US10717141B2
Some embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to testing connections of a memory device to a circuit board or other device. In one embodiment, a memory device that is configured to facilitate continuity testing between the device and a printed circuit board or other device is disclosed. The memory device includes a substrate and two connection pads that are electrically coupled to one another via a test path. A system and method for testing the connections between a memory device and a circuit board or other device are also disclosed, as are additional techniques for detecting excess temperature and enabling special functionalities using multi-stage connection pads.
US10717138B2
A power tool includes a brushless motor, a rectifier circuit configured to rectify an AC voltage supplied from an AC power supply and output a rectified voltage, an inverter circuit configured to perform switching actions with respect to the rectified voltage to be supplied to the brushless motor, a controller configured to control the switching actions of the inverter circuit, a trigger having an operating part being operable by a user, a switch rendered ON and OFF in accordance with an operation performed in the operating part, wherein when the switch is ON, the inverter circuit is electrically connected to the AC power supply whereas when the switch is OFF, and the inverter circuit is electrically disconnected from the AC power supply, and a power supply circuit connected between the switch and the AC power supply and configured to supply a voltage to the controller.
US10717133B2
A cutting tool, a turning machine including the cutting tool, and an associated method are provided. The cutting tool includes a tool bar extending along an axis, a cutting head located at the tool bar, and at least one sensor integrated with the tool bar or the cutting head. A rotational orientation of the cutting tool with respect to the axis is estimated based on output provided by the at least one sensor. In at least some embodiments, the at least one sensor includes accelerometers configured to measure acceleration in at least two directions.
US10717124B2
A press forming method is capable of improving material yield while avoiding the risk of dimensional error increase at product forming sections in blank material when carrying out press forming, and a plate material expansion device is used in this method. An end side of plate material for press forming is restricted by blank holding rollers, and pressure is applied to a middle location in the part that is restricted by a pressure roller. In this state, the plate material is transported in a rotating direction of the rollers being driven to continuously bend and extend the section receiving pressure. This bent and extended section is flattened with a flattening roller to obtain blank material wherein an end part is expanded.
US10717121B2
The present invention provides a mold method for surface treatment of aluminum component comprising: providing straightening and rounding the aluminum component; the scraping pretreatment; the oxidation prevention and lubrication of scraping; the precise scraping of the aluminum rod. The present invention enables on-line high precision shape finishing and surface cleaning of the aluminum component which satisfies the processing requirement of providing uniformity and consistent treatment by the subsequent extrusion processing as part of the production line in order to produce high quality aluminum, aluminum alloy, aluminum bimetallic and multi-metallic composite profiles and special profiles.
US10717119B2
The present invention relates to a potential difference-based diversion electrode arrangement and field intensity compensation method, comprising the following steps: the arrangement positions of paired diversion electrodes are determined according to the difference of potential around a position of field intensity to be compensated and the direction of an electric field line, and the paired diversion electrodes are inserted; and the field intensity enhancement rate of the position of field intensity to be compensated and the compensated field intensity value are calculated according to the difference of potential and arrangement positions of the paired diversion electrodes. In the present invention, the paired diversion electrodes are arranged in the direction of the electric field line by using the spatial difference of potential in the electric field, and the compensation of local field intensity is implemented, thereby beneficial to improving the overall efficiency of electrokinetic remediation for organic contaminated soil, and reducing the spatial difference of remediation efficiency.
US10717117B2
The substrate processing apparatus includes common piping which guides a processing liquid to a branching portion, supply piping which guides the processing liquid from the branching portion to a chemical liquid nozzle, return piping which guides the processing liquid from the branching portion, and a discharge valve which changes a flow rate of the processing liquid supplied from the common piping to the branching portion. The discharge valve makes a valve element stationary at a plurality of positions including a discharge execution position at which the processing liquid is supplied from the common piping to the branching portion at a flow rate larger than a maximum value of a suction flow rate and a discharge stop position at which the processing liquid is supplied from the common piping to the branching portion at a flow rate smaller than the maximum value of the suction flow rate.
US10717112B2
Embodiments of a system and method for sorting and delivering articles in a processing facility. Delivery endpoints are divided and grouped into stop groups. A first sorter sorts items according to stop group and outputs the items to trays. The output trays from the first sorter are loaded to a second sorter. The second sorter sorts items for each stop group into trays based on carrier route segments. A manifest is created that comprises a list of the items in a tray. A mobile computing device alerts a delivery carrier when there is an item that needs to be delivered.
US10717111B2
A vibratory drive system comprises a rotatable drive shaft and an out-of-balance wheel that is coaxial with and rotatable relative to the drive shaft. A rotary transmission system couples the drive shaft to the wheel in order to transmit rotational movement of the drive shaft to the wheel. The rotary transmission system comprises a shaft gear, a wheel gear, and intermediate gears coupling the shaft gear to the wheel gear. The intermediate gears are carried by a gear carrier that is rotatable relative to the drive shaft, and are rotatable with respect to the gear carrier. The arrangement allows the phase angle of the out-of-balance wheel to be adjusted with respect to the drive shaft.
US10717108B2
The present disclosure describes various embodiments of a structure for a composite light regulating film, methods of using the composite light regulating film, and for methods of making a composite light regulating film. The composite light regulating film can include particles and an elastomer matrix. The composite film is configured to modify in response to a force.
US10717106B2
A composition for masking scratches on container surfaces is provided including carboxylic acid ester, surfactant, and monounsaturated fatty acid. The composition is suitable for masking scratches on reusable containers such as glass or PET bottles. The composition is suitable for applying to cold wet surfaces where condensation has resulted. A method for making and applying such scratch-masking composition is also provided.
US10717087B2
Provided is an automated analysis device with which sufficient reaction process data can be acquired irrespective of the scale of the device, and with which it is possible to ensure freedom of the device configuration. An automated analysis device 100 is provided with: a reaction disk 1 which circumferentially accommodates a plurality of reaction vessels 2; a specimen dispensing mechanism 11 which dispenses a specimen into the reaction vessels 2; a reagent dispensing mechanism 7 which dispenses a reagent into the reaction vessels 2; a measuring unit 4 which measures a reaction process of a mixture of the specimen and the reagent in the reaction vessels 2; and a cleaning mechanism 3 which cleans the reaction vessels 2 after measurement. Further, the automated analysis device 100 includes a controller 21 which controls the drive of the reaction disk 1 such that in one cycle the reaction vessels 2 move by an amount A in the circumferential direction in such a way that N and A are mutually prime, B and C are mutually prime, and the relationship A×B=N×C±1 holds, where N is the total number of reaction vessels 2 accommodated in the reaction disk 1, the reaction disk 1 moves through C (where C>1) rotations+an amount equivalent to one reaction vessel after B (where B>2) cycles, and the number of reaction vessels 2 moved in one cycle is A (where N>A>N/B+1).
US10717086B2
A system for isolating and emulsifying particles or cells within droplets includes a microfluidic trapping device having an inlet and an outlet and one or more channels disposed between the inlet and the outlet, at least some of the one or more channels having a plurality of expansion regions serially arranged along the length thereof. A droplet generation device is fluidically coupled to the outlet of the microfluidic trapping device, the droplet generation device has a plurality of channels of a first height that terminate at an interface into a chamber having a second height that is greater than the first height, wherein the plurality of channels droplet generation device and the chamber contain an oil phase therein and wherein the interface is a step junction. In some embodiments, the droplet generation device is itself oriented at an angle with respect to horizontal to prevent droplet coalescence.
US10717083B2
A microdevice for separating plasma from human blood comprising a blood flow channel (2) connected to a corpuscles flow channel (5) and a plasma flow channel (8) through a curved construction channel (15). Blood flow channel has width 150 to 400 μm and length 1-20mm, constriction channel (15) has width 60 to 200 μm, length 0.157 to 3.15mm and curvature angle 90-270° with inner radius 50 μm to 1mm and outer radius 110 μm to 1.2 mm and corpuscles flow channel (5) has width 200 to 700 μm, length 0.5 to 5mm and bend angle 40-70°. Plasma channel is sinewave shaped and has width 20-150 μm and length 10-50mm. Channels have uniform depth 20-120 μm (FIG. 1).
US10717078B2
One or more embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method for processing a surface with a vertical microfluidic probe head. The method includes positioning the microfluidic probe head so as for the edge surface to face a surface to be processed. Next, the method dispenses processing liquid via each orifice of the first one of the sets of n orifices, so as for the dispensed processing liquid to process the surface; and aspirates liquid via each orifice of the second one of the sets of n orifices.
US10717077B2
The invention relates to a pipetting device, more particularly a pipette or repeater pipette, for pipetting fluid laboratory samples, comprising: an electric control apparatus, by means of which a pipetting process is electrically controllable, a movable part, by means of the movement of which the fluid sample is pipettable, an electrically actuatable motor apparatus, by means of which the movement of the movable part is driveable depending on at least one first speed value defining the speed of the movable part, a measuring apparatus, by means of which at least one measured value which is influenced by the drag caused when pipetting the fluid sample is measurable, wherein the electric control apparatus is configured for the purposes of the at least one first speed value being fixable by the electric control apparatus, depending on at least one measured value. The invention furthermore relates to a method for operating the pipetting device.
US10717074B2
Method for the preparation of a monolithic catalyst for the reduction of nitrogen oxides VOC and carbon monoxide in an off-gas, the catalyst comprises at least one platinum group metal, vanadium, titania and optionally tungsten oxide.
US10717073B2
The invention is in the field of catalysis. More specifically, the invention relates to a process for preparing a protected metal catalyst on a support; a matrix particle comprising the protected metal catalyst; and, a process for hydrogenating a hydrocarbon resin feedstock using the protected metal catalyst.
US10717066B2
The present invention provides titania particles which are formed by providing a titania sol and spray drying the titania sol. A morphology of the dried titania particles is controlled by producing the titania sol from a TiO2 containing slurry and controlling the pH of the slurry to be 3 pH units or more from the iso-electric point of the titania by adding a peptizing agent to reduce an extent to which the titania sol is flocculated, or by producing the titania sol from a TiO2 containing slurry and adjusting the iso-electric point to be 3 pH units or more from the pH of the slurry by adding a dispersant to reduce an extent to which the titania sol is flocculated. The titania particles have a continuous exterior convex surface, a diameter of 30 μm or less, a BET specific surface area of 50 m2/g or more, and are porous.
US10717063B2
A polymer synthesis system has a polymerization reactor and a deliquifying-quench extruder downstream of and in fluid communication with the polymerization reactor. The polymerization reactor has an inlet and an outlet with a rotatable shaft positioned axially within the reactor. The deliquifying-quench extruder has an inlet and an outlet, with a shaft assembly positioned axially within the extruder. The shaft assembly includes multiple helical flight configurations and multiple processing zones defined by the multiple flight configurations. The processing zones include an extraction-compaction zone, a sealing zone downstream of the extraction-compaction zone, a vent-cooling zone downstream of the sealing zone, a quenching zone downstream of the vent-cooling zone, and a conveying zone downstream of the quenching zone.
US10717057B2
The present invention is directed to a fluid mixing system. In an embodiment, the fluid mixing system includes a first vessel; a second vessel disposed within the first vessel; a mixer disposed outside of the first vessel in fluid communication with the second vessel; and a media introduction port disposed outside of the first vessel in fluid communication with the mixer.
US10717055B2
A floating chemical dispenser is provided, which includes: a body portion having a first chamber for receiving solid chemicals, a second chamber for receiving a floating member, and at least one first hole for communicating the first chamber with an external environment, an opening is disposed at one end of the body portion, and the opening is communicated with the first chamber; and a cover, configured to close the opening of the body portion; wherein the cover is detachably connected with the body portion via a first locking mechanism, and the first locking mechanism has a locking position and an unlocking position, and is configured to move between the locking position and the unlocking position via pressing and rotating the cover by a user, so as to control locking or unlocking of the cover and the body portion. Therefore, safety performance of the floating chemical dispenser can be improved.
US10717052B2
A hybrid type filtration structure for filtering liquid includes a first active layer, a porous supporting layer and a permeable layer. The first active layer has a first nano pore inner wall of which a function group included compound is combined with. The porous supporting layer has a plurality of pores and is disposed under the first active layer. The permeable layer is disposed under the porous supporting layer. The porous supporting layer includes a plurality of lipid bilayers having membrane protein inside of the pore, a molecule of water selectively passes through the membrane protein. The first nano pore passes through the first active layer vertically. The first nano pore and the pore are connected with each other through which liquid flows.
US10717038B2
Disclosed is an absorbing liquid for separating and capturing carbon dioxide from a carbon dioxide-containing gas, the absorbing liquid containing: at least one alkanolamine represented by formula (1) wherein R1 represents hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl, R2 and R3 are identical or different and each represent hydrogen or C1-3 alkyl, R1, R2, and R3 are not all hydrogen, and n is 1 or 2; a low-molecular-weight diol compound and/or glycerin; and water.
US10717036B2
Embodiments include a metal-organic framework (MOF) composition comprising one or more metal ions, a plurality of organic ligands, and a solvent, wherein the one or more metal ions associate with the plurality of organic ligands sufficient to form a MOF with kag topology. Embodiments further include a method of making a MOF composition comprising contacting one or more metal ions with a plurality of organic ligands in the presence of a solvent, sufficient to form a MOF with kag topology, wherein the solvent comprises water only. Embodiments further include a method of capturing chemical species from a fluid composition comprising contacting a MOF composition with kag topology and pore size of about 3.4 Å to 4.8 Å with a fluid composition comprising two or more chemical species and capturing one or more captured chemical species from the fluid composition.
US10717032B2
Expanded metal sheets are used to produce tubular filters. The expanded metal sheet has a multiplicity of rows of openings arranged to reduce nesting when the sheet is rolled on itself. In particular, the pitch between the rows of openings, the sizes of the openings, or both the pitch between the rows of openings and the sizes of the openings are varied to reduce nesting when the expanded metal sheet is rolled on itself. The filters can include external circumferential grooves, rounded corners produced by a point loading process, textured surfaces between openings, and/or torturous internal paths produced by non-perforated areas of an expanded metal sheet. The expanded metal sheet can be composed of carbon steel coated with a material having a higher heat conductivity, e.g., tin. Among other things, the filters can be used in automobile airbag inflators to capture slag and absorb heat produced by the inflator's explosive charge.
US10717030B2
A device for separating liquid from a volume flow of a gas-liquid mixture may include a separating element and a deflection arrangement for deflecting the volume flow in a direction of the separating element to precipitate liquid on the separating element and thereby separate the liquid. The deflection arrangement may comprise a flow channel that extends axially away from a volume flow inlet and comprises an aperture area that extends axially on the flow channel. The aperture area may be at least partly covered by a covering means that is movable relative to the aperture area. The covering means may be movable to different extents at two axially-spaced locations to influence a magnitude of a part volume flow of the deflected volume flow flowing out of the flow channel through the aperture area at one axial location differently than at another axial location.
US10717028B2
A liquid filter assembly includes a porous tubular support member and a filter element removably and replaceably oriented in the interior volume of the support member. A bypass valve arrangement is provided to permit at least some unfiltered liquid to bypass media in the filter element. A dynamic seal can help to seal the bypass valve arrangement.
US10717018B2
One variation of a conductive construction tape for electrifying a stack of bricks in a studded-brick building system includes: a tape substrate defining a first linear array of perforations that each define a circular cross-section configured to receive a stud extending from a brick in the studded-brick building system and offset from an adjacent perforation in the linear array by a standard stud offset distance between studs extending from the brick; and a conductive tape layer applied over the tape substrate; an electrically-conductive material extending along the first linear array of perforations and cooperating with the tape substrate to define a total nominal thickness less than a thickness of the studded building brick; wherein the perforated conductive tape is configured to transiently install horizontally between bricks in the stack of bricks to communicate electrical current laterally across the stack of bricks.
US10717016B2
In an aspect, a toy assembly is provided, and includes a housing, an inner object (which may, in some embodiments, be a toy character) inside the housing, a tether, and a breakout motor. The tether connects the inner object to the housing. The breakout motor is operatively connected to a portion of the inner object to drive the inner object to carry out movement inside the housing. The movement of the inner object inside the housing drives the tether to open a hole in the housing.
US10717014B2
A bowl-type waterslide assembly includes a sliding lane, an inlet having a first radial form and allowing a rider to access the bowl-type waterslide assembly, an outlet having a greater slope than the inlet and having a second radial form, a path allowing the rider to slide, and having a curved form and configured to provide a non-stop travel between the inlet and the outlet, a wall element in an omega form is configured for partitioning the path into a plurality of separate sections. A water distribution part is configured to provide water to the bowl-type waterslide assembly, the water distribution part is provided above the omega form of the wall element and extends through the wall element in a groove form.
US10717009B2
A server device that provides a plurality of client devices with a game obtains a first request from a first client device of a first user. Responsive to obtaining the first request, the server device outputs first identification information corresponding to the first user. The server device obtains a second request including the first identification information from a second client device of a second user. Responsive to obtaining the second request, the server device corrects second user information on the second user using correction data based on first user information on the first user. The server device causes the second client device to display at least part of the corrected second user information.
US10717008B2
An example of an information processing system manages a character-associated parameter associated with each of a plurality of character objects, and a player-associated parameter associated with a player. Further, the information processing system stores an appearance condition associated with each of the plurality of character objects. The information processing system specifies at least one target character object among the plurality of character objects. When the player-associated parameter and the character-associated parameter associated with a target character object satisfy the appearance condition associated with the target character object, the information processing system permits the target character object to appear in a predetermined region in a virtual space.
US10717006B2
A video game processing program product for causing a server to realize functions to control progress of a video game is provided. The functions include: a function to generate content in which at least one of the user or a character operated by the user is allowed to participate, in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied; a function to store the number of participants who participate in first content and a clear time indicating a time required to clear the first content in a predetermined storage medium; a function to set up the degree of difficulty for second content indicating content to be generated newly; and a function to detect whether a generation condition contained in the predetermined condition to generate the second content is satisfied or not. The generating function includes a function to generate the second content with the degree of difficulty thus set up.
US10717001B2
A system and method for replaying the activity on request to individuals and to the group at large within a virtual reality (VR) arena for training and efficiency improvement purposes from within the VR system or outside is disclosed. The virtual reality (VR) system does real time tracking and response feedback to the players, using light markers and cameras connected to multiple slave-server systems that are controlled by a master-server. The hierarchical data collection system collects all the activity and tracking data from the arena. The master-server combines and correlates all the data collected from the VR arena and sends that to the game-server to be saved in a dedicated storage memory coupled to the game server. This data is then played back as VR play back on request to individuals or to all players and supervisory staff within or outside the VR arena for training and efficiency improvement purposes.
US10716994B2
Provided are a usage state determination apparatus, a usage state determination method, and a program that prevent a determination from being made that a controller is in use due to vibration of a vibrator. A vibration control section causes a vibrator of the controller to vibrate. A detection result acceptance section accepts a detection result of a controller motion. A usage state determination section determines that the controller is in use on the basis of the detection result of the controller motion. When the vibrator vibrates, the usage state determination section places a restriction on the making of a determination that the controller is in use on the basis of the detection result of the controller motion.
US10716993B2
An arch puzzle includes a base having a substantially flat upper surface, a first ridge protruding upward from the upper surface at a first side, and a second ridge protruding upward from the upper surface at a second side. A notch is defined the first and second ridge. An arch support has a semi-circular block shape. A plurality of arch pieces have a keystone shape. At least a first pair of shims each include an elongated body having a tapered upper surface and a horizontal lower surface.
US10716991B2
Disclosed herein are a virtual golf simulation apparatus and a method of realizing an image for virtual golf that are capable of realizing an image that provides greater realism to a user who plays golf using images realized on a front screen and on a floor screen in a user golf play space.
US10716985B2
A golf club head having a damping treatment, such as a viscoelastic polymer, is disclosed. The viscoelastic polymer may be in contact with the rear surface of a striking face of the golf club head. The viscoelastic polymer may have a tangent of delta peak temperature between −70 degrees Celsius and −20 degrees Celsius at a 1 Hz frequency. An elastic modulus (E), in megapascals (MPa), of the viscoelastic polymer has a relationship to a striking face thickness (t), in millimeters (mm), defined Ê≤−14{circumflex over (t)}+305. The elastic modulus (E), in megapascals (MPa), of the viscoelastic polymer has a relationship to an effective stiffness (S) of the striking face, in gigapascals per meter (GPa/m), defined by Ê≤−1.16Ŝ+258.33. The viscoelastic polymer may cover a portion of the rear surface of the striking face or may substantially fill a cavity of the golf club head.
US10716976B2
A golf club head includes a body having a faceplate with a strike surface, a toe end opposite a heel end, a back end opposite the faceplate, and a sole opposite a top rail, the faceplate is connected to the sole and configured to pivot about the sole.
US10716966B2
A pilates exercise system includes a pair of forward vertical members and a pair of rear vertical members extending upward from a base; a frame positioned at a top of the vertical members, the frame having one or more poles pivotally engaged with one or more framing members; the one or more poles to pivot from a horizontal to a vertical position; a platform assembly slidingly housed within the base, the platform assembly is to slide on a first track and a second track, the platform assembly, having a lower section to engage with the first track and the second track; a middle section slidingly engaged with the lower section; and an upper section pivotally attached to the middle section; and attachment elements secured to the vertical members and to provide locations for attachment of exercise equipment.
US10716960B2
A belay descender device for a rope comprising a cam mounted rotating on a fixed flange to perform locking of the rope when said rope is under tension, and a lever articulated on the cam to perform progressive unlocking of the rope with a geared-down effect at the beginning of unlocking travel of the lever. The operating lever comprises transmission means collaborating with a guide ramp of the flange to interrupt the mechanical link with the cam after an intermediate position of the lever has been passed resulting in freeing from said ramp outside the gearing-down area. The end of the guide ramp of the flange corresponds to the anti-panic position of the transmission means, enabling automatic locking of the cam as soon as the gearing-down area has been passed.
US10716957B2
An apparatus comprises a body, a shaft assembly, an end effector, and a shield member. The shaft assembly extends distally from the body. The end effector is located at a distal end of the shaft assembly. The end effector comprises an ultrasonic blade and a clamp arm. The ultrasonic blade is configured to vibrate at an ultrasonic frequency. The clamp arm is movable toward the ultrasonic blade to compress tissue against the ultrasonic blade. The shield member is selectively movable from a first position to a second position in response to movement of the clamp arm toward the ultrasonic blade. The shield member is configured cover at least a first portion of the ultrasonic blade in the first position. The shield member is configured to uncover the first portion of the ultrasonic blade in the second position.
US10716953B1
Embodiments enables a wearable phototherapy apparatus that produces beneficial effects to a human body such as activation of stem cells, improvement in strength, improvement in stamina, pain relief via a non-transdermal container. May include an optional transdermal container that releases or increases copper peptide GHK-Cu in a subject's body. The non-transdermal apparatus reflects or emits specific wavelengths of light to elevate levels of the copper peptide GHK-Cu in the body. The non-transdermal apparatus includes one or more materials that prevent the Left-Handed molecule from direct contact with the body while the enclosure is coupled to the body and prevents the Left-Handed molecules from entering the body.
US10716948B2
In one respect, there is provided an apparatus for neural stimulation. The apparatus may include an antenna, a plurality of electrodes, and a voltage supply generator. The antenna may be configured to receive, from an external source, radio frequency energy. The voltage supply generator configured to generate a voltage supply by at least ramping up a voltage of the radio frequency energy in successive increments, wherein the voltage supply drives a current to the plurality of electrodes during neural stimulation. Related methods and computer program products are also disclosed.
US10716945B2
An external unit for an implantable neuro stimulator system and a method of operating the same, comprising an external coil inductively couplable to an implant coil of an implantable neural stimulator unit when in close proximity to each other. An RF-signal generating module for generating and outputting an RF-signal to the coil for inductive power and/or data transfer to the implantable neural stimulator unit, a measurement unit connected to the coil for measurement of an electrical parameter at the coil and a controller connected to the measurement unit and comprising a comparator and a storage for storing the electrical parameter. The controller is configured to operate at least in normal operating and corrective action mode, and when in the normal operating mode, to repeatedly measure the electrical parameter with the measurement unit, determine with the comparator a change of the measured electrical parameter in relation to the stored electrical parameter switch the controller into a corrective action mode when the change exceeds a threshold; and otherwise modify the stored electrical parameter by the measured electrical parameter.
US10716943B2
Systems and methods for stimulation of neurological tissue and generation stimulation trains with temporal patterns of stimulation, in which the interval between electrical pulses (the inter-pulse intervals) changes or varies over time. The features of the stimulation trains may be selected and arranged algorithmically to by clinical trial. These stimulation trains are generated to target a specific neurological disorder, by arranging sets of features which reduce symptoms of that neurological disorder into a pattern which is effective at reducing those symptoms while maintaining or reducing power consumption versus regular stimulation signals. Compared to conventional continuous, high rate pulse trains having regular (i.e., constant) inter-pulse intervals, the non-regular (i.e., not constant) pulse patterns or trains that embody features of the invention provide increased efficacy and/or a lower than average frequency.
US10716926B2
A microneedle injection and infusion apparatus, and a method of using same. The apparatus can include a housing, a microneedle array holder for holding a microneedle array, and a shuttle that holds a cartridge (e.g., that contains an active agent). The microneedle array holder can be movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The shuttle can be movable between a first position in which the cartridge is not in fluid communication with a fluid path and a second position in which the cartridge is in fluid communication with the fluid path. The apparatus can further include an actuator movable between a first position and a second position. The method can include moving the actuator to its second position to allow the shuttle to move toward its second position, wherein movement of the shuttle toward its second position allows the microneedle array holder to move to its extended position.
US10716910B2
A resuscitator mouth shield assembly for protecting a caregiver from bodily fluids during CPR includes a resuscitation bag that has a hose extending toward a face cup. A coupler releasably engages the resuscitation bag and a panel is rotatably coupled to the coupler. The panel is spaced from the resuscitation bag when the coupler is positioned on the resuscitation bag. Moreover, the panel is positioned between a patient's face and a caregiver when the resuscitation bag is positioned on the user's face. In this way the panel inhibits bodily fluids that are expelled from the patient from contacting the caregiver.
US10716906B2
A nebulizer and a container with a fluid for such a nebulizer are proposed. The container comprises an indicator device fixedly mounted on the bottom of the container. When a predetermined number of uses of the container (3) with the nebulizer (1) has been reached or exceeded, a signal element becomes visible on the indicator device. The indicator device stops further use of the container in a locked state when a predetermined number of uses has been reached or exceeded. Then, the nebulizer is partially opened and blocked against further use. After replacement of the container including the indicator device, the nebulizer can be used again.
US10716904B2
The present invention provides in part dry powder inhaler (DPI) devices for dispensing dry powder and methods for using the same. The DPI devices feature exchangeable cartridges having drum mechanisms that prepare metered doses of dry powder, and are able to direct air in a turbulent manner sufficient to entrain and deagglomerate a dose of dry powder for delivery into a user's lungs. The DPI devices feature a reservoir of dry powder advanced by a plunger, as well as a gauge that advances with the plunger to indicate the amount of dry powder remaining in the reservoir.
US10716898B2
A device has a hollow guide shell including an injection end and a longitudinal axis. An actuator magnet is disposed in the hollow guide shell. An injection pin is coupled to the actuator magnet. A driver magnet is positioned on the device radially outward from the actuator magnet. A fluid cartridge is disposed in the injection end of the hollow guide shell, the fluid cartridge including a needle and a plunger. The driver magnet selectively exerts an injection force on the actuator magnet in a direction oriented towards the injection end of the hollow guide shell to engage the injection pin with the fluid cartridge. A liquid, gas or other agent can selectively be ejected from the cartridge by the device to inject the fluid, gas or other agent into another object.
US10716880B2
A system for aspiration includes an aspiration catheter including an elongate shaft including an aspiration lumen, and an open distal end, an extension tube, the lumen of the extension tube configured to be hydraulically coupled to the aspiration lumen, a peristaltic pump configured for driving fluid through the extension tube, a compressible portion disposed between the distal end and the proximal end of the extension tube, the compressible portion configured to be coupled to the peristaltic pump, such that operation of the peristaltic pump drives fluid from the aspiration lumen from the distal end of the extension tube to the proximal end of the extension tube, and a controller configured to receive a first signal from the first sensor and configured to vary the operation of the peristaltic pump based at least in part on a first signal received from a first sensor coupled to the aspiration lumen or extension tube related to a change in the characteristic of flow.
US10716874B2
A soft film, a sponge, or a sheet in the dried state is provided, which is capable of forming a hydrogel absorbing water or blood. The film is obtainable by preparing a film-state material in the dried state from either a solution of poly(acrylic acid) or a solution of polyvinylpyrrolidone, and bringing the film-state material into contact with the other remaining solution, and then drying or freeze-drying it.
US10716871B1
Rotating object holder for multi-function sanitization, disinfection, and sterilization in a cabinet
A multi-function product disinfection cabinet preferably includes a sealed test cabinet, a high level disinfection system, a dehumidifier and an electrical function tester. The sealed test cabinet preferably includes a sealed test chamber, a rear dehumidifier chamber and a rear droplet chamber. The high level disinfection system includes an aerosol blower, an aerosol generator and an aerosol control module. The aerosol blower blows a disinfectant from the aerosol generator into the disinfection chamber. A pivoting cable holder for a multi-function disinfection cabinet preferably includes a pivoting cable tube, a mounting bracket, a motor with gear reduction, a motor controller and two snap switches. The mounting bracket is attached to an outside sidewall of a disinfection chamber. The pivoting cable tube rotates in the disinfection chamber. The motor rotates the pivoting cable tube. The motor controller and two snap switches are used to control directional rotation of the motor.
US10716861B2
A composition in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion comprising: from 20% to 40% (v/v) of aqueous phase, in the form of droplets, comprising an anti-cancer agent and a densifying agent chosen from the complexes of nonionic macrocyclic chelate with a paramagnetic metal, from 60% to 80% (v/v) of lipid phase comprising an iodized oil and at least one surfactant of formula (I) in a proportion, by weight of surfactant relative to the total volume of the composition, of 0.3% to 5%, formula (I) of said surfactant being the following: in which: s is 0 or 1, m is an integer from 2 to 30, R1 represents a group of formula (II) in which n is an integer from 4 to 10, o is an integer from 1 to 4, p is an integer from 3 to 7, q is an integer from 2 to 10, and r is 0 or 1, R2 represents a hydrogen atom or is identical to R1, and each R3 independently represents a hydrogen atom or is identical to R1.
US10716857B2
The present invention concerns a pharmaceutical composition comprising formic acid and at least one C1-C4 alkyl ester of lactic acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, citric acid, preferably ethyl lactate, for the topical treatment of warts.
US10716847B2
Provided are a fusion protein and a construction method thereof. The fusion method consists of: a Haemophilus influenzae protein D and a Hin47 (Htra) protein. The fusion protein can serve as a protein vehicle for a Haemophilus influenzae polysaccharide-protein conjugate vaccine, thereby increasing immunogenicity of a polysaccharide antigen.
