US10676367B2
The present invention relates to a process for the direct synthesis of a material with a CHA zeolite structure in the silicoaluminate form thereof containing copper atoms, which comprises at least the following steps: (i) Preparation of a mixture which contains at least one water source, one copper source, one polyamine, one source of Y tetravalent element, one source of X trivalent element, the tetraethylammonium cation as the only OSDA and one source of alkaline or alkaline earth (A) cations, and wherein the synthesis mixture has the following molar composition: YO2:aX2O3:bOSDA:cA:dH2O:eCu:fpolyamine (ii) Crystallization of the mixture obtained in (i) in a reactor; (iii) Recovery of the crystalline material obtained in (ii).
US10676365B2
At least one embodiment of the present disclosure provides a hydrogenated silane composition containing cyclohexasilane of a cyclic hydrogenated silane having high storage stability.The at least one embodiment of the present disclosure relates to a hydrogenated silane composition, wherein a content ratio of normal hexasilane and silylcyclopentasilane to cyclohexasilane is 0.0020 or less on a mass basis.
US10676340B2
A liquid dispenser filling hose for use in filling a liquid dispenser with liquid from a liquid reservoir via a pump, comprising: a distal coupler for coupling the filling hose to the liquid dispenser; and a controller arranged to control the pump. The liquid dispenser may be filled using a method comprising: providing a liquid reservoir, a pump and a controller arranged to control the pump, and a filling hose having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end of the filling hose being coupled to the liquid reservoir; coupling the distal end of the filling hose via a distal coupler to the liquid dispenser; and transferring liquid from the liquid reservoir via the filling hose to an airless liquid container forming part of the liquid dispenser.A system for filling a liquid dispenser, comprising: the liquid filling hose; and a liquid reservoir and/or liquid supply station is also described.
US10676333B2
The present invention relates to a mobile lifting column for lifting a vehicle, and system and method therefor. The lifting system according to the invention includes: a frame with a moveable carrier configured for carrying the vehicle; a drive which acts on the carrier and is configured for raising and/or lowering the carrier relative to the frame; a displacement mechanism configured for positioning the lifting column; and a controller configured for controlling movement of the carrier, wherein the displacement mechanism has a displacement frame including a housing, a wheel that can be moved relative to this frame between a displacement and a stationary position, a counter force element, and a steering handle that is operatively coupled to the wheel with a linkage mechanism that is configured for moving the wheel relative to this frame.
US10676332B2
A plurality of portable lifts are dynamically configured to form a lift system for raising and lowering of vehicle. Each portable lift is added to the lift system and communicates wirelessly with a centralized control module. Some systems guide the user through a sequenced association of lifts in particular relative positions around the vehicle, while others use automatic position-detection techniques to determine those relative positions without explicit user input. Some systems allow definition of subsystems that can be operated together. Flexible controls may selectively allow operation of individual lifts, pairs or subsystems of lifts, or the full system at once. Controls on each lift may communicate commands for other lifts by way of the centralized control module.
US10676329B2
A balanced cantilevered feeding apparatus for coupling with a jib, and a complementary method for its operation, configured to facilitate depositing and removing of a load through an opening in a building. The apparatus includes two spaced apart upright hoisting assemblies disposed on the jib, and a fly beam hoisted, balanced, and selectively positioned along a lateral axis by the two hoisting assemblies. A load securing member is mounted on a cantilevered extension portion of the fly beam, wherein the member extends beyond one of the two hoisting assemblies toward the building, and a counterweight is connected to the fly beam in the vicinity of another of the two hoisting assemblies.
US10676317B2
A method for operating an elevator system, which may include at least two cars that can move independently of one another within a common elevator shaft, may involve determining with an elevator controller to cause a first car of the at least two cars to perform a transportation process from a start stopping point to a destination stopping point. The elevator controller may determine a starting time and travel parameters according to which the first car carries out the transportation process from the start stopping point to the destination stopping point. The starting time and the travel parameters may be determined by taking into account state parameters of a second car of the at least two cars.
US10676316B2
A method for dynamically adjusting a levelling speed limit of an elevator car during a levelling operation includes obtaining an indication that the elevator car is detected to arrive to a zone; obtaining at least one value indicating the speed of the elevator car, in response to detecting that the elevator car arrives to the zone; and dynamically adjusting the levelling speed limit of the elevator car based on the speed of the elevator car. An elevator control unit and a system are provided to perform at least partly the method.
US10676311B2
A method of manufacturing and a device for manufacturing a partial split-fiber fiber bundle and a partial split-fiber fiber bundle obtained are characterized by piercing a fiber splitting means provided with a plurality of protruding parts into a fiber bundle formed from a plurality of single fibers while making the fiber bundle travel along the longitudinal direction thereof and creating a split-fiber processed part, forming entangled parts where single fibers are interlaced at contact parts with the protruding parts in at least one split-fiber processed part, thereafter pulling the fiber splitting means out of the fiber bundle, and after passing through an entanglement accumulation part including the entangled parts, once again piercing the fiber splitting means into the fiber bundle.
US10676309B2
A cash box has a storage area for storing several notes of value and a counterpressure unit, which delimits the storage area and is movable between first and second positions. The cash box includes a sensor unit with at least one sensor element, the sensor unit emitting a sensor signal that is dependent on the position of the sensor element. The counterpressure unit has a recess for receiving at least a part of the sensor element. The sensor element and the recess are arranged such that the sensor element is only received whenever the counterpressure unit is in the first position and no note of value is present between the sensor element and the recess. The cash box has a control unit which determines on the basis of the sensor signal of the sensor unit and the position of the counterpressure unit whether the cash box is empty.
US10676308B2
Each of a first rotary blade and a second rotary blade includes a rough surface portion and a smooth surface portion. The rough surface portion has a predetermined width from a blade edge at its circumferential edge portion and has an arithmetical mean roughness of greater than 0.5. The smooth surface portion is provided radially inward of the rough surface portion and has an arithmetical mean roughness less than the arithmetical mean roughness of the rough surface portion.
US10676307B1
A tape cutting device includes a device frame adapted to ride along a tape roll. A blade housing may be carried by the device frame. The blade housing may have a pair of spaced-apart tape roll guides and a blade space between the tape roll guides. A blade actuating panel may be pivotally carried by the device frame. A tape cutting blade having a tape cutting edge may be carried by the blade actuating panel. The tape cutting blade may be selectively deployable between a retracted blade position in the blade space and an extended blade position with respect to the blade space in which the tape cutting blade engages the tape roll responsive to pivoting of the blade actuating panel on the device frame. A retaining mechanism may be carried by the tape cutting unit. The retaining mechanism may be adapted to secure the tape cutting unit on the tape roll.
US10676305B2
A cutting apparatus includes a blade configured to cut a sheet that is conveyed along a sheet conveyance path, a scrap path through which scrap generated when the sheet is cut by the blade passes, a guide member configured to guide the sheet conveyed, and a blowing unit configured to blow air such that the air crosses the sheet conveyance path from a side opposite the scrap path with the sheet conveyance path therebetween, wherein the blowing unit blows air such that the air flows along the guide member positioned at a second position at which the scrap is allowed to enter the scrap path.
US10676301B2
A material roll includes a core made from expanded metal, and a first sheet of material wound a plurality of times over the core.
US10676295B1
Monitoring and alerting systems for detecting hazardous conditions at loading docks are disclosed. An example monitoring and alerting system includes a first sensor system to monitor a location of a first brace of a first dock station of the loading dock. The first brace being positionable in a first stored position, a first operative position, and a first transition position, where the first transition position is between the first stored position and the first operative position. A second sensor system is to monitor a location of a second brace of a second dock station of the loading dock adjacent the first dock station. The second brace is positionable in a second stored position, a second operative position, and a second transition position, where the second transition position is between the second stored position and the second operative position. A first signaling device at the first dock station is responsive to outputs of the first sensor system and the second sensor system. A second signaling device at the second dock station is responsive to outputs of the first sensor system and the second sensor system.
US10676292B2
A compact palletizer including a skeleton, stretch wrap system, and a subassembly. Components of the skeleton are constructed of aluminum, which provides advantages over the prior art in terms of strength, rigidity, weight, and cost. The aluminum may be pre-tensioned or prestressed to provide these advantages. The subassembly is preferably mounted to the side of the skeleton. The compact palletizer is readily portable, and robotic elements of the compact palletizer do not need to be reprogrammed after transport, so installation time is substantially reduced compared with prior art palletizers. A compact stretch wrap system further allows for wrapping palletized products within the compact palletizer.
US10676287B2
An apparatus for transporting a case along a conveyor moving in a transport direction includes an engagement plate for positive engagement with the case. The engagement plate has a planar face and a vacuum source for vacuum attachment to a case outer surface face. The apparatus further includes a mechanism for moving the plate in the transport direction and for rotating the plate a selected angle from the transport direction. Related, corresponding, or associated methods for transporting a case along a conveyor moving in a transport direction are also disclosed.
US10676286B2
An assembly for movement according to predefined rules of motion, includes a supporting frame forming a working path that accommodates a driving element with which at least one movable element is associated which is adapted to move an item to be subjected to a process. The assembly includes, interposed between the driving element and each respective movable element, at least one movement adjustment apparatus having a contoured guide, arranged substantially parallel to the driving element, at least one first lever that has a first end that can slide within the guide, and a portion that is pivoted to at least one second lever which in turn is coupled rigidly to the driving elements. The first lever has a second end, which is opposite the one that can slide in the guide, which is articulated to a linkage, which in turn is pivoted on a portion of a respective movable element.
US10676285B2
A motor-driven conveying roller comprises a roller body which extends along a longitudinal axis, an axle element, a bearing unit for rotatably mounting the roller body in relation to the axle element, a drive motor which is arranged within the roller body and is mechanically coupled to the axle element and to the roller body for generating a torque between the axle element and the roller body, an electrical plug-in connection which is arranged in a cavity in the axle element and which comprises a plug and a socket that may be coupled to one another in a releasable manner to establish a single- to multiple-pole electrical plug-in connection, and an electrical connecting line between the electrical plug-in connection and the drive motor.
US10676270B2
A kit for dispensing disposable stethoscope covers is provided. The kit may include a cartridge and a dispenser for automatic touch-free dispensing of disposable stethoscope covers. The kit further includes a first spool having a roll of backing member with disposable stethoscope covers disposed thereon and a second spool for receiving the spent backing member after a disposable stethoscope cover has been removed, self-contained within the cartridge. The cartridge is inserted within the dispenser so that a user may insert a stethoscope head through a window of the dispenser to attach to a disposable stethoscope cover. The kit may further include a proximity sensor for detecting a user. Upon detection of the user, the first and second spools rotate to align a disposable stethoscope cover with the window of the dispenser in a ready-to dispense position.
US10676265B2
A valuables-holding device in the form of a booklet which appears, when closed, to be an ordinary compositional notebook or pocket diary has a flange or transparent overlay extending around three sides of the inside front cover. A flexible covering plate, with its edge secured to the spine of the booklet, has its free edge capable of being slid behind the overlay. This will cover the space between the back of the covering plate and the inside surface of the front cover of the booklet. The covering plate can be slid out of the overlay, too, to expose that space. Secured to the inside of the front cover is a credit card organizer. The front cover and the covering plate are both preferably formed with a thin sheet of metal. Thus, the space between those components is electronically sealed or blocked from an RFID reader. The covering plate includes a slot for sliding paper money therethrough and into the space between the back of the credit card organizer and the inside surface of the front cover.
US10676259B1
A dispensing closure system includes an upper closure portion and a lower closure portion including an axial flow conduit and a vent conduit. The upper closure portion is axially movable relative to lower closure portion between shipping and dispensing positions. A seal is disposed on the lower closure portion over the flow and vent conduits. A peripheral spacing strip is removably secured to the upper closure portion and engages with either the lower closure or the outside of the container to prevent movement. A piercing probe includes piercing elements in alignment with the flow and vent conduits for piercing the seal. In the shipping position, the piercing elements are spaced from the seal. However, when the spacing strip is removed and the upper closure portion is axially moved to the dispensing position, the piercing elements pierce the seal to open the flow conduit and the vent conduit.
US10676258B2
A child-resistant, flip-top closure includes a closure body for secure connection to a container which stores the content/product which is to be dispensed. Hinged to the closure body is a flip-open lid which is constructed and arranged to be lifted manually. A child-resistant structure is incorporated into the closure construction. The child-resistant structure of one exemplary embodiment is constructed and arranged with a squeeze-to-release feature. The child-resistant structures of other exemplary embodiments are constructed and arranged with a tab press-down feature. Actuation of the child-resistant structure (squeeze or press down) must be performed concurrently with the lifting action applied to the flip-open lid.
US10676253B2
A lid for a beverage container is described. The lid has a basin that is designed to enhance the user's olfactory experience when drinking a beverage from the container and lid. As the user tilts the container and lid to take a drink, the beverage pours through an opening on the basin valley and flows across a sipping surface area to the user's mouth, thus allowing the beverage to aerate, evaporate, and cool. The basin is sized and dimensioned to channel and concentrate the vapor rising from the beverage towards the user's nose as the user sips the beverage. The basin and the opening are sized and dimensioned to provide a comfortable and secure feeling when drinking hot beverages. In this manner, the lid enhances the drinker's olfactory experience and provides better controllability of the flow of a hot beverage to prevent burn injuries.
US10676250B2
A lug closure (10) includes a central top panel (20), an annular channel (30) outboard of the top panel, a downwardly extending skirt (50) outboard of the channel, the skirt terminating at an inward curl (54) that defines a curl height, and lugs (60) formed in the curl. Each one of the lugs includes a body that extends radially inwardly from the skirt. The body includes a leading edge (70a) that merges into a leading portion (80a) of the curl. The leading edge tapers in thickness from the curl height to a minimum lug thickness and forms a leading edge vertical taper angle from horizontal between 6 and 15 degrees. A trailing edge (70b) merges into a trailing portion (80b) of the curl and the trailing edge (70b) tapers in thickness from the curl height to the minimum lug thickness.
US10676249B2
The invention relates to a lid for closing a container, preferably a cup, the lid being made from a paper- or a cardboard-material, wherein the lid comprises a topwall which covers the opening of the container and a sidewall directed at an angle relative to the topwall, wherein one end of the sidewall can engage sealingly with the top end of the container. The present invention further relates to a set comprising a lid and a container.
US10676240B2
A glass container including a body having a delamination factor less than or equal to 10 and at least one marking is described. The body has an inner surface, an outer surface, and a wall thickness extending between the outer surface and the inner surface. The marking is located within the wall thickness. In particular, the marking is a portion of the body having a refractive index that differs from a refractive index of an unmarked portion of the body. Methods of forming the marking within the body are also described.
US10676238B2
An anti-sagging device, configured to conform with a lightweight pellet, is described. Details of assemblies of a lightweight pellet and the novel anti-sagging devices are further described. An assembly of a lightweight pellet and the novel anti-sagging devices is characterized by superior structural firmness, so that upon placing the assembly onto two side-beams of a racking or shelving structure, the assembly effectively does not sag remains essentially planar or linear.
US10676232B2
Apparatus including a forming anvil device for insertion into an end closure region of a partially formed container, the anvil device comprising a front edge region, a rear edge region, respective lateral edge regions extending between the front and rear edge regions and first and second forming portions each having a corner-forming zone including at the respective rear edge region and a lateral edge region arranged substantially orthogonal to each other, each lateral edge region, extending away from the corner-forming zone and towards the front edge region, also including an obliquely inwardly arranged portion. Also disclosed are apparatus for forming a bend in a packaging laminate about a boundary zone free from a pre-formed line of weakness and apparatus comprising a pressing device comprising an outermost pressing surface and connected to an arm member rotatable about an axis whereby rotating the arm member rotates the outermost pressing surface about the axis, wherein the outermost pressing surface is arranged at an oblique angle relative to the axis. Aspects of the partially formed container are also disclosed.
US10676230B2
Multi-barrier bottles having tabbed preforms, as well as methods of forming the same are disclosed. A tabbed preform includes an elongate body extending into a cavity of a first barrier, where the cavity is defined by at least one piece having a recess therein. The tabbed preform further includes at least one preform extension piece extending from the elongate body at a predetermined distance from a top surface of the elongate body. The at least one preform extension piece is sized and shaped to correspond to a size and a shape of the recess.
US10676222B2
The present invention relates to a packing system including a transporting device, an erecting device, and a guiding device. The packing system is configured to reduce the number of packing operations and to simplify the packing process, thereby improving production efficiency, compared with a conventional system. The packing system is configured to minimize wrinkling of a packing material and to adjust position of ends of the packing material in a way that the packing material is always supplied to a predetermined position, thereby reducing a failure rate of a packed product. It is possible to pack various sizes of packing target objects using a single system.
US10676220B2
A system includes a conveyor that transports a carriage carrying a foodstuff along a path. A bag dispenser contains multiple bags and moves a first bag into the path. A paddle includes a hinge at a trailing edge of the paddle. The paddle includes an actuator that moves a leading edge of the paddle relative to the trailing edge between retracted and extended positions. The leading edge of the paddle moves into a mouth of the first bag as the leading edge is moved from the retracted to the extended position. While the paddle is in the extended position, movement of the carriage and the foodstuff underneath the paddle rotates the leading edge of the paddle about the hinge to open the mouth of the first bag such that continued movement of the carriage and the foodstuff moves the foodstuff through the mouth and into the first bag.
US10676214B2
A method for making an electroluminescent marking on an exterior wall of an aircraft, including a step of superpositioning of layers designed or configured to produce the electroluminescent marking on a first face of a flexible backing distinct from the aircraft to obtain a marking tape and a step of affixing the marking tape to the exterior wall of the aircraft. The disclosure herein also concerns a marking tape for the implementing of the method, a marking device obtained from the method, and an aircraft comprising the marking device.
US10676207B2
Apparatus to store a drogue hose on an aircraft are disclosed herein. An example apparatus includes a drum to rotate in a first direction to coil a hose and a second direction to uncoil the hose, a carriage at least partially surrounding the drum, the carriage including rollers to guide the hose as the hose is coiled and uncoiled, the carriage having an outer surface covering the rollers and wheels coupled to the carriage, the wheels to facilitate movement of the carriage along a length of the drum as the drum rotates.
US10676204B2
A variable-orientation stator vane of a turbine engine, comprising a wall that extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge forming a chord line. The chord line increases from a root end towards a tip end of said vane. This vane is fitted pivotably in a turbine engine casing so as to divert a flow of cold air circulating in an annular duct thereof.
US10676201B2
A ram air turbine (RAT) actuator can include an actuator housing, an actuator rod configured to move relative to the actuator housing through several positions, and a first biasing member, a second biasing member, and a third biasing member positioned and configured to bias the actuator rod relative to the actuator housing. The first biasing member biases the actuator rod from a first position through a second position, the second biasing member biases the actuator rod from the first position through a third position, and the third biasing member biases the actuator rod from the first position through a fourth position. The three biasing members can be configured to bias a ram air turbine against an uplock hook with sufficient force to eliminate vibrational damage to the uplock hook while in the first position.
US10676195B2
A passenger seat arrangement for a vehicle cabin includes at least one first group of passenger seats with a first passenger seat and a second passenger seat, at least one third passenger seat, and an aisle extending parallel to a longitudinal axis. The first passenger seat or the third passenger seat is arranged directly adjacent to the aisle and with a seating direction extending parallel thereto. A seating direction of the second passenger seat is rotated relative to the seating direction of the first passenger seat by a first angle of at least 2°, and the first group of passenger seats and the third passenger seat are arranged adjacent to one another and have a longitudinal offset along the longitudinal axis.
US10676185B2
A pitch control system configured to vary a pitch angle of at least one of a plurality of propeller blades of a propeller system is provided including a switch movable between a neutral position and a plurality of non-neutral positions. Movement of the switch to a first non-neutral position generates a command to move the propeller blades in a first direction. Movement of the switch to a second non-neutral position generates a command to move the propeller blades in a second direction. Movement of the switch to a third non-neutral position generates a command to move the propeller blades to a zero thrust position.
US10676184B2
A pitch control system configured to vary a pitch angle of a plurality of propeller blades of a propeller system is provided including a motor having a motor shaft configured to rotate about an axis. A rotary switch having a tab protruding generally outwardly is coupled to the motor shaft and is configured to move between a first position and a second position. The pitch control system also includes a position sensor configured to monitor the position of the rotary switch. The position of the rotary switch is proportional to the pitch angle of the plurality of propeller blades.
US10676178B2
A drive system for an aircraft landing gear, the drive system comprising: a pinion gear; a drive shaft arranged to rotate the pinion gear about a drive axis; a driven gear arranged to mesh with the pinion gear to be rotatable by the pinion gear, the driven gear being connectable to a wheel of the landing gear to be capable of rotating the wheel about a wheel axis; and a flexible interface comprising a crowned spline joint between the drive shaft and the pinion gear. The crowned spline joint is arranged to permit tilting of the pinion gear relative to the drive axis. In some embodiments a first spline joint between the drive shaft and the pinion gear is arranged to permit tilting of the pinion gear relative to the drive axis; and a second spline joint is arranged to permit translation of the pinion gear along the drive axis relative to the drive shaft.
US10676167B2
A boat lift includes four posts and four linear actuators, each attached to one of the posts. Each linear actuator includes an extendable and retractable member oriented for extension and retraction substantially parallel to the post. Ends of a first pair of the extendable and retractable members are connected to a first carrier and ends of a second pair of the extendable and retractable members are connected to a second carrier. A cradle or platform is supported by the first and second carriers. The boat lift may be supported by the ground, by a structure, for example, a dock, a sea wall or a wall of a boat house, or by pontoons.
US10676146B2
An electrical seatpost assembly comprises a first cylinder, a second cylinder, a positioning structure, an electrical actuator, and a power supply. The second cylinder is telescopically received in the first cylinder. The positioning structure is to adjustably position the second cylinder relative to the first cylinder in a telescopic direction. The electrical actuator is to actuate the positioning structure in accordance with an electrical signal. The power supply is to supply electrical power to the electrical actuator. The power supply and the electrical actuator at least partly overlap with each other when viewed from a direction perpendicular to the telescopic direction.
US10676145B2
A bicycle includes a lower frame member and an upper frame member connected to a head tube. The lower frame member includes a down tube, a bottom bracket, and chain stays. The upper frame member includes a top tube, seat stays, and a passage formed in part by a first side wall and a second side wall. The first and second side walls include a first and second openings, respectively. A seat tube extends in an upward direction from the bottom bracket and through the passage. The seat tube includes an opening that extends laterally therethrough. A passive pivot assembly secures the seat tube within the passage, and includes a guide sleeve that extends through the first opening, through the opening in the seat tube, and through the second opening. One or more fasteners secure the guide sleeve to the upper frame member.
US10676139B2
A linking structure (1) is provided for linking a fiber-reinforced plastic component (2) to a support. The linking structure (1) has a main body (3) produced from a fiber-composite material and has a linking portion (4) configured so that a fastening screw can pass through the linking portion (4). The fastening screw is screw-fittable to the support. The linking portion (4) has two opposite end sides, and a fiber-reinforced cross-laid structure (7) extends between the two end sides of the linking portion (4).
US10676137B2
An automotive vehicle includes a body having floorboards positioned along the base of the vehicle body and extending from a front end of the vehicle to a rear end of the vehicle along an uninterrupted path. The path may be accessed by a front opening in the body or a rear opening in the body. A pass through door may provide selective access to a front trunk along the uninterrupted path through the vehicle dash board. In an embodiment the vehicle may include a reconfigurable rear cab comprising a plurality of removably connected components configurable between at least a first and second arrangement.
US10676128B2
Technical solutions are described for inverter commutation techniques for five-phase synchronous motor drives. An example method for five-phase motor control of a five-phase motor in a steering system includes receiving, by a processing device, a commanded modulation index mi, a phase advance angle δ, and a measured position θm. The method further includes generating, by the processing device, five duty cycles for each phase of the five-phase motor based at least in part on the commanded modulation index mi, the phase advance angle δ, and the measured position θm. Each of the duty cycles includes a fundamental component and an injected harmonic component. The method further includes performing, by the processing device, a pulse width modulation technique on each of the five duty cycles to generate on-times for a plurality of switches in phase legs of an inverter.
US10676122B2
The present embodiments provide a tilt fixing device for a vehicular steering column wherein no tooth-on-tooth phenomenon occurs between a stationary gear and a movable gear when the driver conducts a tilt locking operation; even if such a tooth-on-tooth phenomenon occurs, a first elastic member installed between the movable gear and a load support member enables tilt locking of the steering column; and, if an external impact is applied, the movable gear slides and meshes with the stationary gear by means of elastic force from the first elastic member such that there occurs a stable tilting operation of the steering column.
US10676119B2
There is provided a steering wheel to make it possible to install a covering member on a rim section main body portion in a wide range and with a good external appearance. A steering wheel base section includes the rim section main body portion that configures a rim section. The rim section main body portion is provided with a groove along the rim section main body portion. The groove is provided with a first line-shaped groove and a second line-shaped groove that is less bent than the first groove. The covering member is wrapped around the rim section main body portion of the steering wheel base section. The covering member is provided with divergence covering sections disposed along the first groove with the first groove interposed therebetween. The covering member straddles the second groove at a position of the second groove and connects the divergence covering sections by a covering base portion.
US10676117B2
A canopy assembly is provided for a ride-on vehicle including a canopy and a canopy frame assembly. The canopy frame assembly has a housing, a release member connected to the housing, a canopy support extending through the housing, and a connector connected to the canopy support. The canopy support has a first stop adjacent a first end of the canopy support and a second stop adjacent a second end of the canopy support. The release member engages the canopy support at the first stop to maintain the canopy support in the first position, wherein the canopy support is retracted, and at the second stop to maintain the canopy support in the second position, wherein the canopy support is in the extended position.
US10676115B2
A system includes one or more processors that are configured to obtain a constraint on movement for a first vehicle system along a route. The constraint is based on movement of a separate second vehicle system that is concurrently traveling along the same route. The processor(s) are configured to determine a speed profile that designates speeds for the first vehicle system according to at least one of distance, location, or time based on the constraint such that the first vehicle system maintains a designated spacing from the second vehicle system along the route.
US10676112B2
An axle box suspension includes: an axle beam including an axle beam main body portion extending from the axle box in a car longitudinal direction and a pin portion projecting from a tip end of the axle beam main body portion in the car longitudinal direction; a tubular elastic bushing including an inner tube portion, an outer tube portion, and an elastic portion interposed between the inner tube portion and the outer tube portion, the inner tube portion being fitted to the pin portion; an adapter attached to the outer tube portion and coupling the axle beam and the bogie frame; and a first stopper attached to the pin portion and configured to, when the axle box is displaced relative to the bogie frame toward one side in the car longitudinal direction by a predetermined distance, contact the adapter to restrict displacement of the axle box.
US10676109B2
An apparatus includes a latch and a travelling nut. The latch couples to a deck of an auto rack car. The latch includes a body coupled to a hinge such that the body may rotate about the hinge from a first position to a second position. The body includes a key. The travelling nut engages a ball screw. The travelling nut includes a slot. The travelling nut rotates with the ball screw when the body is in the first position. The key engages the slot when the body is in the second position. The travelling nut and the latch adjust a height of the deck in the auto rack car when the body is in the second position and when the ball screw is turned.
US10676106B2
A train control system that can be integrated into a locomotive having a distributed power mode. The train control system includes a router interposed in a communication link between the locomotive computer and the distributed power module that is responsible for telling the locomotive computer whether distributed power mode is active or inactive. The train control system controls the router to obtain any locomotive operational data sent from the locomotive computer to the distributed power module for use by the train control system. The router may additionally intercept and block communications from the distributed power module to the locomotive computer and replace the communications with messages that cause the locomotive computer to provide locomotive operational data that is would not otherwise output in a particular distributed power state.
US10676104B2
A driving assist device is provided, which includes a processor configured to execute an inference module to infer that a timing of a line-of-sight movement or blink detected by a camera near a predicted timing is a timing of a recognizing action of a driver for a subsequent travel segment of a plurality of travel segments that constitute a traveling course of a vehicle, an information providing module to provide the driver with assisting information for the subsequent travel segment before the timing of the recognizing action inferred by the inference module, and a providing timing changing module to change a providing timing of the assisting information according to a quantity of the assisting information.
US10676101B2
A vehicle control system including: a recognition unit that is configured to recognize a peripheral situation of a subject vehicle; an automated driving control unit that is configured to execute a plurality of driving modes including an automated driving mode of automatically performing at least one of speed control and steering control of the subject vehicle, and switch a driving mode that is executed on the basis of the peripheral situation recognized by the recognition unit; a communication unit that is configured to transmit information related to switching sites switched to a driving mode in which the degree of automated driving is low by the automated driving control unit on the basis of the peripheral situation recognized by the recognition unit to an external device, and receive information related to a specific site derived on the basis of the information related to the switching sites, which is collected from vehicles, from the external device; and an information providing unit that is configured to output predetermined information in a case where the subject vehicle approaches the specific site indicated by the information related to the specific site which is received by the communication unit.
US10676099B2
A method for processing data for a driving function of a vehicle is described, a predefined quantity of computation units being provided; the computation units supplying data, in particular redundant data, to a decision unit; the decision unit deciding, based on a comparison of the data delivered by the computation units, whether the data are correct; a synchronization unit being provided; the synchronization unit synchronizing the computation units in such a way that the computation units deliver the data to the decision unit in a specified time period; and the synchronization unit informing the decision unit as to when the data are transmitted by the computation units, so that the decision unit can specify which data of the computation units are used for a check of the data.
US10676096B2
Disclosed are a road surface condition sensing system and method. The road surface condition sensing system includes an acoustic sensing unit for sensing an acoustic signal of a floor of a vehicle, and a control unit for calculating a feature vector by Fourier transforming the sensed acoustic signal, comparing the calculated feature vector with a plurality of previously stored feature vectors and returning a first feature vector having the smallest relative distance to the calculated feature vector, and outputting a road surface condition corresponding to the first feature vector.
US10676093B2
A vehicle control system includes a recognition unit configured to recognize a situation in the surroundings of a vehicle, a lane change control unit configured to cause a lane of the vehicle to be changed from a first lane to a second lane without depending upon a steering operation of an occupant of the vehicle, and a determination unit configured to determine whether or not a nearby vehicle travelling in a lane adjacent to the second lane and the vehicle are in a parallel traveling state in a case that the lane of the vehicle is changed to the second lane by the lane change control unit on the basis of the situation in the surroundings recognized by the recognition unit, wherein the lane change control unit causes control details of the lane change to be different between a case in which the determination unit determines that the nearby vehicle and the vehicle are in the parallel traveling state and a case in which the determination unit determines that the nearby vehicle and the vehicle are not in the parallel traveling state.
