US10703615B2
A modular salvage system includes first and second inflatable lifting cushions, a connecting collar on an upper side and underside and between each successive lifting cushion for enclosing the inflatable lifting cushion. The connecting collar is provided on a peripheral side with attachment points pivotally connectable to first and second radial shackles. The first radial shackle is pivotally connectable to the connecting collar and the other connecting collar includes a coupling segment that is pivotally connectable to a second radial shackle of an uppermost connecting collar. Each coupling segment is connectable in an axial direction to a subsequent uppermost coupling segment by an axial shackle. The axial shackle includes first and second bending-resistant segments between which a flexible segment extends. The tensile strengths of the bending-resistant segments and the flexible segment are substantially equal. Additionally, a related lifting module, container, and method for assembling are provided.
US10703609B2
A passenger conveying device, including: an entrance, an exit, and a plurality of steps disposed between the entrance and the exit. A skirt guard panel is respectively disposed on two sides of the step, and the step is constructed to reciprocally move between the entrance and the exit along a path defined by the skirt guard panel. The step includes a tread, a tread guard panel is attached to each of two sides of tread, and the tread guard panel is located between the tread and the skirt guard panel. The tread guard panel includes two or more protrusions, each protrusion is constructed to protrude with respect to an upper surface of the tread, and a protrusion farther away from the tread has a larger protrusion height. The passenger conveying device of the present invention has the advantages of simple structure, reliable installation, and convenient maintenance.
US10703603B2
A transport system may include at least two conveyor sections and at least three cars that are moved individually in a cyclical operation. Each car may pass through a first conveyor section starting from a first start position and subsequently pass through a second conveyor section back to the first start position. At least one stopping point may be provided at least along a conveyor section, and one or more subsequent stopping points may respectively be assigned to a block. Travel of the cars may be controlled such that the cars successively approach a respective previously-specified block, and an equal cycle time is predefined for every car to pass through the first and second conveyor sections. A method for operating a transport system in this manner is also disclosed.
US10703594B2
A sheet conveyance apparatus is configured to interlock a first transmission mechanism and a second transmission mechanism such that the second transmission mechanism switches a rotational driving direction of a reverse rotary member between a normal rotation direction and a reverse rotation direction with a delay with respect to the first transmission mechanism starting transmission of a rotational driving force such that a guide member pivots between a first pivot position and a second pivot position.
US10703590B1
A dry material delivery system adapted for unloading dry bulk material from a container. The system includes a dust collector unit and a main vacuum line connected to the dust collector unit. The vacuum line is attached to a vacuum source to pull a vacuum on the dust collector unit. The system includes a discharge unit attached to the container such that the discharge unit is movable. There is a connection between the dust collector unit and the discharge unit such that the applied vacuum by the main vacuum line causes suction to pull dust from the discharge unit. The system includes a product hose connected to the discharge unit that is also attached to a product discharge of the container to allow flow of dry bulk material from the container to the discharge unit.
US10703589B2
A dry docking station that may include an interface that comprises an interface portion for contacting a self-propelled debris collecting robot when the self-propelled debris collecting robot is positioned at a container replacement position; a container manipulator that is arranged to assist, while the self-propelled solid debris collecting robot is contacted by the interface, in positioning a new debris collecting container into a debris collection position within the self-propelled debris collecting robot and to extract from the self-propelled debris collecting robot a used debris collecting container; a used container storage module for storing the used debris collecting container after the used debris collecting contains is extracted from the self-propelled debris collecting robot; and a new container storage module for storing the new debris collecting container before the new debris collecting container is positioned in the self-propelled debris collecting robot.
US10703581B2
A workpiece is quickly fixed and released without using a driving device. A workpiece fixing tool includes: a pair of grip members that are disposed so as to face each other in a substantially horizontal direction and that can open and close in an opposite direction in which the grip members face each other, the grip members gripping a workpiece therebetween in a closed state; and urging members that urge the pair of grip members in closing directions. The pair of grip members have inclined faces facing each other, the inclined faces forming an angle with respect to each other such that a distance therebetween in the opposite direction in which the inclined faces face each other gradually decreases from upper side to lower side.
US10703572B2
A carrying device for receiving goods, which comprises a carrying wall, having a front wall and a rear wall, and a closing device, having at least one closing structure for releasably connecting the front wall to the rear wall in a closed state. The carrying wall is here arrangeable between the closed state and an open state, wherein in the closed state, it delimits a carrying volume for receiving the goods at least partially to the front, bottom and rear, and wherein in the open state, it opens up the carrying volume in the downward direction. The at least one closing structure is arrangeable, in the open state, at a spacing from the carrying wall.
US10703567B2
An autonomous transport robot for transporting a payload, the autonomous transport robot includes a payload bed having at least one reference datum surface and at least one payload justification device, the at least one payload justification device being configured to position a payload on the payload bed in substantial contact with the at least one reference datum surface to place the payload in a predetermined position on the payload bed.
US10703557B2
A drum for transporting and feeding welding wire may comprise a hold-down bar opening. The hold-down bar opening enables access to and removal of a hold-down bar without requiring prior removal of an end surface of the drum or a drum lid. The drum may also comprise an access door. The access door enables access to the interior space of the drum when it is opened or removed from the first end surface. The access door allows for retrieval of a portion of a wire stored within the drum without need to remove an end surface of the drum or a drum lid.
US10703556B2
A device for dispensing fluid from a fluid container, the device capable of being set to different discrete and repeatable/equal dispensing amounts, depending on the amount of fluid required to be dispensed by the user for various applications and uses. The device may also be set to an “off” or “closed” position to prevent accidental dispensing of fluid when not in use. The device is preferably configured to be affixed to the outer surface of a fluid container, which fluid container is preferably a flexible bag or pouch.
US10703551B2
The present invention includes an inner holder, an outer can, a first check valve and a second check valve. The inner holder includes a storage space. The outer can includes a slidable variable space for the inner holder to slide therein and an air channel for the slidable variable space to communicate with an exterior. The inner holder includes an air hole for the storage space to communicate with the slidable variable space. The first check valve is provided on the air hole and has an airflow direction towards the slidable variable space. The second check valve is provided on the air channel and has an airflow direction towards the exterior. The outer can is slidably moved outwards relative to the inner holder to suck out the air in the storage space and then slidably moved inwards relative to the inner holder to discharge air to the exterior.
US10703545B1
A closure system includes a container and a closure. The container including a rim extending perpendicular to the side wall, the rim including a locking lug extending from an upper surface of the rim and a break disposed in the rim adjacent to the locking tab, the break operable to form a deflectable locking portion of the rim. The closure including a side wall, a flange extending perpendicular to the side wall, and a locking lug disposed within the flange for engaging the corresponding locking lug of the container. The flange may include a gap portion disposed adjacent to the locking lug for allowing a user to deflect the deflectable locking portion of the container through the gap portion in the flange to disengage the locking lug of the container from the locking lug of the closure.
US10703539B2
A supporting structure for concurrently supporting a plurality of vials is provided. The supporting structure includes a carrier having apertures or receptacles, into which the vials can be inserted to be supported therein on the carrier. The vials have a bottom that forms a base, a cylindrical side wall, and an annular transition region between the base and the cylindrical side wall. The carrier has a retaining protrusion at a lower end of the aperture or receptacle that extends into the respective aperture or receptacle inward in radial direction. The retaining protrusion supports the vial in cooperation with the transition region outside the base in such a manner that the bottoms or bases of the vials jut out of the apertures or receptacles of the carrier and are freely accessible from the lower side of the carrier.
US10703538B2
A compartmentalization system for an industrial tote includes a base; side walls, which include recesses for retaining bins within the tote; and end walls. The tote may include eight recesses in each side wall for receiving a pair of inserts on a bin. The bins typically include two or four tabs. The bins that are used with the tote system include a base, opposed side walls, and end walls that define the interior of the bin. Typically, a lip formed at the top of the side and end walls to improve strength and stability. The tabs are formed on the exterior of at least one side wall. The tab is inserted into the recess in the tote. Each tab includes a riser that is substantially normal to the sidewall and a tab formed at the end of the riser so that the tab is spaced apart from the sidewall.
US10703530B2
The present disclosure relates to a hollow body configured to attach to a container for a liquid food product, the hollow body comprising a first piece and a second piece. At least a portion of a periphery of the first piece is attached to at least a portion of a periphery of the second piece in order to form the hollow body. Further, it is presented related methods for producing a package comprising a container and a hollow body.
US10703529B2
Disclosed is a partition and cover structure that can be accommodated in a shoebox and can be made from one or more conveniently grooved and cut cardboard sheets. The structure includes a substantially rectangular base divided into first and second portions having trapezoidal rectangular shape. The portions of base are consecutive to each other at a respective edge coincident with the oblique side of the aforesaid trapezoidal shape. A pair of mutually opposed partition walls are connected, by way of a fold, to the portions of base at the aforesaid edges, respectively. The structure further includes four side walls two-by-two mutually opposite with respect to the portions of base and connected to the latter by way of respective folds. Also disclosed is a shoebox including the structure, and to one or more substantially flat elements foldable in suitable manner to obtain such structure.
US10703528B2
The present invention relates to material packaging made of corrugated cardboard sheet having a polygonal cross section, comprising lateral walls, a lower plane forming the bottom of the packaging, and an opposite upper plane. It comprises at least one portion (25, 26) projecting with respect to the upper plane. The bottom (30) comprises at least one surface portion (15, 16) that is cut out over a portion of the thickness of the cardboard sheet, is compressed and in the form of a non-through hollow, referred to as a hollow portion, the shape of which matches the projecting portion, in line with the latter and arranged to fit together with the projecting portion of the packaging below.
US10703527B2
A beverage crate includes a base having opposed end edges and opposed side edges. A pair of end walls extending upward from the end edges of the base. A pair of side walls extend upward from the side edges of the base. Each of the side walls includes an upper band portion connected to the base by inwardly-offset columns. The upper band portions each include at least one upper peak protruding upwardly and at least one complementary recess aligned below the at least one upper peak. The upper band portions each include at least one lower peak protruding downwardly and at least one complementary recess aligned above the at least one lower peak.
US10703514B2
A metering roller is for filling a vessel with a portion of a powder product to be metered. The metering roller includes a roller jacket, a filter element, a filter strip, a seal and a clamping core. The roller jacket defines at least one metering opening completely penetrating the roller jacket from its outer side to its inner side, the metering opening being delimited on the inside via a filter element. The filter element is pressed by the clamping core via the filter strip against the inner side of the roller jacket. The seal is arranged between the filter element and the filter strip, the metering opening being exposed to a negative pressure through the filter element via at least one pressure channel in the filter strip. The seal seals a connection of the pressure channel to the metering opening. The seal is an elastomer cured onto the filter strip.
US10703511B2
The present invention relates to attitude control and, in particular, to control of the attitude of a space platform. The space platform may take the form of or be part of a satellite and/or a spacecraft. An aspect of the present invention concerns the use, in an attitude control system, of several control moment gyroscopes with limited gimbal revolutions. Another aspect of the present invention concerns an improved logic for controlling a control moment gyroscope assembly of an attitude control system.
US10703497B2
Control systems and methods for controlling an engine. The control system includes a computation module and an input/output (I/O) module attached to the engine. The computation module is located in an area of the engine, or off-engine, that provides a more benign environment than the environment that the I/O module is subject to during operation of the engine. The I/O module includes a first processor and a first network interface device. The computation module includes a second processor with higher processing power than the first processor, and a second network interface device. The control system also includes a sensor configured to provide sensor readings to the first processor. The first processor transmits data based on the sensor readings to the second processor. The control system also includes an actuator operably coupled to the I/O module and that is controlled by the first processor based on commands from the second processor.
US10703493B2
The present disclosure provides danger avoidance apparatuses and related methods, such as for use to avoid avalanches. An apparatus may include a container configured to couple to a user, a lift providing mechanism, a descent control mechanism and at least one rip cord engaged with the container and selectively operable by the user. Both the lift providing mechanism and the descent control mechanism may be movably coupled to the container between a packed position within the container and a deployed position exterior to the container controlled via the at least one rip cord. The lift providing mechanism may include an airfoil that provides lift to the user at a first velocity of the user along a first direction. The descent control mechanism may control the descent and reduce the velocity of the user along the first direction from the first velocity in the deployed position.
US10703491B2
An environmental control system that includes a first environmental control system pack, a first recirculation fan assembly, and a cabin air sensor unit. The first environmental control system pack is arranged to provide conditioned air to an aircraft cabin. The first recirculation fan assembly is arranged to recirculate a first cabin air fluid flow back to the aircraft cabin. The cabin air sensor unit is arranged to provide a first air quality signal indicative of an air quality of the first cabin air fluid flow to a controller.
US10703488B2
Air quality sensors are incorporated into an aircraft ventilation system in order to detect the nature and concentration of possible contaminants in the air flow passages. Data from the sensors may also be used to monitor air quality trends, determine corrective measures, and provide maintenance alerts. The sensors are provided at strategic locations throughout the ventilation system, such as before and/or after an air compressor and before and/or after a recirculation system, in order to identify where the problem is occurring.
US10703485B2
A headrest assembly having at least one articulated cushion section that is deployable from a recess in a stowed position, a passenger seat comprising the headrest assembly and cushion section, as well as vehicles comprising the seat, and methods of installation are disclosed.
US10703480B1
A vertical landing of an aircraft is performed using the first battery where the aircraft is unoccupied when the vertical landing is performed, the unoccupied aircraft includes the first battery, and the unoccupied aircraft excludes a second, removable battery. In response to detecting that the second, removable battery is detachably coupled to the aircraft, a power source for the aircraft is switched from the first battery to the second, removable battery. After switching the switch power source, a vertical takeoff of the aircraft is performed using the second, removable battery, wherein the aircraft is occupied when the vertical takeoff is performed.
US10703479B2
A UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) control method comprises: obtaining a first image; obtaining a second image after obtaining the first image; calculating a plurality of feature points respectively according to the first image and the second image by a computing device, extracting a first feature point set and a second feature point set by the computing device; calculating a first-axial displacement and a second-axial displacement according to the first feature point set and the second feature point set by the computing device; calculating a first ROI (Region Of Interest) area, a second ROI and a third-axial displacement according to the first feature point set and the second feature point set by the computing device; adjusting a camera pose or a flight path of the UAV according to the first-axial displacement, the second-axial displacement and the third-axial displacement.
US10703472B2
A rotary winged aircraft includes an airframe and a drive system located at the airframe. A main rotor system is positioned at the airframe and is operably connected to the drive system to provide lift for the rotary winged aircraft. An auxiliary propulsor is located at the airframe and includes a plurality of propeller blades rotatable about a propulsor axis. Collective and cyclic pitch input applied to the auxiliary propeller blades increases yaw performance of the aircraft. A method of operating a rotary wing aircraft includes powering an auxiliary propulsor secured to an airframe of the aircraft and including a plurality of propeller blades rotatable about a propulsor axis. Individual propeller blades are cyclically rotated about their respective propeller blade axes to cyclically change a propeller blade pitch. Rotation of the aircraft about a yaw axis is induced via the collective and cyclic pitch change of the propeller blades.
US10703471B2
The present invention includes an a plurality of first variable speed motors arranged in a first matrix pattern and mounted on a tail boom of the helicopter; one or more fixed pitch blades attached to each of the plurality of first variable speed motors; and wherein a speed of one or more of the plurality of first variable speed motors is varied to provide an anti-torque thrust.
US10703468B2
A blade includes a blade body having a surface and a hole extending through the surface of the blade body. The hole defines a hole axis and a plane perpendicular to the hole axis. The hole has an elongated hole perimeter within the plane. The hole perimeter includes a plurality of non-linear perimeter sections to minimize stress concentration around the elongated hole perimeter while maximizing the usable opening area. A rotor system includes a rotor hub and a blade as recited above. The blade extends radially outward from the rotor hub. The blade defines a root end proximate to the rotor hub, a tip end opposite the root end.
US10703463B2
An actuator for at least one flight control surface of an aircraft. The actuator has at least two actuator members for actuating the flight control surface between two extreme positions and a motor connected to the actuator members by at least one rotary motion transmission line. Each actuator member includes a drive pinion and the actuator is arranged so that the transmission line has an angular amplitude of less than one revolution during movement of the flight control surface between its two positions. The motion transmission line is arranged to allow only one angular position between the drive pinions and the actuator member.
US10703461B2
A folding rotor blade assembly for an aircraft a yoke, an inboard beam coupled to the yoke, an inboard centrifugal force bearing coupled to the inboard beam, a grip coupled to the inboard beam, an outboard bearing housing coupled to the grip, and a rotor blade pivotally coupled to the grip by a blade fold bolt that is positioned outboard of the outboard bearing housing.
US10703455B2
A jet propulsion device is mounted to a vessel body and connected to a drive shaft. A bearing rotatably supports the drive shaft. A bulkhead is disposed inside the vessel body and below a deck. The bulkhead supports the bearing and includes a gap disposed between the drive shaft and the deck. The drive shaft and the gap overlap as seen in a vertical direction.
US10703448B2
An offshore drilling vessel includes a floating hull having a moonpool, a drilling tower positioned on the hull at or near the moonpool, a tubular string main hoisting device including a main hoisting winch and main cable connected to the main hoisting winch, a crown block mounted on the drilling tower, a travelling block suspended from the crown block in a multiple fall arrangement of the main cable, a mobile working deck and an integrated heave compensation system including a main cable heave compensation sheave in a path of the main cable between the main hoisting winch and the travelling block, a hydraulic sheave compensator connected to the main cable heave compensation sheave to provide a heave compensated motion of the travelling block, and a hydraulic deck compensator connected to the hull and to the mobile working deck to provide a heave compensated motion of the working deck relative to the hull within the heave compensation motion range.
US10703441B2
A drive arrangement for a bicycle may include a plurality of sprockets arranged at a rear wheel of the bicycle. The sprockets may be particularly arranged to have a spacing that facilitates the configuration of an increasing number of sprockets in the plurality of sprockets. A singular front sprocket or chain ring may be used to drive the rear plurality of sprockets. The singular front chain ring may include first and second groups of teeth, the first group of teeth being wider than the second group of teeth. The drive arrangement may also include a rear derailleur. A chain having inner link plates with recesses may also be include in the drive arrangement.
US10703436B2
A remote control unit for a display unit of an electric bicycle, the remote control unit being situated in the region of a handlebar grip remote from display unit and having assistance selection keys for the selection of the assistance level and having at least one input device for the menu navigation and selection of menu items shown on display unit. Input unit and assistance selection keys together are situated along a common line. Furthermore disclosed is an electric bicycle including such a remote control unit.
US10703432B2
In a throttle opening detecting apparatus for a saddle riding vehicle which includes a handle cover, a handle switch group, and a handlebar, and in which a throttle opening sensor fixed to the handlebar and configured to detect a displacement of a rotor in a sensor case is included in the handle cover, at least one switch of the handle switch group is disposed at a position facing the sensor case in the handle cover, and the sensor case has a step portion formed on a side surface thereof on a side opposite to a throttle pipe rotated integrally with the rotor.
US10703430B2
A resin part for a vehicle includes a fender main body formed of a fiber-reinforced resin using a resin fiber, and a fastening section formed of the same resin material as the resin fiber, formed integrally with the fender main body and fastened to the vehicle body.
US10703425B2
An air-guiding device for a motor vehicle includes an air-guiding profile having at least two air-guiding elements that are movable relative to one another in order to realize different air-guiding profile cross sections. The air-guiding elements are at least partially connected to one another in elastically flexible fashion and by way of connecting elements in a fin-ray-type configuration.
US10703418B2
Systems and methods are provide for stabilizing the front upper body of an automobile. Some embodiments operate in context of an electric car, or other electric vehicle. For example, the front body of an automobile can include a right front wheelhouse and a left front wheelhouse, coupled with a right front suspension assembly and a left front suspension assembly, respectively. The front body can also include a plenum, which can include a large panel situated behind the vehicle dashboard. A stabilization assembly can include a cross-rail to tie the right and left front wheelhouses together, thereby stabilizing lateral and/or other vibrations across the left and right front suspension assemblies. The stabilization assembly can also include a plenum tie-rail to tie both front wheelhouses to the plenum, which can improve stiffness of the upper plenum and can improve front-impact crash performance.
US10703417B2
A body frame structure forming a side part of an automobile includes an outer panel, an inner panel that forms a closed space elongated in a first direction between the inner panel and the outer panel, a metal outer R/F disposed within the closed space, a resin R/F disposed within the closed space, and a foam disposed within the closed space. The closed space includes a three-layer structure including the outer R/F, the resin R/F, and the foam filling a space between the outer R/F and the resin R/F.
US10703410B2
Driver assistance system to compensate for time delays in acquiring the traveling state of a vehicle
A driver assistance system that can reduce time delays in acquiring the traveling state of a vehicle and can stably control the vehicle. In the driver assistance system, a vehicle-mounted camera acquires an image including the boundary of a driving lane on which a vehicle travels. A target path generator generates a target path that is a path, on which the vehicle has to travel on the driving lane, based on the image. A traveling state acquirer acquires the traveling state of the vehicle on the driving lane based on the image. A controller performs steering control for causing the vehicle to travel along the target path based on the target path and the traveling state. A compensator compensates a time delay when the traveling state acquirer acquires the traveling state.
US10703408B2
A method of assisting a steering effort in a hydraulic steering system is provided. The method includes measuring a pressure with a pressure sensor assembly. The method also includes calculating an input torque with a controller. The method further includes measuring at least one vehicle condition with at least one vehicle sensor and sending a vehicle condition signal to the controller. The method yet further includes determining a current required to operate an actuator with the controller.
US10703398B1
A two-arm dolly attachment is disclosed herein. The two-arm dolly attachment includes a first arm, a second arm, a first substantially straight first arm and a second substantially straight second arm. The first arm includes a width adjusting opening. The second arm includes multiple securing member openings. Each aforementioned arm is mounted through securing members which are received by butterfly nuts. The first arm mounts to the second arm. The first substantially straight arm mounts to the first arm. The second substantially straight arm mounts to the second arm. The first and second substantially straight arm mount to one another. The butterfly nuts allow the two-arm dolly attachment to assemble and dissemble for storage. There are two pairs of clasping members which are adjustable to allow the two-arm dolly attachment to attach to dollies of various sizes. The width of the two-arm dolly attachment is adjusted.
US10703397B1
A hand truck that includes frame assembly, wheels and a toe plate assembly. The frame assembly includes two side members and a base member extending between the lower ends of the side members. The toe plate assembly is rotatably mounted to the frame so that the toe plate is able to rotate between an operating position in which the toe portion extends forward for sliding under and lifting loads and the toe plate rests against the base member of the frame and a storage position in which the toe plate rests upon the wheel axle and an intermediate shipping position such that when the wheels are removed the hand truck may fit into a box having a minimum depth.
US10703396B1
A beverage keg dolly (BKD) system/method providing for transportation of a beverage keg (BK) in tight quarters is disclosed. The system/method integrates a dolly frame spine (DFS), axial wheel assembly (AWA), radial wheel assembly (RWA), keg alignment handle (KAH), keg engagement hook (KEH), beverage keg cradle (BKC), and vertical rotation handle (VRH). BK transportation uses the KAH to engage/cradle the KEH to a BK within the BKC. Once cradled by the BKC, the BK is lifted off the ground and supported by the AWA via depression of the VRH. The BK axially rotates about the AWA by the VRH until the BK center of gravity transitions a vertical equipoise plane (VEP) extending from the AWA. The weight of the BK is then supported by the AWA and the RWA. Transportation and/or circular rotation of the BK may then be affected by rotation/movement of the VRH.
US10703394B2
A method of producing an electrode-equipped plate spring of a railcar bogie includes: a resin removing step of partially irradiating a surface of fiber-reinforced resin, prepared by including electrically conductive fibers in resin, of a plate spring with a laser beam to partially remove the resin and partially expose the electrically conductive fibers; and an electrode forming step of attaching an electrode to an exposed region formed by partially exposing the electrically conductive fibers of the fiber-reinforced resin.
US10703390B2
A body structure for a rail vehicle that includes a frame with at least one support element made at least predominantly of steel alloy, at least one equipment element made predominantly of aluminum alloy, at least one first plate having at least one longitudinal edge and a first surface delimited by the longitudinal edge, and at least one longitudinal batten of steel alloy, which is integral with the support element, wherein the longitudinal batten is fixed flat to the first face by way of friction melt bonding.
US10703387B2
A cable carrier apparatus has a bracket having a vertical mounting surface interface for mounting securely to a post, wall, or other stable support, and a horizontal portion, a first roller rotatable on a vertical post anchored to be stationary relative to the frame bracket, with the first roller positioned below the horizontal portion of the bracket, the first roller having a circumferential groove symmetrical around an axis of the post and about a horizontal plane, the groove having a cross-section with a radius describing a portion of a semicircle, but less than a full semicircle, and a second roller matching the first roller and rotatable on a second post having an axis, the second roller mounted to be translatable against spring force away from the first roller, wherein a traveler translating on a cable being held between the two rollers traverses through the rollers, maintaining the cable between the rollers.
US10703377B2
A method, system and computer program product are provided for determining a measure of brake system usage during operation of a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a power source for generating a motive force for propulsion of the vehicle in a first direction of travel, and driver controllable means for requesting a brake force that acts against a movement of the vehicle in the first direction of travel. When a driver of the vehicle requests a brake force, the method comprises determining an influence on the vehicle acceleration caused by the request for brake force; and determining, based on the determined influence, a measure of brake system usage of the vehicle, the measure indicating a level of economical driving, wherein a particular level is arranged to depend on the magnitude of the influence on the vehicle acceleration caused by the request for brake force.
US10703371B2
A computer is programmed to determine an occupancy status of a vehicle based on received sensor data; and adjust a parameter of a powertrain of the vehicle in response to data indicating a critical condition of the powertrain based on the occupancy status. The parameter may be one of engine speed, cylinder deactivation, transmission-shift time, and shift schedule.
US10703365B1
A lane tracking method is proposed for use by an autonomous vehicle running on a lane. A future location of the autonomous vehicle that corresponds to a future time point is estimated based on a current location and a measurement result of an inertial measurement unit of the autonomous vehicle. The future location of the autonomous vehicle, and a reference lane line data and a reference past location that correspond to a reference past time point are used to estimate a future lane line data that corresponds to the future time point.
US10703364B2
A vehicle control system that executes path-following control includes a controller. The vehicle control system is configured to determine whether or not the path-following control is to be continued based on whether or not a coordinate point with current lateral deviation speed and lateral deviation as an X coordinate and a Y coordinate, respectively, falls within an ellipse to be specified on an X-Y plane with a time as a parameter, a value of a cosine function to be obtained by time-differentiating a function of an allowable limit sine wave on an X axis, and a value of the function of the allowable limit sine wave on a Y axis.
US10703359B2
A computer is programmed to predict, based at least in part on a stored road topology for a predetermined vehicle route, a vehicle body orientation based on lateral, longitudinal, and vertical accelerations predicted for the route. The computer is programmed to, based on the predicted vehicle body orientation, adjust at least one of an orientation of the vehicle body and an orientation of an object in the vehicle as the vehicle traverses the route.
US10703353B2
A system and method for controlling driving of a hybrid vehicle are provided. The method includes determining whether acceleration of the hybrid vehicle is predicted and increasing a conversion reference value converting a driving mode of the hybrid vehicle from an electric vehicle (EV) mode to a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) mode when acceleration of the hybrid vehicle is predicted.
US10703352B2
A brake bleeder apparatus 10 is provided which allows the brakes of an automobile 12 to be bleed by only one person. The apparatus 10 includes an elongated housing 24, having an elongated aperture 26 formed therein. A spring 28 is supported in the aperture 26 in the housing 24. A plunger 44 is aligned in the aperture 26 to engage the spring 28 so that the spring can be compressed and released to expand therein. The apparatus 10 is put in place between a steering wheel 18 and brake pedal 20 of the automobile 12 so the brake pedal is held in place by compression of the spring 28. Once the brake bleeder valve 54 is opened the brake pedal 20 is depressed thereby pushing air out of the brakes of the automobile 12. This process is repeated on each wheel until all the air is removed from the brakes.
US10703348B2
The hydraulic pressure control includes a valve portion which adjusts a fluid flowing into or flowing out of a hydraulic pressure chamber, a state judging portion which judges whether or not a state of the hydraulic pressure chamber is in a state in which the actual pressure is increasing even the holding signal has been inputted to the valve portion and a control portion which executes a specific control which keeps the actual pressure to the hydraulic pressure within the dead zone when the state judging portion judges that the state of the hydraulic pressure chamber is in a state that the actual pressure fluctuates even the holding signal has been inputted to the valve portion.
US10703338B2
A streamlined flat windscreen wiper for a vehicle is disclosed. The flat wiper includes a longitudinal wiper blade, at least one longitudinal stiffening member, a longitudinal member for retaining the wiper blade and the stiffening member, a longitudinal streamlined portion including two terminal caps and a central mounting extending between the terminal caps and being connected thereto. The mounting includes means for fixing to the stiffening member or to the member for retaining the stiffening member, and each cap includes means for guiding in translation terminal parts of the member.
US10703336B1
An electronic device that selectively performs a preventive action is described. During operation, the electronic device may acquire, using one or more sensors, a measurement in an environment that is external to the electronic device, where the measurement provides information associated with an object, and the measurement is a non-contact measurement. Then, the electronic device may detect the object based at least in part on the measurement. Moreover, the electronic device may estimate an intent of the object based at least in part on the measurement. Next, when the estimated intent is associated with a type of adverse event, the electronic device may perform the preventive action prior to an occurrence of the type of adverse event, where the preventive action reduces a probability of the occurrence of the type of adverse event or an amount of financial damage associated with the occurrence of the type of adverse event.
US10703333B2
A delivery assistance device assists in an operation of a delivery service in which a vehicle cabin including a trunk of a vehicle used by a requester is able to be designated as a luggage delivery destination. The delivery assistance device includes a key information distribution unit configured to distribute key information that a deliverer of a company that provides the delivery service is to use to unlock a door for access to the vehicle cabin of the vehicle, to the company, and an entry authority information distribution unit configured to distribute entry authority information regarding an authority for the deliverer to enter a predetermined area in which the vehicle is present, to the company when the key information is distributed to the company by the key information distribution unit.
US10703328B2
An assembly includes a webbing. The assembly includes a first webbing guide receiving the webbing. The assembly includes a second webbing guide receiving the webbing and releasably secured to the first webbing guide. The assembly includes an actuator. The assembly includes a cable secured to the actuator and to the second webbing guide.
US10703327B2
A restraint system includes a first member including a first hole and fixable to a seat frame, a second member including a second hole and slidably coupled to the first member between a retracted position in which the first and second holes are aligned and an extended position in which the first and second holes are spaced from each other, a buckle housing fixed to the second member, and a tongue including a third hole and insertable into the buckle housing to an inserted position in which the second and third holes are aligned.
