly including a manually graspable mechanism and being arranged on the apparatus such that the input arm assembly is pivotable beginning from a start motionless position along a path of travel toward the pelvic stabilization pad under resistance exerted by one or both of the resistance mechanisms, wherein the first resistance mechanism is adapted to increase resistance as the degree of pivoting of the input arm assembly increases along the path of travel away from the start motionless position rearwardly toward the pelvic stabilization pad.
US10661115B2
A manual non-motorized exercise treadmill with the ability to provide adjustable resistance to perform strength training resistance movements and simulate the movements of an exercise drive sled in a stationary location is described. A treadmill deck of the treadmill is supported by friction-reduction rollers, a front treadmill roller and a rear treadmill roller. The treadmill is operated by the user pushing and/or pulling with the feet of the user via a belt or harness attached to adjustable stationary hand bars. Variable resistance allows for increased or decreased difficulty in achieving the exercise according to the preference and ability of the user. The resistance is configured to be applied to the rollers and/or belt, making it more difficult for the user to manually move the treadmill belt. The treadmill belt is configured to oscillate for both concentric and eccentric exercises not provided by conventional treadmills.
US10661107B2
System and methods to provide ceiling-only suppression fire protection of up to fifty feet (50 ft.) of rack storage of cartoned unexpanded plastic commodities and less hazardous commodities, such as for example, Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Class 4 and/or combinations thereof beneath a ceiling having a maximum ceiling height up to fifty-five feet (55 ft.). The systems and methods provide for hydraulic and system parameters that include a hydraulic design area based upon five to no more than twelve hydraulically most remote sprinklers spaced at a preferred sprinkler-to-sprinkler spacing of eight to ten feet (8-10 ft.) coupled to two to four branch lines tied to a common cross main supply pipe of firefighting fluid.
US10661101B2
A dose distribution calculation device of the invention is characterized by including: a beam information storing unit (a measured energy storing unit, a measured electric-charge storing unit, a measured beam-central axis storing unit), in which, when particle beam information of a particle beam generated by a particle beam therapy system is measured by a measuring device in confirmative radiation in which the particle beam is radiated to a phantom as a substitute for a treatment target, the thus-measured particle beam information is stored; and a total dose calculation unit for calculating a radiation dose distribution (a total dose distribution) on the basis of the measured particle beam information (a measured energy, a measured beam quantity (a measured number of electric charges), a measured position of beam central axis).
US10661100B2
Systems and methods for radiation treatment planning in proton therapy using pencil beam scanning (“PBS”) are described. More particularly, the systems and methods described in the present disclosure related to quantifying the output from a proton therapy system implementing PBS. The systems and methods described in the present disclosure can therefore be implemented when commissioning a new proton therapy system, or when performing quality assurance (“QA”) on a proton therapy system. A spot delivery pattern that includes a spiral out pattern is used for beam delivery. A number of control points along the spot delivery pattern define a beam pause time during which delivery of the proton beam is paused. Radiation measurements are obtained at the control points and at the end of the spot delivery pattern, and these radiation measurements are used to compute field size factors for field sized associated with the segments of the spot delivery pattern.
US10661099B2
A method for the treatment of a person suffering from neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, or Huntington's disease by treating the patient's brain, over the span of one year or less with a plurality of doses of ionizing radiation, each dose being more than 2.5 mJ/kg but less than 150 mJ/kg with the total dose being more than 10 mJ/kg but less than 400 mJ/kg.
US10661098B2
A magnetic resonance apparatus which includes: a body portion (102) having a cavity (106) with a first and second ends and at least one opening situated at one of the first and second ends. The cavity may define a longitudinal axis (LA) extending between the first and second ends. At least one main magnet may generate a main magnetic field having a substantially homogenous magnetic field within the cavity. A center shim (CS) which may be formed from a ring having opposed edges (131) and which may extend along a length of the longitudinal axis of the cavity. One or more discrete shims (DSs) may be situated between the CS and at least one of the first and second ends.
US10661080B2
A cardiac lead system is provided. The lead is placed epicardially through the transverse pericardial sinus with integrated curvatures to prevent the lead from slipping out of the transverse pericardial sinus. Interaction with multiple chambers of the heart is facilitated in a single lead, without anchors that embed into the heart wall. Multiple electrodes can be grouped over each targeted heart area to ensure adequate electrical contact.
US10661073B2
Implantable medical electrical leads having electrodes arranged such that a defibrillation coil electrode and a pace/sense electrode(s) are concurrently positioned substantially over the ventricle when implanted as described. The leads include an elongated lead body having a distal portion and a proximal end, a connector at the proximal end of the lead body, a defibrillation electrode located along the distal portion of the lead body, wherein the defibrillation electrode includes a first electrode segment and a second electrode segment proximal to the first electrode segment by a distance. The leads may include at least one pace/sense electrode, which in some instances, is located between the first defibrillation electrode segment and the second defibrillation electrode segment.
US10661069B2
A connector includes an elastic valve body that includes a top face on which a slit is formed and a bottom face opposite the top face; and a holding section that is in contact with the top face and the bottom face of the elastic valve body and holds the elastic valve body. The holding section surrounds the slit, and the elastic valve body includes a peripheral section that is positioned outward of a portion of the elastic valve body that is held by the holding section. The elastic valve body and the holding section are configured such that a volume of the peripheral section in a state in which the elastic valve body is held by the holding section is larger than a volume of the peripheral section in a state in which the elastic valve body is not held by the holding section.
US10661066B2
A system and method is provided for an injectable substance delivery pen comprising a microneedle hub assembly removably engaged with a pen device body which includes a cartridge, a plunger, and a drive mechanism. The hub assembly includes at least one microneedle for intradermal or shallow subcutaneous injection of the contents of the cartridge. The cartridge, plunger and drive mechanism components of the pen body are fabricated of non-compliant and non-compressible materials to allow effective communication of the cartridge contents via the microneedle patient interface.
US10661063B2
Systems, instruments, and methods for minimally invasive procedures including one or more of fractional resection, fractional lipectomy, fractional skin grafting, fractional scar revision, and/or fractional tattoo removal are described. Embodiments include instrumentation comprising a scalpet assembly coupled to a carrier, and the scalpet assembly includes a scalpet array. The scalpet array includes one or more scalpets configured for fractional resection, fractional lipectomy, fractional skin grafting, fractional scar revision, and/or fractional tattoo removal. The system includes a vacuum component coupled to the scalpet assembly and configured to evacuate tissue from the a site. The carrier is configured to control application of a rotational force and/or a vacuum force to the scalpet assembly.
US10661056B1
One embodiment provides a support catheter member assembly, preferably for cardiac interventional procedures, comprising an elongated tubular body having proximal and distal ends, and a plurality of lumina extending axially therethrough. A plurality of support members extend through the catheter, exit at a defined distance from its distal opening, and reattach at its distal end. Manipulation of support members leads to their flexing outward/retraction towards the catheter, providing an adjustable support assembly with which the position of a separate guide catheter can be stabilized.
US10661052B2
An intravascular delivery system includes a delivery sheath capable of transmitting a predetermined tension or compression force in a longitudinal direction while maintaining flexibility to navigate tortuous anatomy. A method of delivering a medical device includes inserting an intravascular device delivery system including a delivery sheath having a continuous spine into a bodily lumen. A distal longitudinal force is applied to the delivery sheath. The distal force is transmitted through the continuous spine and across one or more slit cuts of the delivery sheath. A proximal longitudinal force is applied to the delivery sheath. The proximal longitudinal force is transmitted through the continuous spine of the delivery sheath.
US10661048B1
Children who experience anxiety associated with novel situations react physically and emotionally in ways that make it challenging for the child, parents, educators, and providers to proceed with the intended goal of that novel situation. Anxiety in children can be reduced by introducing fun or distracting stimuli that act on specific neural pathways. The stimuli introduced can familiarize a child with the environment in which the procedure will take place and the equipment and people which the child will meet. In the healthcare setting, by using consistent stimuli, and by disrupting anxiety at one or more of a series of stages in which anxiety typically occurs, a reduction in needed anesthesia can be achieved, which is healthier for the child and reduces the costs associated with the medical or dental procedure.
US10661037B2
A method, connector and system for obtaining an indirect measurement of a parameter in a patient with a total liquid ventilation (TLV) system. At least one parameter measurement is obtained of a liquid taken in the TLV system comprising an endotracheal tube having a distal end inserted in a patient's trachea. At least one flow measurement is obtained of a liquid taken in the TLV system. Considering a fluid model of the TLV system, the at least one parameter measurement and the least one flow measurement are processed into the indirect measurement of the parameter in the patient. The indirect measurement may be a temperature or pressure. The temperature can be a lung temperature, a blood temperature or an organ temperature. The pressure may be a tracheal pressure or an alveolar pressure.
US10661030B1
The present disclosure describes a syringe assembly including a syringe and a tamper evident cap disposed over a Luer connection of the syringe, the tamper evident cap having a main body that defines a proximal end defining an opening, a distal end opposite the proximal end along the axial direction, an outer surface, and an inner surface opposite the outer surface that defines a passage to receive a tip cap and the Luer connection, where the tamper evident cap is spaced from the tip cap. The main body further defines a frangible connection between the proximal and distal ends of the main body. The frangible connection can break under a force applied to the distal end of the tamper evident cap such that the proximal end of the tamper evident cap remains engaged with the syringe when the frangible connection breaks.
US10661026B2
A safety needle device is disclosed having a housing configured to couple to a syringe, the housing having a proximal end, a distal end, and a housing body. A needle hub is disposed on the proximal end of the housing and a needle cannula is attached to the needle hub. The device having a retractable sheath configured to move between an initial position, a retracted position and an extended position with respect to the housing, wherein the initial position partially exposes a distal tip of the needle cannula, the retracted position fully exposes the needle cannula, and the extended position fully covers the distal tip of the needle cannula. The safety needle device may include an activation latch, a lockout latch, a tether and a spring element to bias the retractable sheath to an extended state to cover the distal end of the needle cannula upon completion of an injection. The safety needle device may include a slider element disposed above an activation latch. A method of drug delivery is also disclosed.
US10661023B2
The syringe systems disclosed herein provide in part devices for allowing patients with compromised joint strength to more easily administer medicine. Certain exemplary syringe embodiments include a handle forming a handgrip, a syringe barrel that magnifies the dosage marks located on an inner barrel, and a tip cap slidably engageable with the syringe barrel for shielding a needle.
US10661019B2
A medicament delivery device having a housing, arranged to accommodate a medicament container and a power unit, where the power unit has a plunger rod, a drive spring, operably arranged to act on the plunger rod and on said medicament container, an actuator having holding elements that can releasably hold the plunger rod with said drive spring in a tensioned state, and an actuator sleeve operably connected to said actuator for releasably locking said holding elements in a holding state. The medicament delivery device also can have a medicament delivery member guard slidably movable in said housing that can act on said actuator sleeve for setting said holding elements with said actuator sleeve in a first activation state; an activator unit arranged to be manually operated and which is operably connected to said plunger rod for setting said holding elements with said actuator sleeve in a second activation state.
US10661012B2
Systems, components, and methods are disclosed for withdrawing drug from a liquid drug container and transferring drug to a medical device. One or more components may have keying features so that only the correct liquid drug container and medical device are accessed, making sure the medical device is filled with the correct drug. A syringe needle hub may have keying features corresponding to keying features on a cap on the liquid drug container and on the medical device. An alignment device facilitates easy-to-operate filling of a medical device. The alignment device aligns a liquid drug container over a fill port of the medical device and can include components for moving the liquid drug container into engagement with the medical device and for automatically initiating drug transfer to the medical device. A retractable skirt or needle cover protects the needle and is unlocked only when the skirt or needle cover is close to or touching the medical device.
US10661001B2
An apparatus for supporting an operator in operating a medical device has a signaling device that signals a necessary operation of a component to be operated of the medical device. The signaling device emits a signal from the component to be operated and/or orients a signal onto the component to be operated. The signaling device emits at least one of an optical, an acoustical, and a haptical signal. The apparatus also includes a control apparatus that controls the signaling device based on the component operation to be performed, with the control by the control apparatus being independent of an operator request.
US10661000B2
A method for conveying blood or priming liquid as a medium using a blood pump, measures gas in the medium in a feed line to the pump, in or on the pump, and the pump power is increased only for a short time as a function of the measured gas. A blood pump, in particular a centrifugal pump or diagonal pump, includes a rotor, a housing and a drive, the pump including a gas detector which acts upon the drive when gas is detected.
US10660999B2
Methods for operating a pump are provided, the pump comprising a rotor for conveying fluids, wherein the volume flow rate through the pump and the pressure difference across the pump is determined, wherein at least one first operating parameter and in particular a second operating parameter of a first group of operating parameters are detected and, depending on the value of the first and in particular also the value of a second operating parameter of the first group, the volume flow rate through the pump and the pressure difference across the pump is determined from detected values of the operating parameters, either from the first group of operating parameters, or values of another set of operating parameters, in particular at least one additional operating parameter, are taken into consideration in order to determine the volume flow rate and the pressure difference across the pump.
US10660995B2
Systems and methods for pumping milk from a breast, wherein the milk is expressed from the breast under suction and milk is expulsed from the pumping mechanism to a collection container under positive pressure.
US10660990B2
A method of producing an article with a foamed surface which includes: a step 1 of forming small pores in a surface of a base made of a plastic to produce a base with small pores; a step 2 of immersing the base with small pores, obtained in step 1, in a solution including a foaming agent to prepare a foaming agent-including base; a step 3 of immersing the foaming agent-including base, obtained in step 2, in a foaming solution that makes the plastic swell and the foaming agent foam to prepare a foamed base; and a step 4 of immersing the foamed base, obtained in step 3, in a coagulating solution that coagulates the swollen plastic.
US10660985B2
The inventive subject matter provides compositions and methods for transiently or permanently treating or managing an injury. Contemplated compositions are polymerizable in situ over short time periods, even in the presence of blood, without undue exothermic heat. Contemplated compositions may further comprise an anesthetic, an antiseptic, an adhesion promoter, and/or a vasoconstrictor.
US10660984B2
An absorbent article comprising a complexed or encapsulated malodor control composition having at least one volatile aldehyde and an acid catalyst, and methods of use thereof, are provided. The malodor control composition is suitable for a variety of absorbent articles, including use in diapers, toddler training pants, adult incontinence garments, sanitary napkins, pantiliners, interlabial devices, hemorrhoid pads, and the like.
US10660982B2
A container for sterilising objects, includes: a hollow body with mainly longitudinal development and closed at one end by a bottom, the hollow body being provided at the opposite end with an opening in proximity to which there is a first connection area; a substantially tubular body provided, in proximity to its ends, respectively with a second and a third connection area, each one of which is suited to be alternatively coupled with the first connection area of the hollow body. The container furthermore includes a shaped cover provided, at the level of its inner side walls, with a fourth connection area suited to be coupled with one of the connection areas of the tubular body and with the hollow body; a support is arranged inside the tubular body and in proximity to one of its ends, the support being configured so as to support one or more objects to be sterilised; a maximum pressure valve applied to the hollow body.
US10660981B2
An apparatus for destroying pathogens includes a platform and an LED matrix panel. The platform has a portion configured to permit passage of ultraviolet light therethrough. The LED matrix panel is disposed below the portion of the platform and includes a grid and a plurality of discreetly-controlled, ultraviolet light LEDs (UV LEDs). The grid defines a plurality of cells. Each UV LED is associated with one cell such that the cells direct the ultraviolet light emitted by the UV LEDs upwardly through the portion of the platform to sanitize an object supported on the portion of the platform.
US10660978B2
Microbial growth of at least one microorganism may be decreased, prevented, and/or inhibited in a fluid by providing ultrasonic waves to the fluid. In an optional non-limiting embodiment, an amount of at least one gas may be provided to the fluid for further decreasing the microbial population, preventing microbial growth, and/or inhibiting microbial growth. In another non-limiting embodiment, the fluid may be a downhole fluid, such as but not limited to, drilling fluids, completion fluids, production fluids, injection fluids, stimulation fluids, refinery fluids, servicing fluids, and combinations thereof. Alternatively, the fluid or downhole fluid may have a temperature ranging from about 25 C to about 100 C.
US10660969B2
Disclosed are an 8-arm polyethylene glycol (PEG) derivative (formula 1), manufacturing method and modified bio-related substance thereby, wherein a tetravalent group U and four trivalent groups Ec form a highly symmetric octavalent central structure CORE0 together, Lc connects the octavalent center to eight PEG arms having polydiversity or monodiversity and having n1-n8 as the degrees of polymerization thereof. The terminal of one PEG chain is connected to at least one functional group F (k≥1), and said PEG chain and F can be directly connected (g=0) or connected with a divalent linking group L0 connected with a terminal branched group G (g=1) therebetween. The latter provides more reacting sites to combine more pharmaceutical molecules, thereby increasing the drug loading capacity. The near-center symmetric structure of the derivative allows more precise control over the molecular weight during large-scale production, thereby facilitating acquisition of a product having a narrower molecular weight distribution. A bio-related substance modified thereby has a more uniform and controllable performance.
US10660967B2
Curcumin-based conjugates and methods of use thereof are provided. Pharmaceutical compositions including an effective amount of one or more curcumin conjugates are also provided. In particular embodiments, the compositions are formulated for oral delivery. The conjugates and pharmaceutical compositions thereof can be administered to a subject in need thereof to treat a host of diseases and disorders including but not limited to, cancer, inflammation, and microbial growth.
US10660964B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition in the form of a storage-stable solution for the parenteral administration of ultrashort-effective β-adrenoreceptor antagonists, comprising a) an ultrashort-effective β-adrenoreceptor antagonist and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, b) water, and c) a cyclodextrin and/or a functional cyclodextrin derivative. The composition according to the invention has high stability, even without the presence of additional adjuvants.
US10660958B2
An organoleptically acceptable composition containing a ketone body or a ketone body precursor including a hydroxybutyrate ester and a flavouring is provided and gives improved palatability and user adherence to the intended dose regime. The flavouring may be a bitter flavouring and the composition may further contain an adsorbent for the ketone such that on ingestion, the bitterness of the composition may be masked. The composition may be in the form of a solid, gel or liquid and provides increased blood ketone levels and may be used in therapy or in treating muscle impairment or fatigue.
US10660955B2
A method of treating a patient having a cancer in which HER2, HER4, FGFR1, EPHA2 and/or FGFR3 is upregulated and/or in which HER2, HER4, FGFR1, EPHA2 and/or FGFR3 mediated-signaling is upregulated, the method comprising administering to the patient a compound comprising or consisting of an OPCML polypeptide (SEQ ID NO: 1), or a fragment thereof which comprises at least one Ig domain of OPCML, or a variant thereof having at least 90% sequence identity with the OPCML polypeptide or the fragment thereof, or a nucleic acid molecule winch encodes the OPCML polypeptide or fragment or variant thereof.
US10660954B2
The novel synergistic combination of immune checkpoint blockade and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and/or hematopoietic stem cell mobilization yield synergistic effects in disease therapy.
US10660952B2
The present invention relates to a porcine parvovirus and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus vaccine for protecting a subject, preferably swine, against diseases associated with porcine parvovirus and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus. The present invention further relates to methods of producing immunogenic compositions as well as such immunogenic compositions exhibiting reduced virucidal activity.
US10660938B2
Preparations including FSH, for example recombinant FSH, for use in the treatment of infertility.
US10660929B2
Provided is a kampo medicine for treating multimorbidity of Alzheimer-type dementia or mild cognitive impairment and at least one disease from the group consisting of overactive bladder, constipation, and chronic kidney disease with one drug. A kampo medicine for treating multimorbidity with one drug, comprising a drug combination of orengedokuto and ryokeijutsukanto as an active ingredient, wherein the kampo medicine improves a cognitive function in Alzheimer-type dementia or mild cognitive impairment and relieves and treats at least one disease from overactive bladder, constipation, and chronic kidney disease complicated by Alzheimer-type dementia or mild cognitive impairment at a high rate with one drug.
US10660926B2
Compositions comprising thermo-modified nutshells, for example hazelnut shells, are described herein. The compositions can also comprise one or more feed additives, pharmaceutically acceptable diluents and/or excipients. Also included are methods for producing the thermo-modified nutshell compositions, and methods for using the compositions to treat diarrhea and adsorb toxins as well as promote growth and improve the overall health in humans and other animals.
US10660901B2
The present disclosure relates generally to derivatives of pyrrolobenzodiazepines and antibody-drug conjugates thereof and to methods of using these conjugates as therapeutics and/or diagnostics.
US10660899B2
The present invention provides methods of inducing differentiation of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells to a mature myelinating cell fate with a neurotransmitter receptor modulating agent. The present invention also provides methods of stimulating increased myelination in a subject in need thereof by administering said neurotransmitter receptor modulating agent. Methods of treating a subject having a demyelinating disease using a neurotransmitter receptor modulating agent are also provided.
US10660896B2
This invention is in the area of improved compounds, compositions and methods of transiently protecting healthy cells, and in particular hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC) as well as renal cells, from damage associated with DNA damaging chemotherapeutic agents. In one aspect, improved protection of healthy cells is disclosed using disclosed compounds that act as highly selective and short, transiently-acting cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK 4/6) inhibitors when administered to subjects undergoing DNA damaging chemotherapeutic regimens for the treatment of proliferative disorders.
US10660894B2
The present invention provides, inter alia, compounds capable of inhibiting NF-κB. Pharmaceutical compositions containing and methods of using the compounds are also provided herein.
US10660890B2
An HDAC6-specific inhibitor (i.e., a compound of Formula I or II) is shown to reduce the pathogenesis associated with polycystic disease. Administration of an HDAC6-specific inhibitor attenuated many of the symptoms characteristic of polycystic liver disease including cyst formation, cyst growth and cholangiocyte proliferation. Treatment with a HDAC6-specific inhibitor also increased the amount of bile duct acetylated tubulin and β-catenin phosphorylation and/or acetylation while reducing bile duct β-catenin synthesis. These results demonstrate that HDAC6 is overexpressed in cystic cholangiocytes and that its pharmacological inhibition reduces cholangiocyte proliferation and cyst growth.
US10660886B2
The invention is directed to sustained release formulations containing oxycodone or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof which provide a mean C24/Cmax oxycodone ratio of 0.6 to 1.0 or 0.7 to 1 after oral administration at steady state to patients and methods thereof.
US10660878B2
The present invention describes methods of treating dementia comprising administering an effective daily dose of N-[2-(6-fluoro-1H-indol-3-yl)ethyl]-3-(2,2,3,3-tetrafluoropropoxy)benzylamine to improve or augment the effect of an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.
US10660872B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to methods for treatment of age-related cognitive decline in a patient comprising administering to the patient a low dose of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), preferably in an amount of 10-400 micrograms (μg). THC may be administered in a variety of routes. Methods for delaying or slowing or reversing the progression of age-related cognitive decline using THC are also disclosed. The aforementioned methods may slow the progression of age-related cognitive decline. The cognitive decline may be in a patient suffering from Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or a patient with no MCI, in which cognitive decline is prevented.
US10660868B2
The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions given once daily containing at least one therapeutically active ingredient selected from the group consisting of memantine and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of memantine, and a pharmaceutically acceptable polymeric matrix carrier. The dosage forms of the invention sustain the release of the therapeutically active agent from about 4 to about 24 hours when said dosage form is exposed to aqueous solutions. following entry of said form into a use environment, wherein said dosage form has a dissolution rate of more than about 80% after passage of about 6 hours to about 12 hours following said entry into said use environment.
