US10810633B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for automatically generating a shoppable video. A video is parsed into one or more scenes. Products and their corresponding product information are automatically associated with the one or more scenes. The shoppable video is then generated using the associated products and corresponding product information such that the products are visible in the shoppable video based on a scene in which the products are found.
US10810630B1
A method, computer system, and computer program product that aggregates sample data regarding a plurality of factors associated with income and geographic location; performs iterative analysis on the sample data using machine learning to construct a predictive model; populates, using the predictive model, a database with predicted values of encountered income for a selected set of predefined signage locations; converts the predicted values of encountered income in the database into percentages of observed values of encountered income for signage locations within the selected set over a specified time period to create indices of encountered income; and rank orders the signage locations within the selected set according to their indices of encountered income.
US10810624B2
An advertising campaign may be carried out using moving outdoor advertising. Advertisers typically like to manage and track the success of their advertising campaigns. Aspects of the present application may be seen to assist with such management and tracking by providing impression analytics, location analytics, time analytics and frequency reports. Furthermore, aspects of the present application may be seen to provide an ability to augment a moving outdoor advertising campaign with a mobile device retargeting advertising campaign. Then, such metrics as return on investment, profit and gross profit may be tracked. In some aspects, Wi-Fi signals and Bluetooth signals may be collected from mobile devices that are in the range of a Moving Impression Analytics Tracking Device.
US10810623B2
A method for generating an SMS business message for processing by a software application includes: a data collection interface accepting outgoing instructions and outgoing data from said software application; a message encoding engine encoding said outgoing instructions and outgoing data from said software application; using an encoding template to generate the SMS business message as a categorized SMS message formatted for processing by a data processing system; and a dispatcher runtime processor processing said SMS business message for transmission over a network to a recipient.
US10810619B1
A method for providing Internet-based advertising for advertisers, and search functions for potential customers, introducing innovative search, display and advertiser access capabilities. These new innovations include a capability whereby a visitor may, by repeatedly zooming further in on a given geographic location, see more and more points of interest, corresponding to the chosen search criteria, but, not previously visible at smaller scales, and which may be displayed and queried for additional information. This system also provides to the advertiser, a means for changing any Dynamic Billboard in real time without intermediary action by any other party. It further provides an automated means to tabulate and report visitor activity.
US10810605B2
The present invention provides a system, method, software and data structure for independently predicting attitudinal and message responsiveness, using a plurality of attitudinal or other identification classifications and a plurality of message content or version classifications, for a selected population of a plurality of entities, such as individuals or households, represented in a data repository. The plurality of predictive attitudinal (or identification) classifications and plurality of predictive message content (ore version) classifications have been determined using a plurality of predictive models developed from a sample population and applied to a reference population represented in the data repository, such as attitudinal, behavioral, or demographic models. For each predictive attitudinal (or identification) classification, at least one predominant predictive message content or version classification is independently determined. The exemplary embodiments also provide, for each predictive attitudinal classification, corresponding information concerning predominant communication media (or channel) types, predominant communication timing, predominant communication frequency, and predominant communication sequencing.
US10810600B2
In a general aspect, a system can include a user interface with at least one input field for receiving input associated with an information technology (IT) customer service issue and a response area for displaying results in response to the input. The system can further include a context generation engine that receives the input associated with the IT customer service issue from the user interface and determines, based on the input, a multi-factor context. The system can also include a relevance-based search engine configured to search, based on the multi-factor context, a plurality of resources; assign, based on the multi-factor context, a respective relevancy score to each of the plurality of resources; and provide, to the user interface for display in the results area, a ranked list of a subset of the plurality of resources that is ordered based on the respective relevancy scores of the subset of the resources.
US10810598B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a system and method for receiving transaction data for a transaction, accessing a database comprising alert preference data, generating a contact alert message using the transaction data and alert preference data using a notification server coupled to the database wherein the contact alert message comprises contact information of a first person who conducted the transaction, and sending the contact alert message to a notification device of a second person.