US10703323B2
An occupant protection system for a vehicle may include an expandable curtain and/or an expandable bladder configured to be expanded from a stowed state to a deployed state. In the deployed state, the expandable curtain may include first and second sides configured to extend along respective portions of first and second interior sides of the vehicle. The expandable curtain may also include a transverse portion extending between the first and second sides, and the first and second sides, and the transverse portion of the expandable curtain may form a contiguous barrier. The expandable bladder when deployed may be supported by the expandable curtain during contact by an occupant. The occupant protection system may also include a deployment control system configured to cause the expandable curtain and/or the expandable bladder to expand to the deployed state. The occupant protection system may be used in vehicles having a carriage-style seating arrangement.
US10703316B2
There is provided a vehicle pillar structure including: a pillar-shaped component that forms a pillar; a pillar garnish that is disposed on a vehicle cabin side of the pillar-shaped component; and a supporting component that is provided between the pillar-shaped component and the pillar garnish and is capable of undergoing elastic deformation, and that supports one or a plurality of mounted components that have been mounted along the pillar-shaped component.
US10703315B2
An apparatus includes a center component defining a center chamber therein and first and second side components defining first and second chambers therein, respectively. The first and second side components are coupled to opposing ends of the center component with the first and second chambers in fluid communication with the center chamber. The center, first side and second side components are configured to extend substantially across a width of a vehicle. The apparatus further includes first, second and third pressure sensors in communication with the first, second and center chambers, respectively.
US10703313B2
A vehicle body structure includes a frame extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction outside a power train in a vehicle width direction, the power train being mounted on a front portion of a vehicle. The vehicle body structure further includes a load receiving portion expanding outward in the vehicle width direction from a front end of the frame and configured to receive impact load acting upon front collision of the vehicle outside the frame in the vehicle width direction, a cutout portion provided at the front end of the frame and cut out rearwardly from the front end of the frame to leave two side portions, and a connection member connecting the side portions of the cutout portion in the vehicle width direction.
US10703311B2
A clamping subassembly according includes a first receptacle defining a first hose receiving aperture defining a first longitudinal axis, a first end along the first longitudinal axis and a second end along the first longitudinal axis. A second receptacle defines a second hose receiving aperture defining a second longitudinal axis, a third end along the second longitudinal axis and a fourth end along the second longitudinal axis. The first receptacle includes a first flange disposed adjacent the first end of the first receptacle and the second receptacle includes a second flange disposed adjacent the third end of the second receptacle.
US10703302B1
Disclosed is a coupling system for coupling an accessory to a mount. Included is a mount comprising a mount end for mounting on a mounting surface and a coupling end comprising a first coupling arrangement, and an accessory coupleable to mount. The accessory comprising a second coupling arrangement disposed on a surface. The first and second coupling arrangement comprising coupling elements configured to guide accessory into a coupling orientation relative to mount maintain coupling orientation through a coupling/decoupling operation and to couple accessory to mount in a coupled configuration. First set of coupling elements comprise formations disposed on one of first and second coupling arrangements and complementary formations disposed on the other of first and second coupling arrangements. The formations receivable by and abuttable with complementary formations in a non-retaining arrangement to maintain coupling orientation through coupling/decoupling operation and to inhibit rotational movement of mount relative to accessory.
US10703300B2
An optical unit includes an optical sensor, a nozzle and a fixing part. The nozzle is positioned and configured to eject fluid onto an optical surface of the optical sensor. The fixing part is slidably engaged over the optical sensor and the nozzle from a side of the optical sensor having the optical surface and integrally fixes the optical sensor and the nozzle to each other.
US10703296B2
The present disclosure provides an adjustable mounting system comprising a vehicle attachment section, an extender and a launcher platform.
US10703294B2
A removable roof rail assembly for a motor vehicle includes a roof rail and latch assembly for securing the roof rail to the motor vehicle. The latch assembly includes a push button actuator to conveniently and efficiently release the latch assembly and allow one to remove the roof rail from the motor vehicle. A related method for selectively securing a roof rail to and removing a roof rail from the motor vehicle is also provided.
US10703291B2
A center console system for enhancing storage space in a vehicle includes a vehicle that has a front bench, a floor and a center console that is hingedly coupled to the front bench. The center console is selectively positioned in a deployed position having the center console being horizontally oriented and being centrally positioned on the front bench. The center console is selectively positioned in a stored position having the center console being vertically oriented. A storage unit is provided and the storage unit is selectively positioned on the floor when the center console is positioned in the stored position. In this way beverage containers and other objects may be stored when the center console is in the stored position.
US10703289B2
The disclosure relates to a motor vehicle having at least one flap, which can be moved between an open and a closed position, an encodable locking device for locking the flap, an unlocking device for unlocking the encodable locking device, and at least one further access opening which is adapted to the size of a specific postal article and can be closed by at least one additional flap. The access opening can be locked by an encodable locking device and can be unlocked by an unlocking device.
US10703287B2
A vehicle body structure with a cargo area structure, a retractable step and a handle assembly. The cargo area structure has a floor, a first side wall and a tailgate at least partially defining a cargo area. The handle assembly has a base and a grip handle. The base is attached to an upright surface of the first side wall. The grip handle is movable relative to the base between a stowed orientation in which the grip handle is at a location lower than an upper surface of the first side wall and a gripping orientation in which at least a portion of the grip handle extends higher that the upper surface of the first side wall. With the grip handle in the gripping orientation an individual using the step to enter the cargo area grabs the grip handle for assistance in stepping up into the cargo area.
US10703273B2
A method of generating an overhead view of a tow vehicle and a trailer attached to the tow vehicle is provided. The method includes receiving first sensor system data from a sensor system and determining a trailer width based on the first sensor system data. The method includes receiving a second sensor system data from the sensor system and determining a trailer length based on the sensor system data. The method includes determining a separation distance between the trailer and the vehicle based on the first and/or second sensor system data. The method includes generating an overhead image including a vehicle representation and a trailer representation based on the trailer width, the trailer length, the separation distance, the vehicle length, and the vehicle width. The method also includes transmitting instructions to display the overhead image.
US10703269B2
An ECU of a vehicle monitors a charging state when charging is started. When a charging power supplied from a multi-outlet charger has changed without detecting and receiving an abnormality, the ECU causes a notification device to notify the changed charging power and a charging time based on the changed charging power. The ECU notifies a communication terminal which is owned by a user of the changed charging power and the charging time based on the changed charging power.
US10703262B1
An apparatus for outputting platooning information by a platooning vehicle in a platooning group may include: one or more lamps configured to project light onto a road; a communication circuit; a controller configured to control a platooning operation of the vehicle; and a control circuit electrically connected with the one or more lamps, the communication circuit, and the controller. The control circuit may be configured to: control the one or more lamps so as to output on the road a distance range between the platooning vehicle and an outside vehicle that is not part of the platooning group when a request from the outside vehicle to join the platooning group is approved by the platooning vehicle or a leading vehicle of the platooning group. The distance range may be a distance required to join the platooning group.
US10703255B2
An industrial vehicle includes a vehicle body, a pair of right and left front pillars provided in the front portion of the vehicle body, and a headlight provided on the front pillar. The headlight is provided with a light and a bracket to which the light is attached. The bracket has an attachment plate and a protective frame formed in the front portion of the attachment plate. The protective frame has a vertical frame and a first horizontal frame and a second horizontal frame shorter than the vertical frame.
US10703252B2
A cargo management system includes a support, having a plurality of receivers, a key, including a tongue that may be inserted into one receiver of the plurality of receivers and a locking mechanism releasably securing the key to the support and the tongue in the receiver. A first point of a strap is captured between the tongue and the receiver and extended over the cargo to be transported. A second key is then inserted into a second receiver to secure a second point of the strap and thereby hold the cargo in position on the support.
US10703251B1
A magnetic tie-down hook. The magnetic tie-down hook includes a body having a first portion and a second portion, wherein the second portion includes a curved hook. A magnet is affixed to a terminal end of the first portion. The second portion includes an annular body having an opening therethrough. A coating is disposed over the entirety of the body, wherein the coating includes a phosphorescent material. In some embodiments, a strap is affixed to the second portion through the opening at a first end of the strap.
US10703249B2
An room assembly that expands the interior space in a vehicle. The room assembly comprises an expandable room comprising an adjustable floor panel component, an adjustable wall panel component, and a track system for moving the adjustable floor panel component and the adjustable wall panel component between a nested and an expanded position. The track system comprises a corner component comprising a floor engaging plate, a wall engaging plate connected to the floor engaging plate, and a rail extending from both plates.
US10703245B2
Provided is a vehicle seat that enables a lift lever to be detached without detaching a reclining lever from the vehicle seat. The vehicle seat is configured such that, when a reclining lever is turned downward, the reclining lever and a fastening member of a lift lever as viewed from the side of a seat part overlap each other, and when the reclining lever is turned upward, the reclining lever and the fastening member of the lift lever as viewed from the side of the seat part do not overlap each other, and the lift lever can be detached from the seat part.
US10703231B1
A child restraint includes a seat bottom and a seat back. The seat back includes a backrest and a headrest that is mounted for up-and-down movement on the backrest toward and away from the seat bottom.
US10703219B2
An adjustable vehicle traction battery charge setpoint strategy is disclosed which enables the adjustment of the maximum battery State of Charge (SOC) setpoint used for battery charging from an electric utility grid. Based on knowledge of the upcoming route and related driving behavior, the vehicle calculates a setpoint less than the maximum battery SOC charging setpoint so that when the vehicle begins operation, it can utilize regenerative braking and historical driving behavior to allow the battery charge to be maximized during the trip.
US10703218B2
A vehicle includes a traction battery comprising a plurality of cells. The vehicle also includes a plurality of power converters each electrically coupled between a corresponding group of cells and an electrical bus. A controller is programmed to satisfy a current demand of the electrical bus by operating a subset of the power converters to each draw a current that exceeds a threshold corresponding to a power converter efficiency exceeding a predetermined efficiency. Power converters not assigned to the subset are operated at zero current.
US10703217B2
According to one embodiment, an inductor unit includes a first inductor and a second inductor. The first inductor includes a first magnetic core and a first coil winded around the first magnetic core. The second inductor includes a second magnetic core and a second coil winded around the second magnetic core. The first inductor and the second inductor are placed so that a first angle between a first line and a fifth line is equal to or greater than 0 degrees and is equal to or less than 90 degrees. The cross section of the first coil in the width direction and a cross section of the first coil in the width direction are overlapping at least at direction of the first magnetic flux or direction of the second magnetic flux.
US10703211B2
Various techniques described herein relate to battery packs of electric vehicles, batteries, and battery charging systems. Batteries may comprise a plurality of battery modules, wherein each battery module may be provided with one or more battery cells, and the plurality of battery modules may be connected in series when providing electric power output. Battery charging systems described herein may comprise a charging circuit that connects a plurality of battery modules in series, and may be used for charging the plurality of battery modules in the battery in series. Additional charging circuits may be connected respectively to the plurality of battery modules, and the additional charging circuits may be used for charging at least one battery module in the plurality of battery modules.
US10703204B2
A driver monitoring system for a vehicle includes a vehicle data acquisition system operable to determine vehicle status information after a vehicle is involved in a collision including information pertaining to (i) the collision of the vehicle, (ii) an overturning of the vehicle, (iii) water intrusion into the vehicle and (iv) airbag deployment. A driver status information acquisition system is operable to determine health parameters of the driver of the vehicle. A communication system of the vehicle is operable to wirelessly communicate with a remote assistance system. Responsive to the vehicle status information determined by the vehicle data acquisition system and the driver health parameters determined by the driver information acquisition system, the communication system wirelessly communicates information to the remote assistance system and, responsive to the communication received by the remote assistance system, the remote assistance system determines an appropriate response to the vehicle collision.
US10703203B2
A vehicle driveline component having a housing, first and second shafts supported by the housing for rotation about a rotary axis, a two-speed transmission in a power transmission path between the first and second shafts, a shift fork and a failsafe spring. The two-speed transmission has a movable member that is movable along the rotary axis between a high-speed position, in which the two-speed transmission operates in a first gear ratio, and a low-speed position in which the two-speed transmission operates in a second gear ratio that provides a higher speed reduction between the first and second shafts than the first gear ratio. The shift fork is coupled to the movable member for movement therewith along the rotary axis. The failsafe spring is disposed coaxially about the rotary axis and biases the movable member toward the high-speed position.
US10703202B2
An axle assembly that may include a housing assembly, a case, an interaxle differential unit, drive pinion, and an output shaft. The axle assembly may further include a clutch collar that is moveable between a first position and a second position to engage and disengage a rotatably drivable member and the drive pinion.
US10703198B2
A drive assembly for a kart, and a kart including the assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes an electric motor including an output shaft; an assembly housing surrounding the motor, the housing defining an aperture; an intermediate shaft rotatably disposed within the assembly housing; a driving gear removably disposed on the output shaft within the housing; a reduction gear removably disposed on the intermediate shaft within the housing; and a panel removably connected to the housing for selectively covering the aperture, the driving gear and the reduction gear being removable from the motor and the housing via the aperture when the panel is removed from the housing, the panel, the driving gear, and the reduction gear being disposed above a maximum level of transmission oil contained within the housing when the motor is not operating. A method of changing a kart transmission ratio is also disclosed.
US10703194B2
A tank assembly and a stiffening assembly include first and second inserts and an elongate coupler. The inserts comprise a base having flange, a head, and a neck. The elongate body has first and second couplers at respective first and second ends of the body, each coupler including a pocket sized to receive the head of a respective one of the inserts. The related method include forming a fuel tank such that the tank wall carries at least a first and second insert, locating a rigid connector within the tank interior aligned with the first and second inserts, the connector including a first coupler and a second coupler, and coupling at least a portion of the first insert with the first coupler and at least a portion of the second insert with the second coupler to limit movement of the two wall portions relative to each other.
US10703192B2
A driveline for a vehicle includes a frame member, a knuckle, a control arm, a hub, an electric motor, and an axle member. The control arm couples the knuckle to the frame member. The hub is coupled to the knuckle and adapted to support a drive wheel for rotation about a wheel axis relative to the knuckle. The electric motor includes a rotor rotatable about a motor output axis. The motor is supported so that an orientation of the motor output axis relative to the knuckle and the frame member changes when an orientation of the control arm relative to the frame member changes. The axle member couples the rotor to the hub for torque transmission therebetween.
US10703191B2
A method for operating a drive train of a motor vehicle includes, for a starting process according to a first operating strategy, completely engaging a torque converter lockup clutch (WK) and, according to a second operating strategy, not completely engaging the torque converter lockup clutch (WK). A hydraulic pressure gradient for filling a piston chamber of the torque converter lockup clutch (WK) is selected to be higher upon selection of the first operating strategy than upon selection of the second operating strategy. A drive train module of a motor vehicle includes a control unit (5) for controlling, by way of an open-loop control system, the method.
US10703188B2
A vehicle includes: a floor panel; and a battery pack mounted under the floor panel. The battery pack includes: a plurality of cell stacks; a housing case including a bottom portion and configured to house the plurality of cell stacks; and a plurality of support members provided on the bottom portion and spaced apart from one another. When a front region, a central region and a rear region are defined in a bottom view of the housing case, a ratio of a total area where the support member is provided in the central region to an area of the central region is higher than a ratio of a total area where the support member is provided in the rear region to an area of the rear region.
US10703180B2
An arm assembly for a cover system includes a force mechanism contained within a hollow arm of the assembly that includes a resiliently compressible element, such as a compression spring, with a cable or wire extending through the element. The cable is fastened at one end to an end cap that bears against one end of the compression spring. The opposite end of the cable is fastened to a base mounted to the container body. The base includes a pulley about which the cable is wound as the arm pivots relative to the base. As the arm pivots and the cable winds about the pulley, the end cap bears against the spring to compress the spring.
US10703179B2
Discussed is a lighting apparatus having an organic light-emitting element configured as a transparent window and provided with an optical filter to prevent transmission of light when light having an intensity higher than a preset intensity is incident on the lighting apparatus so as to allow the lighting apparatus to be driven in a transparent mode, an opaque mode, and a lighting mode. The organic light-emitting element includes first and second electrodes and an organic emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode to emit light when a signal is applied thereto. The organic light-emitting element performs single-side emission or dual-side emission. The optical filter is formed of a photochromic material or an electrochromic material to make the lighting apparatus be opaque so as to adjust the transmissivity of light when the light having the intensity higher than the preset intensity is incident on the lighting apparatus.
US10703175B2
An air vent for ventilating a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle and in which an air quantity control element is provided in an air divider, which can be moved selectively into one of two air ducts, into which the air divider divides the air vent. A ratio of air quantities that flow through the two air ducts determines an outflow direction out of the air vent.
US10703174B2
A transport refrigeration unit and a method for controlling the transport refrigeration unit, wherein the transport refrigeration unit has a controller device for operating a compressor of the transport refrigeration unit with a continuously-variable speed, which allows the compressor to run continuously but with a smooth gradient range of speed variations. The controller device allows the transport refrigeration unit to have a start-stop operation stage, continuous run operation stage, and/or a cycle-sentry operation stage.
US10703169B2
There is disclosed a vehicle air conditioner of a heat pump system in which there is prevented or inhibited frosting to an outdoor heat exchanger when heating in a vehicle interior is beforehand performed during plug-in, thereby realizing comfortable heating in the vehicle interior during running and also extending a running distance. The vehicle air conditioner includes a heating medium circulating circuit 23 to heat air to be supplied from an air flow passage 3 to a vehicle interior, a controller has frosting estimation means for estimating frosting to an outdoor heat exchanger 7, and when a heating mode is executed in a state where a power is supplied from an external power source to a compressor 2 or a battery which supplies the power to drive the compressor 2, the controller executes the heating by a heating medium circulating circuit 23, in a case where the frosting to the outdoor heat exchanger 7 is predicted on the basis of the estimation of the frosting estimation means.
US10703164B2
A compressed-air feed system for operating a pneumatic system includes a compressed-air supply, a compressed-air connection to the pneumatic system, a ventilation connection to surroundings, and a pneumatic main line between the compressed-air supply and the compressed-air connection. The pneumatic main line has an air dryer and a regeneration throttle. The compressed-air feed system further includes a ventilation line between the pneumatic main line and the ventilation connection. The ventilation line has a ventilation valve and a ventilation throttle. The compressed-air feed system further includes a bypass line between the compressed-air connection and the air dryer. The bypass line has a bypass valve formed as a 2/2 directional valve configured to permit an air flow conducted via the air dryer, and bypassing the regeneration throttle, for filling and ventilating the pneumatic system.
US10703161B2
In a suspension controlling apparatus for a vehicle which includes a suspension with a damping force that is variably settable and a control unit for controlling the damping force of the suspension on the basis of target damping force, the damping force of the suspension is controlled in response to stabilize the posture of a vehicle body even when a sudden acceleration variation occurs. A rotational speed difference across a clutch provided between an engine and a transmission is detected by the rotational speed difference detection member. A control unit changes target damping force to a given value when the rotational speed difference exceeds a first threshold value.
US10703160B2
A roll control apparatus for a vehicle which comprises front wheel side and rear wheel side active stabilizer devices and a control unit that is configured to control the stabilizer devices, to calculate a target anti-roll moment, to determine optimum control gains of electric actuators of the stabilizer devices among pre-stored control gains based on a vehicle speed and a frequency of change in a roll angle of a vehicle body, and to control the electric actuators so that a sum of anti-roll moments generated by the front wheel side and rear wheel side active stabilizer devices becomes the target anti-roll moment and control gains of the electric actuators become the optimum control gains.
US10703151B2
A system and method for securing the connection between carts that are configured to connect to each other to form a train of carts, as well as for securing the connection between a cart and a tugger that tows the carts. The system and method involves providing a spring biased blocking plate that is positioned above the boss of the drawbar when the drawbar is engaged with a hitch plate. The blocking plate limits vertical movement of the drawbar thereby preventing inadvertent disconnection of the drawbar from the hitch plate.
US10703141B2
Disclosed are pneumatic vehicle tires and methods of their production, the tires comprising a tread that has a tread segment arranged radially on the outside, and a material strip that is arranged helically in windings approximately in the circumferential direction, wherein, in the region of the tread segment, the material strip has at least two layers in the longitudinal direction of the material strip, wherein the first layer is formed from a first rubber compound and the second layer is formed from a second rubber compound, and wherein the layers connect the radially outer surface to the radially inner surface of the tread segment. The disclosed pneumatic vehicle tire has lower noise emissions and more uniform wear during driving and is improved in respect of at least one conflict of aims.
US10703140B2
A non-pneumatic tire assembly includes a non-pneumatic tire. The non-pneumatic tire includes an inner circumferential ring and an outer circumferential ring defining an annular space and a cylindrical space inside the inner circumferential ring. A plurality of partitions connect the circumferential rings within the annular space. A ground-contacting tread is located on the outer circumferential ring. A rim, including a plurality of pieces, is located within the cylindrical space. The non-pneumatic tire assembly further includes a hub that is removably connected to the rim.
US10703137B2
A heavy duty pneumatic tire comprises an innerliner including a laminated first liner and second liner; a thickness of the first liner being 1.2 to 1.9 mm; a thickness of the second liner being 1.2 to 1.6 mm; a total thickness of the first and second liners being 2.4 to 3.4 mm; the first and second liners being made of rubber compositions 1 and 2; rubber composition 1 containing 5 to 50 parts by weight of a plate-like inorganic filler having a particle size of 4.9 to 7.5 μm and an aspect ratio of 3.0 to 7.0 per 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber containing 50 to 100 wt. % of butyl rubber; and rubber composition 2 containing 0.05 to 0.5 parts by weight of an organic metal salt as metal content per 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber containing at least 50 wt. % of natural rubber.
US10703134B2
A quick-release device includes a tube having multiple holes defined through the wall in the first end thereof, and a seat is connected to the second end of the tube. A sleeve is located in the first end of the tube. Multiple stop members are located in the tube and movably engaged with the holes respectively. Each stop member has an inclined face defined in the underside thereof. A lever includes a cam portion pivotably mounted to the first end of an axle which extends through the tube. An end member is movably connected to the first end of the tube and is secured to the second end of the axle. When pivoting the lever, the end member is moved toward the seat or moved away from the seat to be the secure status or the release status.
US10703133B2
Bicycle rims that allow tires to be more easily mounted in a tubeless configuration are disclosed. More specifically, a bicycle rim may control the two beads of the tire with separate bead channels for each bead and a center bridge extending between the two bead channels.
US10703131B2
A non-PVC film and film laminate includes a first layer including a polyurethane, a polyurethane-acrylic copolymer, a polyurethane-acrylic blend, and a urethane-acrylic hybrid polymer; and a second layer including a non-polyvinylchloride (non-PVC) based polymer. The film and laminate may be suitable for use in marketing, advertising campaigns, particularly outdoor or other environment impacted promotions, and safety applications. The film and laminate may be transparent, translucent, clear or have other desirable optical properties.
US10703128B2
A security document includes a first ink layer and a second ink layer. The first ink layer includes a first color in a first color zone and a second color in a second color zone offset from the first color zone in a first direction, and a first blended color including a mixture of the first and second colors in a first blended color zone between the first color zone and the second color zone. The second ink layer includes a third color in a third color zone and a fourth color in a fourth color zone offset from the third color zone in a second direction, and a second blended color including a mixture of the third and fourth colors in a second blended color zone between the third color zone and the fourth color zone. The first direction is different than the second direction.
US10703127B2
The present invention relates to the field of the intaglio printing process. In particular, the present invention relates to a method that combines intaglio inks curable by oxidation with UV-VIS-curable intaglio inks on one intaglio plate or cylinder. The disclosed method results in an intaglio printed security element using advantageously the unalike properties of the different inks while enabling the printing on a standard printing press in one printing step.
US10703125B2
Method for binding a bundle (5) of leaves (1) in a binding back (7), whereby the bundle (5) is placed in the binding back (7) with an edge (2) of the leaves (1) and fastened therein, characterised in that for the binding use is made of a bundle (5) of leaves (1) of which a strip (4) of each of the leaves (1) has been separately double folded beforehand along the same line to form a fold line (3) that extends parallel to and at a distance (A) from the aforementioned edge (2).
US10703118B2
A medium feeding apparatus includes a feeding roller which feeds a medium unwound from a roll body around which the medium is wound, a roll motor which applies torque for rotating the roll body to the roll body, and a roll control portion which controls the roll motor at the time of a feeding operation based on effective tension calculated by acquiring a feeding amount of the medium fed at each of a plurality of acquiring timings included in a pre-feeding operation, which is a feeding operation performed in advance, acquiring tension applied to the medium between the roll body and the feeding roller between a plurality of the acquiring timings, and weighting a plurality of the acquired tensions with the corresponding feeding amount.
US10703114B2
A printing device includes an ink container accommodating a liquid containing a clear ink containing water and a resin, a discharging head to discharge the clear ink directly or indirectly onto a substrate to form a printing layer, and a heating device to heat the substrate, wherein the following relationship is satisfied: Tlow (degrees C.)>Thigh (degrees C.), where Tlow (degrees C.) represents the temperature of the substrate that the heating device is heating during printing in a low gloss printing mode and Thigh (degrees C.) represents the temperature of the substrate that the heating device is heating during printing in a high gloss printing mode, wherein the following relationships are satisfied: in the high gloss printing mode, Gp≥Gm and, in the low gloss printing mode, Gm≥Gp, where Gm represents the gloss level of the substrate and Gp represents the gloss level of the printing layer.
US10703113B2
A liquid discharge apparatus includes a liquid discharge head to discharge a liquid onto a recording medium conveyed in a sub-scanning direction, an irradiator to irradiate the liquid discharged onto the recording medium with a curing ray, an irradiation area of the curing ray being variable in the sub-scanning direction, and a scanner to scan the liquid discharge head and the irradiator in a main scanning direction perpendicular to the sub-scanning direction.
US10703107B2
A liquid cartridge configured to be inserted into a cartridge attachment section includes: a cartridge body having a liquid storage chamber, and a liquid supply portion configured to supply the liquid stored in the liquid storage chamber to an outside. The liquid supply portion includes: a front end face facing frontward, an outer peripheral surface extending rearward from the front end face, and at least one guide provided at the outer peripheral surface. Each of the at least one guide is guided by corresponding at least one projection of the cartridge attachment section during attachment of a liquid supply tube of the cartridge attachment section to the liquid supply portion at a time of attachment of the liquid cartridge to the cartridge attachment section. Each of the at least one guide includes: a first guide portion, and a second guide portion.
US10703099B1
A method for enabling marking of a pattern on a substrate with an industrial printer includes executing a genetic algorithm based on the pattern to be marked on the substrate. A result of the genetic algorithm indicates a resulting path which the industrial printer should follow when marking the pattern on the substrate. It is determined if the resulting path fulfills at least one criterion of: the resulting path matches an optimal path for marking the pattern, the resulting path substantially matches the optimal path, or a time spent for executing the genetic algorithm has reached or exceeded a threshold.
US10703091B2
A printing machine has an ink fountain, a fountain roller in contact with the ink fountain, a ductor roller, at least an ink transfer roller and a controller configured and programmed to control the ductor roller. For the printing machine, individual graph data gr and its initial values gri, and average g of the graph data over the entire ductor roller and its initial value gi are used to change graph data gr and g during printing so as to cancel errors between measured printed densities and desired printed densities. An adjustment apparatus and method also achieve this task for such a printing machine.
US10703088B2
Disclosed embodiments relate to methods for automatically generating cutting instructions to translate a color image into a field stencil having a plurality of guideline apertures. The plurality of guideline apertures may denote the color zone boundaries in the color image, for example by being placed along the line drawing representing the color zone boundaries. Such field stencils may then allow for the reproduction of multi-color logos using a single stencil.
US10703085B2
A modeling apparatus includes a stage, an irradiation unit, a moving mechanism, and a stage-rotating mechanism. The irradiation unit selectively irradiates a region of a material supplied onto the stage, with an energy ray. The moving mechanism relatively moves, at least in a stacking direction of the material, the stage and the irradiation unit. The stage-rotating mechanism rotates the stage.
US10703083B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for synchronizing the manufacture of objects using two or more separate tools include, in at least one aspect, determining tasks to be performed in a shared build volume to manufacture a 3D object, assigning the tasks to respective queues, ordering the tasks within each queue of assigned tasks based on a spatial dimension extent, generating wait times within the queues in accordance with timing dependencies, identifying which of the queues of assigned tasks takes a most amount of time in accordance with temporal dimension extents and the wait times, creating at least one variant of the queues of assigned tasks, repeating the ordering, the adding, and the identifying to reduce a total time of manufacturing, and providing a finalized version of the queues of assigned tasks for conducting synchronized activities of manufacturing in the shared build volume.
US10703074B2
An automotive luminous signaling glazing for example forming a laminated vehicle front windshield, includes a first exterior glazing, with a first main face and a second main face; a lamination interlayer made of polymeric material and a set of electrically conductive wires anchored on an anchoring face of the lamination interlayer, which is either the fifth main face or the sixth main main of the lamination interlayer; an interior second glazing, with a third main face and a fourth main face, the second main face and the third main face being the internal faces of the laminated glazing; and a set of diodes emitting in the direction of the interior glass. For each of the diodes, the lamination interlayer comprises a blind aperture on the opposite face to the anchoring face.
US10703072B2
A heatable laminated vehicle window for separating a vehicle interior from an outer surrounding area is presented. The vehicle window includes an outer pane bonded to an inner pane via a thermoplastic intermediate layer. An electrically heatable coating of the vehicle window is electrically connected to two busbars such that by applying a supply voltage across the two bus bars, a heating current that forms heating field flows between the two busbars. In one aspect, a metal element is arranged on or in the vehicle window such that heat is dissipated out of a region of the heating field that has elevated heat generation by means of thermal conduction of the metal element.
US10703057B2
A device for producing textile planar structures formed of a plurality of portions deposited beside one another of fiber rovings. A supply device provides a fiber rovings at a transfer installation. A plurality of path guiding rails are disposed beside one another and above the depositing face. A gripper unit and a cutting unit are disposed on each path guiding rail. Each gripper unit and each cutting unit is movable and positionable along the path guiding rail independently of the gripper units and cutting units of the other path guiding rails. The gripper units grab the fiber roving from the transfer installation and move their free end to a desired terminal position. The cutting units severs the rovings at a cutting position. The gripper units and the cutting units have a downholder for pressing the fiber roving against the depositing face.
US10703055B2
A clamping system for securing a composite charge in position relative to a forming mandrel includes an upstream hinge clamp and a downstream hinge clamp for clamping opposing ends of the composite charge in respective position relative to a mandrel upstream end and a mandrel downstream end during forming of the composite charge onto the forming mandrel. Each one of the hinge clamps is configured to fold a corresponding end of the composite charge from a generally approximately flat configuration to an angled configuration during forming of the composite charge onto the forming mandrel. At least one of the hinge axes is oriented approximately parallel to a folding axis located proximate an intersection of a mandrel top portion with at least one of opposing mandrel side surfaces.
US10703044B2
A 3D printer for synthesizing objects includes: an extruder configured to extrude layers of filament through a nozzle onto a build surface; a build platform; and a build plate that is structured for being removably clamped to the build platform and that includes the build surface, where the build platform includes a base, a heating layer, at least one compressible biasing element arranged between the base and the heating layer, and a clamp, and where the build platform is configured for receiving the build plate into a clamping position in which the clamp is configured to releasably clamp the build plate onto the build platform above the heating layer, causing the at least one compressible biasing element to compress and bias the heating layer upwards towards the clamped biasing plate for even distribution of heat by the heating layer over the planar extension of the build surface.