US10716845B2
The invention features stabilized human immunodeficiency virus (H IV) clade C envelope (Env) trimers. The invention also features vaccines, nucleic acids, and vectors to deliver and/or facilitate production of the stabilized HIV clade C Env trimers. In addition, the invention features methods of making and using the stabilized HIV clade C Env trimers of the invention.
US10716840B2
Vaccine vectors capable of eliciting an immune response to enteric bacteria and methods of using the same are provided. The vaccine vectors include a polynucleotide encoding a PAL polypeptide. The PAL polypeptide may be expressed on the surface of the vaccine vector. The vaccine vector may also include a second polypeptide encoding an immunostimulatory polypeptide such as a CD154 polypeptide or an HMGB1 polypeptide.
US10716838B2
Described herein are anti-CD277 antibodies which: activates or inhibit the cytolytic function of Vγ9/Vδ2 T cells, and/or costimulates T cells together with CD3-TCR, and/or costimulates T cells in addition to CD28-B7 costimulation, and/or increases the activity and/or survival of monocytes and dendritic cells. The use of said antibodies in therapy is also described.
US10716826B2
A pharmaceutical anticancer or anticancer drug-resistance composition for a cancer cell, containing a CAGE-derived peptide, is provided. The pharmaceutical anticancer composition contains an effective ingredient of the CAGE-derived oligopeptide with SEQ TD NO.1 or SEQ ID NO.2 and reduces anticancer drug resistance or exhibits an anticancer effect. The pharmaceutical anticancer composition can be employed for a new anticancer drug with advanced anticancer activity of itself, as well as improving a remedy effect with an anticancer drug because of effectively reducing cancer cells, which are resistive to an anticancer drug, and anticancer drug resistance of cancer tissues. The oligopeptide as the effective ingredient of the pharmaceutical anticancer composition is hardly concerned with immunity reaction because of small molecular weight, different from an antibody, and advantageous in effectively overcoming general anticancer drugs because of selective activity to a cancer cell or a cancer tissue.
US10716823B2
Disclosed is the adaptogenic activity of boswellic acids-polysaccharide compositions derived from Boswellia serrata in combination with either (i) the concentrate of the liquid endosperm of Cocos nucifera or (ii) the extract of Emblica officinalis fruit standardized to contain 10% w/w and above of 1-O-galloyl-β-D-glucose (β-glucogallin).
US10716818B2
The present disclosure concerns combination therapy for cancer that utilizes (i) an oncolytic virus; (ii) a virus comprising nucleic acid encoding an immunomodulatory factor, and (iii) at least one cell comprising a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) specific for a cancer cell antigen. In particular embodiments, the virus comprises nucleic acid encoding an immunomodulatory factor comprises nucleic acid encoding IL-12 and/or antagonist anti-PD-L1 antibody.
US10716816B2
Some embodiments of the invention include a composition and method for treating dysbiosis in infants. The composition may include a mixture of activated bifidobacteria and a complex oligosaccharide wherein the complex oligosaccharide may be derived from a human or non-human source.
US10716815B2
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to the field of Oncology, and in particular, embodiments directed to a method of ameliorating, treating, or preventing a malignancy in a human subject wherein the steps of the method assist or boost the immune system in eradicating cancerous cells. Certain embodiments are directed to the field of human longevity and aging in a manner such that cancer is not contracted due to ameliorating, treating, or reducing aging by increasing the healthspan and lifespan of humans. In certain embodiments, administration of beneficial bacteria to an individual's microbiome that have been modified so as to produce effective amounts of desired compositions, compounds, agents, e.g. tomatidine, rapamycin, p53 protein, statins, etc., is employed to treat and prevent cancer and other age-related diseases.
US10716811B2
The invention includes compositions and methods related to multimodal therapies, e.g., for treating a cancer. A multimodal therapy described herein provides and/or administers a plurality of agents that function in a coordinated manner to provide a therapeutic benefit to a subject in need thereof, e.g., a subject having a cancer.
US10716808B2
Embodiments of the methods and compositions provided herein relate to inducing hair growth in a subject. Some embodiments include screening for agents to modulate hair growth.
US10716804B2
Provided is a chondroitin sulfate derivative having a cross-linked structure through a group in a polyvalent amine. Also provided is a composition containing the chondroitin sulfate derivative. Also provided are an agent and method for the treatment of an eye disease, the agent and method having a therapeutic effect on a corneal epithelial disorder and/or dry eye.
US10716799B2
The present invention relates to a topical spray composition comprising a biologically active vitamin D derivative or analogue and a corticosteroid, and its use in the treatment of dermal diseases and conditions.
US10716797B2
The present invention provides bacterial ATP synthase inhibitors such as a compound of formula (I): There are provided compositions and kits using such compounds and inhibitors.
US10716795B2
Provided are steroid analogues functionalized with polar substituents at the C3 and/or C20 positions of the steroid ring system that exhibit improved water solubility. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the steroid analogues and methods using the novel steroid analogues for the treatment and prevention of neurodegeneration in a patient following injury to the central nervous system.
US10716779B2
The present disclosure provides novel formulations for treating foot or hand pain by topically administering a sympathomimetic drug, particularly oxymetazoline, to the skin of the foot or hand.
US10716778B2
The present disclosure relates to the use of one or more compounds that are capable of increasing the serum level of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) for the preparation of a therapeutical composition, in particular, in the form of a food supplement, for the treatment of subjects suffering from serious fatigue and exhausting symptoms, burn-out and chronic fatigue syndrome. The same composition can also be used by patients suffering from depression, Alzheimer disease, irritated bowel syndrome, osteoporosis, type 2 diabetes, or for anti-aging, immune therapy and recovery after exercise. The composition also has a use in veterinary applications for increasing the growth and immunity in animals.
US10716777B2
The invention relates to a compound of formula: which may be in base form or in the form of a hydrate or a solvate, in combination with prednisone or prednisolone, for its use as a medicament in the treatment of prostate cancer, particularly metastatic prostate cancer, especially for patients who are not catered for by a taxane-based treatment.
US10716775B2
Disclosed is a composition which is useful for preventing the occurrence of a cardiovascular event, particularly a composition which is expected to show a prophylactic effect on a cardiovascular event occurring in a hypercholesterolemia patient despite providing the patient with a treatment with HMG-CoA RI or a cardiovascular event occurring in a multiple risk patient.
US10716765B2
Functional ingredients including an esterified component and microencapsulated in an enteric matrix to increase the microencapsulation efficiency and reduce undesired organoleptic properties of the microencapsulated material while providing a desired release rate and ester hydrolysis rate, the process including forming an emulsion in water and titrating the emulsion with a precipitating agent to produce a particulate precipitate.
US10716761B2
Exemplary embodiments of the disclosure may be drawn to ingestible delivery devices. An ingestible delivery device may include a first compartment and a second compartment. A lipase may be contained within the first compartment, and a fat may be contained within the second compartment. The first compartment may be sealed from the second compartment prior to exposure to a trigger, preventing the lipase and the fat from contacting each other, and at least one of the first compartment or the second compartment may at least partially rupture upon exposure to the trigger, allowing the lipase and the fat to contact each other.
US10716752B2
Certain embodiments involve gastric residence structures which can be administered to a subject (e.g., a patient) in a configuration constrained by a retaining element, and configured to mediate a change in shape when unconstrained by the retaining element to assume a configuration in the stomach in which is retained and unable to pass through the gastric pyloric orifice of the subject under gastrointestinal physiological conditions. The residence structures can be loaded with an agent for release in the stomach.
US10716750B2
The present invention relates to a topical ophthalmic formulation comprising at least one antagonist of the endothelin receptor, preferably selected from sitaxentan, ambrisentan, atrasentran, bosentan, macitentan and tezosentan, or a mixture thereof, more preferably bosentan. It also relates to the use of a topical ophthalmic formulation comprising at least one antagonist of the endothelin receptor, preferably selected from sitaxentan, ambrisentan, atrasentran, bosentan, macitentan and tezosentan, or a mixture thereof, more preferably bosentan, as active ingredient for preventing and/or treating the retinal neurodegeneration induced by diabetes and/or aging.
US10716742B2
An oral care composition, including a peroxysulfate whitening agent, a non-aqueous dispersant having a non-aqueous liquid, and a structural builder.
US10716733B2
A child and bite resistant package having a tray and a plurality of spaced apart cavities that are formed therein is provided. A sheet material overlies the tray such that a product disposed in a cavity is enclosed and sealed therein. The sheet material includes a plurality of zones of weakening that are each disposed above a corresponding cavity. Each of the zones of weakening is formed by a plurality of microperforations that are formed in the sheet material. To access a product, the product is pushed against the lidding in the zone of weakness with sufficient force to rupture the lidding. Since the majority of the surface area above each compartment is non-rupturable, the compartments are difficult to access by a child by either hand manipulation or biting.
US10716719B2
A diaper fastener is provided of the type having a substantially planar elastically extensible base member and three spaced hook units that have teeth operable to engage the fabric of a diaper in relevant zones thereof with the elastically extensible part stretched and operative to maintain the teeth in engagement with the diaper fabric to hold the diaper in its functional position. At least one of the hook units and generally all three are each composed of two parts that are permanently clipped together from opposite sides of the base member by inter-engaging formations. One of the parts has the hook teeth formed integral therewith and the two parts co-operate with the base member to physically locate the hook unit on the base member. Preferably, each hook unit is carried by an arm forming part of the planar base. Each hook unit has a hook part and a clamping part.
US10716718B2
An absorbent article that has a reduced tendency to shift when worn. The absorbent article includes a chassis with a front waist portion, a crotch portion, and a back waist portion. Side panels or ears are attached to the front and back waist portions of the chassis, and fastening components are attached to the back ears. Anti-skid elements are added to the outside surface and/or inside surface of the front side panels or ears and/or to the inside surface of the fastening tabs, such as by applying an elastomeric strip in a substantially vertical direction. When the absorbent article is fastened to the wearer attaching the fastening components on the back ears to the front waist portion of the absorbent article, the anti-skid elements interface with the front waist portion, the front ears, and/or the wearer to exert friction and thereby reduce shifting of the fastened absorbent article.
US10716715B2
An absorbent article has one or more fluid filter layers to inhibit electrode traces from being exposed to low volumes of fluid to reduce the number of false positives that are indicated by an RFID tag of the incontinence detection pad. An antenna inlay has a sacrificial trace portion to permit testing for proper operation of an RFID chip electrically coupled to the antenna inlay. After testing, the sacrificial trace portion is severed. A fluid barrier layer blocks fluid from reaching portions of electrode traces that are located on a backsheet outside a periphery of an absorbent core of an incontinence detection pad. The power at which an antenna transmits to wirelessly energize a passive RFID tag of an incontinence detection pad is controlled to reduce the number of false positives indicated by the RFID tag.
US10716714B2
A soiled diaper detection system having a soiled diaper detection device, one or more computer devices in communication with the diaper detection device configured to generate and process requests to the diaper detection device, and store data received from the soiled diaper detection device.
US10716713B2
An absorbent core for use in an absorbent article, the absorbent core including a first absorbent layer comprising a first substrate, a layer of first superabsorbent polymer particles deposited on the first substrate on a deposition area and a fibrous layer of thermoplastic adhesive material covering the layer of first superabsorbent polymer particles, and a second absorbent layer comprising a second substrate and a mixed layer comprising a mixture of second superabsorbent particles and cellulosic fibers deposited on the second substrate. The first and second absorbent layers are combined together such that at least a portion of the fibrous thermoplastic adhesive material of the first absorbent layer contacts at least a portion of the mixed layer of the second absorbent layer.
US10716709B2
A method is disclosed for clearing effusion from an ear. The method may include applying liquid to an ear canal, which is proximal to a perforated tympanic membrane, which is proximal to a middle ear containing effusion, applying an ear device to seal and pressurize the liquid inside the ear canal, the ear device regulating the amount of pressure inside the ear canal, and inducing a Eustachian tube, which is distal to the middle ear, to open, which causes the fluid to displace the effusion into the Eustachian tube.
US10716708B2
Techniques are disclosed for systems and methods to provide an eye protection device with an extended vertical view. An eye protection device includes a frame having an outer surface that is oriented away from a user's face and an inner surface that is oriented towards the user's face. The frame includes left and right temples configured to secure the eye protection device to the user and a central raised portion disposed between a left portion and a right portion of a top portion of the frame. The central raised portion extends vertically above a substantially continuous profile of the left and right portions to provide an extended vertical view.
US10716707B2
Active dichoptic perceptual-learning tasks or dichoptic game play have been shown to significantly improve visual acuity of amblyopic children and adults. However, these dichoptic perceptual learning tasks are intensive and repetitive such that non-compliance is high. In contrast, the invention provides dichoptic perceptual learning in a manner that the user maintains its use and compliance is increased. Further, compliance becomes automatic if the user performs tasks in a normal manner and “forgets” that they are actually undergoing treatment as it is integrated with minimal disruption to their life and activities. Accordingly, a methodology exploiting complementary dichoptic stimulation is presented.
US10716703B2
Relatively non-invasive devices and methods for heating or cooling a patient's body are disclosed. Devices and methods for treating ischemic conditions by inducing therapeutic hypothermia are disclosed. Devices and methods for inducing therapeutic hypothermia through esophageal cooling are disclosed. Devices and methods for operative temperature management are disclosed.
US10716702B2
A device for applying cold therapy to the plantar surface the foot is disclosed. The device includes a base that provides reasonable stability for the device when applied to a supporting surface, such as the floor, and a removable, freezable roller. The roller is of sufficient width to encompass the entire plantar surface through a rolling motion. The user rolls the sole of his foot against the cold roller surface resulting in relief of common plantar ailments including plantar fasciitis.
US10716699B2
Embodiments of the Urine Collection System for Women are comprised of a collection sheet, a top collection flange, a bottom collection flange, and a standard collection cup. The collection sheet forms an aperture onto which the top collection flange rests. The collection flange protrudes through the collection sheet and forms the bottom collection flange. The top collection flange and the bottom collection flange are integrally formed together to form the overall collection flange. The bottom collection flange forms the attachment means for the collection cup. The standard collection cup is a common medical urine collection cup that attaches to the bottom collection flange via an attachment means. The combined weight of the top collection flange and the bottom collection flange deflects the collection sheet into a conical shape thereby causing the collection sheet to serve as a funnel directing urine into the collection cup.
US10716698B2
An adjustable compression device (10) including an elongate rigid band (12) provided to extend around a portion of the circumference of a penis (16) is described. The band (12) includes first and second side portions (18, 20) connecting by an intermediate portion (22). An engagement member (14) is secured between the first and second side portions (18, 20) such that the engagement member (14) is rotatable about a rotational axis (24) extending between the side portions (18, 20). The engagement member (14) is off-centred relative to said rotational axis (24) such that an area defined between the engagement member (14) and the band (12) can be increased or decreased by rotation of the engagement member (14) thereby adjusting pressure applied to the penis (16).
US10716697B2
In accordance with invention an application device for nasal splints is created, comprising at least one hollow body for accommodating a nasal splint, and a plunger which can be moved within the hollow body, wherein one end face of the hollow body is open so that a nasal splint contained in the hollow body can be introduced through a movement of the plunger from the hollow body through the open end face into the nose of a patient.
US10716692B2
An endoprosthesis delivery system includes a wire holder on a distal section of an elongated shaft with a plurality of wires extending distally from the wire holder and, in a secured position, terminating in a distal receiver attached to the elongated shaft distal to the wire holder. A single wire attached to the wire holder and extending proximally along the delivery system to a point easily accessible by the operator may be pulled proximally to move the wires out of the distal receiver and release the endoprosthesis
US10716688B2
A prosthetic system includes a prosthetic knee having a controller and a hydraulic unit pivotally connected to the controller. The hydraulic includes a reserve hydraulic cylinder, a brake hydraulic cylinder, and a hydraulic cylinder having a lower hydraulic compartment. A flow system fluidly connects the hydraulic cylinder, the reserve hydraulic cylinder, and the brake cylinder. The flow system has first and second flow paths in communication with the lower hydraulic compartment and the reserve hydraulic cylinder. The first flow path is in communication with lower hydraulic compartment and the reserve hydraulic cylinder via the brake cylinder. The second flow path bypasses the brake hydraulic cylinder.
US10716685B2
Methods of inserting and retaining interbody fusion material are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods include inserting an anchored implant comprising a bone anchoring portion and an engagement portion. A method may also include inserting at least one bone fusion material within a disc space between two adjacent vertebral bodies. In some embodiments, a method includes driving the bone anchoring portion into an outer surface of at least one of the adjacent vertebral bodies and recessing the bone anchoring portion within the outer surface of the at least one adjacent vertebral body.
US10716684B2
Surgical instrumentation may be used to insert a spinal implant into a vertebral space while in a contracted condition and then deploy the spinal implant into an expanded condition.
US10716683B2
New surgical instruments and methods used to implant elements of a reverse hip prosthesis in a patient are described. The instruments are impactors which are struck with a hammer at their proximal ends after the instrument has been used to position the implant element in the patient. An acetabular cup impactor has inclination and anteversion rods which are used to position the acetabular cup optimally in the acetabulum. An acetabular ball impactor affixes the acetabular ball in the acetabular cup by means of a Morse taper. And a femoral cup impactor affixes the femoral cup in the femoral stem by means of a Morse taper.
US10716682B2
Orthopedic guide, and methods of using the guide, for alignment of bone under fluoroscopic imaging. In an exemplary embodiment, the guide may include a radiopaque rod, a radiolucent carrier, and a radiopaque indicator held by the carrier. The rod and the indicator may be parallel to the same plane, and may form an angle between one another of less than 90 degrees when projected orthogonally onto the plane. The rod may be configured to be aligned with an axis defined by one or more bones of the leg, and the indicator aligned with a joint of the leg, in an anterior-posterior, fluoroscopic view of the leg. The angle formed between the rod and the indicator may correspond to an anatomic orientation of the axis and the joint relative to one another in a frontal plane of the leg.
US10716678B2
An intervertebral implant is disclosed. The implant can be made of Titanium or alloys thereof. A kit of intervertebral implants can be included having different lordotic profiles or having no lordotic profile. The intervertebral implants of the kit have endplates with thicknesses suitable to prevent the titanium endplates from being too stiff. The intervertebral implants can have apertures that extend through the endplates, but sufficient surface area at the outer surfaces of the endplates to avoid subsidence into the respective vertebral body.
US10716673B2
A method of forming an implant having a porous tissue ingrowth structure and a bearing support structure. The method includes depositing a first layer of a metal powder onto a substrate, scanning a laser beam over the powder so as to sinter the metal powder at predetermined locations, depositing at least one layer of the metal powder onto the first layer and repeating the scanning of the laser beam.
US10716670B2
An annulus ring or a constricting cord may be delivered to the vicinity of a cardiac annulus using a set of anchor launchers, with each of the anchor launchers being supported by a respective support arm. An inflatable balloon is disposed between the support arms, and the balloon is configured so that when the balloon is inflated, the balloon will push the support arms away from each other. At least one retainer cord is connected to the support arms and is arranged with respect to the support arms to encompass the balloon and prevent the balloon from slipping out between the support arms.
US10716661B2
An intraocular lens includes an annular housing coupled to a first window to form a lensing cavity. Disposed within the lensing cavity is two immiscible liquids, including a first liquid and a second liquid which form a meniscus at an immiscibility interface between the first liquid and the second liquid within the lensing cavity. The intraocular lens includes a flexible reservoir to store a variable portion of the first liquid. The flexible reservoir is disposed about at least a portion of a periphery of the annular housing. The intraocular lens also includes at least one channel linking the flexible reservoir to the lensing cavity to permit a transfer of the first liquid between the flexible reservoir and the lensing cavity. The transfer of the first liquid changes a curvature of the meniscus to adjust optical power of the intraocular lens.
US10716657B2
The present invention relates to a prosthesis for inguinal hernioplasty made up of a surgical mesh extending from a first end (6) to a second end (7) along a longitudinal direction (A) and comprising a first portion (1) that includes said first end (6), a second portion (2) that includes said second end (7) and a connecting portion (3) arranged between said first portion (1) and said second portion (2), wherein said first portion (1) has a substantially ring shape that is open or may be opened and is provided with a central hole (4), wherein said second portion (2) has a substantially elongated shape in said longitudinal direction (A), and wherein said connecting portion (3) has a width transverse to said longitudinal direction (A) smaller than the widths of said first portion (1) and said second portion (2) transverse to said longitudinal direction (A).
US10716654B2
An incontinence clamp assembly includes a ring that may be worn on a penis. A tube is coupled to the ring. The tube is positioned on a bottom side of the penis having the tube being oriented perpendicular to the urethra. A stopper is slidably inserted into the tube and the stopper has a diameter that is larger than an inside diameter of the tube. The stopper is positioned in an open position having the stopper being positioned outside of the tube. In this way the stopper allows the urine to flow out of the penis. The stopper is positioned in a closed position having the stopper being positioned within the tube. In this way the stopper may compress the urethra thereby inhibiting urine from flowing out of the penis.
US10716649B2
Provided is a powder material for forming a three-dimensional object, the powder material containing granulated particles containing: a resin; and inorganic particles of which primary particles have a volume average particle diameter of 1 micrometer or less, wherein the granulated particles have a volume average particle diameter of 10 micrometers or greater but 70 micrometers or less and a BET specific surface area of 6 m2/g or greater but 8 m2/g or less.
US10716640B2
The invention, in one aspect, provides an electronic orientation monitor. The monitor includes an orientation sensing electronics configured for calibration when in a reference orientation and being responsive to manipulation of the monitor so as to calculate first, second and third angles which together represent a difference between a current orientation of the monitor and the reference orientation. The monitor further includes a display being responsive to the first and second angles so as to display a point positioned relative to first and second axes, the display being further responsive to the third angle so as to display a line having a direction relative to the first and second axes such that a combination of the position of the point and the direction of the line is indicative to a user of the difference between the current orientation of the monitor and the reference orientation.
US10716637B2
An instrument comprises a flexible body comprising a proximal portion, a distal portion, and an inner sheath within the proximal portion. The inner sheath comprises a wall and a plurality of conduits extending through the wall within the proximal portion. A distal end of each conduit terminates proximal to the distal portion. The inner sheath further comprises a plurality of protrusions within the proximal portion. Each protrusion surrounds a portion of a corresponding conduit. The flexible body further comprises a steerable tube extending within the distal portion. The steerable tube comprises a wall and a plurality of grooves in the wall. The instrument further comprises a plurality of tendons extending from the proximal portion, beyond the distal ends of the plurality of conduits, and into the distal portion. In the proximal portion, each tendon extends through a corresponding conduit. In the distal portion, each tendon extends within a corresponding groove.
US10716632B2
A system for accessing lesions or abnormalities using intra articular localization has an arm and a guide component. The arm with a localizing pin at a first end defines a virtual pathway. The guide component has a straight guide portion and a curved guide or arcuate portion. The curved guide or arcuate portion has a plurality of angularly spaced guide openings for passing a pin or drill or pin or punch along a selected path to form an entry access. The straight guide portion is for holding or coupling the arm at or in proximity to a second end of the arm. The selected path extends toward the virtual pathway to form the entry access using intra articular localization.
US10716624B2
Minimally invasive methods and devices for endoluminally treating female fallopian tubes or male vas deferens of mammals are presented as a permanent method of contraception. In preferred embodiments, medical devices for male and female sterilization comprise laser radiation source operating at one or more preselected wavelengths between about 980 nm and about 1950 nm, preferably at least one of 980 nm, 1470 nm and 1950 nm; treatment waveguide with a radial or cylindrical radiation emitting tip; viewing scope; and a temperature sensor. In another preferred embodiment, a minimally-invasive permanent contraception method for males and females comprises the steps of introducing at least one treatment waveguide in a body cavity; positioning the treatment waveguide inside a body cavity; irradiating; and repeating the procedure in companion body cavity to inhibit fertilization. In another embodiment, fluids are infused and/or extracted after, before or during the procedure to enhance laser energy absorption and enhance efficiency of laser treatment.
US10716608B2
A load distributor for a sternum closure device comprises a wire receiving section configured to be attached to a wire of the sternum closure device, and a load distributing section. A tool for cutting the load distributor comprises a pair of jaws movable between a load distributor receiving position and a cutting position, wherein at least one of the jaws has substantially V-shaped cutting edges tapered towards the other jaw in an angle to the longitudinal extension of the tool.
US10716604B2
A bone fusing device to connect and facilitate fusion between two adjacent phalanges in a body has a single elongated body having a first distal end and a second proximal end connected by a middle portion having four radially extending anti-rotation fins. Each end has a bone entry tip and a plurality of adjacent barbs. Each of the barbs has a sloped surface for entry into the bone and a sharp surface to prevent extraction once press fit into one of the phalanges. Preferably, the first distal end is shorter than the second proximal end. The elongated body is straight or has affixed bend at a location in the middle portion.
US10716603B2
Various modular implants and modular implant systems are disclosed herein, as are methods of implanting the same. The modular implant systems can include modular implants that are stacked on each other to define a modular implant system, which in an example can be used to replace or augment a void in bone. The modular implants can interact with an intramedullary implant to, for instance, assist with a fusion procedure.
US10716601B2
Disclosed is a surgical alignment and distraction frame and associated methods of use that facilitates correction of a sagittal imbalance. The alignment and distraction frame works in conjunction with pedicle screw installation guide assemblies to impart the desired correction. The alignment frame can be utilized to ensure the pedicle screw housings are aligned (to facilitate rod coupling) in concert with the completion of a correction maneuver.
US10716600B1
This application describes surgical instruments and implants for building a posterior fixation construct across one or more segments of the spinal column. More specifically, the application describes instruments and methods for building a posterior fixation construct across one or more segments of the spinal column in a minimally invasive fashion.
US10716597B2
An implantable device (1) comprising a flat and flexible longilinear textile element (3) having a first face A (15) and a second face B (16) and first and second free ends (11,13) as well as an identification device (20) configured to identify, when said longilinear element (3) forms at least one loop portion (5) delimiting an internal volume Vi, a first position in which the second internal face B (16) is oriented facing the internal volume Vi in said loop portion (5), the second internal face B (16) of the first free end (11) being directly facing the second internal face B (16) of the second free end (13); a second position in which the first external face A (15) is oriented facing the internal volume Vi according to at least one part of the loop portion (5), the second internal face B (16) of the first free end (11) being directly facing the first external face A (15) of the second free end (13).
US10716595B1
A foot exfoliator may include an exfoliator base and a heel notch. The exfoliator base may include a front portion and a rear portion opposite the front portion. The heel notch may include a notch opening and a notch base, the notch opening disposed proximal to the front portion of the exfoliator base, the notch base sloping upwards from the front portion toward the rear portion, at least a portion of the notch base facing a front of the foot exfoliator.
US10716593B2
An apparatus (100) for guiding a surgical needle with improved accuracy. The apparatus (100) having a base (1) for positioning the apparatus (100) on a patient; a second arc member (6) attached to the base (1); a first arc member (4) moveably attached to the second arc member (6); an arm (2) attached to a needle guide support (3) at one end and moveably attached to the first arc member (4) at a distal end, and an angle marking device (7) attached to the arm (2) to indicate a vertical reference point for measuring the angle of tilt of the arm (2) from the vertical reference point relative to the base (1). Wherein the first arc member (4) is configured to move on the second arc member (6) to facilitate movement of the needle guide support (3) in a cranio-caudal plane and the arm (2) is configured to move on the first arc member (4) to facilitate movement of the needle guide support (3) in an axial plane.
US10716590B2
A system for intracranial access that includes a support assembly is described. The system includes a tubular probe shaft that may be advanced through a hole in the patient's skull. The tubular probe shaft houses a rotating element that cuts clot, and is connected to a vacuum source to aspirate clot fragments and blood from the site. The rotating element may have a bident shape.
US10716589B2
A surgical instrument for cutting and grasping tissue comprising a handle assembly, an elongated member and first and second jaws. A first movable member moves the second jaw in a first direction about a first pivot axis in a grasping action and a second movable member moves the second jaw in a second direction different than the first direction and about a second pivot axis in a cutting action. A switch is positioned at the proximal portion of the instrument and a selecting member is actuated by movement of the switch, the selecting member movable between a first position to enable movement of the second jaw in the first direction and prohibit movement in the second direction and a second position to enable movement of the second jaw in the second direction and prohibit movement in the first direction.
US10716585B2
An integrated clot evacuation device having visualization for use in neurosurgical applications, particularly for the evacuation of clots formed as a result of intracranial hemorrhage (ICH). The device may further include an integrated camera and light for visualizing the interior of the brain and the clot itself. Further, the device is configured to evacuate clots through aspiration and irrigation.
US10716575B2
A device for treating a tissue opening includes a capsule extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and including a lumen extending therethrough; a pair of arms movably housed within the lumen of the capsule such that the pair of arms are movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration, the pair of arms being biased toward the open configuration such that when the pair of arms are moved distally with respect to the capsule, distal ends of the pair of arms are separated from one another to receive target tissue therebetween; a needle releasably connected to a first one of the pair of arms, the needle extending laterally inward toward a second one of the pair of arms and including a connecting structure extending along a portion thereof, the second one of the pair of arms including an opening located so that, when the pair of arms are moved to the closed configuration, the connecting structure of the needle engages the opening; and a suture extending from a portion of the needle proximally through the capsule.
US10716571B2
Surgical and percutaneous devices for closing tissue, for example, the left atrial appendage, may have an elongate body with a stiffened proximal portion, a flexible middle portion, a distal portion, a closure element with a loop having a continuous aperture therethrough, and a suture loop. The closure devices may have a malleable member attached to the elongate body that may be configured to retain a curve after a force is applied to the malleable member. System and methods for closing the left atrial appendage may utilize a closure device and a curved guide device, and the closure device and curved guide device may be self-orienting.
US10716569B2
An assembly for restoring a gastroesophageal flap valve includes a restoration device substantially free for rotation. The assembly comprises an elongated member configured to be fed through a throat, down an adjoining esophagus and into an associated stomach. The elongated member has a distal end. The assembly further comprises a gastroesophageal flap valve restoration device carried on the distal end of the elongated member for placement in the stomach, and an invaginator carried by the elongated member. The invaginator is configured to grip the esophagus and the elongated member and invaginator are coupled for restricted relative axial movement and substantially free relative rotational movement.
US10716563B2
A stapling system comprising a staple cartridge and an instrument assembly is disclosed. The staple cartridge comprises a cartridge body including a proximal end, a distal end, and a deck. The staple cartridge further comprises staple cavities defined in the cartridge body, staples removably stored in the staple cavities, staple drivers, and a sled movable between a proximal position and a distal position during a firing stroke. The sled is configured to lift the staple drivers toward the deck to eject the staples from the staple cavities during the firing stroke. The staple cartridge is attachable to the instrument assembly. The instrument assembly comprises a self-locking shaft configured to place itself in a locked state if the sled is not in the proximal position at the initiation of the firing stroke. The instrument assembly further comprises an anvil extending from the shaft configured to deform said staples.