US10676089B2
A driving assistance device (30) that has: an information acquisition unit (31) that acquires the relative speed of a vehicle ahead and the inter-vehicle distance to the vehicle ahead; a table (33) in which degrees of urgency that correspond to relative speeds and inter-vehicle distances have been pre-stored; and an ACC control unit (32) that reads out, from the table (33), a degree of urgency (x) that corresponds to the relative speed and inter-vehicle distance acquired by the information acquisition unit (31), finds a target acceleration/deceleration that has a slope (y) that is based on the degree of urgency (x) that was read out, and outputs the found target acceleration/deceleration as a control signal for controlling break pressure.
US10676087B2
A vehicle control system includes a lane change intention detector that detects an intention of a lane change by an occupant of a vehicle, a recognizer that recognizes a surrounding situation of the vehicle, and a lane change controller that determines whether the lane change by the vehicle is possible based on the surrounding situation recognized by the recognizer, and changes a lane of the vehicle to another lane, independently of a steering operation of the occupant of the vehicle, based on a detection result of the lane change intention detector and the determined result, wherein the lane change controller decides a starting timing of the lane change based on whether a predetermined time has passed or the vehicle has traveled a predetermined distance after the intention of the lane change is detected by the lane change intention detector.
US10676063B2
An integrated air jack assembly for a snowmobile for generally lifting the snowmobile from a stuck position to a free position. The assembly including a pair of airbags positioned on an underside of a chassis and coupled to an air source for inflation. In the preferred configuration of the device, the air source is a jet powered fan configured to inflate a first airbag and a second airbag for raising an underside of a chassis of the snowmobile.
US10676058B2
A vehicle includes: a dashboard with load sensors and airbag(s), a seat, processor(s) configured to: (a) detect load on the dashboard, (b) generate a display based on (a), (c) count time elapsed since (b), (d) activate a vibrating motor of the seat based on (a) and (c), (e) count time elapsed since (d), (f) disable the airbag(s) based on (a) and (e).
US10676057B2
An embodiment relates to an optical module which comprises: a light transmitting unit for emitting a plurality of beams to a scanning area so as to scan the scanning area; and a light receiving unit for measuring information on an object located inside the scanning area, using backward light which is reflected and returned from the object after the emitted beams hit the object, wherein the scanning area includes at least one scanning area, and the light transmitting unit scans the at least one scanning area at at least one scanning rate.
US10676054B2
The invention relates to a secondary liquid container (1) for a motor vehicle, in particular a washing liquid container, with a filler pipe (3) and a filling bleed line (4). The filler pipe (3) and the filling bleed line (4) are connected via one common connection cross section to the secondary liquid container (1) at a single filling and bleeding connection (8) of the latter and are preferably produced in one piece.
US10676042B2
A front bumper for a utility vehicle (“UTV”) may couple to the front of the UTV. The front bumper may include a cargo platform for providing additional cargo space to the UTV and for segregating items stored on the front bumper from items stored in the passenger area and/or a cargo bed on the back of the UTV. The front bumper may include a tool exchange system designed to store and hold various tools and equipment on the UTV, such as fishing poles, guns and chainsaws. An attachment rod may be used to couple the tool exchange system to the front bumper.
US10676037B2
A roof rack system has a clamping system comprised of handles, an actuator, and a pair of jaws. The jaws provide a universal clamping system that will attach to most roof rack cross bars with an easy-on/easy-off, quick-release actuator, such as a ratcheting mechanism or lever system, that will integrate with a wide variety of accessories. The preferred actuator includes a lever mechanism with a linkage between the trigger handle and the elongated handgrip. An adjustment knob is used to adjust the longitudinal distance of the distal end of the linkage from the back end of the handgrip. This system is easier to use, more versatile, and less expensive than conventional roof rack accessory systems.
US10676033B1
A dependable, simple, safe electrically actuated step system for a larger vehicle, such as a van or truck, which is compact and lightweight, includes a step base, a step member movably secured to the step base between a retracted position and a deployed position, and swing arm assemblies which movably secure the step member to the step base. A plunger actuator moves between a retracted position and an extended position to retract and extend the step, responsive to door position or a manual switch.
US10676026B2
An image signal processing apparatus includes a first control unit starting activation in response to an activation request, a decoding unit, and a second control unit. Each of the decoding unit and the second control unit starts activation when the first control unit completes the activation, and shifts from an off-state to a normal operating state after the activation is completed. In the normal operating state, the decoding unit receives an image signal from outside and outputs the image signal after executing a decoding process to the image signal. In the normal operating state, the second control unit processes an image included in the image signal outputted from the decoding unit, and displays the processed image. When the first control unit completes the activation and the decoding unit completes the activation, the first control unit instructs the decoding unit to perform a setting for executing the decoding process.
US10676025B2
A safe driving assistance device is provided. The safe driving assistance device determines whether a driver is in a looking aside state. The safe driving assistance device calculates at least one of a looking aside time information item and a looking aside travel distance information item as notification information. The looking aside time information item indicates information related to a time when the driver is in the looking aside state. The looking aside travel distance information item indicates information related to a travel distance of a vehicle when the driver is in the looking aside state. The safe driving assistance device causes an information notification portion to notify the notification information.
US10676020B1
Systems, devices, and methods for replacing an existing truck cab braking light with an after-market or retrofit universal elongated light emitting diode (LED) light device which can easily replace existing truck cab rear facing brake lights, and do not require different types of light devices for different trucks, and can be rigidly sealed and seated against the rear of the truck cab with additional fasteners. The replacement light system can include three sets of printed circuit boards having LEDS (light emitting diodes) that can be independently operated or operated together, in different colors, such as but not limited to red and white color emissions in various operating conditions. Another embodiment can use an adhesive surface across the back of the replacement brake light system bordered by a compressible weather type strip. A peelable layer can cover the adhesive surface and be peeled off when the replacement light system is to be placed on the upper back portion of the truck cab. The installer can also use some or all of the existing fasteners that were used to hold the existing brake light system in place, in combination with the peel and stick layer.
US10676019B2
A vehicle dual-functional lighting module is provided, including a light guide layer having a top surface, a bottom surface and at least one side surface, one lateral solid-state light source located on the side surface of the light guide layer and emitting a first light in a first direction, and one direct light solid-state light source located below the light guide layer and emitting a second light selectively in a second direction. The first light is guided by the side surface and led out of the top surface to present a surface-illuminated surface light source. The first direction is substantially perpendicular to the second direction. The second light is emitted toward the top surface to present an intensified light source which is located in the surface light source to selectively enhance the illumination intensity locally of the surface light source. A vehicle dual-functional lighting set is also provided.
US10676015B2
To eliminate a space for adjusting an optical axis, which is provided between an extension and a lamp unit to adjust the optical axis of a headlight. An extension and a lamp unit are contained in a housing. The circumference of the lamp unit is joined to the extension, whereby the lamp unit is fixed to the extension so as to eliminate a space between the circumference of the lamp unit and the extension. The extension is coupled to the housing via an optical axis adjuster. The optical axis adjuster makes the extension and the lamp unit tilt integrally, thereby adjusting the optical axis. Thus, the optical axis is adjustable although a conventional space for adjusting the optical axis is not provided, whereby the appearance of the headlight is improved.
US10676010B2
An outer guard assembly or system is described, which may be used in transport units, such as for example in transport refrigeration including the units and/or systems thereof. The outer guard assembly or system includes transitions components to facilitate mounting to a trailer or container of a transport unit, so as to shift or transfer load of the mounting from the transport refrigeration unit to the trailer or container, on which the transport refrigeration unit is mounted. The outer guard in some examples includes an openable mechanism to provide clearance, such as for example to open and/or access doors, panels, equipment, and components of a transport refrigeration unit.
US10676009B2
A transportable system for dispensing and boxing items is mounted to and enclosed by a truck. The system comprises at least two dispensing carts. Each cart includes a body, a set of wheels disposed on a bottom surface of the body, a set of bearings disposed on the top surface of the body, and an outlet defined by the body. At least one of the at least two dispensing carts is adapted to store a first set of items vertically and dispense the first set of items using an unpowered escapement and at least another one of the dispensing carts is adapted to store items horizontally. The system further comprises a box dispenser configured to dispense boxes and a conveyor system disposed beneath the outlets of the at least two dispensing carts. The conveyor system defines a continuous path for boxes from the box dispenser to an end location.
US10676004B2
A floor mat is provided, including a mat body having an upper surface, and a heel pad disposed on the upper surface with a heel pad upper surface and an underside from which depend a plurality of isolated support members projecting generally perpendicularly from the underside such that the heel pad provides compressive strength and enhanced flexibility.
US10676000B2
A vehicle seat assembly is provided with a structural member adapted to be mounted within a vehicle to provide support to an occupant. The structural member has at least one channel formed therein. A cushion member is provided adjacent to the structural layer. The cushion member has at least one channel formed therethrough. A trim member is secured over the cushion member to form a seating surface. At least one attachment member is mounted to the trim member extending through the at least one channel of the cushion member. The at least one attachment member extends into the at least one channel of the structural member such that at least one of the trim material and the cushion layer is retained on the structural member.
US10675997B2
A release mechanism generates a force on a cable to operate an adjustment mechanism or the like in a seat or other device. The release mechanism includes a rotor, a housing, a spring, and a cover that attaches to the housing. The spring generates a torque, and the spring also axially biases the rotor into engagement with the cover to prevent rattling.
US10675991B2
Methods of charging a vehicle battery pack are disclosed. Example methods may include determining a voltage imbalance between at least two parallel strings of a battery pack exceeds a threshold magnitude. Methods may further include electrically reducing the voltage imbalance between the at least two parallel strings using a series circuit including a first group of one or more of the battery cells of a first one of the parallel strings, and reconnecting the parallel strings in an electrical circuit in parallel to each other, in which configuration the strings of the battery pack may supply power to the vehicle.
US10675974B2
A rotary shifter with 360° rotation in each of clockwise and counter clockwise rotating directions. The shifter includes a package housing with a bezel cover. A cylindrical shaped plunger housing is secured to a rotary knob supported atop the housing and which is selectively rotatable in the clockwise direction from a Park gear position, in succession, to each of a Reverse gear position, a Neutral gear position and at least one Drive gear position, with further clockwise rotation preventing movement beyond a final one of the Drive gear positions. The knob is further selectively rotatable in a counter clockwise direction to return to the Park gear position, with additional permitted counter-clockwise rotation retaining the shifter in the Park gear position.
US10675973B2
A method of mounting a shifter to a vehicle steering column includes operatively coupling a shifter and an attachment bracket to a moveable portion of a steering column at a first coupling position located on a first side of a column clamping structure of a stationary portion of the steering column. The method also includes operatively coupling the shifter and the attachment bracket to the moveable portion of the steering column at a second coupling position located on a second side of the column clamping structure within a stationary portion aperture defined by the stationary portion.
US10675966B2
A wheel driving unit including a casing in which an electric motor and a speed reducer are incorporated, the wheel driving unit being disposed in a rim of a wheel so as to rotate the wheel, wherein a portion of the wheel driving unit located below the electric motor and the speed reducer is a lubricant reservoir for storing lubricant in the casing, and wherein a protrusion is provided at a lower portion of the lubricant reservoir so as to protrude in a direction toward an inner circumferential surface of the rim.
US10675955B2
Some implementations relate to determining whether glare is present in captured image(s) of an object (e.g., a photo) and/or to determining one or more attributes of any present glare. Some of those implementations further relate to adapting one or more parameters for a glare removal process based on whether the glare is determined to be present and/or based on one or more of the determined attributes of any glare determined to be present. Some additional and/or alternative implementations disclosed herein relate to correcting color of a flash image of an object (e.g., a photo). The flash image is based on one or more images captured by a camera of a client device with a flash component of the client device activated. In various implementations, correcting the color of the flash image is based on a determined color space of an ambient image of the object.
US10675953B2
A side window visor designed to attach to a vehicle window channel. The side window visor can be arranged and configured to extend over a portion of a window area for preventing inclement weather from entering the passenger cabin with the window slightly opened. A full length tab is reduced to form a plurality of tabs along the tab area of a side window visor. The plurality of tabs located on the side window visor allows the auto-up window feature to be used without causing large resistance and retraction of the window.
US10675939B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for pre-cooling and pre-heating vehicles using crowd estimation techniques are provided herein. A computer-implemented method includes estimating the number of individuals having travelled in a vehicle over sub-routes of a fixed route, learning temporal patterns pertaining to the number of individuals in the vehicle across each of the sub-routes, predicting the number of individuals that will be in the vehicle during the sub-routes based on the patterns, computing an expected amount of time for the vehicle to complete a sub-route and arrive at a location that commences a subsequent sub-route, determining an amount by which the energy required to maintain a temperature range in the vehicle is to be modified prior to the vehicle reaching the location based on said predicting and said computing, and utilizing energy to maintain the temperature range, based on said determining, prior to the vehicle reaching the location.
US10675936B2
A vehicle stabilization system including a frame; a wheel; a control arm connected to the frame and the wheel; a fluid spring connected to the frame and the control arm; a stabilizer connected to the frame and operable between a retracted and extended position; a reservoir; and a fluid manifold connected to the fluid spring and the chamber, fluidly coupling the spring interior and stabilizer chamber to the reservoir interior. A vehicle stabilization method including maintaining an orientation of the vehicle frame, coupling the frame to a support surface using a stabilizer by introducing a fluid to a chamber of the stabilizer, and retracting a wheel by reducing a quantity of fluid within a fluid spring coupling the wheel to the frame.
US10675935B2
A suspension spring unit can be positioned between a vehicle body and a wheel support. The suspension spring unit may form a constituent part of the vehicle chassis, configured with spring bodies made from a fiber composite material. At least two ring bodies arranged in series may be made from a fiber composite material and may have a respectively closed contour. The two ring bodies may be connected to one another via at least one connecting element.
US10675933B2
A control arm assembly for a suspension system of a vehicle includes a base member configured to couple to a structural member of the vehicle via at least one isolator, and a control arm pivotally coupled to the base member and configured to couple to a steering knuckle of the vehicle, such that kinematics acting on the control arm are decoupled from an isolation provided by the coupling between the base member and the vehicle structural member.
US10675932B2
A dual-mode vehicle, wheels for the vehicle, and a method of transitioning the vehicle from a land mode to a flight mode. In the land mode, the method includes rotating a pair of spaced wheel arms about a central pivot to lower a body of the dual-mode vehicle to a ground surface. Each wheel arm extends from the central pivot to a wheel. The method also includes rotating the central pivot about a longitudinal vehicle axis to raise the wheel arms and the wheels above the ground surface. After raising the wheel arms and wheels above the ground surface, the method includes rotating the wheel arms about the central pivot to position the wheels for use as rotors in the flight mode. In the flight mode, the method includes rotating the wheels in order to extract rotor blades positioned within the wheels to extend beyond the wheels.
US10675930B1
A recreational collapsing/expanding tow bar for towing a vehicle. The tow bar contains a collapsing/expanding middle part and a pair of attachment ends. The attachment ends include a sleeve, fastener, and bar end. The fastener includes a first end, a second end, a ball, and a shaft. The fastener is secured within the sleeve and retained with the bar end. The fastener can be used in a fixed rigid position or a rotational position. The collapsing/expanding middle part is rigid and adjustable to various distances between the towing and towed vehicle, wherein the device is compact in size and easily stored. Additional towing connectors are disclosed to engage a snowmobile and motorcycle for being towed.
US10675926B2
An inspection system for use in measuring several vehicle conditions in a high volume vehicle inspection line. A plurality of sensors are installed on a vehicle for measuring a plurality of vehicle conditions to assist in the rapid evaluation of critical vehicle conditions or parameters. At least one tool is positioned along a vehicle path in a monitoring station. As the vehicle passes through the monitoring station, the tool received electronic data from the plurality of sensors and displays one or more signals to alert an inspector of acceptable or unacceptable vehicle conditions. In one example, the plurality of sensors includes tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) data from the vehicle tires to rapidly assess the condition of the tire air pressure and other monitored tire conditions.
US10675916B2
In a pneumatic tire, a land portion is provided with a land groove connected to a peripheral grooves only in first end portion among both end portions. A direction in which the first end portion of the land groove connected to first side of at least one the peripheral groove is inclined to a tire width direction is the same as a direction in which the first portion of the land groove connected to second side of the peripheral groove is inclined to the tire width direction.
US10675915B2
A rubber composition contains a diene rubber containing a styrene-butadiene copolymer component formed from at least one type of styrene-butadiene copolymer and a reinforcing filler; the styrene-butadiene copolymer satisfying: a bonded styrene content being from 5 to 50 wt. %; a total of styrene content of an ozone-decomposed component S1 having one styrene-derived unit and styrene content of an ozone-decomposed component S1V1 having one styrene-derived unit and one 1,2-bonded butadiene-derived unit being less than 80 wt. % of the bonded styrene content and a total of styrene content of the ozone-decomposed component S1V1 being 10 wt. % or greater of the bonded styrene content; an integrated intensity of an ozone-decomposed component S1V2 having one styrene-derived unit and two 1,2-bonded butadiene-derived units being 15% or greater of an integrated intensity of all ozone-decomposed components containing a styrene-derived unit; and a vinyl content of butadiene moiety being 50% or greater.
US10675907B2
An image processing apparatus includes a reception unit and a conversion unit. The reception unit receives as a designated color a color of an image desired to be seeable when irradiated with light at a specific wavelength. The conversion unit converts, when converting image data on an image to be printed into print data, a color value of the designated color received by the reception unit into a color value including a value for outputting a special color material that has absorption properties for the light at the specific wavelength.
US10675904B2
A method for creating an identification document that includes: defining a debossed region on a surface of a card blank, the debossed region having a pre-determined pattern being indented into the card blank; and applying, as part of a lamination process, an overlay on the surface of the card blank to cover the defined debossed region such that an air gap is formed on the card blank's surface during the lamination process and is sealed and removed after the lamination process, and that a tactile pattern thus created on the surface of the overlay substantially duplicates the pre-determined pattern of the defined debossed region.
US10675900B2
A laminated film is provided which has excellent shape appearance at winding and also excellent processability and is capable of achieving higher glossiness of printed objects, the laminated film containing a substrate layer (layer A) composed of a biaxially oriented polyester film and a coating layer (layer B) on at least one side of the layer A, wherein the crystal size of the (100) plane of the layer A obtained by an X-ray diffraction measurement is 4.5 nm or more and less than 6.0 nm, a higher heat shrinkage ratio of the laminated film at 150° C. for 30 minutes between a heat shrinkage ratio in the longitudinal direction and a heat shrinkage ratio in the width direction at 150° C. for 30 minutes is 0.5 to 2.5%, the layer B is located on at least one outermost surface layer, and a surface opposite to the surface having the layer B has a center line average roughness (SRa) of 5 to 15 nm.
US10675894B2
A tape cassette includes a box-like housing, a tape mounted within the housing, a hole and a first indicator portion. The housing includes a top wall having a top surface, a bottom wall having a bottom surface and opposing the top wall, and a front wall having a specified height and being formed along peripheries of the top wall and the bottom wall. The hole is provided in the front wall. The first indicator portion includes at least one first aperture and indicates a first element among a plurality of elements of a type of the tape. The first indicator portion is provided in a portion, spaced from the front wall, of the bottom wall. The hole and the one first aperture is located to intersect a virtual line orthogonal to the front wall when viewing along a vertical direction orthogonal to the top wall and the bottom wall.
US10675893B2
A tape cassette configured to contain a tape has a box-like cassette case having a wall formed with one of a recess and a hole, and a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, at least two conductive electrodes being provided to the first surface, a storage electrically connected to the pair of conductive electrodes being provided to the second surface. The at least one of the recess and the hole being arranged at a central area, in a particular direction, of the wall, and the substrate being attached on the wall such that the substrate is arranged at the one of the recess and the hole, and the at least two conductive electrodes are aligned in the particular direction regardless of whether the substrate is attached on the wall in a first orientation or a second orientation which is a reversed orientation with respect to the particular direction.
US10675891B2
A print engine includes: a media support chassis having a plurality of guide rollers mounted between opposite sidewalls thereof, the plurality of guide rollers defining a curved media feed path; a plurality of spittoons, each spittoon being positioned between a neighboring pair of guide rollers and each spittoon having an upper guide portion; and a plurality of printheads, each printhead opposing a respective spittoon. The upper guide portion at least partially intersects a common tangential plane defined between a neighboring pair of rollers, such that print media fed along the curved media path contact the rollers and upper guide portions of the spittoons.
US10675885B2
A printing device includes an ink jet print head having individually controllable nozzles for jetting ink drops. An ink line connected to a chamber has a feed and/or return line for the print head. The print head, ink line and chamber move jointly relative to printing material. The ink line is part of a circulation ink supply system for the print head. A mass element associated with the chamber has a position and/or shape relative to the chamber changing as a function of the joint movement so that the chamber volume is a function of the position and/or shape of the mass element to compensate for pressure fluctuations and/or movements of the ink and avoid problems in the ink supply system for a print head in industrial, high-performance ink jet printing and in cooperation with circulation ink supply systems conveying large volumes of ink.
US10675881B2
A read amplifier of a memory device has two current generators, an inverter, and five transistors. The inverter is connected to the second current generator. The first transistor has a gate connected to the read amplifier, a drain connected to the first current generator, and a source connected to a reference ground. The second transistor has a gate connected to the first current generator, a drain connected to a reference voltage, and a source connected to the gate of the first transistor. The third transistor has a drain connected to the first current generator and a source connected to the reference ground. The fourth transistor has a gate connected to the first current generator, a drain connected to the second current generator, and a source connected to the reference ground. The fifth transistor has a drain connected to the second current generator and a source connected to the reference voltage.
US10675880B2
There is provided a tank including: a wall defining a liquid storage chamber, the wall including: an upper wall defining an upper end of the liquid storage chamber, a lower wall defining a lower end of the liquid storage chamber, and an erected wall between the upper wall and the lower wall and through which the liquid inside the liquid storage chamber is visible from outside of the tank; an inlet penetrating through the upper wall or the erected wall; and an outlet, wherein the lower wall includes an upper stage wall making contact with the erected wall; a lower stage wall located at a position separated and away from the erected wall and below the upper stage wall; and a connecting wall connecting the upper and lower stage walls; and the outlet is disposed below the upper stage wall.
US10675877B2
Provided is an ink cartridge having an ink storage portion for storing an ink therein and a plurality of flow paths for supplying the ink to the outside of the ink cartridge. In the ink cartridge, the plurality of flow paths each has a bottom flow path having a bottom opening in a vertically lower direction in the ink storage portion during use of the ink cartridge and a top flow path having a top opening in a vertically upper direction in the ink storage portion than the bottom flow path during use of the ink cartridge; the bottom flow path has a resistance different from that of the top flow path; and air is not introduced into the ink storage portion when the ink is supplied from the bottom flow path and the top flow path.
US10675874B2
A printer 1 serving as a liquid ejection device includes: a device body 2 including a recording head 20 that ejects ink; a scanner unit 3 that closes and opens at least a portion of an upper portion of the device body 2; and a plurality of ink tank 10 that are provided in the device body 2, each contain ink to be supplied to the recording head 20, and each include an ink injection port 26 through which the ink can be injected from a liquid supply container. At least one of the plurality of ink injection ports 26 is located inside an opening and closing region that is opened and closed by the scanner unit 3, and the other ink injection ports 26 are located outside the opening and closing region.
US10675864B2
A printing apparatus receives, as serial data, a plurality of commands for driving a printhead including arrayed print elements to perform printing. Then, a first signal is internally generated in the apparatus, and a second signal is generated based on the position of a conveyed print medium. In addition, each command is extracted from the received serial data. While switching over the first and second signals based on each command, the printhead is driven to perform a preparation operation prior to image printing by the printhead based on the first signal and to print an image based on image data on the print medium based on the second signal. Upon switchover of the first signal to the second signal, switchover to the second signal is controlled after disabling the first signal for a predetermined period.
US10675863B2
An ink jet printing device for customized printing of images on a face of a sheet material includes a frame with a top surface defining a running plane for a face of the sheet material, with guides transverse to the running direction of the material, a printing unit that can move along the guides and has a printing head therein, a supply source supplying the printing head with printing ink, and a movement system driving the printing unit along the guides. The printing head faces the running plane for depositing the ink on the sheet material, and the supply source includes a secondary reservoir, mounted in the printing unit and in fluid connection with the head, and a main reservoir in fluid connection with the secondary reservoir for refilling the secondary reservoir and maintaining the level of ink above a predetermined threshold value, ensuring supply to the printing head.
US10675862B2
An aqueous sacrificial coating composition for an image transfer member in an aqueous ink imaging system is provided. The sacrificial coating composition may include at least one polymer, at least one selected from (i) at least one chain extender, or (ii) a reactive elastomeric latex, wherein the at least one chain extender comprises a species capable of linking linear chains or chain segments of the reactive elastomeric latex, at least one hygroscopic plasticizer, and at least one surfactant.
US10675856B2
According to some aspects, a method of additive fabrication is provided wherein a plurality of layers of material are formed on a build platform, the method comprising forming a layer of material in contact with a substrate and further in contact with either a previously formed layer of material or the build platform, the substrate being an actinically transparent, flexible, composite material, and subsequent to the forming of the layer of the material, actively separating the layer of material from the substrate.
US10675845B2
The present invention relates to a biodegradable sheet comprising at least two polymer layers, wherein a first polymer layer comprises a mixture of at least two different biodegradable polymers selected from the group consisting of PLA, PCL, PBS and PBSA; and wherein a second polymer layer comprises a biodegradable polymer selected from the group consisting of PBS, PBSA, a mixture of PLA and PBS, and a mixture of PLA and PBSA.
US10675841B2
A thin diamond film bonded to a diamond substrate made by the process of heating a diamond substrate inside a vacuum chamber to about 500° C., cooling the diamond substrate, coating a first surface of the diamond substrate with chromium, depositing an initial layer of palladium, heating the diamond substrate, allowing the chromium and the diamond substrate to form a chemical bond, inter-diffusing the adhesion layer of chromium and the initial layer of palladium, cooling, depositing palladium, placing a shadow mask, degassing the vacuum, depositing a tin layer, assembling the tin layer, heating the tin layer, melting the tin layer, and bonding the thin diamond film to the diamond substrate. A thin diamond film bonded to a diamond substrate comprising a thin diamond film, a layer of chromium, palladium, tin, and a diamond substrate.
US10675837B2
An apparatus for providing an interstitial space to the surface of wall, the apparatus comprises: an adhesive layer; a layer of fluid impervious and weather proof material in form of a tape, the tape partially overlapping itself; a layer of spacer material situated between the surface of the tape facing the wall and the surface of the adhesive layer distal from the wall. The spacer material has ends which are encapsulated, the apparatus providing a sealed interstitial space.
US10675836B2
A biocontainer film enhanced with an abrasion resistant or “cut-proof” substrate. Such substrates can be combined with current biocontainer materials, via various techniques of embedding, coextrusion or laminating, to maintain the cleanliness and low extractables already validated for biotech manufacturing. The substrate of choice may be constructed from materials known to be more resistant to abrasion and sharp razor type cuts or from materials oriented in such a way to prevent puncture to occur. The new substrate must also be flexible to allow for typical folding as demonstrated by current packaging practices. The new substrate may be constructed from materials other than polymers such as metal, glass or carbon or in combination with polymers. A non-constrained pressure test is also disclosed.
US10675835B1
A fire barrier fabric includes a first layer including a fleece, flame-retardant cellulosic fibers and a binder; and a second layer including flame-retardant cellulosic fibers and a binder. The fleece may include natural crimped wool. The fleece may include one or more of sheep wool fleece, alpaca wool fleece, cashmere wool fleece, and silk fleece. The flame-retardant cellulosic fibers may be inherently flame-retardant cellulosic fibers. The flame-retardant cellulosic fibers may include one or more of treated flame-retardant cotton fibers, flame-retardant bamboo fibers, flame-retardant viscose fibers, flame-retardant rayon fibers, and flame-retardant silica-filled viscose fibers.
US10675826B2
The present technology provides a pneumatic tire that can improve air dispersibility during vulcanizing at the interfaces of a plurality of types of rubber layers integrally formed by rolling or extruding, and that can effectively suppress blister defects. In a pneumatic tire where a plurality of types of rubber layers integrally formed by rolling or extruding, at least one strand of thread is provided at an interface of the plurality of types of rubber.
US10675825B2
A method of shaping an optical fiber includes displaying a user interface on a display screen. The user interface includes a timeline, a plurality of optical fiber manipulation parameter blocks within the timeline, and a script block including a plurality of script elements. The method further includes receiving data indicative of a user input selection of a script element for an optical fiber manipulation parameter block and a user input entry of one or more properties of the script element; determining, in response to the user input selection and user input entry, one or more actions to be performed by an optical fiber processing machine to shape the optical fiber; and providing, by the one or more computing devices, one or more control signals to the optical fiber processing machine to cause the optical fiber processing machine to perform the one or more actions.
US10675813B2
A device for forming 3D bodies, in particular pieces of furniture, by additive material application. In particular, the device has a support, on which the volume body is formed, an application unit, for building up the 3D body on the support by additive application of material, and a tool carrier with a tool holder, in which the application unit is mounted. The tool carrier is in this case designed in such a way that the application unit mounted in the tool holder can be aligned in five directions by moving the tool holder with respect to the support.
US10675804B2
The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing liquid-contents-filled containers (22) from preforms (1) by contents being introduced into the preform (1) under a filling pressure, wherein the contents are placed under pressure by a pressure pump (7) and are introduced into the preform (1) at a molding and filling station (3) by a filling valve (6). A pressure accumulator (10) arranged between the pressure pump (7) and the filling valve (6) is subjected to pressure and is filled with a volume of contents by the pressure pump (7). The invention is distinguished in that a displacement pump (26) having a filling chamber (28) for the contents and having a displacement body (30) guided so it is movable therein is provided, wherein the displacement body (30) divides the chamber (28) into a first partial chamber (28a) on the filling station side and a second partial chamber (28b) facing away from the filling station, each of which can be brought into a fluidic connection with the pressure accumulator (10). The displacement body (30) has a drive connection to a drive unit (32) and is drivable by the drive unit (32), wherein when the filling valve (6) is opened, the drive unit (32) and/or the pressure accumulator (10) each at least temporarily apply a drive force to the displacement body (30), and at the same time the displacement body (30) displaces at least a part of the quantity of contents required for the forming of the preform (1) in the direction of the preform (1).
US10675801B2
The present invention relates to a clamping apparatus of an injection molding machine, comprising: a fixed template; a moving template moving back and forth relative to the fixed template; a plurality of flanges provided with a template fastening hole extending in the horizontal direction so as to be fixed to the fixed template; and a plurality of booster cylinders fixedly mounted on the plurality of flanges and guiding the back and forth movement of the movable template, wherein the fixed template has a plurality of ribs, projecting outward, installed on one surface thereof, each of the plurality of ribs is provided with a seating groove that is depressed inward, and each of the plurality of flanges is disposed in the seating groove to adjust the coupling positions of the plurality of booster cylinders with respect to the fixed template.