US10703041B2
A stereolithography machine comprising: a tank provided with a bottom; a modelling plate facing the bottom; a moving unit suited to move the modelling plate according to a direction of movement that is orthogonal to the bottom; a coupling unit between the modelling plate and the moving unit, comprising a first coupling member integral with the moving unit and a second coupling member integral with the modelling plate and movable with respect to the first coupling member according to the direction of movement; tightening means suited to be operated in such a way as to tighten the coupling members against each other according to a tightening direction that is orthogonal to the direction of movement, in order to lock the mutual movement of the coupling members.
US10703037B2
A carrier assembly for injection molding a parison with internal threads. The carrier assembly may be used with an injection stretch blow molding machine that includes a core rod. The carrier assembly comprises a carrier insert surrounding a portion of the core rod. The carrier insert includes a thread-forming portion presenting an interior radial surface and an exterior radial surface. The interior radial surface is configured to be positioned adjacent to the core rod, and the exterior radial surface includes a threaded protrusion configured to extend away from the core rod. The carrier assembly also includes a pinion insert surrounding at least a portion of the threaded protrusion of the thread-forming portion of the carrier insert. The pinion insert is spaced apart from the thread-forming portion of the carrier insert so as to present a thread-forming cavity between the pinion insert and the carrier insert.
US10703032B2
A method for manufacturing a hollow part with a branch, including a resin filling step of filling a mold, the mold having a main cavity in which a hollowing piece is placed, and a branch cavity to communicate with the main cavity, in which a slide shaft is inserted to advance and withdraw, and that forms a branch pipe portion in an annular space between the branch cavity and the slide shaft, a step of forming a hollow main pipe portion by moving the hollowing piece to force excess resin out of the main cavity, and a shaft removing step of withdrawing the slide shaft to form a branch hollow portion, the hollow part with a branch being made of a resin and having the branch pipe portion integrally connected to the main pipe portion such that the main hollow portion and the branch hollow portion communicate with each other.
US10703028B2
An in-mold foam molded article has a foam body made from olefin-based resin pre-expanded beads and an insert member having an elongated connecting portion and movement resisting portions provided apart from one another in the elongated connecting portion. The insert member is subjected to insert molding upon in-mold foam molding using the olefin-based resin pre-expanded beads. The foam body has a movement facilitating structure that facilitates relative movement between the insert member and the foam body during shrinkage of the in-mold foam molded article after release from a mold.
US10703014B2
A system and method for allowing components to attach to a pre-cast pre-stressed concrete structure is provided. The system includes a first attachment part and a second attachment part. The first attachment part has a first body. The first body has a first concrete structure facing side and a first plurality of attachment members extending from the concrete structure facing side. The second attachment part has a second body. The second body has a second concrete structure facing side and a second plurality of attachment members extending from the concrete structure facing side. The first and second attachment parts are spaced apart forming a compressible junction therebetween. The pre-cast, pre-stressed concrete structure is formed from uncured cement, at least of a portion of the first and second attachment members being embedded in the pre-cast, pre-stressed concrete structure.
US10703011B1
Methods of making artificial gemstones that include providing a base body having a sublimation surface composed of a sublimatable material. A transfer print composed of one or more sublimation dye inks is received. The transfer print provides, for example, a translucent multicolor gradation pattern or a simulation of visual surface characteristics of a finished natural gemstone. The transfer print is contacted with the sublimation surface and pressure is provided between the print and the base body and heat is applied to the transfer print and base body for an amount of time sufficient for the transfer print to sublimate into the sublimation surface so as to create a sublimation print in the sublimatable material. Finishing steps may be performed after creating the sublimation print. The base body may be, for example, translucent or opaque and/or a component of a multiplet gemstone. Artificial gemstones having sublimation prints are also disclosed.
US10703008B2
A portable cutting device having a cutting tool for cutting a material. The cutting device includes a motor driving the cutting tool and a shroud at least partially enclosing the cutting tool. The shroud defines a debris accumulation chamber for gathering debris created by the cutting tool cutting the material. An impeller is operatively coupled to the motor and driven by the motor to create suction pressure to draw the debris out of the debris accumulation chamber and into a collection bag.
US10703007B2
A table saw includes at least one stop mechanism for setting or recording a position of a guide assembly on the table saw. The stop mechanism has a base member and a blocking member connected to the base member. The base member is connected to a guide structure on the table saw in an unlocked state and a locked state. In the unlocked state, the base member is infinitely adjustable relative to the guide structure along a slide axis. In the locked state, the base member is fixed relative to the guide structure. The blocking member is moveable relative to the base member between a blocking position and a bypass position. The blocking member in the blocking position is configured to contact the guide assembly and set or record a position of the guide assembly. The blocking member in the bypass position cannot contact the guide assembly.
US10703004B2
A method is provided for automatically modifying the cutting paths for parts to be cut out from a flexible material by automatically moving a cutter tool along predetermined cutting paths. The cutting paths are associated with each part being defined by a succession of cutting segments forming a polygon. Two cutting segments are identified and belonging to two different parts for cutting out in the material and for which a maximum distance condition between these cutting segments is satisfied. Two cutting segments are verified for being situated facing each other, and that no other cutting segments lie between the two cutting segments. A common cutting path for the two cutting segments is computed, and a common cutting path is connected to the cutting paths of the two parts for cutting out to obtain modified cutting paths for the two parts for cutting out.
US10703002B2
In a cutting apparatus a rotating carousel conveys caps made of synthetic plastic material to a fixed blade having the shape of a circumferential arc. The caps are rotated about themselves by spindles. The blade cuts an annular weakening line to form the tamperproof ring of the cap. The carousel has an emitter and a laser receiver that cooperate to detect the presence or absence of the cutting edge of the fixed blade. The apparatus ensures good cutting quality.
US10702991B2
An apparatus, robot, method and recording medium is provided, wherein when it is determined that a speech of an adult includes a warning word, whether the adult is angry or scolding is determined based on a physical feature value of the speech of the adult. When it is determined that the adult is angry, at least any of the following processes is performed: (a) a process of causing a loudspeaker to output a first sound, (b) a process of causing an apparatus to perform a first operation, and (c) a process of causing a display to perform a first display.
US10702990B2
The present invention relates to a robot comprising a horizontal or horizontally slanted transparent experiment layer being adapted to support items at arbitrary positions on or in the experiment layer, and a moveable sensor arranged below the transparent experimental layer said sensor being configured for providing a sensor signal indicative of item(s)' location on the experiment layer, an actuator arranged for being moved into different positions above the horizontal transparent layer a display device being configured for visually representing located item(s) a user input device configured for receiving information as to operation of the actuator.
US10702980B2
A fastener driver includes a housing, a cylinder disposed within the housing, a piston positioned and movable within the cylinder, a driver blade attached to the piston and movable with the piston, a motor for driving movement of the piston, a battery removably coupled to the housing for supplying power tot the motor, a nosepiece at least partially defining a fastener driving track through which fasteners are driven by the driver blade, and a magazine operable to supply the fasteners to the nosepiece. The magazine is removable from the nosepiece only in response to prior removal of the battery from the housing.
US10702964B2
A blade outer air seal for a gas turbine engine having a surface that is eccentric with respect to the engine rotation centerline, and a method for creating same, are disclosed. Also, a method for grinding a work piece having nominal curvature defined by a work piece curvature centerline is disclosed, comprising the steps of: a) determining a desired surface profile for the work piece; b) providing a rotating grinding surface having a grinding rotation centerline; c) offsetting the grinding rotation centerline from the work piece curvature centerline; and d) applying the rotating grinding surface to the work piece while rotating the rotating grinding surface about the grinding rotation centerline to create the desired surface profile.
US10702957B2
A cutting system is disclosed. The cutting system comprises a moving mechanism, a cutter mounted on the moving mechanism, a support table having a material plate disposed thereon, and a fixation device including a pressing plate having a row of teeth defining a row of teeth slots. The row of teeth press the material plate on the support table while the moving mechanism drives the cutter to move along edges of the row of teeth slots. The cutter cuts a plurality of workpieces out of the material plate by a single cutting process.
US10702954B2
A conductive paste including (A) a silver powder, (B) a glass frit, (C) an organic binder and (D) a powder containing Cu and at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of V, Cr, Mn, Fe and Co. The powder (D) may thus contain Cu and Mn, Cu and Fe or Cu and Co. The conductive paste has a desirable electromigration resistance, solder heat resistance and adhesiveness to a substrate.
US10702947B2
A method produces a structured element by machining a workpiece with pulsed laser radiation, the workpiece including a workpiece material transparent to the laser radiation, the laser radiation being radiated into the workpiece from an entry side and, in an area of a rear side of the workpiece located opposite the entry side, being focused within the workpiece in a focus area such that workpiece material is removed in the focus area by multi-photon absorption, and includes bringing the rear side of the workpiece, at least in a machining area currently being machined around the focus area, into contact with a free-flowing liquid transparent to the laser radiation, wherein at least some of the liquid flows in a direction towards the machining area such that the liquid flows into the machining area at an angle of 60° or less to the rear side.
US10702934B2
A reciprocating saw blade includes a body formed from a piece of coil stock. The body has a shank end configured to secure the blade with a reciprocating saw, a plunging end configured to enter a workpiece, and a cutting edge and opposite back edge extending between the shank end and the plunging end. The cutting edge has a plurality of teeth arranged in a pattern that includes left and right set teeth. A plurality of gullets is disposed between adjacent teeth. Each of the teeth and the gullets has substantially the same size, except that the first and third consecutive teeth immediately adjacent the plunging end have been flattened to be unset, and at least a portion of the second consecutive tooth has been removed to form an enlarged gullet between the first and third teeth.
US10702929B2
According to one implementation, a drilling machine includes at least one drilling structure, a travelling machine, a reader and a controlling device such as a controlling circuit. The at least one drilling structure drills an object to be drilled. The travelling machine positions the at least one drilling structure in a travelling direction of the travelling machine by travelling in a direction different from a drilling direction. The reader reads information recorded on at least one integrated circuit tag attached to at least one drilling plate attached to the object to be drilled. The controlling device controls the travelling machine based on the information read by the reader.
US10702928B2
An acoustic perforation method and assembly for forming holes or perforations into a face sheet of a sandwich panel without damaging a honeycomb core thereof. The method may include photographing or otherwise scanning the face sheet bonded to the honeycomb core after cure, then detecting locations of cell walls of the honeycomb core via image processing or analysis of scan data obtained. For example, discolorations on the face sheet or coatings applied thereto may indicate locations of the cell walls of the honeycomb core. A perforation pattern may then be generated or altered based on the detected locations of the cell walls, and a perforation device may be commanded to perforate the face sheet in accordance with the perforation pattern at locations where the cell walls are not located.
US10702920B2
The present invention relates to a method for coating large area solid substrates with titanium by reacting the substrate surface with a mixture comprising titanium halide or subhalide powders in the presence of a reducing agent. The method is suited for coating large area substrates such as flakes, powder, beads and fibres with elemental Ti-base metals or alloys of Ti with coating additives based on any number of non inert elements from the periodic table.
US10702912B2
A composite manufacturing method with extruding and turning process for extruding and turning a workpiece includes a clamping step, an isolating step, an extruding step and a turning step. The composite manufacturing method is used for manufacturing a surgical instrument. The clamping step is for positioning a clamping portion of the workpiece by a lathe chuck of the lathe apparatus. The isolating step is for blocking a lathe extruding force via an isolating portion of an extruding apparatus. The extruding step is for extruding a processing end portion of the workpiece by the extruding apparatus and generating the lathe extruding force transmitted toward a clamping portion of the workpiece. The turning step is for turning the processing end portion of the extruded workpiece by a lathe apparatus. The extruding apparatus is disposed on the lathe apparatus.
US10702910B2
Disclosed is a method for producing a strip for fastening elements, said strip comprising a plurality of interconnected holders, each of which accommodates a shaft of a fastening element. The holders define a fastening direction in which the fastening element can be driven from the holder into a support by a fastening device. The disclosed method comprises the following steps: a) producing a continuous strip defining a longitudinal direction of the strip; b) making the holders from the strip material by means of a deep-drawing process; c) accommodating the fastening elements in the holders.
US10702900B2
An automated can adjustment system for a can cleaning system and associated method is disclosed. The automated can adjustment system can store different stage height information corresponding to various cans with different heights in a controller. The stage height information corresponding to the different can heights is associated with and recallable by various preset buttons operatively coupled with the controller. The controller is configured to communicate with the one or more drive mechanisms to adjust one or more stage heights based on the stage height information recalled when a particular preset button is selected. Different stage heights may be changed by then selecting a different preset button associated with a can having a different height.
US10702896B2
A method for cleaning a metal surface of a metal component of an industrial plant is disclosed comprising measuring the electrical resistance RA1 of a metal component over a cleaned area of the metal surface with a resistance meter, comparing the electrical resistance RA1 measured with a pre-determined electrical resistance value RDET, assessing whether RA1 is greater, smaller or equal to RDET, and repeating cleaning if the electrical resistance RA1 measured is greater than RDET, or terminating cleaning of the surface area of the metal component if RA1 is smaller than or identical to RDET.
US10702889B2
The ultrasonic tubular transducer is activated at the centre thereof by two symmetrical electromechanical converters. The vibration generated by the two electromechanical converters is converted and then transmitted to the tube via a coupler. The ultrasonic transducer can be vibrationally isolated from the interfaces thereof by caps equally suitable for connecting the transducer to a stationary frame, a free end or another similar ultrasonic transducer. A device for pre-stressing electromechanical converters has a hole bored at the centre thereof in order to allow cables from the transducer as well as from adjacent transducers to pass therethrough.
US10702884B2
A volatile material dispenser may include a housing adapted to hold a refill containing a volatile material and a nebulizer in communication with the refill and the volatile material within the refill, wherein the nebulizer is adapted to volatilize and emit the volatile material as nebulized particles. The nebulizer may include a piezoelectric element having a central aperture and first and second opposing surfaces and an orifice plate disposed adjacent the first surface of the piezoelectric element.
US10702878B2
A dispenser includes a body having a an exterior surface, an interior surface, a first chamber, a first opening in fluid communication with the first chamber and extending through the body, a second opening in fluid communication with the first chamber and extending through the body, a first valve and a second valve disposed on the body, the valves having a closed and an open configuration, and an actuator disposed at least partially within the first chamber. The actuator may be configured to increase and decrease pressure in the first chamber such that the first valve and the second valve change from their respective closed configurations to their respective open configurations and from their respective open configurations to their respective closed configurations. When in the closed configuration, flow through the valves is impeded.
US10702875B2
The invention relates to a method and system for the environmental remediation of materials that are contaminated with heavy minerals, such as heavy metals. The invention finds utility in removing heavy minerals from materials such as soils, sediments, mine tailings and ores. The invention provides a means for removing heavy minerals from contaminated materials without the use of water while reducing the generation of dust. Thus, the invention provides an environmentally friendly method for the remediation of sites that are contaminated with heavy minerals.
US10702874B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for recycling waste raw material, capable of melting and recycling, according to size, small-particle waste metal transported by a small-particle waste metal conveyer (411), medium-particle waste metal transported by a medium-particle waste metal conveyer (412), and large-particle waste metal transported by a large-particle waste metal conveyer (413), and of recycling slag transported by a slag conveyer (414) into cover material, thereby recycling resources as well as preventing environmental pollution in advance.
US10702866B2
An apparatus for sorting macromolecules includes a first chip including a channel formed in a first side of the first chip and having at least one monolithic sorting structure for sorting macromolecules from the sample fluid. A first set of vias formed in the first chip has openings in a second side of the first chip, the sample fluid being provided to the sorting structure through the first set of vias. A second set of vias formed in the first chip has openings in the second side for receiving macromolecules in the sample fluid greater than or equal to a prescribed dimension sorted by the sorting structure. A third set of vias formed in the first chip has openings in the second side for receiving macromolecules in the sample fluid less than the prescribed dimension. The apparatus includes first and second seals covering the first and second sides, respectively.
US10702864B2
Disclosed is a solid-liquid separation method including: sucking a suspension containing particles, through an opening formed at a leading end of a suction nozzle, into the suction nozzle; allowing at least a part of the particles contained in the sucked suspension, to sediment to be clogged in the suction nozzle; and ejecting a liquid inside the suction nozzle, through the opening of the suction nozzle clogged with the particles.
US10702860B2
The use, after heat treatment, of manganese accumulating plants for carrying out chemical reactions.
US10702850B2
The disclosure provides for adsorbents with stepped isotherms for gas storage applications.
US10702842B2
The present invention deals with a process of polymerising at least one olefin in a fluidised bed in a fluidised bed polymerisation reactor comprising a top zone, a middle zone in direct contact and below, a bottom zone in direct contact with and below the middle zone and wherein the reactor does not comprise a fluidisation grid. The process comprises passing a stream comprising the fluidisation gas and polymer particles into a separation step and withdrawing a stream comprising the polymer particles from the separation step and returning it to the polymerisation reactor. The process comprises adding a support gas stream to the stream comprising the polymer particles downstream of the separation step.
US10702839B2
A device, method, and system for precision measurement, dispensing, and mixing of ingredients. The device includes an ingredient container and a base unit. The ingredient container includes a dispensing mechanism selectively driven to dispense the ingredients from a lower aperture thereof. The base unit includes at least one drive motor, a mixing mechanism, and a dispensing aperture extending through the base unit and configured to allow the quantity of ingredients dispensed from the ingredient container to pass through the base unit to a removable mixing bowl. The base unit may selectively operate in a dispensing mode that drives the dispensing mechanism and in a mixing mode that drives the mixing mechanism to rotate a mixing component removably coupled to the base unit and configured to extend into the removable mixing bowl for mixing the quantity of the ingredients dispensed from the ingredient container into the removable mixing bowl.
US10702836B2
In an apparatus for mass transfer between a liquid and a gas inside a rotor, the liquid is supplied to a center of the rotor and is driven outward by centrifugal force generated by rotation of the rotor, the gas surrounding the rotor is forced inward through the rotor by a pressure of the gas, counter to the liquid flow in the rotor, and the rotor has a plurality of passages lying in the plane of the rotor that begin at a center of the rotor and terminate at an outer circumference of the rotor. The passages are each filled with a packing that increases the area of contact between the liquid and the gas.
US10702822B2
A honeycomb filter includes a plugged honeycomb structure body which has cell rows arranged along one direction in a cross section of the honeycomb structure body and including a first cell row constituted of at least one of an inflow cell and an outflow cell, and a through-cell, and a second cell row including no through-cells. A width P1 (mm) of the first cell row, a width P2 (mm) of the second cell and a curvature radius R of a curved shape of corner portions of a polygonal shape of each cell satisfy relations of Equations (1) and (2) below: Equation (1): 2≤100−(P1/P2×100)≤50, and Equation (2): 0.4≤(R/1000)/((P1+P2)/2)×100≤20.
US10702820B2
A filter element has a filter medium body with a first side and an oppositely positioned second side. A first sealing or supporting element is arranged at the first side. A second sealing or supporting element is arranged at the second side. The first side is positioned in a plane. The second side has a first section and a second section, wherein the first section has a first spacing relative to the first side and the second section has a second spacing relative to the first side, wherein the first and second spacings are different. One of the first and second sides is the inflow side of the filter medium body and the other one of the first and second sides is the outflow side of the filter medium body.
US10702809B2
A cylindrical filtration filter includes a cylindrical filter main body. The filter main body is constituted by at least two split filters. Each of the split filters has an arc shape in cross section. Each of the split filters includes a filter element for filtration and side frame bodies provided along side portions of the filter element. The side frame body of one of the two split filters adjacent to each other includes a first facing surface having an uneven shape. The side frame body of the other split filter includes a second facing surface having an uneven shape complementary to the first facing surface. The first facing surface and the second facing surface are fitted to each other when the filter main body is assembled.
US10702801B2
The system and method for processing flowback fluid include a plurality of wellheads producing flowback fluid flows, a manifold skid, a plurality of first stage separators corresponding to at least one wellhead of an installation with multiple wellheads and multiple flowback fluid flows, a plurality of metering devices corresponding to each first stage separator, and a second stage separator in fluid connection with the metering devices and the first stage separators. Flowback fluid flows pass from the wellhead to the manifold skid so that the flowback fluid flows can be distributed under controlled conditions, such as temperature, pressure, and flow rate. The manifold skid improves safety, efficiency, and control of the later separation processes in the first stage separators and second stage separator.
US10702798B2
A process for treating an ionic liquid containing waste stream is described. If there is a liquid waste stream, the liquid waste stream is introduced into a liquid treatment zone. The ionic liquid in the liquid waste stream is neutralized. The concentration of the ionic liquid in the liquid waste stream is determined, and the allowed concentration of the ionic liquid in the liquid waste stream is determined. The concentration of the ionic liquid in the neutralized liquid waste stream is reduced to the allowed concentration, and the liquid waste stream having the allowed concentration is released. If there is a vapor waste stream, the vapor waste stream is introduced into a vapor treatment zone. The vapor waste stream is treated to form a treated vapor waste stream, and the treated vapor waste stream is released to a plant vapor treatment zone.
US10702786B2
A noise generation device comprising: a housing defining a chamber, the housing comprising a wall member moveable between a sealed position and an open position, wherein in the sealed position the chamber is fluidly sealed and in the open position the chamber is open; an injection assembly for injecting combustible material into the chamber; and a triggering assembly for triggering the combustible material to combust inside the chamber to generate a noise, wherein the noise generation device is configured such that the moveable wall member moves from the sealed position to the open position on combustion of the material inside the chamber to allow material to exit the chamber. A gun attachment and a simulation weapon are also disclosed.
US10702776B2
The present disclosure provides an information processing method and apparatus, a storage medium, and an electronic device. The method includes: providing a crosshair for aiming at a virtual target and a crosshair control region on a graphical user interface, the crosshair control region being configured to control a movement of the crosshair according to a detected sliding touch event; when it is detected that a preset trigger condition is satisfied, determining whether the sliding touch event occurs in the crosshair control region; when the sliding touch event occurs in the crosshair control region, controlling the movement of the crosshair according to the detected sliding touch event; and when the sliding touch event does not occur in the crosshair control region, controlling the movement of the crosshair according to the deflection angle of the mobile device.
US10702770B2
Systems and methods of configuring disparate physical objects to provide control signals for controlling one or more of a game, a virtual space, a video game taking place in the virtual space, and/or other interactive games are described herein. Individual physical objects may include one or more sensors and/or other components. Output signals generated by the one or more sensors may be used to determine control signals. For example, control specification information may be utilized. Control specification information may specify associations between output signals and control signals, and/or other associations.
US10702769B2
A mobile terminal for providing data to another mobile terminal through a touch input device includes: a touch screen configured to receive a touch input by the touch input device; a communication module configured to transmit and receive data through a communication connection with the touch input device; and a processor configured to, when a first touch input by the touch input device is received by the touch screen, provide, to the touch input device, predetermined data associated with a first application that is currently being executed in the mobile terminal, such that the predetermined data is provided to the other mobile terminal through the touch input device.
US10702760B2
A system and method for networking fitness machines for allowing a fitness trainer or instructor to control various settings for a plurality of exercise machines simultaneously, and further for allowing an individual user and/or trainer to modify the settings of an individual exercise machine. The system and method for networking fitness machines generally includes a trainer remote control device, one or more machine-mounted onboard trainer controllers, and a machine-mounted onboard user controller. The trainer remote control device may be securely mounted to the arm of a trainer so that the trainer's hands remain free to instruct exercisers. The trainer remote control device includes a touch screen that displays selections corresponding to various settings on the exercise machines, such as tilt and roll, elevation, resistance level, and body positioning light indicia. The trainer remote control communicates with the plurality of exercise machines via a wireless network or Bluetooth connection allowing the trainer to change the settings of a plurality of exercise machines in a class mode simultaneously. The machine-mounted onboard trainer controllers and user controller provide the ability for the trainer or an exerciser to change the settings of an individual machine either during class in a class mode or in a private training mode.
US10702753B2
A nano-enhanced matrix material includes a matrix film carrying one or more nano-additives. The nano-additives may be oriented transversely relative to the matrix film. A composite structure includes a plurality of composite laminate plies and one or more matrix films carrying one or more nano-additive materials, the matrix films being positioned between composite laminate plies. Composite structures may include ball bats, and the matrix films with nano-additive materials may be positioned in selected portions of ball bats, such as wherever improved strength or resistance to fatigue is desired.
US10702745B2
A mechanism is described for facilitating smart monitoring of body dimensions according to one embodiment. A method of embodiments, as described herein, includes receiving a first request to take a first picture of a user, wherein the first picture is taken at a first point in time using a depth-sensing camera; automatically computing first body dimensions relating to a body of the user based on at least one of a first image of the body and first depth information relating to one or more parts of the body, wherein the first image and the first depth information are obtained from the first picture; generate a first three-dimensional (3D) model of the body based on the first body dimensions; and communicating at least one of the first 3D model and the first body dimensions to a display device, wherein the display device to display at least one of the first 3D model and the first body dimensions.
US10702742B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards a multi-functional exercise device for improving flexibility, range of motion and muscle strength of the user's hands. The exercise device comprising a first band unit comprising a plurality of first spokes, plurality of first spokes connected diametrically opposite to second band unit comprising plurality of second spokes via a central hub, each first spoke provides a means for connecting a first band to central hub and each second spoke provides a means for connecting a second band to the central hub, and a wrist band comprising elongated bands secured to central hub, wrist band comprising an opening configured to wrap around wrist for improved stability and additional base support when both palms are stretched, the central hub comprising a miniature digital counter and a miniature stretch sensor, the miniature stretch sensor electrically coupled to the miniature digital counter.
US10702736B2
Embodiments relate to exercise systems, and more particularly to adjustable exercise cycles. In accordance with at least some aspects, a stationary exercise cycle includes an incline mechanism that adjusts an incline of an upright support structure. The incline mechanism is aligned with a portion of an upright support structure on which a handle bar assembly is mounted. In some cases, the exercise cycle includes a console that can be rotated for viewing when not riding on the exercise cycle. The exercise cycle can also include an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the position of a seat or the handle bar assembly. The adjustment mechanism can include a cam-based locking mechanism for selectively securing the seat or handle bar assembly in place.
US10702731B2
An exercise and training device comprising a sleeved chest harness to which stretchable straps with handles are attached.
US10702728B2
A valve controls the discharge of fluid stored under pressure in cylinders (4) and includes a body (2) with a fluid inlet hole (3), a fluid outlet hole (5), and a sealing shaft (6) whose movement, determined by release means (7), opens or closes the fluid passage The release means (7) includes at least one pneumatic actuation hole (11) with non-return valve (12) and a hermetic chamber (10) associated with said sealing shaft (6), a pressure cartridge (8) of compressed gas associated with an electric and manual actuator (9) external to the body (2) and the hermetic chamber (10), which, transmits the motion to a rod (15) linked to said sealing shaft (6). A spring (16) tends to keep the sealing shaft (6) closed, when the pressure is zero or when the cylinder (4) is empty.
US10702720B2
Assembly intended in particular to be arranged in a cockpit of an aircraft, said assembly comprising a respiratory mask and a stowage device, wherein: the respiratory mask has a face cover and a harness, the stowage device comprises a base and a platform, the platform is adapted to receive the respiratory mask in a stowage position where the harness forms a loop extending around the platform, the platform comprises a main element movable relative to the base between a retracted position and a protruding position, and the platform further comprises auxiliary elements, the auxiliary elements movable with respect to the main element between a flattened configuration and an expanded configuration of the platform.
US10702718B2
An integrated quality assurance (QA phantom) for radiotherapy is provided that includes a cubic housing having a raised topology feature and laser alignment marks on an exterior surface of the cubic housing that is adjacent and perpendicular to the anterior surface, an extendable leg disposed on a edge of the housing, where the housing rests on a treatment couch surface when the leg is in the retracted state, and the housing rests on the treatment couch in a tilted position when the leg is in the deployed state, and a rotational stage disposed within the housing that includes at least one radiofrequency beacon, where the rotational stage includes a rotation actuator that is external to the cubic housing, where the invention enables verification of radiotherapy an optical surface monitoring system, a rotational verification of the radiotherapy optical surface monitoring system, and verification of a radiofrequency beacon tracking system.
US10702715B2
Described here are systems, devices, and methods for imaging and radiotherapy procedures. Generally, a radiotherapy system may include a radiotransparent patient platform, a radiation source coupled to a multi-leaf collimator, and a detector facing the collimator. The radiation source may be configured to emit a first beam through the collimator to provide treatment to a patient on the patient platform. A controller may be configured to control the radiotherapy system.
US10702711B2
An apparatus for delivery of spatially fractionated radiation treatment to a patient, the apparatus comprising: a radiation source for generating an open radiation beam oriented along a beam axis and having photon energies up to and including a maximum photon energy greater than 0.5 MV; a mini-beam collimator located in a path of the open radiation beam, the mini-beam collimator comprising a plurality of generally planar blades extending between an entrance aperture onto which the open beam impinges and an exit aperture, the mini-beam collimator interacting with the open radiation beam to produce an output beam emitted from the exit aperture, oriented along the beam axis and comprising a spatially fractionated mini-beam dose profile, the spatially fractionated mini-beam dose profile comprising: a plurality of dose peaks at which the dose is a local maximum, the dose peaks spaced apart from one another in a transverse direction that is transverse to the beam axis; and a plurality of dose valleys at which the dose is a local minimum, each dose valley located between a pair of transversely adjacent dose peaks.
US10702700B2
A hybrid connector for connecting a bulk conductor to a planar strand of a flexible circuit is described. The hybrid connector can include a connector body, a first connector end, and a second connector end. The first connector end can be attached to the connector body and can define a first opening having a first cross-sectional shape that corresponds to a first distal end of the strand. The second connector end can be attached to the connector body opposite the first connector end and can define a second opening having a second cross-sectional shape that corresponds to a second distal end of the bulk conductor.
US10702693B2
A device for performing electrotherapeutic massage on the human head, neck, and shoulders includes an inner core structure, at least four protruding nodules, plural electrical wires, and an outer covering. The inner core structure has a central horizontal accommodating opening for accommodating the neck and plural horizontal cushion openings. The horizontal accommodating opening matches the curvature and alignment of the human cervical spine and the kyphotic curvature of the thoracic vertebrae. Each protruding nodule is made of an electrically conductive fabric and sewn to the wall of the corresponding horizontal cushion opening in order to deliver the electrical nerve stimulation pulses generated by an electrotherapeutic signal generator to the corresponding body portion, thereby relaxing the nerve and muscle groups therein. The electrical wires electrically connect the protruding nodules to the electrotherapeutic signal generator. The outer covering encloses the inner core structure while exposing the protruding nodules.
US10702690B2
Systems and methods are described for operating an electroporation system with single cell resolution. A micromanipulator assembly includes three orthogonally-positioned linear movement stages and a rotational stage to adjust the position of a tip of a micropipette. The system is configured to detect when the tip of the micropipette is placed in contact with an exterior surface of a cell based at least in part on a measured resistance from a first electrode positioned within the micropipette. In some implementations, the resistance is measured between the first electrode and a second electrode positioned at a defined distance from the tip of the micropipette and moved by the micromanipulator assembly with the micropipette. In some implementations, the control unit applies filtering and conditioning mechanisms to the measured resistance signal in order to detect contact between the tip of the pipette and the exterior surface of the cell. It also applies electroporation pulses of different shapes, durations, and frequencies.