US10716552B2
A method for sealing a tissue opening includes inserting a trocar tube including a folded sealing device disposed within the trocar, and guiding the trocar tube through an opening in a myocardium into a patient's ventricle, the sealing device can include an elongated elastic member having a distal and a proximal end, a proximal umbrella shaped braiding extending radially from the elongated elastic member, the proximal braiding being positioned at the proximal end of the elastic member, wherein the proximal braiding includes a proximal disc disposed therein having a proximal disc thread disposed therethrough such that a user can pull the proximal braiding, and a distal umbrella shaped braiding extending radially from the elongated elastic member and being positioned at the distal end of the elastic member opposite to the proximal braiding.
US10716551B2
A closure system configured to facilitate hemostasis at a puncture of a vessel includes a delivery sheath that extends longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end. The delivery sheath defines a lumen extending therethrough. The delivery sheath lumen is configured to receive a first guidewire therethrough. The system also includes an introducer needle coupled to the delivery sheath at an offset relative to the delivery sheath. The introducer needle defines a lumen extending therethrough. The introducer needle lumen is configured to receive a second guidewire therethrough.
US10716534B1
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.
US10716523B2
An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an imaging device that captures a camera image of a target, a controller that stitches a plurality of X-ray images of a plurality of divided regions to generate one X-ray image of the target, and a display that displays a settings window providing a graphical user interface for receiving a setting of an X-ray irradiation condition for the divided regions, and displays the camera image in which positions of the divided regions are displayed.
US10716515B2
In some embodiments, a motion detection and correction system and/or device for tracking and compensating for patient motion during a medical imaging scan can be adapted to be integrated into a medical imaging scanner, such as an MRI scanner, or be adapted to retrofit a pre-existing medical imaging scanner. In certain embodiments, the motion detection system and/or device can comprise one or more mounting brackets and a motion correction device housing, which can further comprise one or more detector modules and a power unit. In further embodiments, the collected motion data can be further analyzed by an image processing unit of the motion tracking and/or correction system.
US10716508B2
A surgical system includes at least one light emitter generating light at a first intensity and an array of light sensors including a least one row of light sensors, individual light sensors in the row of light sensors adapted to generate a signal including a non-pulsatile component. The system also includes a controller coupled to the array of light sensors, the controller including an analyzer to determine the magnitudes of the non-pulsatile components at the individual light sensors in the row of light sensors, to determine if the non-pulsatile component transitions from a higher magnitude to a lower magnitude and from a lower magnitude to a higher magnitude, and if so, to determine if the first intensity should be changed to a second intensity.
US10716502B2
A method for predicting an arousal level used by a computer of an arousal level prediction apparatus that predicts an arousal level of a user includes obtaining current biological information regarding the user detected by a first sensor, calculating a current arousal level of the user on the basis of the current biological information, obtaining current environment information indicating a current environment around the user detected by a second sensor, predicting a future arousal level, which is an arousal level a certain period of time later, on the basis of the current arousal level and the current environment information, and (i) issuing a notification to the user or (ii) controlling another device, on the basis of the future arousal level.
US10716499B1
Optical spectroscopic devices, apparatus, systems and methods useable for physiological monitoring from intraosseous, subosseous, epidural, subdural, intraventricular, intramuscular, sub-adipose and other subcutaneous locations.
US10716498B2
Systems and methods for processing sensor analyte data are disclosed, including initiating calibration, updating calibration, evaluating clinical acceptability of reference and sensor analyte data, and evaluating the quality of sensor calibration. The sensor can be calibrated using a calibration set of one or more matched sensor and reference analyte data pairs. Reference data resulting from benchtop testing an analyte sensor prior to its insertion can be used to provide initial calibration of the sensor data. Reference data from a short term continuous analyte sensor implanted in a user can be used to initially calibrate or update sensor data from a long term continuous analyte sensor.
US10716497B1
A device and method for noninvasively monitoring biofluids of an animal provides measuring physical parameters of an analyte with a device located within an oral cavity of the animal.
US10716489B2
A method is described for determining biological tissue type based on a complex impedance spectra obtained from a probe with a conducting part adjacent a tissue region of interest, wherein the impedance spectra includes data from a number of frequencies. The method may include: obtaining, from the complex impedance spectra, a first data set representative of impedance modulus values, or equivalent admittance values, at one or more frequencies, obtaining, from the complex impedance spectra, a second data set representative of impedance phase angle values, or equivalent admittance values, at one or more different frequencies, applying a first discrimination criterion to the first data set, applying a second discrimination criterion to the second data set, and thereby determining if the tissue region of interest is a tissue type characterised by the discrimination criteria.
US10716482B2
Catheter systems and methods for determining blood flow rates based on temperature measurements by thermodilution. The catheter may include a fluid lumen defined between inner and outer tubular members for delivering an indicator fluid, and a guidewire lumen defined by the inner tubular member. The catheter may include fluid infusion openings at the distal end region of the outer tubular member configured to permit the indicator fluid to exit the catheter from the fluid lumen, and a fluid hole located at the distal end region of the inner tubular member configured to permit the indicator fluid to pass from the fluid lumen into the guidewire lumen. A temperature sensor positioned on a guidewire may be positioned within the guidewire lumen to measure the temperature of the indicator fluid entering the guidewire lumen through the fluid hole. A blood flow rate may be calculated based on the measured temperature.
US10716478B2
In embodiments of wearable device heart monitor systems, a wearable device has electrical contacts integrated in a housing base of the wearable device as electrodes designed to contact skin of a user while wearing the wearable device. A housing bezel of the wearable device designed as an additional point of contact on the wearable device. The wearable device includes an electromyography (EMG) system to receive electrical signals from at least two of the electrodes and detect muscular movement of the user. Further, the wearable device includes an electrocardiogram (ECG) system to receive and combine the electrical signals from the electrodes when the user touch contacts the housing bezel while wearing the wearable device to complete an ECG loop between the electrodes and the housing bezel for a heart rate reading of the user.
US10716475B2
This document relates to receiving and processing signals during cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) treatment. This document further relates to establishing a localized, patient-specific network for communication of information from one or more sensors to a computing device.
US10716463B2
An endoscope includes: an aperture portion having an opening to which light from an observation target site is incident; a filter unit that has a plurality of filters and selectively transmits light based on any one of the filters; a color separation prism that is formed by a plurality of separation prisms which separate light, which has transmitted through the filter unit, into beams of light having different color components from each other; a plurality of image sensors that are provided so as to respectively correspond to the separation prisms and capture an image based on the beams of light; a signal output unit that outputs image signals captured by the image sensors respectively; and a filter disposing unit that disposes any one of the plurality of filters so that the light is incident to the disposed one of the plurality of filters.
US10716460B2
Systems and methods for viewing stereoscopic video images are disclosed. In one example, a stereoscopic video imaging and tracking system can include a first video camera to generate a first video feed of a subject; and a second video camera spaced a distance from the first video camera to generate a second video feed of the subject, wherein the first video camera and the second video camera are directed toward a convergent point to provide a stereoscopic image of the subject. The system can also include a tracking system to cause the first video camera and the second video camera to follow a tracking point to maintain stereopsis of the subject. A head mountable video display can be present to display the stereoscopic image.
US10716456B2
A manipulation rope having an excellent torque transmittability is provided. A manipulation rope 2 is a rope 2 that is advantageously used as a manipulation rope for a medical instrument, and includes a side wire 6 or a side strand which is an outermost layer, the side wire 6 or the side strand having a spiral shape in which a flatness that is an aspect ratio obtained by a major axis being divided by a minor axis is greater than 1.00 and not greater than 1.10. An elongation of the rope at a time when a tensile load that is 1.0% of a breaking load is applied, is preferably not less than 0.04% and preferably not greater than 0.10%.
US10716454B2
A shoe-washing device capable of efficiently dewatering cleaned shoes. The shoe-washing device includes: an accommodating chamber supplied with cleaning fluid; a plurality of holding parts each being hollow and having an opening part, the opening parts of the holding parts are inserted into an inner space of a shoes from toplines of the shoes inside the accommodating chamber such that the shoe are held in such a manner that the toplines face a lower side and the opening parts faces the inner space of the shoes; a pipe connected to the holding part; and an air supply part for supplying air into the holding parts through the pipe.
US10716451B2
A lifting device for a dishwashing machine includes an electrical drive mechanism constructed to move a dishware receptacle of the dishwashing machine between a start position and an end position. A detection unit detects a current draw of the electrical drive mechanism over a travel distance of the dishware receptacle in the dishwashing machine, and an identification unit identifies a status of the lifting device on the basis of the current draw of the electrical drive mechanism detected over the travel distance.
US10716449B2
A dishwasher for treating dishes according to an automatic cycle of operation can include a tub at least partially defining a treating chamber receiving dishes for treatment, a spray system providing treating liquid to the treating chamber, a low profile dish rack located in the tub and having a bottom wall and at least a side wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall, with a depending portion extending downwardly from the bottom wall and oriented at an angle to the bottom wall to define an incline angle, and at least one spray tube carried by the dish rack and located below the bottom wall, the spray tube having nozzles emitting spray into the depending portion.
US10716448B2
A surface cleaning apparatus, such as an extractor, has a liquid delivery system operable to alternately deliver a carpet cleaning solution and a hard floor cleaning solution.
US10716445B2
A computer readable recording media recording at least one program. An automatic clean machine control method is performed if the program is executed, which comprises: (a) input a drawing or a picture to an automatic clean machine by a first user, wherein the automatic clean machine acquires a map based on the drawing or the picture; (b) directly selecting a region to be cleaned on the map; and (c) controlling the automatic clean machine to perform a first clean operation to the region to be cleaned based on the map.
US10716434B2
A system for cleaning an enclosed bar-b-que. A first adapter is configured to attach to a first opening of the enclosed bar-b-que such that when the first adapter is attached to the first opening air flows through a first channel into the enclosed bar-b-que. The first adapter is configured for allowing an air blowing device to connect to the first adapter such that the air blowing device forces air to flow in a first direction through the enclosed bar-b-que and out of a second opening of the enclosed bar-b-que. A second adapter configured to attach to the second opening such that when the second adapter is attached to the second opening air and matter flow through the second channel and out the enclosed bar-b-que. A receiving element is attached to the second adapter for receiving air and matter blown from inside the enclosed bar-b-que and out of the second opening.
US10716433B2
Disclosed herein are a cooking apparatus including a main body including a cooking compartment configured to cook food using microwaves, and a door configured to open or close the cooking compartment, wherein the door includes a door frame in which an opening is formed so that the cooking compartment is visible therethrough, and a shielding plate including a substrate and a multi-shielding layer, with which the substrate is coated to prevent microwaves in the cooking compartment from leaking to an outside, and coupled at the opening. The door of the cooking apparatus allows an inside of the cooking compartment to be better seen from the outside.
US10716424B2
A strawberry core removing assembly and method includes a tube having a first end, a second end and perimeter wall extending between the first and second ends. The first and second ends are open. A bulb is in fluid communication with the tube. Air is forced out of the bulb, through the tube and outwardly of the first end when the bulb is compressed. The first end is receives a tip of a strawberry such that the tube is extended through the strawberry and a core of the strawberry is retained within the tube. The bulb is configured to be compressed to eject the core from the tube.
US10716421B1
A serving container and associated ring element that includes a serving dish and a ring element having a ring element lip with a shape that substantially corresponds to a shape of a serving dish lip, wherein portions of the ring element lip are formed to be positionable around at least a portion of the serving dish lip to provide frictional engagement between portions of said ring element lip and at least a portion of said serving dish lip, such that said ring element is capable of securing a foil pan within said serving dish.
US10716415B2
An adjustable media frame has been developed. The adjustable media frame includes an adjustable upper rail and a hanging pendant member. The adjustable upper rail includes a first upper rail member and a second upper rail member with the first upper rail member sliding in or over the second upper rail member to adjust the length of the upper rail. The hanging pendant member is included with a hanging connection point to both the first upper rail member and the second upper rail member.
US10716413B2
A magnetic tool holder has a frame for maintaining magnetic panels in position. Each of the magnetic panels has an upper surface for magnetic attachment and longitudinal sides defining longitudinal stepped edges. The longitudinal members of the frame have a longitudinal lip which cooperates with a stepped edge of the magnetic panels. A base member is attached to the frame and supports the magnetic panels keeping the top surfaces of the panels exposed for attachment.
US10716412B2
The disclosure provides for a display rack system. The display rack system includes a support mechanism having first and second ends. The support mechanism may be configured to be attached to a surface at the first and second ends. The display rack system may also include a track mounted onto the support mechanism. The display rack system may also include a plurality of cardholders attached to the track. Each of the first plurality of cardholders may be configured to independently slide laterally relative to the track.
US10716408B2
A housing of the air pump has a first air inlet, an air inlet passage, an inflation inlet, an air outlet passage and an air outlet. The motor has two output shafts, the first fan is connected with one of the output shafts and located at one end of the air inlet passage, and the second fan is connected with another output shaft and located at one end of the air outlet passage. The second and the first fans are configured to rotate at a same direction, and the inflation inlet is located between the first and the second fans. The first switch unit is adapted to connect or disconnect the first air inlet with the air inlet passage, and the second switch unit is adapted to connect or disconnect the air outlet with the air outlet passage. The air pump has simple structure, convenient control and low cost.
US10716402B2
The present disclosure provides a rear structure coupled to a display panel. The rear structure comprises a wall mount assembly comprising a first kit comprising a first wall mount bracket, a plurality of circularly arranged first trenches, and a plurality of first magnets accommodated by the first trenches, and a second kit removably coupled to the first kit comprising a second wall mount bracket structurally complementary to the first wall mount bracket, a plurality of circularly arranged second trenches, and a plurality of second magnets accommodated by the second trenches. Wherein when the first kit is coupled to the second kit, each of the first magnets is located corresponds to one of the second magnets, and a magnetism of a side of one of the first magnets facing the second kit is opposite to a magnetism of a side of one of the second magnets facing the first kit.
US10716399B2
A drawer organizer that is easily customizable and that is configured for simple packaging as a kit. The drawer organizer includes a base and a plurality of partitions formed from a flexible material having a grid or waffle configuration that provides a plurality of grid spaces therein and a plurality of tabs along portions of the perimeters of the base and partitions. Connector assemblies are provided to retain the partitions at junctions therebetween. The connector assemblies include an inside corner piece and a pair of locking plates. The corner piece engages grid spaces in the intersecting partitions. The locking plates engage the corner pieces to capture the partitions therebetween. The drawer organizer can be provided as a kit in a rolled up tubular form in which all components thereof are rolled together.
US10716390B2
A lanyard with attachment members such as a tool holding member, tether key, or carabiner, is provided. The lanyard includes one or more elastic cords within a sheath. The sheath has a much lower elasticity than the elastic cord. The higher spring constant or modulus of elasticity of the sheath limits the total extended length of the lanyard in operation. The elastic cords stretch to absorb the energy of falling equipment up to the length of the outer sheath. The attachment members may be attached to the sheath or may include components of the sheath and or the elastic cord. The lanyard allows for an elastic response to absorb the energy of a falling tool and a restraint to the total extended length of the lanyard.
US10716382B2
A hair dye device includes a barrel, wherein the barrel includes a hollow center and a hook extending from one end of the barrel and an absorbent material impregnated with hair dye, wherein the absorbent material is configured to extend beyond the one end of the barrel, wherein a tip of the absorbent material moves toward the hook to provide a loop to capture hair within the loop.
US10716373B2
The disclosure is directed at an umbrella including a canopy having a set of canopy portions; and a frame portion comprising a shaft portion; a sliding collar assembly coupled to the shaft portion and sliding along the shaft portion; and a set of ribs, each of the independent ribs attached to one of the set of canopy portions and to the sliding collar assembly, where each of the set of ribs move independently of each other when a high wind force is experienced by one of the canopy portions.
US10716370B2
A strap (2) for a watch (1) comprising: a first fastening portion (4); a watch supporting portion (6); and a second fastening portion (8). The first and second fastening portions comprise a series of holes (22, 24) spaced along each fastening portion. The first fastening portion further comprises an opening (10) through which the second fastening portion can be threaded and at least one pin (12) projecting inwards from the strap so as to be received in a hole in the second fastening portion. The second fastening portion further comprises at least one pin (14) projecting inwards from the strap so as to be received in a hole in the first fastening portion when the second fastening portion is threaded through the opening and laid on top of the first fastening portion. The first fastening portion further comprises at least one peg (18) projecting outwards from the strap so as to engage in a hole in the second fastening portion.
US10716362B2
An article of footwear with an upper including a ribbon structure is disclosed. The ribbon structure comprises ribbon sections running in at least two different directions. Ribbon sections are connected at nodes. Between nodes portions of ribbon act like links joining the nodes. The links can be arranged in various geometries, including a rectangular grid and a triaxial grid. The ribbon structure may extend the entire length of the article of footwear, and may extend through a forefoot, midfoot and heel.
US10716353B2
Protective headbands are disclosed. One protective headband has a padding layer that includes a pair of first portions extending in a first direction along a first axis, a second portion extending in the first direction and spaced from the first axis, and a pair of angled portions connecting between the pair of first portions and the second portion. Another protective headband has a padding layer that includes a pair of first arcuate portions, and a second arcuate portion extending between the pair of first arcuate portions, the second arcuate portion curving in a same direction as the pair of first arcuate portions.
US10716351B2
In one embodiment, a zero impact head gear is provided including an outer helmet and an inner helmet. The outer helmet has forward and rear retaining stops protruding from the interior of the outer helmet. The inner helmet has a forward and rear retaining stops protruding from the inner helmet to allow movement of the inner helmet within the outer helmet, but capable of limiting a forward displacement the inner helmet with respect to the outer helmet.
US10716332B2
The invention relates to a liquid reservoir (34) for an electronic smoking device (10), an atomizer/liquid reservoir portion (14) with a liquid reservoir (34) for an electronic smoking device (10) and to an electronic smoking device (10) with a liquid reservoir (34). In order to be able to provide gaseous material that has not been atomized by an atomizer (26) of the electronic smoking device (10), the liquid reservoir (34) comprises first and second storage volumes (40, 42) that are each in communication with a liquid outlet (46) or a fluid outlet (50), wherein the liquid outlet (46) and the fluid outlet (50) are arranged one after the other in a longitudinal direction (L) of the liquid reservoir (34).
US10716329B2
A non-burning type flavor inhaler includes an aerosol source that generates an aerosol; an atomizer that atomizes the aerosol source without burning; a power source that supplies power to the atomizer; a light-emitting element; and a control unit that controls the light-emitting element. The control unit controls the light-emitting element in a first light-emitting mode in a puff state inhaling the aerosol, and controls the light-emitting element in a second light-emitting mode different from the first light-emitting mode in a non-puff state not inhaling the aerosol. The second light-emitting mode changes according to a number of puff actions for inhaling the aerosol.
US10716322B1
Vegetarian oral and enteral foods and processes for manufacturing the same from either fresh ingredients or powder ingredients are disclosed comprising: a high-protein vegetable group having a first predetermined percentage (%) weight; a carbohydrate group having a second predetermined percentage (%) weight; a fiber group having a fourth predetermined percentage (%) weight; purified water having a sixth predetermined percentage (%) weight, enzyme having a fourth percentage (%) weight; and a supplement of vitamins and minerals having a fifth percentage (%) weight, all undergon an enzymatic hydrolysis to achieve a calorie density of 1 kcal/ml; a viscosity less than 100 cP; a peptide less than 10 kDa; a plurality of amino acids and vitamins.
US10716318B2
The present invention is directed to an alcohol containing bulk frozen dessert product that is formed by adding an alcohol containing composition to a frozen dessert product premix after the premix has been pasteurized. The alcohol containing composition is comprised of an alcohol, a water based mixer, and a stabilizer and/or emulsifier. The alcohol containing bulk frozen dessert product may have an alcohol content from about 2 to about 10% and will be able to be stored and consumed at temperatures for traditional bulk frozen dessert products.
US10716316B2
Features of the present disclosure provide a chocolate with good heat-resistance, bloom resistance and melt-in-the-mouth property, disclose a production method by which a chocolate-covered food product coated with the chocolate is produced, and disclose a method for preventing an increase in the viscosity of chocolate mix. Disclosed is a method for producing a chocolate comprising an addition step for adding a seeding agent containing at least β-StOSt crystal to chocolate mix in a melted state, wherein the fat content of the chocolate mix is 26 to 70 mass % StOSt (where StOSt is 1,3-distearoyl-2-oleylglycerol).
US10716315B2
A composition for colouring cheese curd comprising a combination of an oil phase comprising an effective amount of paprika, an effective amount of a carotenoid, and a fat, and an aqueous phase comprising a caseinate. The composition selectively colours the cheese curd while leaving the whey fraction uncoloured.
US10716312B2
The present invention relates to an ethylene disposal apparatus comprising: a plasma discharge part having an inlet and an outlet and being filled with an adsorbent; and an electrode part for generating plasma inside the plasma discharge part, wherein the adsorbent has a catalyst supported thereon. The present invention relates to an ethylene disposal method using the ethylene disposal apparatus, the method comprising the steps of: (a) injecting ethylene-containing gas into a plasma discharge part filled with the adsorbent; (b) applying voltage to the electrode part and generating plasma in the plasma discharge part, thereby degrading the injected ethylene; and (c) cooling the plasma discharge part.
US10716298B2
The subject invention provides materials and methods for producing animals with short hair length. In a preferred embodiment, this is accomplished by altering in the animal the nucleotide sequence that encodes the prolactin receptor (PRLR) protein such that a truncated version of the protein is produced. Advantageously, and surprisingly, the truncated protein produced according to the subject invention retains lactogenic functionality, but causes the animal to have a short-hair coat.
US10716294B1
Poultry birds in a multi-compartment cage can be removed by placing openings to each compartment on a first side of the cage, and covering each opening with a spring-loaded door wherein the spring loading is provided by an over-center spring. During transport of the birds in the cage compartment, the spring loading of each door is sufficient to prevent any bird from exiting the cage. At the delivery point, the entire cage can be tilted to the side of the openings at an angle sufficient to cause the birds to slide against and open the spring-loaded door beyond the spring's center, thereby causing the door to completely open. After the birds have slid out of the cage, the doors can be closed. Poultry birds are loaded into the cage compartments via a second door in each compartment, and each second door is disposed on a second side of the cage.
US10716293B1
An animal watering valve preferably includes a valve device, a check ball, a screen disc and retention tail. The valve device preferably includes a valve body, a valve stem, a retention plug, a stem o-ring and a compression spring. The valve body preferably includes a threaded shank. A valve bore is formed in the valve body to receive the valve stem. A plug bore is formed in the threaded shank. The retention plug preferably is threaded into the plug bore. The retention tail preferably includes a receiver body and an attachment shaft. The receiver body includes a ball tapered counter bore to receive the check ball and a screen counter bore to receive the screen disc. The threaded shank tap is sized to threadably receive the threaded shank of the valve body. A valve extender is used to increase a length of the animal watering valve.
US10716285B2
A set of panels for protecting livestock during transportation, for use in a lorry with a cage for carrying livestock having railings and a guillotine door, comprising: a plurality of fixed panels, and four mobile panels, wherein the fixed panels comprise one or more layers of flexible material and a backing plate made of rigid material, to be arranged forming a horizontal strip along the inner walls of the cage railings, and wherein the mobile panels comprise pivoting wings that can adopt a folded position and an unfolded position, and wherein said mobile panels are arranged at the sides of the guillotine door, two on the inside of the cage and two on the outside thereof.
US10716283B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH956437. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH956437, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH956437 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH956437.
US10716269B2
A wireless system is provided for monitoring environmental, soil, or climate conditions and/or controlling irrigation or climate control systems at an agricultural or landscape site. The wireless system includes at least one wireless nodes for monitoring environmental, soil, or climate conditions and/or for controlling one or more irrigation or climate control systems at the site. The wireless system also includes a server computer system located remotely from the site. The server computer system is coupled to the node/s over a communications network for receiving data from and controlling operation of the node/s. The server computer system is also coupled to a device operated by an end-user over a communications network for transmitting the data to and receiving remote control commands or queries from the end-user.
US10716268B2
A strip is provided for distributing water that is provided at an inner surface of a drip irrigation hose. The strip for distributing water having a repetitive labyrinth segment, wherein a plurality of profiles are provided at the base of the strip, the labyrinth segment comprises: a water input section; a regulating section arranged downstream from the water input section, wherein the regulating section is provided to regulate water flow rate of the strip in response to water pressure of a hose; a discharge section arranged downstream from the regulating section, wherein the discharge section is provided with deflection-resistant reinforcement means.
US10716254B2
A lawn mower robot includes a rotating plate rotatably mounted on a bottom surface of an inner body; and a plurality of blades coupled to an edge portion of the rotating plate to be unfolded in a centrifugal direction and folded in the direction of the center of the circle, and spaced apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the rotating plate to cut grass while rotating around a rotating shaft of the rotating plate, wherein at least one of the blades has a cross-sectional shape of a parallelogram and is formed of a plate having a predetermined width in a longitudinal direction.
US10721848B2
Provided is a manufacturing apparatus that manufactures a high-quality manufacturing object by using component information per unit of individual electronic component or per unit of package in a plurality of electronic components that have been packaged. The manufacturing apparatus is a manufacturing apparatus that manufactures a product by taking out each electronic component from packaged components in which a plurality of electronic components are packaged. The manufacturing apparatus is provided with: a component information reading unit that reads component information per unit of electronic component or per unit of package in the packaged components; a manufacturing control unit that controls, using the read component information, the manufacturing treatment of product into which electronic components indicated in the component information are incorporated; and an incorporation information generating unit that generates incorporation information regarding a state of incorporation of each electronic component in the product.
US10721832B2
Data storage system connectors are described for a parallel array of dense memory cards that allow high airflow. In one example, a connector has a horizontal plane board having a plurality of memory connectors aligned in a row and a plurality of external interfaces, a plurality of memory cards, each having an edge connector at one end of the memory card to connect to a respective memory connector of the board, each memory card extending horizontally parallel to each other memory card and extending vertically and orthogonally from the board, and a plurality of interface connectors each to connect an edge connector to a respective board connector, the interface connectors extending horizontally from the one end of the memory cards and vertically to the respective plane board connector.
US10721825B2
An electronic device including a display panel is provided. In some embodiments, the display panel includes an active display region and an electrical component. The electrical component is distinct from a touch sensor device that is adapted to receive touch input across the active display region of the display panel. An electrical conductor connects the electrical component to another component of the electronic device via the display panel, such as via a bent portion of the display panel.
US10721823B2
Method of manufacturing laminate body by: curing thermosetting resin composition on a support; laminating the curable resin onto a substrate; heating the laminate; forming a via hole in the cured resin layer; peeling the supporting body from the cured composite; performing a second heating of the cured composite; removing resin residue in the via hole of the cured composite; and forming a conductor layer on an inner wall surface of the via hole by electroless plating or a combination of electroless plating and electrolytic plating.
US10721819B2
An electronic module has a first circuit board element, a second circuit board element, and a spacer. Together, the first circuit board element, the second circuit board element, and the spacer enclose a central cavity, in which components attached to the first circuit board element are accommodated. Respective annular circumferential microstructures are provided on a surface of the first circuit board element directed outward and on a surface of the second circuit board element directed outward, adjacent to an outer periphery of the first circuit board element. In this region, a sealing ring is formed, which has a form-closed connection to both the first and the second circuit board element by means of the microstructures of the first and the second circuit board element. The sealing ring can be made of a resistant plastic, which is molded on by injection molding in the liquid state in the region of the outer periphery of the first circuit board element and flows into recesses of the microstructures and, after the curing, forms the form-closed and sealing connection between the two circuit board elements and the sealing ring thereby formed.
US10721817B2
The resin composition of the present invention comprises a prepolymer (P) and a thermosetting component, the prepolymer (P) being obtained by polymerizing an alkenyl-substituted nadimide (A), a maleimide compound (B), and an amino-modified silicone (C).
US10721815B2
A conductive interconnect structure comprises a polymeric substrate (e.g., a thermoplastic) and a plurality of compliant conductive microstructures (e.g., conductive carbon nanofibers) embedded in the polymeric substrate. The microstructures can be arranged linearly or in a grid pattern. In response to heating, the polymeric substrate transitions from an unshrunk state to a shrunken state to move the microstructures closer together, thereby increasing an interconnect density of the compliant conductive microstructures. Thus, the gap or pitch between adjacent microstructures is reduced in response to heat-induced shrinkage of the polymeric substrate to generate finely-pitched microstructures that are densely pitched, thereby increasing the current-carrying capacity of the microstructures. The polymeric material can be heated to conform or form-fit to planar and non-planar surfaces/geometries, and can be selectively heated at various portions to tailor or customize the interconnect density of the microstructures at selected portions. Associated electrical conducting assemblies and methods are provided.
US10721813B2
An arrangement (40) and process for coating a vehicle component (30) with a solid lubricant including a thermal spray device (10) having a spray direction along a spray line (S) corresponding to a central axis of a spray plume (16); a solid lubricant injection device (20) having an injection direction along an injection line (L) corresponding to a central axis of an injection plume (24); and a vehicle component (30) to be coated, having a surface (31) arranged at a distance (d) from an outlet orifice (13) of the thermal spray device (10) along the spray line (S). The solid lubricant injection device (20) is positioned such that the injection line (L) intersects the spray line (S) at an intersection point (P), which is intermediate the outlet orifice (13) of the thermal spray device (10) and the surface (31) of the component (30) to be coated. Also a process for thermal spray coating a vehicle component (30) with a solid lubricant coating and a vehicle, with such a coated component.
US10721812B2
A consumable set for a plasma arc torch is provided. The consumable set comprises a consumable tip including a plurality of consumable components, at least one of which includes an asymmetric feature asymmetrically disposed in the consumable tip relative to a longitudinal axis. The consumable set also includes a mounting element for coupling the consumable tip to a torch body. The mounting element is configured to axially secure the consumable tip relative to the torch body while permitting independent rotation of the consumable tip relative to the longitudinal axis during assembly. The mounting element is also configured to both axially and radially fix the consumable tip with respect to the torch body such that the asymmetric feature is locked at the specific radial orientation relative to the longitudinal axis after securement.
US10721798B2
An electroluminescent assembly comprising at least one male electroluminescent device and a female electroluminescent device; the male electroluminescent device comprising: a first male connection zone, wherein a first male connector is in contact with the first conductive layer of the male electroluminescent device, and a second male connection zone, wherein a second male connector is in contact with the second conductive layer of the male electroluminescent device; the first male connector being connected to the first conductive layer of the female electroluminescent device, and the second male connector being connected to the second conductive layer of the female electroluminescent device.
US10721796B2
A method for controlling the intensity of heat delivered by at least one heat source belonging to a cooking apparatus provided with a hob, wherein the heat source is arranged underneath a circumscribed cooking area of the hob. The method provides for the steps of calculating over time the change in the difference between the temperatures detected at a first point P1 and at a second point P2 of the hob and involves reducing the intensity of heat delivered by the heat source if the change exceeds a predetermined maximum threshold Δ2Tmax.