US10675799B2
An apparatus for aligning an outlet of an injection unit with an inlet of a mold mounted between platens of a molding machine includes a positioning assembly interconnecting the injection unit to the molding machine. The positioning assembly includes a first translation assembly configured to engender a first movement of the injection unit outlet along a translation plane, and a second translation assembly configured to engender a second movement of the injection unit outlet along the translation plane. The positioning assembly further includes a brake assembly extending between the first translation assembly and the second translation assembly. The brake assembly is configured to selectively create a compressive force between the first and second translation assemblies to maintain the position of the injection unit outlet.
US10675787B2
A method of manufacturing a composite molded body includes a first step of introducing an FRP base material into a mold via a slit part provided in the mold, and inserting the FRP base material along a mold cavity; and a second step of injecting a molten thermoplastic resin composition A into the mold cavity to form the FRP base material into a three-dimensional shape and integrate the injected thermoplastic resin composition A and the FRP base material. The method makes it possible to easily and accurately mold a composite molded body of which a desired portion is efficiently and accurately reinforced in the same mold.
US10675778B2
A format compensator for a pressing device, comprising a compensating element (7) of a given thickness (S), structured so as to be interposed between the lower punch and the upper punch (10, 11) of a pressing device so as to be arranged in contact with the punches (10, 11) during pressing.
US10675767B2
A robot system and a robot controller, by which a teaching operation, etc., of a robot can be intuitively carried out by a simple operation. The robot has a sensor arranged on a surface of a movable part or the robot, and the sensor is configured to detect a three-dimensional position of an article, when the article contacts or is close to the sensor. When the article reaches a reference position, a mode change section switches a motion mode of the robot to a following mode. In the following mode, based on the direction of movement of the article from the reference position, the direction of motion of the robot is determined. Then, a motion control section controls the motion of each axis of the robot so that a portion where the article contacts moves in a direction generally the same as the direction of movement of the article.
US10675764B2
Provided is an excellent robot device capable of preferably detecting difference between dirt and a scratch on a lens of a camera and difference between dirt and a scratch on a hand. A robot device detects a site in which there is the dirt or the scratch using an image of the hand taken by a camera as a reference image. Further, this determines whether the detected dirt or scratch is due to the lens of the camera or the hand by moving the hand. The robot device performs cleaning work assuming that the dirt is detected, and then this detects the difference between the dirt and the scratch depending on whether the dirt is removed.
US10675761B2
An improved method, system, and apparatus is provided to implement a general architecture for robot systems. A mode execution module is provided to universally execute execution modes on different robotic system. A system includes an execution module that receives software instructions in a normalized programming language. The system also includes an interface having a translation layer that converts the software instructions from the normalized language into robot-specific instructions that operate in a particular robotic system. The system further includes a controller that is communicatively coupled to the interface, wherein the controller receives the robot-specific instructions. Moreover, the system includes a robotic device that is operatively controlled by the controller by execution of the robot-specific instructions.
US10675755B2
A deployable structure is described including a first and a second robotic system (4, 6; 604, 606), each of which includes: a respective distal element (12;22); at least one respective shape-locking element (14;24); and a respective coupling structure (16;26) operable in a first and a second operating mode. When the coupling structure of the first robotic system operates in the first operating mode, it is elastically deformable and operable so as to move the first robotic system; when the coupling structure of the first robotic system operates in the second operating mode, it forms a guide for the movement of the second robotic system. When the coupling structure of the second robotic system operates in the first operating mode, it is elastically deformable and is operable so as to move the second robotic system; when the coupling structure of the second robotic system operates in the second operating mode, it forms a guide for the movement of the shape-locking element of the first robotic system.
US10675751B2
A multi-motion-platform parallel robot, comprising an original parallel mechanism; and a plurality of N1 derivative parallel mechanisms, wherein: each of the parallel mechanisms possesses N2 degrees-of-freedom (DOFs) and shares an identical set of DOF properties; N1 is an integer greater than 1; N2 is one of 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6; the original parallel mechanism includes an original base platform, an original movable platform and a plurality of N2 original chains; the plurality of original chains connect the original base platform and the original movable platform; each of the original chains includes a plurality of generalized kinematic pairs interconnected in series; the derivative parallel mechanism includes a derivative base platform, a derivative movable platform and a plurality of (N2×N1) derivative chains; and the plurality of derivative chains connect the derivative base platform and the derivative movable platform.
US10675750B1
A socket organizer for releasably holding socket holders has a plurality of friction fit posts onto which sockets are positioned and held securely.
US10675742B2
The invention relates to a striking hand-held machine tool having a tool holder for holding a striking tool on a working shaft, an electric motor, and a striking mechanism. In the striking direction, the striking mechanism has an exciter piston, a pneumatic chamber, a striker, an intermediate chamber and a rivet snap following one another. A closed channel connects a first channel opening in the pneumatic chamber and a second channel opening in the intermediate chamber. A non-return valve, which shuts off during an air flow from the first channel opening to the second channel opening and opens during an air flow from the second channel opening to the first channel opening, is arranged in the channel. Arranged on the second channel opening is a shut-off valve, which is forced into a position closing the second channel opening when the rivet snap is in the working position.
US10675738B2
An electrically isolated socket may include a drive body, a driven body, and a body portion. The driven body may be made of first metallic material and having a driven end configured to receive a fastener. The drive body may be made of a second metallic material and having a drive end configured to receive a protrusion of a driving tool. The body portion may over-mold substantially all portions of the drive body and the driven body other than the drive end and the driven end, respectively. The drive end of the drive body and the driven end of the driven body may face away from each other, and the drive body and driven body each include axial grooves. The axial grooves of the drive body each extend substantially perpendicular to an annular groove formed in the drive body from the annular groove formed in the drive body to the drive end, and the axial grooves of the driven body each extend substantially perpendicularly to an annular groove formed in the driven body from the annular groove formed in the driven body to the driven end.
US10675713B2
A method of laser welding a workpiece stack-up that includes two or more overlapping metal workpieces is disclosed. The disclosed method includes directing a laser beam at a top surface of the workpiece stack-up to create a molten metal weld pool and, optionally, a keyhole, and further gyrating the laser beam to move a focal point of the laser beam along a helical path having a central helix axis oriented transverse to the top and bottom surfaces of the workpiece stack-up. The gyration of the laser beam may even be practiced to move the focal point of the laser beam along a plurality of helical paths so as to alternately convey the focal point back-and-forth in a first overall axial direction and a second overall axial direction while advancing the laser beam relative to the top surface of the workpiece stack-up along a beam travel pattern.
US10675710B2
This machine tool is provided with: a pump which pressurizes a liquid; a nozzle which ejects the liquid pressurized by the pump toward a workpiece; and a pulsation removing pipe which is provided between a discharge port of the pump and the nozzle and which is formed by being wound a plurality of turns or by being bent zigzagged a plurality of times, wherein the workpiece is processed while the pressurized liquid is ejected.
US10675707B2
A method of making a medical device includes forming a precursor medical device using additive manufacturing. The precursor medical device includes a first portion, a second portion, a first connector, and a second connector. The first connector connects the first portion to the second portion and is configured to remain. The second connector connects the first portion to the second portion and are configured to be removed. The second connector is formed such that the second connector is less ductile than the first portion, the second portion, and the first connector. The precursor medical device is processed to remove the second connector without adversely affecting the first portion, the second portion, and the first connector.
US10675696B2
The invention relates to a method for machining a toothing that is chamfered on a tooth head front edge, in which a material projection resulting on said tooth head front edge chamfer, caused by chamfer formation on a tooth front edge of the toothing by means of plastic deformation, and/or caused by removing a primary/secondary burr produced on said end face during production of the toothing and, if applicable, formation of the tooth front edge chamfer, is removed in a rotational operation by a machining procedure with a machining tool that has a cutting edge.
US10675690B2
A hard coating, which is to be disposed to cover a surface of a substrate, has a total thickness of 0.5-20 μm, and includes an A layer and nanolayer-alternated layer that are alternately laminated by physical vapor deposition. The nanolayer-alternated layer includes a B layer and a C layer that are alternately laminated. The A layer has a thickness of 50-1000 nm and is AlCr nitride that is represented by a composition formula of [Al1-UCrU]N wherein an atomic ratio U is 0.20-0.80. The B layer has a thickness of 1-100 nm and is TiAl nitride that is represented by a composition formula of [Ti1-WAlW]N wherein an atomic ratio W is 0.30-0.85. The C layer has a thickness of 1-100 nm and is TiSi nitride that is represented by a composition formula of [Ti1-YSiY]N wherein an atomic ratio Y is 0.05-0.45. The nanolayer-alternated layer has a thickness of 50-1000 nm.
US10675682B2
A compound for metal powder injection molding includes secondary particles in which first metal particles are bound to one another, and a matrix region including a binder and second metal particles composed of the same constituent material as the first metal particles and having a smaller average particle diameter than the first metal particles. The constituent material of the first metal particles is any of an Fe-based alloy, an Ni-based alloy, and a Co-based alloy.
US10675681B2
Multifunctional core@shell nanoparticles (CSNs) useful in electrochemical cells, particularly for use as an electrocatalyst material. The multifunctional CSNs comprise a catalytic core component encompassed by one or more outer shells. Also included are electrochemical cell electrodes and electrochemical cells that electrochemically convert carbon dioxide to, for example, useful fuels (e.g., synthetic fuels) or other products, and which comprise multifunctional CSNs, and methods for making the same.
US10675672B2
A tool system is provided and includes a securing element, a hammer element configured to drive a member toward the securing element and first and second orientation elements rigidly disposed on the securing and hammer elements, respectively. The securing and hammer elements have respective operational axes and the first and second orientation elements respectively include orientation sensors configured to cooperatively determine a relative orientation of the respective operational axes.
US10675669B2
A method for manufacturing a beverage can, a bottle or a spray can made of aluminium alloy, by means of deep drawing-ironing followed by necking and/or bending, from a non-circular blank.
US10675657B2
A method for fabricating an optical element is provided. The fabrication method includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. A plurality of metal grids are formed on the substrate. A first organic layer is formed on the substrate between the plurality of metal grids. A second organic layer is formed on the first organic layer and the plurality of metal grids. The second organic layer and the first organic layer are etched to leave the plurality of metal grids and a plurality of patterned second organic layers on the plurality of metal grids. An optical element fabricated by the method is also provided.
US10675646B2
A system for dispensing a fluid, such as a hand soap or the like. The system includes a dispenser and/or a refill cartridge. The dispenser includes a dispenser body having a refill cavity, a dispenser lid configured to be coupled to the dispenser body, and a pump sub-system mounted to the dispenser lid. The pump sub-system includes a first dip tube, a dispensing orifice, and a pump. The refill cartridge includes a cartridge body having a fluid cavity, a store of a fluid in the fluid cavity, and a second dip tube extending into the store of the fluid. The refill cartridge is configured for slidable insertion into and removal from the refill cavity of the dispenser body. The dispenser lid may be coupled to the dispenser body thereby mating the first and second dip tubes to enable dispensing of the fluid.
US10675641B2
A centrifuge rotor having a curved shape is offset on a spinning rotor base and creates contiguous areas of low to high centrifugal force depending on the distances from the axis of the rotor base and a method of separating components in a fluid based upon a difference in density of the components, the method comprising the steps of providing to a rotor as described herein the fluid containing the mixed together components to be separated based upon the difference in density of the mixed together components; continuously flowing the components in the fluid to the rotor through an input tube connected to the input port while the rotor is spinning about a centrifugal axis of rotation; separating the components in the fluid into fractions based upon the difference in density of the mixed together components with the use of centrifugal force when the rotor is spinning; collecting components having i) a first density via a first tube connected to the output port at the first end on the rotor, ii) a second density via a second tube connected to the output port at the second end on the rotor, iii) a third density via a third tube connected to the output port at the junction on the rotor and iv) a fourth density via a fourth tube connected to the output port between the input port and the output port at the first end.
US10675640B2
A centrifugal separator is configured for cleaning of crankcase gases from an internal combustion engine. The centrifugal separator includes a rotor rotatably arranged inside a stationary housing. The stationary housing includes an inlet for crankcase gases, a gas outlet, and a liquid outlet. The rotor includes a stack of separation discs, each separation disc of the stack of separation discs having a center axis, an inner surface, and an outer surface. A circumferential inner end surface extends between the inner surface and the outer surface. The circumferential inner end surface of at least one separation disc of the stack of separation discs includes a substantially flat first surface portion extending at an angle of at least 20 degrees to the center axis.
US10675632B2
This invention relates to a tire processing apparatus for processing large used tires as are found from industrial mining applications. The present invention relates particularly to a tire processing apparatus comprising a head that is operable to move about two or more axes at a first end of a swing arm, the head further having a rasp operable to strip rubber particles from a stationary tire for use of the particles as a landscaping mulch. In various embodiments, the apparatus also comprises a head with a circular saw operable to cut a portion of the tire into a livestock trough. The invention also includes a method using the above. The system and method in its various embodiments are particularly adept at processing used tires from mining industry applications.
US10675631B2
A separating device for a ball mill or an agitator ball mill as well as a ball mill or agitator ball mill with a separating device, wherein the ball mill or agitator ball mill includes a cylindrical grinding container with a first end opening and a second end opening, wherein the first and second end openings can be closed by a first and a second closure device, wherein a ground stock inlet is arranged in the region of the second end opening and a ground stock outlet is arranged in the region of the first end opening and wherein the separating device is assigned to the ground stock outlet. The separating device includes a plurality of first and second screen segments with screen apertures, which are arranged in an alternating manner on a frame.
US10675625B2
Optically-actuated microfluidic devices permit the use of spatially-modulated light to manipulate micro-objects such as biological cells. Systems and methods are described for providing sequences of light patterns to move and direct a plurality of micro-objects within the environment of a microfluidic device. The sequenced light patterns provide improved efficiency in directing the transport of the plurality of micro-objects. Other embodiments are described.
US10675623B2
A method includes conveying a detection solution containing a target amplicon into a detection module of a molecular diagnostic test device. The detection module includes a detection surface including a series of capture probes to which a first portion of the target amplicon is bound when the detection solution is conveyed. A first reagent formulated to produce a visible signal indicating a presence of the target amplicon is then conveyed into the detection module. The first reagent is bound to a second portion of the target amplicon when the first reagent is conveyed. A second reagent is conveyed into the detection module. The second reagent includes a precipitating substrate formulated to catalyze the production of the visible signal by producing an insoluble colored product when the second reagent is in contact with the first reagent. The method includes viewing the visible signal via a transparent portion of the detection module.
US10675618B2
Bare porous polymer monoliths, fluidic chips, methods of incorporating bare porous polymer monoliths into fluidic chips, and methods for functionalizing bare porous polymer monoliths are described. Bare porous polymer monoliths may be fabricated ex situ in a mold. The bare porous polymer monoliths may also be functionalized ex situ. Incorporating the bare preformed porous polymer monoliths into the fluidic chips may include inserting the monoliths into channels of channel substrates of the fluidic chips. Incorporating the bare preformed porous polymer monoliths into the fluidic chips may include bonding a capping layer to the channel substrate. The bare porous polymer monoliths may be mechanically anchored to channel walls and to the capping layer. The bare porous polymer monoliths may be functionalized by ex situ immobilization of capture probes on the monoliths. The monoliths may be functionalized by direct attachment of chitosan.
US10675617B2
An alumina-based adsorbent and method of making exhibiting high affinity and capacity towards fluoride ions and oxyanions of phosphorus and arsenic in a broad pH range and presence of large excess of competitive ions. Alumina based adsorbent is a mixed oxide of alumina existing in tetra-, penta-, and octahedral coordination at specific ratio, and oxides of polyvalent metals of elements titanium, zirconium, tin, cerium, lanthanum, iron, or combinations thereof. The alumina based adsorbent may be used for selective removal of fluoride ion and oxyanions of phosphorus and arsenic from drinking water, industrial streams and wastes, in medicine and food industry.
US10675608B2
Embodiments describe a method of depositing an MOF, including depositing a metal solution onto a substrate, spinning the substrate sufficient to spread the metal solution, depositing an organic ligand solution onto the substrate and spinning the substrate sufficient to spread the organic ligand solution and form a MOF layer.
US10675607B2
The present invention relates to zeolitic adsorbents based on agglomerated crystals of FAU zeolite containing barium and/or potassium, with large external surface area, combining optimum properties in terms of selectivity and mechanical strength. These adsorbents find applications in the separation of cuts of C8-aromatic isomers and notably of xylenes, in the separation of isomers of substituted toluene such as nitrotoluene, diethyltoluene, toluenediamine, in the separation of cresols, and in the separation of polyhydric alcohols such as sugars.
US10675600B2
A multi-shaft kneading machine includes a channel and two screws rotatable around first axes of rotation. A pair of gate rods sandwich the two screws and are rotatable around second axes of rotation. Each of the pair of gate rods has two recess parts that form respective spaces through which the two screws penetrate. Each of the pair of gate rods has a first contact surface, which comes into surface contact with a screw when a gate rod is rotated to a minimum degree-of-opening position. Large diameter parts are fitted into the groove of the cylinder, and a small diameter part have a radius of curvature equal to half a distance between two second axes of rotation and smaller than a radius of curvature of the large diameter parts. The small diameter parts of the pair of gate rods are in contact with each other.
US10675593B2
A virus removal membrane is formed from cellulose, in which, when a solution containing gold colloids having a diameter of 20 nm is applied through a primary surface to the virus removal membrane to allow the virus removal membrane to capture the gold colloids for measurement of brightness in a cross section of the virus removal membrane, a value obtained by dividing a standard deviation of a value of an area of a spectrum of variation in the brightness by an average of the value of the area is 0.01 or more and 1.5 or less; and a thickness of a portion, where gold colloids having a diameter of 20 nm or more and 30 nm or less are captured, in the cross section of the virus removal membrane in a wet state is 10.0 μm or more and 30.0 μm or less.
US10675592B2
An acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment means comprising polyethersulfone (PES) having dispersed therein hydroxy-sodalite (H-SOD) so as to form a membrane is described. The PES-H-SOD membrane is suitable for treatment of acid mine drainage (AMD) by providing a filtration means to remove toxic chemicals, including but not limited to heavy metals. The invention extends to a method of manufacturing the acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment means.
US10675590B2
A preparation method of separation membrane is provided. First, a polyimide composition including a dissolvable polyimide, a crosslinking agent and a solvent is provided. The dissolvable polyimide is represented by formula 1: wherein B is a tetravalent organic group derived from a tetracarboxylic dianhydride containing aromatic group, A is a divalent organic group derived from a diamine containing aromatic group, A′ is a divalent organic group derived from a diamine containing aromatic group and carboxylic acid group, and 0.1≤X≤0.9. The crosslinking agent is an aziridine crosslinking agent, an isocyanate crosslinking agent, an epoxy crosslinking agent, a diamine crosslinking agent, or a triamine crosslinking agent. A crosslinking process is performed on the polyimide composition. The polyimide composition which has been subjected to the crosslinking process is coated on a substrate to form a polyimide membrane. A wet phase inversion process is performed on the polyimide membrane.
US10675589B2
Methods for cleaning water filtration membranes by treatment with a DNase containing cleaning composition. Optionally the composition also comprises a biocidal and/or other enzymes such as proteases. The DNAse may be derived from Aspergillus oryzae or from Bacillus licheniformis.
US10675583B2
The invention refers to a device and a process for extracting water from the environment. The device comprises a means for capturing water from the environment by means of a liquid desiccant, an extraction chamber, a first duct through which liquid desiccant with water flows from the capture means to the extraction chamber, a second duct through which liquid desiccant flows from the extraction chamber to the capture means, a reservoir for depositing extracted water, a third duct through which water flows from the extraction chamber to the reservoir, a vacuum generator whose suction point and discharge point are operationally connected to the reservoir in order to suction the gas present in the reservoir and transfer gas into the reservoir, and a control device that controls the vacuum generator. The operation of the vacuum generator creates a pressure and temperature gradient that leads to evaporation of the water in the extraction chamber.
US10675580B1
A V-bank filter apparatus and method for air filtration. The V-bank filter may include varying the downstream regions between adjacent V shaped filter elements. The V-bank filter may include a housing with one or more structural supports. The structural supports of the filter housing may include one or more through openings. The filter media elements may include one or more hinges and/or flaps.
US10675579B2
A method for predicting the residual useful life of an air filter arrangement is described. The method includes the following steps: providing a plurality of predetermined reference degradation curves; measuring a degradation parameter of the filter arrangement; and estimating the residual useful life of the filter arrangement by comparing the predetermined reference degradation curves and an actual degradation curve defined by measured values of the degradation parameter.
US10675571B2
A filter assembly for fluid filtration having a push-activated lock and release mechanism. A push filter design activates a filter key lock upon insertion and extraction, where the filter key may be used simultaneously as a lock and as an identifier for particular filter attributes. The filter housing assembly may be attached to, and removed from, a filter base by a push-actuated release. Upon insertion, the filter key shifts the filter lock longitudinally to receive interlocking segments. Upon extraction, the same axial push shifts the filter lock further to align the interlocking fingers within gaps that allow for easy extraction. The specific key lock design allows a user to identify and match certain filter configurations received by the mechanical support, and reject other filter configurations.
US10675568B2
A center tube for use with a filter element includes a unitary body having a standpipe that defines a length along the longitudinal axis and a central flow passage and a plurality of radially extending flow fins attached to the standpipe, the flow fins spaced axially from one another along the standpipe to define radial flow channels, wherein each of the fins further defines a first aperture between the fin and the standpipe, the apertures together defining a first outer axial flow passage and the standpipe defines a rectangular shape.
US10675558B2
A dispersed mobile-phase countercurrent chromatography system is described in which solutes are carried by a stream of dispersed mobile phase solvent through a column, or array of serially-connected columns, of stationary phase solvent with which the mobile phase solvent is immiscible. Solutes carried along by the stream of dispersed mobile-phase solvent will be equilibrated between the mobile-phase solvent and the stationary-phase solvent. Because the mobile-phase is dispersed into mini-droplets much smaller in diameter than the column of stationary phase, the enhanced surface/volume ratio of the droplets expedites countercurrent equilibration of different solutes between the mobile-phase solvent and the stationary-phase solvent in accordance with the distribution-coefficients of the solutes between the two solvents. As a result, a solute with a distribution coefficient that favors its dissolving in the stationary phase will be retarded in its migration through the columns compared to a solute with a distribution coefficient that favors its dissolving in the mobile phase. The different migration rates of different solutes bring about their chromatographic separation on the columns, effectively combining the advantages of countercurrent distribution (e.g., elimination of any solid chromatographic matrix, and therefore losses of solutes due to adsorption to the solid matrix and contamination of separated solutes by impurities leached from the solid matrix) and liquid column chromatography (e.g., continuous mode of operation, and scalable from analytical to large industrial separations without any centrifugal or discontinuous mechanical steps).
US10675556B2
Liquid purification methods and apparatus are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a frame to define an interior space, the frame having an inner surface in contact with air of the interior space; a barrier positioned between a body of liquid and the interior space; and an absorber suspended from the frame to transfer liquid from the body of liquid into the interior space via an opening in the barrier.
US10675555B1
An apparatus for heating fluid and distilling fluid includes a main tank for containing fluid to be heated by a main gas heater and a pilot light for heating the main tank, a condensing tank for passing fluid to the main tank and having one or more heat conducting rods that allow heat to be conducted to the lower region of the condensing tank, an evaporator tank for vaporizing fluid and being heated by the pilot light, a condensing coil for exchanging heat between fluid vaporized by the evaporator tank and fluid in the condensing tank, a holding tank for receiving fluid from a main source, a delaying float bowl tank to receive fluid from the holding tank and including a first fluid flow regulator for regulating fluid flow to the evaporator tank according to an amount of fluid in the delaying float bowl tank, and a distillate tank.
US10675554B2
A hurdle system and method. The hurdle system has a telescoping interior arm and a non-telescoping exterior arm. The telescoping interior arm has spaced-apart cylindrical apertures that allow the height of the telescoping interior arm to be locked. A hurdle cross bar support fixedly attaches to a distal end of the telescoping interior arm. A hurdle cross bar is supported by the hurdle cross bar support in a parallel relationship. A bottom cross bar is placeable on the ground as support base for the hurdle. A proximal end of the non-telescoping exterior arm and the bottom cross bar are fixedly attached. A pair of bottom cross bar extensions extend from opposite ends of the bottom cross bar to provide additional stability. A position adjustable counterweight at the bottom cross bar maintains the hurdle in an upright position.
US10675551B2
A handle structure comprises a left body including a left docking portion, a right body including a right docking portion configured to be docked with the left docking portion, and a connecting mechanism connecting the left docking portion and the right docking portion and configured to allow the left docking portion and the right docking portion to slide relatively to adjust an interval between an end of the left body and an end of the right body that are distal from each other.
US10675545B2
Instructions recorded on a non-transitory recording medium cause an information processing device that executes a battle game to execute the steps of storing different attribute information in association with each of at least two players; displaying a field including a plurality of regions, a predetermined event being set for each region, and attribute information being associable with each region; upon a player selecting at least one region from among the plurality of regions, executing processing for the event of the selected region; based on a processing result for the event, determining whether newly to associate the attribute information of the player with the selected region; and determining victory and defeat for the plurality of players based on at least one of a count, a total area, and a total volume of regions with which each piece of attribute information is associated.
US10675539B2
There is provided a game program causing a computer to realize a function of controlling progress of a game by imaging, with a virtual camera, a three-dimensional game space in which a plurality of objects including a player object are disposed, and displaying the game space on a display unit as a game image, the program causing the computer to execute a mode setting function of setting a display mode of a game image displayed on the display unit out of at least a normal mode and a scenery mode according to a predetermined condition, an imaging function of causing the virtual camera to perform imaging at a plurality of imaging positions in the game space in a case where the display mode is the scenery mode, and a display control function of displaying a game image captured by the virtual camera on the display unit.
US10675534B2
An optimized friend recommendation system is described. An active social network (ASN) of a player of an online game is determined based on a frequency of reciprocated communications between the player and friends of the player. The ASN of the player has friends of the player with a minimum number of closed-loop communications with the player within a predetermined duration. The social network of non-ASN friends outside the ASN of the player is identified. One or more non-ASN friends identified and suggested to socially engage with the player in an online game based on the social network of non-ASN friends of the player outside the ASN of the player are.
US10675530B2
To prevent a loss or replacement of card packages while operating casinos using packages of multiple cards in the casinos or other card game facilities using card game tables, a management system for managing packages of shuffled playing cards is provided. The management system including a management control device stores ID codes attached to a plurality of packages brought into a management/storage box, constructs a database, reads the ID codes of the plurality of packages brought into the management/storage box at predetermined time intervals, confirms existence of each ID code registered in the database in the management/storage box, and manages the ID codes of the packages before use and the ID codes of the drawn packages.
US10675529B1
A re-configurable game board set can be used to play a variety of games in a variety of configurations and can be compacted for easy storage or transportation. The game board set can be of a size to easily fit on a tabletop and can use coins or similar tokens as playing pieces. Alternatively, the game board set could be larger to be played with larger playing pieces such as beanbags, balls, or discs. Games can be played with or without launching pads.
US10675524B2
A horse training goggle assembly includes a pair of goggles that may be worn by a jockey riding a horse during race training. The goggles have a frame and a lens that is removably positioned in the frame. A tracking unit is coupled to the goggles and the tracking unit is in electrical communication with a global positioning system (GPS) to identify a physical location of the jockey. Moreover, the tracking unit calculates a speed and direction of the horse during the race training. A display is embedded within the lens and the display is visible to the jockey when the goggles are worn. The display displays indicia in the lens and the display is electrically coupled to the tracking unit to display data relating to the speed and direction of the horse. A communication unit is coupled to the goggles for verbal communication between the jockey and the trainer.
US10675523B2
An ejector launches a series of basketballs to various locations selected by a user via an interface having a number of individually selectable indicia arranged in a spaced angular pattern thereon corresponding to shooting locations on a basketball playing area. A sensor counts the number of ejected basketballs and made shots. A computer calculates shooting statistics data which is transmitted to a database via a network connection device. The database is configured to store the shooting statistics data and transmit it to an electronic device.
US10675517B2
Embodiments of golf club head faceplates comprising a lattice to improve the energy storage capabilities and minimize stress concentrations are described herein. The lattice can comprise a plurality of flexure shapes that facilitate in faceplate bending. The flexure shapes of the lattice can comprise a reentrant, concave, or non-convex shape. The lattice can comprise at least one repeating pattern of flexure shapes that can be interconnected or spaced apart. During golf ball impacts, the flexure shapes flex to store energy through linear and torsional bending.
US10675504B2
A lateral glide elliptical exercise apparatus includes a frame defining a center line, a pair of pedal units disposed at two opposite lateral sides relative to the center line each including a pivoting block and a pedal shaft pivotally connected to the pivoting block, a damping unit for providing a damping resistance to the pedal units, and a pair of gliding guide units respectively mounted at the frame, each gliding guide unit includes a gliding guide, an actuation block and a linkage arranged so that the actuation block can be driven by the associating linkage to slide smoothly between an inner end portion and an outer end portion of the associating gliding guide when the pedal units are being alternately pedaled by the user.
US10675503B2
A walking training apparatus including a treadmill having an infinite orbital rotation type walking surface, the walking training apparatus including: a holding part that a walking trainee holds, in which the holding part is capable of supporting a load applied to the walking surface by the walking trainee and is movable in a direction including a component parallel to the walking surface, is provided. By providing a pseudo stick with the aforementioned structure, the trainee is able to perform training of the upper part of the body that uses the stick in parallel to training of the leg part that uses the treadmill.
US10675500B2
A multi-axial unidirectional power transmission system includes a transmission unit and a resistance unit. The transmission unit includes a first main shaft and a transmission wheel provided on the first main shaft. The resistance unit includes a second main shaft and a damping wheel mounted on the second main shaft. The two transmission wheels and the damping wheel can be placed flat on the body since they are mounted on different main shafts, thereby making the whole plane of the multi-axis unidirectional power transmission system consistent, thus achieving the effects of space saving, convenient storage and convenient transportation.
US10675494B2
A fire suppression agent includes a fluid medium, vermiculite particles suspended in the fluid medium, and a colorant additive proximate at least a subset of the vermiculite particles. The fire suppression agent is capable of suppressing a fire comprising a combustible metal material.
US10675493B2
A vehicle fire suppression system includes a centralized controller, a detecting circuit, a releasing circuit, and a processor in communication with a monitoring circuit. The detecting circuit is coupled to the centralized controller and configured to indicate a detection of a fire. The releasing circuit includes an actuating device coupled to the centralized controller through an output bus. The actuating device is coupled to a supply of fire fighting agent. The centralized controller is configured to activate the actuating device to release the fire fighting agent to address the fire in response to the detection of the fire. The processor and the monitoring circuit are configured to determine if there is a fault in at least one of the detecting circuit and the releasing circuit.