US10660867B2
Beta-hydroxyketones as topical active ingredients for the prevention or treatment of photodermatoses
The present invention relates to specific β-hydroxyketones of the formula (I) for use in the prevention and/or treatment of photodermatoses and to the use of specific β-hydroxyketones of the formula (I) as active ingredient in typical compositions for the prevention and/or non-therapeutic treatment of photodermatoses, in particular of polymorphic light eruption.
US10660862B2
The invention comprises a ready to use film dosage form comprising microemulsion of an Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient embedded or immobilized in a thin polymeric matrix as a double microemulsion and a process of making the same. The microemulsion in the film dosage form of this invention is capable of being absorbed through mucosal route. The process of making the film dosage of this invention comprises steps of forming a film forming dispersion containing film forming polymers, excipients and microemulsion of active pharmaceutical ingredient, casting the same in the form of a film and drying the cast of the film being carried out by means of drying conditions that suit to retain stability of the active pharmaceutical ingredient being selected such that drying of the film is achieved retaining the moisture trapped in the microemulsion embedded in the polymeric film.
US10660855B2
The present invention relates to a process of producing a nano-CBD liposome system comprises: (i) preparing a dispersal phase by dissolving CBD in an ethanol solvent in a ratio between mass of CBD:volumn of ethanol solvent as 8:10 by a stirrer at a speed of 300 to 500 rpm and simultaneously heating to a temperature ranging from 40 to 60° C. within 4 to 8 hours; (ii) preparing a liposome carrier consisting of lecithin, olive oil in a ratio by mass of 1:3 mixed in a themostatic bath at a temperature from 40 to 60° C. to ensure that lecithin completely dissolves in oil, stirring homogeneously; (iii) adding the carrier to the dispersal phase in a ratio by mass of 40:60, continuing heating the dispersal phase to a temperature ranging from 40 to 60° C., stirring at a speed of 800 to 1000 rpm for 1 to 2 hours; (iv) cooling the resulting mixture to 25° C. and injecting one volumn of distilled water between 1 and 1.5 L by using hight-frequency nozzles at a frequency of 60 Hz, drop sizes ranging from 10 to 20 μm, injecting capacity of 10 ml/min, with the temperature of distilled water of 25° C., giving a liposome suspension-water solution; (v) homogenizing the mixture of liposome suspension-water solution by injecting through 30 Mpa high pressure homogenizers to obtain a nano-CBD liposome system which is a homogeneous, stable mixture ensured with the particle sizes <200 nm.
US10660853B2
Disclosed are a method of preparing liposomes using a mixed solvent of ethyl acetate and n-hexane for dissolving phospholipids, and a method of preparing a liposome frozen powder by putting a container including liposomes in a container filled with isopropyl alcohol, ethanol and/or methanol, followed by lyophilization, which methods are useful in food industry for no use of toxic chloroform. Disclosed also is adding the produced container including liposomes to a container filled with isopropyl alcohol, ethanol and/or methanol, followed by lyophilization, thus advantageously preventing deterioration in stability of liposome particles, as well as being almost completely returned to the original state.
US10660838B2
Low pH cosmetic compositions and methods for improving the appearance of skin. The low pH cosmetic compositions herein include a saccharide and, optionally, one or more additional skin care actives to improve the appearance of skin. The lower pH reduces or even eliminates some of the skin health and appearance drawbacks associated with saccharide induced glycation.
US10660834B2
Shell-structured particles for sunscreen applications are provided herein. A composition includes one or more zinc oxide particles constituting a core material in a sunscreen composition, one or more particles coating the one or more zinc oxide particles, wherein each of the one or more particles comprises a band gap within a predetermined range, and wherein said one or more particles are selected based on a desired absorption spectrum of the sunscreen composition, and an anti-reflective coating applied to the surface of the one or more particles coating the one or more zinc oxide particles.
US10660824B2
The present invention describes a novel system, drug delivery device, mobile App, drug specific drug dispensing algorithm, and method to improve medication safety and effectiveness via the utilization of drug specific algorithms to control drug dispensing, avoid drug mediated adverse events, ensure prescription persistence and promote prescription compliance on a cost-effective real-time basis.
US10660822B2
An arm (20) that faces a male member (10) is provided with a claw (30) that protrudes toward the male member (10). An adapter (1) can be connected to a female connector with the male member being inserted into the female connector and the claw engaging with the female connector. The arm is elastically deformable so that the claw can move away from the male member. The claw includes a slidable portion (33a) that slides on the female connector during a process in which the adapter is connected to the female connector. The slidable portion moves the claw in a direction away from the male connector while the slidable portion slides on the female connector. A contour shape of the slidable portion seen in a direction that is orthogonal to a central axis (1a) that passes through the male member includes a smooth convex curve.
US10660813B2
A medical examination table includes a base assembly, a table assembly, a table actuation assembly, a wheel assembly, and an actuating mobility assembly. The base assembly configured to support the medical examination table in a first mobility configuration. The table actuation assembly is configured to raise and lower the table assembly relative to the base member to thereby transition the table assembly between a lowered position and a raised position. The wheel assembly is configured to support the medical examination table in a second mobility configuration. The actuating mobility assembly is configured to cooperate with the table actuation assembly to thereby actuate the wheel assembly relative to the base assembly to thereby transition the medical examination table between the first mobility configuration to the second mobility configuration.
US10660811B2
An assistive toileting apparatus that is operable by a caretaker, allowing an individual to transition more readily from a wheelchair to a commode. A horizontal platform supports a first vertical tilt platform and a second vertical tilt platform and is slidably engaged with a frame. The first vertical tilt platform supports, secures, and tilts the wheelchair to assist the individual into a standing position. The horizontal platform can then be slid from the frame, such that first vertical tilt platform is displaced and the second vertical tilt platform is positioned behind the individual. The individual can then sit down on a commode seat provided by the second vertical tilt platform. Once finished, the commode seat can be tilted upward to assist the individual into the standing position. A control system allows the caregiver to operate the first vertical tilt platform and the second vertical tilt platform while assisting the individual.
US10660809B2
A telescoping assembly for use on a patient support apparatus. The telescoping assembly comprises an accessory and a telescoping support slidable to extend the accessory. A locking device releasably holds the telescoping support in the extended position. The accessory is manually movable by a user between a stowed position and a use position. The accessory comprises a deactivator portion operable to deactivate the locking device remotely in response to the user manually moving the accessory relative to the telescoping support toward the stowed position.
US10660806B1
A wheelchair system includes one or more servers. A software application is provided by the server(s) to be installed on a computing device (such as a mobile phone) communicatively coupled with the server(s) through a telecommunications network. One or more user interfaces displayed on the computing device, using the software application, include a traffic navigation selector configured to receive a user selection indicating that a wheelchair operator is preparing to cross a street. In response to a selection of the traffic navigation selector the software application may: determine whether vehicles are nearby; notify the wheelchair operator when to cross the street; notify the wheelchair operator how much time is left to cross the street; visually record the wheelchair operator crossing the street; and determine, based on receipt of sensory input from computing device sensors and wheelchair sensors, whether an accident has occurred and, if so, notify emergency personal and family/friends.
US10660805B2
Disclosed is material saving clothing including a repeatedly usable general-purpose holding and looping member for replacement with a full-pad type or a partial-pad type absorbent article and an absorbent article. The holding and looping member has a rear waist portion that is provided with a rear opening and a rear clamp section and a front portion that is provided with a front opening and a front clamping section. The front portion is provided, on a lower portion of each of left and right sides thereof, with a side clamp section and anti-skidding glue. The absorbent article is provided, above a rear end thereof, with left and right rear pulling sections positionable into a rear opening and clamped (from opposite sides) by a rear clamp section and a front clamping section provided above a front end to be pulled through a front opening for clamping by a front clamping section.
US10660801B2
Disclosed is a wearable article comprising a main body, ring-like elastic belt, an outer cover layer, a backsheet; a front belt artwork region, and a back belt artwork region; and wherein one or both of the front and back belt artwork regions comprises a belt artwork; a transitional region disposed on the front waist panel and the back waist panel where the outer cover layer exists; and a crotch artwork region on the crotch panel comprising a crotch artwork; wherein at least some of the belt artwork and some of the crotch artwork are printed on the backsheet, wherein when the opacity of the outer cover layer is OC and the opacity of one or both of the front belt and the back belt comprising the belt artwork is OB, respectively, the difference between OC and OB is less than about 20%.
US10660799B2
Disclosed herein are devices, systems and methods for delivering reduced pressure to a load-bearing wound site. The device can include a distal port configured to connect to a wound dressing positioned over the wound site; a proximal port located a distance from the distal port and configured to connect to a reduced pressure source, and a conduit body having an inner channel extending between the distal port and the proximal port. When the distal port is applied to the wound dressing positioned over the wound site the proximal port is positioned at a non-load bearing location remote from the wound dressing. The inner channel has a non-circular profile having a width larger than a height of the conduit body.
US10660798B2
A protective device configured in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a cover including a first region that extends over a vulnerable site on a patient and a second region that extends over an area on the patient peripheral to the vulnerable site. The first region of the cover is at least generally impermeable to liquid water. The device further includes an adhesive film and a liquid-absorbing element. The adhesive film is configured to form an adhesive bond between the second region of the cover and the patient. The bond has an inner edge portion positioned toward the vulnerable site and an outer edge portion positioned away from the vulnerable site. The liquid-absorbing element is configured to absorb liquid contamination at the outer edge portion of the bond and/or liquid contamination approaching the outer edge portion of the bond when the cover is operably positioned on the patient.
US10660795B2
An ophthalmological patient interface apparatus (4), having a coupling apparatus (41) for mechanically coupling to an application head (3) of an ophthalmological laser system (10), comprises a lens-element system (44) which is arranged between the eye (2) and the application head (3) in the state coupled to the application head (3) during the treatment of an eye (2), said lens-element system being coupled into the beam path from the projection lens (30) to the eye (2). The lens-element system (44) is configured to image a first focal area (B) of the projection lens (30) disposed upstream of the lens-element system (44) in the beam path onto a second focal area (B*) in the eye (2) disposed downstream of the lens-element system (44) in the beam path, in such a way that a laser beam (L) focussed onto the first focal area (B) by the projection lens (30) causes tissue processing in the second focal area (B*) in the eye (2).
US10660783B2
An occlusal splint arrangement (01) for sleep apnoea therapy includes a maxillary miniplast splint (02) that can be arranged on the maxillary row of teeth and a mandibular miniplast splint (12) that can be arranged on the mandibular row of teeth. The miniplast splints (02, 12) each have positioning device (05, 22) that can define the relative position of the miniplast splints (02, 12) towards each other in the longitudinal direction (X). For simple adjustment of the position, exchangeable positioning devices (22) that are mounted on centring pins (15) are used on one of the two miniplast splints (02, 12). A secure attachment of the respective exchangeable positioning devices (22) on the centring pin (15) is realised by a latching connection.
US10660781B1
An ankle brace which is positioned on an ankle of a person which incorporates a tensioning structure which permits full range of motion to the ankle joint but which prevents the ankle joint from moving past its normal range of motion to protect the ankle joint.
US10660776B2
A stent delivery device including an elongate shaft having a proximal region, a distal region and at least one lumen extending therein. The stent delivery device also includes a collapsible frame attached to the distal region of the elongate shaft. The collapsible frame includes a plurality of arms configured to surround a stent such that the plurality of arms define a stent containment region. The stent delivery device also includes an inner member extending within a least a portion of the stent containment region and an actuation member configured to actuate the plurality of arms of the collapsible frame from an expanded configuration to a collapsed configuration.
US10660771B2
A system for delivering a surgical staple can include various components. The system may include an elongate body with a proximal end, a distal end, and a plurality of delivery platforms disposed adjacent the distal end. A sheath can move relative to the elongate body from a first position in which the distal end of the sheath is disposed distally of a distal-most distal delivery platform to a second position in which the distal end of the sheath is disposed proximally of at least one delivery platform. A plurality of intravascular tacks can be within the system with each disposed about a corresponding delivery platform.
US10660767B2
A system and method for improving installation of a prosthesis. Devices include prosthesis installation tools, prosthesis assembly tools, site preparation systems, and improved power tools used in implant site preparation.
US10660764B2
A spinal fusion bone scaffold having a first member including a first base plate and a first plurality of struts each having a first end engaging the first base plate and a second, free end. The first plurality of struts is configured to form at least part of a hyperbolic curve such that said bone scaffold includes an overall optimized hyperboloid shape having an outer diameter and an inner waist diameter. The scaffold may include a second member including a second plurality of struts each having a first end and a second end, each of the second plurality of struts being configured to form at least part of the hyperbolic curve. The scaffold includes connecting means for connecting said second member to said first member, which are aligned so as to complete the hyperbolic curve while generating hyperboloid geometry of the bone scaffold.
US10660762B2
This invention relates generally to an instrumentation and implant system providing minimally invasive vertebral augmentation. The apparatus including an expandable membrane sized and configured to be located within a cavity in a patient's bone and having an interior volume for receiving bone filler material; a delivery cannula in communication with the membrane for providing bone filler material to the membrane; and an evacuation cannula in fluid communication with the membrane for receiving a portion of the provided bone filler material from the membrane.
US10660754B2
Tissue holders that can be used for gripping natural or synthetic heart valves are described. The tissue holder can include a clamping mechanism and a spring and can be self-adjusting with regard to pressure applied to the tissue gripped in the holder. The tissue holder can be removably attached to systems for processing the tissues and can provide completely hands-free processing of a tissue from development or excisement to implantation and/or completion of testing.
US10660746B2
Methods of compressing a stented prosthetic heart valve are disclosed. The method including inserting a stented prosthetic heart valve having a self-expandable stent frame into a container, initiating a cooling element in the container, transferring heat through a thermal conductor to cool an interior of the container, reducing a temperature of the self-expandable stent frame while located within the container to a critical temperature of not greater than 8° C., and compressing an outer diameter of the stented prosthetic heart valve while the stented prosthetic heart valve is at the critical temperature.
US10660741B2
The invention relates to a prosthesis for supporting a breast implant comprising: a reinforcement part configured to receive a curved lower portion of a breast implant, the reinforcement part having an elongation under 50N in the vertical direction of E1, a fixation part intended to be fixed to the pectoral muscle, the fixation part having an elongation under 50N in the vertical direction of E2, and a transition part connecting together the reinforcement part and the fixation part, said transition part having an elongation under 50N in the vertical direction of E3, wherein E3 is greater than E1 and greater than E2.
US10660739B2
Embodiments of the invention include methods and devices for securing a suture, graft, or other material to tissue with an anchor. The anchor of some embodiments includes an eyelet through which the suture, graft, or other material may be passed and mechanisms for selectively engaging the suture, graft, or other material through the eyelet. The mechanisms of some embodiments may also reinforce the anchor to provide a strengthened anchor to withstand actions such as impacting the anchor during insertion or applying bending stress to the anchor.
US10660736B2
An oral care device such as an oral care implement or a toothbrush. The oral care device may include a handle and a head. The head may have a plurality of cleaning elements extending therefrom. The head may comprise a channel and a plurality of electrodes may be located within the channel. The electrodes may be coupled to a power source. The electrodes may be used to generate a chemical agent via the application of an electrical potential across the electrodes when in communication with an electrolyte. The chemical agents may include ozone, hydrogen peroxide, peroxide, chlorine hypochlorite, ions, peroxides, and/or other chemical agents.
US10660734B1
Described herein are systems and methods for packaging dental aligners. A container for dental aligners includes a top compartment, a bottom compartment, and a plurality of individually packaged dental aligners separably connected in a strip. The bottom compartment is configured to receive the plurality of individually packaged dental aligners. The bottom compartment further includes a slot through which an individually packaged dental aligner can be pulled and separated from the strip.
US10660726B2
Various embodiments of wirelessly detectable objects to be used in medical procedures are provided. Such may employ ionizing radiation hard wireless radio frequency identification (RFID) transponders, other wireless transponders and/or integrated circuits, and attachment structures, all of which retain structural and functional integrity when exposed to standard sterilization dosages of ionizing radiation. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless radio frequency identification (RFID) transponders, other wireless transponders and/or integrated circuits, and attachment structures, may retain structural and functional integrity when exposed to standard sterilization temperatures and/or pressures.
US10660714B2
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, a surgical instrument is provided and includes a housing; an elongate shaft extending from the housing; and a tool assembly supported by a distal portion of the elongate shaft, the tool assembly including first and second jaw member. The at least one of the first and second jaw members is moveable relative to the other jaw member between a neutral configuration in which the first and second jaw members are spaced apart relative to one another; and a clamping configuration in which the first and second jaw members are approximated relative to one another with tissue grasped therebetween, the first jaw member defining a cavity.
US10660705B2
Systems and methods are provided in which local tissue diagnostic measurements are correlated with archival local tissue diagnostic data from prior tissue analyses to supplement diagnostic measurements with tissue analysis data from prior tissue analyses having similar local tissue diagnostic data. The tissue analysis data may include information such as pathology data, outcome data, and diagnosis data. The archived local tissue diagnostic data and the tissue analysis data may be stored in a database, and employed for a wide variety of methods, involving preoperative, intraoperative, and/or postoperative phases of a medical procedure. Methods and systems are also provided for displaying, on a medical image shown in a user interface, hyperlinked reference markers associated with tissue analyses, where the reference markers are shown at locations corresponding to local tissue analyses, and where associated diagnostic data and/or tissue analysis may be viewed by selecting a given reference marker.
US10660704B2
An optical surgical probe includes a handpiece, a light guide within the handpiece, and a multi-spot generator at a distal end of the handpiece. The handpiece is configured to optically couple to a light source. The light guide is configured to carry a light beam from the light source to a distal end of the handpiece. The multi-spot generator includes a faceted optical element with a faceted end surface spaced from a distal end of the light guide. The faceted end surface includes at least one facet oblique to a path of the light beam.
US10660699B2
The disclosure describes devices, systems, and techniques for identifying and treating bladder dysfunction. In one example, a method includes identifying one or more focal points at respective locations of bladder tissue of a bladder of a patient, the one or more focal points initiating coordinated contractions of a detrusor muscle. The method may also, or alternatively, include ablating, for each of the one or more focal points, a respective portion of the bladder tissue at the respective location of the focal point. Ablation of these targeted portions of the bladder tissue may reduce the coordinated contractions of the detrusor muscle and alleviate overactive bladder symptoms.
US10660698B2
Systems for nerve and tissue modulation are disclosed. An illustrative system may include an intravascular nerve modulation system including a catheter shaft, an expandable basket and one or more electrode assemblies affixed to the expandable basket. The one or more electrode assemblies may be affixed to the expandable basket using one or more covers or coatings.
US10660694B2
A switch assembly for an electrosurgical instrument includes a switch housing, a switch, a first biasing member, and an additional biasing member. The switch is disposed within the switch housing and movably disposed between an activated position to initiate delivery of electrosurgical energy and a deactivated position to terminate delivery of electrosurgical energy. The first biasing member is selectively positionable adjacent the switch and in communication therewith. The first biasing member includes a first thickness that provides a first resistance to resist movement of the switch between the activated and the deactivated positions when positioned in the switch housing. The additional biasing member is selectively interchangeable with the first biasing member. The additional biasing member includes a different thickness that provides a different resistance to resist movement of the switch between the activated and the deactivated positions when positioned in the switch housing.
US10660693B2
Systems and methods for treatment of a biological tissues including target tissues and other tissues. The method includes elevating a temperature of the target tissues above a physiological temperature of the biological tissues to treatment temperature, and generating an electric field extending through at least a portion of the target tissues using a pre-defined sequence of short voltage pulses applied between at least two electrodes. In the method, the treatment temperature is maintained during the generating. Further, the pre-defined sequence is selected such that a magnitude of the electric field generated is sufficient to induce electromanipulation in the portion of the target tissues without substantially elevating of the temperature of the portion of the target tissues above the treatment temperature.
US10660690B2
A catheter and patch electrode system is provided for use with an apparatus, such as an ablation generator, having a 4-wire interface for improved impedance measurement. The 4-wire interface includes a pair of source connectors across which an excitation signal is produced and a pair of sense connector wires across which the impedance is measured. The RF ablation generator may also produce an ablation signal across a source wire and an indifferent return patch electrode. The system further includes a cable that connects the generator to a catheter. The catheter includes a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, with an ablation tip electrode disposed at the distal end. A source lead is electrically coupled to the tip electrode and extends through the shaft to the proximal end where it is terminated. An optional sense lead is also electrically coupled to the tip electrode and extends through the shaft to the proximal end. The system further includes a source return (e.g., skin patch) and a sense return (e.g., skin patch), either or none of which may be combined with the indifferent return, and if used may be placed on opposite sides of the patient for improved performance. The impedance sensor circuit produces an excitation signal across the source connectors, which is then carried to the catheter by the cable, then to the tip electrode, travels through the complex load (tissue volume), and returns to the generator via a patch electrode. The impedance is measured by observing the voltage drop across the sense connectors caused by the excitation signal.
US10660677B2
An expandable bone plate assembly is provided having a top plate portion and a bottom plate portion. A back side of the top plate portion has a longitudinally extending blind slot. A transversely extending counterbore extends through front back sides of the top plate portion. A transversely extending bore extends through the front and back sides of the bottom plate portion. The bone plate assembly also includes a pin with a pin head and a pin shaft depending from the pin head. The pin shaft is disposed within the transversely extending bore of the bottom plate portion and has an outer diameter greater than the minor diameter of the transversely extending bore. The pin head is disposed against the longitudinally extending blind slot of the top plate portion.
US10660658B2
The invention provides a surgical tool driver having a proximal end having a coupling and a distal end comprising a surgical tool connector having a release sleeve for disconnecting the surgical tool. The surgical tool connector further includes a locking member having a locking head adapted for coupling with at least one surgical tool. The locking member is slidingly disposed and at least substantially enclosed within the center of the driver and closely interfaces therewith so as to minimize seams, gaps or openings. The locking member has an axial range of motion which assures that between an unlock and lock position, the locking head is embedded in the driver in the unlock position and then extends axially outwardly, in snug juxtaposition with the driver, to a lock position which is capable of locking a surgical tool to the tool driver in a manner so as to avoid the exposure of a significant seam, gap or opening during activation and so helping prevent debris and/or bone chips from entering the driver.
US10660652B2
A reposable endoscopic surgical clip applier includes a handle assembly (100) configured to releasably engage at least two different endoscopic assemblies (200,300,400). The handle assembly (100) is configured such that a ratcheting function thereof is disabled upon engagement of an endoscopic assembly (300) therewith that is not intended for ratcheting use and such that the ratcheting function is enabled upon engagement of an endoscopic assembly (400) therewith that is intended for ratcheting use. Endoscopic assemblies (200,300,400) for use with the handle assembly (100) are also provided.
US10660642B2
Devices, systems and/or methods for repairing a lacerated tendon or ligament adjacent a repair site. In one embodiment, a repair device includes an elongated flexible structure and multiple anchors, the multiple anchors pre-positioned with the elongated flexible structure. The repair device may be coupled to the tendon or ligament at the repair site with a delivery device. The repair device may be pre-positioned in a cartridge such that the cartridge is loaded into the delivery device. The lacerated tendon or ligament is positioned within a cradle portion of the delivery device such that the tendon is positioned between the cradle portion and the cartridge that holds the repair device. The delivery device may then be triggered to actuate and drive the repair device from the cartridge to couple to the lacerated tendon or ligament. In this manner, the repair device may be anchored to the lacerated tendon.
US10660636B2
A suture apparatus having a housing, actuator and capture rod, the actuator being engaged to the capture rod to form an actuator-capture rod assembly, an elongated cannula shaft having a lumen that extends through the shaft, and capture rod retraction means, the housing including an internal region that is configured to receive and support the capture rod retraction means, actuator proximal end and actuator rod distal end therein, wherein said capture rod retraction means is in communication with said actuator. The actuator-capture rod assembly and capture rod retraction means being positioned and configured to transition from a retracted position to an extended position when an actuation force is applied to the actuator and return the retracted position by the retraction means when the actuation force is released.