US10810593B1
A heuristic engine includes capabilities to collect an unstructured data set and detect instances of transaction fraud in a financial account. By providing a heuristic algorithm with unstructured transaction sets and indications of particular instances of transactions that correlate with past fraudulent activity allows prevention of future occurrences of fraud. Such heuristic algorithms may learn from past indications of fraudulent activity and improve accuracy of detection of future fraud detections.
US10810588B2
A method for conveying a data message using a public ledger includes: generating, by a generation module of a processing server, a data message, wherein the data message comprises one or more data values; electronically transmitting, by a transmitting device of the processing server, a data signal superimposed with the generated data message to a first computing system; receiving, by a receiving device of the processing server, a data signal superimposed with an encrypted message from the first computing system, wherein the encrypted message is generated via application of one or more encryption algorithms to the generated data message using at least one encryption key; appending, by the generation module of the processing server, an identification value to the encrypted message; and submitting, by the transmitting device of the processing server, the appended encrypted message to a public ledger associated with a second computing system.
US10810580B2
A computer-implemented method for an electronic funds transfer, the method including obtaining, using a processor system of a device, a virtual payment account associated with a merchant. The virtual payment account also being associated with a consumer account wherein an electronic payment medium issuer is a third party providing commercial funding on behalf of a consumer. Marketing information relating to the merchant associated with the virtual payment account is obtained. An electronic funds transfer is conducted utilizing an electronic payment medium signature associated with the electronic payment medium provided by the virtual payment account interfacing with an electronic terminal associated with the merchant. The virtual payment account and consumer account with information relating to the electronic funds transfer are updated.
US10810576B2
Mobile payments integrated with a booking system. In one embodiment, for example, a method in a service provider computer system is performed. The service provider computer system is communicatively coupled to a computing device of a user and a merchant point-of-sale computer by one or more data networks. The method comprises: receiving a request from the computing device of the user to pay a ticket open at the merchant point-of-sale computer; obtaining a current total ticket amount for the ticket from the merchant point-of-sale computer; determining an estimated total ticket amount based at least in part on the current total ticket amount; authorizing but not capturing payment of the estimated total ticket amount with a payment network gateway computer; after the ticket is closed at the merchant point-of-sale computer, obtaining a final total ticket amount for the ticket from the merchant point-of-sale computer; and capturing payment of the final total ticket amount with the payment network gateway computer.
US10810574B1
Embodiments disclosed in this specification include uploading instructions to a voice-recognition server, such that when the voice-recognition server identifies keywords in an audio stream, the voice recognition server can perform a payment transaction using a payment-service-system server. The systems and methods disclosed can receive payment requests at the payment-service-system server, which can then process the payment transaction using historical payment information and contact information associated with the payment-service-system user. The payment-service-system server can communicate notifications and confirmations to the voice-recognition server or to separate user computing devices. In this way, the payment-service-system server can process payment transactions between users using voice-controlled speakers.
US10810572B1
Methods, systems, apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable media are described for using a vehicle as a payment device. Various aspects may include receiving a selection of a stored financial card or financial account at a vehicle head unit. The selected financial card or financial account may be transmitted to a point-of-sale (POS) terminal for making a payment by transmitting a tokenized card number to the POS terminal. The tokenized card number may be transmitted over a very short-range communication link to ensure that the transmission is secure. For example, electronic circuitry may be attached to the exterior of the vehicle, where the electronic circuitry may be within a threshold distance (e.g. one inch, three inches, six inches, one foot, three feet, etc.) of the POS terminal. The tokenized card number may be transmitted from the vehicle head unit to the electronic circuitry and then to the POS terminal.