US10675470B2
Systems and methods for active charge-balancing for high frequency neural stimulation are disclosed. One illustrative method described herein includes: applying, through a pair of electrodes electrically coupled to a bundle of nerve fibers during a stimulation phase of a neural stimulation procedure, a first current to the bundle of nerve fibers; applying, through the pair of electrodes during a recovery phase of the neural stimulation procedure, a second current to the bundle of nerve fibers, the first current and the second current having opposite polarities; determining sampled voltages between the pair of electrodes during the stimulation phase, during the recovery phase, or between the stimulation phase and the recovery phase; determining a charge buildup in the bundle of nerve fibers based on the sampled voltages; applying, through the pair of electrodes during the stimulation phase or during the recovery phase, a delta current to the bundle of nerves based on the sampled voltages to minimize the charge build up.
US10675464B2
Provided is an electric stimulation treatment device which is capable of outputting a stimulation voltage more efficiently than a conventional device.A urination disorder treatment device includes a pair of body-surface electrode pads 37, an indifferent electrode pad 39 which is larger in area than a body-surface electrode pad 37 with a relatively larger area, of the pair of body-surface electrode pads 37, and disposed in the vicinity of the pair of body-surface electrode pads 37, and a control portion 48 which supplies an electric signal to the pair of body-surface electrode pads 37 and the indifferent electrode pad 39. The control portion 48 executes any one of the following processing, that is, (1) a stimulation signal is output from one of the pair of body-surface electrode pads 37 with respect to a reference potential set to an average potential of the other of the pair of body-surface electrode pads 37 and the indifferent electrode pad 39, (2) a stimulation signal is output from both of the pair of body-surface electrode pads 37 with respect to a reference potential set to the indifferent electrode pad 39, or (3) a stimulation signal is output from one of the pair of body-surface electrode pads 37 with respect to a reference potential set to the indifferent electrode pad 39.
US10675439B2
A jointed system for delivering a medical device to a target location within a human anatomy, comprising: a first segment that is a hollow cylinder, wherein a first flange and a second flange are attached to the distal end and extend distally away from the first segment; a second segment that is a hollow cylinder and has a proximal end and a distal end, wherein a third flange and a fourth flange are attached to the proximal end and extend proximally away from the second segment; a connector element having four cylindrical lugs extending radially away from a central point, wherein each lug passes, respectively, through a circular hole, and further wherein the connector element defines at least two separate openings extending in a direction from the distal end of the first segment to the proximal end of the second segment.
US10675438B2
A therapy specific, pre-programmed, hand-held auto-injection device for delivering a drug to a patient includes a housing, a plurality of syringes carried by the housing, at least one actuator disposed within the housing coupled to the plurality of syringes, and a controller disposed within the housing and communicatively coupled to the at least one actuator. The controller is configured to receive an infusion and aspiration profile, which includes an infusion and aspiration protocol for controlling at least one of the plurality of syringes. The controller is also configured to operate the at least one actuator based on the infusion and aspiration protocol by either expelling a fluid from a respective barrel of the plurality of syringes into the infusion and aspiration location or drawing a fluid from the infusion and aspiration location into a respectively barrel of the plurality of syringes.
US10675433B2
A prior art demand valve has been modified to make it more responsive to persons with impaired oxygen delivery by replacing its sensing diaphragm and associated mechanically actuated valve actuator with a solenoid activated proportional control valve coupled to an analog pressure transducer via a pulse width modulated current driver circuit. The pressure transducer responds to detected pressure changes in a patient's breathing tube.
US10675429B2
A patient interface includes a frame having a circular opening to receive pressurized gas and a cushion supported on the frame and defining a breathing chamber configured to receive the pressurized gas. The patient interface further includes support structure configured to support the patient interface on the patient's head, a plurality of gas washout holes configured to vent gas from the breathing chamber to atmosphere, and an elbow assembly. The elbow assembly includes a rotatable elbow that is releasably snap-fittable to the frame. The rotatable elbow having a pair of diametrically opposed flexible sides that are configured to flex upon engagement with the frame and produce an audible click when the rotatable elbow has been securely attached to the frame. The rotatable elbow further includes a pair of diametrically opposed finger depressable release portions that are resiliently movable towards one another to allow release of the rotatable elbow from the frame.
US10675428B2
A patient interface for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a nasal prong assembly including a pair of nasal prongs structured to sealingly communicate with nasal passages of a patient's nose in use and headgear to maintain the nasal prong assembly in a desired position on the patient's face. The headgear includes side straps and rigidizers provided to respective side straps. Each rigidizer includes a first end portion that provides a connector structured to engage a respective end of the nasal prong assembly and an inwardly curved protrusion in the form of a cheek support that curves inwardly of the connector. The cheek support is adapted to follow the contour of the patient's cheek and guide a respective end portion of the side strap into engagement with the patient's cheek to provide a stable cheek support.
US10675427B2
A nasal cannula including a base portion defining a gas passageway and one or more nozzles defining a second gas passageway in gaseous communication with the first gas passageway for directing a therapeutic flow of gas to a user's nares, that may further include one or more sensors for measuring the properties of gas within a user's nares. The one or more nozzles may be a nasal insert that includes recesses or grooves that prevent sealing of the nozzle with the nare. The nozzle may be shaped to avoid insertion into the user's nares, thus preventing sealing with the nares. A stop may be positioned between two nozzles to engage a user's columella and prevent the nozzles from inserting into the user's nares. Elongate extensions are provided for inserting into the user's nares and supporting sensors for measuring gas properties therein.
US10675426B2
Disclosed is a mask cushion for a full face mask with a single sealing lip for sealing contact with the face of a user.
US10675403B2
An ambulatory infusing device including a housing, a reservoir defining an interior volume, a wall associated with the housing and having an inner surface that faces into the reservoir interior volume, and a filter assembly. The filter assembly may include a filter assembly housing with a housing filter portion having a free end associated with the inner surface of the wall and a filter supporting volume that extends to the free end of the housing filter portion, and a filter located within the filter supporting volume that extends to at least the free end of the housing filter portion.
US10675388B2
The present disclosure describes a medical device assembly comprising an expandable medical device wrapped with an improved constraining sleeve. The sleeve in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure is thin walled and translucent, having reduced edge sharpness. The sleeve in accordance with the present disclosure exhibits resistance to ripping and delamination. Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods of making sheet material usable for constraining sleeves from flattened film tubes. Methods for making improved constraining sleeves and medical device assemblies that comprise an improved constraining sleeve are also disclosed herein.
US10675384B2
A medical implant is disclosed. The medical implant includes: a first biocompatible metal forming a substrate (210, 310, 410), a second biocompatible metal diffused into the first biocompatible metal to form an biocompatible alloy surface (220, 314, 414), the alloy surface further including a diffusion hardening species, wherein the diffusion hardening species may be carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, boron, or any combination thereof. A method of forming a medical implant is also disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a first biocompatible metal or alloy that forms a substrate (210, 310, 410), providing a second biocompatible metal or alloy, diffusing the second biocompatible metal into the first biocompatible metal to form an alloy layer (220, 314, 414), removing excess second metal material from the substrate to expose the alloy layer, and diffusion hardening the alloy layer.
US10675372B2
Vapor generation and distribution devices, systems, and methods. An exemplary system of the present disclosure comprises a vapor generation system configured to volatilize or vaporize liquid chemical within a tank as volatilized or vaporized chemical, and a vapor distribution system configured to receive the volatilized or vaporized chemical from the vapor generation system and distribute the volatilized or vaporized chemical through a distribution conduit coupled to the second air flow generator.
US10675371B2
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.
US10675354B2
The present invention provides a glycosaminoglycan derivative in which a group derived from glycosaminoglycan and a group derived from a physiologically active substance having at least one of a carboxy group and a hydroxy group are coupled by covalent bond with a spacer therebetween, in which the spacer is selected in accordance with the decomposition rate of the covalent bond to the group derived from the physiologically active substance.
US10675351B2
Self-assembled gel compositions including a gelator, e.g., an enzyme-cleavable gelator, e.g., having a molecular weight of 2500 or less, are described. The self-assembled gel compositions can encapsulate one or more agents. Methods of making the self-assembled gel compositions, and methods of drug delivery using the self-assembled gel compositions are also described.
US10675350B2
The disclosure provides nanoparticles of indirubin and methods of making and using these particles for the treatment of cancer, neurodegenerative disorders and inflammatory diseases. The effective average particle size of the nanoparticles is less than 2000 nm.
US10675347B2
A method and system for the treatment of honey bees (Apis mellifera), bats, and butterflies protects them from various life threatening conditions, including Colony Collapse Disorder, white nose syndrome, etc. and in particular, provides honey bees, bats and butterflies with the ability to assimilate and degrade pesticides such as neonicotinoids and fipronil.
US10675339B2
The present invention relates to methods for the recombinant expression of Chlamydia major outer membrane protein (MOMP) comprising transforming a population of E. coli host cells with an expression vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule that encodes Chlamydia MOMP and encodes a leader sequence for targeting the MOMP to the outer membrane of the cell, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is operatively linked to a promoter. The method of the invention allows expression of MOMP in the outer membrane of the cell, which leads to protein folding that is more like native MOMP relative to a MOMP protein that is expressed intracellularly. Also provided by the invention are uses of the recombinant MOMP in pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of Chlamydia infection and/or the effects thereof.
US10675317B2
The invention discloses new application of a ginseng extract, ginsenoside and a ginsenoside derivative in the preparation of a medicine for treating HCMV infection related diseases. The related diseases comprise HCMV infection caused in the process of treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, organ transplantation, perinatal periods, tumors, burn, AIDS and other diseases of patients. Tests prove that the ginseng extract, the ginsenoside and the ginsenoside derivative have a remarkable curative effect, quick response and a small toxic or side effect during treatment of HCMV infected diseases, are a medicine or a health product for treating the HCMV infection, which is safe, efficient and stable and has a simple preparation process, and are suitable for industrial production and easy to popularize. In the invention, a new medicine source is provided for the treatment of the HCMV infection.
US10675310B2
Some embodiments include bacterial species for use in treatment of one or more autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and/or schizophrenia symptoms in a subject in need thereof. The subject in need thereof can have a gut microbiota signature characteristic of an adult. The bacterial species can include Bacteroides (e.g., B. fragilis, B. thetaiomtaomicron, and/or B. vulgatus), and/or Enterococcus (e.g., E. faecalis, E. faecium, E. hirae, E. avium, E. durans, E. gallinarum, or E. casseliflavus). Upon treatment, one or more ASD-related behaviors can be improved in the subject.
US10675309B2
In alternative embodiments, the invention provides compositions, e.g., formulations, used for gastric, gastrointestinal and/or colonic treatments or lavage, e.g., orthostatic lavage, e.g., for inducing the purgation (e.g., cleansing) of a gastrointestinal (GI) tract, including a colon; and methods for making and using them. In alternative embodiments, compositions and methods of the invention are used for the stabilization, amelioration, treatment and/or prevention of constipation, for the treatment of abdominal pain, particularly non-specific abdominal pain, and diarrhea, including diarrhea caused by a drug side effect, a psychological condition, a disease or a condition such as Crohn's Disease, a poison, a toxin or an infection, e.g., a toxin-mediated traveler's diarrhea, or C. difficile or the pseudo-membranous colitis associated with this infection. In alternative embodiments, the invention provides pharmaceuticals and products (articles) of manufacture for delivering these compositions and formulations to an individual, e.g., a human or an animal. The invention also provides devices for delivering a fecal material to a patient.
US10675294B2
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for treating corneal disease containing 8-oxo-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-2′-deoxyguanosine) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient. Specifically, by confirming that a corneal epithelium was restored (regenerated) quicker and the clarity of a cornea improved when it was administered W to a mouse model of corneal disease induced by ethanol, 8-oxo-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-2′-deoxyguanosine) of the present invention may be useful for the treatment of corneal disease.
US10675290B2
The present invention relates to use of a composition for maintenance of bone and/or cartilage health or prevention, alleviation and/or treatment of bone and/or cartilage disorders.
US10675279B2
The present invention provides stable topical formulations of cetirizine that provide a comfortable formulation when instilled in the eye and is effective in the treatment of allergic conjunctivitis and/or allergic conjunctivitis. The invention further provides methods of treating allergic conjunctivitis and/or allergic rhinoconjunctivitis in a subject in need of such treatment by topical application of the cetirizine formulations of the invention directly to the eye.
US10675278B2
The invention relates to a dosage form comprising a physiologically effective amount of a physiologically active substance (A), a synthetic, semi-synthetic or natural polymer (C), optionally one or more physiologically acceptable auxiliary substances (B) and optionally a synthetic, semi-synthetic or natural wax (D), wherein the dosage form exhibits a resistance to crushing of at least 400 N and wherein under physiological conditions the release of the physiologically active substance (A) from the dosage form is at least partially delayed.
US10675275B2
(1S)-2-acetyl-1-(4-chloro-2-methoxyphenyl)-5-fluoro-1,2,3,9-tetrahydrospiro[β-carboline-4,1′-cyclopropane] can significantly suppress a decrease of a pain threshold compared to well-known TSPO antagonists, and thus can be an excellent prophylactic and/or therapeutic agent for fibromyalgia, fibromyalgia-associated diseases, and fibromyalgia-associated symptoms.
US10675273B2
Disclosed herein, inter alia, are compounds and methods for increasing spine density in a neuron, and for treatment of neuronal diseases and cancer.
US10675267B2
There are provided, inter alia, methods and compositions for diagnosis and treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), secondary acute myeloid leukemia (sAML), and age-related diseases.
US10675266B2
The present invention relates to a compound of the following formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in the prevention or treatment of autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
US10675257B2
The present invention relates to a composition for use in treating a glioma or ameliorating the effects of a glioma, particularly glioblastoma, wherein said composition comprises a first active agent selected from the group consisting of a compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, (I) and a second active agent, which is temozolomide, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US10675256B2
A method of inhibiting the conversion of choline to trimethylamine (TMA) and lowering TMAO in an individual by providing a composition comprising a compound set forth in Formula (I):
US10675250B1
The present disclosure provides a nanoparticle, a preparation process thereof, a method for enhancing effect of a liver cancer drug, and a method for ameliorating tumor hypoxia by using the nanoparticle.
US10675248B2
An ingestible pill is provided that includes an enteric coating and a medication-delivery device, which includes (a) a patch having upper and lower surfaces that face in generally opposite directions, and (b) needles. The patch is disposed within the enteric coating, folded so as to define one or more creases, which define respective inner and outer crease sides, wherein at least 50% of the needles are coupled to the patch along the inner crease sides. The patch is configured to assume, after the enteric coating dissolves, an expanded shape, in which the patch has an outer perimeter. Other embodiments are also described.
US10675246B2
Orally administrable compositions comprising calcium, methods of administration, and methods of making the same.
US10675243B2
The disclosure provides stable formulations of cationic biocides that are primarily used in the treatment and prevention of infections. The disclosure is also concerned with processes for forming stable emulsions of cationic biocides and petrolatum.
US10675242B2
The object of the invention is to elevate the stability of an aqueous formulation comprising ALAs and an iron compound. The present invention provides an aqueous formulation comprising ALAs and an iron compound, characterized in that it further comprises 0.2-30% by weight of salts, said salts are sodium salts or potassium salts, and the pH of said aqueous formulation is 2-8.
US10675241B2
Described herein are methods of use of purified preen oil, food and feed compositions containing purified preen oil, food and feed additives containing purified preen oil, and pharmaceutical compositions containing purified preen oil. Methods include treatment of chronic joint inflammation in humans and animals by orally administering purified preen oil. Also included are methods of feeding a growing fish by feeding the feeding the growing fish purified preen oil in amounts effective to improve survival and/or stimulate growth in the growing fish. Further included are methods of feeding live prey organisms purified preen oil, and feeding the live prey organisms to growing fish.
US10675240B2
The present invention includes a transdermal composition which contains a pharmaceutically effective amount of a cannabinoid for delivery of the cannabinoid to the bloodstream of a user. The composition may comprise the following components: a surfactant-lecithin organogel; and a cannabinoid. The composition may also comprise an exogenous terpene. The cannabinoid is capable of diffusing from the composition into the bloodstream of the user, and may be used in methods for treating a patient suffering from a condition such as pain, nausea and emesis, convulsions, muscle spasm, inflammation, depression, and cachexia.
US10675239B2
The present invention relates to the use of a plant extract from the genus Galeopsis species tetrahit or a composition that contains it to stimulate hair growth or improve the appearance or hair fullness. The composition containing the plant extract is applied in both cosmetic and medical-trichological fields and can be applied topically on the scalp or administered orally.
US10675238B2
The present invention provides a hair treatment composition comprising; a. 40-99 w.t. % of a dispersion of a loosely reticulated silicone elastomer solvent; b. a compound selected from; i. 0.005-8 w.t % temporary dye ii. 0.005-12 w.t. % semi-permanent dye iii. 0.001-6 w.t. % pigment and mixtures thereof, c. 0.005 w.t. % to 59 w.t. % carrier material.
US10675229B2
Disclosed are compositions comprising inorganic UV-absorbing agents and the use of such compositions, in particular for protecting a subject or the surface of an inanimate object against a harmful effect of ultraviolet radiation.
US10675228B2
The present invention relates to a skin massage gel which does not cause skin irritation because it does not contain dark brown sugar crystals and which can be safely used because it includes only natural materials, and a method of preparing the same. The method includes the steps of: (1) adding 8-12 parts by weight of malt powder made from dehusked malt to 100 parts by weight of rice wine, followed by heating while stirring in one direction; (2) filtering the heated solution using a filter; (3) adding 80-120 parts by weight of dark brown sugar to the filtered solution, followed by heating while stirring; (4) adding 25-35 parts by weight of honey to the solution, followed by heating; (5) adding 0.004-0.006 parts by weight of gold powder to the solution, followed by heating; and (6) aging the solution at room temperature.
US10675220B2
A clean environment for mixing injectable drugs having a floor and back member made of stainless steel that is L shaped when seen from the side. The base portion sits on top of a drawer assembly. The back portion has accessory retaining compartments mounted on the left and right side that hold accessories necessary for the process of injecting drugs into IV bags. An IV tip holder is magnetically held to the base portion. Integral posts are located on the top portion of the back member to removably retain the end of a standard IV bag. A circular cutout on the base portion allows for the insertion of a plastic cup.
US10675219B2
A transfer system for containers comprises at least a first container (1) and at least a second container (5) that can be interconnected in a media-transferring way by a connection system (7). An encryption system (13, 21, 25, 31) is provided to allow or prevent a media-transferring connection between the respective assignable containers (1, 5).
US10675215B1
A device for the treatment of discomfort or pain in the body and muscles. The position of one or more pressure members of a therapy device which make contact with one or more areas of the body may be adjusted finely, readily, and independently with respect to their distance to a support base and/or with respect to other pressure members. Exemplary embodiments can be configured for muscle relief therapy for areas such as the head, neck, shoulders, back, hips, legs and feet.
US10675205B1
Processing circuitry provided in a mobile device of a user requiring mobility assistance is programmed to: request multimodal personal transportation assistance from a pool of candidate companions, receive a location of a selected companion and a proposed route between the user to the selected companion, and determine an estimated time of arrival of the selected companion at a current location of the user. The proposed route includes pedestrian travel and the request for multimodal personal transportation identifies any specific needs of the user.
US10675190B2
An absorbent article comprising first and second belts. The article may comprise a center chassis that comprises barrier leg cuffs extending laterally outward of a backsheet in the crotch region.
US10675178B2
A system and method of monitoring, controlling and/or detecting events during the removal of heat from subcutaneous lipid-rich tissue is described. In some examples, the system detects an increase in temperature at a treatment device in contact with the skin of a subject, determines that the increase in temperature is related to a treatment event, and performs an action based on the determination. In some examples, the system shuts off the treatment device, alerts an operator, or reduces the cooling in response to a determined treatment event.
US10675174B2
A breathing system is provided which enhances the ability of a user to breathe through the user's nasal passageways. The breathing system generally includes a bridge member and a pair of nasal appliques which are attachable to the lateral portions of the user's nose. The bridge member is positionable adjacent the appliques to activate the system and impart a dilating force onto the user's nose. The system may be deactivated by removing the bridge member from the appliques, and thereby removing the dilating force from the user's nose.
US10675170B2
A system for connecting parts of a device used to treat club foot. An elongated member is attachable one or more mounting plates. The angle between the elongated member and the mounting plates can be varied by changing a channel of the mounting plates.
US10675167B2
A knee orthosis is provided. In described embodiments, the knee orthosis is designed to follow a natural movement of a wearer's knee along an asymmetric helicoidal axis of rotation. In some embodiments, the knee orthosis has hinges with shells having displacing geometric centers which do not coincide. In some embodiments, the knee orthosis is made of femoral and tibial hinges manufactured as single integral pieces. In some embodiments, the orthosis is configured to realign the wearer's knee in a frontal plane. Corresponding methods for designing and manufacturing a custom knee orthosis are also provided.
US10675164B2
Catheter comprising an inner tubular member defining a fluid lumen and inflation lumen therein. An exterior surface of the inner tubular member defines a fluid flow port in fluid communication with the fluid lumen and located along a region of the inner tubular member. Catheter further includes an outer member having a distal section movable relative to the inner tubular member and having an interior surface. A piston balloon is coupled to the inner tubular member distal to the fluid flow port and is in fluid communication with the inflation lumen. A pressure chamber is in fluid communication with the fluid flow port. Fluid introduced through the inflation lumen inflates the piston balloon to seal against the interior surface and fluid introduced through the fluid flow port and into the pressure chamber applies a force to urge at least the distal section of the outer member in a proximal direction.
US10675161B2
A joint assembly including a plurality of frames, each including contactors provided in opposite directions to each other and a middle portion configured to connect the contactors, and a connecting member configured to maintain a state in which contactors of two neighboring frames among the plurality of frames are in contact with each other is disclosed.
US10675157B2
A lumbar spine implant has a body with bone screw bores that angle from a metal faceplate situated at an end of the body, the bone screw bores sized such that the bone screw bores become threaded during introduction of a bone screw thereby providing a locking mechanism to prevent the bone screw from backing out. The faceplate also provides a pocket for each bone screw that prevents the bone screw head from advancing through the implant body. The lumbar spine implant has four bone screw bores, two of which extend from the faceplate to the upper side of the body, and two of which extend from the faceplate to the lower side of the body. More or less bone screw bores may be provided. Preferably, but not necessarily, the direction of the bone screw bores are staggered from one lateral side to another lateral side of the body.
US10675153B2
According to one example, a tibial prosthesis that can include a tibial bearing component, tibial baseplate, an insert and a fastener. The tibial bearing component can have medial and lateral proximal articular surfaces and an opposing distal surface. The tibial bearing component can define at least one recess therein with the recess having an opening at a periphery of the tibial bearing component. The tibial baseplate can be coupled to the tibial bearing component on the proximal surface thereof and having a distal surface configured to be disposed on a resected proximal surface of a tibia. The insert can be configured to be disposed within the recess and can engage the tibial baseplate and the tibial bearing component. The fastener can be insertable into the tibial bearing component and can be configured to retain the insert to the tibial baseplate.
US10675151B2
Disclosed herein are an implant with a suture passage and a method of attaching sutures to the same. The implant may include a suture pocket having a first pocket, a second pocket, and a suture hole disposed therebetween. The first pocket may have a first wall segment, the second pocket may have a second wall segment, and the suture hole may have a first sidewall segment extending from a first opening to a second opening. The first wall segment, the second wall segment, and the first sidewall segment may form a contiguous wall. A method of attaching a suture to the implant may include placing a tip of a suture needle on the first wall segment, sliding the suture needle into the first opening and pushing the suture needle through the suture hole.
US10675127B1
A user-customizable orthopedic alignment device (OAD) that includes a formable, generally semicircular mouthpiece which has an alignment gap that is generally in alignment with the user's canine teeth when the device is placed in the user's mouth. The OAD has an overmold of moldable material having portions that cover the user's molars and front teeth. The alignment gap is provided between rear (right and left) portions and the front portion to allow an alignment member to be positioned laterally between the user's canine teeth during molding of the overmold. A frame is provided to stiffen the OAD between the front and read portions. After the overmold has been molded to the user's teeth, inserts can be positioned in the alignment gap to provide cushioning between the canine teeth when the OAD is used. The inserts may be molded after they are inserted into the overmold assembly.
US10675123B2
The present invention relates to an RFID tag enabled needle shield assembly that provides a sterile enclosure of an injection needle and that can be fixedly attached to a pre-filled syringe for administering an injection of medicament to a patient after removal of the needle shield assembly. The RFID tag is fixedly attached to the needle shield through co-molding or another form of permanent attachment. The present invention also relates to a method of tracking the life cycle of a medicament injection device where the RFID tag enabled needle shield assembly is attached to an injection needle that is connected to a syringe barrel that is part of an injection device. Data is written to or read from the RFID tag during the entire life cycle of the injection device, including assembly, packaging, storing, distribution and use.
US10675122B2
A spinal implant device identifiable after implantation comprises an outer cage member and an implant body. The implant body is disposed between a first vertebra end and a second vertebra end of the outer cage and defines a plurality of planes. Each of the planes comprises separately readable indicia such that the indicia are discernible by at least one of x-ray, fluoroscopy, computed tomography, electromagnetic radiation, ultrasound, or magnetic resonance imaging.
US10675116B2
The invention relates to a recalibration device (1) used during the acquisition of images of an anatomical area of a patient during robot-assisted surgery, including a body (3) made of radxoliacent material, which comprises fiducial markers (9) made of radiopaque material, said body {3) having a bearing surface (7) intended to be manually placed on a surface of said anatomical area of the patient. According to the invention, said fiducial markers (9) are arranged in a specific geometrical pattern enabling a certain detection of the positioning and orientation of the recalibration device (1) in a three-dimensional digital model built from the images derived from the acquisition of the anatomical area.
US10675109B2
A teleoperated system includes a master grip and a ratcheting system coupled to the master grip. The ratcheting system is configured to be coupled to a slave instrument. The ratcheting system is further configured to align the master grip with the slave instrument by determining a commanded angular velocity for the slave instrument based on a command from the master grip, determining a current alignment error between an alignment of the master grip and an alignment of the slave instrument, and altering the commanded angular velocity for the slave instrument based on the current alignment error. In some embodiments, the ratcheting system is further configured to introduce a control system error to alter the commanded angular velocity. In some embodiments, the current alignment error is a rotation angle error between the alignment of the master grip and the alignment of the slave instrument.
US10675108B2
An end effector for a surgical clip applier includes an elongate body, a clip forming system positioned within the body and arranged to receive an unformed surgical clip, and an actuation mechanism operatively coupled to the clip forming system to actuate the clip forming system and thereby bend the unformed surgical clip into a tissue-ready surgical clip. First and second jaw members are positioned at a distal end of the body and arranged to receive the tissue-ready surgical clip for crimping.
US10675106B2
A robot arm apparatus is provided and includes: an arm unit made up of a plurality of links joined to each other by one or a plurality of a joint unit; and a driving control unit that drives the arm unit by controlling driving of the joint unit. If a malfunction is detected in at least one of the joint unit, the driving control unit controls the driving of the joint unit in a state in which a certain restriction is imposed on motion of the arm unit, and drives the arm unit to avoid the malfunction.
US10675104B2
A surgical assembly includes an electromechanical instrument and an instrument drive unit. The electromechanical instrument includes a housing portion and a shaft. The instrument drive unit includes an outer shell, an inner hub, a first motor, and a second motor. The outer shell is configured to be selectively coupled to a robotic arm. The inner hub is rotatably disposed within the outer shell and configured to be non-rotatably coupled to the housing portion of the electromechanical instrument. The second motor is disposed within the outer shell and includes an outer stator fixedly coupled to the outer shell, and an inner rotor rotatably disposed within the outer stator. The inner rotor has an inner surface that defines a longitudinal channel having the inner hub non-rotatably disposed therein. Actuation of the second motor rotates the inner hub to effect rotation of the electromechanical instrument along a longitudinal axis thereof.
US10675102B2
A robot configured for mini-invasive surgery through a single parietal incision and/or natural orifice includes at least one articulated support, a stiffening component, and at least one maneuvering element. The articulated support includes a plurality of rigid bodies that are mutually associated. The stiffening component is associated with the articulated support and adapted for the transition of the articulated support from an inactive configuration, in which the rigid bodies can move with respect to each other, to an active configuration, in which the rigid bodies are mutually aligned so as to form a guide, and vice versa. The least one maneuvering element can be associated slidingly with the guide of the articulated body in its active configuration and can engage selectively a plurality of operating instruments accommodated in at least one container body that can be associated with the articulated support in its active configuration.
US10675098B2
The present disclosure relates to systems, methods, and tools for tool tracking using image-derived data from one or more tool-located references features. In some embodiments, a medical system includes a tool having a distal end that is insertable into a patient body, an image capture device insertable into the patient body so that the image capture device captures an image of at least a portion of a two-dimensional marker at least partially surrounding a portion of the tool, and a processor coupled to the image capture device and configured to determine a pose of the tool by processing the image.
US10675080B2
Electrosurgical procedures. At least some of the example methods for detecting that an electrosurgical wand is effected by a blockage, including supplying a high frequency energy to an active electrode of an electrosurgical wand; drawing an electrically conductive fluid from the vicinity of the active electrode; sensing a temperature signal indicative of a temperature of the electrically conductive fluid drawn from the vicinity of the active electrode; and cycling the high frequency energy supplied upon the temperature of the electrically conductive fluid drawn from the vicinity of the active electrode exceeding a first threshold temperature.
US10675072B2
Apparatus and method for fixing a bone using a plate and a coupler that are connected to one another with flexible members. The plate may be configured to be attached to a shaft region of a bone. The coupler may be configured to be disposed on an end region of the bone, and may define a bore and an aperture. The flexible members may include a first flexible member and a second flexible member, each including a wire or cable. The first flexible member may be configured to extend from the plate, through the bore, and back to the plate. The second flexible member may be configured to extend from the plate to the coupler on a path that approaches the coupler transverse to a line that is parallel to the bore. The apparatus and method may be used to stabilize the greater trochanter of a femur.
US10675063B2
A custom arthroplasty guide and a method of manufacturing such a guide are disclosed herein. The method of manufacturing the custom arthroplasty guide includes: a) generating medical imaging slices of the portion of the patient bone; b) identifying landmarks on bone boundaries in the medical imaging slices; c) providing model data including image data associated with a bone other than the patient bone; d) adjusting the model data to match the landmarks; e) using the adjusted model data to generate a three dimensional computer model of the portion of the patient bone; f) using the three dimensional computer model to generate design data associated with the custom arthroplasty guide; and g) using the design data in manufacturing the custom arthroplasty guide.