US10702661B2
Disclosed is an injection device (1280) for injecting a hypodermic syringe (1260) along an injection direction defining an injection axis. The injecting device comprises a housing (1281) for being positioned at the skin and a movable element (1282) movably arranged relative to the housing between a retracted position and an injection position. The movable element comprises a hypodermic syringe holder (1289) for holding a hypodermic syringe. Disclosed is further a protective cover (1200) for a needle, and methods for arranging a hypodermic syringe in an injection device.
US10702649B2
Some illustrative embodiments of an instillation assembly for treating a tissue site may include a fluid distribution lumen and a fluid hub that may define a fluid instillation pathway. The fluid distribution lumen may be defined by a first film layer and a second film layer, and the fluid hub may be positioned in fluid communication with the fluid distribution lumen. The instillation assembly may be used in combination with a reduced-pressure assembly that may define a reduced-pressure pathway separate from the fluid instillation pathway.
US10702643B2
For regulating and presetting the pump rate of a blood pump, a device and a method are configured for monitoring blood pressure values upstream and/or downstream from the blood pump. The monitored values, or another value formed from the monitored values, are compared with a limit value, which depends on an operating parameter or a pump parameter of the blood pump. In violation of the limit value, the pump rate of the blood pump is modified to such an extent, or a new pump rate is determined, such that the limit value is no longer violated or the degree of violation is reduced.
US10702630B2
A 3D printed tubular construct, such as a nephron, with or without embedded vasculature as well as methods of printing tubular tissue constructs are described.
US10702626B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing superabsorbent polymer that has antibacterial activity, in which the basic properties of superabsorbent polymer are maintained or improved, and may exhibits excellent bacterial proliferation inhibition effect, and superabsorbent polymer prepared thereby. The preparation method of superabsorbent polymer comprises the steps of: forming base polymer powder using hydogel polymer comprising crosslinked polymer, and then, surface crosslinking the base polymer powder using a surface crosslinking solution comprising a surface crosslinking agent and cuprous oxide, wherein the cuprous oxide is included in the content of 0.001 to 2.5 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the base polymer powder.
US10702602B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam and/or rizatriptan in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of pain such as migraine, arthritis, and other conditions. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating pain, such as migraine, comprising administering meloxicam and rizatriptan to a human being suffering from pain, such as migraine. For migraine, these methods may be particularly useful when the meloxicam and rizatriptan are administered while the human being is suffering from an acute attack of migraine pain or migraine aura. In some embodiments, the combination of meloxicam and rizatriptan may be administered in a manner that results in a Tmax of meloxicam of 3 hours or less.
US10702594B2
Described herein is the formulation of immunogenic or vaccine compositions comprising neutral lipid liposome based adjuvants, where the composition is suitable for lyophilisation. In particular, the invention relates to lyophilised forms of such immunogenic or vaccine compositions wherein both the immunogen or vaccine antigen and the adjuvant are present in one and the same vial, as well as to the formulation and manufacture of lyophilised forms of such immunogenic or vaccine composition.
US10702589B2
The present disclosure provides the use of Akr1b8, an agonist of Akr1b8, Akr1B10, or an agonist of Akr1B10 in methods and compositions for the treatment of neurological disorders and stress-induced conditions. Methods of increasing the levels of 5Thr3a on neuronal cells is also provided by contacting the neuronal cells with Akr1b8, an agonist of Akr1b8, Akr1B10, or an agonist of Akr1B10.
US10702588B2
Modified relaxin polypeptides and their uses thereof are provided.
US10702586B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for treating disease-states associated with presence of increased number of ErbB4+ pro-inflammatory macrophages in a subject in need thereof. The methods include providing an activator of ErbB4 and administering a therapeutically effective amount of the activator to the subject. The compositions include an activator of ErbB4. In one embodiment, the activation of ErbB4 is Neuregulin-4.
US10702582B2
The present invention provides a hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) preparation in the form of an injection or the like that is highly safe for central nerves and highly stable and can be used for intrathecal or intracerebroventricular administration or for administration into the spinal or cerebral parenchyma for the treatment of central nervous system diseases. The HGF preparation of the present invention contains an HGF protein as an active ingredient and lactose, glycine, sodium chloride, a pH buffering agent and a surfactant as additional ingredients.
US10702580B2
Improving the antioxidant capacity in an animal by increasing the level of glutathione in the blood or tissue of the animal comprising providing a composition containing beta-casein to the animal for consumption, where the beta-casein comprises at least 75% by weight of one or more beta-caseins not capable of producing beta-casomorphin-7 on enzymatic digestion. Uses include as an oxidant, for treating or preventing the symptoms of cancer, inflammation, kwashiorkor (protein deficiency), seizure, autism, Down's syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, sickle cell anaemia, liver disease, cystic fibrosis, HIV, AIDS, infection, heart attack, stroke, and diabetes, avoiding or reducing the effects of aging, promoting the recovery of tissue following physical exercise, and promoting fertility.
US10702576B2
The present invention relates to stable pharmaceutical compositions comprising linaclotide or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as to various methods and processes for the preparation and use of the compositions.
US10702572B2
Provided herein are methods of suppressing viral nucleic acid, e.g. double-stranded (ds) DNA, genome release from or packaging of viruses having their nucleic acid genome packaged under stress in their capsid, and compositions useful for that purpose. The methods alter the ionic environment of the nucleic acid within the capsid and thereby prevent release of, and/or interfere with packaging of the viral genome.
US10702571B2
The present invention provides methods for treating a subject afflicted with a protein accumulation disease or TBI, comprising administering to the subject at least one compound that increases the level of active cathepsin B in cells of the subject, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, in an amount that is effective to treat the subject. The present invention also provides compositions for treating a subject afflicted with a protein accumulation disease or TBI.
US10702557B2
The invention provides a combined external medicine for treating prostate diseases and a method using the same. The combined external medicine includes a pre-immune composition comprising multi-immune powder and a noble bottle tree decoction, a lesion active composition comprising the multi-immune powder and a first medical decoction prepared from a first Chinese medical composition for treating prostate diseases, and a double rib active composition comprising the multi-immune powder and a second medical decoction prepared from a second Chinese medical composition for conditioning liver and kidney. The method includes applying the pre-immune composition on skin of lesion part and skin of the left and right ribs; waiting for 5-10 minutes; applying the lesion active composition and the double rib active composition on the skin of the lesion part and skin of the left and right ribs; and airing for 10-40 minutes.
US10702556B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods of inducing angiogenesis and methods of treating a pathology that would benefit from angiogenesis by use of a composition comprising partially purified intact mitochondria and/or ruptured mitochondria derived therefrom.
US10702551B2
The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for the delivery of immune cells to treat un-resectable or non-resected tumor cells and tumor relapse. The compositions comprise (i) a structure comprising an injectable polymer or scaffold comprising pores; (ii) lymphocytes disposed within the structure, (iii) at least one lymphocyte-adhesion moiety associated with the structure; and (iv) at least one lymphocyte-activating moiety associated with the structure, and optionally an immune stimulant.
US10702541B2
A composition and method for activating immune cells ex-vivo, or inducing an immune response in a subject including a composition comprising at least one chiral cationic lipid. The chiral cationic lipid in one embodiment comprises a nonsteroidal cationic lipid having a structure represented by formula (I); wherein in R1 is a quaternary ammonium group, Y1 is a spacer chosen from a hydrocarbon chain, an ester, a ketone, and a peptide, C* is a chiral carbon, R2 and R3 are independently chosen from a saturated fatty acid, an unsaturated fatty acid, an ester-linked hydrocarbon, phosphor-diesters, and combinations thereof.
US10702540B2
Methods and compositions for treating cancer are described herein. More particularly, the methods for treating cancer comprise administering a 17α-hydroxylase/C17, 20-lyase inhibitor, such as abiraterone acetate (i.e., 3β-acetoxy-17-(3-pyridyl) androsta-5, 16-diene), in combination with at least one additional therapeutic agent such as an anti-cancer agent or a steroid. Furthermore, disclosed are compositions comprising a 17α-hydroxylase/C17, 20-lyase inhibitor, and at least one additional therapeutic agent, such as an anti-cancer agent or a steroid.
US10702527B2
The present disclosure provides combination therapy of a transcription inhibitor and a kinase inhibitor. The combination of the transcription inhibitor and the kinase inhibitor may be useful in treating and/or preventing in a subject a proliferative disease, such as proliferative a disease that is resistant to the transcription inhibitor alone or the kinase inhibitor alone. In certain embodiments, the proliferative disease is a cancer. The combination of the transcription inhibitor and the kinase inhibitor is expected to be synergistic.
US10702526B2
The present disclosure relates to the use MNK-specific inhibitors to inhibit immunosuppression components, such as immune checkpoint proteins PD-1, PD-L1, LAG3, and/or immunosuppressive cytokines, such as IL-10, in order to inhibit or release immune suppression in certain diseases, such as cancer and infectious disease.
US10702522B2
Use of particular substituted heterocycle fused gamma-carboline compounds as pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them for the treatment of one or more disorders involving the 5-HT2A, SERT and/or dopamine D2 pathways are disclosed. In addition, the compounds may be combined with other therapeutic agents for the treatment of one or more sleep disorders, depression, psychosis, dyskinesias, and/or Parkinson's disease or any combinations.
US10702513B2
The present invention provides methods of treating and pharmaceutical compositions useful for treating a mood disorder or depressive symptoms associated with pain, inducing analgesia and treating pain in a subject by administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of an agent capable of one or more of increasing GluA1 level, expression, concentration, or biological activity, increasing calcium permeable AMPA (α amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionic acid) receptor (CPAR) level, expression, concentration, or biological activity or potentiating a CPAR current. The agent may be an AMPA potentiator or ampakine. The agent may increase AMPA receptor currents by slowing the deactivation of open channels and may be, for instance, 2-pyrrolidinone, 4-[2-(phenylsulfonylamino)ethylthio]-2,6-difluorophenoxyacetamide (PEPA) or LY451646. The agent may also be a protein, RNA or DNA product.
US10702509B2
Compositions and methods for the treatment and control of various conditions in an animal which comprises administering to said animal an effective amount of a immediate release composition of about 0.5% to 50% wt/wt of active ingredient together with excipients to a total of about 100%, wherein said composition dissolves in a relatively short period of time, e.g., 75 seconds or less, 5 seconds or less, or 3 seconds or less, upon administration to said animal.
US10702508B2
Described herein are methods of treating non-metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer using an approved drug product comprising apalutamide, enzalutamide or darolutamide. Also described here are drug products containing apalutamide enzalutamide or darolutamide, and methods of selling or offering for sale an anti-androgen drug product.
US10702499B2
The invention relates to methods for treating pruritus with NK-1 receptor antagonists such as serlopitant. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising NK-1 receptor antagonists such as serlopitant. In addition, the invention encompasses treatment of a pruritus-associated condition with serlopitant and an additional antipruritic agent, and the use of serlopitant as a sleep aid, optionally in combination with an additional sleep-aiding agent.
US10702497B2
Uses of acyl-homoserine lactone compounds are described. In particular, uses of acyl-homoserine lactone compounds as anti-thrombotic agents, to inhibit platelets from becoming hypersensitive, and/or to prevent thrombosis, are described.
US10702492B2
The invention provides a novel PPARα activator, a pharmaceutical composition, a food or a drink, a food additive, a supplement and a method of producing these products. The PPARα activator includes an extract of a koji that contains 9-hydroxy-10,12-octadecadienoic acid (9-HODE: 10E, 12E) or an active fraction of the extract, as an active ingredient.
US10702489B2
Disclosed herein are methods of treating disease with a combination of a RXR agonist and a thyroid hormone.
US10702482B2
The present invention relates to a slow-release solid oral nutraceutical and/or pharmaceutical composition comprising: a core containing a donor of methyl groups and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, and an outer coating containing shellac and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, magnesium stearate, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient. The coating of said solid oral composition allows the donor of methyl groups, preferably SAMe and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, to cross intact the gastric barrier and release the same in a continuous and complete manner along the entire digestive tract.
US10702477B2
The present invention refers to a process for preparing granules or particles comprising afatinib dimaleate, comprising the steps of providing afatinib dimaleate and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, and preparing granules or particles involving the use of at least one solvent selected from organic solvent and water, wherein all pharmaceutically acceptable excipients used in the process for preparing granules or particles have neutral or acidic properties, and wherein afatinib dimaleate has a solubility of at least 5 mg/ml in said at least one solvent. The present invention further refers to granules or particles comprising afatinib dimaleate that are prepared according to this process. Additionally, the present invention refers to a process for preparing a pharmaceutical composition comprising afatinib dimaleate, as well as to an adsorbate comprising afatinib dimaleate. Finally, the present invention refers to a pharmaceutical composition comprising afatinib dimaleate for use in a method of treating certain diseases.
US10702470B2
A uterine cervical device is provided whose antiviral properties of copper have been directed, broadened and extended to reduce the risk of contracting uterine cervical cancer and act as a preventive factor in cervical carcinogenesis. This is achieved by concentrating, increasing and distributing the copper adjacent the female reproductive apparatus, consisting of the lower part of the uterine cavity and the endocervix, an incubation site of the human papillomavirus, the leading cause of uterine cervical cancer. The device as presented increases the ionic capacity of copper by increasing its surface to 418 mm, and spacing out coils of the winding, incorporating a length of the same material, and positioning it directly in the cervix, which is shaped like a coil, Solomon Bar, bracelet or Celtic Knot, having assembled the copper filaments on a plastic frame of sizes that correspond to the proportions of the uterine cavity according to its parity.
US10702469B2
A non-aqueous topical solution composition of pharmaceutically acceptable salt of diclofenac is disclosed. The non-aqueous topical solution composition comprises therapeutically effective amount of pharmaceutically acceptable salt of diclofenac, solublizer, penetration enhancer and solvent, and optionally a humectant, counter irritant, additional penetration enhancer and anti-oxidants and a process for preparing the same.
US10702468B2
The present invention, belonging to the field of daily skin care products, discloses a tea massage oil, a preparation method therefor and an application thereof. The tea massage oil is prepared from the following raw materials in parts by weight: 40-87 parts of ethyl-esterified tea oil, 5-15 parts of oregano oil, 2-12 parts of melaleuca alternifolia oil, 2-10 parts of pumpkin seed oil, 2-10 parts of prickly pear seed oil, 1-10 parts of passion fruit seed oil, and 1-5 parts of nano germanium oxide. The method comprises: evenly mixing the ethyl-esterified tea oil, the oregano oil, the melaleuca alternifolia oil, the pumpkin seed oil, the prickly pear seed oil, the passion fruit seed oil, and the nano germanium oxide, so as to obtain the tea massage oil. The tea massage oil can eliminate fatigue, achieve a men's health-care function, remove scars, and achieve a far-infrared skin activating function.
US10702467B2
The present invention relates to a composition in the form of an emulsion containing portions of hollow spheres of organosilicon-based material, the portions of hollow spheres having a mean diameter ranging from 0.05 to 10 μm. The invention also relates to physiologically acceptable emulsion compositions comprising hollow spheres, and to a process for fading out skin surface defects, in particular to reduce the sheen of the skin and/or to fade out pores, shadows under the eyes, marks, wrinkles and/or fine lines, comprising the topical application to the skin of the above-mentioned compositions.
US10702465B2
An oral care formulation and method for removing tartar and plaque from the teeth, gums, and oral cavity is disclosed. The oral care formulation can take the form of a toothpaste, gel, wash, rinse, soak, spray, chewing gum, dental floss, or other suitable delivery system, containing a therapeutically effective amount of dimethyl isosorbide (DMI) (or equivalent or analog thereof) and chlorine dioxide (ClO2) for removal of tartar and plaque.
US10702456B2
The invention relates to novel compositions and novel in-situ process for making small average particle size, narrow distribution FAI in oil. The process comprises preparing FAI; separately optionally heating oil; adding oil to FAI in a molten state; heating to defined temperature; and cooling the heated mixture at a defined, controlled rate which ensures proper size and distribution are met.
US10702454B2
The present invention relates to a solid cosmetic composition in the form of a preferably pressed powder, comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least: —an oily phase greater than or equal to 20% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition, —a pulverulent phase greater than or equal to 40% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition, comprising at least one spherical filler and at least one lamellar filler, the spherical filler(s) and the lamellar filler(s) being present in a respective total weight content such that the weight ratio of the spherical filler(s) to the lamellar filler(s) is greater than or equal to 0.01 and preferably between 0.02 and 15. The present invention also relates to a product obtained by means of a particular process, to a process for manufacturing a cosmetic composition, and to a process for coating the face with said cosmetic composition.
US10702453B2
An exemplary method of printing medications on digestible substrates is described. Single component nonmagnetic toners with active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) embedded or “dissolved” in the toner are used. The binders for the toner are digestible. The “printing” process includes loading the single component non-magnetic toners from a sump to a donor roll and developing them either directly onto the substrate or through the use of an intermediate member. Traditional xerographic charge and exposure can be used to make the tablet “imprints”. Dosage is controlled through “solid area” or halftone development (when charge and exposure are used). The “printed” first layer may undergo cold or warm pressure fusing. This medicament layer is then subjected to another station to “print” a second layer of medical “tablet”. Multiple stations may be used to build up a complete personalized tablet. Optionally, a final station prints protective overcoat materials to finalize the “tablet”.
US10702446B2
The invention is embodied in an apparatus for extending the human back. The preferred apparatus has a frame of transverse and longitudinal members, and a roller 20 rigidly supported from below by a transverse member. The space above the roller and frame is open so that a user can lie face up on the roller and grab the longitudinal members with each hand to extend the back over the top of the roller. The user then lowers his hips to extend the spine as much as desired. The user can roll the spine, vertebrae by vertebrae, from the base of the occipital to the sacrum.
US10702445B2
The present invention provides, among other things, apparatus and methods of use for treating a subject in need of assistance with breathing. In some embodiments the subject suffers from airflow obstruction. In some embodiments, the subject suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
US10702442B2
Provided is a walking aid device capable of easily offering walking training by aiding the oscillation of the user's pelvis. The walking aid device comprises a drive part which supports each of at least two or more locations of the user's lumbar region, and applies external force independently to each of the supported locations; a gait recognition unit which recognizes the user's gait; and a control unit which sets the user's ideal walking motion pattern based on a recognition result of the gait recognition unit, and controls the external force applied by the drive part to each of the locations of the lumbar region so that the user's pelvis position within the lumbar region will oscillate to match the walking motion pattern.
US10702441B2
An exoskeleton includes first and second supports coupled to an exoskeleton wearer, a joint connecting the first support to the second support and an actuator. The actuator includes a ball screw, a ball nut assembly coupled to the ball screw and first and second tensile members. The ball nut assembly has first and second cord reactors. The first tensile member is routed through the first cord reactor, and the second tensile member is routed through the second cord reactor. Movement of the ball nut assembly along the ball screw in a first direction causes the second support to move relative to the first support in a first rotational direction about the joint. Movement of the ball nut assembly along the ball screw in a second direction causes the second support to move relative to the first support in a second rotational direction about the joint.
US10702438B1
An improved method and apparatus for restraining a patient's leg during knee surgery or similar procedure features and improved restraining member that is attachable to an operating room table. The restraining member has a lower concave portion that engages the upper portion and sides of the patient's leg. The restraining member has an upper convex portion that is reinforced with a plurality of ridges. The concave portion can be fitted with an inflatable bladder. The concave portion in other embodiments is fitted with a belt arrangement that enables different degrees of constriction to be imparted to the leg. In one embodiment, a base or cradle supports the leg from below. A top arc member is removably attachable to the base or cradle (pivotal connection or sliding connection). The top arc member is movable between open and closed positions.
US10702434B2
A grossing station comprising a table and an overhead hood connected to the table. The grossing station further comprising a plurality of interchangeable plates arranged in a trough of the table and a lift system connected to the table. The grossing station also comprises a touch screen controller arranged on a surface of the station, wherein the touch screen controller is in communication with at least one manual toggle switch for overriding an electronic control and monitoring system if a system failure occurs within the grossing station.
US10702433B2
An excreta disposal apparatus with a gender-specific module includes a body having a seating unit corresponding in shape to the curved shape of the genital area and buttocks of a human body, a urine disposal unit corresponding to the genital area of the human body, an excrement disposal unit corresponding to the buttocks of the human body and a disposal space open toward the genital area and buttocks of the human body to take excreta discharged from the human body. A main body unit, connected to the seating unit, is mounted between the legs of the human body and has an accommodation space therein. A discharge channel is provided in the accommodation space and communicates with the disposal space to discharge the excreta in the disposal space to the outside. The body includes the gender-specific module, which is detachably provided and includes the urine disposal unit.
US10702427B2
An absorbent article includes front and rear portions and a fastener for connecting side edges of the front and rear portions. The fastener includes a grasping element attached to an outer surface of the fastener to provide for grasping by the wearer or caregiver. The grasping element may be formed of flexible material and may have a variety of configurations, including a tube, a flange, a tunnel or a pocket.
US10702418B2
Some embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a pump assembly comprising a voice coil, a magnet and a diaphragm, wherein the voice coil is configured to move the diaphragm to pump a fluid through the pump assembly in response to a drive signal applied to the voice coil. Some embodiments disclosed herein are directed to an apparatus for applying negative pressure to a wound comprising a source of negative pressure configured to be coupled to a dressing, the source of negative comprising a voice coil actuator and a diaphragm, and a controller configured to produce a drive signal for the voice coil actuator.
US10702416B2
An apparatus (20) includes a probe (36) and a processor (144). The probe is positioned adjacent to an eye (28) of a patient (32) and is configured to irradiate a trabecular meshwork (56) of the eye with one or more optical beams (52). The processor is configured to select one or more target regions (80) of the trabecular meshwork, and to control the probe to irradiate the selected target regions with the optical beams.
US10702413B2
The present disclosure relates to a leg protector. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, disclosed is a leg protector which can protect a wearer's foot and leg and is made of an elastic material, the leg protector comprising: a bottom plate part for supporting a wearer's foot; and a protection part connected to the upper side of the bottom plate part, extending upward therefrom, and formed to cover at least a part of the side and rear portions of the wearer's foot and leg, wherein the protection part includes, on both the left and right sides of the ankle portion thereof, an opening part through which regions corresponding to the wearer's malleoli are exposed to the outside.
US10702407B1
A growth stent and methods for making and using the same. The growth stent may be delivered to treat early stage congenital lesions, while expanding to adult vessel diameters. In selected embodiments, the growth stent can comprise a frame and may have a covering on some portion to prevent blood flow through a wall of the frame. The growth stent advantageously can maintain radial strength across an entire range of diameters necessary to treat a narrowed lesion from birth and childhood through adulthood as the vessels grow over the lifetime of a patient.
US10702405B2
A radially expandable, tubular stent, includes a first section having a first crush resistance force and a second section have a second crush resistance force, wherein the first crush resistance force is less than the second crush resistance force. The first section is connected to the second section to form a tube, connection of the first and second sections extending in an axial direction of the tube.
US10702404B2
A compression stabilized prosthetic device for a patient having an amputated limb includes a first socket portion for contacting a patient's limb, and a second portion for the attachment of a prosthetic component. The first socket portion has compression portions configured for compressing portions of the patient's limb, and relief portions for receiving other portions of the patient's limb which bulge upon the compression applied by the compression portions. The relief portions may be formed as openings or as enlarged radius portions of the first socket portion.
US10702399B2
Trial joint inserts have posts at different positions relative to the base. During joint replacement surgery, a surgeon can test different positions for a post using a trial insert, identify a suitable position for the post, and then select a permanent insert with a post in the desired position. The devices and methods in this application allow a surgeon to provide an individualized joint replacement for a patient. Joint inserts may be configured so the post moves relative to the base. The post may be adjustably positionable, may lock in place, or may be actuated by a resistance member such as a spring.
US10702396B2
A surgical operating instrument includes a handle, a first driving shaft operably connected with the handle, a second driving shaft, and a gear assembly. The gear assembly includes a first gear member received on the first driving shaft, a second gear member slidably received on the second driving shaft, and a lever member. The lever member is operable to place the second gear member into engagement with the first gear member thereby coupling the second driving shaft with the first driving shaft to provide a first operating mode wherein the handle operates to rotate both the first and second driving shafts, and place the second gear member out of engagement with the first gear member thereby decoupling the second driving shaft from the first driving shaft to provide a second operating mode wherein the handle operates to rotate solely the first driving shaft.
US10702370B2
A lumen stent includes a first tube body and a second tube body. The second body is sleeved outside the first body and has at least one end in hermetic connection with the outer surface of the first body. The second body includes a thin film body that covers at least part of the first body and a second radial supporting structure that is disposed in a maximum radius-length region of the thin film body and surrounds the maximum radius-length region. The second radial supporting structure has radius supporting property. After the implantation of the lumen stent, a semi-enclosed gap can be formed between the first body and the second body, or a semi-enclosed gap can be formed between the second body and a tube wall, so that blood flowing into the gap can serve as a filling material and prevent blood from flowing into a tumor body.
US10702369B2
A prosthetic assembly configured for endovascular placement within an aortic arch and method of use thereof. The prosthetic assembly includes a proximal aortic stent-graft prosthesis configured to be positioned within a proximal portion of the aortic arch adjacent to the brachiocephalic artery, a distal aortic stent-graft prosthesis configured to be positioned within a distal portion of the aortic arch adjacent to the left subclavian artery, a first branch stent-graft prosthesis configured to be positioned within the brachiocephalic artery and a second branch stent-graft prosthesis configured to be positioned in one of the left common carotid and the left subclavian artery. When deployed, a proximal end of the first branch stent-graft prosthesis is disposed within a lumen of the proximal aortic stent-graft prosthesis to proximally displace the ostium of the brachiocephalic artery. When deployed, a proximal end of the distal aortic stent-graft prosthesis is disposed within the distal end of the proximal aortic stent-graft prosthesis to form an overlap between the proximal and distal aortic stent-graft prostheses. The overlap is relatively increased by the first branch stent-graft prosthesis proximally displacing the ostium of the brachiocephalic artery.
US10702362B2
The present disclosure discloses a bracket packaging cartridge and a method for clamping a bracket. The bracket packaging cartridge includes a cartridge body, an inner support and a cover body. A placement cavity is arranged on the cartridge body, the inner support is arranged in the placement cavity, and the inner support is provided with a plurality of bracket placement grooves. The bracket placement groove is used for placing the bracket. The cover body and the cartridge body match each other. The bracket placement groove includes a placement opening portion, a placement side portion and a placement bottom portion. The placement side portion is provided with a retaining protrusion, and the placement bottom portion of the bracket placement groove is inclined.
US10702358B2
Disclosed is a dental nozzle tip used to apply a dental impression material, the dental nozzle tip including an impression material inlet and an impression material outlet connected to the impression material inlet, wherein the impression material outlet is configured to have an expanded type opening at a tail end opposite to an end connected to the impression material inlet.
US10702350B2
A robot system includes a robot main body, memory part configured to store information for causing robot main body to perform given operation, as saved operational information, motion controller configured to control operation of robot main body by using saved operational information as automatic operational information for causing robot main body to operate, and an operation correcting device configured to generate, by being operated, manipulating information for correcting operation of robot main body during operation. Motion controller controls robot main body to perform an operation corrected from operation related to automatic operational information in response to a reception of the manipulating information while robot main body is operating by using automatic operational information. Memory part is configured to be storable of corrected operational information for causing robot main body to perform corrected operation as saved operational information, when robot main body performs corrected operation.
US10702342B2
A method and system for determining a target location for a medical device having complex geometry relative to an anatomical feature, and for navigating and positioning the medical device at the target location. The system may include a medical device including a treatment element having a centroid, one or more navigation electrodes, and a longitudinal axis and a navigation system in communication with the one or more navigation electrodes, the navigation system including a processing unit. The processing unit may be programmed to define a plane that approximates a surface of the anatomical feature, define a centroid of the anatomical feature, define a vector that is normal to the plane and extends away from the centroid of the anatomical feature, and determine a target location for the treatment element of the medical device based on the vector to assist the user in placing the device for treatment.
US10702337B2
Apparatuses, systems and methods are provided for treating pulmonary tissues via delivery of energy, generally characterized by high voltage pulses, to target tissue using a pulmonary tissue modification system (e.g., an energy delivery catheter system). Example pulmonary tissues include, without limitation, the epithelium (the goblet cells, ciliated pseudostratified columnar epithelial cells, and basal cells), lamina propria, submucosa, submucosal glands, basement membrane, smooth muscle, cartilage, nerves, pathogens resident near or within the tissue, or a combination of any of these. The system may be used to treat a variety of pulmonary diseases or disorders such as or associated with COPD (e.g., chronic bronchitis, emphysema), asthma, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD), acute bronchitis and/or other pulmonary diseases or disorders.
US10702335B2
An electrode catheter for use with an endocardial ablation catheter, wherein the electrode catheter receives the transmitted energy for ablating a portion of the heart. The electrode catheter comprises a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a longitudinal structure there between; and an electrode in communication with said electrode catheter, wherein said electrode receives the transmitted energy from the endocardial ablation catheter, or alternatively an epicardial ablation catheter.
US10702332B2
A forceps includes an end effector assembly having a stop and a plurality of overmold teeth within at least one jaw member. One (or both) of the jaw members is moveable relative to the other between a spaced-apart position and an approximated position for grasping tissue therebetween. One (or both) of the jaw members includes a stop molded within an insulative housing, and an insulator plate with the overmold teeth formed from plastic. The overmold teeth extend through openings within a sealing plate and protrude past the tissue sealing surface of the sealing plate. The stop primarily controls the gap distance between opposing jaw members by bearing most of an applied load and the overmold teeth assist in controlling the gap distance by bearing the remaining applied load.
US10702331B2
An electrosurgical device kit includes an elongate first member, an elongate second member disposed adjacent to the first member, the second member being at least movably coupled to the first member, a first electrode head removably attachable to the first member, a second electrode head removably attachable to the first member, and a third electrode head coupled to the second member. The first, second, and third electrode heads are configured to apply a current to a tissue, the first and second electrode heads being non-identical.
US10702324B2
Systems, tools, and screws for reducing a bone fracture are disclosed. In embodiments, the system comprises: a screw, a driver, a sleeve comprising a longitudinal bore configured to enable insertion of the driver through the sleeve, a locking mechanism configurable into a first state that locks the sleeve to the driver and a second state that unlocks the sleeve from the driver, and a retaining sleeve coupled to a first end of the driver and configured to couple to the screw. In the first state, the sleeve applies a compressive force while distal threads of the screw are driven into the bone while retaining proximal threads of the screw in the sleeve. After a desired compression is achieved, the locking mechanism is configured to the second state, allowing the proximal threads of the screw to be driven into the bone while maintaining application of the compressive force to the bone.
US10702323B2
An instrument for bending a surgical implant about a bending axis includes a handle defining a receiving area for receiving the surgical implant. A lever is pivotably connected to the handle about a pivot axis that can be orthogonal to the bending axis. A movable linkage can be connected to the lever for movement with the lever. The moveable linkage can be configured to bend the surgical implant about the bending axis upon pivoting the lever about the pivot axis.