US10810556B2
Systems and methods for use in managing receipts associated with payment account transactions are disclosed. One exemplary method includes intercepting, by a computing device, an authorization message associated with a transaction involving a payment account and a merchant. The method also includes accessing, by the computing device, a profile for the payment account where the profile includes a vault location in a receipt vault data structure specific to the payment account, and appending, by the computing device, the vault location to the authorization message, whereby the merchant is permitted to deposit a receipt for the transaction at the vault location in the receipt vault data structure.
US10810555B2
A method for authorizing and processing payment transactions over a network, the method comprising the steps of initiating, responsive to a user payment request to process a payment for a purchase on a merchants web site, a user interface, establishing a secure communication channel between the interface and an account server, the account server having stored a profile of an registered user, submitting, by the user interface, purchase information of the purchase order to the account server, requesting, by the account server through the user interface, authentication of the user, linking, at the account server, purchase information to the user profile, requesting, through the user interface, purchase confirmation by the user, requesting, by the user interface, a checkout reference for the confirmed purchase order from the account server, submitting, at least part of the purchase information and the checkout reference to a payment service provider to process the transaction.
US10810553B2
A calendar view is rendered on a user interface (UI). A scheduled meeting is rendered in a time slot of the calendar view, initially without an interactive control to join the scheduled meeting. In response to determining that a start time for the scheduled meeting is within a threshold time, the rendered scheduled meeting is updated to include an interactive control to join the scheduled meeting. The interactive control has a selectable region that is configured to indicate that the scheduled meeting is to be joined. In response to input data indicative of a selection of the interactive control, a collaboration application joins the scheduled meeting.
US10810549B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing projects using references between the project and project items. Project items can be, for example, synchronized content items, collaborative content items, other projects, folders, tasks, user accounts, etc. The content management system can create a project identifier for managing data and/or people associated with a project. In various implementations, the content management system can store references between the project and project items in one or more folders associated with the project, in a database, in content item metadata, etc. In some implementations, the storage location of a content item does not affect whether it is associated with the project. When a project is selected by a user, the content management system can generate project view that presents various project items associated with the project in a convenient and easy to access graphical user interface.
US10810543B2
A method for populating an inventory catalog includes receiving an image showing an item in the inventory catalog and comprising a plurality of pixels. A machine learned segmentation neural network is retrieved to determine location of pixels in an image that are associated with an image label and the property. The method determines a subset of pixels associated with the item label in the received image and identifies locations of the subset of pixels of the received image, and extracts the subset of pixels from the received image. The method retrieves a machine learned classifier to determine whether an image shows the item label. The method determines, using the machine learned classifier, that the extracted subset of pixels shows the item label. The method updates the inventory catalog for the item to indicate that the item has the property associated with the item label.
US10810529B2
Systems and methods for creating and editing an inspection plan and directing an inspector through an inspection are provided. An exemplary system, according to one implementation, comprises a mobile computing device and a server computer. The mobile computing device is configured to communicate audible prompts to an inspector and receive audible replies from the inspector. The server computer is configured to store an inspection plan comprising a sequence of inspection steps, translate each of the inspection steps of the inspection plan into audible prompts, transmit the audible prompts to the mobile computing device, receive the audible replies from the mobile computing device, and translate the audible replies into a set of inspection results.
US10810527B2
Systems and methods are described herein for scheduling tasks based on predicted animal behavior. The systems and methods may receive schedule parameter data; generate set-times for performing tasks based on the schedule-parameter data; determine that one of the set-times conflicts with another one of the set-times; and generate a schedule comprising different set-times for performing the tasks. The systems and methods may run a first schedule for performing tasks based on the schedule-parameter data, which may comprise set-times; receive environmental sensor data; and run a second schedule for performing the tasks. The second schedule may comprise set-times, be based on the environmental sensor data, and be different from the first schedule. The systems and methods may generate set-times for performing tasks based on the schedule-parameter data and offsets from a solunar event, and generate a schedule with the set-times.