US10721793B2
In a transmission device, a signal processing circuit generates an aggregate physical layer convergence protocol data unit (A-PPDU) by adding a guard interval to each of a first part of a first physical layer convergence protocol data unit (PPDU) transmitted over each of a first through L'th channel of a predetermined channel bandwidth, where L is an integer of 2 or greater, a second part of the first PPDU transmitted over each of an (L+1)'th through P'th channel, which is a variable channel bandwidth that is N times the predetermined channel bandwidth, where N is an integer of 2 or greater and P is an integer of L+1 or greater, and a second PPDU transmitted over the (L+1)'th through P'th channel. A wireless circuit transmits the A-PPDU.
US10721789B2
A method of handling multipath connections in a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN). The method comprising the steps of determining within the PLMN that a path, established across the PLMN, is a backup path of a multipath connection and providing an explicit indication to one or more nodes within the PLMN that the path is a backup path using a protocol layer that is otherwise unaware of the multipath connection. The method further comprises the step of, at the or each notified node, applying a handling to the path that is differentiated from the handling of non-backup paths.
US10721786B2
A network communication device comprises physical layer (PHY) circuitry configured to transmit and receive radio frequency electrical signals to communicate directly with one or more separate network devices; and medium access control layer (MAC) circuitry. The MAC circuitry is configured to: initiate transmission of a packetized message that includes a neighbor awareness networking (NAN) public action frame; receive a data connection request message from a second network device that includes one or more quality of service (QoS) requirements; initiate transmission of a data connection response message that includes data exchange time window information and channel information; and communicate data device-to-device with the second network device according to the data exchange time window information and channel information.
US10721781B2
Embodiments of an Evolved Node-B (eNB) and methods of communication are disclosed herein. The eNB may receive, from an element manager (EM), control signaling that indicates a wireless local area network (WLAN) mobility set that comprises one or more access points (APs) that are controlled by a WLAN termination (WT) entity. The WLAN mobility set may be for a Long Term Evolution WLAN aggregation (LWA) in which the eNB 104 is to configure indirect communication between the eNB and a UE via at least one of the APs of the WLAN mobility set. The eNB may transfer, to the WT entity, a downlink protocol data unit (PDU) to be forwarded to one of the APs of the WLAN mobility set for transmission to the UE as part of the LWA. The downlink PDU may be received from an S-GW.
US10721773B2
Certain embodiments disclose a method in a network node. The method broadcasts a location of a time and/or frequency resource of a first Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH). The first PRACH has a static location. The method determines a location of a time and/or frequency resource for a second PRACH. The location of the second PRACH is determined dynamically. The method communicates downlink control information to a wireless device. The downlink control information indicates the location of the second PRACH. The method receives a random access attempt from the wireless device. The random access attempt is received via the first PRACH or the second PRACH. The method communicates a random access response to the wireless device.
US10721767B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication technique for converging a 5G communication system, which is provided to support a higher data transmission rate beyond a 4G system with an IoT technology, and a system therefor. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g., smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety related service, or the like) based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT related technology. The disclosure relates to a method for recovering a beam into a correct beam according to a position of a terminal using a non-contention-based and contention-based beam failure recovery method in order to recover a beam failure in which communication is disconnected due to movement of a terminal or the like in a wireless communication system performing beam-based communication services.
US10721747B2
According to one embodiment, a wireless communication device includes a transmitter configured to transmit a first field containing information to identify a plurality of wireless communication terminals, and configured to multiplex and transmit a plurality of second fields in each of which a first frame containing an address of any of the wireless communication terminals is set; and a controller configured to determine, for the first frames, values pertaining to lengths of durations to suppress access to a wireless medium to the wireless communication terminal having an address different from the address contained in each of the first frames. The transmitter is configured to set the values in the first frames, the second fields, or the first field. The controller is configured to determine the values so that the durations have an end at an identical time.
US10721737B2
Method and apparatus for communication using a plurality of cells in a wireless communication system
A cell configuration method of a base station in a mobile communication system supporting Carrier Aggregation (CA) which includes configuring a first cell consisting of at least two sectors formed with different antennas to a terminal, configuring a second cell consisting of at least two sectors formed with different antennas to the terminal, and communicating with the terminal through the first and second cells, wherein one of the first and second cells consists of sectors using same Physical Cell Identifier (PCID) and the other consists of sectors using different PCIDs.
US10721732B2
A radio communication device which manages a network defines a predetermined transmission frame cycle, allocates in the frame specific access slots as timing with which the individual radio communication devices in the network concerned receive a transmission, puts the information of the allocation in a beacon signal, and transmits the signal. Each radio communication device performs receiving operation at access slots specific to the device itself defined by the beacon signal. When information transmission is made between arbitrary communication devices in the network, access slots for the device which is to receive the information are used.
US10721728B2
Radio communication system, base station apparatus, radio terminal, and communication control method
A radio communication system includes a first base station (11) that manages a first cell (110), a second base station (12) that manages a second cell (120), and a radio terminal (2). The radio terminal (2) supports dual connectivity involving a bearer split in which a first network bearer between the radio terminal (2) and a core network (3) is split over the first base station (11) and the second base station (12). The first base station (11) receives, from the second base station (12), bearer split status information about communication of the first network bearer in the second base station (12), and performs control of an access stratum related to the first network bearer. It is thus possible to contribute, for example, to an improvement in control of an access stratum when dual connectivity involving a bearer split is performed.
US10721726B2
Various devices, methods, and processes are provided for handling conflicting and/or redundant power control and triggering information for transmitting reference signal(s) such as sounding reference signal (SRS) using carrier aggregation (CA). A user equipment (UE) receives a first downlink control information (DCI) and a second DCI including SRS control information that is in conflict with that of the first DCI, for controlling SRS transmission on a component carrier (CC). The UE determines a resolution to reconcile the conflict between the DCIs. Then the UE can transmit an SRS on the CC in accordance with the resolution.
US10721719B2
Methods and systems for optimized caching of data in a network of nodes are described herein. A server node of a plurality of server nodes may receive, from a device (e.g., a client device), a request for data. The request may be transmitted to the server node via a load balancing device. The server node may retrieve the data requested by the device. The server node may cache, at a cache location internal to the server node, the data requested by the device. The method may comprise transmitting, by the server node, a request to update a data mapping table to indicate a mapping of the server node and the data requested by the device.
US10721715B2
Technology to provide link aware streaming adaptation is disclosed. In an example, a mobile device can include computer circuitry configured to: receive a manifest file for an HTTP adaptive stream from a node; determine a physical layer goodput of the mobile device with the node; and select a representation in the manifest file for a selected period based, at least in part, on the physical layer goodput.
US10721713B2
Disclosed herein are a method and apparatus for monitoring UE reachability in a wireless communication system. A method for monitoring UE reachability may include receiving, by a Mobility Management Entity, a monitoring request message for UE reachability including a maximum response time from a Home Subscriber Server, detecting, by the MME, the UE reachability if it is expected that paging is able to be transmitted to UE when extended Discontinuous Reception is applied to the UE, and sending, by the MME, a UE reachability notification to a Service Capability Exposure Function before a next paging occasion of the UE, wherein the maximum response time may indicate a time during which the UE maintains a reachable state so that downlink data is reliably delivered to the UE, and wherein an occasion when the UE reachability notification is transmitted may be determined by taking into consideration the maximum response time.
US10721712B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a base station may determine, for a user equipment, a configuration for a monitoring occasion for paging within a paging occasion based at least in part on a user equipment index and a reference signal index. In some aspects, the base station may provide a paging signal in accordance with the configuration based at least in part on determining the configuration for the monitoring occasion for paging within the paging occasion. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10721707B2
A system and method of characterizing a geographical location for a wireless device in a wireless network is described. The system includes a first config management log, a second config management log, a correlation module, data bins, a location module, a predictive analysis module and a service layer module. The first config management log is associated with a plurality of base stations. The second config management log is associated with a network component communicatively coupled to the plurality of base stations. The correlation module correlates the first config management log and the second config management log with a geographic area. Each of the data bins is associated with a geographic area. The predictive analysis module analyzes the communication parameters associated with a particular geographic area. The service layer module identifies the communication parameters affecting at least one of a user experience and a quality of experience (QoE) in the particular geographic area.
US10721701B2
A transmitter and a method therein, configured for generating a synchronization signal for Device-to-Device (D2D) communication utilizing a Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) waveform. The method includes determining, by a transmitter, a synchronization sequence du[l] modulating a set of subcarriers, where |du[l]|=|du[L−1−l]|, l=0,1, . . . , L−1, and |du[l]|=K, for a positive constant K, where u is a root index and L is a length of the synchronization sequence du[l]. The method further includes selecting the root index u from a set of root indices, and generating a synchronization signal for D2D communication utilizing an SC-FDMA waveform based on the determined synchronization sequence du[l] and the selected root index u.
US10721699B2
According to one configuration, an example communication system includes multiple wireless base stations such as a first wireless base station and a second wireless base station. The first wireless base station resides outdoors and receives timing information from remote radio hardware such as a satellite or other suitable resource; the second wireless base station resides indoors and is unable to receive the timing information from the satellite. The communication system includes a communication link or network connecting the second wireless base station to the first wireless base station. In one configuration, the second wireless base station receives the timing information from the first wireless base station over the network. The first wireless base station and the second wireless base station both use the timing information to synchronize wireless communications in the wireless network environment.
US10721697B2
A synchronous communication method is provided. The method includes: obtaining, by a first terminal, first configuration information, where the first configuration information includes a first parameter; determining, by the first terminal according to a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) clock, a transmission timeslot corresponding to a current moment in a device-to-device (D2D) communications system; determining, by the first terminal according to the transmission timeslot and the first parameter, whether the current moment is a synchronization-information-sending moment; if the current moment is the synchronization-information-sending moment, sending, by the first terminal, sidelink synchronization information at the synchronization-information-sending moment, where the sidelink synchronization information carries indication information, the sidelink synchronization information is used to synchronize a second terminal with the first terminal, and the indication information is used to indicate, to the second terminal, that the first terminal is a synchronization source that uses the GNSS clock.
US10721694B2
A method and an electronic device for controlling transmission power are provided. The method includes the steps of determining an overlapping level between a channel used by a first wireless module and a channel mask used by a second wireless module; determining whether to adjust the transmission power of the first wireless module according to the overlapping level, wherein the first wireless module complies with a first wireless technology, and the second wireless module complies with a second wireless technology, and the second wireless module is coexistent with the first wireless transmission technology in an overlapping hand.
US10721691B2
A terminal device and a positioning information processing method applied to a terminal device, where the terminal device includes a processor and a positioning chip. The processor receives positioning request from a first application program or receives current positioning data of the terminal device from the positioning chip. The first application program is included in the terminal device. The processor obtains using state and running state of the first application program. The processor avoids sending the positioning request to the positioning chip avoids sending the current positioning data to the first application program when the first application program is in a positioning service restricted state the first application program is currently running in the background.
US10721684B2
An electronic device may be provided that includes a first processor and a second processor, the first processor to wirelessly receive a data packet from another device, and to determine a property (or type) of the received data packet. When the property or type of the received data packet is a first property or first type then the first processor to process the data packet. On the other hand, when the property or type of the received data packet is a second property or second type then the second processor to process the data packet.
US10721680B2
A method and apparatus for providing a virtual network function in a visited network are disclosed. For example, the method receives an attach request or a handover for a user endpoint device, determines a home network for the user endpoint device, receives a profile of the user endpoint device, determines a policy for providing a service to the user endpoint device in accordance with the profile, determines a set of virtual network functions needed for providing the service to the user endpoint device in accordance with the policy, grants the attach request or the handover, designates for each virtual network function of the set of virtual network functions that is needed for providing the service, a corresponding virtual network function for serving the user endpoint device at a location of the user endpoint device, and provides the service to the user endpoint device via the set of virtual network functions.
US10721678B2
Provided are a method for receiving an on-demand system information (OSI) block by a terminal in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for supporting the same. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a network, an on-demand system information (OSI) configuration including information on mapping between the OSI block and information on a system information request (SIR) preamble; determining an OSI block of interest; selecting an SIR preamble corresponding to the OSI block of interest on the basis of the OSI configuration; transmitting the selected SIR preamble to a serving cell so as to request the determined OSI block of interest; and receiving the requested OSI block of interest.
US10721677B2
A communication apparatus is provided and is capable of selecting between a mode in which a service notification is issued in a single network (NW) and a mode in which a service notification is issued in a plurality of NWs selects which mode to issue a service notification based on a predetermined condition, and issues a service notification based on the selected mode.
US10721676B2
The present invention is designed to reduce communication overhead in communication in which beamforming is used. A user terminal according to one aspect of the present invention has a transmission section that transmits a beam identification signal for identifying a given beam, a receiving section that receives given information transmitted in the given beam based on the beam identification signal, and a control section that controls transmission of the beam identification signal.
US10721675B2
Apparatuses of wireless communication systems are disclosed. A User Equipment (UE) stores an enhanced coverage restricted parameter from a Mobility Management Entity (MME), and operates in the enhanced coverage mode if the enhanced coverage restricted parameter indicates that the UE is not restricted. The MME decodes an enhanced coverage restricted parameter received from a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), and generates a message to send the enhanced coverage restricted parameter to the UE. An eNode B decodes a message from the UE, the message indicating that the UE supports restriction for use of enhanced coverage. The eNB decodes an S1 Application Protocol (S1-AP) initial context set-up request message configured to indicate an enhanced coverage restricted parameter, the message received from the MME. The eNB operates in the enhanced coverage mode for the UE unless the enhanced coverage restricted parameter indicates that the enhanced coverage is restricted.
US10721662B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for selecting or reselecting a cell from among a plurality of cells. The present disclosure is also providing mobile stations for performing these methods, and computer readable media the instructions of which cause the mobile station to perform the methods described herein. For this purpose, the mobile station is detecting cells which are candidates (i.e. candidate cells) for selection or reselection, utilizing either the normal coverage mode or the enhanced coverage mode. Further, the mobile station is selecting or reselecting a cell among the candidate cells detected, utilizing either the normal coverage mode or the enhanced coverage mode. The mobile station is performing the detection and the selection or reselection on the basis of stored information indicating whether or not at least one of the candidate cells supports that the detection and the selection or reselection utilize the enhanced coverage mode.
US10721657B2
The invention discloses a method of obtaining user equipment context information that includes: receiving, by a first base station, a first radio resource control (RRC) connection establishment request sent by a user equipment (UE), where the first RRC connection establishment request carries connection status information before the UE sends the first RRC connection establishment request; determining, by the first base station according to the connection status information, whether the first base station meets a condition for requesting the UE context information; if the first base station determines that the first base station does not meet the condition for requesting the UE context information, sending, by the first base station, the UE context information establishment request to a mobility management entity (MME); and receiving, by the first base station, a response message sent by the MME for responding to the UE context information establishment request, where the response message carries the UE context information.
US10721656B2
Telecommunication network components configured to manage a handover of a communication session of user equipment from a packet-switched access network to a circuit-switched access network are described herein. The components may receive a handover request from user equipment, allocate circuit-switched access network resources, and request a session transfer. When the session transfer is invalid, e.g., during a pre-establishment phase of a communication session, the components may reject the transfer within a selected time and provide an invalid-handover message. Components may, in response to an invalid handover request, transmit a rejection of the session transfer and a fallback-trigger message.
US10721649B2
A connection node provides a high bandwidth connection on demand to mobile units that are in need of increased bandwidth for data transfers. In this manner, the connection node can supplement the bandwidth available to a mobile unit so that large volumes of data can be communicated to and from the mobile unit. A movable antenna automatically focuses its reception area on the mobile unit's location, after which, a high bandwidth connection can be established for high-speed data transfer. The high bandwidth connection is maintained, such as by tracking the mobile unit with the antenna, even if the mobile unit is moving.
US10721640B2
A method for performing a measurement in a wireless communication system and an apparatus for the same are disclosed. Particularly, a method by which a terminal performs a measurement in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving, by the terminal, a discovery signal; and measuring, by the terminal, reference signal received power (RSRP) and/or reference signal received quality (RSRQ) on the basis of the discovery signal, wherein the number of antenna ports of a cell-specific reference signal (CRS) cannot be applied to the discovery signal-based measurement.
US10721633B2
A communication control method, for causing a wireless communication device including an antenna array including a plurality of antenna elements to execute a process, includes: executing a first process that includes dividing the plurality of antenna elements into a plurality of element blocks, each of the plurality of element blocks including two or more antenna elements; executing a second process that includes forming a broad beam by steering beams that are formed by first and second element blocks of the plurality of element blocks the beam formed by the first element block being orthogonalized with the beam formed by the second element block; and executing a third process that includes orthogonalizing a first signal to be transmitted by the first element block and a second signal to be transmitted by the second element block.
US10721629B2
Dynamic sharing of pooled radio access network (RAN) resources can be divided amongst different tenant carriers according to a service level agreement and/or a host carrier policy. The carriers can share the RAN with the host carrier while utilizing their own core network and service delivery platform. The hosting carrier can utilize policies to provide guidelines on how to share among the tenant carriers. Additionally, the hosting carrier can also provide services for internet-of-things devices based on security requirements with different firewall, and/or authentication requirements.
US10721627B2
Certain aspects relate to methods and apparatus for wireless communication. The apparatus generally includes a processing system configured to generate a first frame including an indication of unused resources in a first basic service set (BSS) available to be shared with one or more wireless nodes in one or more second BSSs. The apparatus also includes a first interface configured to output the first frame for transmission to the one or more wireless nodes.
US10721614B2
A request to initiate a performance of an operation on an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) profile stored in an embedded universal integrated circuit card (eUICC) of a machine-to-machine (M2M) device is sent from a backend service of a wireless communication carrier to a subscription management service. A callback message is then received at the backend service from the subscription management service indicating that the operation is performed on the eSIM profile, in which the callback message including an eUICC identifier (ID) of the eUICC or an Integrated Circuit Card identifier (ICCID) of the eSIM profile. A profile state entry of the eSIM profile is locate via the backend service in an eSIM profile state database. The profile state entry of the eSIM profile is then updated via the backend service in the eSIM profile state database with an updated profile state of the eSIM profile after the operation.
US10721610B2
A method of communication between a first apparatus and a second apparatus, and pertains to the field of communications technologies. The method includes receiving, by the second apparatus before the second apparatus is associated with the first apparatus, a radio signal from the first apparatus carrying a message frame, detecting rich media information in the message frame, and providing the rich media information on a user screen of the second apparatus to help a user make an association decision.
US10721595B2
A wireless network can include one or more nodes distributed throughout a physical environment. The locations of client devices within the wireless network can be determined based on observing measurements of wireless signals exchanged between the nodes and the client devices. In some example embodiments, the capability of determining location information of client devices more accurately can be utilized for enhancing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) functions. In an example embodiment, a phone call can be intelligently routed to where the user is located within the wireless network. In another example embodiment, the volume of a VoIP-enabled client device can be adjusted depending on the proximity of other users.
US10721594B2
Mobile devices provide a variety of techniques for presenting messages from sources to a user. However, when the message pertains to the presence of the user at a location, the available communications techniques may exhibit deficiencies, e.g., reliance on the memory of the source and/or user of the existence and content of a message between its initiation and the user's visit to the location, or reliance on the communication accessibility of the user, the device, and/or the source during the user's location visit. Presented herein are techniques for enabling a mobile device, at a first time, to receive a request to present an audio message during the presence of the user at a location; and, at a second time, detecting the presence of the user at the location, and presenting the audio message to the user, optionally without awaiting a request from the user to present the message.
US10721590B2
Methods, systems, and techniques for wireless device detection, information, tracking, and authentication within a platform are provided. Example embodiments provide a Wireless Device Detection, Tracking, and Authentication System and methods, which enables users to detect wireless devices, obtain stored information about wireless devices, and authenticate wireless devices for a variety of purposes including determining similarity of devices based upon prior network connections, pinpointing the location of the device, verifying the cryptographic signature of the device, obtaining metadata associated with the device, and controlling the device to perform a particular action such as alerts and notifications. An example WDDTAS platform includes a server, one or more edge sensors communicatively connected to wireless/wired devices with or without software to configure the device to perform as an electronic tag and connected to electronic smart tags, and a persistent data repository.
US10721586B2
A wireless communication network enhances Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) for wireless user devices that have multiple device types. The wireless communication network has wireless access points that store MIMO geofences for the device types. The wireless access points select MIMO geofences for the wireless user devices based the device types. The wireless access points exchange Single User (SU) MIMO signals and Multiple User (MU) MIMO signals with the wireless user devices based on the selected MIMO geofences and device locations. The wireless access points transfer MIMO information characterizing the exchange of the MU-MIMO signals. A MIMO control system processes the MIMO information to determine geofence modifications based on MU-MIMO gains for the device types at the device locations. The MIMO control system transfers the geofence modifications to the wireless access points. The wireless access points update their MIMO geofences based on the geofence modifications.
US10721585B2
The invention concerns a method of generating a georeferenced plan of a building or building complex, the method involving: providing a georeferenced reference image of a map or aerial view of an area (101) comprising the building or building complex (102) in a first Cartesian projection space; converting, by a processing device, first coordinates of three or more points defining a zone selection window (404) in the reference image into three or more corresponding geodetic coordinates; converting, by the processing device, the three or more geodetic coordinates into second coordinates of the three or more points in a second Cartesian projection space to define a final zone in the second Cartesian projection space; and generating the georeferenced plan by transforming, by the processing device, the image zone of the reference image delimited by the zone selection window (404) to fill the final zone in the second Cartesian projection space.
US10721583B2
An electronic apparatus, an information processing device and an information processing method. An electronic apparatus for a base station side includes a processing circuit. The processing circuit is configured to: control a user equipment to acquire, from a base station, reference information about a signal intensity on a specific spectrum resource in a predetermined region; when the user equipment is located in the predetermined region, control the user equipment to sense the signal intensity on the specific spectrum resource; and control the user equipment to adjust, based on the reference information and the sensed signal intensity, a parameter for performing near-distance service communication in the predetermined region, so as to achieve an expected communication performance, wherein the parameter influences the access rate and/or transmission reliability of near-distance service communication.
US10721578B2
Methods and devices for correcting warping in spatial audio may include identifying a geometric transform that defines a geometric warping between a first spatial geometric model that represents how sound is produced in a first volumetric space and a second spatial geometric model that represents how sound is produced in a second volumetric space different from the first volumetric space. The methods and devices may include determining an inverse of the geometric transform that compensates for the geometric transform. The methods and devices may include applying the inverse of the geometric transform to a first location in the first spatial geometric model by mapping the first location to a second location in the second spatial geometric model to correct for the geometric warping.
US10721576B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate having an opening extending through the substrate and at least one support member on a sidewall of the opening, a vibration membrane on the substrate, a cover layer on the vibration membrane. The substrate, the vibration membrane, and the cover layer define a cavity. The opening exposes a lower surface portion of the vibration membrane. The at least one support member on the sidewall of the opening provides support to the vibration membrane in a deformation of the vibration membrane to prevent breakage.
US10721573B2
The disclosure relates to a plate structure of a non-surgical bone conductive device, configured to be attached to a part of the skin of the skull of a hearing impaired person. The non-surgical bone conductive device is designed such that an optimized vibration transfer is achieved, while at the same time allowing a sufficient leverage of the weight of the sound processor when the sound processor is connected to the plate structure.
US10721566B2
The present invention provides a receiver assembly. The receiver assembly comprises a receiver housing comprising a first housing part and a second housing part. The receiver housing defines an inner space, and the first housing part and the second housing part are movable relative to each other to define an open configuration and a closed configuration. The receiver assembly further comprises an armature extending in a first direction in the inner space, and a diaphragm operationally attached to the armature via a drive pin extending in a second direction, where the first and second directions are different. The drive pin and the armature are formed in one part. A circumferential edge part of the diaphragm is arranged in a joint between the first housing part and the second housing part in the closed configuration.
US10721565B1
An audio device includes a speaker array and a controller for beam-steering audio output by the speaker array to localize sound in different locations in a local area around the audio device. The audio device also includes a microphone array or a set of cameras configured to detect an object, such as a human, in the local area around the audio device. Additionally, the audio device includes a subwoofer for outputting low frequencies. Different speakers are included in different chambers, with the subwoofer also included in a chamber. The audio device opens or closes valve doors separating adjacent chambers to alter audio output. Opening the valve doors allows the audio device to better output low frequencies, while closing the valve door allows the audio device to direct audio output by the speakers to locations in the local area.
US10721561B2
The technology described this document can be embodied in a method that includes receiving an error signal captured using a microphone, the error signal representing a difference between the sinusoidal component of a noise signal and an output of an acoustic transducer. The output of the acoustic transducer is configured to reduce the effects of the sinusoidal component of the noise signal. The method includes processing the error signal to compensate for effects due to a signal path between the acoustic transducer and the microphone, and determining a current estimate of one or more first parameters of the error signal. Based on such parameters, a current estimate of a time-varying step size associated with an adaptive process is determined, and based on the current estimate of the time-varying step size, a driver signal configured to change the output of the acoustic transducer is generated.
US10721559B2
A microphone array for capturing sound field audio content may include a first set of directional microphones disposed on a first framework at a first radius from a center and arranged in at least a first portion of a first spherical surface. The microphone array may include a second set of directional microphones disposed on a second framework at a second radius from the center and arranged in at least a second portion of a second spherical surface. The second radius may be larger than the first radius. The directional microphones may capture information that allows for the extraction of Higher-Order Ambisonics (HOA) signals.
US10721545B2
A method includes acquiring a plurality of raw video files, obtaining video signals and audio signals from the raw video files, determining a sound feature from the audio signals, and combining the raw video files based on the sound feature to generate a combined video file.
US10721544B2
The disclosure provides a method of making watermarking data embedded in an Elementary Stream ES accessible to a receiver. The ES comprises video and/or audio data and is to be transmitted as a Packetized Elementary Stream PES in a Transport Stream TS such that the receiver can use the watermarking data to watermark the video and/or audio data in the ES without reconstructing the ES from the TS. The watermarking data identifies one or more watermarking locations in the video and/or audio data in the ES to be modified by the receiver in accordance with the watermarking data. The method comprises determining respective one or more watermarking TS locations in the TS corresponding to the one or more watermarking locations. The method further comprises embedding, in the ES, the watermarking data including watermarking location information identifying the one or more watermarking TS locations, or modifying watermarking data embedded in the ES by adding the watermarking location information. The method may further comprise subsequent to embedding or modifying the watermarking data, packetizing the ES into one or more PES packets, each packet comprising a packet header, and adding watermarking data location information identifying a location in the TS corresponding to a location of the watermarking data in the ES to the packet header of a PES packet (or in a TS header or elsewhere in the TS). The disclosure also provides a corresponding method of watermarking and related systems, devices, computer programs and Transport Streams.
US10721543B2
A method of and system for enabling a distributed entertainment system over a computing device is described herein. When implementing a distributed entertainment system wherein the entertainment system is directly correlated to live events or televised programs, there are a number of issues that must be addressed such as differing timing and channels of television programs and separate state laws. Furthermore, there are a plethora of varying computing device models possibly requiring model-specific software. An “Activity Client” is provided to handle such concerns. Furthermore, since time is of the essence for activities based on live or televised events, it is necessary to ensure a computing device is able to receive the necessary updates for the program before the event begins. By providing only the needed components instead of entire data packages, the present invention is able to much more efficiently prepare users' computing devices in time.
US10721539B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a system an method for detecting impairments in a network. The network may be a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network. The system may include a node evaluation unit for evaluating the operation of one or more nodes in the network to determine whether the nodes are operating as desired, or whether service is required.
US10721526B2
Apparatus and methods are provided to implement a technique for an interactive video system that allows a user to place supplemental items such as images on a main image being displayed. In one implementation, a user causes images of flying food to be displayed on top of a playing movie. Supplemental item data may be provided on the same media as is the main item data, e.g., on an optical disc, and control information may be provided on the media to control how supplemental item data is applied and presented.
US10721516B2
A user terminal apparatus is provided. The user terminal apparatus for performing a remote control function for an electronic apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with an electronic apparatus for providing a text input user interface (UI), an input unit configured to receive a user command for input of a specific text on the text input UI, a fingerprint scanner provided in the input unit and configured to recognize a user fingerprint, and a controller configured to recognize a user fingerprint according to the user command and to transmit information corresponding to the recognized user fingerprint to the electronic apparatus in response to the electronic apparatus entering a preset text input mode.
US10721515B2
A method is disclosed to include receiving first viewership information for a media segment displayed on a first electronic device, the first viewership information including a first viewership event associated with the media segment, where media content includes at least the media segment. The method can include receiving second viewership information for an overlay content segment displayed on a second electronic device, the second viewership information comprising a second viewership event associated with the overlay content segment. The method can include determining that a first viewership level for the overlay content segment is greater than a second viewership level for the media segment in view of the first viewership event or the second viewership event. The method can include sending a display instruction to a content management device instructing the content management device to send the overlay content segment to the first electronic device and the second electronic device.
US10721512B2
A distribution system for transmitting media content programs to premises equipment via a satellite transmission path addresses signal degradation caused by atmospheric conditions and other factors. Upon detection of a degradation of the satellite signal, the system may begin transmitting the content using an alternative signal path, such as a terrestrial IP network. The satellite transmission path is brought back on line after the satellite link is restored. Alternatively, the system may begin recording the signal in the media distribution system for transmission via the satellite link after the link is restored.
US10721507B2
A method of content transaction consensus includes receiving a request to initiate a transaction for play of video or audio content, the request being received from a data network connected device having a native player. The transaction is validated by consensus in a peer-to-peer network that maintains a distributed ledger, and a record of the transaction is stored in the distributed ledger only when the transaction is validated. The record including a reference file for the video or audio content with a plurality of player control parameter values and linking data for one or more designated content sources outside the peer-to-peer network. And the method includes providing access to the reference file by the data network connected device to enable the data network connected device to play the video or audio content using the reference file and a content data file.
US10721506B2
Systems and methods for providing remote access to a cinematic production. A server may generate and cache frames for a cinematic production while creating frame descriptors that are placed in the catalogue. A synchronization process synchronizes the catalogue with one or more clients. Using the catalogue, the client is able to select desired frames for viewing before frames are received at the client from the server. The server may receive a request for frames from the client, where the request includes an identifier component of the frame descriptor in the catalogue. The requested frames are returned by the server to the client for display at the client.
US10721503B2
A community space is established for a media content item. Data items are received from contributing account holders. Each data item has metadata including an index time corresponding to a time of relevance of the data item during playback of the media content item. Each data item is separate from the media content item. The data items and their associated metadata are stored within the community space in correlation with the media content item. A streaming request for the media content item is received from a requesting account holder. The media content item is streamed to a device of the requesting account holder in response to the streaming request. At least some of the data items and their associated metadata correlated with the media content item are transmitted from the community space to the requesting account holder in conjunction with streaming the media content item to the requesting account holder.