US10675056B2
An access apparatus includes an access housing, an access member extending from the access housing, a fluid connector mounted to the access housing and a control valve mounted to the fluid connector. The control valve is positionable relative to the fluid connector between a first position corresponding to a desufflation operative state permitting rapid desufflation of the underlying body cavity, a second position corresponding to an insufflation operative state permitting insufflation fluid flow into the access member and into the underlying body cavity, and a third position corresponding to a closed operative state.
US10675050B2
An end effector includes a drive system to rotatably drive a removeable cutting accessory. The cutting accessory defines a bore. The drive system includes a drive member that defines a lumen. A cartridge is provided to deliver liquid from a liquid source, through the lumen of the drive member, through the bore of the cutting accessory, and to a surgical site.
US10675046B2
An endoscopic forceps includes an elongate shaft defining an instrument axis. An end effector includes first and second jaw members each supporting an opposed sealing surface for clamping tissue. At least one of the jaw members is movable relative to the instrument axis such that the jaw members are movable between a first spaced-apart configuration and a second closed configuration for grasping tissue. A cutting instrument includes a reciprocating blade translatable relative to the sealing surfaces to sever tissue clamped between the jaw members. The reciprocating blade contacts an undersurface of at least one of the jaw members when the jaw members are in the second configuration to define a gap distance between the sealing surfaces. A handle adjacent the proximal end of the elongate shaft is operable to induce motion in the jaw members, and an actuator is operable to selectively translate the reciprocating blade.
US10675042B2
A surgical clip applier includes a drive housing, an elongate shaft that extends from the drive housing, and an end effector operatively coupled to a distal end of the elongate shaft. The end effector includes jaws that comprise a one-piece body having opposed first and second jaw members. The first jaw member provides a first inner surface and the second jaw member provides a second inner surface opposite the first inner surface. The first and second inner surfaces remain parallel to each other as the first and second jaw members move from an open position to a closed position.
US10675039B2
A bristle device for delivery into a body lumen comprises a longitudinally extending stem 1 and a plurality of bristles extending generally outwardly from the stem for anchoring the device in a body lumen. There may be at least two bristle segments and in some cases there are flexible sections between the segments. The flexible sections articulate to enable the device to pass through a catheter placed in a tortuous anatomy or to be deployed in a curved vessel, or across a bifurcation. In some cases at least some of the bristle segments are spaced-apart to accommodate bending of the bristles.
US10675038B2
Provided herein are methods, compositions, and devices for occluding cavities or passageways in a patient, in particular cavities or passageways in the cardiovascular system of a patient, such as the LAA of a patient's heart. The methods, compositions, and devices can be used to percutaneously occlude the LAA, decreasing the risk of thromboembolic events associated with AF.
US10675030B2
A surgical fastener deployment system may include a plurality of coil fasteners having a head and coil body. In some embodiments, the head is comprised of a bioabsorbable polymer. In one embodiment, the coil body may be comprised of a shell and a core and one of the shell and the core may be comprised of one of a magnesium alloy or a bioabsorbable polymer, and the other of the shell and core is formed of the other of the magnesium alloy and the bioabsorbable polymer. The coil body may also include an internal channel which may have a support coil disposed within.
US10675027B2
A surgical instrument includes a body, a shaft, and an end effector. The shaft extends distally from the body. The end effector is located at a distal end of the shaft. The end effector includes an active feature configured to operate on tissue. The body includes a drive feature operable to drive the active feature of the end effector. The body is operable to selectively couple with a variety of power sources such that the drive feature may receive electrical power form a battery or from a corded power source, based on a user's preference. The body may include a handpiece that has a socket configured to receive a battery or cable adapter. The body may removably receive various kinds of shaft assemblies to provide various operating modalities. The shaft assemblies may include user interface features.
US10675017B2
An apparatus for repairing a heart valve can comprises a leaflet-plicating mechanism configured to plicate a leaflet of a heart valve and a helical needle comprising a plurality of coils. The needle can be configured to implant a suture to extend helically through plicated tissue of the heart valve. The leaflet-plicating mechanism can comprise first and second leaflet-capture arms, which can be configured to move toward and away from each other between an open position and closed position. The leaflet-capture arms can be configured to plicate the leaflet as the leaflet-capture arms are moved from the open position to the closed position.
US10675014B2
Devices and methods to attach soft tissue to bone include, for example, forming a transosseous bone tunnel, and forming a suture construct securing soft tissue to the bone wherein the suture construct extends from the soft tissue to the first opening, through the first opening, through the bone tunnel, through the second opening, and outside of the bone tunnel to the soft tissue.
US10675002B2
A method for reconstructing displacement and strain maps of human tissue of a subject in vivo or other objects includes applying a mechanical deformation for a target area, imaging tissues while deformation is applied on the target area, measuring the axial and lateral displacements and axial, lateral, and shear strains of tissue in the target area, differentiating between tissues of different stiffness and strain responses, and labeling tissues of different stiffness and strain responses. In some embodiments, displacement and strain imaging are performed using a high-resolution, high-speed, highly-accuracy hierarchy recursive displacement tracking from conventional ultrasound brightness mode images. Particularly, this invention relates to the reconstruction of displacement and strain images from conventional ultrasound B-mode images acquired using any ultrasound machine of different manufacturers without the need to use carrier signals.
US10674989B2
The radiation system includes a radiation device, a computer, and a substrate configured to relay them. The substrate includes a video signal—Ethernet (registered trademark) conversion unit for converting a video signal from the computer into video data into an Ethernet (registered trademark) protocol and an X-ray imaging apparatus communication unit for transmitting the video data to the X-ray imaging apparatus by communications. The substrate and the radiation device are electrically insulated.
US10674981B2
A computer implemented method for estimating the volume of a medium comprising a contrast agent injected to a hollow organ through a catheter during an injection event, the method comprising the determination of the duration of injection during the injection event, the determination of the flow rate based on the procedure type, acquisition type, organ, specificities of the user controlling the injection, patient characteristics, concentration of an contrast agent in the medium, administration route, type of catheter, the size of the catheter, and/or any pre-sets provided, and the calculation an estimate for the volume of medium injected based on the duration of injection and the flow rate.
US10674978B2
According to the present invention, a highly safe moving-type radiation device can be provided. In the case of a conventional configuration using tension springs, if a spring is severed, the fragments will separate from each other permanently. Therefore, the present invention uses compression spring 8a and 8b instead. According to the spring mechanism of the present invention, even if a shaft is about to move largely in accordance with the severing of a spring, fragments of the spring, which has become stuck each other and immovable, interfere and prevent the movement of the shaft. What has been devised in the present invention is a junction spring seat that links a plurality of compression springs 8a and 8b. With this, even in cases where the compression springs 8a and 8b are linked in series, the compression springs 8a and 8b will not be buckled.
US10674976B2
Imaging devices and medical apparatuses are provided. The imaging device comprises a first cantilever, a second cantilever and an aligning and locking device where the second cantilever is separably connected with the first cantilever, and the aligning and locking device is provided at a connection of the first cantilever and the second cantilever and comprises a positioning groove, a positioning block and a locking member. The positioning groove is concavely provided on one of the first cantilever and the second cantilever and the positioning block is convexly provided on the other and extendable into the positioning groove to cooperate with the positioning groove for positioning. A locking groove is concavely provided in the positioning block. The locking member is movably provided in the cantilever on which the positioning groove is provided, and may insert into the locking groove to cooperate with the locking groove for locking.
US10674962B2
A finger clamping device and an oximeter using the finger clamping device are provided. The finger clamping device includes a shell, an upper clamping member, and a lower clamping member. The shell includes two oppositely facing sidewalls. Each sidewall defines at least one sliding rail. The upper clamping member is arranged in the shell and defines two guiding rods. The two guiding rods are received in and slide along the sliding rail. At least one elastic member joins the lower clamping member and the upper clamping member and is tensioned when a finger is inserted between the upper clamping member and the lower clamping member.
US10674955B2
A system and method for detecting lubrication conditions, lubrication regimes, impingement, stick-slip, and/or surface damage allows the health of a joint to be monitored. The system and method provides in situ or in vivo real-time monitoring of dynamic and static conditions of the joint. The monitoring system may use both passive and active sensing approaches that employ strategically placed piezoelectric transducers on/in the articulating components of the joint. In some embodiments, the transducers may be Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) transducers. Active sensing may be used to detect lubrication regimes under static and dynamic conditions. Passive sensing may be used to characterize the joint motion and abnormities, such as impingements and surface damages.
US10674952B1
A system and method for providing reminding assistance. The system includes at least one processing component, at least one memory component, and a memory impairment detection and assistance environment. The memory impairment detection and assistance environment includes a reminding database, an analysis module, and an assistance module. The analysis module includes an attribute analyzer configured to determine values for attributes based on memory impairment detection data and a memory evaluator configured to determine that an attribute has a value that crosses a threshold attribute value. The assistance module includes a reminding assistant configured to receive a memory impairment signal and, in response, generate a reminder that includes information selected from the reminding database.
US10674946B2
The disclosed invention provides a sweat sensing device configured with self-aligned sweat stimulation means to provide adequate sweat generation for continuous monitoring of sweat. The disclosed device includes one or more analyte-specific sweat sensors that self-align with sweat glands. In one embodiment, the sweat sensing device includes means to protect the self-aligning sensors from abrasion against the skin or device components. In another embodiment, the device includes prolonged sweat stimulation for the self-aligning sensors through diffusion of a sweat stimulating compound into the skin.
US10674943B2
A non-invasive system, and method for simple, quantitative screening for mTBI and other forms of mid cognitive impairment using a visuo-motor performance test (for example, a submaximal grip test) in response to visual feedback to quantitatively measure the intra-individual variability of performance metric for initial screening of patients with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), and other neurological disorders. The system and method can be administered in minutes, by any level of caregiver, in any environment including military in-the-field or sports on-field deployments, and is useful in screening those truly injured from those disguising or mimicking injury. In addition to screening, the system and method can be used to monitor and/or detect changes to intra-individual variability over time by comparison to a baseline, which in turn is helpful in determining estimated recovery trajectory or other related information.
US10674928B2
A leadless pacing system includes a leadless pacing device and a sensing extension extending from a housing of the leadless pacing device. The sensing extension includes one or more electrodes with which the leadless pacing device may sense electrical cardiac activity. The one or more electrodes of the sensing extension may be carried by a self-supporting body that is configured to passively position the one or more electrodes proximate or within a chamber of the heart other than the chamber in which the LPD is implanted.
US10674925B2
An electrode assembly for measuring bio-signals includes a body, a fastening member extending from the body and provided on one side of the body, the fastening member including a spring groove formed therein and an aperture penetrating therethrough, and a spring inserted into the spring groove. The aperture receives a fastening stud of a patch which is supplied from outside. The spring compresses the fastening stud received in the aperture such that the fastening member fixes the fastening stud thereto.
US10674919B2
The use of a transdermal Raman spectrum to measure glucose or other substance concentration can give an inaccurate result if the Raman signals originate at a wrong skin depth. To predict whether a spectrum of Raman signals received transdermally in a confocal detector apparatus and having at least one component expected to have an intensity representing the concentration of glucose or another skin component at a point of origin of the Raman signals below the surface of the skin will accurately represent the concentration, peaks in the spectrum at 883/4 cm−1 and 894 cm−1 are measured to determine whether the Raman signals originate primarily within the stratum corneum so that the spectrum will be less likely to represent the concentration accurately or originate primarily below the stratum corneum so that the spectrum will be more likely to represent the concentration accurately.
US10674915B2
Systems and methods for real-time target validation during radiation treatment therapy based on real-time target displacement and radiation dosimetry measurements.
US10674912B1
An embodiment of a mind-view communication apparatus includes a first portable unit and a second portable unit. The first portable unit includes an eyeglass frame, at least one first optical unit disposed on the eyeglass frame for capturing at least one scene image corresponding to a field of view of a user, and at least one second optical unit disposed on the eyeglass frame for capturing at least one eye image corresponding to at least a portion of at least one eye of the user. The second portable unit is in communication with the first portable unit and includes at least one processor configured for receiving the at least one scene image and the at least one eye image, determining a direction within the field of view to which the at least one eye is directed based upon the at least one eye image, and generating a subset of the at least one scene image based on the determined direction.
US10674906B2
Gonioscope devices are disclosed herein that are configured to enable a medical professional to view structure inside the eye that is ordinarily hidden from normal view. The gonioscope can be an integrally molded single piece that includes both a handle and a gonioscopic optical element. The proximal surface can have a viewing area and a light diffusing area. A recess can provide access to a wound site on the eye while the gonioscope is used for viewing. The handle can be configured to encourage proper alignment of the gonioscope with the eye. The gonioscope can provide an optical fixation point for the subject to focus on to facilitate proper alignment of the eye. The gonioscope can have one or more retention elements configured to engage the tissue of the eye around the contact surface to stabilize the gonioscope. The gonioscope can couple to a lid speculum.
US10674900B2
In one embodiment of the invention, a method and system for controlling a telesurgical tool is disclosed. The method and system for controlling a telesurgical tool includes moving a monitor displaying an image of a robotic surgical tool; sensing motion of the monitor; and translating the sensed motion of the monitor into motion of the robotic surgical tool.
US10674894B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to systems and methods for device exchange in an endoscopic procedure. In one implementation, a system for device exchange in an endoscopic procedure includes an elongated device having a slit extending from a distal end to a proximal end of the elongated device, a main block, and an adapter. The main block is configured to be affixed to a port of an endoscope. The main block includes a main channel for receiving a guidewire and the elongated device. The adapter can be engaged with the main block and configured to merge the guidewire into the elongated device. The adapter includes a working channel for receiving the elongated device and a working member raising from an inner wall of the working channel. When the elongated device passes through the working channel, the working member wedges open a portion of the slit of the elongated device such that a portion of the guidewire merges into the elongated device through the opened portion of the slit.
US10674893B2
An overtube, which is punctured into a body wall and guides an endoscope and a treatment tool into a body cavity, includes an interlocking member that interlocks the forward and backward movements of the endoscope and the treatment tool with each other. The interlocking member is constituted of a first sleeve coupled to the endoscope, a second sleeve coupled to the treatment tool, and a coupling member having an elastic body, which couples the first sleeve and the second sleeve together. Accordingly, in a case where the stretching of the coupling member is small, the endoscope interlocks with the forward and backward movement of the treatment tool at a slow response, and in a case where the stretching of the coupling member is large, the endoscope interlock with the forward and backward movement of a treatment tool at a quick response.
US10674882B2
An adapter device for arranging a container (4, 6) on the upper face (5) of a cleaning device (9), said adapter device consisting of an adapter plate (1, 2) with a support surface (13, 15) and at least one locking element for locking the container in place on the (4, 6) adapter plate. The adapter plate (1, 2) is divided into at least two parts and consists of a front adapter plate (1) and a rear adapter plate (2) which can be separately mounted on the upper face (5) of the cleaning device (9).
US10674879B2
A waste absorbing media composition for use in an agitating waste non-contact toilet apparatus comprises an absorbent material, a liquid, and an indicator detectable by a sensor of the agitating waste non-contact toilet apparatus.
US10674876B2
An inventive dispenser for storing and dispensing hygiene products is disclosed. The dispenser includes, in a closed state, a rear wall, two opposite side walls, a front wall, and an upper wall. The dispenser further includes a dispensing opening and an openable cover that may be opened for refill of the dispenser. At least one wall of the dispenser includes a support structure made at least mainly of plastic material. An outer thin metal sheet is laminated to an exterior surface of the support structure, and the surface of the metal sheet includes a curved surface in at least one direction.
US10674871B2
The present invention relates to a food processing device, comprising a base plate provided with a first pivot and a second pivot, a processing element provided on the base plate, and an arm assembly pivotably coupled to the base plate. The arm assembly comprises a first arm and a second arm pivotally coupled to each other, each of the two arms being pivotally coupled to the base plate, whereby the first arm and the second arm form together a compound lever mechanism. A force applied by an operator onto the second arm increases as an output by the second arm, and the increasing force is conveyed to the first arm so that the food processing device is operated faster and easier, without making the operator more fatigued.
US10674870B1
A food chilling device includes a container body defining a container interior volume configured to contain foodstuff, a lid configured to cover the container interior volume, at least one compartment pivotally coupled to the container body and defining a compartment interior volume configured to contain additional foodstuff, and a refrigeration system coupled to the container body and configured to cool the foodstuff contained within the container interior volume and the additional foodstuff contained within the compartment interior volume.
US10674869B2
A cooking apparatus includes, but is not limited to, a bottom surface that lies at the bottom of a perimeter wall and having one or more stands operable to support a cooking plate, the perimeter wall having an angled edge; an electric heating element that can be interchangeably positioned on the one or more stands; a gas heating element that can be interchangeably positioned on the one or more stands; a cooking plate that is operable to seat on the base above the electric or gas heating element, is detachable from the base, and has an angled edge portion complimentary to that of the perimeter wall; a lid that is operable to rest over the cooking plate and extends beyond the perimeter edge of the cooking plate but completely covers the plate and allows for condensation to drip outside of the plate.
US10674867B2
A foldable container for use in microwave ovens that comprises a first section that defines a hollow volume; with the first section closed by a second folded section that is adapted to unfold automatically between a folded configuration in a flower pattern and an expanded configuration, providing an open upper base to the unfolded container.
US10674865B2
Method, machine and boiler for the preparation of beverages, in particular infusions such as coffee or tea; wherein the boiler has a central tank which delimits a superheating area for a liquid and an outer tank positioned around the central tank so as to delimit a heating area for the liquid and to allow the heating of the liquid in the heating area by means of the heat generated in the superheating area; the heating area having a first outlet for supplying hot liquid, the superheating area having a second outlet for the supply of steam.
US10674863B2
A beverage dispenser for dispensing either a hot or cold beverage, for example tea, from a common mixing chamber and a method for making and/or operating the same is disclosed. The dispense has a source of hot water, usually a heater, and a source of water, a refrigeration system to cool the water and one or more sources of flavor. The hot or cold water, or both can be provided to the common or same, mixing chamber and mixed assisted with a static and/or dynamic mixer and then dispensed. The last portion of the water is used to rinse for the next beverage. Flavor or syrup pump current is sensed to provide the appropriate amount of flavor concentrate to a known quantity of water to form a beverage of appropriate strength or syrup.
US10674857B2
A portable, self-contained beverage apparatus includes a container assembly having a known storage capacity for storing a consumable liquid, and a dispensing assembly disposed within the container assembly that dispenses variable, non-zero quantities of additives into the consumable liquid. The dispensing assembly includes multiple apertures structured and arranged to retain vessels containing the additives to be dispensed into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus also includes a level sensor disposed within the container assembly that determines a consumable liquid level of the consumable liquid stored in the container assembly. In certain embodiments, one or more positive displacement pumping mechanisms are configured to pump additive liquid from additive containers into a beverage chamber.
US10674853B2
A cooking device includes a base, a housing, partition walls, a lid, a control module, an exhaust module, a connecting electrode and a heating module. The exhaust module includes an air-filled element, an air-extraction element, an inlet passage and an exhaust passage. The air-extraction element is used to exhaust fog or oil fume generated in the plurality of inner pots. The connecting electrode is arranged in a middle position of the base. The heating module includes: bottom heating units disposed different locations inside a storage compartment of the housing respectively and connected with the processor individually; second heating units arranged on the partition walls and connected with the connecting electrode by wires inside the partition walls; and third heating units arranged on the inner wall of the housing.
US10674852B2
An axially collapsible cooking vessel comprises a flexible body having plural circumferentially extending reduced thickness areas spacedly arrayed between an upper peripheral edge and a bottom edge that provide for nested folding of the flexible body axially inwardly and downwardly upon itself; a heat conductive base that is interconnected with a bottom peripheral edge of the flexible body in a fluid tight engagement therewith; a heatsink structurally interconnected to a bottom surface of the heat conductive base, the heatsink having an annular shaped radiator and a circumferentially extending shield extending about the annular shaped radiator; and a removable lid releasable engageable with a top opening defined by the flexible body.
US10674849B2
The invention relates to a mechanical eating utensil which combines the capabilities of a fork, characterized by function for spearing the food and of a knife characterized by function for cutting the food and can be used by handicapped and people with decreased functional ability of one of their upper limbs. The eating utensil consists of a handle and an instrument end with one or more rotating cutting tines.
US10674840B2
A display for products, or a mount, or a holder for products, more particularly, but not exclusively, electronic devices, for presentation of electronic products for display or sale and, to a modular system intended to cater for electronic products that may require different power, voltage, and current requirements in order to stay powered while on display in a retail setting.
US10674839B2
Disclosed herein is a display unit that is rugged, re-usable, and configured for quick (and tool-free) assembly. The display unit includes a foldable frame with a scannable display code. The foldable frame is also configured to support at least one shelf, and the at least one shelf has one or more item codes that are distinct and separate from the scannable display code. Each of the item codes respectively identifies one or more products to be placed on the shelf. In some embodiments, the foldable frame of the display unit is pre-adhered (e.g., a first side panel and a second side panel are adhered along respective vertical fold lines to a back panel) and desired shelf heights for the display unit are pre-configured before shipment of the display unit to a merchant. In this way, the display unit can be quickly constructed by the merchant with the desired shelf heights.
US10674838B2
A refrigerated merchandiser including a case defining a product display area configured to support product, a refrigeration circuit in which a refrigerant circulates, and a dilution device coupled to the refrigeration circuit. The dilution device includes a valve assembly and a container supporting a pressurized fluid. The valve assembly is in fluid communication with the refrigeration circuit and is selectively variable to an open state to fluidly couple the container to the refrigeration circuit such that the fluid is discharged into the refrigeration circuit in response to a condition of the refrigeration circuit reaching or exceeding a predetermined threshold value.
US10674836B1
The infant crib with safety measures integrated therein is an item of furniture adapted for use with a child. The infant crib with safety measures integrated therein comprises a crib, an end cabinet, and an entertainment center. The infant crib with safety measures integrated therein is designed to sit directly on a supporting surface such that the severity and risk of a fall are reduced. The interior surfaces of the pen of the crib are lined with a silicone gel padding that reduces the probability of an impact injuries. The silicone gel padding further reduces injury risk by discouraging chewing along the edges of the infant crib with safety measures integrated therein. The end cabinet provides storage space for used near the infant crib with safety measures integrated therein. The entertainment center is a collection of stimuli that aid in a child's development.
US10674834B2
A play yard assembly with positioning and securing features for lift off devices is provided. A top rail of a main frame of the play yard assembly has a coupling portion with a crushed cross section where a first engaging piece with alignment feature is provided thereto. The lift off device has a second engaging piece utilized for aligning with the first engaging piece, so at to install the lift off device at the designated location along the top rail.
US10674832B2
An air bed system including a plurality of peripheral devices and a pump unit configured to adjust a firmness of an air mattress, the pump unit including a pump. The system further includes a controller configured to execute instructions that cause the pump unit to wirelessly pair with at least one of the plurality of peripheral devices. The pump unit is configured to receive at least one control signal addressed to the at least one of the plurality of peripheral devices, and transmit the at least one control signal to the addressed device.
US10674826B2
A chair back assembly includes a frame assembly including a pair of slots extending through the frame assembly, a first location positioned between the pair of slots, and a pair of second locations located outward of an outer periphery of the frame assembly, and a vertically adjustable lumbar assembly configured to support a lumbar area of a seated user and including a central portion and a pair of end portions slidably engaging the central portion, the central portion located in the first location and the end portions located in the second locations, wherein the pair of end portion are slidably moveable within the slots between a first position and a second position that is different than the first position.
US10674823B2
A stabilizing mat includes a first surface configured to inhibit movement of items placed thereon. The first surface includes a plurality of first parallelogram areas and a plurality of depressions. Each of the first parallelogram areas includes one of the depressions at a center of the first parallelogram area. Each of the first parallelogram areas further includes four first parallelogram corners and four first parallelogram sides. Each of the first parallelogram corners of the first parallelogram areas includes a protruding peak. Each of the protruding peaks is separated from an adjacent one of the protruding peaks by a concavity. Each of the concavities defines one of the depressions. The mat also includes a second surface including a plurality of substantially flat areas configured to rest on a flat foundation to provide support to the items placed on the first surface.
US10674819B2
An adjusting mechanism for slide rail includes a first adjusting device, a second adjusting device and a housing. The first adjusting device includes a first base and a first adjusting member configured to adjust a height of the first base. The second adjusting device includes a second base and a second adjusting member configured to adjust the second base to move transversely relative to the second rail. The first adjusting device and the second adjusting device are mounted to the housing. Wherein, the second base includes a base part and a protrusion part. The protrusion part is fixed to the base part and configured to be inserted into a carried object supported by the slide rail.
US10674818B2
An automobile door hanger apparatus. The automobile door hanger apparatus includes a vertical member with two arms. The two arms have two plates on them that provide tubular members. The tubular members are in vertical alignment and are sized so that a removable automobile door can be attached to them. The automobile door hanger apparatus allows for four removable automobile doors to be attached to it such that the doors are safely and effectively stored.
US10674815B1
In an embodiment, a device stand, comprises an elongated rectangular sheet defined by a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge and a second side edge; three (3) fold lines extending laterally across the sheet and spaced apart along the sheet, a first fold line from among the three fold lines being at a midpoint of a length of the sheet; a first device slot extending laterally in the sheet from the top edge and positioned apart from the first fold line; a second device slot extending laterally in the sheet from the top edge and positioned apart from the first fold line, symmetrically opposite the first fold line from the first device slot; a first interlocking slot extending upwardly from the bottom edge and positioned between the first side edge and a second fold line among the three fold lines; a second interlocking slot extending downwardly from the top edge and positioned between the second side edge and a third fold line among the three fold lines.
US10674810B2
Oral care implement comprising mirror and light distributive element, and method of forming the same
An oral care implement, such as a toothbrush, that comprises a mirror and a light pipe adjacent the mirror. In one embodiment, the invention can be an oral care implement comprising: a body comprising a handle portion and a head portion; a mirror coupled to the body; a light source coupled to the body; and a light pipe coupled to the body and surrounding at least a portion of the mirror, the light pipe operably coupled to the light source to distribute light emitted by the light source through the light pipe.
US10674803B2
A wearable band may include a first strap portion including a loop, and a second strap portion positionable through the loop of the first strap portion. The second strap portion may include a multi-pole magnet assembly, the multi-pole magnet assembly including two or more magnets arranged in a multi-pole magnet structure and at least one discrete shunt positioned over a surface of the multi-pole magnet structure.
US10674781B2
A device for avoiding excessive loads on the human foot when walking comprises a shoe insole having at least one force sensor for generating a measurement signal indicating loads and/or partial loads on the foot; an analyzing unit electrically connected to the at least one force sensor for analyzing the measurement signal of the at least one force sensor; an electric power source to provide electric power to the analyzing unit; and a feedback control signal generator which generates a feedback control signal on the basis of the analysis of the analyzing unit for monitoring loads and/or partial loads on the foot, e.g., by means of an actuator, wherein the sensitive components are disposed in a housing to protect them, in particular from water and/or pressure loads. Furthermore, a method for operating the device is provided.
US10674779B2
A magnetic fastener such as for an article of footwear comprises a male fastener portion and a female fastener portion. The male fastener portion is configured to magnetically fasten to the female fastener portion. The female fastener portion defines a recess with an outer periphery that is asymmetric about a center axis of the recess. The male fastener portion fits into the recess when the male fastener portion is in a first orientation relative to the female fastener portion, and interferes with the female fastener portion when the male fastener portion is urged to rotate about the center axis of the recess away from the first orientation.
US10674774B2
A garment and method for targeted water weight-loss of a user. The garment may be a typical article of clothing; however, heat trapping agents are applied to the garment, particularly on the inside of the garment so as to make contact with the skin causing increased perspiration of the user at the location where the heating trapping agent contacts the skin. The heat trapping agent can be applied to the garment at desired locations and with a desired pattern to increase the efficiency of perspiration, and therefore, water weight-loss. Preferably, the heat trapping agent is print material with a stretch additive.
US10674773B2
A utility bra includes a right strap, a left strap, a right cup coupled with the right strap, a left cup coupled with the left strap, a center panel coupled with the right cup and the left cup, and a strap securing mechanism having an inner securing layer and an outer securing layer. The inner securing layer includes an inner gripping element and the outer securing layer includes an outer gripping element. The inner gripping element and the outer gripping element face toward one another, for example when the utility bra is worn by a user. The strap securing mechanism is coupled with the right strap or the left strap. The inner gripping element and the outer gripping element operate to grip the a personal item between the inner securing layer and the outer securing layer.
US10674765B2
The present disclosure relates to aerosol delivery devices, methods of forming such devices, and elements of such devices. In some embodiments, the present disclosure provides atomizers and elements thereof, such as a combined wick and heater configured to improve vaporization response time, particularly on porous, monolithic wicks. The wick can have a tapered end that engages the interior of a substantially basket-shaped wire heater coil. The heater also may be in the form of a conductive mesh that is present on a portion of the wick.
US10674761B2
Systems and methods for monitoring of biometric and contextual variables to assist in screening for, quantification of, and prediction of smoking behavior, and for assisting in smoking cessation are described.
US10674744B2
A machine for making and dispensing cold or ice beverages, such as cool drinks, slushes, sorbets and the like, comprising at least: a containment and processing tank for the product to be dispensed which has a front wall, which is equipped at the bottom of it with a dispensing mouth for dispensing the beverage, a dispenser, located at the beverage dispensing mouth and able to be turned on or off to allow the beverage to be dispensed; a thermal treatment cylinder located inside the containment tank; a stirrer located outside an outer surface of said thermal treatment cylinder and adapted to rotate about a respective axis of rotation; a thermal treatment plant comprising a first exchanger, a second heat exchanger, a pressure reducing unit and a compressor, the first heat exchanger being located inside said thermal treatment cylinder.
US10674731B2
The present invention provides a package (200) comprising at least one first component in the form a well 220, the first component comprising particulate matter comprising at least one natural oil; at least one second component, in the form of a plurality of second wells 230 comprising antagonist(s) of a microbial pathogen; wherein the at least one first component and the at least one second component are contained in separate compartments of said package. Also provided by the present invention is a method for providing an anti-bacterial agent, the method comprising mixing the first component comprising particulate matter carrying at least one natural oil; and at least one second component comprising at least one antagonist of a microbial pathogen, and allowing said mixture to form into an emulsion with anti-bacterial activity. Further provided by the present invention is a method of treating or preventing a pathogen infection in a plant, the method comprises applying to said plant an amount of an emulsion comprising particulate matter, at least one natural oil and at least one antagonist of a microbial pathogen that causes said pathogen infection. Yet further, there are provided some isolated antagonistic bacteria that may be used, inter alia, in the package and methods disclosed herein.