US10702313B1
A surgical implant for preventing withdrawal of a bone dowel graft from a facet joint, the apparatus including a plate having a posterior face and an anterior face, a passageway extending to and between the posterior face and the anterior face, an opening through the posterior face that is configured for detachably coupling to an inserter and one or more anti-migration projections extending outwardly from the anterior face. In use, the plate is placed over a bone dowel seated in a facet joint and coupled to the superior process and the inferior process by inserting a screw through the passageway into the inferior process.
US10702309B2
A polyaxial bone screw assembly includes a threaded shank body having an upper capture structure, a head and a multi-piece retainer, articulation structure. The geometry of the retainer structure pieces corresponds and cooperates with the external geometry of the capture structure to frictionally envelope the retainer structure between the capture structure and an internal surface defining a cavity of the head. The head has a U-shaped cradle defining a channel for receiving a spinal fixation or stabilization longitudinal connecting member. The head channel communicates with the cavity and further with a restrictive opening that receives retainer pieces and the capture structure into the head but prevents passage of frictionally engaged retainer and capture structures out of the head. The retainer structure includes a substantially spherical surface that mates with the internal surface of the head, providing a ball joint, enabling the head to be disposed at an angle relative to the shank body. Methods of installation are also provided.
US10702307B2
A multi-cannula surgical instrument (1), having an inner cannula (3) movably disposed within an outer cannula (2), the inner cannula (3) having a blunt distal tip (3b), one or more first inner ducts (31) and one or more first flow-through orifices (32) arranged to allow one or more fluid flows therethrough, where the inner and the outer cannula (2, 3) at the proximal ends (2a, 3a) thereof are mounted onto a hub (4) that includes a biasing mechanism (43) coupled to the inner cannula (3) and arranged to bias the inner cannula (3) automatically from a retracted towards an advanced position in case of absence of resistance against the inner cannula (3), where the outer cannula (2) has one or more second flow-through orifices (22) that are in fluid communication with one or more second ducts (21) arranged between the outer and the inner cannula (2, 3), where the second flow-through orifices (22), the hub (4) and the second duct(s) (21) are configured to allow at least one fluid flow therethrough.
US10702302B2
An adapter assembly for connecting a surgical loading unit to a handle assembly is provided. The adapter assembly includes a sleeve, a trocar assembly releasably securable within the sleeve, and a locking mechanism configured to releasably secure the trocar assembly within the sleeve.
US10702298B2
The Powerline Communication (“PLC”) systems and methods described allow for bi-directional communication along an AC or DC conductor between a first device and at least a second device comprising a medical device system. Generally, two devices within a sterile field may communicate with each other by PLC or a first device within a sterile field may communicate with a second device that is outside the sterile field by PLC. More specifically, a controller unit may communicate with a saline, or other fluid, pump to achieve a variety of functional purposes. Similarly, a measurement device may share measured data with another device.
US10702291B2
A system for performing osteochondral transplantation surgery includes a harvesting guide tool for harvesting one or more osteochondral plugs and a transfer guide tool for insertion of each osteochondral plug in a damage site on an articular surface of a joint. A cartilage contact surface of each respective guide tool is adapted to follow the shape of a surface of cartilage or subchondral bone such that they conform to each other. Each respective guide tool includes one or more guide channels adapted to receive a respective surgical tool that slides within the guide channel, and is supported by the guide channel during surgery. The guide channels are configured to harvest and insert a plurality of osteochondral plugs of different sizes. The interiors of the guide channels are provided with markings for marking a rotational position of harvested plugs enabling positioning of the osteochondral plugs at a predetermined angle of rotation.
US10702289B2
An arthroscopic drill for insertion into a human joint of a human body comprising an elongate body extending between a proximal end which, during use, remains external to the human body and a distal end which, when in an operative configuration, is positioned in the human joint adjacent to a target structure within the human body (e.g. preferably a joint surface); a drill bit having a proximal portion adjacent the distal end of the elongated body, the drill bit having a distal portion extending to the target structure; and an introducer sheath having a lumen with an inner diameter of at least 2 mm and a bending stiffness of approximately 0.08 Nm2, wherein the operative configuration, the elongate body extends through the introducer sheath.
US10702278B2
A ligation clip applier is provided and includes a handle assembly supporting an advancing mechanism removably and slidably supported within a barrel housing of the handle assembly, and a clip module removably and selectively connected to the handle assembly. The clip module includes a housing defining a proximal end, a distal end and a lumen therethrough, the clip module housing including an annular flange extending radially into the lumen thereof; and a jaw blade slidably supported within the lumen of the clip module housing. The jaw blade includes a pair of jaws disposed within the distal end of the clip module housing, the pair of jaws being biased to an open condition, wherein each jaw includes a respective cam tooth projecting therefrom, wherein the cam teeth are in operative registration with, and proximal of, the annular flange of the clip module housing.
US10702264B2
A fixing device for soft tissue includes: a driving device, screw tube and a drive rod. A catheter is connected with the screw tube by screw thread, and a plurality of absorbable screws or titanium screws are provided in the catheter. A screw thread structure is formed on a nailed beam of each of the absorbable screws, and a lead spring is provided on each of the absorbable screws. The plurality of absorbable screws or titanium screws are connected in series and provided in the catheter with a spiral groove in a head-to-nail sequence. When used, by pulling the trigger, the driving rod is rotated driven by the driving device, in such a manner that the absorbable screw or the titanium screw can be shot out of the catheter one by one. The fixing device of the present invention has characteristics of anti-adhesion, convenient and reliable operation.
US10702254B2
A device for surgical interventions comprises (i) an inner end (1) guidable/steerable to an operation field, (ii) an outer end (3) operated by user and (iii) a middle part (2) which connects both ends (1, 3) together. Force transmission units extend between the outer end (3) and the inner end (1). The force transmission units, the outer and the inner ends and the middle part (2) transfer movements of the outer end (3) to the inner end (1) in an identical measure, as if the inner end (1) was a straight continuation of the outer end (3).
US10702245B2
The present invention provides a method of detecting microbubbles in a vessel of an affected part, comprising aggregates the microbubbles, acquiring phase-contrast magnetic resonance images and analyzing the phase-contrast magnetic resonance images. Thus, we can detect or monitor the size and location of the microbubbles in vessels of any part of body.
US10702244B2
A system and method for controlling the delivery of ultrasound energy to a subject is provided. In particular, such a system and method are capable of safely disrupting the blood-brain barrier. Ultrasound energy is delivered to produce cavitation of an ultrasound contrast agent at a selected pressure value. An acoustic signal is acquired following cavitation, from which a signal spectrum is produced. The signal spectrum is analyzed for the presence of harmonics, such as subharmonics or ultraharmonics. When subharmonics or ultraharmonics are present, the pressure value is decreased for subsequent sonications. If a previous sonication resulted in no subharmonics or ultraharmonics being generated, then the pressure value may be increased. In this manner, the blood-brain barrier can be advantageously disrupted while mitigating potentially injurious effects of the sonication.
US10702242B2
Aspects of the technology described herein relate to techniques for guiding an operator to use an ultrasound device. Thereby, operators with little or no experience operating ultrasound devices may capture medically relevant ultrasound images and/or interpret the contents of the obtained ultrasound images. For example, some of the techniques disclosed herein may be used to identify a particular anatomical view of a subject to image with an ultrasound device, guide an operator of the ultrasound device to capture an ultrasound image of the subject that contains the particular anatomical view, and/or analyze the captured ultrasound image to identify medical information about the subject.
US10702239B1
Embodiments disclosed herein improve digital stethoscopes and their application and operation. A first method detects of a respiratory abnormality using a convolution. A second method counts coughs for a patient. A third method predicts a respiratory event based on a detected trend. A fourth method forecasts characteristics of a future respiratory event. In a fifth embodiment, a base station is provided for a digital stethoscope.
US10702229B2
An X-ray imaging apparatus uses a camera image to set various types of parameters related to X-ray imaging including an X-ray irradiation region and automatically controls X-ray imaging. An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an imaging device that captures a camera image, an X-ray source on which a collimator adjusting an X-ray irradiation region is mounted, a storage unit that maps and stores an X-ray imaging region for each of a plurality of X-ray imaging protocols, an input unit that receives a selection of one among the X-ray imaging protocols from the plurality of X-ray imaging protocols, and a controller that extracts an X-ray imaging region mapped to the selected X-ray imaging protocol from the camera image and controls the collimator such that the X-ray irradiation region corresponds to the extracted X-ray imaging region.
US10702226B2
A system for constructing fluoroscopic-based three-dimensional volumetric data of a target area within a patient from two-dimensional fluoroscopic images including a structure of markers, a fluoroscopic imaging device configured to acquire a sequence of images of the target area and of the structure of markers, and a computing device. The computing device is configured to estimate a pose of the fluoroscopic imaging device for at least a plurality of images of the sequence of images based on detection of a possible and most probable projection of the structure of markers as a whole on each image of the plurality of images. The computing device is further configured to construct fluoroscopic-based three-dimensional volumetric data of the target area based on the estimated poses of the fluoroscopic imaging device.
US10702224B1
A system for assisting an x-ray operator with properly positioning a patient's body part to be x-rayed. The system uses a range sensor supported on an x-ray emitter to collect data about the patient's body part to be x-rayed. The collected data is transmitted to a processor and used to create a mapped envelope of the patient's body part. The processor compares the mapped envelope to a selected reference envelope. If the processor determines that the mapped envelope is not fully contained within the reference envelope, the processor will provide the x-ray operator with a negative notification, indicating that the patient's body part needs to be adjusted. If the processor determines that the mapped envelope is fully contained within the reference envelope, the processor will provide the x-ray operator with a positive notification, indicating the patient's body part is ready to be x-rayed.
US10702218B2
The invention relates to a method for obtaining useful data about the angiogenesis in a patient's lower limbs, and particularly in the lower limbs of patients with diabetes subjected to treatment.
US10702213B2
A method and device for differentiating heart failure risk scores that includes determining receipt of a current data transmission and acquiring patient metrics from a remote monitoring device, determining a daily heart failure risk score for each day occurring during a time period from a previous received data transmission to the current received data transmission based on the acquired patient metrics, and determining a maximum daily heart failure risk score of the determined daily heart failure risk scores during a lookback window prior to the current received data transmission. A heart failure risk score is determined for the received data transmission based on the determined maximum daily heart failure risk score, and a heart failure risk score alert is determined for the received data transmission based on the proximity of the determined maximum heart failure risk score and the current received data transmission. A display of at least one of the determined heart failure risk score and the determined heart failure risk score alert is generated, and the determined daily heart failure risk score for each day occurring during the time period and the generated display are stored.
US10702203B2
A method for producing prick test single use sterile vials for use in a prick test is provided. The method comprises providing at least one allergen source including therewithin allergen extract, providing a plurality of single dose vials, connecting a tube to the at least one allergen source, connecting a metering device to the tube, drawing by the tube an amount of the allergen extract from one of the at least one allergen source, receiving the amount of allergen extract at the metering device, and dispensing by the metering device a volume of allergen extract into one of the plurality of single dose vials.
US10702192B2
A dynamic analysis system includes: an analytic value calculation unit configured to calculate an analytic value in a plurality of time phases on the basis of a dynamic image in the plurality of time phases obtained by performing dynamic photography on the chest of a subject; a ventilation state calculation unit configured to calculate, using a non-linear function, an index value representing a ventilation state of a lung field from the analytic value in the plurality of time phases; a display unit; and a control unit configured to display the index value calculated on the plurality of time phases, on the display unit.
US10702185B2
An electronic device includes a memory storing profile information, at least one first electrode, at least one second electrode, and a processor connected to the at least one first electrode and the at least one second electrode. The processor is configured to determine a frequency of at least one signal for measuring body composition, based on the profile information, output a synthesis signal obtained by synthesizing the at least three signals to a body of the user through the at least one first electrode, wherein the synthesis signal includes a signal corresponding to the determined frequency and the at least three signals have different frequencies, receive the synthesis signal passing through the body of the user, through the at least one second electrode, measure body impedance of the user based on the received synthesis signal, and measure the body composition of the user based on the body impedance.
US10702179B2
A two-dimensional visual display that allows for the user and/or another individual, such as the user's spouse, to experience self-evident, abnormally complex elevated heart rate arrhythmia. The system of the present invention uses a heart rate monitor, along with data analysis, to provide the user with a visual display, seismic feel, and/or aural feedback that allow for the user to be quickly alerted as to any arrhythmia, thereby signaling to the user to change their activity in order to avoid sudden cardiac death.
US10702163B2
Systems and methods for measuring and monitoring intracavitary tissue temperature. The system may include a catheter shaft with a circuit board disposed therein, the circuit board having an array of sensors disposed thereon. The catheter shaft may have an opening and an expandable structure surrounding the opening to provide a field of view of the intracavitary tissue for the array of sensors through the opening. The system may include a software-based programming system run on a computer such that a clinician may review information indicative of temperature of the intracavitary tissue, and be alerted if the temperature exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US10702160B2
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for assessing the texture of skin using images thereof. In exemplary embodiments, a texture map of an area of skin is generated from a combination of a standard white light image, a parallel-polarized image, and a cross-polarized image of the area of skin. The texture map is then flattened to remove the underlying curvature of the skin. A texture roughness metric is then generated based on the flattened texture map. An image of the texture map and the metric can be displayed to provide visual and alphanumeric representations of the texture of skin, thereby facilitating the comparison of baseline and follow-up images of the skin, such as those taken before and after treatment.
US10702150B2
Systems, devices, and methods are described for the assessment, screening, monitoring, or diagnosis of developmental or cognitive conditions, including autism spectrum disorders (ASD) by analysis of eye tracking data generated from feedback received as a result of display of specific predetermined visual stimuli to a subject or patient. Subsequent to a calibration phase, a testing procedure is performed by presenting predetermined stimuli (e.g., videos) to a subject via a display device. Eye tracking data (from the subject moving his or her eyes in response to predetermined movies or other visual stimuli) are collected. During the data collection period, the system periodically presents targets to reflexively elicit the subject's gaze. These data are used to later verify accuracy. Analysis of the subject's viewing patterns during these stimuli is used for the assessment, screening, monitoring, or diagnosis of developmental or cognitive conditions such as ASD.
US10702146B2
Angle multiplexed optical coherence tomography systems and methods can be used to evaluate ocular tissue and other anatomical structures or features of a patient. The angle multiplexed optical coherence tomography system includes a light source, an optical assembly for obtaining a plurality of sample beams corresponding to respective anatomical locations of the eye of the patient, where individual sample beams are associated with a respective non-zero angle relative to a reference beam, and a detection mechanism that detects individual unique interference patterns respectively provided by the plurality of sample beams, for simultaneous evaluation of the anatomical locations.
US10702138B2
A dual blade laryngoscope having a folding handle and a manually installable lighting cartridge. The laryngoscope includes two spaced apart parallel blades and a wall spanning both. A slot is formed at one end of the parallel blades for receiving the lighting cartridge. A translucent or transparent lens covers a visualization channel defined between the parallel blades. The folding handle includes an axle to enable pivoting between a deployed position and a stowed position, and a projection which activates the lighting cartridge. The lighting cartridge and the transparent lens are removable. Each of the parallel blades has a curved portion at forward ends thereof to facilitate managing soft tissue and directional control of an endotracheal tube during insertion in a patient. A tooth guard pad of compliant rubber-like material may be permanently affixed to the underside of lower blade.
US10702133B2
An image processing device includes a processor including hardware. The processor is configured to: acquire an image data including an annular side observation image and a direct view observation image forming a circle formed from a center of the side observation image to an inner circle; in a case of normal observation in which electronic zooming processing is not performed, generate a first display image including a boundary portion between the side observation image and the direct view observation image in a display area; and in a case of magnified observation in which the electronic zooming processing is performed, generate a second display image in which a boundary portion between the side observation image and the direct view observation image is shielded by a mask.
US10702129B2
A method for reprocessing an endoscope for the implementation of leak testing the endoscope, the method including: connecting the endoscope in an airtight manner to a compressed air hose, which is operatively connected to a compressed air source; subjecting the endoscope to compressed air up to a predetermined pressure level via the compressed air hose; during the pneumatic leak measurement and after opening of an outlet valve, measuring a temporal course of air pressure in the endoscope without any further compressed air supply; measuring a temporal change of the air pressure at the outlet valve; and determining one of a tightness of the endoscope or a leakage of the endoscope based on a temporal gradient of the temporal change of the air pressure.
US10702114B2
A vacuum cleaner handle mount assembly securable to a vacuum cleaner having a handle that can be pivoted from a storage position to an in-use position is disclosed. The vacuum cleaner handle mount assembly has a housing with a first and second channel, a handle with a first and second leg for respectively connecting to the first and second channel of the housing, a first and second locking mechanism for preventing the handle from pivoting during use, and a first and second nest respectively disposed in a side of the first and second channel for holding the first and second locking mechanisms respectively. The first and second locking mechanisms are rotatable from an in-use position extending across the respective first and second channels above the respective first and second legs and a storage position wherein the first and second locking mechanisms are located within the first and second nest respectively.
US10702110B2
Disclosed is a robot cleaner. The robot cleaner includes a cleaner main body defining an external appearance of the robot cleaner, a fan unit mounted in the cleaner main body for generating suction force, a suction unit provided in the cleaner main body and having a suction port for suctioning air containing dust via driving of the fan unit and a first discharge port and a second discharge port for discharging the air containing the dust, a first guide member coupled to the first discharge port, a second guide member coupled to the second discharge port, and a cyclone unit for separating the dust from the air suctioned through the suction port using centrifugal force, the cyclone unit having a first communication hole for communicating with the first guide member and a second communication hole for communicating with the second guide member.
US10702104B2
In one aspect, a freestanding, portable raised tub for infants, toddlers and young children is provided herein which includes: a basin with a base and an upstanding side wall bounding the base; a plurality of legs secured to the basin; a rigid panel pivotably connected to the basin so as to be angularly adjustable relative thereto; and, an adjustable guard pivotably connected to the rigid panel so as to be angularly adjustable relative thereto, the guard extending continuously from a first location on the rigid panel to a second location on the rigid panel, the first and second locations being spaced apart.
US10702100B2
A stadium barbecue grill comprising an upper hood and a lower base defining an interior of the grill, a grid cooking surface with an indicia of an American football field; and an exterior indicia of an American football stadium attached to the hood.
US10702099B2
Embodiments herein relate to grill systems. In an embodiment, a grill system is included. The grill system having a grill assembly and a first side assembly. The grill assembly can include a grill cart and a burner box configured to couple to a top portion of the grill cart. The burner box can include a first connection structure. The first side assembly that can include a first side cart and a first top cap configured to couple to a top portion of the first side cart. The first top cap can include a second connection structure. The first connection structure and the second connection structure mate together to couple the grill assembly to the first side assembly. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US10702094B2
A device for continuous heating of fluids, using steam, includes a first tubular circuit, having one inlet and one outlet, in which to fluid or mixture of liquids with gases to be heated is circulated, and a second tubular circuit in which the heating steam is circulated. The first tubular circuit comprises a section that is helically wound around a section of the axial length of a hollow first cylindrical body, closed at both ends. The device further comprises a hollow second hollow cylindrical body in which said first cylindrical body and said helically wound section are coaxially housed. The second cylindrical body is closed at both ends and has radial passageways communicating between the cavity of said first cylindrical body and the cavity of said second cylindrical body. The first cylindrical body, second cylindrical body and radial passageways forming part of said second tubular circuit.
US10702091B2
The infusion brewer has a filter path forming a continuous loop around a plurality of rotary shafts, the plurality of rotary shafts being operable to cycle a continuous loop filter along the filter path, the filter path having a steeping area; and an infusion enclosure having a bottom opening positionable into an infusion position against the continuous loop filter at the steeping area.
US10702082B2
A neck pillow for supporting the head of a user comprises left, right, and rear portions so as to be generally U-shaped. The neck pillow may include an inner frame which may be made of a material more rigid and denser than an outer material of the pillow so as to provide support. The left and right portions may include a chin support or protrusion so as to increase user comfort. Pillows according to the present disclosure may also include anchor points on each side for adjustment of the degree to which a closure mechanism attached to a connector such as a drawstring can be tightened. A closure mechanism which may be attached to the drawstring portions may include internal components that can prevent or make more difficult disconnection via horizontal force, and may also include magnets for connection of the left and right sides thereof.
US10702071B2
The invention discloses a packaging structure of a folding bed and a packaging method thereof. The packaging structure includes a folding bedstead including at least three unit frames, the adjacent unit frames are mutually hinged, and a mattress capable of being rolled up. When the folding bedstead is packaged, a space for receiving the rolled mattress is formed by the unit frames. The packaging method includes the following steps: S1, folding the unit frames of the folding bedstead to form a space; S2, rolling up the mattress and putting the rolled mattress into a space formed by the unit frame; S3, putting the folded folding bedstead into the box. The invention method allows for the most space efficient packing possible thereby reducing the amount of space occupied by the bed and reducing transportation costs.
US10702063B2
A frame for a drawer, which has an outer shell and an inner shell, wherein the outer shell is guided displaceably relative to the inner shell, in particular to a limited extent, wherein the outer shell and the inner shell are displaceably guided relative to one another at least to a limited extent with at least two sliding guides, and wherein at least one of the at least two sliding guides has one or more guide elements arranged between the outer shell and the inner shell.
US10702060B2
Disclosed is a bathroom management apparatus having a storage space for various function modules, and capable of dividing the storage space into various sizes. The bathroom management apparatus may include a cabinet, a frame installed in the cabinet to reinforce stiffness of the cabinet; and a function module may include a towel care module. The function module includes an outer case configured to provide a storage space, a back plate provided inside the outer case to form a rear surface of the storage space, and an attachment groove being formed at a front surface at the back plate, a metal plate disposed at a rear surface of the back plate, and a partition removably coupled to the front surface of the back plate to divide the storage space. The partition may include an attachment protrusion configured for insertion into the attachment groove and a magnet coupled to the metal plate.
US10702049B2
A buckle belt assembly includes a main body and a buckle belt. The buckle belt includes a first body and a second body sleeved on the first body. The second body includes a supporting portion, a second movable portion, and a band extending from a bottom of the supporting portion. One end of the second movable portion is connected to the supporting portion, and the other end of the second movable portion is movable relative to the supporting portion. The second movable portion includes a pair of side walls and a pair of fixing walls. The band is configured to hang hanging objects, the band is configured with a fixing hole, and the side walls are pressed to abut the fixing wall to the fixing hole or to detach the fixing wall from the fixing hole, thereby opening or closing the band.
US10702042B2
Implementations of an apparatus and method for applying cosmetic eyebrows are provided. In some implementations, the eyebrow applicator may be used to apply a cosmetic eyebrow on each brow ridge of a user. In some implementations, the eyebrow applicator may comprise a left brow applicator and a right brow applicator separated by a core ply having a window therethrough. Implementations of a cosmetic eyebrow kit used to deposit a cosmetic eyebrow onto a right brow applicator and/or a left brow applicator are provided. In some implementations, a cosmetic eyebrow kit may comprise two brow applicators, an eyebrow stencil, a container of cosmetic formula, and/or a spatula for spreading the cosmetic formula. In some implementations, a cosmetic eyebrow may be deposited on a brow applicator using the eyebrow stencil, spatula, and a portion of the cosmetic formula provided as part of the cosmetic kit.
US10702039B2
A drawing device, including: a drawing head which performs drawing on a drawing target; a head moving unit which moves the drawing head in a first direction and in a second direction which intersects with the first direction; a processor which controls the drawing head and the head moving unit; and a plurality of maintenance units in which the drawing head performs maintenance with contents different from each other, wherein within a range where the drawing head is moved by the head moving unit, a drawing area, a stand-by area and the plurality of maintenance units are provided at positions different from each other, and the processor controls the head moving unit to control whether the maintenance is performed or not in at least one of the plurality of maintenance units when the drawing head moves between the stand-by area and the drawing area.
US10702030B2
A wearable fluorescent article of adornment with ultraviolet radiation source of excitation is described. At least one ultraviolet light emitting source can irradiate a fluorescent material with ultraviolet radiation. The fluorescent material can generate fluorescent light in response to excitation of the fluorescent material with ultraviolet radiation emitted from the at least one ultraviolet light emitting source. The article of adornment can transmit the fluorescent light generated from the fluorescent material while absorbing the ultraviolet radiation. A control unit can control irradiation of the fluorescent material with the at least one ultraviolet light emitting source, while a power supply component can power the at least one ultraviolet light emitting source and/or the control unit.
US10702026B2
Disclosed is a clip for a bracelet and/or a necklace. The clip in a closed state having a through hole (402) allowing the clip to wreathe an elongated member of a bracelet and/or necklace. The clip comprises: a first part (420) and a second part (430), the first and second parts being connected by a hinge (401); and a first resilient element (460) arranged in the second part. The first resilient element comprising a first gripping surface (451) for frictionally gripping a surface of the elongated member. The second part comprises a cavity (443) extending in the radial direction, the first resilient element comprises a first resilient part (460) arranged inside the cavity and a second resilient part (470) arranged outside the cavity and extending in the radial direction from the cavity into the through hole. The cavity is configured to secure the first resilient element in said second part.
US10702017B2
Articles of footwear include a footwear component having an exterior surface; and at least a first flap member engaged with the footwear component. The first flap member includes an outer perimeter having a secured portion and an unsecured portion, and wherein the unsecured portion is movable between a closed position in which a first display area is at least partially concealed and an open position in which the first display area is exposed. Two or more flap members may be provided at various areas of a footwear structure, such as in a rear heel area of an upper.
US10702009B2
An insole with puncture-resistant properties for safety footwear. The insole contains a repeating pattern of knit layer groupings and woven layer groupings where the knit layer groupings form the upper and lower surfaces of the insole. Each layer within the knit layer groupings and the woven layer groupings is adhesively bonded to the adjacent layers. The knit layer groupings contain at least two knit layers and the woven layer groupings contain at least two woven layers. Each woven and knit layer contains yarns or fibers having a tenacity of about 5 or more grams per denier in a knit configuration. Each woven and knit layer is impregnated on both sides and at least some of the internal surfaces with about 10 wt. % or less, based on the total weight of the layer, of a coating containing a plurality of particles having a diameter of about 20 μm or less.
US10702001B2
A helmet that includes an outer shell having at least a first outer magnetic member, an inner shell having at least a first inner magnetic member, and padding secured inside the inner shell. The first inner magnetic member is spaced from and opposed to the first outer magnetic member, such that the first inner magnetic member repels the first outer magnetic member. The outer shell is connected to the inner shell.
US10701997B2
Concepts provided are directed to garments and methods of making garments with enhanced cooling and airflow. The garments created are provided with airflow channels by lifting the garment off from the skin of a wearer. Particularly, the lift is created in areas of greater contact by providing a flocked silicone dimensional pattern aligned with a plurality of perforations. The enhanced airflow provided by the garments in accordance with aspects hereof also results in enhanced moisture evaporation from the wearer's skin, which also aids in the cooling of the wearer's body.
US10701994B2
A wearable device is provided which redirects perspiration away from a user's hands, feet and other extremities. The device may be fashioned as a band which is equipped with a channel structure extending around the entire surface of the band. The channel structure includes a channel base and a channel lip. The channel structure forms a perspiration channel with a flared lip. The channel base has a first thickness Tc at a central portion thereof, and a second thickness Te at end portions thereof, wherein Te
US10701993B2
A safety glove for protecting the hand of a worker is provided, configured to protect the hand of the worker while still providing flexibility and dexterity to the user. The glove features a first protective structure or structures secured to a first base layer to protect the distal phalange bone of the worker, and a second protective structure or structures secured to a second base layer to protect the intermediate phalange and proximal phalange bones of the worker. The separation between the base layers provides for enhanced flexibility of the distal phalange, and allows for flexibility when performing tasks that require agility and dexterity.
US10701990B2
Aspects herein are directed to an apparel item having an integrated lighting system and method of forming the apparel item having the integrated lighting system. The integrated lighting system comprises a power supply unit affixed to the apparel item, one or more light arrays having visible light sources affixed to the apparel item, and one or more conductive traces affixed to the apparel item, where the conductive traces extend from the power supply unit to the light arrays and electrically couple the two such that the light arrays are powered when the power supply unit is operating.
US10701989B2
The pant of the present invention is specifically inspired and configured for use in the motor vehicle industry. The pant may be scratchless, meaning that the pant does not have any exposed features that are capable of scratching the finish on a motor vehicle. For example, the pant may comprise a concealed waistband closure mechanism. The pant may also comprise a scratchless security pocket, which is predisposed toward a closed position and thus does not require the use of buttons or the like. The pant may also be configured to provide enhanced mobility and comfort, allowing a wearer a range of movements without interference from his or her clothing. For example, the pant may be manufactured from a stretchable material and/or may comprise a waistband that is configured to stretch so as to provide increased mobility and comfort. The pant may also include an articulating, reinforcing knee feature, which provides additional strength to the knee portion of the pant while also providing for a more comfortable bend at the knee. Additionally, the pant may have reinforcement features, such as reinforced pockets or belt loops, which are particularly suitable for use by motor vehicle workers.
US10701980B2
The e-vaping section and the e-vaping device include at least one first wick configured to transfer a pre-vapor formulation, the at least one first wick being a filamentary wick that is U-shaped with opposing ends each extending into a reservoir. At least one first heater is operable upon at least one portion of the at least one first wick to at least partially volatilize the pre-vapor formulation and form a vapor. A support plate is operable to support the at least one first heater and at least partially support the at least one first wick, the support plate being operable to form an electrical connection between the at least one first heater and a power supply.
US10701979B2
The present disclosure provides components useful in heating, particularly heating of an aerosol precursor solution so as to vaporize the solution and form an aerosol. The disclosure particularly provides an electrically conductive, porous carbon heater. The heater may be combined with an aerosol precursor transport element that also is formed of carbon. The heater and transport element may form an atomizer that can be useful in an electronic smoking article, such as in a cartridge that is adapted for attachment to a control body. In some embodiments, the disclosure provides a cartridge of an electronic smoking article, the cartridge being formed substantially completely of carbon.
US10701978B2
The present disclosure provides an atomizer and an electronic cigarette using same. The atomizer comprises a core assembly. The core assembly comprises an airflow shell, an atomizing seat partially accommodated in the airflow shell, and an oil-guiding seat connected with a part of the atomizing seat uncovered by the airflow shell. At least one air-inlet passage is formed between an inner wall of the airflow shell and an outer wall of the he atomizing seat. An atomizing chamber is defined inside the atomizing seat, and an oil-guiding chamber is defined inside the atomizing seat. The air-inlet passage and the oil-guiding chamber both communicate with the atomizing chamber. The atomizer of the present disclosure adopts a top air-inlet structure in order to solve the question of bottom oil leakage in the traditional electronic cigarette and has a better atomizing performance.
US10701972B2
An electronic cigarette (10) includes an atomizer (26) having a coil-less heating element (4) with a heating section (6) connected to an electrical power source and two end sections in contact with a liquid supply (34). The heating element (4) is made of one or more woven fiber tubes (2) having a hollow interior such that the liquid can be transported from the liquid supply (34) to the heating section (6) through the hollow interior along the woven fiber tubes (2) or through the fiber materials via capillary action.