US10721498B2
Embodiments provide efficient delivery of multiple media channels to in-transport terminals, for example, to reduce channel zapping delay in a bandwidth efficient manner. For example, an in-transport media (ITM) server can distribute multiple channel offerings to ITM clients in a transport craft. Meanwhile, the ITM server can monitor which channel offerings are presently being consumed via the ITM clients, and can transmit feedback to a remote media server, accordingly. Based on the feedback, the ITM server can receive the channel offerings from the remote media server, in such a way that one or more of the channel offerings is received as a low-fidelity instance when not presently being consumed via any of the ITM clients, and one or more of the channel offerings is received as a high-fidelity instance when presently being consumed via at least one of the ITM clients.
US10721494B2
The present invention relates to an image processing device and method whereby deterioration of effects of filter processing due to local control of filter processing when encoding or decoding can be suppressed.A boundary control flag generating unit of a control information generating unit generates boundary control flags based on system specification information which a system specification managing unit manages. A control unit of an adaptive filter processing unit determines a processing method for filter processing to be performed as to pixels nearby a slice boundary following the value of the boundary control flag. For example, selection is made to perform filter processing straddling slices or to perform filter processing closed at the present slice.The present invention can be applied to an image processing device, for example.
US10721490B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for adaptive motion vector candidate ordering for video encoding and decoding. An apparatus includes a video encoder (100) for encoding a block in a picture by selecting an order of motion vector predictor candidates for the block responsive to a characteristic available at both the video encoder and a corresponding decoder. The characteristic excludes a mode in which the block is partitioned.
US10721484B2
A method for determining a luminance value used to process color samples in a decoder or encoder is provided comprising determining (33, 44) a luminance sample associated with a chroma sample position in a common space; and applying (34, 492) the determined luminance sample in a process that depends on luminance that is being applied to the chroma sample.
US10721483B2
An image coding method includes: generating a predicted block; calculating a residual block; calculating quantized coefficients by performing transform and quantization on the residual block; calculating a coded residual block by performing inverse quantization and inverse transform on the quantized coefficients; generating a temporary coded block; determining whether or not an offset process is required, to generate first flag information indicating a result of the determination; executing the offset process on the temporary coded block when it is determined that the offset process is required; and performing variable-length coding on the quantized coefficients and the first flag information.
US10721482B2
Object-based intra-prediction encoding may include generating, by a processor in response to instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, an encoded block of a current frame of a video stream by encoding a current block from the current frame, including the encoded block in an output bitstream, and outputting or storing the output bitstream. Encoding the current block may include identifying a first spatial portion of the current block, wherein the first spatial portion includes a first pixel from the current block and omits a second pixel from the current block, encoding the first pixel using a first intra-prediction mode, and encoding the second pixel using a second intra-prediction mode, wherein the second intra-prediction mode differs from the first intra-prediction mode.
US10721481B2
The invention relates to a motion compensation performed under an inter-frame prediction. A fractional sample interpolation is applied on retrieved samples to generate fractional samples. The fractional sample interpolation comprises a plurality of filtering operations, and all of filtered results from the filtering operations are truncated down to a predetermined bit depth independent of the bit depth of the samples stored in the reference picture memory.
US10721478B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus configured to code video data includes a processor and a memory unit. The memory unit stores video data associated with a first layer having a first spatial resolution and a second layer having a second spatial resolution. The video data associated with the first layer includes at least a first layer block and first layer prediction mode information associated with the first layer block, and the first layer block includes a plurality of sub-blocks where each sub-block is associated with respective prediction mode data of the first layer prediction mode information. The processor derives the predication mode data associated with one of the plurality of sub-blocks based at least on a selection rule, upsamples the derived prediction mode data and the first layer block, and associates the upsampled prediction mode data with each upsampled sub-block of the upsampled first layer block.
US10721474B2
A moving picture decoding apparatus, method, and medium for decoding a current block are provided. A first candidate is derived from a first motion vector that has been used to decode a first block. The first block is adjacent to the current block. A second candidate having a second motion vector that includes a non-zero value is derived. The non-zero value is assigned to a corresponding reference picture. The second motion vector is not derived by decoding a block adjacent to the current block. A candidate is selected from a plurality of candidates, including the first candidate and the second candidate. The current block is decoded using the selected candidate. The second candidate includes the non-zero value of the corresponding reference picture, selected from a plurality of referable reference pictures.
US10721472B2
A video decoder, encoder, and corresponding methods for processing video data for an image block and a particular reference picture index to predict the image block are disclosed that utilize adaptive weighting of reference pictures to enhance video compression, where a decoder includes a reference picture weighting factor unit for determining a weighting factor corresponding to the particular reference picture index; an encoder includes a reference picture weighting factor assignor for assigning a weighting factor corresponding to the particular reference picture index; and a method for decoding includes receiving a reference picture index with the data that corresponds to the image block, determining a weighting factor for each received reference picture index, retrieving a reference picture for each index, motion compensating the retrieved reference picture, and multiplying the motion compensated reference picture by the corresponding weighting factor to form a weighted motion compensated reference picture.
US10721467B2
A method for decoding a picture, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: receiving split flag information and merge flag information; splitting a coding unit (CU) of one or more depths n into CUs of depth n+1, on the basis of the split flag information; generating a merged CU by combining parts of the CUs of the depth n+1, on the basis of the merge flag information; and performing a decoding procedure for generating a restoration picture, on the basis of the generated merge CU. According to the present invention, a decoding procedure can be performed by merging CUs having similar characteristics, and thus auxiliary information to be received and processed is reduced and coding efficiency is improved.
US10721466B2
A video encoding method is provided. The video encoding method includes: obtaining a to-be-coded video frame; determining a current encoding mode according to current coding information and/or image feature information of the to-be-coded video frame; processing the to-be-coded video frame according to the current encoding mode to generate a current coded video frame; obtaining a current reference frame corresponding to the current coded video frame based on the current coded video frame being an inter frame; obtaining a corresponding processing reference frame according to resolution values of the current reference frame and the current coded video frame; and encoding the current coded video frame according to the processing reference frame to generate first coded data.
US10721463B2
An infrared polarizing filter is attached to an infrared synchronization signal radiator of a stereoscopic image display device which alternately displays right and left images by time-division with polarized light in one direction to radiate the polarized-light infrared synchronization signal. The problem with the occurrence of crosstalk is solved. Stereoscopic image appreciation eyeglasses have polarizing plates, visual field opening/closing liquid crystal cells and tilt correcting liquid crystal cells. The synchronization signal is received by a receiver mounted on an eyeglass frame. The tilt correcting liquid crystal cells are adjusted based on the eyeglass frame tilt angle detected.
US10721456B2
A position and posture acquisition unit acquires viewpoint position information of a user. A viewscreen setting unit sets a viewscreen for the user. An original image operation unit calculates a correction amount for a pixel of the image from a parallax value of each pixel of an original image and an amount of movement of the viewpoint such that the object looks fixed, and generates, for each of left and right viewpoint, an image reference vector map. The image reference vector map includes an image reference vector that refers to the position of the object before correction from coordinates of each pixel after correction. A display image generation unit refers to the original image on the basis of the image reference vector corresponding to each pixel of the viewscreen to determine a color value.
US10721444B2
The present disclosure provides a lock system including automated notification and surveillance integration. In the lock system of the present disclosure, when any of the locks included in the lock system are locked or unlocked, a notification or communication signal is sent to at least one other device. The at least one other device may be a receiver, smart phone, smart watch, laptop, desktop, and/or an Internet connected or Internet of Things (IoT) device. In one aspect, the at least one other device is an image capturing device that captures one or more images of the lock that has been locked or unlocked and the surrounding area the lock is disposed in responsive to the notification or communication signal sent. The lock system of the present disclosure is configured for use with electronic locks, mechanical locks, and/or hybrid electronic-mechanical locks.
US10721443B1
Embodiments of the present invention provides a system and method of a smart door. The system includes a camera, a display interface, and an internal rechargeable battery. In some embodiments, a camera and a display interface are mounted on both sides of the door, thus allowing users to communicate through the door while the door forms a physical barrier between the communicating users. The system networks multiple doors together. At least one door can track occupants location and entrance/exit within a structure. The system also provides the capability to give user wellness information and operate fully with biometrics
US10721438B2
A method for controlling a conference call in a videoconferencing system is disclosed. The system includes multiple videoconferencing rooms, a server and a mobile computing device. The method includes communicating, by the mobile computing device, with the server determine whether at least one of multiple videoconferencing rooms is within a defined proximity of the mobile computing device. The method also includes, in response to determining that at least one of the videoconferencing rooms is within the defined proximity of the mobile computing device, and in response to the user selecting said at least one of the videoconferencing rooms via the user interface of the mobile device, transmitting one or more commands to the system controller located in said at least one of the videoconferencing rooms to establish or control a videoconference in said at least one of the videoconferencing rooms.
US10721437B2
There is provided an application stored in a computer-readable storage medium and enabling a first terminal to perform a method of providing a video call service, the method includes: establishing a video call session between the first terminal and a second terminal; displaying an exposure control area for controlling an exposure area of an image of a first user displayed on the second terminal; receiving an input of the first user for controlling the exposure control area; and transmitting a signal for controlling the exposure area to the second terminal in response to the input of the first user.
US10721435B2
A video transmission apparatus (10) includes: a specified-position information acquisition unit (110) that acquires specified-position information indicating a specified position in an area to be surveilled including each imaging region corresponding to each of a plurality of imaging apparatuses; and a video transmission control unit (120) that selects at least one imaging apparatus from among the plurality of imaging apparatuses using imaging position information indicating a position or an imaging range of each of the plurality of imaging apparatuses and the specified-position information and transmits a video captured by the selected imaging apparatus to a video sharing apparatus that is to share the video.
US10721433B2
A remote controller is provided. The remote controller includes a transmitter; a microphone configured to receive an audio signal output from an audio output apparatus; a communicator comprising communication circuitry configured to perform communication with a display apparatus connected to the audio output apparatus and to transmit the audio signal received through the microphone to the display apparatus; and a processor configured to control the transmitter to transmit to the audio output apparatus a signal for controlling a power of the audio output apparatus based on information indicating whether there is a test tone in an audio signal received by the microphone and received from the display apparatus.
US10721432B2
An image capturing apparatus includes a graphic image generation unit configured to generate a graphic image, a communication control unit configured to obtain, from a display apparatus, conversion characteristic information indicating a relationship between a pixel value of a display image based on a captured image input from the image capturing apparatus to the display apparatus and a display luminance value in a state in which the display image is displayed on the display apparatus, and a video output unit configured to output, to the display apparatus together with a captured image, a corrected graphic image obtained by correcting a pixel value of the graphic image based on the conversion characteristic information and a target value of a display luminance value of the graphic image when the graphic image is displayed on the display apparatus.
US10721419B2
A method for correcting perspective distortion includes acquiring a plurality of images of a given subject by at least one camera of a mobile device, wherein each of the images is taken using respective actual settings for the camera captured by at least one sensor of the mobile device. The method further includes processing the images and the respective actual settings for each of the images to synthesize a single image of the given subject, wherein the single image emulates using specified virtual settings for the camera. The method further comprises displaying the synthesized single image of the given subject to a user of the mobile device.
US10721417B2
A camera module includes a first lens barrel including a first lens, a second lens barrel including a second lens that is aligned with the first lens in an optical axis direction, and a stop module disposed between the first lens barrel and the second lens barrel. The stop module includes blades configured to form one or more incidence holes having various sizes. The stop module includes a magnet portion including a driving magnet opposing a driving coil, and the magnet portion moves back and forth rectilinearly.
US10721415B2
The disclosure relates to technology for processing images to detect LED on pulses within the images. An image processing device and method includes a fusion processor and process configured to receive the sequential long and short exposure images and output a fusion image including added corresponding regions of adjacent sequential long and short exposure images. The image processing device and method also includes an LED detection processor and method configured to receive the fusion image, a WDR image and the sequential long and short exposure images and output a control signal indicating whether each corresponding region includes an LED flicker or motion. The image processing device and method also includes a blending processor and method responsive to the control signal to generate a blended image for the sequential long and short exposure images.
US10721411B2
The present invention provides a method for performing high dynamic range optical image detection of a scene comprising: imaging incident light from a scene onto an object plane; determining the locations of those pixels in the object plane of higher brightness; detecting the optical irradiance values of those pixels of higher brightness to produce a first detected image; detecting the optical irradiance values of those pixels of lower brightness to produce a second detected image; and generating a high dynamic range optical irradiance map of the scene by combining the first detected image and the second detected image into a single image.
US10721409B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods for exposure control. The systems and methods may obtain a target frame brightness value of the image. The systems and methods may also obtain an exposure mode of the electronic device. The systems and methods may also obtain an exposure table corresponding to the exposure mode. The systems and methods may also determine a target value, corresponding to the target frame brightness value, for each of the one or more exposure parameters based on the exposure table. The systems and methods may also adjust one or more of the at least one lens, the at least one exposure-time controller, and the at least one sensor according to the target values of the one or more exposure parameters.
US10721408B1
An automatic exposure (AE) imaging system includes an image sensor that captures an analog image; an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) that converts the analog image into a digital image; a single-frame image processor that processes the digital image; an exposure quantizer that generates a discrete number representing a determined exposure time according to an output of the single-frame image processor; a multi-exposure controller, under control of a motion-detect signal, generating a plurality of different exposure times in sequence in each frame period in a motion detection mode, and outputting the determined exposure time in a streaming mode; and a pixel controller coupled to receive an output of the multi-exposure controller, according to which the image sensor is controlled.
US10721406B2
A lens drive apparatus has: a magnet and a coil configured to displace the lens holder in a direction of an optical axis and a direction orthogonal to the optical axis in collaboration with each other. The coil includes first and second coils. The magnet includes first and second magnets. The first coil is disposed on an outer periphery of the lens holder. The first magnet, the second magnet, the second coil and a Hall device are each disposed to be spaced from the outer periphery of the lens holder at respective positions different from each other in the direction of the optical axis. Inner surfaces of the magnets at a side of the lens holder and outer surfaces of the magnets at an opposite side of the inner surfaces have reverse polarities, the inner surfaces have reverse polarities, and the outer surfaces have reverse polarities.
US10721402B2
An optical image stabilization system, an imaging device, and an electronic device are provided. The optical image stabilization system includes a micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS), and an image sensor. The MEMS includes a fixed electrode, a movable electrode, and a deformable connection member. The movable electrode cooperates with the fixed electrode. The deformable connection member is configured to fixedly connect the fixed electrode with the movable electrode. The image sensor is fixedly connected to the movable electrode. The fixed electrode and the movable electrode are configured to generate an electrostatic force under a driving voltage. The deformable connection member is configured to deform under the electrostatic force in a direction where the movable electrode moves, to make the movable electrode move, so as to drive the image sensor to move.
US10721400B2
The present application discloses a spherical camera, including a base, a rotation assembly, a sphere locking frame, a sphere and a sphere cover, wherein the sphere cover is connected to the base through the rotation assembly, and is rotatable relative to the base in a direction parallel to a supporting surface of the base; the sphere is hinged in the sphere cover and is rotatable in a direction perpendicular to the supporting surface; the sphere locking frame is provided on the rotation assembly and an elastic damping member is provided between the sphere and the sphere locking frame. The above solutions can solve the problem that the sphere of the current spherical camera can be easily damaged due to direct contact with the cover during a rotation process.
US10721399B2
An audio data acquisition device for obtaining audio data, and an audio data acquisition system. The audio data acquisition device for obtaining audio data includes a top surface to be attached to a bottom of an omnidirectional image sensing device. The audio data acquisition system includes the audio data acquisition device for obtaining audio data, and the omnidirectional image sensing device. In the audio data acquisition system, a top surface of the audio data acquisition device is to be attached to a bottom of the omnidirectional image sensing device.
US10721377B1
Methods, apparatus and systems related to production of a movie, a TV show or a multimedia content are described. In one example aspect, a system for producing a movie includes a pre-production subsystem configured to receive information about a storyline, cameras, cast, and other assets for the movie from a user. The pre-production subsystem is configured to generate one or more machine-readable scripts corresponding to one or more scenes. The system includes a production subsystem configured to receive the scripts from the pre-production system to determine constraints among the scenes. The production subsystem is further configured to determine actions for the cameras and the cast for obtaining footages according to the storyline. The system includes a device management subsystem configured to control the cameras and the cast based on the determined actions by the production system and a post-production editing system configured to receive the footages from the production subsystem for performing video and audio editing.
US10721374B2
A printing support system includes an information processing apparatus and an image forming apparatus. The information processing apparatus generates distribution target data indicating distribution targets. Based on the distribution target data, the image forming apparatus recognizes departments to which the distribution targets belong, respectively. The image forming apparatus recognizes a minimum color number department whose permissible number of colors used is smallest. The image forming apparatus determines a highlight part in document data. The image forming apparatus generates automatic highlight image data that is image data including the highlight part subjected to a highlighting process and using a number of colors equal to the permissible number of colors of the minimum color number department.
US10721365B2
An image reading device includes a reader, an opposing member, and circuitry. The reader is configured to read an image of an object to be conveyed. The opposing member has a plurality of opposing portions that include reference surfaces selectively switchable to be placed at a reading position of the reader. The reference surfaces include two or more identical reference surfaces. The circuitry is configured to determine whether an evaluation reading value of reading values read by the reader on each of the two or more identical reference surfaces is within a prescribed range and perform correction operation of the image reading device with the evaluation reading value within the prescribed range out of the reading values of the two or more identical reference surfaces.
US10721360B2
There is described a gateway system comprising: a local-call device for receiving and sending phone call signals from and to a telephone device located in a same telecommunication zone; a VoIP device, distinct from the local-call device, for receiving and sending VoIP call signals from and to a remote and distinct VoIP device located in another distinct telecommunication zone; and a voice transmission apparatus comprises a set of two acoustically distinct chambers. Those comprise a first chamber comprising a first microphone and a second speaker; and a second chamber comprising a second microphone and a first speaker. The first microphone and the first speaker are in communication with the local-call device only and the second microphone and the second speaker are in communication with the VoIP device of the gateway system only.
US10721356B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, relating to synthetic call initiation. In some implementations, a method includes receiving, by a call triggering module of a call initiating system for placing calls and conducing conversations between a bot of the call initiating system and human callee during the calls, data indicating a first event, determining, by the call triggering module and using the data indicating the first event, that the first event is a trigger event that triggers a workflow for the call initiating system that begins with initiating a phone call, selecting, based on the determined trigger event, a particular workflow, and in response to the selecting, initiating a phone call to a callee specified by the particular workflow.
US10721352B2
Methods, devices, and systems for controlling telephone calls are disclosed. For example, such a method can include receiving an incoming call, determining caller identification information for the incoming call, and, responsive to the determining, generating an indication and receiving an input in response to the indication. In such an embodiment, the incoming call is received at a call control unit, the call control unit is associated with a telephone, and the incoming call is directed to the telephone. Further, the indication is generated by the call control unit.
US10721351B2
Disclosed is a secure telephone call management system for authenticating users of a telephone system in an institutional facility. Authentication of the users is accomplished by using a personal identification number, preferably in conjunction with speaker independent voice recognition and speaker dependent voice identification. When a user first enters the system, the user speaks his or her name which is used as a sample voice print. During each subsequent use of the system, the user is required to speak his or her name. Voice identification software is used to verify that the provided speech matches the sample voice print. The secure system includes accounting software to limit access based on funds in a user's account or other related limitations. Management software implements widespread or local changes to the system and can modify or set any number of user account parameters.
US10721348B2
Provided is a mobile terminal including a display unit in which a portion of an upper end of a display region is recessed. The mobile terminal includes a main body having a front surface and a rear surface, at least one sensor disposed on the front surface of the main body, a display unit including a main display region disposed at the front surface of main body and first and second sub-display regions extending from the main display region and disposed with the at least one sensor interposed therebetween, and a controller controlling at least one function in response to a touch input applied to the display unit, wherein the controller controls different functions on the basis of which of the main display region, the first sub-display region, and the second sub-display region, the touch input starts from.
US10721342B2
Disclosed are battery locks. The batter locks may include a body, a first arm, and a second arm. The body may have a first end, a second end, and a pivot axis. The pivot axis may be located in between the first end and the second end. The first arm may extend from the body proximate the first end. The first arm may be configured to provide a biasing force that biases movement of the body in a first direction about the pivot axis. The second arm may extend from the body proximate the first end. The second arm may be configured to provide an ejection force to a battery.
US10721334B2
Disclosed herein is a system and method for data collection in a virtual universe. The system can determine a first virtual universe object in a virtual universe comprises a first data source for a first data feed. The system can determine a first trigger event associated with the first data source. The system can determine permission has been granted to access the first data feed. The system can in response to determining permission has been granted to access the first data feed: determine to capture first data from the first data feed in response to a second virtual universe object performing the first trigger event; determine to create a first data feed file comprising the first data and first information related to the second virtual universe object; and determine to transmit the first data feed file to a user device associated with the first virtual universe object.
US10721323B2
High performance data streaming is provided. An intermediate iterator receives a request to process streaming data in a parent request buffer from a parent iterator. The intermediate iterator sends a request to provide a batch of the streaming data in a request child buffer to a child iterator. The intermediate iterator receives the batch of the streaming data in a child response buffer from the child iterator. The intermediate iterator processes the batch of the streaming data. The intermediate iterator sends the processed batch of the streaming data in a response parent buffer to the parent iterator.
US10721320B2
The present application provides a redirection method, apparatus, and system, to increase a redirection success rate. In the method, a broadband remote access server (BRAS) receives a first Transport Layer Security (TLS) handshake packet sent by a terminal, where the first TLS handshake packet carries a flag and an identifier of the terminal, and the flag is used to indicate that the terminal is capable of performing redirection according to a uniform resource locator (URL); after determining that the first TLS handshake packet carries the flag, the BRAS obtains a URL of a destination server and a certificate of the destination server according to the identifier of the terminal, where the destination server is a server that redirection is destined for; and the BRAS sends the URL of the destination server and the certificate of the destination server to the terminal.
US10721318B2
Methods and apparatus for deriving and/or generating, user presence information from communication signals monitored by a SBC or PRI Gateway and aggregating and/or distributing the user presence information. An exemplary method embodiment includes the steps of storing a plurality of user profile records, each of the user profile records mapping contact information for a user to one or more user identifiers corresponding to the user; receiving first signaling information; determining a first user corresponding to the first signaling information by comparing at least a first portion of the information contained in the first signaling information to at least a first portion of the information contained in the plurality of user profiles; and generating presence status information for the first user and communicating the first presence status information to a presence server as presence status information corresponding to a first user identifier, said first user identifier corresponding to said first user.
US10721315B1
Techniques for migrating a plurality of communications services in a data communication network are disclosed. Aspects include accessing a migration map for the plurality of communications services; identifying a communications dependency between a first service and a second service according to the migration map, the first service migrating from a first route to a second route, the second service migrating from a third route to a fourth route, and the third route at least partially overlapping with the second route; determining a migration sequence based on the communications dependency, wherein the migration sequence includes a largest subset of the plurality of communications services of which no more than M communications services are allowed to migrate from pre-migration configurations to temporary routes, before migrating to post-migration configurations; and migrating the plurality of communications services from a first plurality of configurations to a second plurality of configurations according to the migration sequence.
US10721309B2
System and method can support data communication in a heterogeneous environment. The system can establish a connection between a first device and a second device, wherein the connection is based on a protocol, which associates a host mode or an accessory mode with one or more connected devices. Furthermore, a controller on the first device can determine a device type associated with the second device, and can configure the first device to be in either the host mode or the accessory mode, based on the determined device type associated with the second device, to handle data communication between the first device and the second device.
US10721306B2
A control system for a first agricultural vehicle includes a first transceiver that communicatively couples to a second transceiver of a second agricultural vehicle via a communication network. The control system further includes a first controller communicatively coupled to the first transceiver, such that the first controller includes a processor and a memory device storing instructions thereon that when executed cause the processor to establish a first team that is accessible by the second agricultural vehicle, cause the second agricultural vehicle to join the first team upon receipt of a first signal from the second agricultural vehicle, such that the first signal is indicative of login credentials, and enable communication between the first agricultural vehicle and the second agricultural vehicle via the communication network to facilitate coordination between the first and second agricultural vehicles.
US10721304B2
A computer-implemented method for utilizing cloud storage as a rank comprises allocating storage space on one or more cloud storage devices via a cloud interface; mapping the allocated storage space to corresponding virtual local addresses; grouping the virtual local addresses to create one or more virtual local ranks from the allocated storage space on the one or more cloud storage devices; converting local data access requests for the one or more virtual local ranks to cloud data access requests configured for the cloud interface; and communicating the cloud data access requests to the one or more cloud storage devices via the cloud interface.
US10721301B1
A storage system management station includes monitoring software with a GUI. The GUI presents operational status of software, physical devices and interconnecting cabling associated with a logical storage cluster. Graphical representations of physical devices may include line drawings that help to identify the devices and ports to which cabling is connected. Selected types of cabling may be presented in order to simplify the displayed image. An indication of associations between different data center sites and individual physical devices may also be provided. An interface may also be provided for upgrading, enabling, disabling, failing and recovering components. A mapping graphic illustrates the relationship between the virtual-volume and the underlying storage-volume with the LUN ID displayed by the GUI. Multiple clusters can be managed from a single screen.
US10721288B2
A method and an apparatus include a memory, a communication unit comprising communication circuitry, and a processor functionally coupled with the memory and/or the communication unit. The processor is configured to receive a transmit request of a file stored in the memory, to determine whether the requested file exceeds a reference size, to send the requested file to a server through the communication unit using a module configured with a file transfer function if the requested file exceeds the reference size, to receiver from the server a file access path relating to the transmitted file, and to share the received file access path with another electronic device.
US10721257B2
According to some aspects, disclosed methods and systems may comprise generating a profile that is based on monitoring a communication pattern associated with a device. Subsequent communications associated with the device may be monitored. Based on the profile and the subsequent communication, a security status may be associated with the device.
US10721254B2
Systems and methods for threat detection in a network are provided. The system obtains recoils for entities that access a network. The records include attributes associated with the entities. The system identifies features for each of the entities based on the attributes. The system generates a feature set for each of the entities. The feature set is generated from the features identified based on the attributes of each of the entities. The system forms clusters of entities based on the feature set for each of the entities. The system classifies each of the clusters with a threat severity score calculated based on scores associated with entities forming each of the clusters. The system determines to generate an alert for an entity in a cluster response to the threat severity score of the cluster being greater than a threshold.
US10721252B2
A computer-implemented method, computer program product and computing system for: obtaining consolidated platform information for a computing platform to identify one or more deployed security-relevant subsystems; processing the consolidated platform information to identify one or more non-deployed security-relevant subsystems; generating a list of ranked & recommended security-relevant subsystems that ranks the one or more non-deployed security-relevant subsystems; and providing the list of ranked & recommended security-relevant subsystems to a third-party.
US10721243B2
Implementations of the present disclosure involve a system and/or method for identifying and mitigating malicious network threats. Network data associated is retrieved from various sources across a network and analyzed to identify a malicious network threat. When a threat is found, the system performs a mitigating action to neutralize the malicious network threat.
US10721241B2
A method is provided for protecting a vehicle network of a vehicle against manipulated data transmission. The vehicle network includes multiple network nodes. At least one first network node in the vehicle network compares received messages with messages assigned to the first network node and detects the manipulated data transmission if one of the received messages coincides with a message assigned to the first network node, but the first network node did not send the message. At the same time, the first network node compares only selected messages of the received messages with the messages assigned to the first network node or compares the received messages only with selected messages assigned to the first network node.
US10721240B2
Briefly, example methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture are disclosed that may be implemented, in whole or in part, using one or more mobile communication devices and/or processing devices to facilitate and/or support one or more operations and/or techniques for blockchain mining using trusted nodes, such as via democratization of associated resources for fair blockchain mining, for example.
US10721227B1
A system and method of validating an identity of a user device is disclosed that includes registering a biometric signature with an authoritative identity source, transmitting an encrypted user identity element from the authoritative identity source to a user device, sending an identity request from a third party entity to the user device, transmitting the encrypted user identity element from the user device to the third party, sending an identity validation request from the third party to the authoritative identity source, transmitting a communication from the authoritative identity request to the third party entity, and informing the third party entity if the identity of the user is confirmed.
US10721226B1
A computer implemented method performed by an identity verification computing system includes receiving a request to provide an identity verification of a user via an entity computing system, the request including data associated with a user device associated with the user. A user-level profile associated with the user device is accessed. A user-level token is requested from the user device. The user-level token is associated with the user-level profile. The user-level token is received from the user device, and validated. An identity verification approval is transmitted to the entity computing system.
US10721214B2
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for initiating establishment of a connection. The system may include a device intermediary between a client and a server. The device may determine at least one server name indicator (SNI) for an application executing on the client and having a secure session established with the server. The device may determine, for each domain name corresponding to the at least one SNI, a session timeout value for the corresponding domain name. The device may send a message to the client according to each session timeout value, to cause the client to initiate establishment of a connection for the corresponding domain name using the secure session.
US10721209B2
A firewall cluster comprises three or more firewall processing nodes, which report primary node status based on the reporting node's membership in a preexisting cluster. A controller uses the reported status to assign a primary node in the distributed firewall cluster. Reported primary node status includes reported primary node eligibility if the node is a member of a preexisting cluster, reported primary node status comprising reporting primary node ineligibility if the node is not a member of a preexisting cluster, reported primary node status if the node is a primary node in a preexisting cluster, and reported primary node eligibility in a node that has timed out.
US10721206B2
A method and apparatus of a device that starts an address resolution service on a network element after a boot-up of this network element is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the network element sends an indication of the boot-up. The network element further sends a request for an address resolution table and receives a reply with the requested address resolution table. In addition, the network element starts the address resolution service using the requested address resolution table.
US10721201B2
Systems and methods for classifying messages are provided. Each message in a plurality of messages is classified, thereby independently identifying a message category in a set of message categories for each respective message in the plurality. The plurality of messages is delivered to a plurality of recipients with a designation of the message category of each respective message in the first plurality of messages. A plurality of recipient initiated message interaction events for messages in the first plurality of messages over a predetermined period of time is collected from the plurality of recipients. A message categorization dataset is then constructed from (i) the first plurality of messages, (ii) the designation of the message category of each respective message in the subset of the first plurality of messages, and (iii) the plurality of recipient initiated message interaction events. This message categorization dataset is used to train or evaluate a message classifier.
US10721200B2
A method is disclosed for managing communication processes (N1-N4) between internal participants (A, B, C) of an internal communication network on the one hand and external participants (E) on the other hand. First a list is set up in an internal communication network that contains incoming and outgoing communication activities between the internal participants and at least one external participant as a virtual mailbox. This virtual mailbox is assigned to the at least one external participant and is set up to be invisible or inaccessible to the at least one external participant. Communications activity between an internal participant and the external participant are recognized as being associated with the external participant based upon identification that has been assigned to the external participant and can be obtained from the communication activity. Each communication activity that has been recognized as being associated with the external participant is deposited in the virtual mailbox.