US10810521B2
An information system for an industrial vehicle comprises an electronic component on the industrial vehicle that is programmably configured to obtain data by communicating across a vehicle network bus of the industrial vehicle with at least one other component of the industrial vehicle. The information system also comprises memory that stores industrial vehicle information according to a mapping specified by a data object model. Moreover, a processor on the industrial vehicle is programmed to repeatedly perform a cyclically recurring operation that extracts at least a portion of the industrial vehicle information stored in the memory device as broadcast information, generates at least one broadcast message representing the extracted broadcast information, and transmits the generated at least one broadcast message on the vehicle network bus. Accordingly, the entire contents of the broadcast information are repeatedly transmitted across the vehicle network bus in a cyclically recurring manner.
US10810519B2
The different advantageous embodiments further provide a system for hierarchical mission management comprising a number of mission planners, a data processing system, and a communication system. The number of mission planners are associated with a number of agent groups. The data processing system is configured to execute the number of mission planners. The communication system is configured to provide communication between the number of mission planners.
US10810511B2
A framework for improving data set in an enterprise system for machine learning is provided. In accordance with one aspect, user input of a project update is provided by a user to an enterprise system. A record of the project update is created in the enterprise system based on the user input. The project update provided by the user into the enterprise system is analyzed using a gamification technique. The analysis includes quantifying the user's input of the project update to the enterprise system by assigning points to the user based on the project update provided to the enterprise system. The assigned points are displayed to the user on a user interface of a user device to enable friendly competition with other users which encourages more detailed and frequent project updates to the enterprise system by the user.
US10810509B2
An artificial intelligence apparatus includes an input processor configured to convert input information to patterns, an analyzer configured to analyze the input information, a recorder configured to record the information, a controller configured to perform at least one of a development of a process according to a type of a sentences and an intention, a search for information and a logic development to solve a problem, an execution of a process and activating a program, a generalization of information and a procedure, an update to a better knowledge and a logic, a search and an arrangement of information about an interesting field and an item, recording and updating of information, connective relations and relationship, and a transition control between information to a goal and an output processor configured to convert the patterns to information or control signals.
US10810506B1
A quantum processing apparatus comprises control electronics, a switching unit, a bias line, and N electronic circuits. Both the switching unit and the bias line are connected to the control electronics. The N circuits comprise N respective, non-volatilely tunable resistors and N respective frequency-tunable, solid-state qubits. The control electronics are configured to individually tune the resistors via the switching unit, in a configuration mode of the apparatus; and apply a voltage bias to the electronic circuits via the bias line, in an operation mode of the apparatus. The electronic circuits are configured to passively apply respective bias signals to the qubits, wherein such bias signals are impacted by the resistors, in response to the voltage bias applied via the bias line, to operate the qubits at respective frequencies determined according to the respective bias signals.
US10810487B2
A reconfigurable neural network circuit is provided. The reconfigurable neural network circuit comprises an electronic synapse array including multiple synapses interconnecting a plurality of digital electronic neurons. Each neuron comprises an integrator that integrates input spikes and generates a signal when the integrated inputs exceed a threshold. The circuit further comprises a control module for reconfiguring the synapse array. The control module comprises a global final state machine that controls timing for operation of the circuit, and a priority encoder that allows spiking neurons to sequentially access the synapse array.
US10810483B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for efficiently performing a computation of a convolutional neural network layer. One of the methods includes transforming a X by Y by Z input tensor into a X′ by Y′ by Z′ input tensor; obtaining one or more modified weight matrices, wherein the modified weight matrices operate on the X′ by Y′ by Z′ input tensor to generate a U′ by V′ by W′ output tensor, and the U′ by V′ by W′ output tensor comprises a transformed U by V by W output tensor; and processing the X′ by Y′ by Z′ input tensor using the modified weight matrices to generate the U′ by V′ by W′ output tensor, wherein the U′ by V′ by W′ output tensor comprises the U by V by W output tensor.