US10660631B1
A pedicle screw mounted retractor has a split tube body that has a central tube longitudinally split into two split halves, a first half portion and a second half portion. The split halves form a central working portal. Each half portion has a cylindrical retractor tube appended on a side along an external surface. Each cylindrical retractor tube has a flange with a post extending at or near a proximal end. The pair of cylindrical retractor tubes is configured to pass onto and over a tower or extended top threaded post of a pedicle screw prepositioned in a pair of vertebrae for retracting the vertebrae. The central working portal has at least a 20 mm diameter in a closed and abutted orientation of the first and second split halves. In one embodiment, the central working portal has a 22 mm diameter in the closed and abutted orientation.
US10660630B2
Rib retraction devices and methods of its use and manufacture are disclosed. A retraction device may include a first frame portion and a second frame portion. The second frame portion may be attached to the first frame portion. The second frame portion may mechanically move between a first position and a second position with respect to the first frame portion. The retraction device may also include a first blade being pivotally attached to the first frame portion and comprising a flexible material. The retraction device may also include a second blade being pivotally attached to the second frame portion and comprising a flexible material.
US10660625B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to apparatuses, systems, and methods for safely delivering and deploying an intravascular device. An apparatus for controlling an intravascular device may include a body having rotating assembly disposed through the body. The rotating assembly may be configured to hold a proximal end of an elongate mandrel. The rotating assembly may be rotationally connected to the body by a one-way bearing.
US10660620B2
The present disclosure provides a sperm collection device, including at least one driving unit, and a soft main body wrapping the at least one driving unit. The soft main body includes a penis passage. The at least one driving unit is configured to vibrate an inner wall of the penis passage and provide a squeezing force to the penis passage.
US10660614B2
An ultrasonic processing apparatus includes a viscoelastic coefficient calculation unit that calculates a viscoelastic coefficient of an object from an ultrasonic signal acquired through an oscillator of a probe; and a spatial change amount calculation unit that calculates spatial change amount of the viscoelastic coefficient calculated by the viscoelastic coefficient calculation unit and outputs the calculated spatial change amount as brightness information when displaying an image relating to the viscoelastic coefficient.
US10660607B2
An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus and method enabling general users to easily acquire ultrasound images even when the users are unskilled at using ultrasound diagnosis apparatuses, and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having the ultrasound diagnosis method recorded thereon are provided. The ultrasound diagnosis apparatus includes a probe configured to acquire ultrasound data of an object; an image generation unit configured to generate an ultrasound image of the object by using the ultrasound data; a probe location acquisition unit configured to acquire a location of the probe on the object; a display unit configured to display the location of the probe and a reference location on an image representing the object; and a control unit configured to determine whether the location of the probe corresponds to the reference location.
US10660606B2
An ultrasonic imaging apparatus includes a plurality of transducers aligned in an array, a select circuit configured to cause transducers selected from the plurality of transducers to transmit an ultrasonic pulse and receive received signals, respectively, and a digital signal processing circuit configured to perform a first operation of adding up an odd number of the received signals, arranged in an order corresponding to the aligned array, with delays that are symmetrical between two sides across a center that is a centrally located signal, and to perform a second operation of adding up an even number of the received signals, arranged in an order corresponding to the aligned array, with delays that are symmetrical between two sides across a center that is situated between two centrally located signals.
US10660603B2
A streak image enhancing unit subjects an ultrasound image representing a blood vessel to processing using a two-dimensional filter that is longer in the long axis direction of the blood vessel than in the short axis direction thereof so as to enhance a streak image corresponding to the long axis direction. A trace line candidate extracting unit extracts from the ultrasound image with the enhanced streak image a plurality of trace line candidates on the basis of the output values of the two-dimensional filter. A trace line selecting unit selects two trace lines corresponding to the inner boundary of the tunica intima and the boundary between the tunica media and the tunica externa of the blood vessel out of the plurality of trace line candidates on the basis of an evaluation value relating to continuity acquired for each trace candidate.
US10660598B2
An image processing apparatus includes an estimation unit, a noise reduction unit, and an output unit. The estimation unit estimates a scattered-ray component contained in a radiation image acquired by irradiating an object with a radiation, wherein the scattered-ray component originates from a scattered ray which is a radiation scattered in the object. The noise reduction unit reduces a noise component included in the radiation image in accordance with first noise information obtained from the radiation image and second noise information obtained from a scattered-ray reduction image obtained by reducing the scattered-ray component from the radiation image. The output unit outputs a correction image obtained by reducing the scattered-ray component and the noise component in the radiation image.
US10660585B2
Radiation therapy systems and their components, including secondary radiation shields. At least some versions of the disclosed systems combine a radiation delivery device, a primary radiation shielding device, and a secondary shielding layer into an integrated, modular unit. This is accomplished by using a small direct beam shield capable of blocking a primary beam from a radiation delivery device. In turn, a thinner shielding layer can be used to surround the radiation delivery device and primary shielding device, enabling a single modular unit to be delivered to an installation site. In some embodiments, a bed may be disposed within the secondary shielding layer. In some embodiments, the system is configured to provide up to 4-pi (4π) steradians of radiation coverage to the bed from the radiation delivery device.
US10660584B2
There are provided a radiation-irradiation device and a monitor image display method for the radiation-irradiation device that allow a device operator to confirm a situation on the front side in a traveling direction in a case in which the device operator makes a radiation-irradiation device holding a radiation source travel and also allow the operator to confirm a situation around a subject in a case in which the device operator takes a radiation image.
US10660576B2
A system and computer-implemented method for detecting retinopathy is provided. The system comprises an image input module configured to receive one or more fundus images. Further, the system comprises a pre-processing module configured to apply one or more transformations to the one or more received fundus images. Furthermore, the system comprises a feature extraction module configured to extract one or more features from the one or more transformed images using one or more Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). Also, the system comprises a prediction module configured to determine stage of retinopathy by classifying the one or more extracted features using pre-stored features, wherein the pre-stored features are extracted from one or more training fundus images by the one or more CNNs and further wherein each pre-stored feature corresponds to a class which is associated with a predetermined stage of retinopathy.
US10660562B2
A system for measuring the diameter of a human hair (50), the system comprising: a mobile device (20); and a reference card (10) including a hair attachment mechanism (11a, 11b); the mobile device configured to convert an image of a human hair attached to the reference card by the attachment mechanism into a measurement of the diameter of the human hair, using the size of the reference card itself and/or the size of a calibration marker (12) on a surface of the reference card as a size reference.
US10660561B2
A personal skin lesion scanner system that can facilitate early detection of changes in the appearance of a user's skin is described. The system includes a handheld device for home use, to record images of a user's skin, and software for analyzing the images. The system can automatically detect changes in the user's skin, such as changes in the size, shape, or color of a skin lesion, and alert the user if any changes are detected.
US10660559B2
A feedback device for measuring balance related information, and for producing a stimulation of the skin that encodes that information in a way that is useful to the wearer of the device. At least one sensor detects balance information and transmits at least one balance information signal to a signal processing subsystem. The signal processing subsystem converts the received balance information signal into at least one stimulation control signal. The signal processing subsystem then transmits the stimulation control signal to at least one stimulator, which provides stimulation to a wearer of the device reflecting the stimulation control signal received from the signal processing subsystem.
US10660550B2
Implantable sensor apparatus and methods of implantation. In one embodiment, a fully implantable, biocompatible sensor is disposed within a cavity or pocket formed within a living being, such that the sensor remains in a desired orientation and placement so as to enhance the performance of the sensor, and mitigate the effects of one or more factors potentially deleterious to the operation of the sensor and the host being. In one implementation, the sensor comprises an implantable biocompatible oxygen-based glucose sensor which is implanted deep within the being's torso tissue proximate the extant fascia, and oriented such that an active detector aspect of the device faces away from the being's skin surface. In one variant, the deep placement, orientation, and construction of the sensor itself cooperate to enhance the performance of the sensor, especially over extended periods of time, with little need for external calibration.
US10660547B2
Tools and techniques for providing joint position error test system are provided. A system includes a head sensing unit coupled to a joint position error processor. The head sensing unit may include a positional sensor and further be configured to be coupled to the head of a test subject. The joint position error processor may include a processor, and non-transitory computer readable media comprising instructions executable by the processor to record reference sensor data from the positional sensor when the test subject's head is in a reference position, record return sensor data when the test subject's head is in a return position. The instructions may further be executable to determine a position error based on the reference sensor data and the return sensor data, and to further determine the presence of a condition of the test subject based on the position error.
US10660539B2
A method of analyzing hydrocarbon-related data is disclosed. Data representative of a hydrocarbon entity is presented. A physiological response of a viewer of the data is sensed. The physiological response is associated with the data. The data and a representation of the associated physiological response is outputted.
US10660531B1
Biomedical images of both anatomical structure and real-time changes in neuronal, metabolic, positional, and vascular function in humans and animals is described. Ultra-wideband (UWB) pulse or square wave generators and electrical samplers, implemented using integrated circuits are used to make arrays of miniaturized microwave modules that are placed around the portion of interest in the body or head, allowing images to be made through either time-domain transmission of these pulsed waves through the body, or time domain reflectivity of the waves from internal structures, or their combination. Signal processing separate and extract the time-varying functional information from the static structural image data. The time-varying functional information from certain brain regions can be interpreted in order to control prosthetics, Brain-Machine-Interfaces and the like.
US10660530B2
In some examples, a device includes processing circuitry configured to determine a set of correlation coefficient values for values of first and second physiological parameters. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine that the first physiological parameter changes rapidly in a particular time period. The processing circuitry is configured to select a correlation coefficient value associated with the particular time period and determine an updated value of the selected correlation coefficient value in response to determining that the first physiological parameter changes rapidly in a particular time period. The processing circuitry is further configured to determine an estimate of a limit of autoregulation of the patient based on the set of correlation coefficient values and the updated value. The processing circuitry is configured to determine an autoregulation status based on the estimate of the limit of autoregulation and output, for display, an indication of the autoregulation status.
US10660524B2
Systems and methods for remote photoplethysmography and in particular for determining vital sign information of a subject are provided. The system includes a marker that is applied to a skin of the subject. The marker further includes a first marker area configured to transmit light at a first wavelength and a second marker area configured to transmit light at a second wavelength. The system further includes a detection unit that detects radiation received from the first marker area and from the second marker area of the marker. The system further includes an analysis unit that determines the vital sign information of the subject from the detected radiation from the first marker area and from the second marker area.
US10660517B2
A computer-implemented method for estimating an age of a target individual includes obtaining information of eye movement of the target individual, analyzing the information of the eye movement to extract a feature of the eye movement, and estimating the age of the target individual using the feature of the eye movement.
US10660514B2
An image processing apparatus that processes an image generated using at least one item of three-dimensional tomographic data out of a plurality of items of three-dimensional tomographic data obtained by conducting a plurality of optical coherence tomography scans of a subject at different times using measuring light controlled to scan a same position of the subject includes: a front image generating unit configured to generate a front image of the subject using the at least one item of three-dimensional tomographic data; a motion contrast image generating unit configured to generate a motion contrast image of the subject using the plurality of items of three-dimensional tomographic data; and a display control unit configured to display the front image on a display unit before displaying the motion contrast image.
US10660508B1
The present invention relates to devices and methods for use in minimally invasive procedures whereby at least one, and preferably a plurality of laparoscopic instrument heads can be delivered through a single trocar and made accessible for attachment within a body cavity to the distal end of a needlescopic instrument under direct visualization via a laparoscope. The system and procedure will produce less scarring, less pain, and a reduced risk of infection at the surgical site. An addition benefit is that, because only 1 trocar is used instead of 3-5 trocars, there is a significant cost saving in each case and the surgeon is freer to move instrument locations and add/remove instruments since a new trocar does not need to be inserted every time.
US10660501B2
A household dishwasher includes a washing container, a receptacle for items to be washed, and a guide device configured to enable movement of the receptacle into and out of the washing container. The guide device includes a running rail and a locking element which is configured to fix the receptacle to the running rail when the receptacle is moved out of the washing container until the running rail is in a state in which it is moved completely out of the washing container. The locking element releases the receptacle when the running rail is in the state in which it is moved completely out of the washing container, thereby bringing the receptacle into a state in which the receptacle is moved completely out of the washing container.
US10660499B2
A dishwasher that includes: a washing tub that includes an interior space to accommodate objects; a main arm that is configured to rotate in the interior space and spray water to the objects; an auxiliary arm that is configured to rotate in the interior space and spray water to the objects; a stationary gear unit that is configured to rotate with the main arm, and that includes a plurality of gear teeth; an eccentric gear unit that is configured to rotate based on rotation of the main arm, the eccentric gear unit being in engagement with one or more teeth of the plurality of gear teeth; and a link member that is configured to (i) generate elastic force based on rotation of the eccentric gear unit and (ii) rotate the auxiliary arm based on elastic force is disclosed.
US10660498B2
A dishwasher may include a tub configured to accommodate one or more items to be washed, a spray arm rotatably mounted to the tub, and configured to spray water onto the one or more items to be washed, a sump disposed at a bottom surface of the tub and configured to store water and to supply stored water to the spray arm, a fixed gear unit fixed to the tub with gear teeth arranged along an outer circumferential surface of the fixed gear unit, a rotary gear unit rotatably mounted on the spray arm and configured to engage the gear teeth of the fixed gear unit, and a link member connected to the rotary gear unit and the spray arm, where the spray arm may include, a main arm with a pair of arms, and a pair of auxiliary arms rotatably connected to the main arm.
US10660496B2
A cleaning robot is provided. The cleaning robot includes a sensor configured to sense obstacle information, and a controller configured to generate a map based on sensed values obtained by the sensor, analyze a structure of the generated map by detecting a region segmentation point from the map, and generate a map image based on an analysis result.
US10660491B2
Methods and apparatus for cleaning a surface with a cleaning device having a body with a handle, a connector, and one or more cleaning heads that are removably attached to the cleaning device. Each cleaning head include a lower surface arranged to contact a surface to be cleaned and a dirt collection chamber permanently attached to the cleaning head. The cleaning head may include a support structure to support the dirt collection chamber and a cleaning sheet. The cleaning head also may include a suction nozzle. At least a portion of the dirt collection chamber may be made of a filter material.
US10660483B2
The present invention comprises a soap which does not disengage from the user while in use and provides a means to hang the soap while not in use. Specifically, in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a semiflexible continuous mechanical structure extends above a surface of a soap bar just enough to create an open area through which the user's finger may be removably inserted whereby the bottom portion of the structure is embedded within the body of soap 12, such that, when, in use, a user's finger may be inserted into the top portion of the structure, where it will rest atop the top surface of the soap and the bottom portion of the structure will remain substantially embedded in the soap as it dissolves. The top portion of the structure also provides a means to hang the soap while not in use.
US10660479B1
An adjustable spa headrest has two side surfaces laterally disposed between front and back surfaces. A first projection extends outwardly from one of the side surfaces. A guide rail, positioned for receiving the projection, allows the spa headrest to be positioned in a number of positions. The guide rail includes a horizontal slot, a vertical slot including a number of spaced notches, each notch defined by a pair of second projections, and a spring arm depending in the vertical slot. When the first projection moves to a position between one of the second projections and the spring arm, the spring arm moves away from the second projection whereupon the spring arm applies a spring force to the first projection in a direction of second projection. In response to positioning the first projection in one of the notches, the spring arm secures the first projection in the one of the notches.
US10660477B1
A stand to securely hold spatulas wherein the stand has a base that is magnetically secured to metal surfaces and includes a concave basin for the collection of grease when a greasy metal spatula is placed thereatop. On the distal end of the basin from the abutment where the handle of a spatula rests is a lip/shelf that provides a slot for the placement therein of the flat portion of a metal spatula and magnets are included directly therebelow to keep a metallic spatula magnetically secured in place. An abutment portion attached to the concave basin provides a slot for the handle of the spatula to rest thereon.
US10660471B2
Disclosed herein is a cooking appliance having an improved cooling mechanism. The cooking appliance includes a first cavity forming a first cooking chamber and a second cavity forming a second cooking chamber, and has a cooling mechanism for cooling both the first cavity and the second cavity. A separate third cooling channel is formed to exhaust air from the first cooking chamber. A vent for the first and second cavities may be formed at a lower portion of the second cavity such that air may be exhausted via the vent.
US10660470B2
A double walled domed electric roasting oven and method of use is described. The double walled domed electric roasting oven includes a double walled dome lid, a base pan, a temperature controlling component and a heating element. The double walled dome lid is formed by coupling a domed inner wall and a domed outer wall with a fastener. The double walled dome lid has a dome lid height. The base pan interfaces with a bottom of the double walled dome lid. The base pan has a base pan height. The dome lid height is at least 2.5 times greater than the base pan height. The temperature controlling component is disposed on an exterior outer wall of the double walled dome lid. The temperature controlling component includes a heating element that is electrically coupled to the temperature controlling component. The heating element is radially disposed about the exterior inner wall surface of the domed inner wall and positioned within the domed outer wall.
US10660466B2
A conveyor toaster includes a conveyor assembly with a bracket and a conveyor belt. The conveyor belt rotates about first and second gears. A drive motor operates to move the conveyor belt about the first and second gears. A platen is configured to be heated and is positioned relative to the conveyor belt. A mounting bracket is connected to the bracket of the conveyor assembly. Movement of the mounting bracket changes the positon of the conveyor assembly relative to the platen.
US10660463B2
A lid for use with a beverage container. The lid has a body with a drink opening, a drink opening stopper operable to transition between a closed position and an opened position, and a lock actuator manually rotatable between a locking position preventing the drink opening stopper from transitioning from the closed position to the opened position when the lock actuator is in the locking position and an unlocking position permitting the drink opening stopper to transition from the closed position to the opened position when the lock actuator is in the unlocking position.
US10660460B2
A decorative mount includes at least a frame, a retainer trim, and a removal mechanism. The frame includes a base, a sidewall extending from a front surface of the base, and a pair of slots defined on opposing sides of an inner surface of the sidewall and spaced away from the base. The retainer trim includes an inner edge and an outer edge. The inner edge defines an opening and a pair of trim tabs extend from opposing sides of the outer edge. The trim tabs fit within the pair of slots, releasably retaining the retainer trim to the frame. The removal mechanism includes a support base disposed against the base of the frame, a lever arm including a first end and a second end, and a pivot pivotably coupling the lever arm to the support base.
US10660451B2
A bedding climate control apparatus that delivers, in a quiet manner, forced airflow from a fan/blower within a housing to selectively deliver tempered (heated via a thermal element) forced airflow and non-tempered (room temperature) forced airflow through a flexible air conduit to bedding. The thermal element imparts heat to temper the forced airflow and the heat deliver may be adjusted to maintain a constant set temperature by adjusting imparted heating power depending on backpressure changes in the forced airflow and ambient temperature.
US10660447B2
A connection system for use in joining structural members of a bed frame together. One of the structural members has a wedge and the other of the structural members has a cavity formed in a receiver. The wedge has a plurality of exterior surfaces that contact with a plurality of interior surfaces formed in the cavity. The wedge may be comprised of a plurality of wedge segments that enter into a plurality of openings in the receiver. The interfitting of the wedge into the receiver make a solid connection that is enhanced by weight of the bedding positioned thereon. The connection resists twisting forces as well as lateral and fore and aft forces.
US10660443B1
A folding chair includes a left side folding mechanism, a right side folding mechanism, a front supporting mechanism, a rear supporting mechanism and a load-bearing structure. Therefore, not only can the folding chair be folded up like an umbrella and thus takes up little space and is portable, but the folding chair can also be unfolded and thus demonstrates high stability and high load-bearing capability.
US10660435B2
Disclosed are rack shelving systems in-door coolers. The rack shelving systems are easily adjusted height-wise between adjacent shelves and can also be quickly adjusted between a flat shelf configuration and a gravity-feed configuration due to the configuration of different length prongs the attach the shelves to uprights that may have an angled surface with a hem be of a or typical U-shape. The rack shelving systems are also expandable width-wise to accommodate any number of cooler doors due to two rows of parallel slots on each upright that are configured to accept the prongs of shelves attached to adjacent uprights. The rack shelving systems very simple in design and are made up of as few as three (3) different parts: uprights, shelves, and cross-member. The rack shelving systems preferably further include feet/wheels for support and mobility.
US10660432B2
A shelf system has a shelf component and a support frame component configured to removably support the shelf component in a cantilever fashion in an assembled state of the shelf system. The shelf component has a top surface, a bottom surface, a front end, a rear end, opposite sides between the front and rear ends, and a longitudinal groove formed in the bottom surface between the opposite sides. The support frame component is formed of a base panel having a front side, a rear side, a top end, a bottom end and opposite lateral sides between the top and bottom ends. A pair of support members extend from the front side of the support frame component for supporting a cross member. The longitudinal groove of the shelf component is configured to engage the cross member of the support frame component in the assembled state of the shelf system.
US10660411B2
According to one aspect of the present invention, a buckle for a clothing belt includes a first rotating body supported by the first shaft so as to be rotatable, an open end portion of the first rotating body being capable of being disposed between a bar and a back plate of a base body by making a first shaft slid; and a second rotating body supported by a second shaft so as to be rotatable with the second shaft as a fulcrum, formed so as to have a second convex portion, and capable of hindering a movement of the first rotating body in a direction opposite to the bar side with the second convex portion in a state where the second convex portion is rotated so as to be pushed in toward the opening portion of the back plate.
US10660409B2
A track and field shoe can include an upper, a sole structure, and a toe plate. The upper can include a medial side portion, a lateral side portion, and a toe box portion. The sole structure can be attached to the upper and can include a spike plate. The spike plate can have an anterior portion and a posterior portion. The toe plate can be attached to an anterior portion of the toe box portion of the upper and can include a hard and smooth outwardly facing surface. One or more portions of the toe plate can be exposed from an exterior surface of the upper.
US10660407B2
A winding device 1 including a base 3 including a drum accommodation portion 33 that accommodates a drum 4 including upward teeth 46, the accommodation portion 33 being cylindrical and having a closed end, and a dial 5 including downward teeth (53) to rotate the drum 4. The dial 5 is moved to a locked state in which the downward teeth are engaged with the upward teeth 46 to transmit rotation of the dial 5 to the drum 4 and an unlocked state in which the downward teeth are disengaged from the upward teeth 46. The winding device 1 includes an annular gear (51) including projections and roots extending in the rotation axis direction of the dial 5 and a pawl 36 protruding from the drum accommodation portion 33. The pawl 36 is designed to engage with the annular gear. The annular gear and the pawl 36 control rotation of the dial.
US10660403B2
Described are methods for manufacturing a sole, in particular, a sole for a sports shoe, comprising providing at least one first sole element (110; 210) and at least one second sole element (130; 230); and injecting at least one second sole element (130; 230) through the at least one first sole element (110; 210). Also described are methods for manufacturing a shoe, in particular a sport shoe, wherein the method comprising: providing a flexible sock element (350; 450; 521) and at least one sole element (380; 480; 570); injecting the at least one sole element (380; 480; 570) on the flexible sock element (350; 450; 521), such that the at least one sole element (380; 480; 570) comprises a stiffening element (385; 485; 575) below the arch of the foot.
US10660401B1
Footwear is disclosed herein that comprises a base with a cut-out and/or a fold pattern, either of which, when actuated, is useful to transform the footwear from a closed/relaxed configuration to an open/actuated configuration in which the rapid-entry shoe has an expanded shoe opening to facilitate reception of a foot of an individual wearing the rapid-entry shoe.