US10721199B2
Novel tools and techniques might be provide for implementing message-driven data updates. In some embodiments, a server might generate linear (e.g., short message service (“SMS”)) message(s) containing data updates, and might send the linear message(s) to a user device over a linear messaging communications network. The user device might receive the linear message containing data updates, and might divert, based on the format of the linear message, the linear message, from a queue of regular (i.e., message only) linear messages that are displayed to a user, to a translator device or application programming interface (“API”). The translator or API might parse the data updates in the linear message (in some cases, combining data updates in multiple linear messages, decrypting data updates, and/or the like) to generate data updates in data format, which are then relayed to one or more identified applications running on the user device for updating these applications.
US10721198B1
Techniques for electronic messaging including receiving a first request to send a first attachment to a first recipient body with a first message, receiving a second request from an end-user device to send a second attachment to a second recipient body with a second message, obtaining a first fingerprint for the second attachment, determining that the first fingerprint matches a second fingerprint for the first attachment, determining, based on the first fingerprint matching the second fingerprint, that the end-user device does not need to provide the second attachment, and indicating to the end-user device, in response to the determination that the second end-user device does not need to provide the second attachment, that the end-user device does not need to transmit the second message attachment to another device in association with the second message.
US10721192B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a visual media file transmission method and a user terminal. The visual media file transmission method includes: monitoring a transmission request for a visual media file; extracting, when the transmission request is detected, according to a reference value, information related to the visual media file to obtain an analysis result. The information related to the visual media file includes content information of the visual media file and/or a communication message associated with the visual media file; and determining, based on the analysis result, whether to transmit an original version of the visual media file. Embodiments of the present disclosure aim at optimizing transmission of the visual media file and lowering the probability of repeated transmission of the visual media file.
US10721188B2
Some embodiments provide a network forwarding element with a data-plane forwarding circuit that has a parameter collecting circuit to store and distribute parameter values computed by several machines in a network. In some embodiments, the machines perform distributed computing operations, and the parameter values that compute are parameter values associated with the distributed computing operations. The parameter collecting circuit of the data-plane forwarding circuit (data plane) in some embodiments (1) stores a set of parameter values computed and sent by a first set of machines, and (2) distributes the collected parameter values to a second set of machines once it has collected the set of parameter values from all the machines in the first set. The first and second sets of machines are the same set of machines in some embodiments, while they are different sets of machines (e.g., one set has at least one machine that is not in the other set) in other embodiments. In some embodiments, the parameter collecting circuit performs computations on the parameter values that it collects and distributes the result of the computations once it has processed all the parameter values distributed by the first set of machines. The computations are aggregating operations (e.g., adding, averaging, etc.) that combine corresponding subset of parameter values distributed by the first set of machines.
US10721159B2
Examples include receiving a recovery signal and access data stored in a centralized database of a networking device in response to the recovery signal. The data may include information associated to past multicast flow events. Additionally, examples include determining a rebuilt multicast flow event based on the data, generating a multicast protocol packet based on the multicast flow event, and sending the multicast protocol packet to a multicast protocol in the networking device.
US10721156B2
A technique efficiently selects a path computation element (PCE) to compute a path between nodes of a computer network. The PCE selection technique is illustratively based on dynamic advertisements of the PCE's available path computation resources, namely a predictive response time (PRT). To that end, the novel technique enables one or more PCEs to dynamically send (advertise) their available path computation resources to one or more path computation clients (PCCs). In addition, the technique enables the PCC to efficiently select a PCE (or set of PCEs) to service a path computation request based upon those available resources.
US10721154B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for virtual probes. A processor can execute a probe orchestrator service. The processor can obtain traffic monitoring data that describes traffic associated with a logical node. The logical node can include two or more devices that can exchange information as internal traffic. The processor can analyze the traffic monitoring data to determine one of the two or more devices hosts external traffic that involves an external device that resides outside of the logical node. In response to a determination that the one of the two or more devices hosts the external traffic, the processor can trigger instantiation of a virtual probe at the device of the plurality of devices.
US10721150B2
In some examples, a method can include receiving, at a network monitor, discrete side information from a first server at a first rack regarding a data flow between the first server and a second server at a rack other than the first rack. The discrete side information can, for example, include an indicator determined by the first server that indicates whether the data flow satisfies a reference criteria. The method can further include performing, with the network monitor, a network inference process partly based on the received discrete side information.
US10721146B2
A system includes a monitoring attaching service to provide monitoring for a managed service operated on target resources. A search manager can query the monitoring attaching service for a monitoring function that is compatible with a service template that describes the managed service.
US10721131B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus guarantee bandwidth for a network transaction. A network is logically organized as a tree having a plurality of nodes. Each node can guarantee service for a network transaction through the network. Each node monitors its traffic and reserves predefined amounts of unused bandwidth with its adjacent node. If a particular node needs additional bandwidth, that node borrows the bandwidth from its adjacent node.
US10721130B2
Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for updating a multi-tenant virtualization system are described herein. Session launch data for a plurality of end users associated with a plurality of tenants is obtained from a session database, and queried. The session launch data is analyzed for session launch activity. An update time is obtained based on the analysis. A component of the multi-tenant virtualization system is updated at the determined update time. During the updating, new sessions by the plurality of end users associated with the plurality of tenants are prevented from launching.
US10721128B2
In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided apparatuses, systems and methods for implementing upstream power control for DSL communications. For example, such a system may include means for: dividing a plurality of DSL lines into a first group of DSL lines and a second group of DSL lines based on characteristics common to each of the DSL lines within the respective first and second groups; determining attainable upstream data rates for the first and second groups of DSL lines according to the characteristics of each group; selecting upstream power control parameters to apply to each of the first and second groups of DSL lines based on the attainable upstream data rates determined; and instructing the DSL lines of the first and second groups to adopt the selected upstream power control parameters. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US10721126B2
A hybrid routing-application network fabric apparatus is presented where a fabric apparatus has multiple apparatus components or resources that can be dedicated to one or more application topologies. The apparatus can receive a topology image definition file describing an application topology and the apparatus can dedicate its local components for use with the application topology. The apparatus can dedicate general purpose processing cores, dedicated routing cores, data channels, networking ports, memory or other local resources to the application topology. Contemplated application topologies include routing topologies, computation topologies, database topologies, storage topologies, or other types of application topologies. Furthermore, application topologies can be optimized by modeling or simulating the topologies on a network fabric.
US10721120B2
Described herein is an infrastructure management device. In accordance with one aspect, the infrastructure management device includes at least one communication interface to connect to and provide power to at least one information technology (IT) device, and communicate with at least one other infrastructure management device. The infrastructure management device may further include one or more processors and one or more non-transitory machine-readable media comprising instructions configured to cause at least one of the one or more processors to perform operations to manage the IT device.
US10721118B2
Provided are a method and apparatus for configuring dual-connectivity by a terminal, The method may include: performing configuration by adding a secondary base station signaling radio bearer (SRB); receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message including radio resource configuration information associated with a secondary base station or a secondary cell group through the secondary base station SRB; and transmitting a failure information message to a master base station when it is not possible to comply with the radio resource configuration information included in the RRC message.
US10721117B2
A resolution resiliency application performs robust domain name system (DNS) resolution. In operation, the resolution resiliency application determines that an authoritative name server that is responsible for a domain name specified in a DNS query is unavailable. In response to determining that the authoritative name server is unavailable, the resolution resiliency application performs operation(s) that modify one or more DNS records stored in a cache based on one or more resiliency policies associated with the authoritative name server. The resolution resiliency application then generates a DNS response to the DNS query based on a DNS record stored in the modified cache. Notably, the disclosed techniques increase the likelihood of providing clients with DNS responses that accurately provide requested information.
US10721116B2
A communication terminal includes a memory, a receiver, and circuitry. The memory stores image data identification information identifying image data in association with image type information indicating a type of an image represented by the image data. The receiver receives specific image data and specific image data identification information identifying the specific image data from another communication terminal. The circuitry controls a display to display a specific image represented by the specific image data received by the receiver in a size according to the image type information associated with the specific image identification information in the memory.
US10721115B2
Embodiments provide a content sharing method and system. A source terminal cloud server receives a content sending command sent by a source terminal, where the content sending command carries an address of a destination terminal cloud server. The source terminal cloud server sends a connection request to the destination terminal cloud server according to the address of the destination terminal cloud server, where the connection request is used to request to establish a connection to the destination terminal cloud server. The source terminal cloud server sends shared content to the destination terminal cloud server after the connection is established. After the shared content is transferred between the cloud servers, terminals respectively log in to their respective cloud servers.
US10721106B1
Methods and systems are described for sampling an equalized information signal to generate a sequence of data-pattern-verified edge samples and data decisions, determining a correlation between each data-pattern-verified edge sample and a corresponding penultimate prior data decision of the data decisions, and adjusting, responsive to the correlation, a continuous-time linear equalization (CTLE) code of a CTLE to adjust equalization of the equalized information signal.
US10721101B1
An Ethernet link is disclosed. The link includes a first Ethernet transceiver and a second Ethernet transceiver configured as a link partner to the first Ethernet transceiver. A shielded twisted quad (STQ) cable is interposed between the first Ethernet transceiver and the second Ethernet transceiver. The STQ cable includes four conductors, each conductor having a first end interfaced with a corresponding input/output (I/O) circuit of the first Ethernet transceiver in a single-ended configuration, and a second end interfaced with a corresponding input/output (I/O) circuit of the second Ethernet transceiver in a single-ended configuration.
US10721097B2
Techniques for dynamically scaling instances of virtual private network (VPN) gateway in a cloud computing system are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes determining whether a number of packets processed by a first instance of the VPN gateway exceeds a preset threshold. In response to determining that the number of packets exceeds the preset threshold, a new security association (SA) corresponding to a portion of the VPN network traffic is created. Upon completion of creating the SA, a load balancing policy at a load balancer is modified to forward a portion of the network traffic to a second instance of the VPN gateway when an incoming packet contains a security parameter index (SPI) corresponding to the created SA in its EPS header.
US10721095B2
Described herein are systems and methods that can support bridging VCNs in a manner which addresses customer needs with respect to access mechanisms, connectivity, regional availability, service complexity, and customer isolation/security. The system and methods that can support bridging VCNs as described herein have particular utility with respect to providing etcd-as-a-Service. In particular embodiments virtual network interface (VNIC) features are used to implement a bridge between a subnet of an etcd VCN and a subnet of a customer VCN in order to bridge the subnets.
US10721085B2
A terminal device is connectable to a management server and a file server. The management server is connectable to multiple service servers, each of which provides a communication service. The file server stores a file used in the communication service. The terminal device includes a processor and a memory storing a program that causes the processor to execute control of the terminal device to function as: a conference information receiving unit configured to receive conference information, which is information about a conference booked through the communication services provided by the multiple service servers, the conference information being received from the management server, a file obtaining location specifying unit configured to specify, as a file obtaining location, a storage location storing the file used in the communication service, on the basis of the conference information, and a file obtaining unit configured to obtain the file from the specified storage location.
US10721081B2
An authentication method is performed between a first party and a second party. The method includes: i) determining a challenge; ii) sending the challenge to the second party; receiving a response from the second party including a second cryptogram; computing a first cryptogram using the challenge and the key of the first party; determining if the first cryptogram matches the second cryptogram received from the second party. If the first cryptogram does not match the second cryptogram, the method further includes performing a computation using the first cryptogram and the second cryptogram; and comparing a result of the computation with a stored set of results to recover a first data element carried by the second cryptogram.
US10721078B2
A method for propagating configuration data using a blockchain includes: storing a blockchain comprised of a plurality of blocks, each being comprised of a block header having a timestamp and one or more configuration transactions; receiving one or more configuration data items; generating a new configuration transaction for each configuration data item; hashing a most recent block identified based on the timestamp included in the respective block header to generate a previous block hash value; hashing a combination of the new configuration transactions and/or data associated therewith to generate a current block hash value; generating a new block header, the new block header including a current timestamp, the previous block hash value, the current block hash value, and a digital signature; generating a new block comprised of the new block header and each new configuration transaction; and updating the blockchain by appending the new block.
US10721076B2
A method, a device, a terminal, and a service are described for a security check for terminal users. The method may include: performing a local check via an updated check mode to acquire a local check result, when a terminal user performs the security check; encrypting the local check result according to stored substitutive credential information to acquire an encrypted check result, wherein the substitutive credential information is generated when the updated check mode is used to replace an original check mode; and sending the encrypted check result, the local check result and user information of the terminal user to a server, so that the server determines that the local check result is trustable when the verification of the encrypted check result according to substitutive credential information corresponding to the user information is passed.
US10721067B2
A CPU package includes an encryption and decryption module disposed in a communication path between an instruction path of a processor core and a data register that is externally accessible through a debug port, and a key store accessible to the module. The module is configured to encrypt and store data in the data register for each of a plurality of processes being handled in the instruction path, wherein data owned by each process is encrypted and decrypted by the module using an encryption key assigned to the process. The key store is configured to store the encryption key assigned to each of a plurality of processes, wherein the key store is inaccessible outside the CPU package. The data is only decrypted for a requesting process having a process identifier that matches the process identifier stored in the processor data structure along with the requested data.
US10721059B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for data encryption and an apparatus and method for data decryption. The data encryption apparatus includes a key exchanger configured to generate a session key using a key exchange protocol, a cipher key generator configured to generate at least one of a cipher key and a key table from the session key, and an encryptor configured to encrypt data with the at least one of the cipher key and the key table generated from the session key.
US10721057B2
Systems and methods for end-to-end encryption and dynamic resizing and encoding into grouped byte channels are described herein. A query is homomorphically encrypted at a client using dynamic channel techniques. The encrypted query is sent without a private key to a server for evaluation over target data to generate encrypted response without decrypting the encrypted query. The result elements of the encrypted response are grouped, co-located, and dynamically resized and encoded into grouped byte channels using the dynamic channel techniques, without decrypting the encrypted query or the encrypted response. The encrypted response is sent to the client where the client uses the private key and channel extraction techniques associated with the dynamic channel techniques to decrypt and perform channel extraction on the encrypted response to obtain the results of the query without revealing the query or results to a target data owner, an observer, or an attacker.
US10721050B2
A base station communicating data to/from plural mobile terminals over plural OFDM sub-carriers within a coverage area. The base station allocates transmission resources provided by a first group of the plural OFDM sub-carriers within a first frequency band to mobile terminals of a first type and allocates transmission resources provided by a second group of the plural OFDM sub-carriers within a second frequency band to terminals of a second type, the second group being smaller than the first group and the second frequency band selected from within the first frequency band. The base station transmits control information including resource allocation information for terminals of the first type over a first bandwidth corresponding to the combined first and second groups of OFDM sub-carriers and transmits control information including resource allocation information for terminals of the second type over a second bandwidth corresponding to the second group of OFDM sub-carriers.
US10721047B2
In certain embodiments, a method includes generating a first signal and a second signal. The first signal includes at least one first sub-signal, and the second signal includes at least one second sub-signal. A subcarrier frequency spacing of the first sub-signal is M times as large as a subcarrier frequency spacing of the second sub-signal. The method further includes separately sending each first sub-signal and each second sub-signal. In a range of a first preset frequency apart from a reference subcarrier frequency, all the second sub-signals sent on a subcarrier corresponding to a subcarrier frequency whose difference from the reference subcarrier frequency is a non-integer multiple of the subcarrier frequency spacing of the first signal are zero signals. The reference subcarrier frequency is a subcarrier frequency of the first sub-signal adjacent to the second signal in a frequency domain.
US10721046B2
Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving radio signals in a wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for receiving information on a number N of a code block group defined for one transport block from a base station through an upper layer signal, receiving a first transport block including a plurality of code blocks from the base station through a physical layer channel, and transmitting HARQ-ACK payload including HARQ-ACK information on the first transport block to the base station. Preferably, a code block-based CRC is attached to each of the code blocks, a transport block-based CRC is attached to the first transport block, and the HARQ-ACK payload includes a plurality of HARQ-ACK bits corresponding to M code block groups for the first transport block.
US10721042B2
The present application discloses an uplink reference signal transmission method and apparatus. The method includes: determining, by a terminal, a time domain resource sending position of an uplink reference signal, where there is a guard interval at a first end of the uplink reference signal; and after arriving at the time domain resource sending position, switching, in a first sequence, transmit beams in different time slices in M time slices at a first time interval corresponding to the uplink reference signal, to transmit the uplink reference signal, and switching, in a second sequence, transmit beams in different time slices in the M time slices at a second time interval corresponding to the uplink reference signal, to transmit the uplink reference signal, where the uplink reference signal includes uplink reference signals transmitted in the M different time slices.
US10721028B2
The present disclosure provides wireless communication methods for repeated transmission of channels, and wireless communication devices therefor. In one embodiment, the gap between the starting subframe of a first channel and the starting subframe of a second channel is defined or configured. In another embodiment, Mx*W=M and Mx*n=N is satisfied, where Mx is the number of subframes reserved for the channel in one HARQ process, M is RTT for one HARQ process, W is a positive integer and represents the maximum number of HARQ processes transmitting the channel within M subframes, N is the gap between the starting subframes of the channel in two HARQ processes, and n is a positive integer. In yet another embodiment, time-frequency resources for the channel in different HARQ processes are different.
US10721027B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. One method for wireless communication at a first device includes receiving a multicast packet from a second device, decoding control header information in the received multicast packet, determining that a decoding procedure associated with a payload of the received multicast packet is unsuccessful and transmitting a negative acknowledgement (NACK) based at least in part on the determining. The method also includes retrieving a list of transmitter identifiers. In some cases, transmitting the NACK is based at least in part on the list of transmitter identifiers. The method further includes determining a transmitter identifier associated with the multicast packet and determining that the transmitter identifier is present in the list of transmitter identifiers.
US10721014B2
A method performed by a wireless device for performing an uplink control channel transmission in a serving cell in a wireless communications network is provided. The wireless device is configured with a set of serving cell(s) in the wireless communications network. First, the wireless device determines a number of serving cells of the set of serving cell(s) that are relevant to consider when performing the uplink control channel transmission in the serving cell. Secondly, the wireless device selects an uplink control channel format from a set of uplink control channel formats for uplink control channel transmissions based on the determined number of serving cells. Then, the wireless device performs the uplink control channel transmission in the serving cell using the selected uplink control channel format. A wireless device for performing an uplink control channel transmission in a serving cell in a wireless communications network is also provided.
US10721001B2
An apparatus includes a first optical coupler configured to duplicate an optical signal carried by a first cable in a second cable and a third cable. The apparatus also includes a second optical coupler configured to combine an optical signal carried by the second cable and an optical signal carried by the third cable in the first cable. The apparatus further includes an electrical switch configured to selectively connect electrical conductors of the first, second, and third cables.
US10720995B1
The present disclosure provides signal management with unequal eye spacing by: sending, from a local transmitter, first and second signals with different first and second known eye patterns to a remote receiver over a channel; sending temperature data of the local transmitter and operating wavelength data of the first and second signals to the remote receiver over the channel; receiving, from the remote receiver, tuning parameters based on a dispersion of the channel based on a first difference between the first known eye pattern as transmitted and as received and a second difference between the second known eye pattern as transmitted and as received; and adjusting transmission rail values used to encode data for transmission over the channel by the local transmitter based on the tuning parameters to produce a conditioned signal for transmission with an unequally spaced eye pattern.
US10720992B2
There is provided a transmission apparatus including a transmitter configured to modulate a signal to a first signal having a first wavelength and a signal to a second signal having a second wavelength, and transmit the first signal and the second signal to a transmission line so that the second signal is varied in accordance with variation in an amount of cross phase modulation of the first signal passing through each position on the transmission line, and a signal processor configured to include at least one of a logic device and a processor, and configured to add an amount of chromatic dispersion at which a remaining amount of chromatic dispersion of the first wavelength at a certain position on the transmission line is equal to zero to the first wavelength in the transmission of the first signal and the second signal.
US10720985B1
An apparatus comprises a phased array antenna panel, a plurality of amplifier circuits, and a plurality of beamformer circuits. The phased array antenna panel generally comprises a plurality of antenna elements. Each of the amplifier circuits is mounted on the phased array antenna panel adjacent to a respective one of the plurality of antenna elements and each of the amplifier circuits has one or more first ports directly coupled to the respective antenna element. Each of the beamformer circuits is mounted on the phased array antenna panel adjacent to a number of the amplifier circuits. Each of the beamformer circuits has one or more second ports directly coupled to each of the adjacent amplifier circuits. Each of the beamformer circuits is generally configured to exchange a plurality of radio-frequency signals with each of the adjacent amplifier circuits via the second ports.
US10720981B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive a configuration that indicates whether the UE is to spatially multiplex multiple uplink transmissions, wherein the multiple uplink transmissions are a sounding reference signal (SRS) and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) communication. In some aspects, the user equipment may configure the multiple uplink transmissions based at least in part on the configuration. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10720975B2
A communication method, including performing, by a terminal device, in response to a value of a resource bundling granularity being a first-type value, determining at least one resource block bundling group in a scheduling resource corresponding to a terminal device according to the first-type value of the resource bundling granularity, wherein, the first-type value comprises 2 or 4, and receiving, using the at least one resource block bundling group, data transmitted by a network device. The method further includes performing, by the terminal device, in response to the value of the resource bundling granularity being a second-type value, determining a scheduling resource corresponding to the terminal device as a same resource block bundling group, wherein, the second-type value comprises a size of a consecutive scheduling bandwidth of the terminal device, and receiving, using the resource block bundling group, data transmitted by the network device.
US10720953B1
A wireless communication system with scalable diversity and multi-transceiver diversity deployment is disclosed. An example communication system includes a first wireless transceiver, having a first bandwidth and a first center frequency, a second transceiver, having a second bandwidth and a second center frequency, and a processor. The processor is configured to operate the wireless communication system in a first mode when a difference between the first center frequency and the second center frequency is greater than or equal to half of the first bandwidth plus the second bandwidth. The processor is also configured to operate the wireless communication system in a second mode when a difference between the first center frequency and the second center frequency is less than half of the first bandwidth plus the second bandwidth.
US10720951B2
A mobile terminal includes a terminal body, a metal case forming an appearance of the terminal body and including a side region and a second region integrally formed with the side region and supporting the inside of the terminal body, and a rear molding part formed in a region of the metal caser. The rear molding part includes a first molding region formed to have a closed loop shape along an inner surface of the side region and a second molding region extending from the first molding region and forming a receiving space for receiving at least one electronic component. The side region includes a plurality of opening holes, and the first molding region is formed to cover the plurality of opening holes.
US10720942B2
Described is an apparatus and method for data compression using compressive sensing in a wearable device. Described is also a machine-readable storage media having instruction stored thereon, that when executed, cause one or more processors to perform an operation comprising: receive an input signal from a sensor; convert the input signal to a digital stream; and symmetrically pad on either ends of the digital stream with a portion of the digital stream to form a padded digital stream.
US10720940B2
A method of converting 10-bit pixel data (e.g. 10:10:10:2 data) into 8-bit pixel data involves converting the 10-bit values to 8-bits using a technique that is selected dependent upon the values of the MSBs of the 10-bit values and setting the value of an HDR flag dependent upon the values of the MSBs. The HDR flag is appended to the 3-bit channel.
US10720926B1
An example programmable device includes a configuration memory configured to store configuration data; a programmable logic having a configurable functionality based on the configuration data in the configuration memory; a signal conversion circuit; a digital processing circuit; an endpoint circuit coupled to the signal conversion circuit through the digital processing circuit; wherein the digital processing circuit includes a first one or more digital processing functions implemented as hardened circuits each having a predetermined functionality, and a second one or more processing functions implemented by the configurable functionality of the programmable logic.
US10720923B2
A power conversion apparatus includes positive-side and negative-side switching elements, positive-side and negative-side gate drive circuits, and a gate signal controller. The positive-side switching element is disposed between a positive-side direct-current bus and an output node. The negative-side switching element is disposed between a negative-side direct-current bus and the output node. The positive-side and negative-side gate drive circuit are configured to turn on and off the positive-side and negative-side switching elements, respectively. The gate signal controller is configured to transmit to the positive-side and negative-side gate drive circuits gate signals to instruct turning on and off the positive-side and negative-side switching elements. The gate signal controller is configured to, when a short circuit between the positive-side direct-current bus and the negative-side direct-current bus is detected, transmit to the positive-side gate drive circuit a first gate signal and transmit to the negative-side gate drive circuit a second gate signal.
US10720921B2
A dead-time circuit includes a signal propagation path from a first input node receiving a PWM modulated control signal to an output node, such signal propagation path switchable between a non-conductive state and a conductive state, such that the signal at the first input node is transferred to the output node when the signal propagation path is in the conductive state. The dead-time circuit further includes a differentiator circuit block coupled to a second input node and to the signal propagation path, the second input node configured to be coupled to an intermediate node of a half-bridge circuit. The differentiator circuit block switches the signal propagation path between the non-conductive state and the conductive state as a function of a time derivative of a signal at the second input node. At least one time-delay circuit component delays transfer of the signal at the first input node to the output node.
US10720907B2
A circuit and method are provided. The method couples a first bias signal to a first internal node via a first resistor, couples a second bias signal to a second internal node via a second resistor, couples the first internal node to a ground node via a N-type switch, couples the second internal node to a power supply node via a P-type switch. The method further couples the first internal node to the second internal node via a transmission gate, couples a terminal to the first internal node via a first capacitor, and couples the terminal to the second internal node via a second capacitor.
US10720900B2
An acoustic resonator including a substrate, an active vibration region including, sequentially stacked on the substrate, a lower electrode, a piezoelectric layer, and an upper electrode, and a horizontal resonance suppressing part formed from and disposed in the piezoelectric layer, the horizontal resonance suppressing part having piezoelectric physical properties that are different from piezoelectric physical properties of the piezoelectric layer.
US10720893B2
A microphone array is disclosed. In an embodiment a microphone array includes a power supply circuit arrangement, at least one microphone circuit and a voltage detector. The power supply arrangement includes a switched-mode power supply circuit configured to generate at least two different levels of output voltage. The at least one microphone circuit includes a microphone transducer, and audio amplifier, a switchable voltage regulator circuit supplying the amplifier. The voltage detector is configured to switch the output voltage of the voltage regulator circuit depending on the voltage supplied by the switched-mode power supply circuit.
US10720891B2
The present invention addresses method, apparatus and computer program product for stabilization of the direct learning algorithm for wideband signals. Thereby, a signal to be amplified is input to a pre-distorter provided for compensating for non-linearity of the power amplifier, and the pre-distorted output signal from the pre-distorter is forwarded to the power amplifier. Parameters of the pre-distorter are adapted based on an error between the linearized signal output from the power amplifier and the signal to be amplified using an adaptive direct learning algorithm, and the linear system of equations formed by the direct learning algorithm are solved using a conjugate gradient algorithm, wherein, once per direct learning algorithm adaptation, at least one of the initial residual and the initial direction of the conjugate gradient algorithm are set based on the result of the previous adaptation.
US10720889B2
An apparatus includes a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate (i) a variable current and (ii) a constant current. The variable current may be proportional to a temperature of the first circuit. The second circuit may be configured to present a resistance through a plurality of first transistors between two ports in response to both the variable current and the constant current. The resistance may have a predefined dependence on the temperature.
US10720885B2
Relax oscillation circuits have at least one comparison circuit that is structured with a flipped gate transistor and a normal MOS transistor wherein the two transistors having different threshold voltages. The relaxation oscillators are configured for charging and discharging capacitances between the threshold voltages of the flipped gate transistor and the normal MOS transistor by toggling the state of a latching circuit to control the charging and discharging of the capacitances.
US10720883B2
A test apparatus for analyzing performance of a multi-junction solar cell can include a plurality of light source groups, each light source group including three or more light sources distributed over a substrate. Each sub-cell of the solar cell is associated with at least one of the light source groups, and each light source group primarily photoexcites the sub-cell of the light source group with which it is associated. The intensities of the various light source groups can are adjusted such that an output current of each of a plurality of calibration standards is within 2% of a predetermined current value. The test apparatus can then be used to test performance of the multi-junction solar cell.
US10720880B2
A photovoltaic inverter includes a box, and an inverter cabinet, a direct current cabinet, an alternating current cabinet, a communication cabinet, and a power distribution cabinet which are all arranged in the box. The inverter cabinet is arranged on a first side of the box. The alternating current cabinet, the communication cabinet and the power distribution cabinet are all arranged on a second side of the box. The alternating current cabinet, the communication cabinet, and the power distribution cabinet are all arranged opposite to the inverter cabinet. The direct current cabinet is arranged on a third side of the box, and the direct current cabinet is arranged on a same side of the inverter cabinet and the alternating current cabinet.
US10720878B2
Technologies for communication between an inverter and a solar module are disclosed. The disclosed technologies include monitoring a voltage and/or current of the solar module to determine a corresponding voltage waveform and/or current waveform and determining whether the voltage waveform and/or current waveform includes an encoded message. If a message is encoded in the voltage waveform and/or current waveform, the solar module may perform one or more actions. For example, the solar module may adjust an operating voltage, current, or power, adjust a switching frequency or duty cycle of one or more converters of the solar module, initiate a global maximum power point search, and/or other actions.
US10720875B2
An apparatus for controlling a drive motor of a vehicle in which a wound rotor synchronous motor is mounted includes: an inverter which controls a stator current supplied to a stator of the drive motor and a rotor current supplied to a rotor of the drive motor; and a drive motor controller which controls the inverter such that the stator current and the rotor current are supplied to the drive motor when a temperature of the rotor is less than a threshold value, and only the stator current is supplied to the drive motor when the temperature of the rotor is greater than or equal to the threshold value.
US10720859B2
A motor starter includes: a motor circuit breaker which has an electronic tripping device; a contactor which is correspondingly interconnected to the motor circuit breaker for forming the motor starter; and at least one control line disposed between the motor circuit breaker and the contactor, via which control line a control signal, which is generated depending upon a switching signal for switching the contactor, is transmitted from the contactor to the electronic tripping device. The electronic tripping device generates a tripping signal for switching off a current flow across the switching contact or switching contacts of the motor circuit breaker, depending upon the control signal and current flow across one or more switching contacts of the motor circuit breaker.
US10720856B2
A composite actuator device includes a composite material that is configured to be driven by applying power thereto and that is composed of a silicone; and from 1 to 20 wt % of an iron oxide mixed in the silicone; and a metal plate that is spaced apart from the composite material by a predetermined distance. When the power is applied, the composite actuator is driven toward the metal plate by an electrostatic attractive force. Preferably, the composite actuator device has a resonance frequency of 3±0.1 Hz.