US10674723B2
This invention discloses a type of 1,8-bis(Schiff base)-p-menthane derivatives as well as their preparation method and applications. The reaction of 1,8-diamino-p-menthane with a substituted benzaldehyde was carried out in a polar organic solvent at 0° C.-75° C. for 1-48 h. After the completion of the reaction, part of the solvent was distilled off to perform recrystallization to get a 1,8-bis(Schiff base)-p-menthane derivative, whose pre-emergence herbicidal activity against ryegrass was determined by using the Petri dish seed germination method. The 1,8-bis(Schiff base)-p-menthane derivatives, obtained with this method in high yield and mild reaction conditions, have a good inhibitory effect on the growth of annual ryegrass, and low toxicity.
US10674720B2
An apparatus and a method for cryopreserving a plurality of cellular samples are disclosed. The apparatus may include a cooling chamber and a cooling device that may include a mechanism to cool an interior of the cooling chamber. The cooling device may further include cooling tubes that are separate from the mechanism to cool the interior of the cooling chamber and that are arranged within the cooling chamber. The cooling device may provide a flow of refrigerant through the cooling tubes and a support for supporting a plurality of vials for storing cellular samples. The support may be movable relative to the cooling tubes such that the plurality of vials may be engageable with the cooling tubes.
US10674711B2
Edible spinning tops for domesticated animals are presented including: a spindle formed along a central axis; a body formed symmetrically and radially about the central axis and forming an annular cavity about the spindle; a protrusion positioned along the central axis and disposed along the body opposite the spindle; and retaining structures positioned separately along the spindle each forming a raised barrier and a retention valley therebetween, where the spindle protrudes above the body, and where the spindle, the body, and the protrusion include an edible, desiccated, and brittle composition. In some embodiments, an edible ring captured along the retention valley between the retaining structures about the spindle.
US10674710B2
The present invention relates to a ball-throwing scoop for interaction with a pet, comprising a scoop body and a handle. The scoop body includes a scoop opening, two sides and a base portion. The scoop body resembles a smaller half of a circular tube or approximately circular tube longitudinally cut off, the longitudinal central axis y of which is an arc having a larger radius R; r is used to denote the radius of the smaller half of the circular tube, R>>r; the base portion of the scoop body is connected to the handle in the shape of a hollow cylinder, the central axis of the handle obliquely intersects the longitudinal central axis of the scoop body, a cavity of the handle can store liquid or solid pet drinks/foods, especially a cylindrical biscuit box.
US10674708B2
A horse safety assembly includes a blanket that is draped over an animal. The blanket is comprised of an electrically conductive material. An insulator is coupled to the blanket and the insulator rests on the animal when the blanket is positioned on the animal. The insulator is comprised of an electrically insulating material. A plurality of straps is provided and each of the straps is coupled to the blanket. Each of the straps is selectively matable to each other to retain the blanket on the animal. A shock unit is coupled to the blanket and the shock unit is in electrical communication with the blanket. The shock unit delivers an electrical shock to an attacker when the attacker attacks the animal. In this way the attacker is repelled from the animal.
US10674703B2
Animal feeders are disclosed that include a barrier limiting access to feed inside the feeder, doors controlled by an actuator and a control system configured to feed certain species to the exclusion of others by the recognition of those species. Cameras and, in some cases, other detectors are used to detect and identify animals by species. Doors may be configured to be open by default and remain open for the feeding of desired animals with the doors closing to prevent feeding upon the approach of an animal targeted for exclusion.
US10674700B2
A distribution unit for milk samples includes a flow passage, a valve controlled milk inlet port through which milk is delivered to the flow passage, a pump port through which a sampling pump communicates with the flow passage, and at least two valve controlled milk sampling outlet ports through which milk samples are delivered from the flow passage to a respective milk sample analyzing unit. The flow passage has a longitudinal extension between a first end and a second end, and the milk sampling outlet ports are connected to the flow passage in positions located between the connection position of the milk inlet port and the connection position of the pump port.
US10674699B2
The invention provides methods for preparing a conifer seedling with increased tolerance to a pest. A conifer seedling is inoculated with an isolated endophyte when the conifer seedling is susceptible to colonization by the endophyte.
US10674698B1
The present invention provides novel snap pea cultivar Sugar 188 and plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom. The invention also provides methods for producing a pea plant by crossing the pea plants of the invention with themselves or another pea plant. The invention also provides pea plants produced from such a crossing as well as plant parts, seed, and tissue culture therefrom.
US10674691B2
The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated IID3133, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line IID3133 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line IID3133, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line IID3133, and plants produced according to these methods.
US10674689B1
Plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the hybrid rice HR180002, and methods for producing a rice plant by crossing a rice plant of hybrid rice HR180002 with itself or with another rice plant, such as a plant of another rice variety or rice hybrid, are disclosed.
US10674687B2
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH465900. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH465900, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH465900 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH465900.
US10674682B2
A rope brake is provided for controlled lowering of a branch or limb cut from a tree by a person holding one end of the rope. The rope brake includes a drum mounted to a back plate. The back plate is mounted to the tree. The rope for lowering the branch or limb is threaded through guides on the drum and wrapped around the drum one, two or three times. One end of the rope is tied to the branch to be cut and the other end is held by the operator. When the branch is cut from the tree, the tension on the rope supplied by the operator controls the friction between the rope and the drum, such that the branch can be safely lowered in a controlled manner.
US10674681B2
A blower including a base having a housing, a handle extending from the housing, a power source positioned within the housing, the blower including: a drive shaft extending forwardly from the power source, wherein the drive shaft is rotatable by the power source; a fan member operatively connected to the drive shaft; a flywheel extending rearwardly from the power source, the flywheel being positioned adjacent to a rear of the housing; and at least one rear vent formed into the rear of the housing adjacent to the flywheel, wherein rotation of the flywheel draws ambient air into the housing through the at least one rear vent, and rotation of the flywheel generates a cooling air flow that directs the ambient air across the power source to cool the power source during operation thereof.
US10674677B2
The present invention relates to a method for controlling the growth of a plant, the plant being of a predetermined type and arranged in a controlled environment subject to receiving illumination of a mixture of natural and artificial light. The invention also relates to a corresponding system for controlling the growth of a plant and to a computer program product.
US10674672B2
A threshing and separating system including a non-stationary rotor cage including a perforated cylindrical body extending in a longitudinal direction from a first open end portion to a second open end portion. The first open end portion supported by a first rotatable coupling point, and the second open end portion supported by a second rotatable coupling point. The threshing and separating system also includes a rotor configured to rotate within the non-stationary rotor cage to thresh harvested crop. The non-stationary rotor cage is configured to rotate about an axis extending between the first rotatable coupling point and the second rotatable coupling point, and to be rotationally driven by the rotor via the threshed harvested crop.
US10674670B2
A high-efficiency pickup baler crawler and automatic bale stacking system, includes a straw pickup stubble harvesting device, a continuous conveying preloading device, a lower feeding type compression and baling device, a bale transportation and arraying device, a bale stacking device, a walking device and a counting control. The counting control which controls the amount of bale compression chamber discharge, is used to control the bale conveying device and bale stacking device, to achieve the goals of automatic conveying, pushing and stacking, and avoids artificial secondary handling and improves the working efficiency of the system.
US10674659B2
A mower blade assembly attaches to a rotatable spindle and includes a mounting plate which defines a first pin aperture. The mounting plate and a retaining plate are attached to the rotatable spindle. The retaining plate defines a second pin aperture. A movable pin plate comprises a pin. A blade is selectively attachable to the mounting plate. The blade defines a retaining plate aperture and a third pin aperture. A biasing member urges the movable pin plate from a disengaged position to an engaged position. The pin is engageable with the pin apertures for mounting and retaining the cutting blade to the mounting plate. The blade is attached by moving the blade over the retaining plate aperture, urging the movable pin plate to the disengaged position, rotating the blade, and releasing the movable pin plate. Another embodiment includes a force finger.
US10674654B2
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for managing cropland comprising the steps of: (1) wirelessly linking a remote sensing platform to a ground based communication system; (2) spatially resolving into a set of locations a ground matrix area using optics of the remote sensing platform; (3) optically measuring for each member of the set of locations: first reflected cropland radiation in a visible range using the remote sensing platform, second reflected cropland radiation in a near-infrared range, and emitted radiation in an infrared range of 2500 to 12,000 nm; (4) generating a crop health data set for each set of locations using the combined remote sensing data; (5) repeating the steps of spatially resolving and optically measuring to periodically update the crop health data set; and (6) communicating the specific crop management recommendations to a farm treatment system.
US10681846B2
A server tray package includes a motherboard assembly that includes a plurality of data center electronic devices, the plurality of data center electronic devices including at least one heat generating processor device; and a liquid cold plate assembly. The liquid cold plate assembly includes a base portion mounted to the motherboard assembly, the base portion and motherboard assembly defining a volume that at least partially encloses the plurality of data center electronic devices; and a top portion mounted to the base portion and including a heat transfer member shaped to thermally contact the heat generating processor device, the heat transfer member including an inlet port and an outlet port that are in fluid communication with a cooling liquid flow path defined through the heat transfer member.
US10681836B2
A power distribution system, modular data center (MDC), and method provide a permanent electrical enclosure sized for an eventual maximum load allowing for flexible ampacity and concurrent upgradeability. A busway is mountable in a MDC to carry three-phase AC electrical power. A three-phase electrical cable is rated to carry a maximum power value to connect to a power distribution unit (PDU) of a first rack-based information handling system (IHS) of the MDC. A bus plug is engaged to the first busway and has at least three conduction paths that electrically connect to the three-phase electrical cable. Interchangeable fused switch modules of different power ratings are selectable to be received in a fused switch module receptacle in the bus plug. A reduced power fused switch module for initial power capacity of the MDC can later be upgraded to a maximum power rating without changing anything but the fused switch module.
US10681835B2
A computing device is disclosed. The example computing device includes an enclosure that houses an electrical component. The example computing device also includes a latch assembly disposed on the enclosure, the latch assembly to facilitate coupling the enclosure to a rack. The latch assembly includes an antenna which is communicatively coupled to the electrical component.
US10681834B1
The present disclosure is directed to a removable cable arm bracket for attachment to an inner rail of a computer system. The cable arm bracket includes a spring sheet that can be biased for securing and removing the cable arm bracket from the inner rail. The spring sheet secures a projection from the inner rail within an aperture of the cable arm bracket to secure the cable arm bracket to the inner rail. Biasing of the spring sheet allows the projection to be removed from the aperture.
US10681824B1
A method for manufacturing a waterproof circuit board comprises steps of providing a first wiring substrate suitable for high-frequency transmissions. The first wiring substrate includes a first copper layer and a first conductive wiring layer. A waterproof layer is formed on exposed surfaces of the first wiring substrate. A second wiring substrate suitable for low-frequency transmissions defines a receiving groove. The second wiring substrate includes a second copper layer and defines a first blind hole. The first wiring substrate is pressed in the receiving groove. A first conductive portion is formed in the first blind hole to electrically connect the first conductive wiring layer and the second copper layer.
US10681823B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display including a display area and a connecting area extending from one side of the display area, a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) connected with the connecting area, and a first module mounted on a first surface of the FPCB, where the connecting area is bent such that the first module is apart from the display to face the display.
US10681821B2
Techniques for constructing a wafer based module are provided herein. For example, the techniques include providing a substrate, forming a pattern of conductive material relative to at least one of a surface plane of the substrate and an internal location within the substrate with the pattern of the conductive material including at least an exposed portion, mounting at least one electronic module to the exposed portion of the pattern of the conductive material, orienting the substrate orthogonal relative to a planar mounting surface such that the surface plane of the substrate is substantially orthogonal to the planar mounting surface, mounting one or more additional electronic modules on the planar mounting surface; and forming the semiconductor device by encapsulating the substrate, including the pattern of conductive material, the at least one electronic module and the one or more additional electronic modules within a mold compound.
US10681820B2
A circuit board includes: a metal core base material including a first main surface, a second main surface on an opposite side of the first main surface, a side surface, and a projection that projects from the side surface; an outer cover including a first insulation layer that covers the first main surface, a second insulation layer that covers the second main surface, and a third insulation layer that covers the side surface; a first wiring layer provided in the first main surface with the first insulation layer interposed between the first wiring layer and the first main surface; a second wiring layer provided in the second main surface with the second insulation layer interposed between the second wiring layer and the second main surface; and a sealing portion that is made of an insulation material embedded in the outer cover and covers an end surface of the projection.
US10681815B2
The composite chip component includes: plurality of chip elements which are disposed so as to be mutually spaced apart upon a common substrate, and which have mutually different functions; and a pair of electrodes which, in each of the chip elements, are formed on the surface of the substrate. As a result, it is possible to reduce the bond area (footprint) for the mounting substrate, and therefore, it is possible to provide a composite chip component capable of achieving efficiency of mounting operation.
US10681814B2
Provided is a high density multi-component package and a method of manufacturing a high density multi-component package. The high density multi-component package comprises at least two electronic components wherein each electronic component of the electronic components comprise a first external termination and a second external termination. At least one interposer is between the adjacent electronic components and attached to the interposer by an interconnect wherein the interposer is selected from an active interposer and a mechanical interposer. Adjacent electronic components are connected serially.
US10681813B2
Method for manufacturing an electronic component is provided. The method includes manufacturing elements that are produced by an additive manufacturing process. Moreover, the elements are produced in the same plane or out of plain with one or more foil substrates. The elements may be various structures, including, for example, connectors, electrical components (e.g., a resistor, a capacitor, a switch, and/or the like), and/or any other suitable electrical elements and/or structures.
US10681811B2
Embodiments of present invention provide various device assemblies for digital communication. The device assemblies may include a main printed-circuit-board (PCB); and an OSA-on-daughter-board (OODB) directly connected to the main PCB. The OODB has an optical sub-assembly (OSA) wire-bonded onto a daughter PCB. In one embodiment, the daughter PCB includes a flexible printed-circuit (FPC) sheet connecting the OODB directly to the main PCB. In another embodiment, the main PCB includes a FPC sheet connecting the main PCB directly to the OODB. In one embodiment, the connection may be made through an anisotropic conductive film or an anisotropic conductive adhesive.
US10681807B2
The present invention provides a prepreg for a coreless substrate including a thermosetting resin composition containing (a) (meth)acrylic elastomer, (b) an amine compound having at least two primary amino groups, and (c) a maleimide compound having at least two N-substituted maleimide groups, and a coreless substrate using the same, a method of manufacturing the coreless substrate, and a semiconductor package.
US10681803B2
In one example, a flexible circuit board includes a signal line disposed between a first ground and a second ground; a dielectric disposed between the first ground and the signal line and between the second ground and the signal line; and a flatness improvement portion disposed on an upper portion of the second ground.
US10681802B1
P and N termination networks couple a P line and an N line to corresponding receiver inputs. Each termination network includes an electrostatic discharge protection T-coil having an input port coupled to the corresponding line, a terminal port, and a center tap port. At least one of the termination networks further includes at least one delay T-coil having a terminal port, a center tap port, and an input port coupled to the terminal port of a corresponding one of the electrostatic discharge protection T-coils. In a no delay mode, a multiplexer selectively connects the P and N electrostatic discharge protection T-coil center tap ports to the P and N inputs of the receiver. In a delay mode, the multiplexer selectively connects the delay T-coil center tap port to a corresponding one of the P input of the receiver and the N input of the receiver.
US10681801B2
A mounting assembly includes an electronic component mounted on an upper surface of a circuit board and having at least one electrical connector and a thermal pad provided on a lower surface of the component. The circuit board is mounted on a heatsink and provided with an opening beneath the thermal pad of the component. The heatsink has a heatsink extension which extends through the circuit board and is spatially separated therefrom. A thermal interface material is provided to ensure an electrically insulating thermal connection between the thermal pad and the heatsink extension.
US10681789B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus are described herein for adjusting one or more lighting properties based on skill level of one or more players of a game. In various embodiments, (502) a skill disparity between at least two players of a game may be identified (502). A lighting scheme may be selected (504) to reduce an impact the skill disparity has on an outcome of the game. One or more light sources (104, 304) may be operated (508) to emit light in accordance with the lighting scheme.
US10681787B2
A lighting system (100; 120) comprises at least one lamp (10) and a processing unit (20) for estimating an end-of-life of the at least one lamp (10). The processing unit (20) is configured to receive a lamp burning time during which the at least one lamp is turned on and a forecasted temperature over a selected period of time at a location of the at least one lamp. The processing unit (20) is configured to estimate the end of life of the at least one lamp based on the lamp burning time and the forecasted temperature. By using the forecasted temperature, use of dedicated lamp sensors measuring internal parameters of the lamp usable for the end-of-life estimate may be avoided and the estimate may be simplified.
US10681785B2
A luminaire can include a power supply that receives AC mains power from a power source and delivers intermediate power, and can also include a lumen control module coupled to the power supply, where the lumen control module receives the intermediate power from the power source. The lumen control module can include at least one first switch that has multiple positions, and multiple resistors coupled to the at least one first switch, where each position of the at least one first switch corresponds to a resistance of the resistors, where the intermediate power received by the resistors is translated to a current level of a plurality of current levels based on the resistance. The luminaire can also include at least one light source coupled to the lumen control module, where the at least one light source emits a lumen output based on the current level received from the lumen control module.
US10681784B2
A lighting fixture for powering multiple LED groups to generate a selectable color temperature. The lighting fixture provides varying amounts of power to each group of LEDs to achieve a selected color temperature. Current from a driver may be divided between the LED groups based on a selected operational state, which is selected using a switch or other configurable input. The operational states may turn the LED groups on or off or may control an amount of current received by the LED groups. In some configurations, all of the LED groups are always at least partially powered.
US10681783B2
A method of setting luminance levels of a solid-state light sources of a luminaire with programmable light distribution is provided. The method includes obtaining a file describing a desired light beam distribution, converting the desired light beam distribution into luminance levels for the solid-state light sources, and applying the luminance levels to the solid-state light sources to cause the luminaire to output the desired light beam distribution.
US10681778B2
A method of constructing a heater includes providing a substrate, forming at least one trench into the substrate, depositing a functional material onto the substrate and into the at least one trench to form a functional element, and providing an electrical termination in contact with the functional element.
US10681776B2
A disclosed computer-implemented method for heating an item in a chamber of an electronic oven towards a target state includes heating the item with a set of applications of energy to the chamber while the electronic oven is in a respective set of configurations. The set of applications of energy and respective set of configurations define a respective set of variable distributions of energy in the chamber. The method also includes sensing sensor data that defines a respective set of responses by the item to the set of applications of energy. The method also includes generating a plan to heat the item in the chamber. The plan is generated by a control system of the electronic oven and uses the sensor data.
US10681775B2
A system and method for reducing latency in a wireless-to-wired backhaul environment, such as a LTE-Backhaul environment. In the LTE-Backhaul embodiment, the system and method rely on a modification to the eNodeB (eNB). This modification causes the eNB to generate a bandwidth report (BWR) upon receipt of a buffer status report (BSR) associated with an RRC encapsulated NSA signaling. The BWR provides a notification to the backhaul system that SCTP signaling, which is associated with the RRC encapsulated NSA signaling, is forthcoming. In addition, the present system and method provides for a periodic transmission of a grant (e.g., a MAP in a DOCSIS embodiment) in the backhaul portion. The backhaul grant provides for the modem to immediately forward the BWR to the modem termination system (MTS) upon receipt of the BWR such that the MTS may prepare a grant for the forth coming SCTP signaling.
US10681770B2
The present specification relates to a method for transmitting and receiving, by a station, a signal in a wireless LAN (WLAN) system. More particularly, the specification presents a method for transmitting a receiving a signal and an apparatus therefor by differently interpreting MCS information indicated by a plurality of modulation and coding scheme (MCS) fields according to a signal transmission and reception method, when the station transmits the signal on the basis of the MCS information indicated by the plurality of MCS fields.
US10681762B2
Multiple communication session requests received by a terminating UE within a period of time can be handled on a last come, first served basis. A terminating UE that is in the process of setting up a first communication session, upon receiving a session request to establish a second communication session, is configured to terminate first setup procedures for the first communication session, and initiate second setup procedures to establish the second communication session. The last come, first served treatment of a subsequent communication session can be implemented unconditionally, or selectively by evaluating whether a condition is met prior to accepting the subsequent communication session before finishing setup procedures for the initial communication session.
US10681761B2
An apparatus for distributing data using a short-range wireless interconnection protocol for electronic devices includes a processor communicatively connected, using a communication bus, to a number of originator antennas, each of the number of originator antennas communicating with an originating device, a plurality of device antennas, communicatively connected to the communication bus, each of the plurality of device antennas communicating with a number of client devices, and a non-transitory storage medium. The non-transitory storage medium includes a receive module, a session identify module, and a send module. The receive module receives a data packet using one of the number of originator antennas. The session identify module identifies at least one communication session with at least one remote device associated with one of the plurality of device antennas. The send module sends the data packet to the at least one remote device associated with one of the plurality of device antennas.
US10681759B2
One or more wireless stations may operate to configure direct communication with neighboring mobile stations, e.g., direct communication between the wireless stations without utilizing an intermediate access point. A mechanism for a wireless station to transmit a paging beacon outside of a paging window may include establishing a paged data link with a peer station, determining that one or more data frames associated with the paged data link are pending transmission, and transmitting a beacon to the peer station outside of a scheduled paging window of the paged data link. The beacon may include a paging attribute indicating there are pending data frames.
US10681758B2
A method and apparatus for supporting a device-to-device (D2D) communication between user equipments (UEs) are provided. A method of transmitting device-to-device (D2D) data using a D2D data transmission resource by a user equipment (UE), the method including: receiving, at a UE, configuration information associated with a D2D data transmission resource, the configuration information including information of a D2D data allocation period and being transmitted from an evolved NodeB (eNB); determining, at the UE, a D2D data transmission resource in each D2D data allocation period, the D2D data transmission resource including a pool of subframes; selecting D2D data transmission subframes from among the pool of subframes based on a changed pattern, the changed pattern being derived from a basic pattern; and transmitting, from the UE to another UE, D2D data based on the selected D2D data transmission subframes.
US10681752B2
A cellular telecommunications network architecture is described where certain UEs are configured to assist the network to improve coverage in regions of poor radio conditions. In certain embodiments, appropriate UEs are selected to act as a dynamic, out-of-band coverage extensions. Network performance can thereby be improved when serving users at the cell edge (or in other poor radio condition regions of a cell). Data from UEs connected to those assisting UEs is encrypted to allow secure transit of data without requiring modification to the RAN or Core Network.
US10681748B2
A method for pairing apparatuses includes causing an information processing apparatus to send a predetermined request to a communication apparatus, causing the communication apparatus to display first authentication information for pairing upon receiving the predetermined request, causing the information processing apparatus to enable input of second authentication information for pairing, and causing, when the second authentication, information is input, the information processing apparatus and the communication apparatus to perform pairing based on the first authentication information and the second authentication information.
US10681747B2
A method of controlling a medical apparatus which includes: establishing, by a mobile apparatus, a communication link between the mobile apparatus and the medical apparatus; when the communication link is established, detecting an operation mode of the mobile apparatus; determining a function corresponding to the detected operation mode from functions provided by the medical apparatus; and performing the determined function.
US10681745B2
Radio resource allocation for proximity services There are provided measures for radio resource allocation for proximity services. Such measures exemplarily comprise receiving a message including a service request and indicative of a demand of a proximity service, detecting said demand of said proximity service from said message, and preventing, based on said demand of said proximity service, a transmission of an end entity context related to said service request.
US10681742B2
Methods and apparatuses for random access in a wireless communication system are disclosed herein. In one method, a user equipment (UE) performs a first attempt of a random access procedure to communicate with a cell via at least a first UE beam. The UE performs a second attempt of the random access procedure to communicate with the cell via at least a second UE beam when the first attempt fails, in which the direction of the first UE beam and the direction of the second UE beam are different.
US10681737B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a random access method, a terminal, and a base station. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal (UE), configuration information of random access resources from a base station, where the configuration information of the random access resource includes: configuration information of a first random access resource received from the base station using a system broadcast and configuration information of a second random access resource received from the base station by using downlink control information (DCI); selecting, by the UE, a random access resource from the first random access resource and the second random access resource according to a random access rule and the configuration information of the random access resources; and initiating, by the UE, random access according to the selected random access resource.
US10681730B2
A method and network node for adaptation of contention windows in a multicarrier wireless communication system implementing a listen-before-talk protocol are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method includes determining at least one component carrier (CC), of multiple CCs to serve as a backoff channel. The method further includes performing a listen-before-talk procedure on the at least one CC serving as a backoff channel. The listen-before-talk procedure includes sensing for each backoff channel whether a clear channel exists during a backoff period drawn from a contention window (CW). The LBT procedure also includes deferring transmitting on a CC for which the sensing does not indicate that a clear channel exists. The LBT procedure also includes transmitting on a CC for which the sensing indicates a clear channel exists. The method also includes determining a size of the CW based on at least one transmission feedback value.
US10681728B2
The present invention constructs L RLC PDUs, where L is larger than 1; and submit the L RLC PDUs to a medium access control (MAC) layer for a transmission opportunity. The L RLC PDUs include a first RLC PDU having a poll to trigger status reporting at a receiving device and a second RLC PDU not having the poll and having a highest sequence number (SN) among SNs of the L RLC PDUs. The present invention sets a state variable to a highest SN among SNs of RLC PDUs having the poll submitted to the MAC layer, upon submitting the first RLC PDU to the MAC layer.
US10681721B2
The present disclosure provides a method for scheduling a subframe for transmitting data in a base station of a millimeter wave system, comprising: for scheduling a downlink subframe: transmitting a downlink scheduling signaling (DL grant) in a first subframe, wherein the downlink scheduling signaling includes at least one first scheduling position information, the first scheduling position information indicating a subframe position scheduled for performing downlink transmission; for scheduling an uplink subframe: transmitting an uplink scheduling signaling (UL grant) in a second subframe, wherein the uplink scheduling signaling includes at least one second scheduling position information, the second scheduling position information indicating a subframe position scheduled for performing uplink transmission. The present disclosure also provides a method for scheduling a subframe for transmitting HARQ-A/N in a millimeter wave system.
US10681719B2
The embodiments of the application provide a communication method, terminal equipment, and network equipment. The method comprises: determining a first data transmission format used to generate first transmission version of uplink data; selecting, from a data resource pool, a first data transmission resource used to transmit the first transmission version; transmitting, to network equipment, a first scheduling configuration message containing information of the first data transmission resource and the first data transmission format; encoding and modulating, according to the first data transmission format, the uplink data, to generate the first transmission version; and transmitting, to the network equipment, by means of the first data transmission resource, the first transmission version, so as to facilitate the network equipment to receive, demodulate and decode, according to the first scheduling configuration message, the first transmission version. The embodiments of the invention can reduce communication latency without decreasing communication reliability.
US10681715B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described that provide for transmissions of multiple instances of control information, such as remaining minimum system information (RMSI), that may be used for system access by a user equipment (UE). The multiple instances of the control information may be combined at the UE to enhance the likelihood of successful decoding of the control information. A base station may transmit an indication that combining of multiple instances of control information is supported by the base station, and may transmit the multiple instances of control information via configured downlink transmission resources. A UE may receive the indication that combining of multiple control information instances is supported, may identify two or more instances within downlink transmission resources configured for control information transmissions, and may combine signals received in each of the two or more instances to generate a combined control information signal.
US10681699B2
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, devices, systems and methods of communicating an Enhanced Directional Multi Gigabit (EDMG) support indication. For example, a wireless station may be configured to generate a frame having a structure compatible with a Directional Multi Gigabit (DMG) frame structure, the frame including an EDMG supported field to indicate that the wireless station supports one or more EDMG features; and to transmit the frame over a DMG channel.
US10681693B2
A transmitter is set to time division multiple access (TDMA) mode and allocated a first TDMA channel. In the TDMA mode, the additional TDMA channels are allocated to and deallocated from the transmitter, according a traffic demand at the transmitter, until all TDMA channels are assigned and the traffic demand reaches a threshold, whereupon the transmitter is switched to a frequency division multiple access (FDMA) mode, and assigned an FDMA channel. In response to traffic levels, the transmitter is switched to larger bandwidth FDMA channels and, optionally, to a concurrent FDMA-TDMA mode having a large bandwidth FDMA channel in addition to a number of TDMA channels. Optionally, switching the transmitter among TDMA mode, FDMA mode, and concurrent FDMA-TDMA mode is based, at least in part, on QoS, or time of day, or user statistics, or combinations thereof.
US10681690B2
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for transmitting a frame by a station (STA) in a wireless LAN system supporting a high efficiency physical layer protocol data unit (HE PPDU) comprises the steps of: configuring a first duration field included in an HE-SIG A field; and transmitting a frame including the HE-SIG A field and an MAC header, wherein the first duration field may be configured to indicate a transmission opportunity (TXOP) value using a number of bits smaller than that of a second duration field included in the MAC header, and a granularity of a time unit used in the first duration field in order to indicate the TXOP value may be configured to be different from a granularity of a time unit used in the second duration field.
US10681681B2
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for transmitting data by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method including transmitting, to a base station, a scheduling request for requesting resources for transmitting a buffer status report, monitoring a control channel to receive resource allocation information, starting a timer for monitoring the control channel if the resource allocation information is received via the control channel, transmitting, to the base station, the buffer status report based on the resource allocation information, and stopping monitoring of the control channel if the timer is expired or a command is received from the base station.
US10681680B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more specifically, to a method and a device for communicating device-to-device. The method for a first device to transmit a signal to a second device according to one embodiment of the present invention enables the first device to request to a base station a resource allocation for transmitting the signal to the second device, receive from the base station scheduling information for transmitting the signal to the second device, and the signal can be transmitted from the first device to the second device on the basis of the scheduling information, wherein the scheduling information includes information on an uplink resource for transmitting the signal from the first device to the second device.
US10681678B2
In a D2D operation method performed by a remote terminal in a wireless communication system, the present invention determines whether receiving a signal transmitted from a relay terminal by means of transmission of a signal from the remote terminal is restricted; and transmits a signal to the relay terminal on the basis of the determination, wherein in the case that receiving a signal transmitted from the relay terminal by means of transmission of a signal from the remote terminal is not restricted, the present invention transmits a signal to the relay terminal, and in the case that receiving a signal transmitted from the relay terminal by means of transmission of a signal from the remote terminal is restricted, the present invention does not transmit a signal to the relay terminal.
US10681676B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communications, and more specifically to managing narrowband regions of system bandwidths for devices with limited communications resources, such as machine type communication(s) (MTC) devices and enhanced MTC (eMTC) devices. An example method generally includes determining a set of downlink (DL) narrowband regions partitioned from a DL system bandwidth, determining a set of uplink (UL) narrowband regions partitioned from an UL system bandwidth, determining a mapping between the set of DL narrowband regions and the set of UL narrowband regions, and communicating with at least a base station (BS) using at least one of the mapped narrowband regions.