US10660400B2
A sole structure includes a sole plate having a foot-facing surface with a forefoot portion, and a ground-facing surface opposite from the foot-facing surface. The sole plate includes a plurality of grooves extending transversely relative to a longitudinal axis of the sole plate, in the forefoot region of the foot-facing surface. A flex control insert includes an upper surface, and a lower surface opposite the upper surface. The flex control insert includes a plurality of ribs protruding from the lower surface of the flex control insert, which extend transversely relative to the longitudinal axis of the sole plate. Each one of ribs is disposed within a different respective one of the grooves. The ribs are strong in compression, and maintain their volume to resist compression by the grooves as the sole plate flexes in a longitudinal direction to increase the bending stiffness of the sole plate.
US10660395B2
A terminal service system and a terminal processing data are disclosed. The terminal service system comprises a terminal and shoe performing data communication with the terminal, wherein the shoe comprises a communication unit for transmitting and receiving a signal to and from the terminal; a sensor unit for sensing first movement data of a user who wears the shoe, through a first sensor; a memory for storing data sensed through the sensor unit; and a controller for controlling turn-on/turn-off of a second sensor on the basis of the first movement data sensed through the first sensor included in the sensor unit to sense second movement data of the user who wears the shoe, and identifying the first movement data sensed through the first sensor from the second movement data sensed through the second sensor to transmit the identified result to the smart terminal, and the smart terminal configures and outputs a user interface on the basis of the first and second movement data transmitted from the shoe.
US10660384B2
A personal lighting system includes: a wearable safety garment having a front surface and a rear surface, including reflective and high-visibility materials; a battery pack contained in a weather resistant pocket formed on the rear surface; adjustable water-resistant front LED modules located on the front surface; water-resistant power cables running from the front LED modules to the battery, the cables concealed under flush-mounted reflective strips; and, at least one water-resistant rear LED module located on the rear surface.
US10660383B2
Headgear for a shielding garment for operating on components exposed to high voltage, or for operating at a safe distance proximate to high voltage parts, or for activities involving exposure to high electric and/or electromagnetic fields at any frequency and voltage is disclosed. The headgear comprises a cover element which is configured to cover the head of an operator and has an opening at least at an upper portion of the operator's face. The headgear further comprises a transparent face shield made of an electrically conductive fabric. The face shield is removably coupled to the cover element to close the opening and is electrically connected to the shielding garment. The fabric has a density ranging from 25 to 40 g/m2 and comprises a plurality of yarns having a yarn count ranging from 10 to 30 deniers, and each comprising a respective core externally covered with a coating made of a conductive metal.
US10660379B2
This document describes techniques using, and objects embodying, an interactive fabric which is configured to sense user interactions in the form of single or multi-touch-input (e.g., gestures). The interactive fabric may be integrated into a wearable interactive garment (e.g., a jacket, shirt, or pants) that is coupled (e.g., via a wired or wireless connection) to a gesture manager. The gesture manager may be implemented at the interactive garment, or remote from the interactive garment, such as at a computing device that is wirelessly paired with the interactive garment and/or at a remote cloud based service. Generally, the gesture manager recognizes user interactions to the interactive fabric, and in response, triggers various different types of functionality, such as answering a phone call, sending a text message, creating a journal entry, and so forth.
US10660378B2
A headset cord holder comprising: a body configured to be coupled to at least one article from the group of articles consisting of a bag and an item of clothing, wherein the body is either part of a closure mechanism configured to releasably couple a first portion of the at least one article to a second portion of the at least one article, part of a slideable item capable of being translated along the at least one article, or part of an ornamental accessory having an aesthetic characteristic unrelated to its functional structure; and a groove built into the body, wherein the groove is configured to receive and releasably secure a headset cord.
US10660377B2
A brassiere includes bra cups holding a wearer's breasts. A shaping foam layer is sandwiched between outer and inner layers of each bra cup and extends from a lower to an upper edge of each cup. A support shelf assembly spans across a lower portion of each bra cup and includes a support component located proximate the lower edge of the cups, a non-stretch stabilizer fabric layer spanning between both cups and along a full length of the support component, and a supportive foam layer spanning between both cups and along the support component. The inner, outer, shaping foam, stabilizer fabric, and supportive foam layers span across a center gore that connects the bra cups to form a front panel of the brassiere. The support shelf assembly is molded between the inner layer and the shaping foam layer and is an embedded, integral part of the front panel.
US10660374B2
An elastic garment having a waist band and a pair of leg sleeves. A plurality of strips are secured to the pair of leg sleeves and run up the garment. The top ends of the strips include a hook and loop fastener that attaches to hook and loop fastener patches of the waist band.
US10660365B2
A liquid aerosol formulation for an electronic smoking article includes an aerosol former, water, nicotine, and an acid including tartaric acid. The acid is included in an amount sufficient to provide the liquid aerosol formulation with a pH ranging from about 4 to about 8.
US10660362B2
An automatic cigarette-lighting purifier includes a cigarette holding chamber and a smoke purification device, one end of the cigarette holding is provided with a chamber opening which is communicated with the smoke purification device and the cigarette holding chamber, and a cigarette positioning member is provided at the chamber opening. The automatic cigarette-lighting purifier further includes a ventilation end cap that is movable to cover the end of the cigarette holding chamber that is opposite to the chamber opening, and a cigarette-lighting member is at one side of the ventilation end cap. A cigarette can be lighted automatically by the cigarette-lighting device once it's placed in the purifier, and the burned cigarette is always kept in the purifier, thus no unfiltered second-hand smoke is produced. Furthermore, the structure of the automatic cigarette-lighting purifier is simple, the operation is convenient, and the possibilities of scalding and cigarette ash falling are prevented.
US10660350B2
The invention includes compositions and methods for improving exercise performance or improving recovery of muscle tissue after exercise performance. One method includes administering a composition of a plant-derived nitrate and a cocoa-derived product daily and before exercise. The synergistic combination of nitrate and cocoa polyphenols acts to improve recovery from a strenuous exercise bout.
US10660349B2
A machine for making and dispensing cold or iced products includes: an element for containing the product to be dispensed and equipped with a mouth for dispensing the food product; a dispenser located at the mouth for dispensing the food product and able to be turned on or off to allow the food product to be dispensed; a thermal treatment cylinder; a stirrer, coaxial with the thermal treatment cylinder and adapted to rotate about a respective axis of rotation; a refrigeration system in which a refrigerant fluid circulates and includes an evaporator associated with the thermal treatment cylinder, a condenser, a pressure reducing element and a compressor; wherein the evaporator includes a first tubular member and a second tubular member extending along an axial direction parallel to the axis of rotation X, the second tubular member being inserted inside the first tubular member to define an annular chamber extending uninterruptedly.
US10660347B2
Fat compositions are described that comprise 95% by weight of a blend of a first lauric fat and a crystal modifier. A crystal modifier included in fat compositions described herein is an interesterified blend of a second lauric fat and a palmitic fat. Also described are methods of making a fat composition described herein, and food ingredients and food products that include a fat composition described herein.
US10660344B1
The present disclosure describes new meat products and new processing and cutting techniques that more effectively utilize the animal carcass. A method of forming a rib-meat product and one or more rib-meat products are disclosed. One rib-meat product includes a plurality of rib bones and a substantially cylindrically-shaped meat portion attached to a second end of each of the rib bones in the plurality of rib bones. The substantially cylindrically-shaped meat portion is a continuous piece of meat originally present on the plurality of rib bones. The substantially cylindrically-shaped meat portion includes a flap portion and a stationary portion, and the flap portion has been detached from each of the first ends of the plurality of rib bones and is substantially wrapped around a stationary portion at the second end to form the substantially cylindrically-shaped meat portion.
US10660342B2
Fat compositions are described that comprise 95% by weight of a blend of a first lauric fat and a crystal modifier. A crystal modifier included in fat compositions described herein is an interesterified blend of a second lauric fat and a palmitic fat. Additional fat compositions are described herein that include a first lauric fat, a crystal modifier, and a liquid oil. Also described are methods of making a fat composition described herein, and food ingredients and food products that include a fat composition described herein.
US10660336B2
A method for controlling plant viruses comprising treating plant or soil with a composition for controlling plant viruses comprising Trichodermin wherein the composition has antiviral activity against plant viruses when applied to a plant or to soil. In some embodiments, the Trichodermin is isolated from a Trichoderma albolutescens strain.
US10660334B2
The invention relates to novel compounds of the formula (I) in which Aa, Ab, Ac, Ad, R1, Q and n have the definitions given above, to their use as acaricides and/or insecticides for controlling animal pests and to processes and intermediates for their preparation.
US10660333B2
The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) in which Q, V, T, W, Y, X and A have the meanings given in the description—and to a process for preparation thereof and to the use thereof for controlling animal pests.
US10660329B2
The present invention relates to a method for preserving, preferably human, cells, tissues or organs in severe hypothermia, comprising a step during which the cells, tissues or organs are kept in moderate hypothermia and preferably in a hypoxic and/or hypercapnic atmosphere, before placing them in severe hypothermia.
US10660328B2
A freezer includes a plurality of shelves in an insulated payload bay; a plurality of evaporators coupled to the payload bay with a multiplicity of coolant tubes in each evaporator, wherein each tube enters and then exits the payload bay, further comprising one or more cryogenic valves coupled to the coolant tubes; a pump to force coolant flowing through the evaporators with a pressure of at least 90 psi to supply the coolant at each evaporator with at least 80 gallons per hour of coolant; and a plurality of fans to circulate cooled air in the payload bay.
US10660317B2
Genetically modified mammals are described which lack the mannan binding lectin associated serine protease MASP-2, together with methods and constructs for their production. Such mammals are useful as models for disorders of the complement system, and in the identification of treatments for such disorders. Also described are mammals which lack the associated protein MAp19; such mammals may also lack MASP-2.
US10660314B2
The invention relates to broiler containers having a floor and side walls defining an inner volume which is designed and configured to receive and accommodate at least five live broilers, wherein the broiler container is designed and configured to be stackable with broiler containers of the same construction and has at least one ventilation opening and at least one air outflow opening, which broiler container is characterised in that the broiler container comprises at least one segment of a ventilation or air outflow column which extends through the inner volume and has at least one ventilation or air outflow opening at a distance from the side walls, wherein each segment of the ventilation or air outflow column is designed and configured for connection to corresponding segments of broiler containers of the same construction and also for connection to an active ventilation system. The invention relates also to a unit comprising at least two containers, to an arrangement comprising a unit and a ventilation system, to a transport trailer, to a poultry slaughterhouse, and to a method for ventilating the broilers.
US10660296B1
A soybean cultivar designated 84241941 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 84241941, to the plants of soybean cultivar 84241941, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 84241941, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 84241941. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 84241941. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 84241941, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 84241941 with another soybean cultivar.
US10660294B2
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01077435. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01077435. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01077435 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01077435 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10660271B2
An agricultural machine for harvesting a crop, which is equipped with a harvesting head, includes: a mowing bar for harvesting the crop; at least one transportation system adapted to transport the crop cut by the mowing bar to a collection mouth of the harvesting head. The at least one transportation system includes: a first transmission system having a first flexible element coupled with a pair of first rotary elements; a second transmission system having a second flexible element coupled with a pair of second rotary elements; at least one arm coupled with both of the first flexible element and the second flexible element, in such a way as to extend on the harvesting head substantially transversally relative to the mowing bar both during a transportation step for transporting the crop cut by the mowing bar and during a return step.
US10660269B2
A device for extracting auxiliary power from a power source installed on or associated with an implement, and supplying the auxiliary power to an auxiliary tool associated with the implement. The invention is preferably employed in the context of an auxiliary tool, e.g., in the form of a rotary trimmer, edger or the like, associated with another power implement, such as a lawnmower, wherein the power is preferably extracted from a driven member of the implement. Advantageously, the device is easy to attach/detach, is universally locatable and/or orientable on the implement, and is easily retrofittable to practically any existing implement, such as a lawnmower deck.
US10660261B2
A multiple variety planter has a direct vacuum system that allows for planting multiple varieties of seed while reducing occurrences of mis-planting events or planting inconsistencies such as multiples and skips by providing highly controllable seed meter vacuum performance characteristics that are controllable on a row-by-row basis. The direct vacuum system may include a vacuum unit at each row unit of the planter to apply a vacuum pressure to a seed meter at the row unit. Each vacuum unit may be individually and variably controlled to apply different vacuum pressures based on which seed variety is being planted with the respective seed meter at a given time.
US10660259B2
To provide an accelerated aging seed testing kit system, a single sheet of plastic or other suitable formable sheet material is pressed into the shape of a compartment base having recesses for mounting a seed holder. A seed holder that includes a seed support and a seed support holder is formed. The seed support holder is formed of a single sheet of plastic having radially extending tabs that fit into the recesses of the container to support the seed support above the rest of the test kit. A lid is formed out of one piece of plastic having a bendable tab to serve as a port and the openings and connecting points of the lid and seed holder are positioned so they can only fit together in one orientation having the port above a bypass channel.
US10660257B2
In one aspect, a method for automatically actuating wing assemblies an agricultural implement associated with a work vehicle may include monitoring, with one or more computing devices, a first wing movement parameter associated with folding or unfolding a wing assembly of the agricultural implement during the performance of a wing movement operation. The method may also include determining, with the one or more computing devices, whether the first wing movement parameter satisfies a first condition associated with a first predetermined threshold value defined for the wing movement operation. The method may include, automatically initiating, with the one or more computing devices, movement of the work vehicle relative to a surface on which the work vehicle is supported to assist the folding or unfolding of the wing assembly during the performance of the wing movement operation when it is determined that the first wing movement parameter satisfies the first condition.
US10660256B2
A towed agricultural machine includes a converter, configured to convert a first voltage potential generated by a generator to a second voltage potential. The second voltage potential powers a component of the towed agricultural machine. Further, the towed agricultural machine also includes a switch that senses the absence of the second voltage potential from the converter and switches to powering the subcomponent with a second voltage potential received from a source external to the towed agricultural machine. The second voltage potential output by the converter can also be combined, on a power bus, with the second voltage potential from the external source or another source.
US10667451B2
A component mounter including a conveyance device configured to convey a board and hold the board at a specified position; a supply device configured to supply a component; and two mounting units each including a tool rotation device and a component handling tool. The component handling tool includes a base section and a protruding portion extending in a downward direction from the base section, a first end of the protruding portion attached to the base section at a tool attaching position, and a second end of the protruding portion positioned offset with respect to the tool attaching position in a direction perpendicular to the downward direction. The component mounter uses the component handing tools to simultaneously push a component at two push locations so as to insert the component onto the board.
US10667449B2
In a rotary head type component mounter, among a specified quantity of suction nozzles held by a rotary head, multiple suction nozzles are lowered simultaneously. When the rotary head is moved by a head moving mechanism to a nozzle exchange area and exchange of suction nozzles is performed, two station reference marks of the nozzle station are imaged by a mark imaging camera, image recognition is performed of the positions of the two station reference marks, and the position and angle of the nozzle station is calculated. Then, the position and angle of the rotary head is corrected to be aligned with the position and angle of the nozzle station, multiple of the suction nozzles held on the rotary head are lowered simultaneously by Z-axis driving mechanisms and simultaneously exchanged with multiple of the suction nozzles in the nozzle station.
US10667447B2
A component feeder for feeding components to a component feeding position using a component feeding tape including a carrier tape holding the components at equal intervals and a covering tape attached to the upper surface of the carrier tape. The component feeder includes a driving sprocket and a tape guide. The driving sprocket is configured to feed the component feeding tape to the component feeding portions. The tape guide includes a pressing surface to press an upper surface of the component feeding tape fed to the component feeding position. The tape guide includes a component exposing portion and an adjustment portion. The component exposing portion includes an inserting portion to be inserted between the carrier tape and the covering tape. The adjustment portion is configured to adjust a projection amount of the inserting portion from the pressing surface.
US10667445B2
There are provided a position recognition apparatus for printed circuit board (PCB), a position recognition and processing apparatus, and a printed circuit board manufacturing method. A position recognition apparatus for PCB configured to recognize a mounting position of an LED package on a PCB, the LED package being including a phosphor emitting fluorescence in operation, includes: an illuminating means configured to irradiate the PCB with light containing a blue component; an observation filter configured to selectively pass at least blue light of reflected light from the PCB and fluorescence from the phosphor and cut light in a wavelength region longer than a wavelength of the blue light; an imaging means configured to capture an image of the light passed by the observation filter; and an image processing means configured to calculate a position of the phosphor on the PCB, based on image data captured by the imaging means.
US10667442B2
An electronic device having a shield structure is disclosed. The shield structure includes a conductive heat diffusion plate that is provided in a position facing a mounting surface of an electronic circuit board on which electronic components, such as a CPU, are mounted, and diffuses heat generated from the CPU, etc.; and a conductive sponge-like member that is firmly fixed to at least either the mounting surface of the electronic circuit board or a surface of the conductive heat diffusion plate which faces the mounting surface of the electronic circuit board, and is provided to separate the CPU, etc. which generate electromagnetic wave noise from antennas.
US10667441B2
An electronic unit for a hand-held power tool, having a mounting frame having an accommodation space into which a circuit board carrying a plurality of electronic components is inserted and at least one heat sink for the heat dissipation of waste heat arising at the electronic components. A slot section with at least one insertion slot, oriented perpendicular to the printed circuit board, for mounting an electronic component along a direction of insertion is formed on the mounting frame. The at least one heat sink is associated with the slot section.
US10667440B2
Provided herein are a heat sink module of an inverter module to power an electric vehicle. The heats sink module can include a heat sink body having a plurality of mounting holes, a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet. The heats sink module can include a cooling channel that can be fluidly coupled with the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The heats sink module can include an insulator plate having a first surface and a second surface. The second surface of the insulator plate can couple with a joining surface of the heat sink body to seal the cooling channel. The heats sink module can include a heat sink lid disposed over the insulator plate. The heat sink lid can have a plurality of mounting feet to couple with the mounting holes of the heat sink body to secure the heat sink lid to the heat sink body.
US10667438B2
A method for determining whether to perform maintenance for an electronic device includes generating a baseline characterization of thermal performance for a heat-generating component of the electronic device at a baseline date. The method also includes generating an assessment characterization of the thermal performance at an assessment date after the baseline date. The method further includes generating a historical trend that includes the baseline characterization and the assessment characterization. Additionally, the method includes determining whether to perform maintenance for the heat-generating component based on the historical trend and a specified maintenance parameter.
US10667436B2
New heat removal systems and methods allow a combination of active and passive thermal processes for removing heat from and cooling air in environments. Systems and methods include a heat removal system including an adjustable thermal feed cold air intake system, a distribution system for cold and warm air including one or more hot aisles and one or more cold aisles, and a convection system to draw cool air through the building using a naturally-occurring convection processes to expel hot air. Misters, cooling elements, and/or freezer boxes may further cool the intake of air. A controller is programmed to efficiently manage and control the climate (e.g., temperature, humidity, air flow, pressure, air quality, etc.) within a building to minimize the use for energy for air distribution and cooling.
US10667432B2
In some examples, an electronic device includes an outer housing and a heat spreader inside an inner chamber defined by the outer housing. The heat spreader is structurally engaged to the outer housing to provide structural support for the outer housing, and the heat spreader is to spread heat along two different directions. Electronic components are in thermal contact with a surface of the heat spreader to transfer heat produced by the electronic components to the heat spreader.
US10667431B1
An example thermal interface device to attach to and cool a memory module. The device includes two sides sections that cover and contact the side faces of the memory module when installed. The device includes an outer layer that is a thermally conductive and resilient material, and an inner layer that is a thermally conductive and malleable metal. The inner layer may be nested within the outer layer, and the inner layer contacts the memory circuits of the memory module when installed. The outer layer includes spring fingers extending outward so as to contact and be compressed by a heat transfer device, such as a heat pipe, that is positioned on a side of the memory module. A thermally conductive path is thereby provided between the memory module and the heat transfer device via the thermal interface device.
US10667424B2
A server casing using a sliding apparatus for blade servers includes a chassis and the sliding apparatus. The chassis includes a blocking member. The sliding apparatus includes a first fastening plate, a second parallel fastening plate mounted to the first fastening plate, and a sliding plate configured to be slidably connected to the second fastening plate. The sliding plate is received between the first fastening plate and the second fastening plate and a locking member includes a first end and a second end. The first end is rotatably connected to the second fastening plate and includes a locking portion, the second end is connected to the sliding plate. The locking portion can move between a locking position, where the locking member is locked by the blocking member, and an unlocking position, where the locking member is unlocked by the blocking member.
US10667416B2
The present disclosure relates to a foldable device and a method for installing the same, and belongs to the field of electronic technology. The foldable device includes: a first housing, a second housing, a flexible display screen, a rotating shaft and a flexible covering layer, wherein the first housing and the second housing are connected by the rotating shaft, the flexible covering layer is respectively connected to the first housing and the second housing and surrounds the outer side of the rotating shaft, and the flexible display screen is respectively connected to the first housing and the second housing and is located on the inner sides of the first housing, the second housing, and the rotating shaft.
US10667415B2
A coupling mechanism for coupling an electronic device to an outer casing includes a plurality of hook-shaped brackets interposed between a front cover and a rear cover of the electronic device, where the plurality of hook-shaped brackets pass through an accommodation hole of the outer casing and are held to hook the outer casing while the front cover and the rear cover are coupled to each other; a plurality of main bracket-mounted portions defined in the front cover, where each of the plurality of hook-shaped brackets is mounted into each of the plurality of main bracket-mounted portions; and a plurality of auxiliary bracket-mounted portions disposed on the rear cover, where each of the plurality of auxiliary bracket-mounted portions is engaged with each of the plurality of hook-shaped brackets when the front cover and the rear cover are coupled to each other.
US10667414B2
A display panel mounting device is disclosed. The device includes a body with at least one handle having an activation mechanism, and a mounting element operatively connected to the body and having at least one magnet. The mounting element is attachable to a display panel with a metallic element based on the at least one magnet generating a magnetic force to engage with the metallic element and being detachable from the display panel based on the at least one magnet disengaging from the metallic element. The activation mechanism is configured to control generation of the magnetic force by the at least one magnet.
US10667411B2
A multi-panel display device includes: a first display device and a second display device each including a display panel, a back cover configured to cover a rear surface of the display panel, and a back cover housing configured to cover a rear surface of the back cover, a first cabinet on which the first and second display devices are supported and attached, and a fine adjustment device positioned on a rear surface of each of the first and second display devices exposed to a rear surface of the first cabinet, wherein the fine adjustment device is connected to the back cover of each of the first and second display devices and exposed to the outside through an adjustment device hole provided in the back cover housing, and positions of the back cover and the display panel are finely adjusted by the fine adjustment device.
US10667409B2
A contacting arrangement between an electrical component and a circuit carrier, the component being connected to a connection element formed as a part separate from the component, and the connection element being electroconductively contacted directly with the circuit carrier via at least one press-fit connection.
US10667406B2
A circuit board element includes a glass substrate, a first dielectric layer, and a first patterned metal layer. The glass substrate has an edge. The first dielectric layer is disposed on the glass substrate and has a central region and an edge region. The edge region is in contact with the edge of the glass substrate, and the thickness of the central region is greater than the thickness of the edge region. The first patterned metal layer is disposed on the glass substrate and in the central region of the first dielectric layer.
US10667402B2
An embedded circuit board includes a circuit board including a flexible base layer, a first conductive circuit layer, a second conductive circuit layer, two adhesive layers, and two copper plates. The first conductive circuit layer and the second conductive circuit layer are formed on corresponding opposite base layer surfaces of the base layer and electrically interconnected together. A photosensitive layer is located on one surface of the circuit board. A component is located within a mounting slot formed within the photosensitive layer. Each copper plate includes a flexible insulating film and forms a third conductive circuit layer. The flexible insulating film is adhered to a corresponding one of the circuit board or the photosensitive material layer by a corresponding one of the adhesive layers.