US10701971B2
An electronic cigarette comprises a battery portion which is operable to provide power to a heating element of the electronic cigarette, and a cartomizer coupled with the battery portion. The cartomizer comprises a liquid container which provides a liquid toward the heating element wherein the liquid is used for producing and flavoring a vapor of the electronic cigarette when the liquid is heated by the heating element, and a memory which is operable to record and store an amount of the liquid remaining in the liquid container.
US10701965B2
Systems, methods, and devices for automatically delivering tobacco into a tobacco receiving cavity in a cigarette casing, including a packer module with movable fingers for compressing tobacco.
US10701958B2
Juice extraction using multiple pairs of juice extractors and comminutors which reduce the food pieces into successively smaller pieces with juice extraction occurring after each comminuting step. Coarse food pieces are pressed with extracted juice directed to a juice holding tank. The pressed coarse chop food pieces fall into the hopper of a second comminutor which performs a medium chop on the now pressed but still coarse chopped food pieces. The medium chopped food pieces are then fed from the second comminutor into the juice extraction chamber of a second juice extractor whereupon the medium chopped food pieces are pressed with extracted juice directed to a juice holding tank. Any number of comminutor and juice extraction pairs may be used in serial fashion to optimize the percentage of juice extracted in a minimum amount of time.
US10701943B2
A system for handling culinary preparations, which includes: a mounting (I) including an upper surface arranged to receive a culinary preparation, and a plurality of feedthroughs extending between the upper surface and a lower surface; a transfer device including a plurality of projecting portions; a relative movement system being arranged to position the system in a low position, in which no projecting portion projects relative to the upper surface of the mounting, and a high position, in which one end of at least one projecting portion is made to project through the feedthroughs, relative to the upper surface of the mounting; and a handling tool including oblong elements arranged to be inserted between projecting portions.
US10701939B2
Provided is a pyribencarb aqueous suspension agrochemical composition which contains an adjuvant for reinforcing the efficacy of pyribencarb, and which is capable of preventing a pharmaceutical preparation from becoming highly viscous or solidified and capable of providing a sufficient controlling effect with a small amount of pyribencarb. The aqueous suspension agrochemical composition includes: pyribencarb which is an agrochemically active component; an adjuvant for pyribencarb, which is one or more compounds selected from polyoxyalkylene siloxanes, polyoxyethylene/polyoxypropylene block copolymers, and polyoxyalkylene alkyl ethers; a nonionic-anionic surfactant which is a polyoxyalkylene aryl ether sulfuric acid salt and/or a polyoxyalkylene aryl ether phosphoric acid salt; and water.
US10701938B2
The present invention provide chemical modulators of insect olfactory receptors. In particular, compounds and compositions are provided that can inhibit host targeting functions in insects such as mosquitos. Method of employing such agents, and articles incorporating the same, are also provided.
US10701936B2
Provided is a herbicidal composition comprising ethyl [3-[2-chloro-4-fluoro-5-(1-methyl-6-trifluoromethyl-2,4-dioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidin-3-yl)phenoxy]-2-pyridyloxy]acetate and 2,4-D choline salt. The herbicidal composition can exert an excellent control efficacy on weeds.
US10701924B2
The present invention relates to a mosquito-killing illuminating lamp which comprises a casing and a control unit. The casing comprises an illuminating portion and a mosquito-killing portion. The illuminating portion is provided with illuminating components therein. An electrolysis carbon dioxide generating device and a fan are provided inside the mosquito-killing portion. The control unit controls operation of the illuminating components, the carbon dioxide generating device and the fan. The electrolysis carbon dioxide generating device comprises a box body and electrolysis components. The electrolysis components are provided inside the box body. An electrolyte solution is provided inside the box body. The box body is provided with a venting hole. The electrolysis components comprise a graphite electrode and a cathode plate. After conduction between the graphite electrode and the cathode plate, electrolysis is performed on the electrolyte solution to generate carbon dioxide.
US10701916B1
A retractable fishing line spooler for mounting on a building wall or a boat surface. The spooler is positioned on a lever arm held on a mounting body. The lever arm is retracted to be in line with the mounting body when not in use and pulled partially away from the mounting body when in use for spooling fishing line. A ball bearing-and-spring locking mechanism and a pin hold the lever arm in place on the mounting body.
US10701912B2
Variable-scale, modular, easily manufacturable, energy efficient, reliable, and computer operated Insect Production Superstructure Systems (IPSS) may be used to produce insects for human and animal consumption, and for the extraction and use of lipids for applications involving medicine, nanotechnology, consumer products, and chemical production with minimal water, feedstock, and environmental impact. An IPSS may comprise modules including feedstock mixing, enhanced feedstock splitting, insect feeding, insect breeding, insect collection, insect grinding, pathogen removal, multifunctional flour mixing, and lipid extraction. An IPSS may be configured to be constructed out of a plurality of containerized modules.
US10701911B2
The present invention relates generally to genetically modified non-human animals and immunodeficient non-human animals characterized by restored complement-dependent cytotoxicity, as well as methods and compositions for assessment of therapeutic antibodies in the genetically modified immunodeficient non-human animals. In specific aspects, the present invention relates to immunodeficient non-obese diabetic (NOD), A/J, A/He, AKR, DBA/2, NZB/BIN, B10.D2/oSn and other mouse strains genetically modified to restore complement-dependent cytotoxicity which is lacking in the unmodified immunodeficient mice. In further specific aspects, the present invention relates to NOD.Cg-Prkdcscid IL2rgtm1Wjl/SzJ (NSG), NOD.Cg-Rag1tm1Mom IL2rgtm1Wjl/SzJ (NRG) and NOD.Cg-Prkdcscid IL2rgtm1Sug/JicTAc (NOG) mice genetically modified to restore complement-dependent cytotoxicity which is lacking in unmodified NSG, NRG and NOG mice. Methods for assessment of therapeutic antibodies or putative therapeutic antibodies in the genetically modified immunodeficient mice characterized by an intact complement system are provided according to specific aspects of the present invention.
US10701908B2
A system for indoor shrimp aquaculture is described that comprises a plurality of stacked raceways, each raceway being a long, flat rectangular tank comprising at least two sections arranged in series and scaled to accommodate shrimp of increasing size. The sections are separated by a moveable section divider whereby shrimp may be transferred between sections once they reach a predetermined size by opening the moveable section divider and allowing the shrimp and water to flow through into the next section. Each raceway includes a waste collection assembly situated at the downstream end of each section for collecting waste for removal. Methods of using the system to grow shrimp are also provided. The raceways are further adapted to facilitate operation of the production module at large scales, in this way; the system is scaleable to achieve high-throughput production of shrimp.
US10701900B1
A pet chew dispensing device simultaneously secures and dispenses a pet chew. In some examples, the device may comprise a body of chew resistant material and a window formed through the body and adapted to receive the pet chew therein. When disposed inside the window, the pet chew remains partially exposed while the pet chew is simultaneously protected by the body of chew resistant material. The device adaptively pressures the pet chew, such that pet chews which change size over time (or having a range of different initial sizes) may nonetheless remain secured.
US10701897B2
A feline scratch pad assembly includes a stand that is positioned between a foot of an article of furniture and a floor. The stand is positioned to extend upwardly along a corner on the article of furniture. A plurality of scratch pads is each releasably positioned on the stand to cover the corner on the article of furniture. Each of the scratch pads is comprised of a deformable material to withstand being clawed by a feline thereby satisfying the feline's urge to claw. A pair of mounts is provided and each of the mounts is coupled to an associated one of the scratch pads. Each of the mounts releasably engages the stand thereby retaining the scratch pads on the stand.
US10701896B1
An adjustable elevated feeder is provided having a platform for holding both a feeder and a water bowl. The underside of the platform surface has a pair of parallel disposed leg impingement slots formed therein. A pair of rectangular leg elements each having two dimension: a high dimension having a longer width and a low dimension having a shorter width. When the legs are press fitted into the slots about the shorter width, the high dimension raises the platform to an upper adjustment height. Alternately, when the legs are press fitted into the slots about the greater length, the low dimension lowers the platform to a lower adjustment height.
US10701890B2
An odor filter apparatus for a litter box comprising: a rear wall; a first side wall located on one side of the rear wall, and orientated orthogonally to the rear wall; a second side wall located on an opposite side of the rear wall from the first side wall, and orientated orthogonally to the rear wall, the walls configured to rigidly attach to a litter box bottom, a vent located in the rear wall; a filter housing attached to the rear wall, on a side opposite the first and second side walls; an active odor removing element located in the filter housing; a fan assembly housing removeably attached to the filter housing; a blower fan located in the fan assembly housing; a mounting opening in the fan assembly housing; a fan exhaust sealing device attached to the mounting opening.
US10701878B2
The present invention relates to a Lactuca sativa seed designated 41-233 RZ. The present invention also relates to a Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the 41-233 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the lettuce cultivar, represented by lettuce variety 41-233 RZ.
US10701874B2
A pot flower which features a unique, internal catch-basin or reservoir designed to collect, store, and dispense upon demand water, minerals, and fertilizer which have been applied and have run through the potting soil.
US10701865B2
Disclosed are hay bale spikes for tractors used to carry hay bales. A hay bale carrying system includes a frame attachable to a tractor. The frame includes a first spike rigidly connected and a second spike movably attached parallel to the first spike, where the second spike is movable to a position that is not parallel to the first spike. An opening in the frame may position a pin to matingly accept the second spike that includes a lever arm on the opposite side of the pin from the spike. The lever arm may include a connector near its end connectable to a hydraulic cylinder such that expansion and contraction of the hydraulic cylinder provides leverage through the pin to the second spike to move the second spike from a first parallel position relative to the first spike to a second non-parallel position.
US10701864B2
A sugarcane harvester including a base cutter configured to cut sugarcane from a field and a feed roller chassis, disposed adjacently to the base cutter, configured to receive the cut sugarcane. A plurality of feed roller assemblies are supported by the feed roller chassis, wherein each of the plurality of feed roller assemblies includes a roller body defining a roller body cavity, a motor support located within the roller body cavity, the motor support defining a support cavity, and a bearingless hydraulic motor disposed within the support cavity. The bearingless hydraulic motor includes a spindle extending from the motor and through the support cavity. A spindle adapter is releasably coupled to the spindle and fixedly coupled to the roller body. A roller bearing, disposed within the support cavity, includes an inner surface in contact with the spindle adapter, wherein rotation of the spindle rotates the roller body while the bearingless motor remains stationary with respect to the motor support.
US10701859B2
A control system for use with a turf maintenance vehicle. In one embodiment, the control system may provide a discrete engine speed input that may provide one engine speed command upon actuation, but result in additional engine speed commands depending on an actuation time of the input. In other embodiments, the vehicle may include an electronic controller (EC) providing resettable property statistics for one or more properties. In still another embodiment, the EC may provide a maintenance monitor onboard the vehicle that indicates maintenance status, when maintenance tasks are due or past due, and permanently records historical information regarding maintenance tasks. The maintenance monitor may further adjust a maintenance interval before the maintenance task is again due based upon inputs to the maintenance monitor.
US10701858B2
A mobile vehicle, a ground treating equipment and an orientation adjusting method thereof are provided. The ground treating equipment includes a frame, a ground treating unit, a connecting rod set, a connecting rod driving unit, a rotation driving unit, two pressure sensors and a controller. The ground treating unit is mounted at the frame. Two ends of the connecting rod set are connected to the frame and the mobile vehicle. The connecting rod driving unit is mounted at the connecting rod set for adjusting the orientation of the connecting rod set. The rotation driving unit is mounted between the frame and the connecting rod set for driving the frame to rotate relative to the connecting rod set. The pressure sensors are mounted at the frame for sensing two pressure values between the frame and ground, or the pressure sensors are mounted at the rotation driving unit for sensing two pressure values while the frame is driven to rotate clockwise and counter-clockwise. The controller is configured to control the connecting rod driving unit and the rotation driving unit for changing the two pressure values.
US10701856B2
Described herein are implements that include a vehicle having a system for sensing or testing soil and/or vegetation as the vehicle traverses a field.
US10701853B2
Systems, methods and apparatus for adjusting the depth of a trench opened by a row unit of an agricultural planter. The row unit includes a trench depth adjustment assembly configured to modify the furrow depth. A first depth adjustment sub-assembly is configured to select one of a plurality of pre-selected furrow depths. A second adjustment sub-assembly is configured to modify at least one of a plurality of the pre-selected furrow depths.
US10709047B2
A component mounting device head unit includes a head main body, a nozzle being provided on the head main body, a drive source, a cover, and a heat transfer member. The nozzle is configured to pick up a component. The drive source is configured to transfer moving power to at least one of the head main body and the nozzle. The cover covers the drive source. The heat transfer member connects the cover to the drive source or a frame of the drive source, and the heat transfer member is configured to allow heat generated by the drive source to escape to the cover.
US10709045B2
A high frequency module includes an insulating substrate, a mountable element, and a shield conductor. The mountable element is mounted to a surface of the insulating substrate and includes a first mounting terminal. The shield conductor covers the mountable element in a spaced relationship to the mountable element. An exposing portion in which at least the first terminal is exposed is provided in the shield conductor, and a linear distance from the first terminal to the exposing portion is shorter than a linear distance from the first terminal to the shield conductor.
US10709044B1
An exemplary faraday bag with magnetic closure system includes an actuatable closure section defined between a shielding compartment and an access mouth. The closure section preferably includes a retention segment, a distal flap segment, and an intermediate flap segment therebetween. Base magnets are disposed within the retention segment and a first panel of the bag. Flap magnets are disposed within the distal flap segment and a second panel of the bag. When the closure section is in open configuration, the flap magnets are substantially out of attractive magnetic engagement with respective base magnets, and the shielding compartment is accessible from an ambient environment through the access mouth. When the closure section is in closed configuration, the flap and retention segments are folded with respect to one another, the flap magnets are in attractive magnetic engagement with respective base magnets, and the access mouth is thereby retained in an RF-sealed configuration.
US10709043B2
Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board on which one or more circuit components are disposed, and an interposer surrounding at least some circuit components of the one or more circuit components and including an inner surface adjacent to the at least some circuit components and an outer surface facing away from the inner surface and having a plurality of through holes. The interposer is disposed on the printed circuit board such that one or more through holes of the plurality of through holes are electrically connected with a ground of the printed circuit board. The outer surface of the interposer includes a first conductive region electrically connected with at least one first through hole of the one or more through holes, and a non-conductive region, the inner surface of the interposer includes a second conductive region electrically connected with at least one second through hole of the one or more through holes, and the second conductive region includes a region facing the non-conductive region.
US10709039B2
A data processing equipment structure includes a plurality of sidewalls and a ceiling panel, which, together, define an enclosed space. The structure further includes at least one equipment enclosure and at least one cooling unit arranged in side-to-side relationship in a row within the enclosed space. At least one separation panel divides the enclosed space into a front plenum at a front side of the row and a rear plenum at a rear side of the row. Cool air in the front plenum is isolated from heated exhaust air in the rear plenum.
US10709031B2
A fastening system for a mounting rack includes a terminal strip having bores through which screws may pass. The bores are arranged relative to one another in such a way that the screws can be screwed into the mounting rack. Also disclosed is a corresponding method for fastening assemblies to a mounting rack, a corresponding mounting rack and a corresponding power-electronics installation.
US10709023B2
A method of manufacturing a circuit board or a circuit board intermediate product, wherein the method comprises providing a carrier structure, applying a layer of flowable low-viscosity adhesive on the carrier structure over a surface area of the carrier structure which is larger than a mounting area in which an electronic component is to be mounted on the carrier structure, and pressing the electronic component into a subsection of the layer of adhesive in the mounting area so that at least part of the electronic component is immersed within the adhesive.
US10709015B1
A component assembly includes a body having an electronics component mounted on a first face of the body. A light emitting diode is mounted on a first portion of the first face. A top plate is attached to the body and covers the light emitting diode and the electronics component. The top plate includes: a first cavity having the electronics component positioned within the first cavity; and a first support area homogeneously connected to the top plate and extending from the top plate to directly contact the body outside of the cavity to provide support for the top plate and to mitigate against collapse of the cavity.
US10709009B2
One general aspect of the present disclosure includes an electrical circuit with a circuit carrier, at least one electrical component arranged on the circuit carrier, and at least one data transmission device with an antenna section. The data transmission device may be configured for wireless transmission of data and may include a housing, where the at least one electrical component, the at least one data transmission device, and at least one section of the circuit carrier are at least partially enclosed by the housing. At least the antenna section of the data transmission device may be arranged in a transmission range inside the housing and the transmission range may be spaced at a distance from the circuit carrier.
US10709006B2
Provided is a fluid-cooled contact tip assembly that can be used in methods and systems for manufacturing objects by solid freeform fabrication, especially titanium and titanium alloy objects, where the deposition rate is increased by increasing the flow rate of electric charge through the metal wire.
US10708996B2
A lighting system for providing a lighting scene in an environment occupied by a user, the system comprising:—a plurality of illumination sources, each source having a respective location sensor arranged to detect a location of the respective source relative to at least one point defined independently of the lighting scene and at least one of the sources further having at least one of an orientation sensor arranged to detect an orientation of the at least one source and a luminaire type sensor arranged to detect a type of the at least one source; and—a controller arranged to provide control signals to the plurality of sources in order to control the sources to render the lighting scene; wherein the controller is arranged to—determine an effect location of an illumination effect from the at least one source based on the detected location and at least one of the detected orientation and detected luminaire type of said at least one source and—adapt the control commands based on the detected source locations and the determined effect location for the at least one source, thereby rendering the lighting scene relative to said at least one point.
US10708995B2
Additive color mixing across the visible spectrum was demonstrated from a light emitting diode (LED) pixel comprising of red, green, and blue subpixels monolithically integrated and enabled by local strain engineering. The device was fabricated using a top-down approach on a metal-organic chemical vapor deposition-grown sample consisting of a typical LED epitaxial stack. The three color subpixels were defined in a single lithographic step. The device was characterized for its electrical properties and emission spectra under an uncooled condition, which is desirable in practical applications. The color mixing was controlled by pulse width modulation and the degree of color control was also characterized.
US10708994B2
A circuit for controlling a lighting system includes a phase angle detector detecting a phase angle of a rectified input signal and generating a phase angle signal indicative of the phase angle, and a current shape controller determining a current shaping signal using the detected phase angle and adjusting the rectified input signal in response to the current shaping signal. The current shape controller varies a limiting value of the rectified input signal with the phase angle.
US10708993B2
A driver comprises a front-end stage, a back-end stage, and an intermediate controller. The front-end stage comprises a front-end main circuit and a front-end controller, and is configured to rectify an AC input voltage from an external power supply and output a DC bus voltage through output terminals. The back-end stage comprises a buck circuit, and configured to receive the bus voltage from the front-end stage and output a desired DC drive voltage to a load according to an operating voltage of the load. The intermediate controller is configured to obtain a difference voltage signal indicative of an electric potential difference between the bus voltage and the drive voltage, and provide a feedback signal generated based on the difference voltage signal to the front-end controller. The front-end controller controls the front-end main circuit based on the feedback signal to change the bus voltage with change of the drive voltage.
US10708992B2
Camera images may be analyzed to identify perceptual control axes for a lighting system. These control axes may correspond to how human users perceive lighting scenes. A camera may capture high-dynamic-range images of a new room under various lighting conditions. Dimensionality-reduction may be applied to the images to create an image-based map. In this map, each datapoint may correspond to one of the images. The map may be transformed to align it with how human users perceive lighting scenes in the new room. The transformed map may be employed as a control space for the lighting system. In some cases, the map is created without gathering user ratings of lighting scenes for the new room. In other cases, creating the map involves gathering user ratings for as few as three lighting scenes for the new room.
US10708990B1
A color-adjustable medical headlamp assembly, including a headband assembly and a bezel, which can be worn around a user's head. The bezel contains a light source assembly that is capable of generating light with different colors and intensities, and an optical train that focuses the light generated by the light source assembly. A user input assembly is included to allow for the selection and adjustment of both the color and brightness of the light from the bezel. Also, the rear surface of the bezel has a higher coefficient of thermal conductance compared to the movable portion of the bezel and is an avenue for heat dissipation. Finally, a heat shield is attached to the bezel to cover its rear surface, which can pose a burn hazard after prolonged usage.
US10708984B2
In preferred embodiments, a heating coil is provided that includes at least a set of heating conductors, one of which is arranged at a side of a work and the other one is arranged at an opposite side of the work. In addition, a plurality of connecting conductors are provided to connect an end of one of the heating conductors with an end of the other heating conductor, wherein each of the heating conductors is connected with at least two connecting conductors. The connecting conductors extend from an end of each of the heating conductor in a different direction from each other. In the preferred embodiments, the heating coil has a simple structure that enables an even heat treatment to a work in a width direction.
US10708980B2
A radiator module is provided including: a first infrared radiator including a first radiator tube arranged in a radiator plane; and a second infrared radiator including a second radiator tube arranged in the radiator plane. A cladding tube is arranged between the first radiator tube and the second radiator tube. Each of the first radiator tube, the second radiator tube, and the cladding tube is provided with a reflective coating.
US10708970B2
Provided are systems and methods for reversing the conventional roles of central and peripheral devices in a BLE network. Doing so includes implementing an end node (EN) as the sole initiator of a connection between a particular EN and a particular access point (AP). Such implementation includes determining a location of the EN, in which that location is resolved by the EN and defined with respect to exchanges of Constant Tone Extensions (CTEs) between the EN and reference points (RPs).
US10708966B2
The present application provides a method and apparatus for uplink data transmission from a UE in a communications network, wherein the UE is configured for WLAN connectivity and wherein the UE is in RRC_INACTIVE state. The method comprises an uplink transmission from the UE in RRC_INACTIVE to a WT having a link with a gNB.
US10708945B2
A method for transmitting sidelink data by a User Equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system includes determining whether resource pool information for selecting a sidelink grant is configured by a base station; determining whether more sidelink data is available in a Sidelink Traffic Channel (STCH) than can be transmitted in a current Sidelink Control (SC) period; selecting resources for the sidelink grant from the resource pool information based on the resource pool information for selecting the sidelink grant being configured by the base station, and more sidelink data being available in the STCH than can be transmitted in the current SC period; selecting resources for the sidelink data based on the resources for the sidelink grant; and transmitting the sidelink data to another UE through the resources for the sidelink data. Further, the sidelink grant is for a next SC period after the current SC period.
US10708942B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide various methods and apparatuses configured to reuse, reallocate, reserve, or reassign available control resources in a control region for carrying downlink (DL) payload or user data. The inventive concept and idea may also be applied to reuse control resources for uplink (UL) and/or sidelink user data transmission in both frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD) configurations in other embodiments.
US10708939B2
A method and a device for uplink data operations are provided to enable a user equipment to perform uplink data transmission for a numerology scenario. In embodiments of the present application, the user equipment determines uplink scheduling signaling according to a first correspondence between a numerology and the uplink scheduling signaling, determines a bearer according to a second correspondence between the numerology and the bearer, and performs an uplink data operation according to the uplink scheduling signaling and the bearer. In the present invention, since the user equipment can perform uplink data operations according to the first correspondence between the numerology and the uplink scheduling signaling and the second correspondence between the numerology and the bearer, the user equipment is able to perform uplink data operations for the numerology scenario, thus improving system performance.
US10708934B2
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for managing coexistence of a satellite positioning system (SPS) receiver with one or more transceivers are presented. In some embodiments, a device determines whether a first transceiver of the one or more transceivers in accordance with a first Radio Access Technology (RAT) is able to transmit a packet via a first frequency band within a time period based at least on a first coexistence rule. The first coexistence rule corresponds to an impact on the SPS receiver by operation of at least the first RAT on the at least the first transceiver. The device transmits the packet via a second frequency band in accordance with a second RAT based on the determination that the first transceiver in accordance with the first RAT is not able to transmit the packet via a first frequency band within the time period.
US10708912B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed from the perspective of a UE (User Equipment). In one embodiment, the method includes the UE being configured with a control resource set (CORESET). The method further includes the UE receiving a Downlink Control Information (DCI) on the CORESET, wherein an index is included in the DCI and the index indicates a time domain resource allocation pattern. The method also includes the UE receiving data in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols determined according to the time domain resource allocation pattern, wherein a range of the time domain resource allocation pattern starts from the first OFDM symbol of the CORESET or after an offset from the first OFDM symbol of the CORESET, and the range of the time domain resource allocation pattern may end across a slot boundary.
US10708900B2
The present disclosure provides a solution which solves the problem of demodulation reference signal (DMRS) ambiguity by introducing separate, i.e. different DMRSs. This is especially the case for systems employing dynamic allocation of control and data signals to different PRBs.
US10708897B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, devices and computer program for downlink control channel transmission and detection. According to one or more embodiments, a method implemented in a network device comprises: selecting, for a terminal device, at least one set of downlink control channel candidates from two or more sets of downlink control channel candidates. Each set of the two or more sets of the downlink control channel candidates is associated with a different communication level, each communication level corresponding to one or more of a different set of aggregation levels, a different set of transmission formats, a different target block error rate (BLER), and a different target latency. The method further comprises transmitting, to the terminal device, the selected at least one set of downlink control channel candidates.
US10708896B2
A wireless base station, includes: a wireless transceiver configured to transmit to a wireless terminal a downlink frame including a downlink control information, the wireless downlink control information includes information representing a specified offset, wherein the wireless transceiver is further configured to receive an uplink frame from the wireless terminal; and a processor circuit coupled to the wireless transceiver and configured to determine uplink control information from the uplink frame, the uplink control information being offset by at least the specified offset from a location in the uplink frame that is the same as a location where the downlink control information was located in the downlink frame.
US10708888B2
The present disclosure discloses an uplink detection method and device in a NOMA system. The method includes: performing pilot activation detection on each terminal in a first terminal set corresponding to a NOMA transmission unit block repeatedly until a detection end condition is met, wherein the first terminal set includes terminals that may transmit uplink data on the NOMA transmission unit block; performing channel estimation on each terminal in a second terminal set that determined through the pilot activation detection within each repetition period, wherein the second terminal set includes terminals that have actually transmitted uplink data on the NOMA transmission unit block; and detecting and decoding a data channel of each terminal in the second terminal set within each repetition period.
US10708875B2
A half-duplex radio device (100) generates a repetitive transmission of an uplink message to a base station (150) of the cellular network. The radio device (100) splits the repetitive transmission of the uplink message into a sequence of multiple transmit periods and configures at least one measurement gap between the transmit periods. In the transmit periods, the radio device (100) sends the repetitive transmission to the base station. In the at least one measurement gap configured between the transmit periods, the radio device (100) temporarily switches to receiving at least one downlink signal from the base station (150). Based on the received at least one downlink signal, the radio device (100) estimates a frequency error of a reference frequency source of the radio device (100).
US10708874B2
A method of adjusting a reference frequency of a frequency component of a first mobile communications device configured to communicate with one or more further mobile communications devices via a wireless interface and in accordance with a communication protocol. In accordance with the communication protocol, a first synchronization signal is provided on the wireless interface for timing and frequency tuning and a reference signal is provided on the wireless interface for channel estimation. The method includes: receiving, at the first mobile communications device, the first synchronization signal; adjusting, at the first mobile communications device, the reference frequency of the frequency component based on the received first synchronization signal; receiving, at the first mobile communications device, the reference signal; estimating, at the first mobile communications device, a frequency offset based on the received reference signal; adjusting, at the first mobile communications device, the reference frequency of the frequency component according to the estimated frequency offset.
US10708866B2
Method and apparatus are provided for determining a power or a number of repetitions for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission that includes a number of uplink control information (UCI) bits. A power for the PUCCH transmission is determined based on an adjustment factor that uses different functions depending on the number of UCI bits or based on a type of the UCI bits. A number of repetitions for the PUCCH transmission that is with a spatial filter over a number of symbols is determined from a reference number of repetitions and one or more of a reference number of UCI bits, a reference number of symbols, or a reference spatial filter.
US10708863B1
Various different types of computing devices include a modem that allows the computing device to communicate wirelessly with other devices using various different radio access technologies (RATs). During operation of the computing device, the modem scans for a cell to connect to using a particular RAT, and once found connects to the cell. The computing device also includes a modem scan management system that manages the modem scanning for a cell to connect to, controlling the modem's scanning for a cell to connect to, such as stopping scanning using a particular RAT or reducing the frequency of the scans until movement of the computing device by a significant amount is detected. In response to a significant amount of movement being detected, scanning using the particular RAT can resume or the frequency of the scans can be increased.
US10708859B2
In a described example, an integrated circuit includes an input coupled to receive a plurality of beacon frames, the beacon frames include an indication of data transmissions available for a device that includes the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit also includes a controller configured to compare the plurality of beacon frames to determine a plurality of bytes prior to the indication of data transmission available that is present in each of the plurality of beacon frames and is configured to provide a signal indicating a low power mode in which the device does not receive transmissions and to provide a signal indicating a wake mode at a selected time before transmission of the plurality of bytes in a subsequent beacon transmission.
US10708850B2
Techniques for transmitting and receiving wireless communications over an unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band are disclosed, including techniques for transmitting and receiving system information blocks over the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, techniques for gaining access to the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band by performing extended clear channel assessments (ECCAs), techniques for transmitting and receiving synchronization signals and reference signals over the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, techniques for identifying starting times of downlink transmissions over the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, techniques for transmitting and receiving clear channel assessment (CCA)-exempt transmissions over the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, techniques for performing random access over the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band, and techniques for dynamically modifying a transmission mode over the unlicensed radio frequency spectrum band.
US10708846B2
An apparatus comprising at least one processing circuitry, and at least one memory for storing instructions to be executed by the processing circuitry, wherein the at least one memory and the instructions are configured to, with the at least one processing circuitry, cause the apparatus at least: to acquire connection information including at least one of route information and resource requirement information for at least one communication element in a coverage area of a communication network, the communication network comprising a plurality of access points allowing the at least one communication element to communicate with the communication network, to process the acquired connection information for determining at least one candidate for a following access point to be connected to by the at least one communication element following to an access point to which the at least one communication element is currently connected, and to use a result of the determination of the at least one candidate for a following access point for optimizing communication settings in the communication network for the at least one communication element moving in the communication network.
US10708838B2
A method for transmitting data includes a first primary network device receives measurement result information of a secondary network device sent by a terminal device during access to the first primary network device, the measurement result information being used for indicating the quality of a link between the secondary network device and the terminal device; the first primary network device determines, according to the quality of the link between the secondary network device and the terminal device, to establish a secondary connection between the secondary network device and the terminal device; the first primary network device establishes the secondary connection. Thus the transmission load of the first primary network device can be reduced.
US10708832B2
A communication apparatus including: a controller configured to configure a plurality of SCells including a first SCell carrying a PUCCH and a second SCell different from first SCell; and a transmitter configured to transmit to a network side via a Physical Uplink Channel (PUCCH) a uplink control information (UCI) using the first SCell; wherein the controller configures a deactivation timer with respect SCell except for the first SCell among the plurality of SCells, and the controller configures the first SCell to be activated and deactivated by an activation/deactivation media access control (MAC) control element (CE).