US10720854B2
A novel 72-pulse AC-DC converter based on a 36-pulse converter is designed and implemented in this invention. Combining the outputs of two parallel 18-pulse diode bridges, consisting of nine legs of diode rectifiers, results in a 36-pulse topology. A zero sequence blocking transformer (ZSBT) is designed and applied to the proposed scheme guarantying the independent operation of the two bridges. To achieve a 72-pulse output, a pulse doubling circuit is applied which is inherently a tapped inter-phase transformer. A polygon-connected autotransformer platform is designed and added to the converter, making the proposed scheme suitable for retrofit applications. The proposed solution is a tradeoff among the pulse number, the transformer platform, the complexity of the scheme and the cost. The proposed scheme has an optimized configuration in this regard. The simulation results show that the proposed scheme improves the power quality indices.
US10720851B2
A printed circuit board (PCB) power cell (100) for arranging in a multi-cell power supply (500) includes a housing assembly (102) with a multiple section housing (104, 106), and a PCB assembly (120) positioned within the housing assembly (102), wherein the housing assembly (102) and the PCB assembly (120) are configured to provide an integrated voltage isolation of the power cell (100) which supports an output voltage of the multi-cell power supply (500). Furthermore, a multi-cell power supply (500) including a PCB power cell (100) with isolation is described.
US10720850B2
A series connection body wherein a first backflow prevention elements, a second backflow prevention element, a first switching element and a second switching element are connected in series in this order; a reactor; a first output capacitor connected between a first end of the series connection body and a second end of the series connection body; and a second output capacitor connected between a connection point between the first switching element and the second switching element and a connection point between the first backflow prevention element and the second backflow prevention element are provided, a DC is inputted between an end of the reactor and the second end section of the series connection body, and power is supplied to a first load connected to both ends of the first output capacitor and a second load connected to both ends of the second output capacitor.
US10720849B2
A method includes coupling a primary side circuit of a resonant power system to a secondary side circuit, wherein the primary side circuit comprises a first resonant tank comprising a first variable capacitance network having a first resonant frequency and the secondary side circuit comprises a second resonant tank having a second resonant frequency and modulating a capacitance of the first variable capacitance network to adjust an operation parameter of the resonant power system.
US10720846B2
Systems, devices, and methods are provided to enable power converters to use two or more sensing elements to reliably detect a short circuit (or soft-short circuit) existing in the power converter and distinguish these conditions from other operating conditions, such as low voltage conditions or normal operating conditions. The disclosed embodiments enable the accurate detection of fault conditions, such as short circuits or soft short conditions, using a number of sensing elements, such as sense resistors and the inherent resistance of switching devices, while preventing the detection of false positives due to other factors such as low input voltage.
US10720845B2
The power supply apparatus includes a control unit configured to perform control of gradually changing a turn-on duty of a first switching element when a first voltage mode is switched to a second voltage mode or when the second voltage mode is switched to the first voltage mode.
US10720829B1
A totem-pole bridgeless PFC conversion device includes a conversion unit, a control unit, a current detecting unit and a phase detecting unit. When the control unit determines that a peak value of an input current is within a predetermined interval between a positive current value and a negative current value based on a current signal of the current detecting unit and a phase signal of the phase detecting unit, the control unit controls the conversion unit to operate in a discontinuous conduction mode (DCM). When the control unit determines that the peak value of the input current is not within the predetermined interval, the control unit controls the conversion unit to operate in a critical conduction mode (CRM).
US10720824B2
A limited rotation electromechanical rotary actuator includes a stator having an opening sized to accept a rotor assembly and an electrical coil. A rotor assembly is bidirectionally operable with the stator over a limited range of rotation. The rotor assembly includes an output shaft and a two-pole magnet and a position sensor shaft, wherein the output shaft and position sensor shaft are each rigidly attached to only a portion of the magnet. The rotor assembly includes apertures for allowing an electrical coil to pass through. The electrical coil extends around the magnet on four sides and is excitable for providing bidirectional torque to the rotor.
US10720822B2
In a brushless motor comprising a stator core having a plurality of teeth that protrude therefrom in radial directions, a front insulator which is attached to the stator core and which has a plurality of insulating portions that protrude therefrom along the direction of protrusion of the respective teeth, and a plurality of coils formed by magnet wire wound about each of the insulating portions at the respective teeth, a top face of the respective insulating portions of the front insulator is provided in advance with a deformable rib which is capable of being deformed by tension of the magnet wire wound thereabout, and the magnet wire is wound about the deformable rib to form the coils as the deformable rib is made to deform in correspondence to the external shape of the magnet wire.
US10720820B2
A rotating electric machine includes: a stator core having a plurality of slots aligned along a circumferential direction; a stator having a stator coil with an enamel coating inserted into the slots of the stator core; and a rotor rotatably arranged over the stator core through a given gap. The stator coil includes: main coils of a plurality of phases in which a plurality of segment coils each having a rectangular cross-section wire formed into a substantially U-shaped wire in advance is connected to each other; a first sub-coil having a lead wire led from the slots and attached with an AC terminal, and connected to one end of the respective main coils; and a second sub-coil having a neutral wire led from the slots, and connected to the other end of the respective main coils. The lead wire and the neutral wire are each formed of a wire with a bend structure having a plurality of straights and bends.
US10720808B2
A method of making a permanent magnet rotor includes interference fitting pressure tools into bores in a rotor core as to deform material of the rotor core outwardly to bias permanent magnets mounted thereon in a radially outward direction against a fixation sleeve.
US10720803B2
A multiple of communication hole pairs each including two communication holes are formed in a rotor in a rotor rotation direction. A region between the two communication holes of each communication hole pair is a center bridge that connects a core portion of the rotor and an umbrella form portion on an outer side in the rotor radial direction, and each communication hole communicates with an outer periphery of the rotor. A multiple of radiating projections protrude in the rotor radial direction from a central axis of rotation between respective pairs of the communication hole pairs. The radiating projections have side surface projections protruding to the umbrella form portion side neighboring in the rotor rotation direction. The side surface projections cover a whole or one portion of the umbrella form portion from the outer peripheral side of the rotor.
US10720799B2
A stator is for a rotary electric machine. The stator includes a stator core includes a stator yoke having an annular shape, teeth being projected to an inner diameter side from the stator yoke, coils wound around the teeth, and a reinforcing member. The reinforcing member has a ring shape, and fixed to an axial end surface at a tip of each of the teeth. The tip is a portion on the inner diameter side of an arrangement range of the coil. The reinforcing member is a non-magnetic body.
US10720794B2
Methods and systems for controlling electrical distribution grids. The method includes determining premises in an electrical distribution grid that include an energy resource. The method further includes determining a configuration of the electrical distribution grid including a micro-grid, the micro-grid including the one or more premises. The method further includes electrically isolating, monitoring and controlling the micro-grid from the electrical distribution grid through the use of a micro-grid manager.
US10720793B2
A commercial package assembly that retains a battery for sale to a consumer includes a battery chamber and a control assembly. The battery chamber retains the battery. The battery is visible to the consumer while the battery is retained within the battery chamber. The control assembly is coupled to the battery chamber. Additionally, the control assembly is configured to transmit power from the battery to an electronic device while the battery is retained within the battery chamber.
US10720790B2
The present disclosure discloses a charging device, a charging method, a power adapter and a terminal. The charging device includes a charging receiving terminal, a voltage adjusting circuit and a central control module. The charging receiving terminal is configured to receive an alternating current. The voltage adjusting circuit includes a first rectifier, a switch unit, a transformer and a second rectifier. The first rectifier is configured to rectify the alternating current and output a first voltage. The switch unit is configured to modulate the first voltage to output a modulated first voltage. The transformer is configured to output a second voltage according to the modulated first voltage. The second rectifier is configured to rectify the second voltage to output a third voltage. The voltage adjusting circuit applies the third voltage to a battery directly.
US10720788B2
Wireless charging devices, methods of manufacture thereof, and methods of charging electronic devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a wireless charging device includes a controller, a molding material disposed around the controller, and an interconnect structure disposed over the molding material and coupled to the controller. The wireless charging device includes a wireless charging coil coupled to the controller. The wireless charging coil comprises a first portion disposed in the interconnect structure and a second portion disposed in the molding material. The wireless charging coil is adapted to provide an inductance to charge an electronic device.
US10720786B2
A battery charging method and apparatus are provided. The battery charging apparatus receives a desired charging time of a battery, generates charging currents of charging steps to charge the battery based on the desired charging time, acquires a charging limit condition including an internal state condition and a maximum charging time for each of the charging steps based on the desired charging time and an electrochemical model of the battery, and generates a charging profile including the charging currents and charging times of the charging currents based on the charging limit condition.
US10720778B2
A power adapter, a cable, and an electronic device capable of delivering data or electric current to another electronic device via at least two different types of cables include: an internal power source and a first resistor, and the internal power source is electrically connected to an electronic interface of the electronic device via the first resistor. A method for identifying a type of a cable and is executable by the electronic device includes: determining a measured voltage when the electronic interface of the electronic device is connected to an electronic interface of a target cable; and identifying the type of the target cable based on the measured voltage.
US10720772B2
A filtering arrangement for a system including a power electronics device and an external power storage/discharge element, which power electronics device includes a power module and a three-phase filter between the AC power terminals of the power module and the supplying AC power grid, and which power module includes a DC intermediate power bus, and which three-phase filter between the AC power terminals and the supplying AC power grid includes two three-phase inductors, and which external power storage/discharge element has two DC power terminals which are connected to the DC intermediate power bus of the power electronics device. The filtering arrangement includes a common mode inductor which is connected between the DC power terminals of the external power storage/discharge element and the terminals of the DC intermediate power bus of the power module.
US10720761B2
Motor control centers have units or buckets with an operator mechanism with a retractable power stab assembly and one or more sliding shutters that controllably block access to a stab isolation port based on position of the operator disconnect handle using an attached shutter cam that slides the shutter right and left.
US10720757B1
A method for fabricating a laser diode device includes providing a gallium and nitrogen containing substrate member comprising a surface region, a release material overlying the surface region, an n-type gallium and nitrogen containing material; an active region overlying the n-type gallium and nitrogen containing material, a p-type gallium and nitrogen containing material; and a first transparent conductive oxide material overlying the p-type gallium and nitrogen containing material, and an interface region overlying the first transparent conductive oxide material. The method includes bonding the interface region to a handle substrate and subjecting the release material to an energy source to initiate release of the gallium and nitrogen containing substrate member.
US10720755B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to a method and apparatus for measuring at least one parameter that is (i) descriptive of stochastic motion of suspended particles within a fluid; and/or (ii) is a rheological property of the fluid or of the suspension; (iii) describes a concentration of suspended particles within the fluid; and/or (iv) is a diffusion coefficient of the suspended particles and/or (iv) is a viscosity of the fluid or of the suspension; and/or (v) is a food aging or spoilage parameter and/or (vii) is an in-vivo or in-vitro blood coagulation parameter.
US10720754B2
A tunable laser has a solid state laser medium with optical gain region and generates coherent radiation through a facet. A lens collects the coherent radiation and generates a collimated light beam. An external cavity includes a reflective surface and an optical filter, the reflective surface reflecting the collimated beam back to the lens and laser medium, the optical filter positioned between the reflective surface and the lens and having two surfaces and a thermally tunable optical transmission band within the optical gain region of the laser medium. The optical filter (1) transmits a predominant portion of the collimated beam at a desired wavelength of operation, and (2) specularly reflects a remaining portion of the collimated beam from each surface, the collimated beam being incident on the optical filter such that the reflected collimated beams propagate at a non-zero angle with respect to the incident collimated beam.
US10720751B2
An optical package structure includes a substrate having a first surface, an interposer bonded to the first surface through a bonding layer, the interposer having a first area from a top view perspective, and an optical device on the interposer, having a second area from the top view perspective, the first area being greater than the second area. A method for manufacturing the optical package structure is also provided.
US10720746B2
An optical element includes an optical waveguide layer. The optical waveguide includes a periodic structure of grooves. The optical waveguide layer has a layer-thickness equal to or greater than 1.5 μm and is made of material selected from a group consisting of Ta2O5, Al2O3, LiNbO3, LiTaO3, AlN, GaN, SiC, and Yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG). (D/0.5Λ)≥2.5 is satisfied where D indicates the depth of groove; and Λ indicates the pitch of the arranged grooves in the periodic structure. The unit of Λ is identical to the unit of D.
US10720743B2
A power adapter, a mobile terminal, a power interface (100) and a method thereof are provided. The method may includes: S10: providing a pin workblank (200), wherein the pin workblank includes a first surface (201) and a second surface (202); S20: performing a fine blanking process for the first surface (201) in a predetermined blanking direction, while burrs forming on the second surface (202); S30: adjusting a position of the pin workblank (200), performing another fine blanking process for the second surface (202) in the predetermined blanking direction, thereby forming a power pin (120) of the power interface (100).
US10720742B2
A fixture for holding electrical components on an external support structure protects the components from weather, dust, condensation, and mechanical impact. An example fixture includes a shell having an open bottom side; a base configured for sliding engagement with the bottom side of the shell, a first electrical connector held in a selected rotational orientation in the base; and a support frame configured for sliding engagement with the shell. The support frame includes a first component holder; a second component holder rotatably connected to the first component holder; and a third component holder rotatably connected to the second component holder and removably connected to the first component holder. An optional connector on the shell allows the fixture to be installed between a host connector and any previously-installed legacy equipment.
US10720741B2
A double-ended socket system for safely and easily seating a double-ended lamp is disclosed. The system has two socket assemblies spaced a distance corresponding to the length of a double-ended lamp. Each socket assembly has a housing with a recess that houses a cylindrical socket for receiving a lamp end that rotates between a disengaged orientation and an engaged orientation. The housing has an attached electrical connector connected to a power source. The socket has another attached electrical connector that contacts the electrical connector of the housing only when the socket is rotated to the engaged orientation, thus eliminating the electrical shock hazard of conventional double-ended socket systems. The lamp may be removed only while in the disengaged orientation. A user may install a double-ended lamp into the socket system by use of only one hand. A method of use of a double-ended socket system is also disclosed.
US10720734B2
A receptacle connector includes an insulative housing defining a base and a mating tongue extending with a step portion defined at a root region of the mating tongue; a plurality of contacts disposed in the insulative housing with contacting sections exposed upon a first surface and a second surface of the mating tongue and categorized with signal contacts, power contacts and grounding contacts; a shielding plate embedded with the mating tongue and forming a pair of locking edge in two opposite lateral side edges; and an EMI collar intimately surrounding the step portion, the collar comprising two long portions covering the first surface and the second surface of the step portion and two short portions connecting with opposite ends of the long portions. A lateral rigid finger extends straight from a side of the shielding plate and touch an inner side of a short portion of the collar.
US10720726B2
A zero-insertion force socket connector that mates with a standard pin connector with zero insertion force. An actuation mechanism built into the socket connector, actuated after mating creates a level of contact force necessary to establish good electrical contact. The socket actuation is designed such that the socket contact does not exert any compression force on its mating pin contact during mating. This helps eliminate potential buckling of slender contact pins when large contact force is required. The socket design works with a standard pin contact such as the one, on every electric vehicle. Thus, the invention allows connecting to an existing electric vehicle without any modification, with zero insertion force, yet delivers the necessary contact force and preserves the long-term integrity of the connector pins by eliminating potential pin buckling during mating.
US10720723B2
An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing; and a row of contacts secured to the insulative housing, the row of contacts including one or more power contacts and one or more signal and/or ground contacts, wherein the one or more power contacts are plated with a first material and the one or more signal and/or ground contacts are plated with a second material different from the first material. A related method of manufacturing such connector includes separate plating of the row of power contacts from the row of signal and ground contacts with a different material.
US10720716B2
The invention concerns a transmit array (203) including a plurality of cells, each cell being capable of transmitting a radio signal by introducing into this signal a phase shift, said plurality of cells including cells of a first type (205-I) and cells of a second type (205-II), wherein: the array comprises a stack of first (M1), second (M2), and third (M3) conductive layers separated two by two by dielectric layers (D1, D2); each cell includes a first antenna element (205a) formed in the first conductive layer (M1) and a second antenna element (205b) formed in the third conductive layer (M3); in each cell of the first type, the first antenna element is connected to the second antenna element by a via (211) crossing the second conductive layer; and in each cell of the second type, the first antenna element is not connected to the second antenna element.
US10720709B2
A self-grounded bowtie antenna arrangement includes an antenna structure having a number of antenna petals. An antenna petal has an arm section tapering toward an end tip portion and is made of an electrically conductive material. End tip portions are arranged to approach a first side of a base portion and to connect to feeding ports. The base portion includes a conductive ground plane or a printed circuit board. Each antenna petal is made in one piece from a conductive sheet, such as metal, and is surface-mounted on either the front side or back side of the base portion. Antenna petals can be mounted by automatic placement and soldering (“pick-and-place”) machines.
US10720707B2
The present disclosure relates to a reconfigurable patch antenna, which includes a substrate, a ground plane formed on a bottom surface of the substrate or within the substrate, a primary patch, an extension patch, and switching components. The primary patch and the extension patch are formed on a top surface of the substrate and are placed parallel to each other. Herein, a gap is formed between the primary patch and the first extension patch. The switching components are formed across the gap, electrically coupled to both the primary patch and the extension patch, and configured to connect the primary patch to the extension patch or disconnect the primary patch from the extension patch.
US10720699B1
Based on information indicating a direction of movement of a mobile station, a base station rotates a direction of a set of a first antenna and a second antenna disposed on the base station with respect to a direction of a set of a third antenna and a fourth antenna disposed on the mobile station, the third antenna and fourth antenna being symmetric with respect to a direction of movement of the mobile station.
US10720688B2
An RF transition assembly (300) for enabling a radiofrequency transition between an RF transmission layer (301) of an electronic device and a conductor (309) which is electrically connected (317) to the RF transmission layer (301). The conductor (309) extends generally orthogonal to the RF transmission layer (301). The assembly comprises an open coaxial structure (313) located adjacent to an edge of the RF transmission layer (301). The open coaxial structure (313) comprises a cavity (315) extending therethrough for receiving the conductor (309). The cavity (315) comprises an opening facing the edge of the RF transmission layer (301) so as to direct electromagnetic radiation towards the RF transmission layer (301).
US10720681B2
There is provided a heat dissipation structure adaptable to various forms of a heat source, light in weight, and excellent in heat dissipation efficiency, and a battery provided with the heat dissipation structure. The present invention relates to a heat dissipation structure for enhancing heat dissipation from a heat source, including: a heat conduction sheet in a spirally wound shape for conducting heat from the heat source; a cushion member provided on an annular back surface of the heat conduction sheet, and easily deformed corresponding to a surface shape of the heat source compared to the heat conduction sheet; and a through passage penetrating in a direction in which the heat conduction sheet in the wound shape runs, and a battery provided with the same.
US10720664B2
The present invention provides a lithium ion secondary cell excellent in high-temperature storage characteristics and high voltage cycle characteristics; and a nonaqueous electrolyte for the cell.The present invention relates to a lithium ion secondary cell, comprising a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolyte containing nonaqueous solvents and an electrolyte salt, the nonaqueous solvents comprising a fluorine-containing ether represented by the formula (1): Rf1—O—Rf2 (1) wherein Rf1 and Rf2 are the same as or different from each other, each being a C1-10 alkyl group or a C1-10 fluoroalkyl group; and at least one of Rf1 and Rf2 is a fluoroalkyl group, and the following compounds (I) and (II): (I) a fluorine-containing unsaturated compound; and (II) a hydroxy group-containing compound represented by the formula (2): Rf1OH (2) wherein Rf1 is the same as above, and the nonaqueous solvents comprising the compounds (I) and (II) in a total amount of 5000 ppm or less for the fluorine-containing ether.
US10720663B2
Provided is a laminated battery module that is capable of imparting a minimum required restraining load to a battery laminate at a low temperature and a low charging rate, while also withstanding the load on the battery laminate at a high temperature and a high charging rate, without increasing the size of the restraining member. A laminated battery module 100 includes a battery laminate 15 containing one or more unit cells, a restraining member 20 containing a pair of end plates 21 located on both ends of the battery laminate 15 in the direction of lamination and tensioning members 22 that fasten the pair of end plates 21 mutually, and an elastic member 30 located between the pair of end plates 21; wherein, the elastic member 30 is composed of a material that undergoes a decrease in the elastic modulus thereof accompanying a rise in temperature from −30° C. to 80° C.
US10720662B2
When stress is concentrated on an electrode and a tab to which a lead of the electrode is connected in a secondary battery with a curved shape, the tab might be broken. The secondary battery including a first electrode, a second electrode, a separator, a first lead, and a second lead includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion located between the first portion and the second portion. The first electrode overlaps with the second electrode with the separator provided therebetween in the first portion and the second portion. The first electrode is folded in the third portion so as to form a first folded portion, and the first lead is connected to the first folded portion. The second electrode is folded in the third portion so as to form a second folded portion, and the second lead is connected to the second folded portion.
US10720649B2
Provided are an oxygen reduction catalyst having a high electrode potential under a fuel cell operating environment, an electrode containing the oxygen reduction catalyst, a membrane electrode assembly in which a cathode is the electrode, and a fuel cell including the membrane electrode assembly. The oxygen reduction catalyst used here contains cobalt, sulfur, and oxygen as elements, has a CoS hexagonal structure in powder X-ray diffractometry, and having an S—Co/S—O peak area ratio of 2.1 to 8.9 in an S2p spectrum in X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis.
US10720648B2
Methods and apparatuses for protecting the edge of electrodes and other layers in electrochemical cells are generally described.
US10720637B2
A method for making a positive electrode includes the following steps: dispersing a plurality of carbon nanotubes in water, to form a carbon nanotube dispersion; adding an aniline solution into the carbon nanotube dispersion, to form a mixed solution; adding an initiator into the mixed solution, to form a carbon nanotube composite structure preform; freeze-drying the carbon nanotube composite structure preform in a vacuum environment; carbonizing the carbon nanotube composite structure preform in a protective gas after freeze-drying, to form a carbon nanotube composite structure; and adding a positive electrode active material into the carbon nanotube composite structure. The present application also relates to the positive electrode and a battery including the positive electrode.
US10720636B2
A sintered electrode having a large cathode capacity is obtained. A method for producing a sintered electrode which uses a lithium containing composite oxide as a cathode active material, and lithium lanthanum zirconate as an oxide solid electrolyte comprises: mixing at least the lithium containing composite oxide and a hydroxide, to obtain a cathode mixture; mixing at least the lithium lanthanum zirconate and a lithium salt that has a melting point lower than the lithium lanthanum zirconate, to obtain a solid electrolyte mixture; laminating the cathode mixture and the solid electrolyte mixture, to obtain a laminate; and heating the laminate, to sinter at least the solid electrolyte mixture.
US10720624B2
Disclosed or provided are non-shutdown high melt temperature or ultra high melt temperature microporous battery separators, high melt temperature separators, battery separators, membranes, composites, and the like that preferably prevent contact between the anode and cathode when the battery is maintained at elevated temperatures for a period of time and preferably continue to provide a substantial level of battery function (ionic transfer, discharge) when the battery is maintained at elevated temperatures for a period of time, methods of making, testing and/or using such separators, membranes, composites, and the like, and/or batteries, high temperature batteries, and/or Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries including one or more such separators, membranes, composites, and the like.
US10720619B2
A battery pack includes an array frame having a fastener housing, a mounting insert positioned within the fastener housing, and a column bolt extending through the mounting insert. The mounting insert may be secured to a battery pack enclosure structure using one or more fasteners.
US10720616B2
A battery pack includes: a plurality of battery cells; a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate electrically connected to the plurality of battery cells and including first and second surfaces opposite each other; and first and second electrode tabs electrically connecting each of the plurality of battery cells and the PCB substrate and respectively connected to conductive pads that have different polarities and are located on the first surface of the PCB substrate. The battery pack has an improved structure for easily electrically connecting the battery cells.
US10720615B2
A battery module (100) comprising at least one battery cell system (1) having at least two battery cells (11), wherein the battery cell system (1) comprises a pouch film (3) and at least two electrode composites (5), wherein an electrode composite (5) comprises at least one anode and at least one cathode, and wherein the pouch film (3) forms pockets (12) separated from one another, in particular situated alongside one another, for introducing respectively at least one electrode composite (5), such that each pocket (12) together with electrode composite (5) forms a pouch cell (10), and wherein the pockets (12) are connected to one another physically in a foldable manner via the pouch film (3) and wherein the battery module (100) has a movement-flexible, foldable enclosure (20), which encloses the entire battery cell system (1) and the voltage tap of the battery module (100).
US10720607B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display may include: an OLED configured to emit light of wavelength λ; an encapsulation layer encapsulating the OLED, the encapsulation layer including: a first inorganic layer disposed on the OLED, the first inorganic layer including: one or more first layers having a first refractive index (n1) and a first thickness substantially equal to λ/(4*n1); and one or more second layers having a second refractive index (n2) and a second thickness substantially equal to λ/(4*n2), wherein the second refractive index is smaller than the first refractive index, and wherein the one or more first layers and the one or more second layers are alternatingly stacked on one another.
US10720598B2
A method includes: forming first and second pixel electrodes on a substrate; exposing upper surfaces of the first and second pixel electrodes; forming a pixel defining layer covering edges of the first and second pixel electrodes; sequentially forming a first lift-off layer, a first shape memory alloy layer, and a first photoresist; forming a first opening exposing an upper surface of the first pixel electrode by patterning the first lift-off layer, the first shape memory alloy layer, and the first photoresist; forming, on the first pixel electrode and the first photoresist, a first organic functional layer including a first emission layer; deforming an end portion of the first shape memory alloy layer, in the first opening, in a direction away from a horizontal surface of the substrate; forming a first protection layer over the first organic functional layer; and removing a remainder of the first lift-off layer.
US10720593B2
A display device including a light emitting element including a first electrode, a light emitting layer and a plurality of organic layers including a hole transport layer above the first electrode, and a second electrode above the plurality of organic layers, and an insulation layer having an opening part exposing a part of the first electrode and covering a periphery side part of the first electrode, wherein when a hole mobility of the light emitting layer is μh1 and a hole mobility of the hole transport layer is μh2 then μ h 2 μ h 1 ≦ 10 3 and when a periphery length of the part of the first electrode exposed by the opening part is L and an area of the first electrode exposed by the opening part is S0 then L S 0 ≧ 0.07
US10720588B2
A substrate and a method of manufacturing the same, a display panel, and a display device are provided, the substrate includes: a base substrate; a defining layer on the base substrate, the defining layer enclosing at least one printing region, the defining layer including: a first sub-defining layer on the base substrate; and a second sub-defining layer on a side of the first sub-defining layer away from the base substrate; and at least one pillar on the side of the first sub-defining layer away from the base substrate and in the at least one printing region, the at least one pillar is configured to break surface tension of ink formed in the at least one printing region.
US10720587B2
The present invention includes iridium complexes containing novel hexadentate ligands. The multidentate iridium complexes show desired properties in term of EQE, LT, CIE, etc.
US10720578B2
Provided are a self-gating resistive storage device and a method for fabrication thereof; said self-gating resistive storage device comprises: lower electrodes; insulating dielectric layers arranged perpendicular to, and intersecting with, the lower electrodes to form a stacked structure, said stacked structure being provided with a vertical trench; a gating layer grown on the lower electrodes by means of self-alignment technique, the interlayer leakage channel running through the gating layer being isolated via the insulating dielectric layers; a resistance transition layer arranged in the vertical trench and connected to the insulating dielectric layers and the gating layer; and an upper electrode arranged in the resistance transition layer. In the storage device provided by the described technical solution, the gating layer is grown on the lower electrodes by means of self-alignment technique, such that the interlayer leakage channel running through the gating layer is isolated via the insulating dielectric layers; thus leakage between the upper and lower word lines through the gating layer is prevented, solving the technical problem in the prior art of leakage between the upper and lower word lines in a self-gating resistive storage device, and improving the reliability of the device.
US10720577B2
Variable resistance memory devices are provided. A variable resistance memory device includes conductive lines and a memory cell including a variable resistance element on one of the conductive lines. The variable resistance memory device includes a first insulating region between the conductive lines. Moreover, the variable resistance memory device includes a second insulating region on the first insulating region between the conductive lines. Methods of forming variable resistance memory devices are also provided.
US10720551B1
A vehicle lamp includes a substrate. A first conductor is positioned on the substrate. A dielectric layer is coupled to the first conductor. A semiconductor layer is configured to emit a first light. A second conductor is coupled to the semiconductor layer. A polymeric layer comprising a photoluminescent element coupled to the second conductor. The photoluminescent element is configured to emit a second light in response to receiving the first light.
US10720549B2
In an embodiment a semiconductor layer sequence includes a pre-barrier layer including AlGaN, a pre-quantum well including InGaN having a first band gap, a multi-quantum well structure including a plurality of alternating main quantum wells of InGaN having a second band gap and main barrier layers of AlGaN or AlInGaN, wherein the second band gap is smaller than the first band gap and the main quantum wells are configured to generate a radiation having a wavelength of maximum intensity between 365 nm and 490 nm inclusive, a post-quantum well with a third band gap which is larger than the second band gap, a post-barrier layer including AlGaN or AlInGaN and an electron-blocking layer including AlGaN.
US10720548B2
A manufacturing method of an LED package structure includes the steps as follows: providing an LED package structure assembly, which has a substrate layer, an LED chip set located on the substrate layer, and an encapsulating gel layer covering the LED chip set; taking a first blade to saw the LED package structure assembly from the encapsulating gel layer to the substrate layer until a plurality of sawing grooves are formed on the substrate layer; and taking a second blade to saw the LED package structure assembly along each sawing groove until the second blade passes through the substrate layer, thereby forming a plurality of LED package structures separated from each other. Wherein a hardness of the first blade is greater than that of the second blade, and a thickness of the second blade is less than that of the first blade.
US10720542B2
Solar cells fabricated from p-n junctions of boron nitride nanotubes alloyed with carbon are described. Band gaps of boron nitride carbon alloys are tailored by controlling carbon content in the boron nitride nanotubes. High efficiency solar cells can be fabricated by tailoring the band gap of boron nitride carbon alloy nanotubes, and using these nanotubes for fabricating solar cells u. Because boron nitride carbon alloy nanotubes are transparent to most wavelengths of light, the wavelengths not converted to electrons (i.e., absorbed) at a first p-n junction in a solar cell will pass through the stack to another p-n junction in the stack having a different band gap. At each successive p-n junction, each of which has a different band gap from the other p-n junctions in the stack, more wavelengths of light will be converted into electricity. This dramatically increases the efficiency of solar cells.
US10720536B2
A solar cell module is disclosed. The solar cell module includes a plurality of solar cells receiving light from the outside and producing electricity, a conductive line connected to an adjacent pair of the plurality of solar cells and electrically connecting the adjacent pair of the plurality of solar cells to one another, a front transparent substrate disposed on front surfaces of the plurality of solar cells and on the conductive line and transmitting light, and a back sheet disposed on back surfaces of the plurality of solar cells and on the conductive line. The back sheet has the same based color as a color of the conductive line when viewed from a front of the solar cell module.