US10667399B1
A printed circuit board (PCB) carrier including a multi-layer structure including a plurality of conductive layers and a plurality of insulating layers respectively spaced between the plurality of conductive layers, the multi-layer structure having a footprint corresponding to a large size component of the PCB, and a pocket formed in the multi-layer structure, the pocket configured to receive a discrete component of a size smaller than the large size component.
US10667398B1
The present invention relates to a single board computer system with an improved memory and layout. The unique layout of the printed circuit board of the present invention allows for different parts to be placed in a back-to-back configuration to minimize the dimensions of the printed circuit board. This includes a high-performance radiation-hardened reconfigurable FPGA, for processing computation-intensive space systems, disposed on both sides of the printed circuit board. Four dual double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memories (DDR2 SDRAMs) disposed on both the top side and on the bottom side of the printed circuit board reduce an operating voltage of said printed circuit board. A layout stack-up of the printed circuit board includes twenty-two symmetrical layers including ten ground layers, four power layers, six signal layers, a top layer, and a bottom layer.
US10667395B2
According to one embodiment, an interposer substrate for switching wiring lines, includes a substrate body having through holes penetrating from a first main surface thereof to a second main surface, through-conductive portions provided respectively in the through holes, grouped into first groups and second groups different from the first groups, first wiring lines each provided on the first main surface and for a respective one of the first groups, second wiring lines each provided on the second main surface and for a respective one of the second groups, first terminals provided on the first main surface and connected respectively to the first wiring lines, and second terminals provided on the second main surface and connected respectively to the second wiring lines.
US10667392B2
The present invention offers a device requiring a reduced number of manufacturing processes and providing high electrical reliability, and a method for manufacturing the device. The method for manufacturing the device forms through holes in a substrate, fills the through holes with a conductive material through electroplating from a first surface side of the substrate, polishes the conductive material to form through wirings, and forms an element portion on the first surface side. Then, the method processes the substrate so that the positions of the end faces of the through wirings measured from the substrate surface on the first surface side are made smaller in depth than the positions of the end faces of the through wirings measured from the substrate surface on the second surface side.
US10667391B2
A printed wiring board includes a core substrate, a first build-up layer, and a second build-up layer. Each build-up layer includes a first insulating layer including reinforcing material, a second resin insulating layer not containing reinforcing material, a first via conductor through the first insulating layer, and a second via conductor through the second insulating layer such that the top diameter of the first via conductor is substantially equal to the top diameter of the second via conductor and that the bottom diameter of the first via conductor is smaller than the bottom diameter of the second via conductor. The conductor layer on the first insulating layer includes a metal foil, a seed layer and an electrolytic plating film. The conductor layer on the second insulating-layer includes a seed layer and an electrolytic plating film and has thickness substantially equal to thickness of the conductor layer on the first insulating-layer.
US10667389B2
Tamper-respondent assemblies and methods of fabrication are provided which include a multilayer circuit board, a tamper-detection sensor, and a vent structure. The tamper-detection sensor is embedded within the multilayer circuit board, and defines, at least in part, a secure volume associated with the multilayer circuit board. The vent structure is incorporated into the multilayer circuit board, and includes at least one vent channel. The vent channel(s) is in fluid communication with a space within the secure volume to facilitate venting the space of the secure volume. The space within the secure volume may accommodate, for instance, one or more electronic components to be protected, and the at least one vent channel may, for instance, allow air pressure within the space of the secure volume to equalize with air pressure external to the tamper-respondent assembly.
US10667385B2
Embodiments of the invention may relate to a circuit board (CB). The circuit board may include a first CB layer that includes a first anti-pad having a first area, a second CB layer that includes a second anti-pad having the first area and being located substantially beneath the first anti-pad, a first via within the first anti-pad and the second anti-pad, and a first CB trace in the second CB layer. The first CB trace may be coupled to the first via to form a first transition point within a first signal propagation path. The first area may be determined, at least in part, by a depth within the CB of the second CB layer.
US10667382B2
Disclosed is an electromagnetic shielding structure of a solid state driver (SSD), and particularly an electromagnetic shielding structure of an SSD, in which an electromagnetic shielding structure of a closed shield can type is achieved based on an electromagnetic shielding structure that employs an electromagnetic shielding coating layer electrically connected to a ground via hole formed in a printed circuit board (PCB) and a lower electromagnetic shielding layer formed inside the PCB and electrically connected to the electromagnetic shielding coating layer through the ground via hole, thereby improving electromagnetic shielding performance.
US10667381B2
A high frequency module includes a plurality of components on an upper surface of a multilayer wiring substrate, a sealing resin layer on the upper surface of the multilayer wiring substrate, a shield wall surrounding one of the components within the sealing resin layer, and a shield film on an upper surface of the sealing resin layer. The shield film covers a portion of the upper surface of the sealing resin layer that overlaps the one of the components but not the other components viewed from a direction perpendicular to the upper surface of the multilayer wiring substrate. An upper end of the shield wall is exposed from the upper surface of the sealing resin layer to be connected to the shield film, and a lower end thereof is exposed from a lower surface of the sealing resin layer to be connected to the multilayer wiring substrate.
US10667379B2
A substrate support for a substrate processing system includes a plurality of heating zones, a baseplate, a heating layer arranged on the baseplate, a ceramic layer arranged on the heating layer, and wiring provided through the baseplate, the heating layer, and into the ceramic layer in a first zone of the plurality of heating zones. An electrical connection is routed from the wiring in the first zone, across the ceramic layer to a second zone of the plurality of heating zones, and to a heating element in the heating layer in the second zone.
US10667378B1
An electronic assembly may include a chassis, and electronic modules mounted within the chassis. Each electronic module may include a printed circuit substrate, heat-generating electronic components mounted on the printed circuit substrate, and a heat sink body mounted to the printed circuit substrate and having a plurality of heat pipe receiving passageways extending between opposing side edges and overlying corresponding heat-generating components. A respective elongate, passive, heat pipe may extend within each heat pipe receiving passageway and be removably fastened to at least one end to the heat sink body for enhanced conductive heat transport.
US10667374B2
The invention relates to a controlled device (1, 1′), a system (25, 25′) comprising such controlled device (1, 1′) and a controller device (21), a method for setting up such controlled device (1, 1′) and a software product for a set up processor (3, 3′) of such controlled device (1, 1′). In order to allow the controlled device (1, 1′) to persistently stay within the framework of the system (25, 25′) over its power cycles while avoiding or at least reducing a need for a costly element like a NVRAM on the side of the controlled device (1, 1′). Rather than providing costly NVRAM in the controlled device (1, 1′), the controlled device (1,1′) is just provided with fixed information which allows the controlled device (1,1′) to receive or obtain the variable control data from the controller device (21) as an outside source.
US10667371B2
A tent includes a tent frame, an illumination source, and a control system. The illumination source and control system are disposed at the tent frame. The control system includes receiving, processing, driving module, voltage output, and timing modules. The receiving module receives wirelessly a signal from an electronic device and sends the signal to the processing module to process the signal. Depending on the type of the signal, the processing module sends a command to the driving, voltage output, or timing module. In response to the command, the driving, voltage output, or timing module turns on/off the illumination source, adjusts its brightness, or turns on/off the illumination source at a specific time point and for a specific time period.
US10667368B2
A timing circuit (24), in particular a real time clock circuit, in a lighting device (10) that is periodically (17) powered from a main power supply (15) in accordance with a power supply cycle having a power-on time and a power-off time, is automatically synchronized in case the power condition of an auxiliary power supply (23) is insufficient to assume correct operation of the timing circuit (24). At each power-on of the power supply cycle, a power condition of the auxiliary power supply (23) is monitored. If the determined power condition exceeds a set power threshold, it is assumed that the momentary timing value of the timing circuit (24) is correct and this value is stored in a non-volatile memory (29), If the determined power condition gives rise to assuming malfunctioning of the timing circuit (24), for example due to absence of power for a longer time, the timing circuit (24) is synchronised to the stored timing value.
US10667366B2
Lighting systems and associated controls that can provide active control of lighting device settings, such as on/off, color, intensity, focal length, beam location, beam size and beam shape. In some examples, lighting systems may include eye tracking technology and sensor feedback for one or more lighting device settings and may be configured with depth perception and cavity or incision recognition capability through image or video processing.
US10667360B2
Systems and methods for compensating, controlling, mixing and saturating/desaturating colors produced by or emitted from LED artificial light sources through use of multiple channel, LED controllers to control the proportion of constituent colors each to the other, to control the intensity level of the total light output of the mixed, desaturated light during and after color mixing and/or saturation/desaturation by simultaneously increasing and decreasing power to the constituent color LEDs at the same rate, and once a desired color has been produced, changing the intensity/brightness and/or degree of saturation of the produced color without changing the hue of the produced color.
US10667359B2
Lighting system control based on lighting playlist(s) is disclosed. In one example implementation, a method includes obtaining, by one or more computing devices, data indicative of a user request for a selected lighting playlist from a plurality of lighting playlists. The user request can be implemented via a user interaction a user interface. In response to the request, the method can include obtaining, by the one or more computing devices, data associated with the selected lighting playlist from one or more memory devices. The method can include communicating, by the one or more computing devices, the data associated with the selected lighting playlist for control of a lighting system in accordance with the lighting playlist.
US10667353B2
The invention relates to a lighting system of alternate current light-emitting diodes (AC-LEDs). The system includes a first, a second and a third AC-LED modules, each two of them being electrically connected in parallel to one another and further electrically connected to a first, a second or a third phase voltage input terminal. The respective AC-LED modules include a first and a second LED modules. The system is further provided with rectifier circuits and multi-stage driver modules. The invention involves driving the AC-LED modules to emit light in an alternate manner using a three-phase AC power source, thereby reducing the flicker index, and further driving the first and the second LED modules to light up in different alternating orders, thereby rendering the light emission of the AC-LED lighting system substantially constant in terms of power and brightness.
US10667350B2
A temperature-dependent current generator includes a first transistor connected between first and second nodes and providing a first voltage potential at the second node that decreases first order linearly when ambient temperature increases. The generator further includes an operational amplifier having first and second input terminals and an output terminal. The first input terminal is coupled to a second voltage potential that is first order independent of the ambient temperature. The second input terminal is coupled to a third node. The generator further includes a second transistor with gate, source, and drain terminals. The gate terminal is coupled to the output terminal of the operational amplifier. One of the source and drain terminals is coupled to the third node. The generator further includes a resistor coupled between the second and the third nodes. A resistance value of the resistor is first order independent of the ambient temperature.
US10667349B2
The invention discloses an Alternating Current (AC) dimming and emergency power supply method. When there is commercial power, a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) pulse module controls a relay to switch off dimming AC output by a dual-operational amplification module and an AC signal sent by a central processor module, and at this moment, AC of the commercial power supplies power to a Light-Emitting Diode (LED) illumination module through an LED driving module and simultaneously charges a storage battery through a voltage stabilization charging module; and when there is no commercial power input, the central processor module outputs and transmits a positive power signal to the relay through the dual-operational amplification module, and the relay connects the dimming AC output by the dual-operational amplification module with the AC signal sent by the central processor module, and transmits the positive power signal to the AC.
US10667347B2
This patent specification relates to a wall switch that comprises a docking station and a user-removable wall-switch head unit. In some embodiments, the docking station is configured to receive the user-removable wall-switch head unit, and configured to be permanently connected to a wall and coupled to high-power voltage wires. In some embodiments, the user-removable wall-switch head unit is configured to be user-insertable into said docking station and user-removable therefrom such that the user is not exposed to high-voltage connections when inserting or removing. In some embodiments, the wall switch controller further comprises inputs and outputs and circuitry for switchably controlling household line current power to a household electrical fixture. In some embodiments, the wall switch controller further comprises an occupancy sensor, a temperature sensor, or a processor.
US10667346B2
A method for configuring a lighting system including one or more sensors for controlling one or more lighting units for providing illumination of an area. The method allows a target area to be determined for a particular sensing function, and then determines suitable sensor locations based on a mapping derived from an image of the area in question. The target area can be determined based on recognition of relevant objects such as doors and window for example. The sensor location or locations may be selected from existing sensor locations which may be integrated with a luminaire, or new sensor locations may be proposed.
US10667342B2
A configurable light source driver device includes circuitry that detects the presence of a resistor when connected to a terminal of the device and automatically configures the device to operate as a differential driver circuit with low EMI emission and a level of circuit stability that is selected on the basis of parasitic impedance conditions of the differential driver circuit. When the terminal is left unconnected, the configurable light source driver device automatically configures itself to operate as a single ended driver circuit with low power consumption and a different level of circuit stability that is selected on the basis of parasitic impedance conditions of the single ended driver circuit. Furthermore, the configurable light source driver device can include a pulse width adjustment circuit for modifying certain operating characteristics of each of the differential driver circuit and the single ended driver circuit.
US10667340B2
A system and method for annealing a target substrate such as a semiconductor using industrial microwave heating and parallel plate reaction. Using a uniform microwave field, with the target substrate located between parallel plates controls application of eddy currents to the target substrate. The system may include a uniform microwave field generator, support elements, two plates held in parallel to each other, and a turntable device configured to rotate the two plates and the target substrate within the uniform microwave field. The rotating of the plates and target substrate in the uniform microwave field creates a periodic change in polarity of the microwaves applied to the target substrate. The eddy currents in the uniform microwave field react by flowing perpendicular to the plates, and not parallel to the surface as in traditional microwave reactions of metals. This redirection of the eddy currents provides even heating of the target substrate.
US10667339B1
An apparatus for exposing an object to radio-frequency energy includes a conveyor, an radio-frequency generator, and a control system configured to automatically perform an operation. During the operation, the control system is configured to control the radio-frequency generator to apply radio-frequency energy to the object for a predetermined amount of time. Further, the conveyor rotates the objects as the object is conveyed through the radio-frequency energy.
US10667330B2
An aerodynamic measurement probe comprises a part to be sited in the region of the skin of an aircraft and means for heating the part. The heating means comprise a thermodynamic loop comprising a closed circuit in which a heat-transfer fluid circulates, the closed circuit comprising an evaporator and a zone in which the heat-transfer fluid can be condensed in the appendage in order to heat it. Outside the evaporator, the circuit in which the fluid circulates is formed by a tubular duct of open cross section.
US10667313B2
A watch comprises a communication circuitry configured to enable short-range communication between the watch and the portable electronic device, and a processing system including a processor. The processing system is configured to establish a pairing with the portable electronic device through a short-range pairing mechanism, determine whether the pairing with the portable electronic device is broken based on information received from the portable electronic device, and in response to the determination that the pairing with the portable electronic device is broken, transmit information indicating the breakage of the pairing to the server directly or via the portable electronic device.
US10667308B2
Methods, computer-readable media, and devices for instantiating a service provider application on a customer premises-based device are disclosed. For example, a processing system of a telecommunication service provider network having at least one processor may establish a first tunnel between the processing system and a virtual machine monitor of a customer premises-based device and send a first instruction to the virtual machine monitor via the first tunnel to instantiate a first service provider application on the customer premises-based device. The processing system may further establish a second tunnel between the processing system and the first service provider application and send a second instruction to the first service provider application via the second tunnel to configure the first service provider application to operate in a service function chain.
US10667300B2
[Object] To provide a communication apparatus and a communication method which are capable of suppressing a decrease in communication efficiency in UL communication of a random access scheme.[Solution] Provided is a communication apparatus, including a communication unit configured to transmit a trigger frame including sub area information in which a sub area is specified from a resource area including wireless communication resources selectable as uplink resources and receive a response frame to the trigger frame. Provided is a communication apparatus, including a communication unit configured to receive a trigger frame including sub area information in which a sub area is specified from a resource area including wireless communication resources selectable as uplink resources and transmit a response frame to the trigger frame.
US10667296B2
A method of transmitting, by a terminal of a wireless communication system, a message on a communication channel shared with other terminals. Before sending the message, the terminal listens on the communication channel until the terminal detects an absence of activity on the communication channel for an inactivity time ΔTin. When no activity is detected on the communication channel for the inactivity time ΔTin, the terminal waits for a waiting time ΔTat and then transmits the message on the communication channel. The waiting time ΔTat is identical for all of the terminals of the wireless communication system.
US10667292B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication method for power saving and a wireless communication terminal using the same, and more particularly, to a wireless communication method for efficiently operating data transmission/reception of each terminal in a high-density environment and a wireless communication terminal using the same.To this end, provided are a base wireless communication terminal, including: a transceiver configured to transmit and receive a wireless signal; and a processor configured to control an operation of the base wireless communication terminal, wherein the processor is configured to: transmit a traffic indicator map (TIM) including identifier information of at least one station which is to receive downlink data, transmit a trigger frame triggering a PS-Poll transmission of the at least one station indicated by the TIM, receive at least one PS-Poll transmitted in response to the trigger frame, and transmit downlink data to a station that transmitted the PS-Poll and a wireless communication method using the same.
US10667291B2
The present disclosure discloses an uplink retransmitted data sending method, apparatus, and system, and relates to the field of communications technologies. The method includes: receiving data transmitted on a same contention resource by different user equipments (UEs) that are in a same contention resource group; demodulating, based on a demodulation reference signal DMRS sequence carried in the data, the data sent by the UEs; and when demodulation of data sent by at least two UEs fails, scheduling, by using an uplink grant (UL-grant), the UEs whose data fails to be demodulated, to retransmit the data on a designated non-contention resource. This resolves a prior-art technical problem that uplink data retransmission fails, and improves uplink data retransmission efficiency.
US10667290B2
A method in a network node (115) comprises determining (404), for one or more wireless devices (110), whether one or more or a short transmission time interval (TTI) and a reduced processing time are supported by the one or more wireless devices. The method comprises assigning (405) the one or more wireless devices to one of at least two available scheduling pools (215, 220) based on the determination of whether one or more of the short TTI and the reduced processing time are supported.
US10667280B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to allocating at least one wireless channel to an access point by a central entity [104]. In one embodiment, a method is disclosed comprising: detecting at least two access points [for e.g. 102A, 102B] from a plurality of access points operating within at least one available wireless spectrum; prioritizing the at least two access points [for e.g. 102A, 102B] based on one of the increasing order and the decreasing order of a count of the one or more neighbouring access points; forming at least one group from the plurality of wireless channels and sequentially allocating at least one of the at least one unallocated wireless channel to each of the at least two access points [for e.g. 102A, 102B].
US10667274B2
Disclosed herein is a method and system for dynamic channel allocation among plurality of Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) in Long-Range Land-to-Sea (LRLS) wireless network. The method comprises configuring plurality of channels, having non-overlapping frequencies, to plurality of BTSs, and obtaining channel quality parameters related to each channel. Subsequently, an Aggregate Weighted Signal-to-Interference Noise Ratio (AWSINR) metrics and a throughput value for each of plurality of BTSs is determined based on the channel quality parameters. Finally, an optimal channel is identified among plurality of channels for allocating to each of plurality of BTSs based on the AWSINR metrics or the throughput value. In an embodiment, the present disclosure helps in eliminating interference in the LRLS wireless network, thereby optimizing network throughput and enhancing Quality of Experience to end users.
US10667273B2
A method of selecting a frequency block includes determining a first value representing a lowest noise level of a radio channel at a first or second node, calculating a first metric representing a ratio between a first desired signal strength and the first value, determining a second value representing a lowest noise level of a radio channel at the first or second nodes, calculating a second metric representing a ratio between a second desired signal strength and the second value, selecting, on the basis of at least the first and second metrics and amongst a set of frequency blocks including at least the first and second frequency blocks, a frequency block for transmission of a message between the first and second nodes, indicating a sub-band of the selected frequency block, and causing transmission of the message on the indicated sub-band.
US10667270B2
According to some embodiments, a method in a wireless network element of transmitting a transport block comprises determining a modulation coding scheme for a transmission of the transport block; determining a category type of a wireless device that will transmit or receive the transport block; determining, using the category type of the wireless device, an encoding soft buffer size (NIR) for the transport block; adjusting, using the modulation coding scheme, the encoding soft buffer size (NIR) by a factor (KH); encoding the transport block according to the determined modulation coding scheme and the adjusted encoding soft buffer size; and transmitting the transport block. In particular embodiments, the determined modulation coding scheme is 256 Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (256QAM) and the factor (KH) is 4/3.
US10667269B2
[Object] To enable radio resources to be used more efficiently in non-orthogonal multiple access.[Solution] There is provided a device including: a grouping unit configured to perform grouping of a plurality of terminal devices that support non-orthogonal multiple access on the basis of a size of transmission data of each of the plurality of terminal devices; and an allocation unit configured to allocate the same radio resources to each of groups obtained as a result of the grouping.
US10667268B2
An apparatus and method for selecting the best beam in a wireless communication system are provided. An operation of a Base Station (BS) includes repeatedly transmitting reference signals beamformed with a first width, receiving a feedback signal indicating at least one preferred-beam having the first width from at least one terminal, determining a direction range within which reference signals beamformed with a second width are to be transmitted and a transmission pattern, based on the at least one preferred-beam having the first width, repeatedly transmitting the reference signals beamformed with the second width within the determined direction range according to the transmission pattern, and receiving a feedback signal indicating at least one preferred-beam having the second width from the at least one terminal.
US10667263B2
Disclosed are a wireless communication base station device and a division number determination method that improve the frequency diversity effect while maintaining channel estimation accuracy regardless of the number of divisions in the frequency domain of a transmission signal from a wireless communication terminal device. A determination unit determines the number of divisions in the frequency domain of a transmission signal from a wireless communication terminal device. Here, the determination unit increases the number of divisions in the frequency domain of the transmission signal from the wireless communication terminal device as the number of pilot blocks included in the transmission signal increases. In addition, a scheduling unit schedules allocation to the frequency resources of the divided transmission signal according to the number of divisions determined by the determination unit.
US10667259B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described for a channel reservation signal that may be transmitted upon gaining contention-based access to a channel in a shared radio frequency spectrum. The channel reservation signal may include a channel reservation preamble and a channel reservation payload. The channel reservation payload may be formatted with other control channel information transmitted by the transmitter, such as downlink control information (DCI), and aligned with a transmission boundary of the other control channel information. When deployed on a shared medium, a downlink control channel may carry an extra trigger field that may schedule a receiving UE to transmit its own channel reservation signal within an uplink transmission burst.
US10667258B2
A method for operating a plurality of different wireless networks operating at least in part in overlapping frequency bands includes monitoring, by a first wireless transmitter, activity in the overlapping frequency bands. The first wireless transmitter determines whether a channel in the overlapping frequency bands is idle for a predefined time period. Based on the channel being idle for the predefined time period, it is determined that the first wireless transmitter has a transmission opportunity on the channel. The first wireless transmitter measures an amount of time until a next frame boundary on the channel and, based on the amount of time until the next frame boundary being below a threshold, reserves the channel for a fixed duration of time. Based on the amount of time until the next frame boundary being above the threshold, the first wireless transmitter skips the transmission opportunity on the channel.
US10667251B2
Disclosed is a base station in which the frequency usage efficiency can be improved when the communication bandwidths are asymmetric in the uplink line and the downlink line. A base station can communicate by using a plurality of downlink unit bands and a smaller number of uplink unit bands. A control unit allocates uplink resource allocation information and downlink resource allocation information to a PDCCH which is arranged in each of the plurality of downlink unit bands, and allocates a response signal to the uplink line data to a PHICH which is arranged in the same number of downlink unit bands from the plurality of downlink unit bands as there are uplink unit bands. A transmit RF unit transmits the resource allocation information or the response signal.