US10681671B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a paging method, a device, and a system, and relate to the communications field, so as to reduce signaling exchange performed when an access network device pages UE, save a network resource, and improve data transmission efficiency. The paging method includes: receiving, by user equipment (UE), paging information sent by an access network device, where the paging information is used to instruct the UE to send a paging response by using an uplink data sending resource; and obtaining, by the UE, the uplink data sending resource according to the paging information, and sending paging response information to the access network device by using the uplink data sending resource.
US10681664B2
Provided is a node unit which is branch-connected to another communication node via a transport medium, the node unit comprising: a delay measurement unit which transmits a test signal for measuring a delay to an adjacent node unit of the branch-connected upper stage via the transport medium and detects a loopback signal to which the test signal is looped back via the adjacent node unit of the upper stage, thereby measuring an upper stage transmission delay between the adjacent node unit of the upper stage and the node unit; a delay summation unit which, when an adjacent node unit of the branch-connected lower stage exists, receives a lower stage transmission delay transmitted from the adjacent node unit of the lower stage, and calculates a summed transmission delay by summing the upper stage transmission delay and the lower stage transmission delay; and a control unit which transmits the summed transmission delay to the adjacent node unit of the upper stage.
US10681656B2
The present document relates to a method for processing a signal when a plurality of signals are to be received or transmitted in a specific time interval (e.g., a sub-frame) in a wireless communication system supporting direct communication between terminals, i.e., D2D communication, and an apparatus therefor. To this end, when a terminal is to receive a plurality of signals including a discovery signal, a D2D synchronization signal, a resource allocation signal, and a D2D communication signal at a specific time point, the corresponding terminal may preferentially select and process a specific signal from among the plurality of signals.
US10681654B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for power headroom report generation. One method includes aggregating multiple serving cells. The method includes determining that a power headroom report is triggered. The method includes determining that an uplink resource for a new transmission on a serving cell of the multiple serving cells is allocated at a first time after the power headroom report is triggered. The method includes determining a power headroom value for each serving cell of the multiple serving cells being activated based on information received prior to initiating a local channel prioritization procedure for the uplink resource allocated at the first time. The method includes generating a power headroom report medium access control control element including at least the power headroom value for each serving cell of the multiple serving cells being activated.
US10681647B2
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). 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. A transmission control method and a central management apparatus for performing the method are provided. The method includes receiving transmission control-related information from a base station, determining transmission power of at least one base station and the transmission point of a user equipment based on the transmission control-related information, and transmitting information about the determined transmission power and transmission point of the user equipment to the at least one base station. Furthermore, a base station adjusting transmission power and an operation method of the base station may be controlled under the control of the central management apparatus.
US10681640B2
In order to reduce the power consumption after a transmitting electronic device in a wireless network has been detected, a receiving electronic device calculates transmit times of subsequent beacons from the transmitting electronic device based on a clock drift of the transmitting electronic device and the beacon period. Then, the receiving electronic device receives the subsequent beacon by opening scan windows that encompass the calculated transmit times. However, because the transmit times are more predictable after the transmitting electronic device has been detected (and the clock drift of the transmitting electronic device is known to the receiving electronic device), the receiving electronic device can reduce the width of the scan windows. In addition, the transmitting electronic device can further reduce the power consumption by increasing the beacon period.
US10681633B2
Some aspects of the disclosure provide for a flexible and reconfigurable subframe structure that allows various devices with different capabilities and frequency agility to efficiently utilize the available channel bandwidth (BW) and/or save power. In some aspects of the disclosure, the reference signal and/or control channel placement in the subframe can facilitate faster processing and increased sleep mode duration of the devices.
US10681631B2
A method and apparatus may be used for assigning groups of stations in wireless communications to one or more groups. Groups may be assigned by an access point (AP) based on information received from a station (STA). Group information may be signaled to each station and a group identifier may be indicated in a frame. The group information may be applied to a performance enhancement, for example power savings for the station, wherein the station enters a power saving mode on a condition that the station determines that it is not a member of the group.
US10681627B2
The present disclosure relates to a program, a method and a system for P2P transmission. A method for P2P transmission by means of an access point, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, includes at least: a step for receiving identification information of a detected access point from a transmission client and a reception client; a step for, if the reception client detects a first access point as the same detected access point or accesses the first access point which is the same detected access point, configuring the first access point as a transmission path; a step for checking whether or not the first access point has been configured to be blocked; and a step for matching first identification information with whether or not the first access point has been configured to be blocked and storing same in an accumulation database.
US10681625B1
In aspects of acknowledgement options for downlink multi-user transmission, a wireless network system includes an access point that can communicate a downlink multi-user transmission soliciting acknowledgement from one or more station devices. The access point can receive an association request or an operation mode change request frame from one or more of the station devices, and determine an acknowledgement option for each of the station devices that communicate the request to the access point. The access point can then use a multi-user transmission mode or a single user transmission mode for each of the station devices based on the acknowledgement option determined for each of the respective station devices.
US10681621B2
A NarrowBand Internet of Things (NB-IoT) device can find a connection to an NB-IoT cell by searching for an available NB-IoT carrier. An available NB-IoT carrier can be found by scanning through frequencies associated with a plurality of channel numbers on a predefined NB-IoT channel list, the plurality of channel numbers being associated with a plurality of NB-IoT carriers offered by one or more base stations. The NB-IoT carriers are frequency bands within a larger spectrum band associated with a telecommunications provider. The NB-IoT device can camp on a particular NB-IoT carrier when the particular NB-IoT carrier has an available physical resource block (PRB).
US10681619B2
A packet transmission method, a device, and a communications system, where the method includes receiving, by a forwarding plane apparatus, a media access control (MAC) address request broadcast by a base station, where the MAC address request includes a target Internet Protocol (IP) address and is used to request a MAC address corresponding to the target IP address, forwarding the MAC address request to a control plane apparatus when the forwarding plane apparatus does not save a first correspondence between the target IP address and the MAC address, receiving, the MAC address request response, and forwarding the MAC address request response to the base station.
US10681604B2
A UE determines a set of RATs available in accordance with a first subscriber identity associated with a first network and a second subscriber identity associated with a second network. When the set includes a first RAT accessing a base station in the first network, a second RAT accessing a base station in the second network, and a third RAT accessing an access point of a WLAN, the UE selects, in a first performance configuration, the first RAT to establish a first call under the first subscriber identity. The UE further communicates, under the first subscriber identity, with a first IMS server of the first network through the first RAT to establish the first call. The UE maintains, under the second subscriber identity, a connection with a second IMS server of the second network through the first RAT or the third RAT when the first call is active.
US10681600B2
Embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a wireless device (10) for handling neighbour relationships between radio network nodes in a wireless communication network. The wireless device (10) obtains a request from a first radio network node to provide an identity of a mobility reference signal (MRS) handler associated with one or more MRSs. Furthermore, the wireless device (10) obtains the identity of the MRS handler, which identity is in direct association with at least one MRS out of the one or more MRSs, and reports to the first radio network node, the identity of the MRS handler.
US10681596B2
A first wireless access point receives communications from multiple candidate wireless access points in a monitored region in which the first wireless access point resides. The communications indicate presence of the multiple candidate wireless access points in the monitored region. A processing resource associated with the first wireless access point processes the communications to identify which of the multiple candidate wireless access points are trusted wireless access points belonging to a network in which the first wireless access point resides. To facilitate a wireless link handoff from the given wireless access point to one of the trusted wireless access points, the given wireless access point provides notification of identities of the trusted wireless access points to a communication device in communication with the given wireless access point. The communication device selects one of the trusted wireless access points in which to handoff the respective wireless communication link.
US10681588B2
Traffic flow control is facilitated in a multi-radio access technology wireless network infrastructure. A qualification threshold value can be determined for a slave node device, as a function of the qualification threshold value, a data volume threshold value can be determined for the slave node device, and, as a function of the data volume threshold value, transmission of data to a user equipment device can be facilitated by the slave node device.
US10681584B2
According to some embodiments, a method of reporting channel quality information for use in a wireless device of a wireless communication network comprises: measuring a reference signal to determine a signal to noise ratio; determining a first channel quality index (CQI) using the signal to noise ratio and a first transport block error probability (e.g., BLER); determining a second CQI using the signal to noise ratio and a second transport block error probability; and reporting the first CQI and the second CQI to a network node.
US10681571B2
A method for operating a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes at least one of transmitting data to and receiving data from a primary cell using a first Radio Frequency (RF) path, and, when a secondary cell is deactivated, operating a second RF path to perform searching and measurement with respect to at least one target cell at a frequency different from a frequency of the primary cell.
US10681570B2
In one embodiment, a test system comprises a first interface for communicating with remote devices; a second interface for communicating with local devices; a memory for storing information, including information received from the first interface and second interface; a processor for automatically configuring test system components in accordance with the information stored in the memory. The test system components comprise a network access point simulation component and a local control component. The network access point simulation component is configured to simulate communication network access point operations comprising test interactions with user equipment. The number of devices under test included in the user equipment and distinct network access points that are coincidentally simulated can be variable. The local control component is configured to direct the network access point simulation component and to control the test interactions with the user equipment.
US10681568B1
Fiber, cable, and wireless data channels are typically impaired by reflectors and other imperfections, producing a channel state with echoes and frequency shifts in data waveforms. Here, methods of using pilot symbol waveform bursts to automatically produce a detailed 2D model of the channel state are presented. This 2D channel state can then be used to optimize data transmission. For wireless data channels, an even more detailed 2D model of channel state can be produced by using polarization and multiple antennas in the process. Once 2D channel states are known, the system turns imperfect data channels from a liability to an advantage by using channel imperfections to boost data transmission rates. The methods can be used to improve legacy data transmission modes in multiple types of media, and are particularly useful for producing new types of robust and high capacity wireless communications using non-legacy data transmission methods as well.
US10681565B2
The present invention discloses a method for detecting a cause for a Radio Link Failure (RLF) or handover failure is provided. The method includes when a User Equipment (UE) enters a connection mode after encountering RLF or handover failure, sending a RLF report that the UE encounters RLF or handover failure to a base station; determining, by the base station, a cause for RLF or handover failure according to the RLF report, if it is determined that the cause for RLF or handover failure is a problem of Mobility Robustness Optimization (MRO) or a problem of coverage, when it is a problem of MRO, sending, by the base station, a MRO report to a base station at which a cell which triggers handover for the last time is located.
US10681564B2
The present disclosure relates to data transmission between a node and peer nodes. Interference alignment techniques are used to mitigate interference between the nodes on a line of sight channel A data stream is exchanged in two transmissions between the node and a peer node. The two transmissions are formed according to an interference alignment precoding matrix. The node may include linearly aligned antennas. To mitigate further the interference between the node and the peer node, a pair of these antennas is selected for communication with the peer node as a function of a distance between the node and the peer node and as a function of a wavelength of the communication. Channel state information may be exchanged between the node and the peer node for precoding matrix selection and for antenna selection. The antennas used for communication between the nodes and the peer nodes may be beamforming antennas.
US10681548B2
A device may receive an encrypted authorization request token from a mobile device. The encrypted authorization request token may be based on at least one parameter and may have been created by a third party device. The device may decrypt the encrypted authorization request token to obtain the at least one parameter. The device may determine, based on an address for the mobile device, a mobile device identifier for the mobile device. The device may create an identification token for the mobile device. The identification token may be based on the mobile device identifier and the at least one parameter. The device may send the identification token to at least one of the mobile device or the third party device to permit the third party device to authenticate the mobile device.
US10681546B2
A processing method for terminal access to a 3GPP network is provided. UE sends an access request message to a core network device on the 3GPP network, and the core network device sends an unauthorized access message to the UE after determining that the UE has no permission to access the 3GPP network. The unauthorized access message includes authentication information of the core network device. The UE performs authentication on the core network device according to the authentication information of the core network device, and executes a corresponding network access policy after authentication on the core network device by the UE succeeds, that is, after the UE determines that a source of the unauthorized access message is authorized.
US10681540B2
In a communication network system connected between a transmission node and a reception node, both the transmission node and the reception node store the same secret information with their secret information storage units. The transmission node includes a counter configured to increase its transmission count value by 1 for transmitting each message, wherein a MAC generator generates MAC based on secret information, transmission data, and its transmission count value, thus transmitting a message including transmission data and MAC. The reception node includes a counter configured to increase a reception count value by 1 for receiving each message, wherein a MAC checking part generates MAC based on secret information, reception data, and its reception count value, obtained from the received message, thus checking whether the generated MAC matches the MAC obtained from the received message.
US10681534B2
A system is described that can perform a method for receiving a request to modify a universal integrated circuit card, generating a package comprising configuration data for modifying the universal integrated circuit card, instructing an over-the-air system to transmit the package encrypting the package with a transport key to generate an encrypted package, and transmitting the encrypted package to a communication device communicatively coupled to the universal integrated circuit card to provision the universal integrated circuit card. The system can also perform a method of providing a mobile network operator trusted service manager system information relating to the configuration data to enable the mobile network operator trusted service manager system to manage content and memory allocation of the universal integrated circuit card.
US10681531B2
A method performed by a user equipment (UE) connected to a first home cell of a home public land mobile network (HPLMN). The method includes determining a type of the first home cell, when the type is a first type, determining a first quality of the connection to the first home cell, in response to the first quality not satisfying a first predetermined threshold or a determination that the type is a second type, disconnecting from the HPLMN, connecting to a first visited cell of a visited public land mobile network (VPLMN), determining a second quality of the connection to the first visited cell and when the second quality of the connection to the first visited cell is above a second predetermined threshold, performing a data exchange via the first visited cell.
US10681525B2
Technology to support access-class-barring (ACB) skipping for commercial and public-safety user equipments (UEs) is disclosed. A cellular mobile network experiencing congestion at the core network level can be configured to send a communication to UEs indicating that ACB may be skipped by UEs seeking to establish device-to-device (D2D) communication using a first mode of D2D resource allocation wherein D2D resources are allocated by the network. In addition, the network can be configured to send a communication indicating that a second mode of D2D resource allocation wherein D2D resources are allocated by the UEs may be used as an alternative to the first mode. The network may also indicate that the second mode can be used as a fallback when current ACB parameters indicate that use of the first mode is not currently permitted.
US10681522B1
An electronic apparatus for emergency alert setting control based on a location change, is provided. The electronic apparatus stores emergency alert setting and location information associated with a known location of the electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus detects a change in the known location of the electronic apparatus from the known location to a different location. The electronic apparatus outputs notification information to update the stored emergency alert setting based on the detected change in the known location of the electronic apparatus. The electronic apparatus receives a first user input corresponding to at least one emergency setting parameter of the stored emergency alert setting based on the output notification information. The electronic apparatus updates the emergency alert setting based on the received user input and receives new emergency information, included in multimedia content, from a different broadcast station via a different broadcast channel based on the updated emergency alert setting.
US10681517B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first local area communication part configured to perform a first local area communication, a second local area communication part configured to perform a second local area communication at a lower power than the first local area communication part, and a control part configured to connect the first local area communication to other electronic devices by using the second local area communication part, wherein the second local area communication part may be configured to try a second local area communication with the other electronic devices after the connected first local area communication is disconnected.
US10681515B2
A method for verifying wireless devices connected to a wireless medical body area network, MBAN, is provided. The method comprises activating a request for verification by a user activating the request for verification on any one of the wireless devices; receiving the request for verification by the any one wireless device of the wireless MBAN; and indicating a plurality of wireless devices connected to the wireless MBAN by displaying an indication on the plurality of wireless devices. A wireless MBAN comprising wireless devices. The wireless MBAN comprises each wireless device being configured for an activation of a verification; and a plurality of the wireless devices being configured to display an identification upon the activation of the verification.
US10681511B1
In various embodiments, techniques are provided for determining one or more zones in which mobile devices are presently located and identifying or updating characteristics of on or more zones. Samples that include beacon information and/or sensor information collected by mobile devices are aggregated and dynamically organized into sample classes that are associated with zero, one or more zones. A venue is characterized by a set of zones and associated tags, which may be informed based on samples for the venue, a venue group to which the venue belongs, or all venues. To determine if a mobile device is located in one or more zones, the samples are compared to zone characteristics, and based thereon (and optionally history information) one or more zones are selected having determined likelihoods, and at least a zone having the highest likelihood of the one or more selected zones is returned.
US10681489B2
Examples of wearable devices that can present to a user of the display device an audible or visual representation of an audio file comprising a plurality of stem tracks that represent different audio content of the audio file are described. Systems and methods are described that determine the pose of the user; generate, based on the pose of the user, an audio mix of at least one of the plurality of stem tracks of the audio file; generate, based on the pose of the user and the audio mix, a visualization of the audio mix; communicate an audio signal representative of the audio mix to the speaker; and communicate a visual signal representative of the visualization of the audio mix to the display.
US10681485B2
A method includes providing, for each respective audio channel of a plurality of audio channels provided by an operating system of a computing device, a set of successive audio processing stages to apply to the respective audio channel. The method also includes providing, by the operating system, an application programming interface (API) configured to set a plurality of parameters for adjusting the set of successive audio processing stages for each respective audio channel. The method additionally includes receiving, via the API and from an application running on the computing device, one or more values for one or more parameters of the plurality of parameters. The method further includes adjusting, by the operating system, the plurality of audio channels based on the received one or more values for the one or more parameters.
US10681479B2
A device for providing audio data to a plurality of Bluetooth audio devices is provided. The device includes one or more Bluetooth transceivers for communicating with the plurality of Bluetooth audio devices, at least one network interface, one or more processors, and a memory for storing instructions executable by the one or more processors. The one or more processors may be configured to receive the audio data via the at least one network interface, decode the audio data for audio playing, and transmit the decoded audio data to the plurality of Bluetooth audio devices via the one or more Bluetooth transceivers.
US10681478B2
A device, comprising a prosthesis including an external component configured to output a signal in response to an external stimulus and a skin penetrating component configured to communicatively transfer the signal at least partially beneath skin of the recipient, wherein the skin penetrating component is configured to extend into skin of the recipient and substantially lay above a surface of bone of a recipient in abutting contact thereto.
US10681477B1
The present disclosure relates to methods of performing bilateral processing of respective microphone signals of a left ear hearing aid and a right ear hearing aid of a binaural hearing aid system and to corresponding binaural hearing aid systems.
US10681461B2
A headphone includes: a headband; at least one sound-emitting unit including a sound emitter located therein; at least one connector connecting the sound-emitting unit to the headband such that the sound-emitting unit is rotatable around a rotation axis along an up-down direction, and at least one adjuster configured to adjust a rotation range of the sound-emitting unit.
US10681459B1
Systems and methods for hearing devices with artifact mitigation. Some embodiments schedule, reschedule, or trigger, activities of a hearing device at points in time in order to achieve an artifact-free (or artifact-reduced) user experience. For example, some embodiments provide a method for scheduling reconfigurations of a hearing device to reduce an impact of resulting artifacts on a user experience. The method can include detecting a reconfiguration of operating characteristics (e.g., hardware or software) of a hearing device that will produce an artifact. Then, a masking event can be identified that can disguise the artifact produced by the reconfiguration of the operating characteristics. For example, the masking event can be an audio event from an audio signal received from a source external to the hearing device or a system notification generated by the hearing device. The reconfiguration can be scheduled or triggered so that the artifact is produced during the masking event.
US10681458B2
A processing module for a noise control circuit may include a howling detector configured to receive an input signal and to determine a linearity metric based on the input signal, the linearity metric comprising a measure of the linearity of a logarithmic representation of the energy of the input signal. The processing module may also include a gain adjuster configured to adjust the gain of a noise control unit.
US10681456B2
The present invention refers to a loudspeaker, in especially to a bass reflex tube for a loudspeaker. Commonly, said loudspeakers include at least one woofer driver, by which an electric audio signal is transduced via a voice coil and a diaphragm into soundwaves of medium to low frequency. A bass reflex tube for a loudspeaker should be provided, which enables said loudspeaker to produce an acoustic signal according to an electrical signal, wherein the acoustic signal shows optimized an improved quality characteristics, in especially with regards to quality and accuracy of the conversion of electrical signal into the acoustic signal. The problem mentioned above is solved by a bass reflex tube for a loudspeaker, wherein said bass reflex tube is at least partially made of a ceramic material. Further, the bass reflex tube comprises a tubular portion, which is extending in an axial direction of a longitudinal axis of the bass reflex tube.
US10681453B1
A method performed by a wearable audio output device worn by a user is provided for controlling external noise attenuated by wearable audio output device. A speech is detected from a user wearing the wearable audio output device, wherein the audio output device has active noise reduction turned on. It is determined, based on the detecting, that the user desires to speak to a subject in the vicinity of the user. In response to the determining, a level of noise reduction is reduced to enable the user to hear sounds external to the audio output device. It is determined that the user desires to speak to the subject by detecting at least one condition of a plurality of conditions.
US10681451B1
A system and method for determining an in-ear status of a wearable audio device includes determining that the device is in motion by monitoring a first sensor (e.g., an accelerometer) and determining that an acceleration is greater than an acceleration threshold. Once motion is determined, a second sensor (e.g., a capacitive sensor) is activated; contact with a body is determined based on contact data from the second sensor (e.g., a capacitance being greater than a capacitance threshold). Once contact is determined, a third sensor (e.g., an infrared sensor) is activated; proximity to the body is determined based on infrared data from third sensor (e.g., infrared data being greater than an infrared threshold). Once proximity is determined, the device changes its status to in-ear.
US10681446B2
An earbud includes a housing that includes a driver assembly positioned within the housing forming a front volume in front of the driver and a back volume behind the driver. An acoustic insert is positioned behind the driver assembly and attached to an interior surface of the housing such that it forms a bass channel that is routed from the back volume to a vent in the housing.
US10681441B2
A display apparatus includes: a display panel configured to display an image, a supporting member on a rear surface of the display panel, at least one sound generation device adjacent to the display panel, a wiring configured to transfer a signal to the at least one sound generation device, and a supporting plate on the rear surface of the display panel, the supporting plate being under the at least one sound generation device and the wiring.
US10681440B2
The present invention relates to a mounting system (1), preferably for a loudspeaker enclosure, with an X-axis, a Y-axis and a Z-axis being defined that are respectively perpendicular to each other, comprising a support (2) having a first form-fit element (4) and a locking pin (6), and an enclosure (12) to be suspended with a second form-fit element (16) and a pin recess (18), wherein the two form-fit elements (4, 16) are insertable into each other along the X-axis for a locking state, and wherein the locking pin (6) engages in the pin recess (18) in the locking state, to block a relative movement between the support (2) and the enclosure (12) along the X-axis.
US10681439B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a housing including a first plate and at least one first opening; and a speaker structure spaced apart from the first plate and disposed in the housing, wherein the speaker structure includes a first structure which faces in a first direction, opposes the first plate, and forms a space connecting to the at least one first opening along with the first plate; a second opening formed by penetrating through a part of the first structure; at least one component disposed in the speaker structure and emitting heat; a thermal conducting member including a first portion disposed in the speaker structure and being in contact with the at least one component, and a second portion disposed in the second opening; and at least one speaker disposed in a direction different from the first direction.
US10681420B2
A system for delivering digital content on demand in a multiple unit environment includes a server local to the multiple unit environment. The server stores, in its memory, the digital content, and is capable of supporting multiple simultaneous asynchronous accesses to the digital content. A billing system tracks the bill for each unit in the multiple unit environment, based on the accessed digital content. Within each unit that supports access to the digital content, an access system (preferably a set-top box) allows a user to access the digital content.
US10681412B2
An electronic device may be operable to sample a signal during an analog-to-digital conversion using an analog-to-digital converter in the electronic device, and the signal may comprise a wide bandwidth and a plurality of channels. The electronic device may adaptively change a sample rate of the sampling to move aliasing out of a region of one or more desired channels of the plurality of channels. The electronic device may change the sample rate using a variable oscillator in the electronic device. The change of the sample rate may comprise, for example, increasing or decreasing the sample rate by a particular percentage. In response to the change of the sample rate, the electronic device may perform, using a variable rate interpolator in the electronic device, variable rate interpolation. The variable rate interpolator may comprise, for example, a finite impulse response filter.
US10681396B2
A device may receive a manifest that identifies a plurality of content fragments associated with a content asset. The device may receive or access instructions for inserting secondary content into a location of the content asset that does not align with the boundaries between the content fragments. Based on the received instructions, the playback device may generate updated manifest information that identifies a first modified content fragment and a second modified content fragment. The location for inserting the secondary content in the updated manifest information may align with a new boundary of the first modified content fragment or the second modified content fragment. The device may share the updated manifest information, and may receive a modified manifest file, or content asset, comprising the modified content fragments.
US10681395B1
In some implementations, a system is capable of intelligently generating customized multimedia content streams that are distributed to different groups of users. The system generates the customized content streams such that the initial and terminating portions of the streams are shared between each of the content streams. The system adjusts the intermediate portions of the streams to, for example, the viewing preferences of each user group using alternate forms of content. In this regard, the customized content streams that have both customized portions and shared portions to provide a standardized yet adaptive viewing experience for all users.
US10681393B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and associated systems that enable a user to managing multiple broadcasting images (e.g., live stream videos). The method includes, for example, (1) receiving multiple sets of live streams, at a server, from multiple image sources; (2) synchronizing the received sets of live streams; (3) identifying first/second sets of live streams from the received sets of live streams based on predetermined criteria; (4) analyzing the first/second live streams; (5) creating a predetermined configuration to decide a switching point of displaying areas at least based in part on the first status and the second status; (6) transmitting the first/second sets of live streams to a user device to display; and (7) in response to the predetermined configuration, enabling a user to switch the displayed live streams.
US10681391B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for improving interactions with and between computers in content generating, searching, hosting and/or providing systems supported by or configured with personal computing devices, servers and/or platforms. The systems interact to identify and retrieve data within or across platforms, which can be used to improve the quality of data used in processing interactions between or among processors in such systems. The disclosed systems and methods automatically analyze a live streaming media file, and identify portions of the media that are highlights. The content classified as a highlight can be shared across social media platforms, and indexed for searching respective to attributes of the video content. The streaming and highlight media content is renderable in a novel, modified video player that enables variable playback speeds for how content is classified, and enables on-demand selections of specific content portions and adjustable rendering displays during streaming.
US10681386B1
Adding an end-of-frame indicator to streaming video data at video frame granularity. The method includes obtaining a set of data for a video frame in an elementary stream of video data. The method further includes identifying that the set of data for the video frame is complete. As a result of identifying that the set of data for the video frame is complete, an end-of-frame indicator is added to the set of data in a transport layer of a multiplexed media stream that includes the end-of-frame indicator in the transport layer and the set of video data in the elementary stream layer of the multiplexed media stream. The multiplexed media stream is transmitted including the set of data in the elementary stream layer of the video stream and the end-of-frame indicator in the transport layer of the video stream multiplexed together.
US10681384B2
Based on conditions or restrictions, Strong Intra Smoothing (SIS) is enabled or disabled. SIS is not allowed for chroma when the chroma format is 444, and SIS is not allowed for chroma when the chroma format is 422 or 444.
US10681382B1
Techniques are generally described for compression encoding and decoding of video frames. In various examples, the techniques may include generating first reference frame data, first enhancement layer data corresponding to the first reference frame data, and second enhancement layer data corresponding to the first reference frame data. In various examples, the techniques may further include sending the first reference frame data, the first enhancement layer data, and the second enhancement layer data to at least one recipient computing device. The techniques may further include determining that the recipient computing device did not receive first unreceived data. In some examples, the first unreceived data may comprise at least one of the first reference frame data, the first enhancement layer data, and the second enhancement layer data. In other examples, the techniques may include resending the first unreceived data to the recipient computing device.
US10681380B2
Image encoding method, image decoding method, image encoding apparatus, and image decoding apparatus
The image encoding method includes: encoding an image including a block by performing, in at least one of intra prediction, inter prediction, and an in-loop filter, a non-linear process by which the input-output relationship becomes non-linear; and encoding an operation parameter of a non-linear filter to be used in the non-linear process.
US10681376B2
A method of coding at least one image comprising the steps of splitting the image into a plurality of blocks, of grouping said blocks into a predetermined number of subsets of blocks, of coding each of said subsets of blocks in parallel, the blocks of a subset considered being coded according to a predetermined sequential order of traversal. The coding step comprises, for a current block of a subset considered, the sub-step of predictive coding of said current block with respect to at least one previously coded and decoded block, and the sub-step of entropy coding of said current block on the basis of at least one probability of appearance of a symbol.
US10681371B2
The present invention provides a method for performing deblocking filtering, comprising the steps of: identifying a transform unit (TU) boundary and a prediction unit (PU) boundary in the current block; when a neighboring PU adjacent to the current PU includes a boundary, determining an additional PU boundary extended in the boundary; determining boundary strengths (BSs) for the TU boundary, the PU boundary, and the additional PU boundary; and performing a filtering on the basis of the determined BSs.
US10681369B2
According to the present invention, there is provided a method of encoding a three-dimensional (3D) image, the method comprising: determining a prediction mode for a current block as an inter prediction mode; determining whether a reference block corresponding to the current block in a reference picture has motion information; when the reference block has the motion information, deriving motion information on the current block for each sub prediction block in the current block; and deriving a prediction sample for the current block based on the motion information on the current block.
US10681367B2
The present invention provides a video coding intra-frame prediction method and a video coding intra-frame prediction device, wherein, the method comprises performing a bidirectional prediction of an intra-frame left and upper direction prediction and an intra-frame right and lower direction prediction on the current coding block to obtain a prediction result; weighting the prediction result obtained. Since the distance between the current coding block and the reference prediction pixel is closer, thus the prediction correlation is high, thus it could achieve the high accuracy prediction of the intra-frame prediction during the process of video coding and thus could improve the coding efficiency.
US10681365B2
The present disclosure relates to an image transmitting device capable of transmitting an image to be input to a receiving side by changing a compression ratio of the image according to wireless quality and a type of the image. An image transmitting device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a processor configured to determine a type of a content image input from the outside and determine a compression ratio according to the determined type of the content image, a compression unit configured to compress the content image based on the determined compression ratio, and a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly transmit the compressed content image to an image receiving device.
US10681362B2
Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are described in which multi-level significance maps are used in the encoding and decoding processes. The significant-coefficient flags that form the significance map are grouped into contiguous groups, and a significant-coefficient-group flag signifies for each group whether that group contains no non-zero significant-coefficient flags. A multi-level scan order may be used in which significant-coefficient flags are scanned group-by-group. The group scan order specifies the order in which the groups are processed, and the scan order specifies the order in which individual significant-coefficient flags within the group are processed. The bitstream may interleave the significant-coefficient-group flags and their corresponding significant-coefficient flags, if any.