US10720532B2
A semiconductor device having a structure which can prevent a decrease in electrical characteristics due to miniaturization is provided. The semiconductor device includes, over an insulating surface, a stack in which a first oxide semiconductor layer and a second oxide semiconductor layer are sequentially formed, and a third oxide semiconductor layer covering part of a surface of the stack. The third oxide semiconductor layer includes a first layer in contact with the stack and a second layer over the first layer. The first layer includes a microcrystalline layer, and the second layer includes a crystalline layer in which c-axes are aligned in a direction perpendicular to a surface of the first layer.
US10720531B2
A thin film transistor includes a gate, an active layer, a source, a drain. The source includes a connecting portion, a first sub-portion, a second sub-portion, and a third sub-portion that are arranged sequentially and in parallel. At first ends of the sub-portions, the connecting portion is connected to the portions to form two adjacent recesses. At second ends of the sub-portions, the distance from an end of the second sub-portion to the connecting portion is smaller than a distance from an end of the first sub-portion to the connecting portion and a distance from an end of the third sub-portion to the connecting portion. The drain includes a connecting block, a first drain and a second drain disposed in the two recesses respectively, and at least a portion of the connecting block is disposed between the first and the second drains to connect the first and the second drains.
US10720530B2
A device includes a fin extending from a substrate, a gate stack over and along sidewalls of the fin, a gate spacer along a sidewall of the gate stack, and an epitaxial source/drain region in the fin and adjacent the gate spacer. The epitaxial source/drain region includes a first epitaxial layer on the fin, the first epitaxial layer including silicon, germanium, and arsenic, and a second epitaxial layer on the first epitaxial layer, the second epitaxial layer including silicon and phosphorus, the first epitaxial layer separating the second epitaxial layer from the fin. The epitaxial source/drain region further includes a third epitaxial layer on the second epitaxial layer, the third epitaxial layer including silicon, germanium, and phosphorus.
US10720528B2
A semiconductor structure is provided that includes a fin stack structure of, from bottom to top, a first semiconductor material fin portion, an insulator fin portion and a second semiconductor material fin portion. The first semiconductor material fin portion can be used as a first device region in which a first conductivity-type device (e.g., n-FET or p-FET) can be formed, while the second semiconductor material fin portion can be used as a second device region in which a second conductivity-type device (e.g., n-FET or p-FET), which is opposite the first conductivity-type device, can be formed.
US10720518B2
A semiconductor device includes a drift layer, a base layer, a collector layer, gate insulating films, gate electrodes, an emitter region, a first electrode and a second electrode. The base layer is provided on the drift layer. The drift layer is provided between the base layer and the collector layer. The gate insulating films are respectively provided on wall surfaces of trenches penetrating the base layer to reach the drift layer. The gate electrodes are respectively provided on the gate insulating films. The emitter region is provided in a surface layer portion of the base layer, and is in contact with the trenches. The first electrode is electrically coupled with the base layer and the emitter region. The second electrode is electrically coupled with the collector layer. Some gate electrodes are applied with a gate voltage. Other gate electrodes are electrically coupled to the first electrode.
US10720512B2
This disclosure discloses a production method of a thin-film transistor, a thin-film transistor, a display apparatus, and a fingerprint recognition unit. Said method comprises the steps of: sequentially depositing a metal layer and an indium zinc oxide layer as a protective layer on a substrate; etching the metal layer and the indium zinc oxide layer to form a first electrode and a second electrode of a photosensitive device; and forming a photoelectric semiconductor of the photosensitive device on the first electrode.
US10720511B2
Methods and systems for power semiconductor devices integrating multiple trench transistors on a single chip. Multiple power transistors (or active regions) are paralleled, but one transistor has a lower threshold voltage. This reduces the voltage drop when the transistor is forward-biased. In an alternative embodiment, the power device with lower threshold voltage is simply connected as a depletion diode, to thereby shunt the body diodes of the active transistors, without affecting turn-on and ON-state behavior.
US10720510B2
Methods and systems for power semiconductor devices integrating multiple quasi-vertical transistors on a single chip. Multiple power transistors (or active regions) are paralleled, but one transistor has a lower threshold voltage. This reduces the voltage drop when the transistor is forward-biased. In an alternative embodiment, the power device with lower threshold voltage is simply connected as a depletion diode, to thereby shunt the body diodes of the active transistors, without affecting turn-on and ON-state behavior.
US10720506B1
A method of manufacturing a gate structure for gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes orderly forming a channel layer, a barrier layer, a doped GaN layer, an undoped GaN layer, and an insulating layer on a substrate, and then removing a portion of the insulating layer to form a trench. A gate metal layer is formed on the substrate to cover the insulating layer and the trench, and then a mask layer aligned with the trench is formed on the gate metal layer, wherein the mask layer partially overlaps the insulating layer. By using the mask layer as an etching mask, the exposed gate metal layer and the underlying insulating layer, the undoped GaN layer and the doped GaN layer are removed, and then the mask layer is removed.
US10720504B2
Described is an apparatus which comprises a transistor including: a layer of ferroelectric material; a layer of insulating material; and an oxide layer or a metal layer sandwiched between the layer of ferroelectric material and the layer of insulating material, wherein thickness of the ferroelectric material is less than thickness of the layer of insulating material; and a driver coupled to the transistor. Described is an apparatus which comprises: a transistor including: a first oxide layer of High-K material; a second oxide layer; and a layer of nanocrystals sandwiched between the first and second oxide layers, wherein thickness of first oxide layer is greater than thickness of the second oxide layer; and a driver coupled to the transistor.
US10720499B2
A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a semiconductor surface layer. A field plate (FP) includes a trench in the semiconductor surface layer filled with a single polysilicon layer positioned on at least one side of a power metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (power MOSFET). The power MOSFET includes a dielectric liner lining a sidewall of the trench under the polysilicon layer including a second dielectric liner on a first dielectric liner. An upper portion of the dielectric liner has a lower dielectric thickness as compared to a dielectric thickness on its lower portion. The single polysilicon layer extends continuously over the dielectric liner along both the lower portion and the upper portion. The power MOSFET includes a drain including a drain contact below a vertical drift region in the semiconductor surface layer, and a gate, body and a source above the vertical drift region.
US10720492B2
The width of the p type guard ring is set to match the interval between the adjacent p type guard rings, and the width of the p type guard ring is made larger as the interval between the p type guard rings becomes larger. The width of the frame portion is basically equal to the width of the p type deep layer so that the interval between the frame portions is equal to the interval between the p type deep layers. This makes it possible to reduce the difference in formation areas of the trenches per unit area in the cell portion, the connection portion and the guard ring portion. Therefore, when the p type layer is formed, the difference in the amount of the p type layer embedding into the trenches per unit area also decreases and the thickness of the p type layer is equalized.
US10720488B2
Disclosed examples include a resistor comprising a semiconductor structure having a length dimension with first and second ends spaced from one another and an intermediate region between the first and second ends, first and second metal-semiconductor compound structures on the semiconductor structure proximate the first and second ends of the semiconductor structure, the first and second metal-semiconductor compound structures being spaced apart from each other along the length dimension of the semiconductor structure, and at least one intermediate metal-semiconductor compound structure on a portion of the intermediate region of the semiconductor structure between the first and second ends, the intermediate metal-semiconductor compound structure being spaced apart from the first and second metal-semiconductor compound structures on the semiconductor structure.
US10720484B2
Disclosed are a pixel structure, a method for fabricating the same, and a display device, and the pixel structure includes a pixel circuit including a light-emitting area and a non-light-emitting area, wherein the pixel circuit includes one or more storage capacitors, and at least one of the storage capacitors is arranged in the light-emitting area.
US10720477B2
There is provided an OLED array substrate, a production method thereof, and a display apparatus. This OLED array substrate comprises: a substrate; a plurality of pixel defining layers which are provided at intervals on the substrate; and a conductive structure which is at least partly located in at least one of the plurality of pixel defining layers.
US10720473B2
An organic light-emitting device including: a plurality of first electrodes that are respectively patterned according to first, second, and third sub-pixels; a second electrode facing the plurality of first electrodes; a plurality of emission layers between the plurality of first electrodes and the second electrode; a hole transport region between the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of emission layers; and at least one selected from a first auxiliary layer and a second auxiliary layer. The first auxiliary layer may be between the hole transport region and the first emission layer, the second auxiliary layer may be between the hole transport region and the second emission layer, and at least one selected from the first auxiliary layer and the second auxiliary layer may include a first compound represented by Formula 1:
US10720464B2
An imaging apparatus includes a pixel region having a plurality of unit pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the unit pixels including first and second photoelectric conversion units, a reading controller configured to read first signals obtained by mixing signals output from the first and second photoelectric conversion units in rows of a first reading mode and read second signals at least including signals of the first photoelectric conversion units and third signals at least including signals of the second photoelectric conversion units in rows of a second reading mode, and an OB clamp processor configured to correct signals in the unit pixels included in an opening region in the pixel region based on signals output from the unit pixels included in a light shielding region in the pixel region. The OB clamp processor performs one of various correction processes depending on an imaging condition.
US10720461B2
The present disclosure relates to a detector device (300) assisted by majority current (104, 105), comprising a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type (106), at least two control regions of the first conductivity type (100, 115), at least one detection region of a second conductivity type (101, 116) opposite to the first conductivity type and a source (110) for generating a majority carrier current (104) associated with an electrical field, wherein it further comprises isolation means (103) formed in the semiconductor layer and located between said two control regions, for deflecting the first majority carrier current generated by the first source between said two control regions and, hence, increasing the length of the first majority current path, reducing the amplitude of said first majority carrier current and, therefore, reducing the power consumption of the detector device.
US10720460B2
A method for forming a high dielectric constant (high-κ) dielectric layer on a substrate including performing a pre-clean process on a surface of the substrate. A chloride precursor is introduced on the surface. An oxidant is introduced to the surface to form the high-κ dielectric layer on the substrate. A chlorine concentration of the high-κ dielectric layer is lower than about 8 atoms/cm3.
US10720451B2
An object is to reduce a capacitance value of parasitic capacitance without decreasing driving capability of a transistor in a semiconductor device such as an active matrix display device. Further, another object is to provide a semiconductor device in which the capacitance value of the parasitic capacitance was reduced, at low cost. An insulating layer other than a gate insulating layer is provided between a wiring which is formed of the same material layer as a gate electrode of the transistor and a wiring which is formed of the same material layer as a source electrode or a drain electrode.
US10720448B2
A memory structure, includes active columns of polysilicon formed above a semiconductor substrate, each active column includes one or more vertical NOR strings, with each NOR string having thin-film storage transistors sharing a local source line and a local bit line, the local bit line is connected by one segment of a segmented global bit line to a sense amplifier provided in the semiconductor substrate.
US10720446B2
Some embodiments include an integrated structure having vertically-stacked conductive levels alternating with dielectric levels. A layer over the conductive levels includes silicon, nitrogen, and one or more of carbon, oxygen, boron and phosphorus. In some embodiments the vertically-stacked conductive levels are wordline levels within a NAND memory array. Some embodiments include an integrated structure having vertically-stacked conductive levels alternating with dielectric levels. Vertically-stacked NAND memory cells are along the conductive levels within a memory array region. A staircase region is proximate the memory array region. The staircase region has electrical contacts in one-to-one correspondence with the conductive levels. A layer is over the memory array region and over the staircase region. The layer includes silicon, nitrogen, and one or more of carbon, oxygen, boron and phosphorus.
US10720445B1
A lower source-level semiconductor layer, a sacrificial semiconductor layer, an upper source-level semiconductor layer, and an alternating stack of insulating layers and sacrificial material layers are sequentially formed over a substrate. An array of memory stack structures containing vertical semiconductor channels that extend through the alternating stack and into an upper portion of the lower source-level semiconductor layer is formed. A backside trench is formed through the alternating stack, and a source cavity is formed by removing the sacrificial semiconductor layer. A doped source contact layer is formed on each of the vertical semiconductor channels in the source cavity. A silicon nitride liner is formed on the doped source contact layer. The sacrificial material layers are replaced with electrically conductive layers. A dielectric wall structure is formed in the backside trench.
US10720440B2
A method for fabricating a semiconductor structure is shown. A first gate of a first device and a second gate of a second device are formed over a semiconductor substrate. First LDD regions are formed in the substrate beside the first gate using the first gate as a mask. A conformal layer is formed covering the first gate, the second gate and the substrate, wherein the conformal layer has sidewall portions on sidewalls of the second gate. Second LDD regions are formed in the substrate beside the second gate using the second gate and the sidewall portions of the conformal layer as a mask.
US10720439B2
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes providing a substrate structure having an active region, a gate insulating layer, a charge storage layer, a gate dielectric layer, and a gate layer sequentially formed on the active region. The method also includes forming a patterned metal layer on the substrate structure, removing a respective portion of the gate layer, the gate dielectric layer, the charge storage layer using the patterned metal gate layer as a mask to form multiple gate structures separated from each other by a space. The gate structures each include a stack containing a second portion of the charge storage layer, the gate dielectric layer, the gate layer, and one of the gate lines. The method further includes forming an interlayer dielectric layer on a surface of the gate structures stretching over the space while forming an air gap in the space.
US10720437B2
A ferroelectric memory device according to an embodiment includes a base conduction layer, a channel layer extending in a vertical direction from the base conduction layer, a ferroelectric layer disposed on the channel layer, a plurality of ferroelectric memory cell transistor stacked in a vertical direction on the base conduction layer, a control transistor disposed over the plurality of ferroelectric memory cell transistors, and a bit line pattern electrically connected to the channel layer.
US10720434B2
A method for fabricating floating body memory cells (FBCs), and the resultant FBCs where gates favoring different conductivity type regions are used is described. In one embodiment, a p type back gate with a thicker insulation is used with a thinner insulated n type front gate. Processing, which compensates for misalignment, which allows the different oxide and gate materials to be fabricated is described.
US10720429B2
Provided is an integrated circuit including at least one cell, the at least one cell includes first and second active regions spaced apart from each other, a dummy region disposed between the first and second active regions, at least one first active fin disposed in the first active region and extending in a first direction, at least one second active fin extending along the first direction over the entire length of the second active region, and an active gate line extending in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the active gate line vertically overlaps the first active region and the dummy region and does not vertically overlap the second active region.
US10720424B2
An ESD protection device includes a substrate structure having a substrate, first and second fins, and first and second doped regions having different conductivity types. The first doped region includes a first portion of the substrate and a first region of the first fin, the second doped region includes a second portion of the substrate, a second region of the first fin adjacent to the first region and the second fin. The ESD device also includes a first gate structure on a surface portion of the first region and on an entire surface of the second region of the first fin and including, from bottom to top, an interface layer on the surface portion of the first region and the surface portion of the second region of the first fin, a spacer, a high-k dielectric layer, a first work-function adjusting layer, a second work-function adjusting layer, and a gate.
US10720415B2
A display device is provided. The display device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, a plurality of light-emitting units disposed on the first surface of the substrate, and a plurality of conductive structures extending into the substrate from the second surface of the substrate. The plurality of conductive structures are electrically connected to the plurality of light-emitting units.
US10720411B2
A semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor chip having a first inductor element and a second inductor element on a first main surface side, a second semiconductor chip having a third inductor element on a second main surface side, and a third semiconductor chip having a fourth inductor element on a third main surface side. The first and second inductor elements are arranged to be separated from each other in a first direction of the first main surface, the first and second main surfaces face each other, and the first and third inductor elements overlap each other. The first and third main surfaces face each other, the second and fourth inductor elements overlap each other, and a creepage distance between the second and third semiconductor chips is larger than a separation distance between the second and third semiconductor chips.
US10720407B2
A microelectronic interposer for a microelectronic package may be fabricated, wherein a first microelectronic device within the microelectronic package is in electronic communication with at least one second microelectronic device through the microelectronic interposer which positions the at least one second microelectronic device outside a periphery of the first microelectronic device. The microelectronic interposer may further include at least one recess for achieving a desired height and/or enabling various configurations for the microelectronic package.
US10720406B2
A semiconductor system (900) has a flat interposer (510) with a first surface (401a) in a first plane, a second surface (401b) in a parallel second plane, and a uniform first height (401) between the surfaces; the interposer is patterned in metallic zones separated by gaps (412, 415), the zones include metal of the first height and metal of a second height (402) smaller than the first height; an insulating material fills the gaps and the zone differences between the first and the second heights. Semiconductor chips of a first (610) and a second (611) set have first terminals attached to metallic zones of the first interposer surface while the chips of the second set have their second terminals facing away from the interposer. A first leadframe (700) is attached to the second terminals of the second set chips, and a second leadframe (800) is attached to respective metallic zones of the second interposer surface.
US10720405B2
A semifinished product includes a base structure, wafer structures, a cover structure and a further cover structure. The base structure has an electrically conductive layer and/or an electrically insulating layer. The wafer structures are on the base structure and have electronic components. The cover structure has at least one further layer and covers the wafer structures and part of the base structure. Separate electronic components are arranged on the cover structure and a further cover structure is provided to cover the separate electronic components and part of the cover structure. A component carrier includes a bare die with pads. The bare die is laminated between a base laminate and a cover laminate and has a lateral semiconductor surface being exposed from the base laminate and the cover laminate. A redistribution layer increases spacing of external electric contacts relative to spacing between pads of the bare die.
US10720401B2
A method includes bonding a first device die and a second device die to an interconnect die. The interconnect die includes a first portion over and bonded to the first device die, and a second portion over and bonded to the second device die. The interconnect die electrically connects the first device die to the second device die. The method further includes encapsulating the interconnect die in an encapsulating material, and forming a plurality of redistribution lines over the interconnect die.
US10720396B2
A semiconductor chip including a substrate including a plurality of chip areas and a line-shaped scribe area defining the chip areas, an integrated circuit (IC) structure on the chip area, the IC structure including a plurality of transistors and a plurality of stacked wiring structures connected to the transistors, and a warpage protector in the line-shaped scribe area and corresponding to the stacked wiring structures, the warpage protector supporting at least one side of the IC structure may be provided.
US10720395B2
There is provided a semiconductor device having a structure that can suppress occurrence of chipping in a device region and that can reduce manufacturing cost of the semiconductor device. A semiconductor device includes a substrate and a first amorphous insulating film. The substrate has a main surface and an end surface. The main surface includes a peripheral region and a device region. The first amorphous insulating film is disposed on the peripheral region, and is separated from the device region. The first amorphous insulating film extends along the end surface in the form of a stripe. The first amorphous insulating film is flush with the end surface.
US10720392B2
A wiring substrate includes a first insulating layer including a cavity, an electronic component in the cavity, and a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer. The second insulating layer covers the electronic component. A recess having a predetermined volume distribution is formed in an outermost layer of the electronic component that defines a surface of the electronic component facing away from the bottom of the cavity. The width of the gap between the side surface of the electronic component and the inner wall surface of the cavity in a plan view is determined based on the predetermined volume distribution. The second insulating layer is in the recess and the gap.
US10720389B2
An anti-fuse structure includes an active area, a gate electrode over the active area, and a dielectric layer between the active area and the gate electrode. The active area and the gate electrode partially overlap in a vertical projection direction, forming a plurality of channels. One of the gate electrode and the active area includes a plurality of extending portions to form the plurality of channels.
US10720383B2
In a semiconductor device, a first semiconductor chip and a second semiconductor chip are aligned in a direction orthogonal to a plate thickness direction of the first semiconductor chip. A pair of first heat sinks is disposed on opposite sides of the first semiconductor chip in the first direction, and a pair of second heat sinks disposed on opposite sides of the second semiconductor chip in the first direction. The semiconductor chips and the heat sinks are sealed in a resin molded body. A plurality of main terminals are aligned in the second direction and project from a same side surface of a resin molded body. The main terminals includes a positive electrode terminal, a negative electrode terminal, an output terminal, and an auxiliary terminal. The first relay members are disposed in the resin molded body, and electrically connecting the main terminals and the corresponding heat sinks.
US10720377B2
Examples described herein provide for an electronic device apparatus with multiple thermally conductive paths for heat dissipation. In an example, an electronic device apparatus includes a package comprising a die attached to a package substrate. The electronic device apparatus further includes a ring stiffener disposed around the die and on the package substrate, a heat sink disposed on the package, and a wedge disposed between the heat sink and the ring stiffener.
US10720375B2
A substrate for a power module (100) of the present invention includes a metal substrate (101), an insulating resin layer (102) provided on the metal substrate (101), and a metal layer (103) provided on the insulating resin layer (102). The insulating resin layer (102) includes a thermosetting resin (A) and inorganic fillers (B) dispersed in the thermosetting resin (A), a maximum value of a dielectric loss ratio of the insulating resin layer (102) at a frequency of 1 kHz and 100° C. to 175° C. is equal to or less than 0.030, and a change in a relative permittivity is equal to or less than 0.10.
US10720374B2
A semiconductor substrate according to the present invention includes a nitride semiconductor layer 203, an amorphous semiconductor layer 205 formed on one main surface side of the nitride semiconductor layer 203, a high-roughness layer 206 which is a semiconductor layer formed on the amorphous semiconductor layer 205 and has a surface roughness larger than the amorphous semiconductor layer 205, and a diamond layer 207 formed on the high-roughness layer 206. Damage to the nitride semiconductor layer can be reduced in forming the diamond layer on the nitride semiconductor layer and adhesion between the layers can be increased.
US10720373B2
A semiconductor power device has: a die, with a front surface and a rear surface, and with an arrangement of projecting regions on the front surface, which define between them windows arranged within which are contact regions; and a package, which houses the die inside it. A metal frame has a top surface and a bottom surface; the die is carried by the frame on the top surface; an encapsulation coating coats the frame and the die. A first insulation multilayer is arranged above the die and is formed by an upper metal layer, a lower metal layer, and an intermediate insulating layer; the lower metal layer is shaped according to an arrangement of the projecting regions and has contact projections, which extend so as to electrically contact the contact regions, and insulation regions, interposed between the contact projections, in positions corresponding to the projecting regions.
US10720372B2
Disclosed is a cooling assembly for circuit boards. In one embodiment, the assembly includes a circuit board that is thermally and physically coupled to a heat spreader by a thermal interface. In one configuration, the circuit board is formed from a semiconductor material and includes a first board surface on which integrated circuits are mounted and a second board surface opposite the first board surface. The heat spreader is formed from a thermally conductive material and includes a plurality of vanes that are spaced apart from one another. The thermal interface is coupled between at least one area of the second board surface of the circuit board and a contact area of each of the plurality of vanes. Heat generated by the integrated circuits is conducted from at least one integrated circuit to the plurality of vanes of the heat spreader through the circuit board and the thermal interface.
US10720359B2
In an embodiment, a substrate includes semiconductor material and a conductive via. The conductive via includes a via in the substrate, a conductive plug filling a first portion of the via, and a conductive liner layer that lines side walls of a second portion of the via and is electrically coupled to the conductive plug. The conductive liner layer and the conductive plug have different microstructures.
US10720358B2
Devices and methods that include for configuring a profile of a liner layer before filling an opening disposed over a semiconductor substrate. The liner layer has a first thickness at the bottom of the opening and a second thickness a top of the opening, the second thickness being smaller that the first thickness. In an embodiment, the filled opening provides a contact structure.
US10720355B2
A wafer processing method includes a polyolefin sheet providing step of positioning a wafer in an inside opening of a ring frame and providing a polyolefin sheet on a back side of the wafer and on a back side of the ring frame, a uniting step of heating the polyolefin sheet as applying a pressure to the polyolefin sheet to thereby unite the wafer and the ring frame through the polyolefin sheet by thermocompression bonding, a dividing step of applying a laser beam to the wafer to form division grooves in the wafer, thereby dividing the wafer into individual device chips, and a pickup step of picking up each device chip from the polyolefin sheet.
US10720349B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally provide apparatus and methods for monitoring one or more process parameters, such as temperature of substrate support, at various locations. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides a sensor column for measuring one or more parameters in a processing chamber. The sensor column includes a tip for contacting a chamber component being measured, a protective tube having an inner volume extending from a first end and second end, wherein the tip is attached to the first end of the protective tube and seals the protective tube at the first end, and a sensor disposed near the tip. The inner volume of the protective tube houses connectors of the sensor, and the tip is positioned in the processing chamber through an opening of the processing chamber during operation.
US10720347B2
A sheet expanding apparatus includes: an adhering mechanism including an adhering roller by which a belt-shaped sheet wound in a roll form is adhered to a plate-shaped body, and a cutter adapted to cut the belt-shaped sheet into a rectangular sheet larger in size than the plate-shaped body; an expanding mechanism adapted to expand the rectangular sheet in a first direction and a second direction; and a transfer unit by which the plate-shaped body having the rectangular sheet adhered thereto is transferred to the expanding mechanism. The belt-shaped sheet can be supplied to the sheet expanding apparatus in the state of being wound in the roll form, and the plate-shaped body can be transferred by the transfer unit and the rectangular sheet can be expanded, after the belt-shaped sheet is adhered to the plate-shaped body and is cut into the rectangular sheet in the sheet expanding apparatus.
US10720345B1
Techniques and mechanisms for forming a bond between two wafers. In an embodiment, a first wafer and a second wafer are positioned with respective wafer holders, and are deformed to form a first deformation of the first wafer and a second deformation of the second wafer. The first deformation and the second deformation are symmetrical with respect to a centerline which is between the first wafer and the second wafer. A portion of the first deformation is made to contact, and form a bond with, another portion of the second deformation. The bond is propagated along respective surfaces of the wafers to form a coupling therebetween. In another embodiment, one of the wafer holders comprises one of an array of elements to locally heat or cool a wafer, or an array of displacement stages to locally deform said wafer.
US10720341B2
A high-pressure processing system for processing a layer on a substrate includes a first chamber, a support to hold the substrate in the first chamber, a second chamber adjacent the first chamber, a foreline to remove gas from the second chamber, a vacuum processing system configured to lower a pressure within the second chamber to near vacuum, a valve assembly between the first chamber and the second chamber to isolate the pressure within the first chamber from the pressure within the second chamber, a gas delivery system configured to increase the pressure within the first chamber to at least 10 atmospheres while the first chamber is isolated from the second chamber, an exhaust system comprising an exhaust line to remove gas from the first chamber, and a common housing surrounding both the first gas delivery module and the second gas delivery module.
US10720334B2
In some embodiments, a selective cyclic (optionally dry) etching of a first surface of a substrate relative to a second surface of the substrate in a reaction chamber by chemical atomic layer etching comprises forming a modification layer using a first plasma and etching the modification layer. The first surface comprises carbon and/or nitride and the second surface does not comprise carbon and/or nitride.
US10720332B2
A junction-less transistor structure and fabrication method thereof are provided. The method includes providing a semiconductor substrate; and forming an epitaxial layer having a first surface and a second surface on the semiconductor substrate. The method also includes forming a plurality of trenches in the epitaxial layer from the first surface thereof; and forming a gate dielectric layer on side and bottom surfaces of the plurality of trenches. Further, the method includes forming a gate electrode layer on the gate dielectric layer and in the plurality of trenches; and forming an insulation layer on the gate electrode layer. Further, the method also includes forming a drain electrode layer on the first surface of the epitaxial layer; removing the semiconductor substrate; and forming a source electrode layer on the second surface of the epitaxial layer.
US10720315B2
An ion transfer device that transfers ions from at least one ion inlet to at least one ion outlet. The ion transfer device includes an enclosure configured to maintain reduced pressure, and a plurality of electrodes disposed at least in part inside the enclosure such that the ion transfer device is configured to be flexible or re-configurable.
US10720306B2
The scanning charged particle beam microscope according to the present application is characterized in that, in acquiring an image of the FOV (field of view), interspaced beam irradiation points are set, and then, a deflector is controlled so that a charged particle beam scan is performed faster when the charged particle beam irradiates a position on the sample between each of the irradiation points than when the charged particle beam irradiates a position on the sample corresponding to each of the irradiation points (a position on the sample corresponding to each pixel detecting a signal). This allows the effects from a micro-domain electrification occurring within the FOV to be mitigated or controlled.
US10720304B2
A charged particle beam apparatus acquires a scanned image by scanning a sample with a charged particle beam and detecting charged particles emitted from the sample. The charged particle beam apparatus includes: a plurality of detection units that detect charged particles emitted from the sample, and an image processing unit that generates the scanned image based on a plurality of detection signals outputted from the plurality of the detection units. The image processing unit performs a process of acquiring the plurality of the detection signals at an irradiation position of the charged particle beam; a process of extracting a maximum value and a minimum value from among signal amounts of the plurality of the acquired detection signals, and calculating a difference between the maximum value and the minimum value; a process of calculating a sum total of the signal amounts of the plurality of the detection signals; and a process of determining a pixel value of a pixel of the scanned image corresponding to the irradiation position based on a sum of a first value that is obtained based on the sum total and a second value that is obtained based on the difference.
US10720295B2
An electronic switch includes a substrate and a rotator assembly. The rotator assembly is configured to prevent rotation between a first rotational configuration and a second rotational configuration in a first translational position of the rotator assembly, while the rotator assembly is configured to rotate between the first rotational configuration and the second rotational configuration in a second translational position of the rotator assembly. The second translational position of the rotator assembly is translationally offset from the first translational position of the rotator assembly. An electrical contact of the rotator assembly is configured to electrically connect an electronic input path of the substrate to an electronic output path of the substrate in the first rotational configuration and first translational position of the rotator assembly, but not to electrically connect the electronic input path to the electronic output path in the second rotational configuration of the rotator assembly or in the second translational position of the rotator assembly.
US10720292B2
In the field of power distribution networks, a digital output circuit, for controlling an item of equipment within a power distribution network, comprises a switch element openable and closeable to selectively permit the flow of current to an item of equipment being controlled in use by the digital output circuit. The digital output circuit also includes a current acquisition circuit to measure the current flowing through the switch element. In addition, the digital output circuit includes a condition monitoring circuit that is arranged in communication with the current acquisition circuit. The condition monitoring circuit is configured to record the measured current flowing through the switch element as the switch element closes and thereby establish a switch element closing signature.
US10720291B2
A switch including a housing, a first contact arrangement having a first commutation contact element and a first contact, a second contact arrangement having a second commutation contact element and a second contact, and also a nominal contact arrangement. The first commutation contact element and the second commutation contact element form a snap-action connection with one another in the closed position of the commutation contact element. When the switch is closed, a distance between the first contact and the second contact is smaller than a distance between the first commutation contact element and the second commutation contact element in the direction of the axis.
US10720282B2
The present disclosure described herein generally relates to a dye-sensitized solar cell including an organic-inorganic composite dye having a perovskite structure, and a producing method of the same.
US10720280B2
A thin-film ceramic capacitor includes a body in which dielectric layers and first and second electrode layers are alternately disposed on a substrate, and first and second electrode pads disposed on external surfaces of the body. A plurality of vias are disposed in the body. Each of a plurality of first vias connects the first electrode layers and the first electrode pad to each other. Each of a plurality of second vias connects the second electrode layers and the second electrode pad to each other. A separation slit is disposed to penetrate from an upper surface of the body and extend to the substrate, and the pluralities of first and second vias are disposed symmetrically with respect to the separation slit.