US10667241B2
A user equipment prepares a signalling report in response to receiving a control element for activation/deactivation of component carriers to be used by the user equipment for communication in a cellular communications network system, and transmits the signalling report.
US10667237B2
A method of determining a distance between mobile wireless devices can include determining a format and bandwidth supported by an initiating Station (STA) and a responding Station (STA) and exchanging one or more sets of Null Data Packet (NDP) frames between the initiating Station (STA) and the responding Station (STA) using the determined format and bandwidth. The distance between the initiating Station (STA) and the responding Station (STA) can then be determined based on timing measurements of the one or more sets of Null Data Packet (NDP) frames exchanged between the initiating Station (STA) and the responding Station (STA).
US10667234B2
A method for data transmission in which data is emitted and/or received by a communication device in a first radio network formed according to a first standard in a first operating mode and data is emitted and/or received in a second radio network formed according to a second standard in a second operating mode. The communication device detects whether it is inside or outside a receiving region of the first radio network. The communication device is operated in the first operating mode if it is inside the receiving region of the first radio network, and the communication device is operated in the second operating mode if it is outside the receiving region of the first radio network. The second standard is an IEEE 802.11p standard and the first standard is a standard of the IEEE 802.11 regulation that is different from the IEEE 802.11p standard. The communication device takes part in an ad-hoc communication in the second operating mode.
US10667225B2
A device and method for vehicle-to-vehicle communication. The method includes: a source device sends a request message to a base station, the request message being used for requesting the base station to allocating a resource; a node device that is synchronous with the source device sends synchronous information to at least one target device, so that the at least one target device establishes time synchronization with the source device according to the synchronous information, wherein the node device is a road-side device or an in-car device capable of communicating; the source device informs the at least one target device of a resource allocated by the base station; and the source device sends service information to the at least one target device by utilizing the resource.
US10667222B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for the user equipment (UE) to select a power management mode from a plurality of power management modes supported by the UE based on decoding of a portion of the downlink subframe. For example, when the UE receives a subframe from a base station, the UE may decode a control channel region of the subframe to determine whether the subframe includes a channel grant allocated to the UE. If no channel grant is included in the subframe, the UE may select a power management mode for the UE from the plurality of power management modes supported by the UE that maximizes the UE's sleep opportunities while balancing the deficient performance costs.
US10667216B2
The present invention herein provides apparatus and method, allowing a user to acquire a target location wherever the target is with a target mobile locator. The target mobile locator includes a RF receiver, a transmitter, a GPS locator and a circuit. After receiving “wake-up” signal from the user, GPS locator and/or transmitter can be activated and the target location is sent back to the user. Prior to receiving the wakeup signal, at least one of the GPS locator and the transmitter are either energy reduced state or off state such that the consumption of the energy is minimized in the locator. Therefore, the locator is active for long periods of time. Optionally, a battery can be recharged using, for example, a solar cell under the sun.
US10667215B2
A wireless receiving device includes a wake-up receiver, a main receiver and a calibration circuit. The wake-up receiver operates in a monitoring mode or a sleep mode. When operating in the monitoring mode, the wake-up receiver monitors whether a request signal is transmitted by a communication device and issues a wake-up signal after receiving the request signal. The main receiver operates in a sleep mode or a transmission mode. When operating in the sleep mode, the main receiver is woken up and enters the transmission mode to transmit and receive data to and from the communication device when receiving the wake-up signal. The calibration circuit is coupled to the wake-up receiver and the main receiver and configured to receive a calibration signal from the main receiver and calibrate a reception frequency of the wake-up receiver in the background in response to the calibration signal.
US10667213B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT) or Cellular Internet of Things (CIoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. An operating method of a terminal located within a predetermined area in a wireless environment comprises transmitting, to a base station connected to a network, registration information for registering with the network, wherein the registration information includes information for indicating that the predetermined area is included in a coverage area of the base station, and communicating with the base station based on the registration information.
US10667209B2
This disclosure relates to a terminal device, a network device, a method of cell selection, and a wireless communications system. In the method of cell selection, a terminal device sends cell information of at least one cell in a first wireless communications system to a second network device in a second wireless communications system, so that the second network device can select a target cell in the first wireless communications system, and the terminal device accesses the target cell selected by the second network device, and accesses a core network in the first wireless communications system by using a first network device to which the target cell belongs. The terminal device provides the cell information, and the second network device selects the target cell. This implements cell selection in the future evolved first wireless communications system.
US10667207B2
In embodiments of access point assisted roaming, a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, tablet computer, or other portable device is implemented for wireless connection with access points, such as Wi-Fi access points. An access point controller can receive a request for a neighbor report from the mobile device, and also obtain a travel direction of the mobile device. The access point controller is implemented to determine access points that are each configured for a wireless connection with a communication system of the mobile device, where a wireless connection with an access point is based in part on a detected signal strength of an access point. The access point controller can then generate the neighbor report that lists one or more of the access points in order of connection likelihood and based on the travel direction of the mobile device.
US10667200B2
A user access method and user equipment (UE). A second device communicates with a first device at a predetermined moment in order to access the first device, where the predetermined moment is determined according to a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle of the first device. In this process, the predetermined moment is determined according to the DRX cycle of the first device, and the second device communicates with the first device at the predetermined moment in order to access the first device such that the second device accesses the first device.
US10667196B2
A wireless communication unit transmits and receives signals to and from a base station and measures the received quality of downlink signals. A position information acquisition unit acquires position information on a mobile station. A measurement information management unit acquires the position information, received quality information, and received quality information that is measurement result of received quality of uplink signals from the mobile station, and stores measurement information which is received quality information on signals transmitted and received between the mobile station and the base station. A communication connection control unit acquires the position information from the position information acquisition unit, and performs a handover when a position of the mobile station is a handover position so as to switch base stations to be connected.
US10667195B2
A method for supporting wireless roaming among coverage areas of a plurality of access points may comprise detecting, by a first access point of the plurality of access points, signal strength of signals from a client device that is wirelessly connected to the first access point; comparing the signal strength with a threshold, and if the signal strength is less than the threshold, disconnecting, by the first access point, the client device from the first access point; transmitting, by the first access point, a signal indicating the disconnection of the client device to an access controller; updating, by the access controller, connection status information to indicate the disconnection of the client device from the first access point; transmitting, by the access controller, the connection status information of the client device to the plurality of access points; and connecting the client device with a second access point of the plurality of access points.
US10667191B2
A node of a radio access network (RAN) receives, from a WLAN Termination (WT), an Extended Service Set Identifier (ESSID) and/or a Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) for one or more WLAN access points controlled by the WT. The node maintains a mapping between the ESSIDs and/or the BSSIDs and corresponding WLAN access points of the WT. Responsive to receiving a measurement report from a UE, the measurement report indicating an ESSID and/or a BSSID, the node associates the UE with a WLAN access point, based on said mapping. An interface may be established between the node and the WT.
US10667180B2
Embodiments herein relate to methods and devices for handling access priority of a wireless device in a wireless network. In particular, embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a wireless network access node for managing/handling access priority associated with a wireless device, which wireless device is requesting access to the wireless network is provided. The method comprises receiving from a mobility management node a message comprising Quality of Service, QoS, information associated with the wireless device; determining access priority related information associated with the wireless device based on the received QoS information; and transmitting the access priority related information associated with the wireless device to the wireless device. Further, embodiments herein relate to corresponding methods for handling access priority associated with a wireless device performed in a wireless device, and in a wireless network, respectively.
US10667178B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a wireless broadband communication method, device, and system. The method provided in an embodiment of the present invention includes: establishing, by a macro base station, a Radio Resource Control RRC connection with a user equipment UE; receiving, by a small cell, a configuration message sent, through a wired or wireless interface, by the macro base station; and establishing, by the small cell, a user plane connection between the small cell and the UE based on the RRC connection and the configuration message, and establishing a data bearer with the UE on the user plane connection.
US10667171B2
The present disclosure mainly relates to improvements for the buffer status reporting and the logical channel prioritization procedures performed in the UE, in scenarios where the UE is in dual connectivity and the PDCP layer of the UE is shared in the uplink for MeNB and SeNB. According to the present disclosure, a ratio is introduced according to which the buffer values for the PDCP are split in the UE between the SeNB and the MeNB according to said ratio.
US10667170B2
A base station (BS) for handling buffer status reporting comprises a storage device and a processing circuit coupled to the storage device. The storage device stores, and the processing circuit is configured to execute instructions of: configuring a radio bearer (RB) and configuring a first logical channel (LC) and a second LC associated to the RB, to a communication device; configuring the communication device to report separate buffer statuses for the first LC and the second LC associated to the RB; receiving a first buffer status comprising a volume of data associated to the first LC and a second buffer status comprising a volume of data associated to the second LC, from the communication device; transmitting a first UL grant to the communication device according to the first buffer status; and transmitting a second UL grant to the communication device according to the second buffer status.
US10667167B2
A communication control apparatus includes: a processor configured to: fix a number of sets of data to be inserted into one packet by a communication apparatus according to a wireless quality with the communication apparatus; and notify the communication apparatus of the number of sets fixed at the fixing.
US10667156B2
A base station (200) according to an embodiment performs radio communication with a radio terminal (100). The base station transmits a reference signal to the radio terminal with a specific polarized wave, receives, from the radio terminal, polarized wave adjustment information generated by using the reference signal, adjusts a polarized wave based on the specific polarized wave by using the polarized wave adjustment information, and transmits an information signal to the radio terminal with the adjusted polarized wave.
US10667150B2
A self organizing network within a software defined networking environment is provided to allow for fast updating of radio access network parameters which enables optimization algorithms to converge on optimized configurations very quickly. The self organizing network is enabled by providing a self organizing network manager plug-in within a software defined networking environment that interfaces with a radio access network plug-in via a service abstraction layer to quickly obtain base station device parameters, iteratively adjust the base station device parameters to obtain optimized radio access network configurations to mitigate outages, reduce power consumption, manage load, or provide other benefits.
US10667149B2
A control apparatus for wireless communication system includes: a communication unit to obtain, from a base station, information indicating reception quality, at a terminal device, of a signal transmitted on a directional beam from the base station; and a processing unit to determine whether to remove a spot on the basis of the information obtained by the communication unit, the spot being an area irradiated with a directional beam from the base station. If the processing unit determines that the spot is to be removed, the communication unit sends an instruction to remove the spot to the base station or to a master base station of the base station.
US10667147B2
A sensing recognition method and device based on wireless communication signals are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of obtaining channel state information from a received wireless communication signal; extracting a channel state feature value from the channel state information; and outputting a sensing result mapped with the channel state feature value according to the channel state feature value. The disclosed method and device can improve the accuracy of sensing recognition and achieve better recognition effect.
US10667146B2
A radio terminal (1) receives from a base station (2) a first value (601) of a first radio resource configuration information element. The first value (601) is associated with normal coverage or with a first coverage enhancement level. The radio terminal (1) derives a second value (604) of the first radio resource configuration information element by converting (603) the first value (601) using a value of a conversion factor (602). The second value (604) is associated with a second coverage enhancement level. It is thus, for example, possible to contribute to reduction of data size necessary for the base station to notify the radio terminal of a plurality of radio resource configurations for a plurality of coverage enhancement levels.
US10667145B2
There is provided an apparatus comprising a location receiver to receive a signal indicative of a location of the location receiver. A movement mechanism rotates the location receiver about an axis and provides an angle of the location receiver about the axis from a known point. Calculation circuitry produces an output value indicative of an absolute bearing of the known point about the axis, based on a plurality of given angles of the location receiver about the axis from the known point, and a plurality of associated locations of the location receiver indicated by the signal received when the location receiver is at each of the given angles.
US10667143B2
Aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to techniques and apparatus that may help improve greatly reduce the implementation complexity of the ground station, and ground base-station user capacity by utilizing a subband beamformer for processing uplink signals received from aircraft at ground base stations, in an air-to-ground (ATG) system. The techniques presented herein may allow for dynamic subband allocation to different airborne devices with multi-user beamforming and subband combining.
US10667134B2
Embodiments include method, systems and computer program products for credential management. Aspects include obtaining a first biometric information by a first processing device, wherein the first processing device has stored one or more credentials. Then, responsive to obtaining the first biometric information, the method determines whether the first biometric information is valid. The method then creates, via the first processing device, an ad-hoc network based upon the determination that the first biometric information is valid. The method, then receives a second biometric information from a second processing device through the ad-hoc network. And, then the method analyzes the second biometric information to determine whether the second biometric information is valid.
US10667125B1
Methods, systems, and computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for receiving, from a mobile device, a request to register with a mobility network, the mobile device including a partially-activated subscriber identification module (SIM); determining that the partially-activated SIM qualifies for on-device activation; in response to determining that the partially-activated SIM qualifies for on-device activation, providing a short message service (SMS) message to the mobile device through the mobility network, the SMS message including a uniform resource locator (URL); in response to activation of the URL, providing, to the mobile device, access to an activation portal web page associated with the URL, wherein SIM data and device data are automatically provided to the activation portal web page; and receiving, from the mobile device, activation data, and in response, activating the SIM and provisioning the mobile device within the mobility network.
US10667121B2
In an example, a mobile network apparatus is configured to operations support systems, OSS, including at least one processor, and at least one memory storing program instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to: request, by a coordination function of the OSS, information relating to an uncoordinated function or an instance of an uncoordinated function, wherein the uncoordinated function or the instance of the uncoordinated function is related to the coordination function; receive, by the coordination function, a response including the information; based on the response, control, by the coordination function, the uncoordinated function or the instance of the uncoordinated function. In other examples, a method and a computer program product have been discussed along with the features of the mobile network apparatus.
US10667119B2
The invention relates to an improved transmission protocol for uplink data packet transmission. A transmission counter of the transmission protocol counts the number of transmissions the user terminal has performed for a data packet. The user terminal participates in sidelink discovery operation with other user terminals based on sidelink discovery gaps. The user terminal cannot transmit and/or receive signals under control of the transmission protocol when participating in sidelink discovery operation during the sidelink discovery gaps. A processor of the user terminal determines whether a retransmission of a data packet, which is triggered by the transmission protocol, was not performed because the transmission protocol operation collided with one of the sidelink discovery gaps. In case of collision, the processor operates the transmission counter such that the colliding retransmission of the data packet does not result in an increment of the transmission counter of the transmission protocol for the data packet.
US10667108B2
A user sets a format of an advertise packet to be transmitted from a plurality of formats using a setting screen displayed on a printing apparatus, and the printing apparatus transmits an advertise packet according to the setting made via the setting screen.
US10667090B2
Techniques are discussed herein for enabling an external client to request periodic or triggered location of a user equipment (UE) according to trigger criteria that are not visible to entities within a wireless network, using a codeword in a periodic and triggered location request that is sent to the UE. The codeword may be meaningful to the UE, but not to the wireless network, and may indicate particular types of triggered and/or periodic events to be detected and reported by the UE. A location report sent by the UE to the wireless network may contain a second codeword, indicating a type of triggered or periodic event detected by the UE, which may be conveyed by the wireless network to the external client without interpretation. Codewords may enable more flexibility for periodic and triggered location without impacting wireless networks.
US10667085B2
An information processing apparatus communicates receives wirelessly and directly, from a device, advertising packets of a plurality of different formats that comply with a predetermined communication standard and are transmitted from the device, and estimates a proximity level between the device having transmitted the advertising packets and the information processing apparatus by sampling the radio field intensities of the advertising packets of the plurality of different formats. The advertising packets include a first advertising packet of a first format and a second advertising packet of a second format, wherein a number of sampling of the radio field intensities of the first advertising packet is less than that of the radio field intensities of the second advertising packet per unit of time. A sampled radio field intensity of the first advertising packet influences the estimate more than a sampled radio field intensity of the second advertising packet.
US10667081B2
A computer system tracks geographical locations traversed by a user to provide location based services. One or more geographical locations traversed by a user are tracked via a portable location device. Geo-fencing areas corresponding to the one or more geographical areas are determined. One or more geo-fencing area profile scores are generated for the user based on attributes of the traversal of the geo-fencing areas. Re-location of the user to a new geographic location is detected via the portable location device. Location-based services are provided for the new geographic location based on at least one geo-fencing area profile score of the user. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and program product for tracking geographical locations traversed by a user to provide location based services in substantially the same manner described above.
US10667076B2
In a perspective of a service provider within a MaaS vehicle, a service provider mobile device may determine a distance and approaching direction of the service requestor mobile device. The service provider mobile device may determine the distance and the approaching direction through GPS coordinates using a unified gateway or through a more direct communication. The MaaS vehicle via the service provider mobile device may provide information regarding the distance and the approaching direction of the service requestor mobile device. This information may be in the form of audio and/or visual cues.
US10667075B2
A game headset receives a plurality of channels of game and/or chat audio during game play, monitors the plurality of channels, and detect one or more sounds on the channels during the monitoring. The game headset determines characteristics of the detected one or more sound and outputs one or more signals for generating a visual representation of the detected one or more sounds based on the determined characteristics. The game headset output the signals to a game console that provides the game play. The game console displays the visual representation during the game play based on the communicated visualization information. The one or more signals is a video stream of an in-game visualization. The game headset outputs the one or more signals to a second screen communication device that generates the visual representation during the game play based on the signals.
US10667073B1
A method is provided for directing a user to a point of interest using sounds played on a wearable audio output device. A user's direction of gaze is determined using data from at least one sensor in the audio output device. First and second locations are determined of the user and the point of interest respectively, and a distance is determined between the first and second locations. A relative angle between the direction of gaze and the direction of the point of interest is determined based on the determined first and second locations. A sample sound is altered using at least one sonification technique to convey information relating to the determined distance and the relative angle. The altered sample sound is rendered and output for playing by the audio output device.
US10667066B2
A hearing device contains an electronic frame for holding electronic components. The hearing device has first and second resilient contacts. The resilient contacts are fastened to the electronic frame, and the resilient contacts reversibly electrically contact an electronic component using contact surfaces of a double-pole battery. The hearing device contains a rechargeable battery module that contains a rechargeable battery and an electronic convertor. The rechargeable battery module is connected in an articulated manner to the electronic frame so as to be able to move and contains connecting contacts that correspond to the resilient contacts. A kit is provided for the hearing device and the kit has a battery compartment door for reversibly holding the double-pole battery. The battery compartment door is connected to pivot on the electronic frame such that as the battery compartment door is pivoted into a closed position the contact surfaces of the double-pole battery are contacted.
US10667060B2
The present invention provides a sound generation device and a preparation method of a metal plastic part. The sound generation device comprises a metal plastic part. The metal plastic part comprises a plastic part and a metal insert that is combined with the plastic part. An oxidation film that is obtained through metal nanocrystallization and a nanopore that is formed in a surface of the oxidation film and has a pore diameter of 20-1,000 nm are arranged on a surface of the metal insert. The nanopore is filled with a resin composition from which the plastic part is made. As the nanopore is filled with the resin composition from which the plastic part is made, the metal insert and the plastic part are in close fit with each other, which greatly enhances the gluing capability of the metal insert and prevents the metal insert and the plastic part which are formed through injection molding from being separated. A length of a portion embedded into the plastic part of the metal insert is greatly reduced, such that transfer of ultrasonic energy is smooth. The metal plastic part is effectively prevented from ultrasonic unmelting. Thus, the waterproofness and the sealing property of the metal plastic part are improved. Accordingly, the performance of the sound generation device is improved.
US10667055B2
Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to separated audio analysis and processing. A system for processing an audio signal is disclosed. The system includes an audio analysis module configured to analyze an input audio signal to determine a processing parameter for the input audio signal, the input audio signal being represented in time domain. The system also includes an audio processing module configured to process the input audio signal in parallel with the audio analysis module. The audio processing module includes a time domain filter configured to filter the input audio signal to obtain an output audio signal in the time domain, and a filter controller configured to control a filter coefficient of the time domain filter based on the processing parameter determined by the audio analysis module. Corresponding method and computer program product of processing an audio signal are also disclosed.
US10667054B2
In some examples, an acoustic headset for providing hearing protection, includes: a first auditory cup; a second auditory cup; at least one of a stirrup or headband interconnecting the first and second auditory cups; at least one speaker integrated within at least one of the first auditory cup or the second auditory cup; a microphone that receives sound, wherein the microphone is coupled to the acoustic headset; and wherein at least one of the first and second auditory cups comprises a digital component for transmission and receipt of digital wireless audio communications, and wherein at least one of the first and second auditory cups comprises an analog component for transmission and receipt of analog wireless audio communications.
US10667051B2
Embodiments described herein relate to methods and apparatus for limiting the excursion of a transducer. The method comprises receiving a transducer signal; and limiting the transducer signal or a signal derived therefrom to generate a limited transducer signal for input into the transducer such that an electrical response caused by the limited transducer signal in an electrical model of the transducer would be less than a threshold electrical response, wherein the threshold electrical response has been determined by: inputting a stimulus input signal into the electrical model of the transducer, wherein the stimulus input signal is designed to cause the transducer to reach a maximum excursion; and determining the threshold electrical response as a maximum of the electrical response caused by the stimulus input signal in the electrical model of the transducer.
US10667047B2
This disclosure relates to a headphone device, a terminal device, an information transmitting method, a program, and a headphone system capable of reducing a process burden of parameter control in a noise canceling process of the headphone device.In the terminal device capable of communicating with the headphone device, a parameter appropriate for the noise canceling process is determined based on analysis of noise from outside and position information and indication information to indicate a processing parameter related to the noise canceling process in the headphone device is generated. This is transmitted to the headphone device side. In the headphone device, a processing parameter of the noise canceling process is set according to the indication information. According to this, a process to determine an optimal parameter of the noise canceling process on the headphone device side is not required.
US10667042B2
Universal mechanical isolator that effectively decouples a vibration sensitive device such as a microphone from a support to thereby isolate the vibration sensitive device from mechanical vibrations.
US10667036B2
Disclosed are a lattice type speaker and a lattice array speaker system having the same. A lattice type speaker according to the present invention comprises: a tweeter horn which has a quadrangular part forming an upper periphery thereof and four woofer frames provided at or inside a cut-off edge part of the quadrangular part, so that the tweeter horn is implemented as a lattice horn having a horn-shaped entire body configuration and a cross shape when viewed from above; a tweeter driving unit which is provided on a lower side of the tweeter horn and reproduces a high-pitched sound through the tweeter horn; four woofer horns provided inside the four woofer frames, respectively; and a woofer driving unit which is provided on a lower side of the four woofer horns and reproduces a low-pitched sound through the four woofer horns.
US10667031B2
A wearable device configured to be modeled as both a part of the source and a part of the load in an electro-acoustical source-and-load model of a system where a sound source is coupled to the ear canal. Such a wearable device may be used to determine the acoustic energy density at a point of measurement in or near the ear of a user.
US10667030B2
Various implementations include an eartip for an earphone earpiece. The eartip can be configured to reliably fit a plurality of ear shapes. The eartip can have a body and a sealing structure defined by a set of dimensions that are configured to seal the ear canal of one or more users. In certain implementations, a notch in the body permits flexion of the body during coupling or decoupling of the body from the mount and provides sufficient hoop stress around the mount to retain the eartip on the mount during use of the earphone earpiece.
US10667017B2
A method includes receiving, by a processor, metrics relating to a plurality of program channels. The plurality of program channels are distributed via at least one multicast stream. The method also includes modifying, by the processor, the at least one multicast stream. The modifying is based at least on the received metrics, and the modifying changes which programs are distributed via the at least one multicast stream. The method also includes transmitting at least one program channel via the modified at least one multicast stream.
US10667013B2
An information processing method, a terminal and a server are disclosed. The method includes that: a terminal acquires a first input operation, acquires first input information and first comment information based on the first input operation, and sends the first input information and the first comment information to a server, the first input information includes first data; and if determining that a condition is met, the terminal outputs second comment information sent by the server, the second comment information is the first comment information displayed in a specific display manner.