US10681360B2
A method comprising: encoding a first picture on a first scalability layer and on a lowest temporal sub-layer; encoding a second picture on a second scalability layer and on the lowest temporal sub-layer, wherein the first picture and the second picture represent the same time instant, encoding one or more first syntax elements, associated with the first picture, with a value indicating that a picture type of the first picture is other than a step-wise temporal sub-layer access (STSA) picture; encoding one or more second syntax elements, associated with the second picture, with a value indicating that a picture type of the second picture is a step-wise temporal sub-layer access picture; and encoding at least a third picture on a second scalability layer and on a temporal sub-layer higher than the lowest temporal sub-layer.
US10681355B2
Disclosed are a describing method and a coding method of panoramic video ROIs based on multiple layers of spherical circumferences. The describing method comprises: first setting a center of the panoramic video ROIs; then setting the number of layers of ROIs as N; obtaining the size Rn of the current layer ROI based on a radius or angle; obtaining the sizes of all of the N layers of ROIs, and writing information such as the center of the ROIs, the number of layers, and the size of each layer into a sequence header of a code stream. The coding method comprises adjusting or filtering an initial QP based on a QP adjusted value and then coding an image. By flexibly assigning code rates to multiple layers of panoramic video ROIs, while guaranteeing a relatively high image quality of ROIs, the code rate needed for coding and transmission is greatly reduced.
US10681354B2
A method for encoding/decoding an image and a device therefor are disclosed. Specifically, the method for decoding the image by the decoding device, the method includes deriving an intra prediction mode of a current block, constructing reference samples with samples adjacent to an top of the current block and samples adjacent to a left of the current block, and generating a prediction sample, when the intra prediction mode is a vertical/horizontal strong mode, using a reference sample having the same x-coordinate as the sample, a reference sample having the same y-coordinate as the sample, a reference sample adjacent to a bottom-left of the current block, and a reference sample adjacent to an top-right of the current block among the reference samples for each sample in the current block, wherein a weighting value w1 applied to the reference sample having the same y-coordinate as the sample and the reference sample adjacent to the top-right of the current block and a weighting value w2 applied to the reference sample having the same x-coordinate as the sample and the reference sample adjacent to the bottom-left of the current block are set to be different from each other.
US10681351B2
Processing methods and apparatuses for video data comprise receiving input data associated with a current coding block (CB) in a current slice, deriving a top-left location of a current quantization group containing the current CB using a recursive process or a tracking process, and determining a reference quantization parameter (QP) according to the top-left location of the current quantization group. The current CB is encoded or decoded according to the reference QP. The reference QP may be further derived based on a previous QP determined by a tracking method.
US10681350B2
Provided are picture encoding and decoding methods and apparatuses, and a picture encoding and decoding system. The picture encoding method includes: determining an adjustment factor according to pixel sampling values of a video picture; converting the video picture according to the adjustment factor, and encoding the converted video picture; and writing the adjustment factor into a bitstream obtained by encoding the converted video picture.
US10681345B2
An image processing apparatus includes a content interface, a communication interface and a controller configured to receive content from a content source through the content interface, encode image frames comprised in the content according to an encoding mode, and transmit the encoded image frames to a display apparatus through the communication interface. The controller encodes the image frames according to a first encoding option in a first encoding mode and encodes the image frames according to a second encoding option having a different encoding time delay from that of the first encoding option in a second encoding mode.
US10681344B2
A system and method for white spot Mura defects on a display. The system is configured to pre-process an input images to generate a plurality of image patches. A feature vector is then extracted for each of the plurality of image patches. The feature vector includes at least one image moment feature and at least one texture feature. A machine learning classifier then determines the presence of a defect in each patch using the feature vector.
US10681341B2
A method includes generating graphical data for displaying a virtual reality user interface that includes a three-dimensional (3D) virtual reality video that is illustrated as being inside a sphere. The method further includes determining, based on movement of a peripheral device, that a user selects the sphere in the virtual reality user interface and the user moves the sphere on a head of the user. The method further includes displaying the 3D virtual reality video in the sphere surrounding the head of the user such that the user views a 360 degree environment corresponding to the 3D virtual reality video.
US10681335B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for recording, at a recording apparatus, video content obtained from an array of cameras, wherein each camera records video content from a section of a recording area; receiving a wireless message from a tag situated in the recording area; applying a time stamp to the received wireless message; determining directional information of the tag in the recording area based on analysis of the wireless message; and causing the directional information and the timestamp to be stored.
US10681326B2
In a system for 360 degree video capture and playback, 360 degree video may be captured, stitched, encoded, decoded, rendered, and played-back. In one or more implementations, a video capture device captures 360 degree video in a first projection format, and an encoding device encodes the captured 360 degree video into a 360 degree video bitstream. In some aspects, the 360 degree video bitstream is encoded with an indication of the first projection format. In one or more implementations, a rendering device converts the decoded 360 degree video bitstream from the first projection format to a second projection format based on the indication. In one or more implementations, a processing device generates projection maps where each is respectively associated with a different projection format, and a rendering device renders the decoded 360 degree video bitstream using one of the projections maps.
US10681324B2
Techniques for processing content for communication sessions are described. Implementations, for example, enable various ways of detecting and storing events that occur during communication sessions.
US10681305B2
A method and system of transmitting a plurality of area-of-interest video codestreams is described. A first video codestream and one or more second video codestreams are generated from a plurality of large format images that are captured. The first video codestream has a first plurality of areas-of-interest selected from the plurality of large format images and the one or more second video codestream have at least a second plurality of areas-of-interest from the same plurality of large format images. The first video codestream is generated at a first frame rate and each of the second video codestreams is generated at a second frame rate. The first and second video codestreams are combined to obtain a combined video codestream. The combined video codestream is then transmitted to a computer system that regenerates the first video codestream and the one or more second video codestreams at their respective frame rates.
US10681299B2
A communication device is provided for enabling a TV viewer to transmit signals towards a service provider. The communication device has: a user interface adapted to receive input signal from the TV viewer; a transceiver adapted to communicate wirelessly with a service provider via a remote server; and a TV interface adapted to allow forwarding of signals received from a TV source and of signals received from a service provider, towards a TV device of the TV viewer. Preferably the signals received from both sources are displayed simultaneously within different viewing windows at the screen of the TV device.
US10681297B2
A comparison device includes an offset generation circuit that includes an input port to receive an offset control signal and is structured to generate an offset based on the received offset control signal; a comparison circuit comprising a first input port coupled to the offset generation circuit to receive a first input signal and a second input port coupled to receive a second input signal that is offset by the offset generated by the offset generation circuit and operable to compare the first input signal with the second input signal to produce a comparison signal; and a control circuit coupled to the comparison circuit to receive the comparison signal and operable to detect a crossing of the first input signal and the second input signal according to the comparison signal circuit and to output the offset control signal to the offset generation circuit.
US10681293B2
An image sensing device includes: a pixel array suitable for generating a plurality of pixel signals corresponding to incident light; a comparison block suitable for comparing the pixel signals with a ramp signal to generate a plurality of comparison signals; a logic block suitable for adjusting slew rates of the respective comparison signals to generate a plurality of logic signals; a global count block suitable for generating a global count signal; and a storing block suitable for storing counted values of the global count signal based on the logic signals received from the logic block.
US10681282B1
Media user interfaces are described, including user interfaces for capturing media (e.g., capturing a photo, recording a video), displaying media (e.g., displaying a photo, playing a video), editing media (e.g., modifying a photo, modifying a video), accessing media controls or settings (e.g., accessing controls or settings to capture photos or videos to capture videos), and automatically adjusting media (e.g., automatically modifying a photo, automatically modifying a video).
US10681267B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media can obtain information relating to a bias associated with a camera sensor. A plurality of images of a scene captured by the camera sensor can be obtained, where the plurality of images are captured at a resolution supported by the camera sensor. A plurality of weights for each image of the plurality of images can be determined based at least in part on the bias. A combined image of the scene can be generated based on the plurality of images and the determined weights, the combined image having a resolution higher than the resolution supported by the camera sensor.
US10681264B2
A process is provided for graphically guiding a user of a capture device (e.g., smartphone) to more accurately capture a series of images of a building. Images are captured as the picture taker moves around the building—taking a plurality (e.g., 4-16) of images from multiple angles and distances. Before capturing an image, a quality of the image may be determined to prevent low quality images from being captured or to provide instructions on how to improve the quality of the image capture. The series of captured images are uploaded to an image processing system to generate a 3D building model that is returned to the user. The returned 3D building model may incorporate scaled measurements of building architectural elements and may include a dataset of measurements for one or more architectural elements such as siding (e.g., aluminum, vinyl, wood, brick and/or paint), windows, doors or roofing.
US10681259B2
Provided is an imaging technique capable of detecting a focus even in an imaging apparatus of a speckle image.The imaging apparatus includes a coherent light source that irradiates an imaging object with coherent light, an incoherent light source that irradiates the imaging object with incoherent light, a speckle imaging unit that captures a speckle image obtained from scattered light of the imaging object irradiated with the coherent light, a non-speckle imaging unit that captures a non-speckle image obtained from reflected light of the imaging object irradiated with the incoherent light, and a focus detection unit that detects a focus of the speckle imaging unit on the basis of a focal position of the non-speckle imaging unit.
US10681254B2
Provided is an optical element that has at least a first optical component, a third optical component. A surface of the second optical component facing the first optical component has a convex shape and a surface of the third optical component facing the second optical component has a concave shape. At least one of the first optical component and the second optical component and the second optical component and the third optical component are bonded by an adhesive layer. The condition 0.2≤Ead2/Ead1≤0.5 is satisfied, where Ead1 is an elastic modulus of the adhesion layer at 20 degrees Celsius and Ead2 is an elastic modulus of the adhesion layer at 60 degrees Celsius. The condition of 0.25≤α1/α3<1.0 is also satisfied, where a1 and a3 are coefficients of linear expansion of the first optical component and the third optical component at 20 degrees Celsius to 60 degrees Celsius, respectively.
US10681249B2
Digitization of film, and more particularly film scanning, includes capturing light transmitted through the film so as to acquire a digitized image. This includes a captured frame comprising a digitized image of at least a portion of at least one image frame of a sequence of image frames, and at least a portion of one or more transport perforations. The method can further include determining an image offset corresponding to at least the captured frame on the basis of a comparison between at least one detected edge in the captured image and a corresponding datum location. A signal representing the image offset can be generated to enable alignment of at least the captured frame.
US10681242B2
Provided is a document-management server that controls the amount of change notifications sent to an administrator of an image-processing server in the case where metadata necessary for system cooperation is changed. The image-processing server acquires an attribute of specific metadata from document data and transmits the attribute together with the document data. The document-management server manages the document data based on the attribute of the specific metadata transmitted from the image-processing server. A metadata-setting-receiving unit receives a change in the specific metadata. A notification-priority-adding unit adds a notification priority to the specific metadata for which a change is received by the metadata-setting-receiving unit. A change-notifying unit creates a change notification for informing that the specific metadata has been changed, and transmits the created change notification to an administrator of the image-processing server at a transmission timing based on the notification priority.
US10681241B2
An information processing apparatus includes a wireless interface configured to perform communication with an image forming apparatus, and at least one controller configured to function as a unit configured to acquire device information of the image forming apparatus from the image forming apparatus through the wireless interface, and a unit configured to selectively accept one of a first instruction to transmit the acquired device information to an external destination and a second instruction not to transmit the acquired device information to the external destination. The controller also functions as a unit configured to transmit, in a state where the first instruction has been accepted, the acquired device information to the external destination, and hold, in a state where the second instruction has been accepted, the acquired device information without transmitting the acquired device information to the external destination.
US10681234B2
An image processing apparatus includes a platen on which a document to be read is placed, an image input unit configured to read, at a time, one or a plurality of documents placed on the platen, an individual image extraction unit configured to extract individual images of the one or the plurality of documents read at a time, an individual image location judgment unit configured to determine whether the extracted individual images are each located within one of areas set in a reading area of the platen depending on the number of documents to be read, and an individual image selection unit configured to, in a case where one or a plurality of the extracted individual images are located within a particular area, select one individual image as an image to be captured in the area based on a predetermined selection criterion.
US10681226B2
A print job received by a printing system has subsets of items. Multiple items are printed on each sheet. Finishing devices of the printing system are limited to processing a single subset of the items at a time, causing printing devices to wait skipped-pitch delays. An unadjusted number of machine-hours to complete the print job is determined based on continuous printing without interruption. A skipped-pitch delay is assigned to each of the subsets of items based on the number of sheets used to print each of the subsets of items. A revised number of machine-hours to complete the print job is calculated by adding the total skipped-pitch delay for the print job to the unadjusted number of machine-hours. The number of the printing devices and the finishing devices to use to complete the print job is determined based on the revised number of machine-hours.
US10681223B1
According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a charging system for charging an airtime use account file associated with a user for the provision of mobile telecommunications services to the user. The charging system comprises: one or more data stores configured to store: the airtime use account file, the airtime use account file having an airtime account balance which is debited in correspondence with use of airtime services by the user and has an associated predefined balance threshold; and a dedicated account file associated with the user and configured to store loan funds provided to the user, the dedicated account file having a dedicated account balance which is debited in correspondence with use of payment services or airtime services by the user. The charging system further comprises a rules engine processor programmed with instructions which when executed cause the rules engine processor to increase the dedicated account balance in the dedicated account file by an amount corresponding to a requested loan amount, and decrease the airtime account balance of the airtime use account file by at least the requested loan amount. The rules engine processor is configured to debit the dedicated account balance with use of airtime services when the airtime account balance is at or below the threshold amount.
US10681219B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a method for providing information. A request is received by a call routing server to establish a call between a client device and a remote telecommunications device. A given transmission criterion that triggered distribution of the particular digital component to the client device is determined by a call context server. A set of contextual information that is mapped to the given transmission criterion is identified, by the call context server, in a data store storing a mapping of transmission criteria to contextual information. The client device is connected, by the call routing server, to the remote telecommunications device using the phone number. The set of contextual information is transmitted to the remote telecommunications device or a computing device that is associated with the remote telecommunications device while the call is being connected or in progress.
US10681216B2
Technologies for managing unresolved customer interactions in a support call management system are disclosed, including receiving a support call from a customer; identifying a customer and a support call type; retrieving historical interaction data associated with the customer; determining subsequent to having determined that historical interaction data associated with the customer includes other support calls, whether the other support calls are related to the received support call based in part on the historical interaction data and the support call type; determining whether to transmit the support call to an agent, an expert, or a supervisor as a function of at least one characteristic of the other support calls; and placing the support call into a support call queue as a function of the determination of whether the support call is to be transmitted to one of the agent, the expert, or the supervisor.
US10681212B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for utilizing a virtual assistant to assist a user with a communication session between the user and a third party service. A user can use a communication application to enter a message directed to the virtual assistant and request assistance to communicate with a 3rd party service. In response, the virtual assistant can access a set of communication instructions associated with the 3rd party service. The set of communication instructions can include a set of commands for communicating with the 3rd party service, services provided by the 3rd party service and data needed by the 3rd party service to facilitate communication. The virtual assistant can use the communication instructions to gather data needed by the 3rd party service, communicate with the 3rd party service and present the user with data received from the 3rd party service.
US10681208B2
Methods and architectures for improving operation of 9-1-1 and other emergency services networks. Enriched data (e.g., text messages, videos, phase II location information, etc.) may be transmitted to a PSAP via a secondary communication channel (i.e., data), wherein the primary communication channel is a voice telephony trunk. Disclosed embodiments may increase the speed with which accurate location information is made available to improve call routing accuracy and decrease dispatch time. Some embodiments may also enable continued operation of legacy emergency services systems during and after transition to next generation systems.
US10681207B1
Communication source identifier verification system mechanisms are provided. The mechanisms receive communication information for a communication initiated between a source communication system and a destination communication system. The communication information comprises a source identifier and a local device identifier signature specifying zero or more local device identifiers of devices local to the source communication system. The mechanisms retrieve valid device identifier information for an authorized communication source corresponding to the identifier of the source communication system. The mechanisms execute a verification operation that verifies whether the source identifier is validly associated with the source communication system based on the retrieved valid device identifier information and the local device identifier signature. The mechanisms send a verification notification along with the communication information, in response to results of executing the verification operation, to the destination communication system.
US10681202B2
Exemplary embodiments relate to techniques for transmitting ephemeral content messages. A sending client may establish an end-to-end encrypted session with possible recipients of the message, using a first decryption key during initial session setup. The client may send an ephemeral content message, including encrypted content and a second key, to the recipients through a server. The server may be unable to retrieve the encrypted content due to a lack of the second key. The server may filter a list of intended recipients, and may forward the ephemeral content message to the recipients on the filtered list. The recipients may retrieve the second key from the message, and use the first and second keys to decrypt the encrypted content. The sending client may change the second key each time the recipient list changes from the perspective of the sending client, as determined at the time the ephemeral content message is transmitted.
US10681200B2
Example embodiments of the present disclosure disclose message processing methods and systems, and related devices. One example method includes receiving a message, and determining a distance between a user equipment and a wearable device connected with the user equipment. When the distance between the user equipment and the wearable device is greater than a preconfigured distance, information of the message is recorded without providing the information of the message. When the distance between the user equipment and the wearable device is less than the preconfigured distance, the information of the message is provided.
US10681185B1
A method of cloud based messaging includes receiving a message and a message topic from a message sender, storing the message topic and the message on a message queue, retrieving the message from the message queue, translating the message from a message bus protocol to a recipient protocol and transmitting the translated message to a message recipient.
US10681172B2
Some embodiments include reception, from a first client system, of first instance data of a first data structure defined by the stored metadata, the first instance data associated with a first entity, storage of the first instance data of the first data structure in a data store, reception, from the first client system, of an indication associating the first instance data, a second client system, and second data not defined by the metadata, storage of the indication in the data store, reception, from the first client system, of information for retrieving the second data from the first client system and for generating a visualization based on the second data, reception of a request for data associated with the first entity from a second client system, and, in response to the request, identification of the stored indication associating the first instance data, the second client system, and the second data, retrieval of the second data from the first client system based on the information, generation of the visualization of the second data based on the information, and transmission of a visualization of the stored first instance data and the visualization of the second data to the second client system.
US10681163B2
Examples described herein include systems and methods for providing push notifications to a third-party application executing on a client device. An example can include encrypting user credentials, generating a callback Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”) with at least a portion of the encrypted credentials embedded into the URL, and requesting notifications from an email service to be provided at the callback URL. Upon receiving a notification at the callback URL, a system component can decrypt the credentials within the URL using a private key and log into the email account using those decrypted credentials. The system component can then generate a push notification based on any changes found in the email account and cause the notification to be delivered to the third-party application on the client device.
US10681162B2
In some implementations, a server device can segment users based on user engagement with an application on a user device. For example, server device can receive user event data from many user devices indicating user activities with respect to the application and/or content presented by the application. The server device can generate user engagement segments based on the received user event data. The server device can generate predictive models for each user engagement segment based on the received user event data. The server device can determine which particular user engagement segments a particular user is associated with based on user event data associated with the particular user and/or the predictions generated by the predictive models. The application on the user device associated with the particular user can then be configured according to the user engagement segments associated with the particular user.
US10681154B2
A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for allowing multiple infrastructural services to access multiple IoT (Internet of Things) devices. A gateway device connects the multiple infrastructural services and the multiple IoT devices. The gateway device receives a use request from a first application of a first infrastructural service. Among the multiple IoT devices, the gateway device identifies an IoT device that meets one or more requirements in the use request. The gateway device determines whether the IoT device is being used by a second application of a second infrastructural service. The gateway device assigns to the first application an exclusive right to use the IoT device, in response to determining that the IoT device is not being used by the second application. The first application has a right to refer to data and a right to execute available commands without restriction.
US10681144B1
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a technique to configure a data source name (DSN) for use during a data source access. A driver is selected. An identifier is provided that identifies a class, and a library or an application that implements a driver interface for accessing the data source. A connection string is forwarded with the identifier from an implementation of the driver interface to the driver. The connection string is forwarded from the driver to a driver manager managing a client.
US10681142B2
Systems and methods for managing a network are disclosed. One method can comprise transmitting a first identifier associated with a first service. Access to the first service can be provided to a user device using the first identifier. A filter element associated with the user device can be received. Transmission of a second identifier associated with a second service can be filtered based on the filter element, wherein filtering transmission inhibits access of the user device to the second service.
US10681140B2
Techniques of automatic subscription control in distributed computing systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes using a server to monitor a utilization level of an automatically subscribed computing service by a user. The method also includes determining whether the utilization level of the user with the automatically subscribed computing service is below a preset threshold. When the utilization level of the user is below the preset threshold, the server automatically unsubscribes the user from the computing service. While the computing service remains automatically unsubscribed to by the user, the server can monitor for a new version or update of the computing service. Upon detecting a new version or update, the server can automatically re-subscribe the user to the computing service of the new version without user input.
US10681134B2
A method begins by obtaining scoring information for a rebuilding for one or more storage units of a set of storage units of the DSN. The method continues by determining based on the scoring information that a first input/output rate of a plurality of input/output rates for a first rebuilding rate of a plurality of rebuilding rates exceeds a difference threshold compared to an initial first input/output rate for the first rebuilding rate. The method continues by adjusting a plurality of initial input/output rates based on the first input/output rate to produce a plurality of updated input/output rates. The method continues by generating an updated plurality of scores for the plurality of rebuilding rates based on the plurality of updated IO rates and implementing the rebuilding in accordance with the updated plurality of scores.
US10681122B2
A method of providing content is provided. The method includes: receiving, by a target device, first content from a source device; establishing, by the target device, a connection with a cloud computing device; transmitting, by the target device, the first content and content control information to be used to convert the first content, to the cloud computing device; and receiving, by the target device, second content obtained by converting the first content based on the content control information, from the cloud computing device.
US10681116B2
Providing services can include receiving a request for a first service provided by a resource provider and provide a reference to an instantiated first resource that the resource provider instantiated. Providing services can include receiving a request for a second service provided by the resource provider. Providing services can include partitioning the instantiated first resource to create an instantiated second resource if the instantiated first resource is capable of providing the second service. Providing services can include registering an availability of the resource provider and the instantiated first resource for further partitioning in a chain of building blocks. Providing services can include updating one of the chain of building blocks and propagate the update to the chain of building blocks.
US10681112B2
The invention relates to a method functions within an industrial automation system. In a method for providing functions within an industrial automation system, the functions are made available by a web application of at least one control unit and provided on the client side during execution of a control program via a Single-Page Application (SPA) as a web client at a client-side user interface. The functions are provided by a standardized data model of the web application which represents the at least one control unit and data that can be made available by the control unit. The standardized data model is accessed via a generic data interface of the web application.
US10681107B2
An arrangement includes transceiver logic and control logic. The transceiver logic is configured to receive a media presentation description (MPD) for an adaptive streaming over hyper-text transfer protocol (DASH), wherein the MPD includes one or more adaption sets. The control logic is configured to identify device display capabilities, to select quality values based on the device display capabilities and to request use of the selected quality values. The quality values include dynamic range and color space quality values.
US10681070B2
Methods and systems for detecting malicious domains. The method comprises storing domain data for a plurality of domains and selecting a relationship parameter which represents a relationship between at least two of the domains. The method further comprises generating a graph for the domains by identifying a plurality of domain nodes, connecting the domain nodes with a plurality of edges and calculating an edge weight for each edge. The method further comprises identifying at least one domain node as a known malicious domain node and the other domain nodes as candidate domain nodes, calculating a malicious score for each candidate domain node based on the edge weights and identifying a domain in the plurality of domains as malicious if the malicious score is within a predetermined range.
US10681066B2
A method and system for an online help network containing a server and a plurality of terminals are disclosed. The method includes registering users of the plurality of terminals, wherein the plurality of terminals form a peer-to-peer network over which the plurality of terminals communicate with one another without going through the server; determining a question from a user of one of the terminals and a target recipient as one of the server and the peer-to-peer network; receiving an answer to the question from the target recipient; obtaining a risk detection category from the user; obtaining one or more detection patterns associated with the risk detection category; based on the one or more detection patterns, detecting a cyber risk on the terminal of the user with the risk detection category; and prompting the user of the cyber risk detected on the terminal of the user.
US10681062B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for incident response are disclosed. In one aspect, a system includes a cognitive engine that is configured to receive data identifying actions performed in response to a computer security threat. Based on the data identifying the actions performed in response to the computer security threat, the system generates one or more workflows and a particular workflow that are associated with the computer security threat and that each identify one or more actions to remediate the computer security threat. The system also includes a scoring system and event triage engine that is configured to analyze the actions of the one or more workflows and of the particular workflow, and based on analyzing the actions of the one or more workflows and of the particular workflow, select a primary workflow as a workflow to respond to the computer security threat. The system also includes an automated incident investigation engine that is configured to receive an alert that identifies the computer security threat, and process the computer security threat according to the primary workflow that is associated with the computer security threat and that identifies one or more actions to remediate the computer security threat.
US10681060B2
A computer-implemented method for determining computer system security threats, the computer system including user accounts established on the computer system, the method including the steps of: (i) for a plurality of user accounts, assigning a risk level to each account; (ii) in a time interval, for a plurality of events, wherein each event is linked to a respective user account, assigning an event score relating to deviation from normal behavior of each event with respect to the respective user account; (iii) in the time interval, for the plurality of events, calculating an event importance which is a function of the respective event score and the respective user account risk level; (iv) prioritizing the plurality of events by event importance, and (v) providing a record of the plurality of events, prioritized by event importance.
US10681056B1
Systems and methods for artificial intelligence systems for identity management systems are disclosed. Embodiments may perform outlier detection and risk assessment based on identity management data, including one or more property graphs or peer groups determined from those property graphs, to determine identity management artifacts with ‘abnormal’ patterns when compared to other related identity management artifacts.
US10681051B2
An application permissions processing system and method for processing application permission requests is provided. The method includes the steps of detecting that an application has been downloaded to a computing system, receiving one or more permission requests from the application for resources located on the computing system, determining that at least one of the one or more permission requests is a required permission of the application, prompting the user to decide the one or more permission requests, receiving a denial of the required permission from the user, in response to the prompting, and responding to the application by providing spoofed resources to the application to satisfy the required permission of the application.
US10681049B2
In an embodiment, a computer implemented method comprises receiving, at a first computing device associated with a managing entity, a request to perform an operation of a managed service; publishing to a first block of a distributed ledger system, by the first computing device associated with the managing entity, identification information of the managing entity; identifying, by a second computing device associated with the managed service, the identification information published to the first block of the distributed ledger system; publishing to a second block of the distributed ledger system, by the second computing device associated with the managed service, acknowledgement information comprising an indication that the identification information of the managing entity published to the first block was received and verified; publishing to a third block of the distributed ledger system, by the second computing device associated with the managed service, management request information comprising an operation request for the managing entity; identifying, by the first computing device associated with the managing entity, the management request information published to the third block of the distributed ledger system; publishing to a fourth block of the distributed ledger system, by the first computing device associated with the managing entity, management request acknowledgment information comprising an indication that the management request information of the third block was received; and in response to a performance of an operation included in the management request information published to the third block, publishing to a fifth block of the distributed ledger system, by the first computing device associated with the managing entity, management operation record information including a history of operations performed by the managing entity.
US10681041B2
A system and method for enabling out of band biometric verification is disclosed. The system includes a biometric engine coupled with an interactive messaging system and configured as an identity provider. The biometric identity provider includes a biometric enrollment process using open standard authentication protocols. The identity provider may answer calls generated by a service provider for biometric verification request for a user by sending an interactive message to a wireless mobile device associated to the user. The user captures and sends a biometric input to the identity provider. Biometrics provided by a user are compared by the biometric engine against biometric templates stored for that user in order to verify the user. The identity provider then sends a response back to the service provider. The service provider may grant or deny services to a user depending on the response.
US10681036B2
Various embodiments include composite security interconnect devices and methods. One method embodiment that may be performed by a composite security interconnect device, also referred to herein as a security controller, includes decrypting a first encrypted input received from a peripheral device with a first encryption key to obtain clear text. The first encryption key may be an encryption key established between the security controller and the peripheral device. The method further includes encrypting the clear text with a second encryption key to obtain second encrypted input, the second encryption key being a key of an encryption key pair established with a transaction processing host.
US10681020B2
Systems for and methods of securely communicating between a ground station and an aircraft are presented. The communications are among a plurality of nodes, including a ground based node and a plurality of aircraft based nodes. Each node stores at least a respective portion of a blockchain representing interactions among at least some of the nodes. Control nodes may initiate a privileged network action by: broadcasting to the plurality of control nodes a blockchain record representing the privileged network action, receiving from control nodes a plurality of votes representing validation results of the privileged network action, determining that a consensus from the control node votes indicates that the privileged action is permissible, and publishing to respective blockchain portions of each of the plurality of nodes a derivation of the blockchain record representing the privileged action, where the system implements the privileged action based on the determining.
US10681017B2
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to proxying one or more email resources in transit to the client devices from the email services, removing one or more email attachments from the email resources, and encoding the stripped email attachments based at least in part on one or more cryptographic keys.
US10681016B2
A secure element device for use in a connected device includes a first interface configured to enable communication with a communication module and a second interface configured to enable communication with an action module of the connected device. A processor coupled to the first interface and the second interface, executes a first set of computer-readable instructions, stored in a memory of the secure element device, to authenticate, via the first interface, the connected device on the communication network. The processor also executes a second set of computer-readable instructions, stored in the memory, to perform one or both of (i) obtaining, via the second interface, data from the action module, the data to be transmitted over the communication network and (ii) controlling, via the second interface, the action module to cause the action module to perform one or more operations based on an instruction received over the communication network.
US10681015B2
In an example embodiment, incremental dynamic data processing is provided. One or more records marked for distribution to a client machine is identified. For each of the identified one or more records marked for distribution to the client machine, one or more pieces of dynamic data relevant to the record is identified. For each of the pieces of dynamic data relevant to the record, it is determined if there is a state for the piece of the dynamic data and, in response to a determination that there is a state for the dynamic data, the piece of dynamic data is marked for distribution. All marked pieces of dynamic data are applied to the one or more records marked for distribution. Then the one or more records marked for distribution are distributed to the client machine.
US10681006B2
In one embodiment, an agent process associated with a particular application on a computing device intercepts outbound connection calls made by the particular application for a remote target host within a computer network, and determines an application context for the outbound connection call based on the particular application and one or more features of the outbound connection call. The agent process may then compare the application context against a set of application-context-aware firewall policies configured on the agent process, and determines whether to allow or not allow (block) the outbound connection call based on the comparing of the application context to the set of application-context-aware firewall policies.
US10681004B2
A program configured to offer a reward to a user who has registered a simple access means, such as a shortcut, for accessing a predetermined screen is disclosed. The program may cause a computer to receive an access request from a terminal device used by a user; determine based on a character string, which may be contained in a URL of an access destination of the received access request, whether or not the user's terminal device has a simple access means to the URL registered thereupon; and offer a benefit or reward to the user operating the terminal device used to perform the access request when the simple access means is determined to be registered.