US10708827B2
The embodiments herein relate to a method performed by a mobility node for handling a UE which has moved from an old to a new location. The mobility node retrieves UE context from a database. The mobility node determines whether there is a change of mobility node and first gateway at the new location. When there is a change of the first gateway, the mobility node initiates setup of a tunnel between a second gateway and a new first gateway. When there is a change of the mobility node, the mobility node provides a subscriber server with UE context for a new mobility node at the new location. The mobility node transmits updated UE context to the database.
US10708825B2
A method of operating a cellular wireless network comprises broadcasting information about Internet Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) emergency call capability of the network on a broadcast channel in a cell of the network. This information may in one method concern the IMS emergency call capability of a base station included in the network and in another method it may include IMS emergency call capability of a base station and the core network.
US10708815B2
A communication control system, user terminal, and processor for controlling a user terminal in which a user terminal controls communication by using a first data bearer and a second data bearer, where the first data bearer does not pass through a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), but passes through the cellular base station, and the second data bearer passes through the WLAN and the cellular base station. The cellular base station controls communication with the user terminal by using the first data bearer and the second data bearer. The user terminal receives information transmitted from the cellular base station, where the information is for the user terminal to transmit a status report indicating a delivery status regarding data received via the WLAN and data directly received from the cellular base station. The user terminal transmits the status report to the cellular base station on a basis of the information.
US10708812B2
The invention relates to a method for discovery of one or more relay user equipments within a mobile communication network. A relay user equipment is capable to perform direct communication over a direct sidelink connection respectively with one or more remote user equipments, and is further capable to serve as a relay respectively for the one or more remote user equipments to relay communication between the one or more remote user equipments and the radio base station. The relay user equipment determines whether an overload situation exists in the relay user equipment or not, the overload situation preventing the relay user equipment to serve as a relay for a further remote user equipment. The relay user equipment transmits a relay discovery message, at least comprising an overload indication providing information on the result of the determination as to whether the overload situation exists in the relay user equipment.
US10708807B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for allocating resources for the transmission of scheduling requests based on UE traffic profiles. In one embodiment, a base station determines, for one or more user equipments (UEs), a type of traffic to be exchanged between the one or more UEs and the base station. The base station allocates resources for the one or more UEs to use for sending a scheduling request based, at least in part, on the type of traffic associated with each of the one or more UEs. The base station signals an indication of the allocated resources to each of the one or more UEs.
US10708804B2
Systems and methods providing radio resource management (RRM) to facilitate the co-existence of the neighboring cells, such as to manage radio resources for deployments utilizing a same frequency or overlapping frequencies, using discovery signal transmission are disclosed. Discovery signal transmission may be used to enable network elements of a wireless communication system to discover other network elements of the wireless communication system, whether such other network elements are operating with respect to a cell of a same or different operator. Transmission of discovery signals may be utilized to detect situations of dominant interference, whereby the network elements of neighboring cells may provide protected resources for each other. The protected resources may comprise particular frequencies, time slots, channels, etc.
US10708798B2
Methods and systems are provided for the determination of the channel capacity of access points in a wireless communication network. Methods and systems are also provided for the management of radio resources in a wireless communication network based at least in part on the determined channel capacity of the access points and/or on at least one network performance statistic derived therefrom.
US10708795B2
A network fix application may automatically determine a root cause of an issue with a wireless carrier network and generate a network fix prioritization to implement a solution for the root cause before receiving a customer or network trouble ticket. Initially, a data adaptor platform may receive performance data regarding user device and network components of a wireless carrier network from multiple data sources. The network fix application may analyze the performance data using a trained machine learning model to predict a root cause for the issue affecting the one or more user devices based on the symptoms indicated in the performance data. Additionally, the network fix application may analyze the performance data using another trained machine learning model to provide a network fix prioritization to implement a resolution for each predicted root cause in the most optimal order.
US10708792B2
Methods and systems are provided for increasing bandwidth efficiency in satellite communications. In some embodiments, a satellite communications method is provided that comprises receiving, at a gateway ground station and as part of a downlink transmission from a satellite, a combined source signal comprising a plurality of source signals with an overlapping bandwidth, and extracting, from the downlink transmission, information specifying at least one predetermined modulation method. The method also includes generating, based on the at least one predetermined modulation method and from the combined source signal, a plurality of estimated waveforms corresponding to the plurality of source signals, separating, by signal cancellation and using the plurality of estimated waveforms, the plurality of source signals from the combined source signal, and routing, with a terrestrial network, the plurality of source signals to one or more user ground terminals.
US10708786B2
Dynamic frequency planning of shared spectrum is contemplated. The sharing may facilitate use of unlicensed or non-exclusively licensed spectrum within a geographical area serviced by two or more spectrum access sharing systems (SASs) or otherwise subjected to control of independently operating entities.
US10708778B2
A method and associated system for authenticating an individual's geo-location via a communication network is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: a) Providing an individual with a smartphone having a GPS receiving unit associated with a communications network; b) Providing the individual with a biometric user identification technology; c) Obtaining via the communications network the geo-location of the smartphone utilizing the GPS receiving unit; d) Identifying the user with the biometric user identification technology by obtaining biometric characteristics that are unique to each human; and e) Verifying the biometric user identification technology is within a preset proximity to the smartphone to authenticate the individual's geo-location.
US10708777B2
Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for connecting electronic devices based on biometric information without a certification server. An electronic device includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform wireless communication with an external device; a biometric recognition module; a memory; and a processor connected to the wireless communication unit, the biometric recognition module, and the memory. The processor is configured to register, in the external device, authentication information for authenticating the external device through the electronic device, establish a communication connection with the external device through the wireless communication unit, receive a request for authenticating the electronic device from the external device in response to the communication connection, acquire biometric information corresponding to a user of the electronic device using the biometric recognition module in response to the authentication request, perform device authentication for the user based on at least the biometric information, encrypt authentication information when the authentication is successfully performed, and transmit the encrypted authentication information to the external device.
US10708772B2
Techniques for the secure generation of a set of encryption keys to be used for communication between a wireless terminal and an assisting base station in a dual-connectivity scenario. An example method includes generating an assisting security key for the assisting base station, based on an anchor base station key. The generated assisting security key is sent to the assisting base station, for use by the assisting base station in encrypting data traffic sent to the wireless terminal or in generating one or more additional assisting security keys for encrypting data traffic sent to the wireless terminal while the wireless terminal is dually connected to the anchor base station and the assisting base station. The anchor base station key, or a key derived from the anchor base station key, is used for encrypting data sent to the wireless terminal by the anchor base station.
US10708770B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for protecting users may include (i) displaying, through a graphical user interface for a third-party security application executing within an operating system environment, a button for a user to select, (ii) displaying, through the graphical user interface, a prompt that prompts the user to select the button in order to receive a reward, (iii) configuring the graphical user interface such that selecting the button triggers both a conspicuous response that provides access to the reward and a more hidden response that initiates application of a security service to protect the user, and (iv) performing, based on receiving a selection of the button, both the conspicuous response and the more hidden response. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10708768B2
Accordingly, embodiments herein provide a method for self-activation of universal integrated circuit card (UICC) in a mobile device. The method includes receiving, by a UICC-activation application installed at the mobile device an input data from a user of the mobile device, wherein the UICC-activation application is associated with an operator of the UICC. The method also includes determining, by the UICC-activation application at the mobile device, whether an electronic-Know Your Customer (e-KYC) procedure needs to be initiated for obtaining a subscription to the UICC in the mobile device based on the input data. Furthermore, the method includes initiating, by the UICC-activation application at the mobile device, the e-KYC procedure with at least one operator server based on the input data and automatically activating the subscription in the UICC of the mobile device based on the e-KYC procedure.
US10708761B1
A method for enabling multiple subscriber identification module (SIM) profiles on a single embedded SIM includes installing a first SIM profile associated with a first mobile communication service that a user subscribes to and installing a second SIM profile associated with a second mobile communication service that the user subscribes to that is different than the first mobile communication service. The method also includes simultaneously enabling the first SIM profile to communicate with data processing hardware via a dedicated first communication interface and the second SIM profile to communicate with the data processing hardware via a dedicated second communication interface. The method also includes when using the enabled first SIM profile and the enabled second SIM profile, connecting to the first mobile communication service and the second mobile communication service simultaneously.
US10708751B2
An apparatus, such as a user equipment or a vehicle, may receive a signal associated with vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication. The apparatus may determine a total energy that corresponds to the received signal, such as by measuring the energy on one or more resources. The apparatus may determine a fractional energy associated with a first technology of the total energy, such as by detecting a sequence associated with a first technology included in the received signal and determining the energy with which the detected sequence is received. The apparatus may determine presence of a second technology based on the determined fractional energy.
US10708745B2
A system is described for tracking vehicle position using a smart phone or similar device as an active transponder that communicates with roadside equipment. The system may uses existing RF transceivers on the smart-phone, such as Bluetooth® LE or WiFi to periodically transmit an identifying message. Road-based equipment detects and locates the smart phone. In a further aspect, the smart phone is alerted by roadside beacons and responds with identification information. Transaction processing may be performed either on the smart phone or by roadside or back office equipment. The system may be used for automated roadway tolling and monitoring and also for access control. A coded card may be scanned by the smart card to enter identification for access control.
US10708741B2
A system and method for removing nitrogen from an intermediate stream in a gas subcooled process operation that processes natural gas into a sales gas stream and a natural gas liquids stream. The system and method of the invention are particularly suitable for use with gas subcooled process operations where the sales gas stream exceeds pipeline nitrogen specifications by up to about 3%, such as for reducing the nitrogen content of sales gas streams to levels permissible for pipeline transport.
US10708740B2
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 signal measurement method for a terminal is provided. The signal measurement method includes receiving a signal measurement indication for high-speed movement from a base station, and measuring a signal from a first cell using a measurement scheme designed for high-speed movement based on the signal measurement indication, wherein the first cell is a primary cell (PCell).
US10708738B2
A method for executing an application on a terminal provided with a chip card. The method includes an installation entity verifying that the chip card possesses execution resources for executing a remote server module in cooperation with a client module being executed on the terminal in order to provide the application. When the chip card is verified, the installation entity makes available the resources for executing the remote server module, sends a request for creating a virtualized resource based on the execution resources to a virtualized resource management entity of the chip card, and orders installation of the remote server module in the chip card, in order for the created virtualized resource to execute the remote server module, in cooperation with the client module.
US10708736B2
A communications system is to communicate with an application server storing a plurality of applications. The communications system includes a mobile wireless communications device configured to store at least one application from among the plurality of applications, the at least one application having stored version information associated therewith. An intermediate server is configured to update the mobile wireless communications device by at least obtaining respective current version information for associated current versions of the plurality of applications and obtaining the stored application version information from the mobile wireless communications device for the at least one stored application. The stored application version information is compared with the current version information for the at least one stored application. New application portions are downloaded from a current application associated with the current version information, and the new application portions are sent to the mobile wireless communications device.
US10708730B2
A method, apparatus, and machine readable non-transitory storage medium for a SDCI pull and push mode optimization are provided, which comprise synchronizing a caching timer and an allowed delay between a Policy and Charging Enforcement Function (PCEF) and a Packet Flow Description Function (PFDF); comparing the caching timer and the allowed delay; and pushing an updated Packet Flow Description (PFD) from the PFDF to the PCEF based on a result of the comparing.
US10708727B2
A computer-implemented system and method to manage the communication of a user are disclosed. In one embodiment, when a person tries to electronically convey a message to the user, the status of the user, the identity of the person, and the urgency of the message can be identified. The access priority of the person can be determined based on the person's identity. Then, the message can be managed using one or more rules and in view of the status of the user, the access priority of the person and the urgency of the message.
US10708724B2
Wanted vehicles (e.g., stolen or the subjects of AMBER alerts) may respond to receipt of broadcast messages identifying the vehicle by vehicle identification number, license plate number, or other identifier (if programmed into the car). The identifier may be broadcast over any public radio station as an embedded digital message, transmitted from police or fire broadcast stations, transmitted from wireless mobility towers, or the like.
US10708715B2
A system and method for 3-Dimensional location of a mobile device in which the mobile device is enhanced with an emulation of a wireless communications beacon, in addition to global positioning system (GPS) location capabilities. To pinpoint the location of the mobile device within the general location, a plurality of devices within a wireless communication range of the mobile device ping each other with the emulated wireless communications beacon. The plurality of mobile devices determined within the wireless communication range can send information to one another in order to supply for example their own unprecise GPS coordinates, the relative distance to any mobile device that responded to the virtual beacon ping of the mobile device and a mobile device identification or alias. The information received at each mobile device can be provided from each mobile device to a central location. At the central location triangulation, quadrilatration, n-lateration and the like can be performed in 3 dimensions using four or more of the mobile devices which provide information about themselves and the three or more others. The central location can utilize topographical maps and data analysis to determine a ground level. Precise locations can be sent to the mobile device or used by aggregating software that could find anonymous, or specific in the case of law enforcement and the such, beneficial.
US10708706B1
A shared communication channel allows for the transmitting and receiving audio content between multiple users. Each user is associated with a headset configured to transmit and receive audio data to and from headsets of other users. After the headset of a first user receives audio data corresponding to a second user, the headset spatializes the audio data based upon the relative positions of the first and second users such that when the audio data is presented to the first user, the sounds of the audio data appear to originate at a location corresponding to the second user. The headset reinforces the audio data based upon a deviation between the location of the second user and a gaze direction of the first user, allowing for the first user to more clearly hear audio data from other users that they are paying attention to.
US10708704B2
A head mounted display (HMD) device is provided that includes a display, a position and orientation sensor, and speakers. The HMD device includes a processor configured to receive map data of a three-dimensional environment, receive a three-dimensional data set, detect a predefined feature in the three-dimensional data set, place a spatial audio emitter anchor in the three-dimensional environment in a location where the feature was detected, the spatial audio emitter having an emitter boundary, determine a current location of a user in the virtual environment based on a signal from the sensor, display the map data of the three-dimensional environment with a graphical representation of the three-dimensional data set based on the determined current location of the user, and responsive to determining that the location of the user is outside of the boundary, play the spatial audio emitter in a spatial audio mode via the near-ear speakers.
US10708703B1
A method provides binaural sound to a person through electronic earphones. The binaural sound localizes to a sound localization point (SLP) in empty space that is away from but proximate to the person. When an event occurs, the binaural sound switches or changes to stereo sound, to mono sound, or to altered binaural sound.
US10708699B2
A sound processing method for a hearing aid in embodiments of the present invention may have one of more of the following steps: (a) receiving a command from a user to begin an upload and/or download of a file, (b) initiating communications to commence the upload and/or download of the file, (c) selecting the file to upload and/or download to a memory on the hearing aid, (d) downloading and/or uploading the file into or out of the memory, (e) executing the file loaded into memory, (f) asking the user if they wish to download and/or upload another file to/from the memory, and (g) continuing normal hearing aid operations if the user does not wish to execute the file in the memory.
US10708698B2
The disclosure presents a method and a hearing device comprising a first portion adapted for being arranged behind an ear of a user for providing a signal, an output transducer for converting the signal to an acoustic output, a coupling element coupled to the first portion, and wherein the coupling element is adapted for transmitting at least the signal or the acoustic output. Furthermore, the hearing device comprises an antenna which includes an external antenna part and an internal antenna part, where the internal antenna part includes a first antenna element, a second antenna element where a first end of the second antenna element is arranged at one end of the first antenna element and is connected thereto, and where a second end of the second antenna element is connected to a ground plane, and a third antenna element which is spaced at a distance from the second antenna element and connected to the first antenna element, a feeding unit configured to supply a current to the antenna via the third antenna element, a wireless interface for receiving and/or sending data by means of the antenna, and wherein the coupling element comprises the external antenna part, and where the external antenna part is connected to the internal antenna part.
US10708695B2
A vibration membrane is disclosed. The vibration membrane includes a central dome part and a suspension part surrounding the dome part. The suspension part includes a pair of long-axis parts parallel to a long axis of the vibration membrane, a pair of short-axis parts parallel to a short axis of the vibration membrane, and a number of corner parts connecting the long-axis parts with the short-axis parts. The suspension part further includes first reinforcing parts located on the corner parts and second reinforcing parts located on the long-axis parts. Each of the second reinforcing part has a first master extension part and a first slave extension part crossing with the first master extension part. By virtue of the configuration, the strength of the vibration membrane is improved.
US10708690B2
A method is provided for a correction of an audio signal (AS) which is formed using an electroacoustic transducer. The method comprises producing a corrected audio signal (CAS) based on the audio signal (AS) according to the formal I: in which the coefficient B amounts from −10 to 0 and the coefficient C amounts from 0 to 0.04.
US10708681B1
A cable apparatus, and systems and methods, are provided for mixing ambient sound signals generated by the cable apparatus with a monitor mix signal received by the cable apparatus for transmission to first and second in-ear monitoring devices. The cable apparatus may be connected between an audio signal transceiver and the first and second in-ear monitoring devices of an audio monitoring system. The cable apparatus comprises an electrical communications channel that includes first and second connectors for coupling with the first and second in-ear monitoring devices and a third connector for coupling with the audio signal transceiver. The cable apparatus is configured to generate first and second ambient sound signals associated with first and second microphones coupled along the electrical communications channel of the cable apparatus proximate to the first and second connectors. The cable apparatus actively mixes the first and second ambient sound signals with the monitor mix signal.
US10708678B1
A device includes a loudspeaker body, a loudspeaker fastener structure, and a loudspeaker shock absorption structure, the loudspeaker absorption structure including a first elastomer, a second elastomer, and a bridging beam, wherein the first elastomer is connected to the second elastomer by the bridging beam, the first elastomer is connected with the loudspeaker body, the first elastomer is configured with an annular groove, the loudspeaker body is configured with a snap ring matching the annular groove, and the snap ring is clamped with the annular groove, wherein the second elastomer is connected with the loudspeaker fastener structure, the second elastomer is configured with a through hole, the loudspeaker fastener structure is configured with a connecting post matching the through hole, and the connecting post passes through the through hole of the second elastomer, and wherein the bridging beam is configured with a first opening and a second opening.
US10708676B2
An optical transmission line switching apparatus relays main signal light input via a main transmission line including at least two transmission lines. When no failure occurs in the main transmission line, a control unit controls an optical switch and an optical switch so that the optical switch and the optical switch are connected to different transmission lines. When a failure occurs in one of the at least two transmission lines, the control unit controls the optical switch and the optical switch so that the optical switch and the optical switch are connected to a transmission line that does not have the failure. When recovery from the failure is completed, the control unit controls the optical switch and the optical switch so that the optical switch and the optical switch are connected to different transmission lines.
US10708674B2
Systems and methods for enabling and rewarding collaborative content creation are described. The method comprises, playing back live video provided by an over-the-top (OTT) provider to a user, receiving, from the user, a command to crop and modify a portion of the video comprising a subject, generating user-generated content based on the command, publishing the user-generated content to a plurality of users, determining whether the user-generated content is republished a threshold number of times during a republication period, and in response to determining that the user-generated content is republished the threshold number of times during the republication period, unlocking access to content from the OTT provider for the user that relates to the subject.
US10708667B1
Methods and apparatus are described for combining fragments of media content that correspond to multiple quality levels. A particular combination of fragments may be selected for a client device based, at least in part, on feedback received from the client device. In this manner, adaptive bit rate selection can be simulated for a client device that does not support adaptive bit rate selection.
US10708651B2
According to some aspects, methods and systems may include determining that events associated with requests or accessing content items have occurred. The methods and systems may also include authorizing transmission of the content items to the requesting devices based on credential information associated with the requests, and determining a viewership quantity metric associated with the requests.
US10708649B2
Provided are a method, an apparatus and a system for displaying bullet screen information. The method includes playing a target video, and displaying bullet screen information of the target video during the playing of the target video; displaying a reply window corresponding to currently displayed first screen information when a selection instruction corresponding to the first screen information is received; and receiving an information sending instruction corresponding to the reply window, obtaining second screen information input by a user in the reply window, displaying the second screen information corresponding to displaying of the first screen information, and transmitting, to a server, a reply information adding request corresponding to the first screen information, with the second screen information and an identifier of the first screen information being carried in the reply information adding request.
US10708642B1
Systems, methods, and devices for optimizing streaming bitrate based on variations in processor load
Systems, methods, and devices are provided for optimizing streaming bitrate in response to variations in processor load. In various embodiments, a streaming media server includes a processor and a computer-readable storage medium, which stores computer-readable code or instructions. When executed by the processor, the computer-readable code causes the server to encode segments of a video stream at a final variable bitrate (ABRFINAL). The encoded segments are transmitted from the server, over a network, and to a first client media receiver for presentation to an end user. The steps of encoding and transmitting are repeated during a streaming video session with the first client media receiver, while varying a value of ABRFINAL based, at least in part, upon a running average of a processor load placed on the processor (LOADAVG).
US10708639B1
Techniques for state-based provisioning of image data streams are described herein. In some examples, a plurality of image data streams, such as video streams, may be captured from one or more electronically presented content items. Upon being captured, the image data streams may be transmitted to an image data streaming service, such as a video streaming service, for transmission to spectators or other viewers. In addition to the image data, state data associated with the image data streams may also be transmitted to the image data streaming service. The state data may include information that describes the contents of the image data streams. In some examples, the image data streaming service may use the state data to provision the image data streams, for example to determine one or more image data streams that match a viewer's interest and to transmit those streams to the viewer.
US10708638B1
Systems and methods for obtaining and playing video advertisements in conjunction with play of video content make use of partner advertising providers to reduce the time required to identify and obtain the video advertisements. An instantiation of a video player software application receives and analyzes bids from partner advertising providers and selects a winning bid before a user issues a play command. As a result, it is often possible to immediately begin playing a video advertisement the instant the user issues a play command.
US10708636B2
There are provided mechanisms for predicting a multimedia session MOS. The multimedia session comprises a video session and an audio session, wherein video quality is represented by a vector of per-time-unit scores of video quality and wherein audio quality is represented by is a vector of per-time-unit scores of audio quality. The multimedia session is represented by a vector of rebuffering start times of each rebuffering event, a vector of rebuffering durations of each rebuffering event, and an initial buffering duration being the time between an initiation of the multimedia session and a start time of the multimedia session. The method comprises generating audiovisual quality features from the vector of per-time-unit scores of video quality and the vector of per-time-unit scores of audio quality. The audiovisual quality features comprise: a vector of per-time-unit scores of audiovisual quality, calculated as a polynomial function of the vector of per-time-unit scores of video quality and the vector of per-time-unit scores of audio quality; a weighted combination of the per-time-unit scores of audiovisual quality, wherein the weights are exponential functions of a time since the start time of multimedia session and a multimedia session duration; a negative bias representing how a sudden drop in per-time-unit scores of audiovisual quality affects the multimedia session MOS; and a term representing a degradation due to oscillations in the per-time-unit-scores of audiovisual quality. The method comprises generating buffering features from the vector of rebuffering start times of each rebuffering event, calculated from the start time of multimedia session, and the vector of rebuffering durations of each rebuffering event. The method comprises estimating a multimedia session MOS from the generated audiovisual quality features and the generated buffering features.
US10708635B2
The disclosure includes a system and method for distributing video segments of a video to one or more brokers based on topics and storing the video segments in a distributed commit log associated with the topics. A video processing application decomposes a video into fragments, groups the fragments into topics based on identifiers associated with the fragments, breaks the fragments into a sequence of segments, distributes the sequence of segments to one or more brokers based on the topics, and stores, by the one or more brokers, the sequence of segments associated with a topic in a distributed commit log while preserving a sequence order of the sequence of segments.
US10708632B2
Methods and systems are described for storing and accessing video content collected by a home automation system. According to at least one embodiment, an apparatus for accessing video content collected by a home automation system includes a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory which are executable by a processor to receive metadata about a recorded event from a cloud storage, request video content of the recorded event based on the metadata, and receive at least some of the video content from a controller of the home automation system.
US10708627B2
Techniques related to pose estimation for an articulated body are discussed. Such techniques may include extracting, segmenting, classifying, and labeling blobs, generating initial kinematic parameters that provide spatial relationships of elements of a kinematic model representing an articulated body, and refining the kinematic parameters to provide a pose estimation for the articulated body.
US10708626B2
A method for decoding an image block includes receiving a quantized transform block; generating a decoded block from the quantized transform block; applying an edge-preserving filter to the decoded block, to obtain an edge-filtered decoded block; obtaining a transformed edge-preserved block using a transform type and quantization data to the edge-filtered decoded block; clamping a value of the transformed edge-preserved block to a corresponding value of the quantized transform block to obtain a smoothed transform block; and inverse transforming the smoothed transform block to obtain an edge-preserved smoothed block. The applying an edge-preserving filter to the decoded block includes determining respective patch-based distances between a pixel of the decoded block and neighboring pixels; determining respective weights corresponding to the respective patch-based distances; and filtering the pixel using the respective weights and the neighboring pixels.
US10708617B2
Methods and systems for evaluating a search area for encoding video are provided. The method comprises receiving video captured by an image capture device, the video comprising video frame components. Additionally, the method comprises receiving optical flow field data associated with the video frame component, wherein at least a portion of the optical flow field data is captured by sensors. The method also comprises determining a search area based on the optical flow field data.
US10708615B2
Disclosed are a method for inducing a prediction motion vector and an apparatus using the same. An image decoding method can include: a step of determining the information related to a plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors from peripheral predicted blocks of a predicted target block; and a step of determining the information related to temporal candidate prediction motion vectors on the basis of the information related to the plurality of spatial candidate prediction motion vectors. Accordingly, the present invention can reduce complexity and can enhance coding efficiency when inducing the optimum prediction motion vector.
US10708612B1
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for watermarking using starting phase modulation. An example method disclosed herein includes calculating a first instantaneous phase value for a first watermark component of a watermarked media signal at a first time, calculating a second instantaneous phase value for a second watermark component, determining a first sum of differences for the first and second instantaneous phase values relative to a first possible starting phase value, determining a second sum of differences for the first and second instantaneous phase values relative to a second possible starting phase value, selecting a corresponding one of the first possible starting phase value or the second possible starting phase value to be a starting phase value, decoding a bit value corresponding to the starting phase value, determining a payload based on the bit value and a symbol represented by watermark components.
US10708610B2
A video encoding method includes a step of encoding substreams which are rows of largest coding units (LCUs) in parallel with each other, and a step of transmitting a bit stream including the encoded substreams, where the number of the substreams may be the same as the number of entry points.
US10708602B2
Methods and apparatus for compressing image data are described along with corresponding methods and apparatus for decompressing the compressed image data. A decoder unit identifies neighbouring pixels based on coordinates of a sample position and fetches encoded data from the compressed image data for each of the neighbouring pixels. A first decoder decodes fetched encoded blocks of a first image and a difference decoder decodes fetched encoded sub-blocks of differences between the first image and a second image and outputs a difference quad and a prediction value for each of the four pixels, and a reconstruction of the image is generated at the sample position using the decoded blocks of the first image, difference quads and prediction values.
US10708597B2
Examples described herein generally relate to performing frame extrapolation in image frame rendering. A vertex mesh as a set of vertices is generated, and each vertex is mapped to a screen space position for defining a texture. One or more motion vectors for one or more regions in a first image frame of a stream of image frames can be determined. The screen space positions associated with at least a portion of the set of vertices within the texture can be modified based at least in part on the one or more motion vectors. A graphics processing unit (GPU) can render the first image frame into the texture. The extrapolated image frame is displayed after the first image frame and before a next image frame in the stream of image frames.
US10708594B2
Disclosed herein are exemplary embodiments of innovations in the area of encoding pictures or portions of pictures and determining whether and how certain encoding operations should be performed and flagged for performance by the decoder in the bitstream. In particular examples, various implementations for selectively encoding picture portions (e.g., blocks) in a skip mode (e.g., as in the skip mode of the H.265/HEVC standard) are disclosed. Embodiments of the disclosed techniques can be used to improve encoder efficiency, decrease overall encoder resource usage, and/or improve encoder speed. Such embodiments can be used in encoder modes in which efficient, fast encoder performance is desired (e.g., during encoding of live events, such as video conferencing).
US10708592B2
Deblocking is a step in video coding for removing distortions that may result from dividing a video frame into blocks, and encoding the video frame based on the blocks. Techniques described herein can include determining the activity in neighboring blocks along the boundary of the blocks, where the activity measures smoothness or complexity of pixels in the boundary area. An average of the activity can then be determined, as well a difference in the activity between the left block and the right block. The average activity and the difference in activity can then be used to determine a classification for the boundary area. The classification can further be used to select a filter to apply to the pixels in the boundary area. Once the filter have been applied, the blocks can be added to a reconstructed video frame.
US10708588B2
Offset values, such as Sample Adaptive Offset (SAO) values in video coding standards such as the High Efficiency Video Coding standard (HEVC), may be improved by performing calculations and operations that improve the preciseness of these values without materially affecting the signal overhead needed to transmit the more precise values. Such calculations and operations may include applying a quantization factor to a video sample and at least some of its neighbors, comparing the quantized values, and classifying the video sample as a minimum, maximum, or one of various types of edges based on the comparison. Other sample range, offset mode, and/or offset precision parameters may be calculated and transmitted with metadata to improve the precision of offset values.
US10708574B2
An imaging apparatus includes a first and second light source, focusing optics, a probe, a detector, an optical transmission medium and a color sensor. The first light source is to generate light beams that travel through the focusing optics along an optical path to the probe. The probe directs the light beams toward a three dimensional object to be imaged. The detector detects returning light beams that are reflected off of the three dimensional object and directed back through the probe and the focusing optics. The second light source is to generate multi-chromatic light. The optical transmission medium is outside of the optical path and is to receive a ray of the multi-chromatic light reflected off of a spot on the three dimensional object and through the probe. The color sensor is to receive the ray from the optical transmission medium and determine a color of the spot on the three dimensional object.
US10708557B1
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing first image data generated by a first image sensor having a first filter array that has a first filter pattern. The first filter pattern includes a first filter type corresponding to a spectrum of interest and a second filter type. The method also includes accessing second image data generated by a second image sensor having a second filter array that has a second filter pattern different from the first filter pattern. The second filter pattern includes a number of second filter types, the number of second filter types and the number of first filter types have at least one filter type in common. The method also includes determining a correspondence between one or more first pixels of the first image data and one or more second pixels of the second image data.
US10708556B2
A disclosed imaging device includes a plurality of pixels arranged over a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a first photoelectric conversion unit, a second photoelectric conversion unit, a third photoelectric conversion unit, a microlens that collects light into the first photoelectric conversion unit, the second photoelectric conversion unit, and the third photoelectric conversion unit, a first color filter through which a light entering the first photoelectric conversion unit passes, a second color filter through which a light entering the second photoelectric conversion unit passes, and a third color filter through which a light entering the third photoelectric conversion unit passes. The first to third photoelectric conversion units are arranged in this order in a first direction, and transmittances of the first color filter and the third color filter are different from a transmittance of the second color filter.