US10666994B2
A device, system and method are provided that may allot and manage bandwidth, such as bandwidth associated with broadcast and narrowcast distribution models, in a content distribution network. The device, system and method may include qualification of content or channels for distribution as broadcast content or narrowcast content. In some embodiments, the qualification may be with regard to selection orthogonality.
US10666992B2
An encoding engine encodes a video sequence to provide optimal quality for a given bitrate. The encoding engine cuts the video sequence into a collection of shot sequences. Each shot sequence includes video frames captured from a particular capture point. The encoding engine resamples each shot sequence across a range of different resolutions, encodes each resampled sequence with a range of quality parameters, and then upsamples each encoded sequence to the original resolution of the video sequence. For each upsampled sequence, the encoding engine computes a quality metric and generates a data point that includes the quality metric and the resample resolution. The encoding engine collects all such data points and then computes the convex hull of the resultant data set. Based on all convex hulls across all shot sequences, the encoding engine determines an optimal collection of shot sequences for a range of bitrates.
US10666979B2
An image processing device and an image processing method for generating a celestial sphere image are provided such that the pixels near the poles of the sphere are kept from increasing in density when the image is mapped to the sphere surface. An encoder encodes, with respect to an omnidirectional image generated by equidistant cylindrical projection to include a top image, a middle image, and a bottom image in a vertical direction, the middle image into an encoded stream at a high resolution, and the top image and the bottom image into encoded streams at a resolution lower than the high resolution in systems including image display systems.
US10666969B2
The present invention relates to a technique for encoding and decoding video data, and more particularly, to a method for performing inter-prediction in an effective manner. The present invention combines an inter-prediction method using an AMVP mode and an inter-prediction method using a merge mode so as to propose a method for using the same candidate. The method for encoding video data proposed by the present invention comprises the following steps: receiving mode information on an inter-prediction method of a current block; determining, on the basis of the received mode information, whether the interprediction method to be applied to the current block is an AMVP mode or a merge mode; and selecting a candidate to derive motion information of the current block, wherein the candidate is selected in a left region, top region and corner region of the current block and in the same position block as the current block, and the AMVP mode and the merge mode are applied on the basis of the selected candidate.
US10666964B2
A video predictive encoding device includes an input module to receive pictures forming a video sequence, and an encoding module to encode the pictures by either intra prediction or inter prediction to generate compressed picture data, and to packetize the compressed image data along with packet header information. The packet header information includes a picture type. The encoding module determines the picture type so as to uniquely indicate whether encoded picture data is used for reference in decoding of another picture.
US10666958B2
A method for decoding an image according to the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving and parsing a parameter set including indication information which indicates the presence of withheld information to be used in the future; receiving and parsing a slide header including the withheld information, when the indication information indicates the presence of the withheld information; and decoding the image according to semantics and a value corresponding to the withheld information. As a result, provided are a method and an apparatus for describing an additional extension information indication in a bitstream supporting a hierarchical image.
US10666955B2
The present disclosure relates to a still image generating apparatus that generates still image data from moving image data that generates a moving image, and includes a recorder and a control unit. The recorder is configured to record the still image data. When a specific frame image is selected from a plurality of frame images included in the moving image, the control unit sets a specific frame image group including the specific frame image and other frame images having a reference relationship with the specific frame image. The control unit generates the still image data corresponding to each of the plurality of frame images included in the specific frame image group by decoding the moving image data. The control unit causes the recorder to record the generated still image data. The control unit generates frame image data that generates at least one of the plurality of frame images included in the specific frame image group based on the still image data recorded by the recorder.
US10666944B2
Provided are an image encoding method, an image decoding method and an image processing system including image encoding/decoding apparatus. The image encoding method includes steps of: acquiring a first image and a plurality of second images; updating features of each second image of the plurality of second images to obtain corresponding update features; superposing the first image with the update features of each second image of the plurality of second images to generate superposed images; generating a plurality of prediction images according to the superposed images; determining difference features between each second image of the plurality of second images and a corresponding prediction image; outputting the superposed images and the difference features; wherein the updating and/or predicting adopts a convolutional neural network.
US10666936B2
According to an embodiment, a video encoding method includes: determining whether it is possible to include an intra merge candidate in a merge candidate list; when it is possible to include the intra merge candidate in the merge candidate list, determining a merge candidate list including at least one of the intra merge candidate and an intra merge candidate of a current block; generating prediction samples of the current block by using a prediction candidate selected from the determined merge candidate list; and reconstructing the current block by using residual samples between the current blocks and the prediction samples of the current block.
US10666931B2
An autostereoscopic display includes a plurality of projectors and a screen. Each of the projectors is configured to provide a corresponding lamp image unit. Each of the lamp image units includes array of lamp images actuated in time sequence and projecting to different directions. The screen has an image plane and includes a first micro-lens array and a second micro-lens array. The first micro-lens array is configured to guide the lamp image units to the image plane such that the lamp image units are connected end to end and arranged in a ring on the image plane as a lamp image set. The second micro-lens array is located corresponding to the first micro-lens array and configured to magnify the projection angles of the lamp image units in the lamp image set and project the lamp image set to an observing surface.
US10666930B2
Disclosed is a full parallax multi-focus three-dimensional (3D) display including: a parallax image provider configured to form two-dimensionally arranged parallax images spatially divided to provide at least two parallax images; and a parallax image convergence unit configured to converge the two-dimensionally arranged parallax images provided by the parallax image provider around a pupil of an eyeball.
US10666926B1
Multiview calibration is essential for accurate three-dimensional computation. However, multiview calibration can not be accurate enough because of the tolerances required in some of the intrinsic and extrinsic parameters that are associated with the calibration process, along with fundamental imperfections that are associated with the manufacturing and assembly process itself. As a result, residual error in calibration is left over, with no known methods to mitigate such errors. Residual error mitigation is presented in this work to address the shortcomings that are associated with calibration of multiview camera systems. Residual error mitigation may be performed inline with a given calibration approach, or may be presented as a secondary processing step that is more application specific. Residual error mitigation aims at modifying the original parameters that have been estimated during an initial calibration process. These new, modified parameters are then used for triangulation and depth estimation of scene information. This approach also resolves parameter tolerances that are either too cumbersome to measure, or otherwise impossible to measure for practical stereo and multiview camera production and calibration applications.
US10666924B2
A virtual viewpoint image generation system generates a virtual viewpoint image based on a plurality of captured images obtained by capturing an image capturing target region from a plurality of different directions, and position information relating to a virtual viewpoint position. The system comprises: a plurality of image capturing apparatuses; a daisy-chain-type topology network; an obtainment unit configured to obtain the position information relating to the virtual viewpoint position; and a generation unit configured to generate the virtual viewpoint image based on the position information and the data based on each captured image of the plurality of image capturing apparatuses obtained via the daisy-chain-type topology network.
US10666916B1
Modulated circular polarization viewing systems and methods that cause temporal modulation of color, brightness, or both, of objects treated with materials having differential polarization reflectance.
US10666903B1
Techniques are described by which multiple, independently encoded video streams may be combined into a single decodable video stream. These techniques take advantage of existing features of commonly used video codecs that support the independent encoding of different regions of an image frame (e.g., H.264 slices or HEVC tiles). Instead of including different parts of the same image, each region corresponds to the encoded image data of the frames of one of the independent video streams.
US10666901B1
A system in a vehicle comprises one or more sensors configured to obtain occupant information indicating a stress level of an occupant of the vehicle. The system also includes a wireless transceiver in communication with a mobile device including a camera configured to monitor the occupant, and a controller in communication with the one or more sensors and the wireless transceiver, wherein the controller is configured to determine a stress-level of the occupant utilizing at least the occupant information, initiate a video conference session on the mobile device between the occupant and one or more contacts of the occupant in response to the determination of the stress level of the occupant exceeding a threshold, and output on a vehicle display the video conference between the occupant and the one or more contacts.
US10666899B2
A visitor computer device and user interface for a computer-implemented video visitation system of a correctional facility includes a processor, a display and an input element for use by a non-incarcerated visitor at a remote location from the correctional facility. The visitor computer device is configured, via a visitor interface presented on the visitor computer device, to accept a selection from a uniquely identified and confirmed authorized non-incarcerated visitor to initiate a visitation session with a uniquely identified one of the incarcerated inmates in the correctional facility. A visitation services computer system is configured to receive the accepted selection, transmit an invitation to a visitation session to the uniquely identified one of the incarcerated inmates in the correctional facility via an inmate computing device in the correctional facility without requiring endpoint control to schedule or initiate the visitation session by administrative personnel of the correctional facility, and establish an interconnection between the visitor computer device and the inmate computer device to commence an electronic visitation session.
US10666894B2
According to one embodiment of the invention, a computerized method for reporting events from a television that supports transmission and playback of digital content in accordance with an Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) standard. The method comprises downloading a triggered declarative object (TDO), which includes a reporting script, for storage within a digital receiver of the television. Thereafter, information associated with one or more detected events that occur during playback of the digital content is recorded and subsequently, upon execution of the reporting script, is output over a communication path separate from a communication path of the received digital content.
US10666891B2
An apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes: one or more memories, and circuitry which, in operation; decodes a video stream to generate a first video signal with a first luminance range; acquires characteristic data indicating the luminance range of the first video signal; converts the characteristic data into control information according to a predetermined transmission protocol; and outputs the control information in accordance with the predetermined transmission protocol.
US10666890B2
A video signal processing apparatus (202) for transmitting a video signal when the apparatus (202) is powered on. The video signal is one of a first video signal (CLK1, DATA1) and a second video signal (CLK2, DATA2). The first video signal comprises a first video clock (CLK1) and first video data (DATA1), and the second video signal comprises a second video clock (CLK2) and second video data (DATA2). The apparatus (202) is arranged to detect at an input of the apparatus (202) a presence or an absence of the first video signal, transmit the first video signal to an output of the apparatus (202) when the first video signal is detected, and transmit the second video signal to the output of the apparatus (202) when the first video signal is not detected, the second video signal being already stored in a memory (204) of the apparatus (202).
US10666877B2
Methods and systems for synopsizing videos of an incident from multiple moving video cameras. One system includes an electronic processor configured to receive a first video from a first moving video camera, receive a second video from a second moving video camera, determine a first motion characteristic of the first video, and determine a second motion characteristic of the second video. The electronic processor is further configured to generate a comparison between the first motion characteristic and the second motion characteristic, modify the second video based on the comparison such that the second motion characteristic aligns with the first motion characteristic, and generate, after modifying the second video, a combined video including at least a portion of both the first video and the second video.
US10666870B2
An image processing apparatus includes an image processing unit configured to generate a first video signal for a first display apparatus, a correction unit configured to generate, when the first video signal is displayed on a second display apparatus operative to represent a brightness range narrower than a brightness range representable by the first display apparatus, correction information for correcting brightness of the video, and a recording unit configured to associate the correction information generated by the correction unit with the first video signal and hold the associated information.
US10666860B2
An image processor includes a first converter to convert input images into images in a different coordinate system from that of the input images according to first conversion data based on a projection model, a position detector to detect a connecting position of the images converted by the converter, a corrector to correct the first conversion data on the basis of a result of the detection by the position detector, and a data generator to generate second conversion data for image synthesis from the conversion data corrected by the corrector on the basis of coordinate conversion, the second conversion data defining the conversion of the input images.
US10666859B2
A self-photographing control method, a self-photographing control device and an electronic device are provided. The self-photographing control method includes the steps of acquiring a first original image, selecting a human eye from the first original image as a main eye for controlling photographing, acquiring an action of the main eye, and triggering a photographing operation if the action of the main eye meets a set condition.
US10666856B1
Systems and methods for providing augmented reality feedback from a camera system are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method includes providing a display at least partially overlaying a second field of view of a user, and a camera system having the first field of view different than the second field of view; mapping a first region of the first field of view to a second region of the second field of view; and augmenting the second field of view via the display by highlighting the second region over the second field of view.
US10666842B2
A camera body includes a DCL terminal, a DLC terminal, and a LCLK terminal, that perform communication with a lens apparatus by a first voltage, or a second voltage that differs from the first voltage. The camera body also includes a DLC2 terminal that is only used when communication using the DCL terminal, DLC terminal, and LCLK terminal is performed by the first voltage. The DLC2 terminal is disposed adjacent to the LCLK terminal.
US10666839B2
A method, system, and computer program product to correct for optical distortion in media captured by a camera in a liquid environment. The method includes detecting immersion of an image capturing device in a liquid environment. The method further includes determining a most recent location of the image capturing device and accessing a geographical database to determine a specific liquid environment that is associated with the most recent location. The method further includes automatically retrieving a corrected camera refractive index corresponding to the specific liquid environment. The method further includes intercepting live image data of a current scene that is captured by at least one camera sensor of the image capturing device and applying the corrected camera refractive index to the live image data to correct for an optical distortion in the live image data. The method further includes providing the corrected live image data to an output device.
US10666827B1
Note sheets, having opposite free and adhesive edges, removably attached to documents are individuated and scanned. A document-edge bearing device shifts away from a document to allow the document's edge nearest its note sheet's free edge to droop under its own weight and open a free-edge-document gap. A scanning control unit situates into the gap a note-wedging guide component of a pivotal scanning device carried on a note-targeting platform, and having a note-sheet scanner and rollers for moving a removable note sheet across the scanner, both to peel the note sheet off its document, and to scan the note sheet. In a note-sheet presence/position detecting mechanism, document-edge pressing sliders wrinkle a document, and a control-linked sensor detects a shading-difference-originating gap between the free edge of any removable note sheet, and the document to which it is attached, to determine physical presence and document-relative position of the note sheet.
US10666814B2
A maintenance system includes a plurality of apparatuses and a maintenance server. Each apparatus: transmits log data indicating a state of the apparatus to the maintenance server; receives a prediction model from the maintenance server, the prediction model predicting the occurrence of an abnormal state of the plurality of apparatuses; determines whether the abnormal state of the apparatus occurs based on the prediction model to generate a determination result; and transmits the determination result indicating the occurrence of the abnormal state of the apparatus to the maintenance server. The maintenance server: generates the prediction model based on the log data received from each of the plurality of apparatuses; and issues an instruction of a maintenance work for one or more of the plurality of apparatuses that transmit the determination result.
US10666810B2
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems and methods for a collaboration conferencing system to track a total number of concurrently utilized ports across any number of conferencing bridges of the network for a particular customer and one or more billing actions may occur based on this tracking. This may result in an alternate billing option for the customer's use of the system. Further, a telecommunications network administrator may provide access to the collaboration conferencing system based on a total number of concurrently utilized ports rather than on a per conference or per minute basis. With the information of the number of purchased ports by the customer, the administrator may more accurately predict an available capacity for the collaboration conferencing system needed to support all of the users of the system and the potential collaboration conferences.
US10666800B1
Embodiments of the present invention pertain to reducing or eliminating speech recognition error when background noise is detected at a caller's location. For example, when background noise is detected at the caller's location, the caller may be prompted to use dual-tone multi-frequency (DTMF).
US10666797B2
The present disclosure provides a system and a method for voice prompt of a third-party call. The system includes a contact identification module, a hands-free control module and a voice broadcast module. The contact identification module is for identifying whether a third-party incoming call number exists in an address book of a communication device. The hands-free control module is for extracting a current call status when a third-party call dials in to help judge whether the current call is in hands-free mode. The voice broadcast module is for voice broadcasting information of the incoming call according to the identification result of the contact identification module when the current call is in hands-free mode. The present system could broadcast the information of the third-party incoming call without breaking off the current call so that prevents missing important content of the current call as well as an important incoming call.
US10666796B2
The present invention relates to a method and a network device for setting up a voice call. The invention further relates to computer programs and computer program products comprising computer readable medium having the computer programs stored thereon. In a first aspect of the invention a method of setting up a voice call between a first party and a second party is provided. The method comprises acquiring information pertaining to at least one detected state of at least one of the first and the second party, determining whether the acquired information pertaining to the at least one detected state of the at least one of the first and the second party satisfies at least one criterion of a scheduling policy for setting up the voice call; and if so causing the voice call to be set up between the first party and the second party.
US10666791B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for evaluating the quality of a communication session. One of the methods includes identifying, by a communication system, a communication session between one or more users of the communication system, wherein, during the communication session, session data is routed between a first communications device of a first user of the communication system and one or more other communications devices along a communication path; obtaining, from each of a plurality of communication nodes along the communication path, quality data relating to a quality of the communication session at the communication node; generating, using the quality data, a model input to a quality score machine learning model; and providing the model input as input to the quality score machine learning model to generate the estimated quality score for at least the portion of the communication session.
US10666789B2
A control method for sensors of a mobile terminal is provided, which includes: a to-be-enabled sensor in the sensors of the mobile terminal is determined according to a sensor enabling instruction; when determining that a sensor power-on event of the mobile terminal is triggered, a power-on delay of a target sensor of the mobile terminal is acquired, wherein the target sensor at least includes the to-be-enabled sensor and, when there is one target sensor, the power-on delay of the target sensor is shorter than a maximum power-on delay of the sensors of the mobile terminal; in response to determining that the power-on delay corresponding to the target sensor is reached at a present moment, state resetting is executed on the target sensor; and when the state resetting is completed, the to-be-enabled sensor is enabled to become an enabled sensor, and acquired data of the enabled sensor is reported.
US10666788B2
A device and method for locking in button context based on a source contact of an electronic communication is provided. An electronic communication is received, via a communication interface, from a source contact. A controller detects that a button, of one or more buttons external to the device, has been activated, each of the one or more buttons mapped to activation of respective functions. The controller identifies a respective function mapped to the button. When the button is activated within a threshold time period after receiving the electronic communication, the controller performs the respective function using the source contact from which the electronic communication was received. When the button is activated after the threshold time period, the controller performs the respective function independent of the source contact.
US10666785B2
Methods and apparatuses for communications between a wearable device, a headset that can be attached to and detached from the wearable device, and a communications device. The wearable device detects when a user detaches the headset and establishes a Bluetooth connection between the headset and the wearable device or between the headset and another communications device.
US10666776B1
The invention provides a method, device, storage medium and terminal device for controlling device operation, the method including: receiving a control signal sent by the control device, where the data structure of the control signal comprises a preamble, a header and a data packet in sequence, the preamble comprises an operating frequency, and the data packet comprises a control command; reading information from the control signal according to an arrangement timing of the control signal; when the preamble is read, adjusting an operating frequency of the receiving device according to the operating frequency included the preamble; when the header is read, the data packet is sampled according to a set sampling duration; and the sampled control command is executed according to the adjusted operating frequency. With the present invention, the control quality of the control signal is improved.
US10666774B2
Processing a message that includes a sequence of data fields, each including data in a native format of the message. Program code for handling the message is analyzed to determine an intended destination of the message and an associated operation of the intended destination. A data format for the operation of the intended destination may then be determined. Based on this data format, data of the message may be passed to the intended destination in either the native format of the message or a parsed format differing from the native format.
US10666762B2
Systems and methods for selecting content based on an event associated with a device identifier are provided. One or more processors can receive a request to serve content. The processors can identify a device identifier associated with the request. The processors can determine, from the device identifier, an event for which to serve content. The processors can determine, from the request, a length of time between a time the request to serve content is received and a time at which the event is scheduled to occur. The processors can select, based on the determined length of time and event parameters associated with the event, content for display and provide the selected content for display at a computing device associated with the device identifier.
US10666754B2
An information handling system includes first and second servers, and a storage controller. The storage controller to initialize a first virtual function for the first server, to initialize a second virtual function for the second server, to assign equal amounts of a first portion of a memory to the first and second virtual functions, to profile an input/output workload of the first and second virtual functions, to allocate amounts of a second portion of the memory to the first and second virtual functions based on a first input/output profile of each of the virtual functions, and to allocate a remaining portion of the memory as a global section of the memory for use by any of the virtual functions.
US10666750B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for facilitating and improving push messaging provided to users. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, from a user device, a request to subscribe to a push messaging service, selecting a given phone number that is uniquely associated with the user based on the received request, transmitting, to a user device, a first message that presents visual information at the user device and includes the given phone number, receiving, by the one or more servers, a second message addressed to the given phone number, selecting an additional message that presents additional visual information at the user device based, at least in part, on the message received from the user device and one or more of a geolocation of the mobile device or a time of day, and transmitting the additional message to the user device.
US10666749B2
A system and method is provided for converting RFID tag information into presence documents and, in particular, a system, topologies and a method is provided for leveraging session initiation protocol (SIP) to integrate RFID tag information into presence documents. The method is implemented in a computing environment, which includes receiving RFID information from a RFID gateway and converting the RFID information into a SIP message. The SIP message is published to a presence server.
US10666740B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system comprises at least one processor and controls an application session. The system suspends a first application session of a first user conducted for an application on a computing device. A second application session is established for a second different user from the first application session and conducted on the computing device for the same application. The second application session is associated with a set of conditions for terminating the second application session. The second application session is terminated in response to occurrence of the set of associated conditions. The first application session is resumed in response to termination of the second application session. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for controlling an application session in substantially the same manner described above.
US10666737B2
A method for an intermediary node to reduce a number of server-client sessions between a server (104) and a plurality of clients (102a, 102b, 102c) communicably connected to the server (104) over a network is disclosed. The intermediary node (106) intercepts a first request and a second request destined to the server (104) from a first client (102a; 102b; 102c) and a second client (102a; 102b; 102c). The intermediary node (106) establishes a server-client session, between the intermediary node (106) and the server (104), using the first request. If the first request overlaps in part with the second request and if a part of the second request is not overlapping with the first request, the intermediary node (106) updates the server-client session between the intermediary node (106) and the server (104) to include a part of the second request.
US10666732B2
One embodiment includes a network apparatus at a store for allowing digital amenities to be accessed at the store by a mobile device of a user. The network apparatus includes a network interface, a storage module to keep digital amenities and a computing module. The network interface can be designed to couple to the mobile device at the store, and to a computing device outside the store. The network interface can be designed to recognize the mobile device at the store based on a piece of software related to the store in the mobile device. The computing module can be designed to help the mobile device to access a first digital amenity from the storage module in view of the piece of software. Based on the access, a second digital amenity from the computing device can be pre-stored at the storage module.
US10666727B2
Generally discussed herein are systems, devices, and methods for data distribution in a distributed data processing system (DDPS). A device of a distributed data processing system may include a storage device to store data regarding data nodes (DNs), switches, and racks on which the DNs and at least some of the switches reside, and circuitry to receive, from a name node or a client node of the DDPS and coupled to the device, a first communication indicating one or more DNs to which a portion of a file is to be replicated, determine a component in a data path between the client node and one or more of the DNs at which to mirror the portion of the file, and provide a second communication indicating the component at which the data is to be mirrored, one or more of the DNs to receive the portion of the tile, and the corresponding one or more of the racks on which the DNs reside.
US10666726B2
In a server (10), all column data items are extracted from a master data storage unit (11) and sent to a client (20) in addition to target data corresponding to a data acquisition request that has been sent from the client (20), and in the client (20), the target data and data items received from the server (10) are displayed on a screen in a user-interface selectable mode, thereby making it possible to download from the server (10) to the client (20) the minimum target data required when attempting to perform a desired process on the client (20), and doing away with the waste associated with downloading all the data. In addition, by also downloading and displaying in a selectable manner on a screen data items pertaining to data other than the target data, a user can be shown, in an operable-like manner, data items pertaining to actual data without downloading the actual data.
US10666720B2
A method for maintaining a persistent master identifier includes receiving a first plurality of clusters including a first plurality of user device identifiers and at least one first cluster attribute associated with the first plurality of identifiers. The first plurality of user device identifiers is stored as separate entries in a master table. Each entry includes at least a persistent master identifier, a user device identifier contained within the identified cluster, and the at least one attribute associated with the identifier. A second plurality of clusters including a second plurality of user device identifiers and at least one attribute associated with the second plurality of identifiers is received. Persistence of each entry in the master table is determined based on a comparison between the second plurality of clusters and the master table. The second plurality of clusters is selectively associated with a persistent master identifier based on the comparison.
US10666714B2
Disclosed aspects relate to data integration application execution management using both a set of managed nodes and a set of unmanaged nodes. An execution request for a data integration application may be sensed. A first set of commands of the data integration application may be assigned to the set of managed nodes. A second set of commands of the data integration application may be assigned to the set of unmanaged nodes. Execution of the data integration application may be initiated using the set of managed nodes to process the first set of commands and the set of unmanaged nodes to process the second set of commands.
US10666700B2
The present disclosure relates to a method performed in a network server of a service provider providing a service comprising media streaming. The method comprises receiving a detection message from a mobile radio device running the service for a user registered with the service provider, said message comprising an indication that said radio device has detected a radio transmitter as well as comprising an identifier of said radio transmitter. The method also comprises determining that the radio transmitter, as identified by the received identifier, is registered with the service provider and associated with one or more actions. The method also comprises electing an action of the one or more actions. The method also comprises sending an instructions message to the radio device, said message comprising instructions to modify the service such that the radio device performs the elected action.
US10666697B2
Examples of the present invention provide a method of converting a multicast stream into unicast segments. In particular, sequence identifiers are generated based on a clock reference field in the transport stream packets that make up the multicast stream. Every time a new sequence identifier is calculated, a new unicast segment is generated and assigned with the new sequence identifier. Transport stream packets are placed into the new segment until a packet is processed that causes a new sequence identifier to be generated, at which point another new segment is generated and packets placed into that segment. In an improved method, random access indicators in the transports stream packets are used to further constrain when a new segment is generated, to ensure that new segments are coincident with a packet having a random access indicator. This improvement makes random access easier back and forth between and within a stream.
US10666695B2
Method and apparatus for applying reputation scoring to participants in a group chat session in a computer network. The group chat session is displayed in the form of a visually perceptible conversation arranged as a sequence of communications by a group of users of network accessible devices. Each user has an associated reputation score generated responsive to at least one characteristic of a previous communication by the associated user. Each network accessible device displays each communication using a visual indicia selected in relation to a magnitude of the associated reputation score for the user who generated the communication. The visible indica can take a variety of forms such as different sizes of comments, different color schemes, different fonts, and so on.
US10666691B2
A request to establish a communication session between the first communication endpoint and a second communication endpoint is received. For example, the request may be a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE message to establish a voice communication session. A security classification for the communication session is determined. For example, the determined security classification may be that the call is top secret or unclassified. The security classification is not based on whether the communication session is solely encrypted. The security classification is inserted into the request to establish the communication session. The request to establish the communication session with the security classification is sent to the second communication endpoint. This allows the second endpoint to display the security classification. A similar process is used in a response to the request to establish the communication session to convey the security classification to the first communication endpoint.
US10666690B2
Described herein are systems and methods in which resource-related content is provided to a number of mobile devices. In some embodiments, as a content provider streams a media presentation or a live real-world event occurs, it may also provide an indication of a resource to a content distribution hub. Upon receiving that indication of the resource, the content distribution hub may identify and/or generate resource-related content relevant to the indicated resource. The resource-related content may then be distributed to a number of subscriber devices according to subscription data maintained by the content distribution hub. In some embodiments, the content hub is also configured to initiate transactions related to the resources.
US10666689B2
At least one security policy is obtained from a policy creator at a controller in an SDN network. The security policy is implemented in the SDN network, via the controller, based on one or more attributes specifying a characteristic of the security policy, a role of the creator of the security policy, and a security privilege level of the role of the creator of the security policy.
US10666686B1
According to one embodiment, a virtualized malware detection system is integrated with a virtual machine host including a plurality of virtual machines and a security virtual machine. Logic within the virtual machines are configured to perform a dynamic analysis of an object and monitor for the occurrence of a triggering event. Upon detection of a triggering event within a virtual machine, the logic within the virtual machine provides the security virtual machine with information associated with the triggering event for further analysis. Based on the further analysis, the object may then be classified as “non-malicious,” or “malicious.”
US10666684B2
A request to access one or more computing resources is received by a system. The system performs one or more operations in response to the request according to one or more security polices, the one or more operations selected according to a substantially random selection process. A response to the request is caused based at least in part on the one or more operations.
US10666682B2
A new approach is proposed that contemplates systems and methods to support flexible reconfiguration of a network chip by an external entity, such as a baseboard management controller (BMC), while maintaining a secured environment for the chip so that it can be booted securely. The network chip is configured to designate one or more of its networking ports to the BMC and allow the BMC to configure the designated networking ports without violating the secure areas of the network chip. The network chip is configured to allow the BMC to access a plurality of registers of the network chip via a Network Controller Sideband Interface (NC-SI) block of the network chip by issuing a plurality NC-SI compliant commands. By configuring the designated networking ports, the BMC is configured to establish a data path to a management software of a platform that includes the network chip though the designated networking ports.
US10666676B1
Targeted email attacks are detected using feature combinations of known abnormal emails, interflow shapes formed by an email with other emails, or both. An email received in an endpoint computer system is scanned to identify abnormal features indicative of a targeted email attack and the abnormal features of the email are checked against abnormal feature combinations. The email can also be scanned to identify an interflow shape formed by the email with other emails and the interflow shape is checked against interflow shapes of known targeted email attacks.
US10666669B2
A computer-implemented method includes: detecting, by a user device, an event that indicates a potential security compromise of the user device; determining, by the user device, a service accessible on the user device; sending, by the user device, a breach notification to a service provider corresponding to the service accessible on the user device; receiving, by the user device, a security profile from the service provider; and restricting, by the user device, access to the service provider by a client of the service provider on the user device until the security profile is satisfied by a user completing a security challenge defined in the security profile.
US10666667B2
A system and method for conducting a computer based candidate assessment in an examination center has been described. The system primarily involves a candidate assessment device in communication with the computer. The candidate assessment device further comprises an operating system and an assessment application. The candidate assessment device captures the proctoring data of the candidate during assessment. The system also includes plurality of sensors including camera and biometric sensor. The biometric data captured from biometric sensor is used to authenticate the identity of the candidate using the UIDAI database. The system also includes an external communication device to sniff a plurality of external communication within vicinity of the candidate. Further, the proctoring data is provided to an assessment server. And assessment server raise an alarm if one of a predefined suspicious activity is detected.
US10666665B2
A confirmation apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine whether an information processing apparatus that has transmitted a security confirmation instruction executes communication via a firewall, a setting unit configured to set predetermined ports as inspection targets in a first case where the determination unit determines that the information processing apparatus executes communication via the firewall, and set ports listed in a used port list received from the information processing apparatus as the inspection targets in a second case where the determination unit determines that the information processing apparatus executes communication without interposing the firewall, an inspection unit configured to inspect ports set as the inspection targets by the setting unit, and a notification unit configured to notify the information processing apparatus of an inspection result acquired by the inspection unit.
US10666664B2
Systems and methods are described that permit social media users to delay posting social media updates to various social media recipients based on location privacy concerns. In one embodiment, a social media update created by a user is received. A location-based suggested time delay associated with a social media recipient is generated. The user is presented with the location-based suggested time delay, and a user-selected time delay is received. The social media update is sent to the social media recipient only after the user-selected time delay elapses.
US10666662B2
Systems and methods for providing access to media content by connecting, to a public device, a private device that does not have an installed application associated with the media content. A media guidance application may receive a communication from a private device requesting to access content using the public device. In response, the media guidance application may retrieve, at the public device, a public interface application and private interface application from a content provider of the content. The private interface application, which may be configured to control a graphical user interface of the public interface application, may then be transmitted to the private device. Accordingly, the user may be able to access content via the public device when the private device is within a predetermined proximity to the public device.
US10666659B2
A system for dynamically managing email access and content is described, wherein the email system based on email rules and filters may modify emails presented to users or limit access to the email content via a specific architecture.
US10666658B2
Various embodiments herein each include at least one of systems, methods, software, processes, and devices for trusted network entity secure connectivity. Some system and method embodiments include a network of trusted network entities, such as devices and processes, which unlock themselves and their services only when additional security checks are applied for any of the available radio devices and processes on the network in the vicinity. Such embodiments operate to provide an additional level of security to the trusted network entity communication and approval to unlock each other.
US10666657B1
One or more clients of a service may obtain access to resources of the service using one or more roles. A role may be used to delegate access to resources that a client normally would not otherwise have access to. A requestor may make a request to assume an intermediary role and receive a first token that enables assumption of the intermediary role. The requestor, after assuming the intermediary role, may request to assume to assume a destination role and receive a second token that enables the requestor to access one or more computing resources by assuming the destination role.
US10666648B2
Systems and methods as provided herein may create a biometric model associated with a user. The created biometric model may be used to generate challenges that are presented to the user for authentication purposes. A user response to the challenge may be compared to an expected response, and if the user response matches within a predetermined error of the expected response, the user may be authenticated. The systems and methods may further generate challenges that are adaptively designed to address weaknesses or errors in the created model such that the model is more closely associated with a user and the user is more likely to be the only person capable of successfully responding to the generated challenges.
US10666645B2
A method of performing operations by a processor of a computer terminal, includes determining an operation system (OS) speed scaling gain used by the OS to transform mouse movement data, which is received from a mouse device via a device interface circuit, into mouse speed data that controls positioning of a mouse pointer relative to pixel locations on a display device. A computer terminal identifier is generated based on the OS speed scaling gain. A computer identification message containing the computer terminal identifier is communicated through a network interface circuit. Related computer terminals and computer authentication nodes are disclosed.
US10666640B2
In one embodiment, a device in a network observes traffic between a client and a server for an encrypted session. The device makes a determination that a server certificate should be obtained from the server. The device, based on the determination, sends a handshake probe to the server. The device extracts server certificate information from a handshake response from the server that the server sent in response to the handshake probe. The device uses the extracted server certificate information to analyze the traffic between the client and the server.
US10666634B2
An example implementation may involve a computing system receiving, from a media playback system, a request to initiate playback of a cloud queue. The cloud queue may currently have a first access status that authorizes a first set of queue operations, which may include playback of the cloud queue. After receiving the request to initiate playback, the computing system may cause audio tracks of the cloud queue to be queued in a local queue of the media playback system such that the media playback system may playback audio tracks of the cloud queue via the local queue. The computing system may modify the access status of the cloud queue to a second access status. This second access status may authorize a second set of queue operations on the cloud queue. The computing system may cause access to the local queue to be restricted to the second set of queue operations.
US10666633B2
Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for facilitating communications initiated through a social networking account. A detected message communicated using a social networking account can be determined to satisfy a response criteria. Code for displaying a communications initiation feature on a customer communications apparatus associated with the social networking account can be transmitted. Selection information representing a selection of the communications initiation feature can be received and can include a parameter associated with the selection and origin information. The selection information can be validated by determining that the selection is associated with the social networking account and by comparing the parameter with a stored credential associated with the communications initiation feature. When the selection is validated, the communications can be facilitated.
US10666624B2
A method by a mesh device is described. The method includes de-obfuscating first information of a received packet with a privacy key that matches a network identifier (NID) of the packet. The method also includes determining whether to decrypt second information of the packet based on the de-obfuscated first information.
US10666622B2
A disclosed example includes downloading a local proxy responsive to a request by a browser; obtaining and installing a configuration profile; activating an internal virtual private network service; establishing the local proxy through the internal virtual private network service; and running the local proxy.
US10666613B2
An edge server of a distributed edge compute and routing service receives a tunnel connection request from a tunnel client residing on an origin server, that requests a tunnel be established between the edge server and the tunnel client. The request identifies the hostname that is to be tunneled. An IP address is assigned for the tunnel. DNS record(s) are added or changed that associate the hostname with the assigned IP address. Routing rules are installed in the edge servers of the distributed edge compute and routing service to reach the edge server for the tunneled hostname. The edge server receives a request for a resource of the tunneled hostname from another edge server that received the request from a client, where the other edge server is not connected to the origin server. The request is transmitted from the edge server to the origin server over the tunnel.
US10666611B2
System and method for supporting multiple concurrent SL to VL mappings in a high performance computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, systems and methods can provide for two or more SL to VL mappings per ingress switch port in a network switched fabric. By allowing for multiple such mappings, greater virtual lane independence can be achieved while continuing to achieve quality of service guarantees.
US10666609B2
Systems, methods, and software described herein facilitate the management of virtual clusters in a large-scale processing environment. In one implementation, a method of operating a control node includes receiving a request to configure a virtual cluster with one or more data processing nodes, and identifying a tenant associated with the request. The method further provides identifying a namespace for the tenant, and identifying internet protocol (IP) addresses for the one or more data processing nodes. The method also includes generating namespace to IP address pairs for the one or more data processing nodes based on the namespace and the IP addresses, and configuring a domain name system (DNS) for the virtual cluster with the namespace to IP address pairs.
US10666600B2
Embodiments provide integrated reply functionality within the context of a contact card or panel. Contact information is provided for display in the contact card (e.g., a portion of a user interface of a computing device). The contact information is associated with a contact. The contact information identifies one or more transport modes for communication with the contact. In some embodiments, the computing device receives a request from a user to communicate with the contact via at least one selected transport mode. Based on the received request, the computing device provides an input field within the contact card. In other embodiments, the transport mode is automatically selected and the input field is displayed. Data from the user is received into the input field for communication to the contact. The computing device sends the data received into the input field to the contact via the selected transport mode. The integrated reply functionality is accessible from a conversation history displayed in the contact card.
US10666598B2
A method, system, and/or computer program product alter a state of a transmitted message. One or more processors detect an initial broadcast of a message. The message includes a time-sensitive posting, which is related to an event that occurs at an event time. Processor(s) then compare a current time to the event time. In response to determining that the current time is within a predefined time period in proximity to the event time, processor(s) issue an instruction to alter a state of the message.
US10666593B2
A messaging and collaboration system creates channels pertaining to respective resource objects, and provides users with access to channels in accordance with access controls of the resource objects. The messaging and collaboration system manages sub-conversations as channel threads. A messaging interface provides an organized view of the channels and threads to which are user has access, and ties such channels and/or threads to the resource objects to which they pertain.
US10666585B2
A communication device receives an out-of-office message regarding a first contact. An application executing on the communication device displays a name of the first contact and an out-of-office indication regarding the first contact without displaying said out-of-office message.
US10666567B2
A method for data communication between a first node and a second node over a data path coupling the first node and the second node includes maintaining a transmission limit according to an increase function, wherein the increase function has a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being controllable separately from the second portion using a first parameter and the second portion being controllable separately from the first portion using a second parameter.
US10666566B2
The present invention discloses a network traffic control system capable of properly using bandwidth of a local area network (LAN). An embodiment of the system includes a master device and at least one slave device(s). The master device and the slave device(s) belong to the same LAN. The master device is configured to receive at least one flow notification packet(s) from each slave device, and determine flow allocation of the master device and each slave device according to the flow notification packet(s) and a total flow threshold. The master device is further configured to generate at least one flow control packet(s) according to the flow allocation of all the slave device(s) and transmit one or more packet(s) in accordance with the flow control packet(s) to each of the slave device(s), so that each slave device determines flow allocation of its executing network-dependent program(s) according to the one or more packet(s).
US10666555B2
In a radio telecommunications network, a serving gateway support node controls connections between user equipment nodes and a packet-based network that pass through at least one serving gateway and at least one packet gateway. The serving gateway support node detects that a serving gateway has failed. The serving gateway support node maintains a connection corresponding to the failed serving gateway. The serving gateway support node receives a General Packet Radio Service Tunneling Protocol (GTP) message from the serving gateway, and detects a restart of the serving gateway based on a restart counter value included in the GTP message. After detecting the restart, the serving gateway support node restores the connection to the serving gateway. Related methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10666554B2
An Inter-Chassis Link (ICL) failure management system includes a first switch device and a second switch device coupled together by an Inter-Chassis Link (ICL) that is included in a control network and that is configured to provide a primary control channel for transmitting control information between the first switch device and the second switch device. A third switch device is coupled to each of the first switch device and the second switch device by a first aggregated link. When the first switch device determines that the ICL is unavailable, it causes a first port and a second port that provide the first aggregated link to be added to the control network to provide a primary backup control channel. The first switch device may then send control information to the second switch device through the primary backup control channel via the first port and the second port.
US10666547B2
An autonomous controller for SDN, virtual, and/or physical networks can be used to optimize a network automatically and determine new optimizations as a network scales. The controller trains models that can determine in real-time the optimal path for the flow of data from node A to B in an arbitrary network. The controller processes a network topology to determine relative importance of nodes in the network. The controller reduces a search space for a machine learning model by selecting pivotal nodes based on the determined relative importance. When a demand to transfer traffic between two hosts is detected, the controller utilizes an AI model to determine one or more of the pivotal nodes to be used in routing the traffic between the two hosts. The controller determines a path between the two hosts which comprises the selected pivotal nodes and deploys a routing configuration for the path to the network.
US10666546B2
A network device including a first network interface adapted to communicate with at least one further network device within a sub-network, and a proxy module adapted to provide control and information retrieval functionality relating to the at least one further network device to network devices outside the sub-network.
US10666544B1
Network route control plane data, advertised by one or more routers on a network, is received from a passive discovery module. The passive discovery module is configured to communicate with the routers using one or more routing protocols, but not to advertise route data. The received network route control plane data is compared to network element data stored in a network element database. If the received network route control plane data is not contained in the network element database, the received network route control plane data is stored in the network element database. If the received network route control plane data is contained in the network element data database, the received network route control plane data is compared to target asset data stored in a target asset database. If the received network route control plane data is not contained in the target asset database, the received network route control plane data is stored in the target asset database. The target asset database is analyzed for unscanned targets. Data describing unscanned targets is delivered to an active discovery module.
US10666543B2
The present application relates to methods and systems for intelligently routing requests to one of a plurality of redundant servers. The methods and systems route the requests to a most highly ranked redundant server. The redundant servers are dynamically rank according to ranking information, wherein the ranking information may include server performance information, server response information, next step performance information, next step response information, historic information and other like information. Next step response information and next step performance information corresponds to information pertaining to servers the plurality of redundant servers depend upon. The methods and systems may further randomly re-rank the plurality of redundant servers. The methods and systems may further re-route unprocessed requests meeting non-performance criteria.
US10666539B2
A signal generator for broadcasting signals to a device under test is described. Said signal generator comprises a broadcasting unit configured to broadcast a signal and a controller unit configured to send a composite signal to the broadcasting unit. Said composite signal emulates several signals from multiple access points. Further, a method and a test system for testing a device under test are described.
US10666538B2
Method for testing a radio frequency (RF) data packet signal transceiver device under test (DUT) via a wireless signal medium that enables final functional testing of a fully assembled DUT without requiring wired signal connections. System performance characteristics indicative of manufacturing assembly defects, such as defective antennas or subsystem connections, can be performed using over the air (OTA) test signals communicated wirelessly between the DUT and a tester. By using actual DUT performance characteristics determined during earlier manufacturing tests, such as receiver sensitivity and transmitter power, and known power levels available from the tester transmitter, the OTA signal path loss (i.e., attenuation of the wireless signal) can be estimated and used to confirm the final state of system operation.
US10666536B1
A system for detecting network assets or attributes related to a network entity includes an input interface and a processor. The input interface is to receive a seed. The seed is associated with the network entity. The processor is to determine a first set of network assets or attributes associated with the seed and to determine a second set of network assets or attributes based at least in part on the first set of assets or attributes.
US10666532B1
A system includes Session-Initiation-Protocol (SIP) servers that provide services for a respective set of endpoints. A monitor server can receive connectivity status of the respective set of endpoints based on registration status provided by the endpoints to the SIP servers. Based upon the received connectivity status, endpoints having connectivity problems are parsed into one or more subgroups. Potential problem sources are identified for the connectivity problems of the parsed endpoints. For each of the subgroups, the monitor server determines whether the subgroup exceeds a corresponding trigger threshold. In response a corresponding trigger threshold being exceeded, an action profile specifying an entity is accessed. A notification is transmitted to the entity.
US10666531B2
A publish/subscribe interface is used to enable a non-publish/subscribe first system (such as an IP network device) to obtain status information about a publish/subscribe device that cannot be pinged by the first system. The first system sends a status request to a domain name server. The status request includes a domain name for the publish/subscribe device. Topic space maintained by a message broker in the publish/subscribe system includes status topics associated with publish/subscribe devices. The status topics contents reflect the current availability of the associated publish/subscribe device.
US10666519B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and device for determining a physical position of an electronic device. The method comprises obtaining, at a power distribution unit (PDU) that provides power supply for the electronic device, a position identifier of a physical position of the PDU from a radio frequency (RF) tag reader. The method further comprises providing to a computing device the position identifier, a network address of the PDU and a network address of the electronic device associated with the network address of the PDU so that the computing device determines the physical position of the electronic device.
US10666517B2
The application is directed to a cloud computing platform. The cloud computing platform includes a memory having instructions stored thereon for managing updates the cloud computing platform. The cloud computing platform also includes a controller, operably coupled to the memory. The controller is configured to execute an instruction of identifying an update for an existing cloud computing service operating on the cloud computing platform. The controller is also configured to download the update for the existing service. The controller is also configured to merge the differences between the downloaded update and the existing service to create a new image. The controller is also configured to test the new image offline. Further, the controller is configured to validate the new image online.
US10666512B2
Systems and methods for configuring a device to operate based on a current configuration state of the device in a manner agnostic to an assumed configuration state of a device. Systems can include a local state aware device manager and a state aware device configuration agnostic mediator. Methods can include locally determining an actual current configuration state of a device in operation, generating desired configuration instructions based on the actual current configuration state of the device, and locally configuring the device to operate according to the desired configuration instructions.
US10666510B2
A parallel processing device includes a parallel processing engine implemented by a processor. The parallel processing engine is configured to execute a shell script for each particular processing job in a queue of processing jobs to run. The shell script is configured to dynamically generate a configuration file for each particular processing job. The configuration file instructs a network of computing systems to run the particular processing job using a particular number of parallel partitions corresponding to a parallel partitions parameter associated with the particular job. The configuration file includes randomized scratch directories for computing nodes within the network of computing systems and a calculated container size for the particular processing job. Each processing job is run on the network of computing systems according to the dynamically-generated configuration file of the particular processing job.
US10666508B2
Described herein are systems, methods, and software to enhance the management of software defined networking configurations over multiple hosting environments. In one implementations, a sync service receives a software defined networking configuration from a software defined networking manager of a first hosting site. Once received, the sync service determines differencing data between the software defined networking configuration and a second software defined networking configuration received previously by the sync service from the first hosting site. The sync service further identifies a configuration update for a second software defined networking manager of a second hosting site based on the differencing data, and transfers the configuration update to the second software defined networking manager.
US10666502B2
A communication apparatus (10) according to the present disclosure includes a transmitting unit (11) configured to transmit a packet to a communication apparatus (20) at the other end through a communication line (31), a transmitting unit (12) configured to transmit a packet to the communication apparatus (20) at the other end through a communication line (32), a packet generation unit (13) configured to generate a plurality of packets by duplicating a packet, a monitoring unit (15) configured to monitor communication states of the communication lines (31, 32), and a control unit (14) configured to determine to transmit two or more of the plurality of duplicated packets to the communication apparatus (20) at the other end by using at least one of the communication lines (31, 32) according to the communication states.