US10708555B2
An image processing apparatus that generates a combined image by performing gamma processing and combination processing for a plurality of images obtained by capturing images of the same image capturing-target scene under different exposure conditions and includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire adjustment parameters that adjust gamma characteristics applied to the gamma processing in accordance with a dynamic range of the image capturing-target scene; a gamma processing unit configured to perform the gamma processing to which adjustment parameters acquired by the acquisition unit have been applied for the plurality of images; and a combination unit configured to generate the combined image by performing the combination processing for the plurality of images for which the gamma processing has been performed by the gamma processing unit.
US10708542B1
A digital camera is integrated into the dashboard of an automobile which features the ability to participate in video conference calls with an occupant of the vehicle. The camera will be configured to be in communication with a vehicle microphone, touchscreen and adjustable rollerball control. Wireless communication will also be enabled. The camera is further configured to prohibit operation of the camera while the automobile is not in park.
US10708539B2
A media recording system may be provided. The recording system may include features for reducing recording cut-off of a particular media event due to changes in the start time and end time of what is scheduled to be recorded. The recording system may provide a user with an opportunity to select a program by for example, selecting a listing, to have that program automatically recorded at a scheduled time for presentation to viewers. Changes in the schedule of programs may be compensated manually or automatically when the recording system receives information about actual or predicted time changes. In a manual mode, a user may adjust start or end times based on time change information that is displayed. For an automatic mode, the recording system may automatically compensate for predicted or actual time changes that are known by automatically adjusting the start and end times of recording.
US10708531B2
Provided is a photoelectric conversion apparatus including a plurality of pixels and a control unit, wherein each of the pixels includes a photoelectric conversion unit and a digital-signal output unit configured to output a digital signal based on the output of the photoelectric conversion unit, and the number of bits of the digital signal may be switched.
US10708530B2
A third line that supplies a first potential to a first semiconductor region of a first detection pixel and a fourth line that supplies a second potential to the first semiconductor region of a second detection pixel are provided. An interval between a partial line of the third line and a partial line of the fourth line is longer than an interval between a partial line of a first line and a partial line of a second line which extend along the partial line of the third line and the partial line of the fourth line.
US10708529B2
An image sensor may include an array of pixels, and analog and digital circuitry. The pixels in the array may generate image signals in response to incident light. The image sensor may also include power supply circuitry and corresponding voltage rail structures that provide voltage levels to operate the pixel array, the analog circuitry, and the digital circuitry. The power supply circuitry may provide a low voltage, a high voltage, and an intermediate voltage power rail. The analog circuitry may operate in a voltage level domain defined by voltages between an intermediate voltage level and a high voltage level. The digital circuitry may operate in a voltage level domain defined by voltages between a low voltage level and the intermediate voltage level. In such a configured, analog and digital circuitry may both be provided with low-voltage transistors that are more area and power efficient and that are more scalable.
US10708527B2
Provided is a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an imaging processing program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process including: detecting an inclination of a terminal that is in an imaging mode; and issuing a notice or capturing a still image when detecting that the inclination of the terminal is within a predetermined inclination range and a number of pixels corresponding to a reference subject contained in a captured image is within a predetermined range.
US10708524B2
Various embodiments of the present technology comprise a method and apparatus for high dynamic range imaging. According to various embodiments, the method and apparatus for high dynamic range imaging is configured to select the “best” signal for each pixel location to construct an HDR output. In one embodiment, the “best” signal is select among various pixel signals and the pixel signal selected as the “best” signal is based on the value of the pixel signals and identification of non-saturated. If only one pixel value for a particular pixel location is non-saturated, then the “best” signal is the non-saturated signal. If more than one pixel value is non-saturated, then the “best” signal is the pixel signal with the greatest value. If two more pixel values are non-saturated and both have equally great values, then the “best” signal is the pixel signal with the shortest integration time.
US10708523B2
Provided is an imaging device configured to sequentially perform AD conversion for A signals of pixels of the first row, A signals of pixels of the second row, A+B signals of the pixels of the first row, and A+B signals of the pixels of the second row.
US10708522B2
According to one or more embodiments of the present invention, an image processing system includes a cross-point synapse array that includes multiple row wires, multiple column wires, and multiple cross-point devices, a cross-point device at each intersection of the row wires and the column wires. The image processing system further includes an image sensor array that includes multiple pixel unit circuits, each pixel unit circuit is connected to a corresponding row wire of the cross-point synapse array, wherein the pixel unit circuit generates a voltage output based on an input light. The image processing system further includes a pixel unit controller that adjusts an exposure time of the pixel unit circuits based on voltage outputs from the pixel unit circuits respectively.
US10708510B2
A method of obtaining an image from an image sensor provided in a vehicle includes obtaining a vehicle speed of the vehicle; adjusting a shutter speed of the image sensor; adjusting either one or both of an international organization for standardization sensitivity (ISO) of the image sensor and an aperture of the image sensor based on the vehicle speed; and obtaining the image from the image sensor based on the adjusted shutter speed and the adjusted either one or both of the ISO and the aperture.
US10708509B2
A camera system includes a camera, a drive system, and a processing circuit. The camera includes a lens and a sensor module that receives light and outputs images based on the received light. The drive system includes a track including a first member and a second member, the first member defining a first rail on an inner surface of the first member, the second member defining a second rail on an outer surface of the second member. The rails can be driven by gear or magnetic drive, and are connected in a cross pattern at a 45 degree latitude point, enabling pan and tilt movement to maintain a level image for multiple camera mounting orientations.
US10708499B2
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for focusing, applied in image processing field, which includes determining that imaging mode switches from a first imaging mode to a second imaging mode, making luminance adjustment to a first feature template of target object in the first imaging mode to obtain a second feature template, searching for an image of the target object according to the second feature template in the second imaging mode. The method enables a terminal in an automatic focusing process to realize a function of constant automatic focusing, and to make user interaction decreases and focus on the target object in time, accurately and efficiently to output constant satisfactory images or videos.
US10708493B2
A panoramic video system obtains a digital video image having a width w1 pixels and a height of h pixels. A plurality of digital still images is also obtained, each still image comprising a ray having a width w2 comprising pixels, 1≤w2≤50, a height substantially equal to h. A storage device records or a display device displays the digital video image and plurality of digital still images. The set of n rays on either or both sides of the first horizontal angle is obtained from the plurality of still images to form one or two still background images, adjacent horizontally to the digital video image, each of the background image(s) having a width of n·w2 and a height substantially equal to h, and each ray forming one vertical stripe of the still background image.
US10708490B2
An apparatus and method for controlling a video call, and a video calling system are disclosed. The apparatus for controlling a video call includes: a transceiver configured to receive, in a display time period, video information of a remote party and transmit video information of a local party; a processor communicatively connected to the transceiver; and a memory having stored thereon instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to: control, at least in a collection time period, the video collector to collect the video information of the local party, and control, in the collection time period, the video collector to be aligned with a face of the local party; and control, in the collection time period, the display apparatus to be in a non-display state, and control, in the display time period, the display apparatus to display a video of the remote party according to the video information of the remote party. The video calling system includes the apparatus for controlling a video call described above.
US10708486B2
An original depth-map of a depth-natural image can be generated. The depth-natural image can include image pixels. The original depth-map can include original depths mapping to one or more of the image pixels. An edge in the depth-natural image can be detected. A supplementary depth can be interpolated based on the original depths and the detected edge. The depth-natural image can be blurred based on the interpolated supplementary depth to generate a depth-artificial image.
US10708478B2
Improved fluoresced imaging (FI) and other sensor data imaging processes, devices, and systems are provided to enhance display of different secondary types of images and reflected light images together. Reflected light images are converted to a larger color space in a manner that preserves the color information of the reflected light image. FI or secondary images are transformed to a color range within the larger color space, but outside the color area of the reflected light images, allowing the FI or secondary images to be combined with them in a manner with improved distinguishability of color. Hardware designs are provide to enable real-time processing of image streams from medical scopes. The combined images are encoded for an electronic display capable of displaying the larger color space.
US10708475B2
A camera module is provided, including a bottom, an electromagnetic driving assembly, and a lens assembly. The bottom includes a metal member, a first insulation layer formed on the metal member, and a first conductive layer formed on the first insulation layer. The first conductive layer is electrically connected to the electromagnetic driving assembly. The electromagnetic driving assembly can drive the lens assembly to move relative to the bottom.
US10708472B2
This application is directed to a doorbell camera for illuminating and capturing scenes. The doorbell camera includes at least a subset of processors for operating a camera module, an image sensor having a field of view of a scene and configured to capture video of a portion of the scene, one or more infrared (IR) illuminators for providing illumination, a waterproof button assembly, and a microphone and a speaker for enabling a real-time conversation between a visitor located at the doorbell camera and a user of a remote client device. The waterproof button assembly is configured to receive a user press on a button top, block water from entering the electronic device, and display a visual pattern uniformly at a peripheral region of the button assembly using LEDs and light guide component that are disposed under the button top.
US10708471B2
The alignment of a camera system is less expensive when using a holder with a plurality of connecting pieces, each implemented for connecting, fitting or clamping with a counterpart of a camera housing or an objective, a holder that is implemented such that the connecting pieces or holder modules of the holder, where the connecting pieces are held rigidly or merely at rotation axes, are held rigidly with respect to one another along at least one common spatial direction.
US10708468B2
An image processing method includes dividing a desired image into a normal region formed with partial images and a joint region formed by overlapping the partial images, first converting image data in an RGB color space corresponding to the normal region into normal region CMYK data in a CMYK color space using a normal region LUT, second converting the image data in the RGB color space corresponding to the joint region into joint region CMYK data in the CMYK color space using a joint region LUT derived based on attribute information of the printing medium and environmental information of an environment in which the printing apparatus is to perform printing, and generating printing data based on the normal region CMYK data and the joint region CMYK data.
US10708434B1
Processing customer communications may include receiving a communication from a customer device via a messaging application. One example method of operation may include transmitting a message from a conference call server to a user device, receiving a response message from the user device, extracting the response message data, processing the response message data and identifying one or more conference call preferences, and transmitting a notification to the user device when a conference call date occurs.
US10708431B2
Techniques for hybrid behavioral pairing in a contact center system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for hybrid behavioral pairing in a contact center system comprising: determining a first ordering of a plurality of agents according to a behavioral pairing strategy with a balanced agent utilization; determining a second ordering of the plurality of agents according to a performance-based routing strategy with an unbalanced agent utilization; determining a third ordering of the plurality of agents according to a combination of the first ordering and the second ordering having a skewed agent utilization between the balanced agent utilization and the unbalanced agent utilization; and outputting a hybrid behavioral pairing model based on the third ordering for connecting a contact to an agent of the plurality of agents in the contact center system.
US10708423B2
A method and an apparatus for processing voice information are provided by the present application. The method comprises: obtaining the voice data of a user; performing an emotion analysis on the voice data which comprises multiplying volume and pacing of the voice data to help determine the priority of the voice data; and connecting the user to a corresponding service channel according to the priority of the voice data. The present application can improve the service quality of IVR.
US10708419B1
A method and system for rating multiple call destination types from a single video relay kiosk in a corrections facility. The method comprises receiving an indication of a first dialed phone number by a video relay kiosk in a corrections facility, the first dialed phone number representing a destination for a first phone call; querying a remote database or a local database or a third-party service provider to determine a first call destination type associated with the first dialed phone number; recording the first call destination type returned from the query; and recording a first charge for the first phone call, the first charge being based upon a first rate associated with the first call destination type returned from the query.
US10708413B1
A portable device includes one or more memories and travel mode control circuitry coupled to the one or more memories. The travel mode control circuitry, in operation, monitors motion data and temperature data to detect a first travel state of the device. When the first travel state of the device is detected, motion data and pressure data are monitored to detect a transition from the first travel state to a second travel state of the device. When the transition to the second travel state of the device is detected, one or more control signals are generated to cause the device to enter a first travel mode of operation.
US10708411B2
A phone device monitors an accelerometer while traveling in a vehicle to detect unusually large excursions or sudden changes in acceleration magnitude. When such an excursion is detected, the phone device then compares the excursion with the output of other components in the vehicle that can confirm or dispel a finding that the vehicle has experienced a collision. Once a likely collision has been detected, the phone device goes into an automated assistance mode where the use can be voice prompted as to their condition. If no response is received, the phone device can automatically call emergency services for assistance, providing the present location of the phone device. In less severe incidents, the phone device can automatically offer immediate access to other services, include a towing service, an attorney, an automobile service, among others. The service providers are based on a geo-fenced region in which the phone device is located.
US10708398B2
A terminal device includes a screen, a first camera, and a movement mechanism. The first camera is disposed on a movable component of the movement mechanism, the movement mechanism is disposed on the back of the screen, and the movable component is configured to drive the first camera to move from the back of the screen to a position at which the first camera can be seen from in front of the terminal device.
US10708397B2
An attachment for use with a mobile device with an imaging device and a mobile-device light source can include one or more of an attachment base and an attachment body. The attachment base can be configured to secure the attachment body to the mobile device via a case for the mobile device. The attachment body can include at least one optical device for use with the imaging device, and an optical sensor to receive optical control signals from the mobile-device light source.
US10708388B2
Methods, systems, and devices for defining an action node series at a database system are described. In some examples, the workflow may include one or more nodes are associated with an action. When executed, the workflow may produce an outcome based on the occurrence of an event or parameter associated with the one or more nodes. In some examples, the workflow may include one or more branch nodes. A branch node may include logic such that, when the workflow is executed, the logic selects a particular workflow path that includes its own specific nodes. The path may be selected based on the occurrence of an event or a value of one or more parameters. Thus, when a workflow including one or more branch nodes is executed, the outcome of the workflow may be based on the occurrence of the event or the value of the parameter.
US10708383B2
This disclosure covers methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems that analyze a previously unrecognized communication number associated with a sender of a direct digital message when a client device receives the direct digital message from the previously unrecognized communication number. Based on this analysis, the methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems provide profile information associated with the communication number for the client device to present together with the direct digital message. To find relevant profile information for the communication number, the disclosed methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and systems optionally query a social networking system for profile information connected to the communication number.
US10708377B2
According to one embodiment, a communication control device includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires at least either; wired communication characteristic information or wireless communication characteristic information from relaying devices or, storage characteristic information indicating usage of a plurality of storage devices storing data units that are transferred via the relaying devices and sent or received by a terminal in the wireless network or, data characteristic information indicating states of a plurality of data units stored in each of the storage devices. The processing circuitry is configured to receive a data acquisition request or a data saving request sent from the terminal and specify a relaying device or a storage device that processes the data acquisition request or the data saving request, and sends an instruction to the terminal, instructing to transmit the data acquisition request or the data saving request to the specified relaying device or the storage device.
US10708366B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for providing location services. Consistent with disclosed embodiments, disclosed systems and methods may include a beacon registering device for providing location services. The beacon registering device may include a non-transitory memory storing instructions. The beacon registering device may also include one or more processors that execute the stored instructions to perform operations comprising: receiving beacon information, the beacon information comprising connection information for a first beacon; updating at least one beacon entry stored in a database based on the received beacon information, the beacon entry including a beacon location, beacon connection information, and beacon metadata; receiving a beacon request from a user device, the beacon request indicating a user location; selecting beacons based on the beacon entry and the beacon request, the selected beacons including at least the first beacon; providing selected beacon information to the user device for registering the first beacon with the user device, the selected beacon information including the connection information for the first beacon.
US10708360B2
Methods are provided for communicating between devices in a network and remote servers, which may be located behind intermediate devices such as load balancers, by encapsulating messages sent by those devices and, in one implementation, to a load balancer in a transport header that may be understood by that load balancer; decapsulating the message from the transport header; re-encapuslating the message in a GRE tunnel and passing the message to a server, where the GRE tunnel is removed. Methods are also provided for communicating between devices in a network and local gateways by encapsulating messages sent by those devices and, in one implementation, to a load balancer in a transport header that may be understood by that gateway, and decapsulating the message from the transport header at the gateway.
US10708359B2
A central communication unit of a motor vehicle and to a method for controlling the communication between a plurality of applications by way of such a central communication unit are provided. The central communication unit has a communication organization module, which can actively distribute the available external radio connection capacities between the central communication unit and at least one transmitting/receiving device to individual active data connections of the applications in accordance with predetermined criteria. In the central communication unit, the available external radio connection capacities are distributed among the individual data connections of the individual applications in a specific, controlled manner. The criteria for this are the demand for connection capacity and/or the priorities of the different data connections.
US10708358B1
A cloud-based document scanning system includes a cloud computing platform having a cloud computing application and a cloud storage system. The system further includes a scanning device communicatively coupled over a network to the cloud computing platform, the scanning device configured to: accept a set of documents; generate a set of digital image files corresponding to the set of documents; store the set of digital image files; and upload the set of digital image files directly to the cloud storage system. Upon receiving a request from the scanning device, the cloud computing application is configured to: access the set of digital image files; apply image processing operations to the set of digital image files in accordance with a plurality of image processing parameters, generate a portable document format document based on the processed image files, and send the portable document format document to a user-selected destination.
US10708350B2
System and mobile terminal for content delivery are provided. The system includes a plurality of mobile terminal application modules, each mobile terminal application module being embedded with a software development kit (sdk), the sdk being configured to determine whether data download satisfies a start condition of P2P download, implement the P2P download, provide forwarding of response data, and provide data sharing. The system further includes a P2P controller, communicating with the plurality of mobile terminal application modules, the P2P controller being configured to manage the sdk, manage and recommend available peers, search resources for download, and aid NAT traversal of the P2P download.
US10708348B2
Methods and systems for high-availability data processing include detecting, at a first data processing system, a change in link state between the first data processing system and a second data processing system. A link state between the first data processing system and a third data processing system is changed responsive to the detection in accordance with a first high availability policy stored at the first data processing system. An identifier of the first data processing system is changed in accordance with the first high availability policy to conform to a second high availability policy stored at the first data processing system. The detection, change of the link state, and change of the identifier are repeated in accordance with the second high availability policy.
US10708346B2
A computer-implemented method processes a simple object access protocol (SOAP) command. The method includes interpreting an XML script to perform a function contained in the XML script, the XML script containing the SOAP command, parsing the SOAP command from the XML script, and passing the SOAP command to a SOAP interpreter for execution.
US10708345B1
Systems and methods are provided for delivering information as alerts. Alerts may be sent to one or more destinations at one or more times, with possible destinations including, e.g., one or more dedicated software clients, portable wireless devices, and/or email accounts, among many other possibilities. The sender may receive confirmation of, and/or may keep persistent records of, among several possibilities, transmission of one or more of the alerts, receipt of one or more of the alerts by devices at their respective destinations, and/or presentation of the alert to the intended recipient. According to an embodiment of the invention, an alert may be used to delivery medical information, which may include an urgent result of a medical test that has been performed on a patient.
US10708335B2
An encoder resource receives segments of content on one or more data feeds. The encoder resource receives and/or produces encoder control information specifying multiple different bit rate data streams on which to encode the segments of content. As specified by the encoder control information, in accordance with encoding rules, the encoder resource adaptively encodes the segments of content into a varying number of different bit rate data streams. Clients in a network environment initiate retrieval of the varying number of different bit rate data streams to playback content.
US10708327B2
A vehicle entertainment system including a server storing media files, and smart monitors. The system includes a server disposed in the vehicle to store media files; smart monitors disposed in the vehicle to present media selections to passengers corresponding to the media files stored by the server and receive an input from a passenger for playing one of the selections; seat boxes disposed in the vehicle, each seat box including network-attached storage and storing a subset of the media files stored by the server in said network-attached storage. Program logic executed by each smart monitor in which after a smart monitor receives an input from a passenger for one of the selections, performs tasks including: determining if a media file corresponding to the passenger's input is available from a first source, and if available, requesting streaming of the media file from the first source that may be networked attached storage.
US10708323B2
Systems for managing content in a cloud-based service platform. A server in a cloud-based environment is interfaced with storage devices that hold one or more stored objects accessible by two or more users. The stored objects comprise folders and files as well as other objects such as workflow objects that are associated with the folders or the files. The workflow objects comprise workflow metadata that describes a workflow as a set of workflow tasks to be carried out in a progression. Processing of a workflow task and/or carrying out a portion of the progression includes modification of shared content objects. The processing or modification events are detected through workflow events, which in turn cause one or more workflow responses to be generated. Workflow responses comprise updates to the workflow metadata to record progression through the workflow and/or workflow responses comprise updates to any one or more of the stored objects.
US10708315B1
Processing conference call communications may include receiving a request from a customer device to access the conference. One example method of operation may include receiving a conference call access request message from a user device, identifying an identifier included in the access request message associated with the user device, comparing content of the identifier to known identifier information, determining whether to authorize the access request, and responsive to authorizing the access request, transmitting a prompt to the user device to access the conference call.
US10708312B2
A telecommunications service provider provides a telecommunications infrastructure that is based in part on an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). The provider may have various IMS application servers to support different services for subscribers of the provider, such as messaging, voice communications, presence, etc. In addition, third parties may provide their own IMS application servers for the same services or for different services. Subscribers of the provider are routed to the provider-supported application servers, while subscribers of the third parties are routed to application servers of the third parties. This allows third parties to implement and control their own services, while also leveraging the existing infrastructure of the provider.
US10708305B2
A data processing system, according to various embodiments, may receive a data subject access request that includes a request to delete personal data of a particular data subject, modify personal data of the data subject, and/or provide personal data of the data subject. At least partially in response to receiving the data subject access request, the system may determine whether the data subject access request was initiated by an automated source. At least partially in response to determining that the data subject access request was initiated by an automated source, the system may automatically take at least one action to have the data subject access request reinitiated by a human source. At least partially in response to determining that the data subject access request was initiated by a human, the system may automatically facilitate the fulfillment of the data subject access request.
US10708303B2
A computer-implemented method may comprise receiving an electronic message (such as a legitimate email or malicious phishing email, for example) over a computer network, the electronic message containing a uniform resource locator (URL). The URL in the received electronic message may be parsed and one or more original parameter may be identified therein. The type of the identified original parameter(s) may be determined. The identified original parameter(s) may then be transformed according to a parameter transformation rules, selected according to the determined type. to generate transformed parameter(s). The URL may then be reassembled by substituting the transformed parameter(s) for the original parameter(s). The website pointed to by the reassembled URL may then be accessed, over the computer network, using the transformed parameter(s) only if the reassembled URL meets a predetermined minimum criterion.
US10708302B2
Systems and methods are provided for automatically detecting phishing attacks. Network traffic may be monitored to detected phishing attacks and/or identify phishing websites and/or target websites. The monitoring may comprise generating and analysing logs corresponding to the monitored network traffic, with the logs comprising network traffic events and/or information relating to requesting and responding addresses. The network traffic events used in detecting phishing attacks may comprise sequences each comprising one or more requests and responses. Requested websites may be identified as phishing websites based on event sequences meeting particular criteria. Components and/or functions utilized for monitoring the network traffic and/or automatic phishing detection based thereon may be implemented as parts of a browser and/or network routers utilized during typical and normal use operations.
US10708298B2
In general, some embodiments described herein relate to using agile or dynamic addresses for multicasting that may be difficult or impossible for a malicious actor to predict. Such agile addresses may prevent a malicious actor from attacking a single static multicast address and may prevent the architecture of the multicast network from propagating the attack. Data sent to invalid (e.g., expired, revoked, and/or otherwise depreciated addresses) can be filtered out and dropped from the network. For example, a first group key associated with a first time period can be calculated based on a first shared secret and a second group key associated with a second time period can be calculated based on a second shared secret. At any given time at least one group key can be an accepted group key. When a multicast address includes a currently accepted group key, the data can be sent to a group.
US10708291B2
A common misconception equates information with intelligence. To transform information into intelligence a number of analytical steps must occur within a framework designed to yield very specific datum associable with other raw or formulated datum, that provides an answer or solution to a sub-problem. Every organization has threats and risks including cyber threats, threats to infrastructure, etc. that can impact the organization on many levels. However, most organizations do not understand how to quantify and assess these risks/threats yet alone assess different preemptive actions for mitigating impact. It would therefore be beneficial to provide organizations with a software based system that provides threat information gathering, incident reporting, and asset identification/valuation as part of its compounded intelligence and supports predictive context specific analysis of risks and countermeasures. Further, distributed countermeasure monitoring provides incident levels of known and unknown, or yet to be categorized threats.
US10708268B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for managing voice-driven application. In one embodiment, among others, a system includes a computing device and program instructions. The program instructions can cause the computing device to receive a request to initiate an application proxy service. The program instructions can cause the computing device to authenticate the request based on an access token. The program instructions can cause the computing device to initiate an application proxy service session with a second computing device, where the second computing device provides input data to the application proxy service. The computing device can also initiate an application session associated with an application service, where the application proxy service provides the input data to the application service. The computing device also can apply a compliance policy as data is communicated between the second computing device and the application service.
US10708264B1
The present disclosure provides methods and systems for secure logon. One or more method includes: determining, via authentication information provided by a user of an electronic device, that the user is authorized to access an online account provided by the online account provider; providing the user with a selectable option to enable an expedited logon process by which the user can access the online account by solely providing a particular authentication item of the user; receiving a verification credential in response to a next logon attempt using the expedited logon process; and verifying that the received verification credential matches an assigned verification credential provided to the user for use in conjunction with the next logon attempt using the expedited logon process.
US10708263B2
The present invention discloses salts of a Compound 1: useful in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of inflammatory conditions, autoimmune diseases, proliferative diseases, allergy, transplant rejection, diseases involving degradation and/or disruption of cartilage homeostasis, congenital cartilage malformations, and/or diseases associated with hypersecretion of IL6 or interferons.
US10708262B2
A method of operating a security token to authenticate a user in a multi-factor authentication system is disclosed. The method includes: monitoring user custody of the token, the token having an identifying characteristic representing a possession factor for use through possession factor authentication; during a period of continuous user custody of the token based on the monitoring, obtaining a knowledge factor from a user having the continuous user custody; caching the knowledge factor in a memory of the token; and in response to a second authentication request, retrieving the knowledge factor from the memory to demonstrate to an authentication system knowledge of the knowledge factor, during the period of continuous user custody.
US10708260B1
Embodiments disclosed herein generally related to a system and method for assessing a fraud risk. In one embodiment, a method for assessing a fraud risk is disclosed herein. A web browser extension executing on the computing device identifies an account associated with the computing device. The web browser extension detects that the computing device navigated to a web page hosted by a third party server. The web browser extension determines that the third party server prompted the computing device to opt into two-factor authentication functionality. The web browser extension determines that the computing device did not opt into the two-factor authentication functionality. The web browser extension prompts, via an application programming interface (API), an organization computing system to update a fraud metric associated with the account.
US10708259B2
In general, aspects of the disclosure are directed towards techniques for initiating an authorization flow with a user to enable a user interface-limited client computing device to obtain access to protected resources hosted by a resource service. In some aspects, a computing device comprises at least one processor. The computing device also comprises a short-range wireless communication module operable by the at least one processor to receive, using short-range wireless communication, an authentication request from a client device. The computing device also comprises an authorization module operable by the at least one processor to receive authorization to provide at least one security credential to the client device, wherein the authorization module is further configured to, responsive to receiving the authorization, send an indication of the authorization to an authentication service.
US10708254B2
An information processing apparatus is provided. Assume that a user has signed into a first cloud service of operation source. In a case where the user signs in to a second cloud service of operation destination, and in a case where an account registered in the second cloud service is permitted to be cooperated with another account, the information processing apparatus allows the user to sign in to the second cloud service.
US10708249B2
In an embodiment, a computer system configured to: generate a first challenge credential to be sent to a client computer; render one or more first dynamic-credential instructions, which when executed by the client computer, cause the client computer to generate a first dynamic credential that corresponds to the first challenge credential; modify a first set of instructions, which define one or more original operations, to produce a second set of instructions, wherein the second set of instructions include the first challenge credential and the one or more first dynamic-credential instructions, and which when executed by the client computer, cause the first challenge credential to be included in the one or more requests sent from the client computer; send the second set of instructions to a second computer.
US10708232B2
Aspects of communication of a client device with a private or hybrid cloud are described. In some aspects, a private host computer is determined as being connected to a private network. The private network differs from a network to which the client device is connected. A virtual private network is established between the client device and the private host computer. The virtual private network being established using a virtual private network server that includes a connection to the private host computer through the private network. A request is transmitted to the private host computer through the virtual private network. The request includes an origin value, wherein instructions associated with the origin value are allowed to access resources of the private host computer.
US10708218B2
Calls and messages are threaded, e.g., a method can include: receiving messaging content; and displaying the messaging content in a single thread, wherein the messaging content is threaded and a thread of the messaging content comprises at least one text message and at least one call. The method can further include threading the messaging content, wherein the threading comprises ordering the messaging content based, at least, on a time at which received ones of the messaging content are received at a communication device. For instance, the messaging content can include one or more of voice information, MMS or SMS text messages, voicemail information, system messages, email messages, instant messages, pictorial information, video information or audio information, data traffic information, user-opted notifications, traffic reports, news alerts, weather information, stock reports, social networking chats, social networking posts or social networking status updates.
US10708216B1
Intelligent assistant may integrate into social networks and devices to enable efficient messaging within group message threads. Various neural networks may be created and learning behaviors may be modeled to generate custom and context and intent specific intelligent assistants. The social network conversational intelligent assistant agent may be in an always on listen state to join conversations or may be commanded to join a group messaging thread on demand by one or more participants. Various widgets may be enabled to disappear and appear with the chat messages dynamically based on user conversations. A bot directory and marketplace may be enabled to allow for a plurality of assistants to be used across platforms including voice, text, group chat, enterprise messaging, and social networks.
US10708198B1
A synchronizer is to synchronize a first MAC address from a first MAC address table of a first TOR switch to a second MAC address table of a second TOR switch, the first MAC address corresponding to a host, the first NIC to form a first active link between the first host and the first TOR switch, and store a first switch descriptor in association with the first MAC address in the second MAC address table, the first switch descriptor indicative of the first TOR switch. A packet transmitter is to, for a first packet to be delivered to the first host, send the first packet from the second TOR switch to the first TOR switch, without sending the first packet from the second TOR switch to the first host, based on the first switch descriptor stored in association with the first MAC address in the second MAC address table.
US10708195B2
Predictive scheduling may be provided. First, a first device may identify when a service flow is expected to become active. The first device may estimate an initial traffic profile in response to identifying when the service flow is expected to become active. The first device may then grant allocation based on the initial traffic profile of the service flow. Next, the first device may collect feedback to later update the traffic profile estimate. The first device may then update the traffic profile estimate.
US10708192B2
Methods to achieve bounded router buffer sizes and Quality of Service guarantees for traffic flows in a packet-switched network are described. The network can be an Internet Protocol (IP) network, a Differentiated Services network, an MPLS network, wireless mesh network or an optical network. The routers can use input queueing, possibly in combination with crosspoint queueing and/or output queueing. Routers may schedule QoS-enabled traffic flows to ensure a bounded normalized service lead/lag. Each QoS-enabled traffic flow will buffer O(K) packets per router, where K is an integer bound on the normalized service lead/lag. Three flow-scheduling methods are analysed. Non-work-conserving flow-scheduling methods can guarantee a bound on the normalized service lead/lag, while work-conserving flow-scheduling methods typically cannot guarantee the same small bound. The amount of buffering required in a router can be reduced significantly, the network links can operate near peak capacity, and strict QoS guarantees can be achieved.