US10810480B2
The present disclosure provides an electronic system including an electronic device and an electronic tag. The electronic device includes a printed circuit board. The electronic tag includes a substrate and an antenna, wherein the substrate is disposed at a height over the printed circuit board. The substrate has a first side and a second side, wherein the first side is opposite to the second side. The antenna has a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is disposed on the first side, the second portion is to disposed on the second side, and the first portion is electrically coupled to the second portion via plated through holes.
US10810478B2
A self-sustainable substantially tubular shaped tag structure, comprises a flexible and substantially flat inlay comprising a substrate and at least an antenna; a wall of the tubular shaped tag structure constituted directly and solely by the inlay that is formed into the shape of the wall, thereby excluding any other material to carry the inlay and realize the wall; and a seam configured to close the tubular shaped tag structure and involving borders of the inlay.
US10810473B1
The present disclosure provides a cognitive multi-card handling system for automatic testing of transaction apparatus and a testing method. Conventional techniques such as manual testing and automatic testing require lot of testing time and have limitations to test with number of test cards and different card types, identifying required test card from heterogeneous stack of multiple test cards and without much manual intervention. The disclosed cognitive multi-cards handling system comprising a mechanical sub-system and a multi-card handling sub-system provides a mechanism to test number of test cards of different card types, identify and eject the required test card from a heterogeneous stack of multiple test cards, as per the test case to perform the transaction operations. The disclosed testing method ensures smooth completion of automatic testing process consisting of thousands of test cases without manual intervention.
US10810467B2
A method for character recognition and semantic for natural language processing comprising extracting a sequence of feature vectors from a sequence of input character images by a convolutional neural network (CNN) feature extractor. The sequence of feature vectors comprises a plurality of feature vectors, each feature vector representing an approximate-match of its corresponding input character in the sequence of input character images. The method further comprises applying a sequential classifier sequentially as a sliding window of a size of a plurality consecutive feature vectors upon the sequence of feature vectors from a first feature vector in the sequence of feature vectors to the last feature vector in the sequence of feature vectors; and recognizing an output character for a targeted feature vector among the applied-upon consecutive feature vectors within the sliding window as it is sliding across the sequence of feature vectors.
US10810463B2
Attribute data structures can be updated to indicate joint relationships among attributes and predictive outputs in training data that can be used for training automated modeling system. A data structure that stores training data for training an automated modeling algorithm can be accessed. The training data can include first data for a first attribute and second data for a second attribute. The data structure can be modified to include a derived attribute that indicates a joint relationship among the first attribute, the second attribute, and a predictive output variable. The automated modeling algorithm can be trained with the first attribute, the second attribute, and the derived attribute.
US10810460B2
The present disclosure relates to computer-implemented systems and methods for training and using generative adversarial networks. In one implementation, a system for training a generative adversarial network may include at least one processor that may provide a first plurality of images including representations of a feature-of-interest and indicators of locations of the feature-of-interest and use the first plurality and indicators to train an object detection network. Further, the processor(s) may provide a second plurality of images including representations of the feature-of-interest, and apply the trained object detection network to the second plurality to produce a plurality of detections of the feature-of-interest. Additionally, the processor(s) may provide manually set verifications of true positives and false positives with respect to the plurality of detections, use the verifications to train a generative adversarial network, and retrain the generative adversarial network using at least one further set of images, further detections, and further manually set verifications.
US10810457B2
Systems and methods directed to utilizing a first camera system to capture first images of one or more people in proximity to a tabletop; utilizing a second camera system to capture second images of one or more documents in proximity to the tabletop; generating a query for a database derived from people recognition conducted on the first images and text extraction on the second images; determining a first ranked list of people and a second ranked list of documents based on results of the query, the results based on a calculated ranked list of two-mode networks; and providing an interface on a display to access information about one or more people from the first ranked list of people and one or more documents from the second ranked list of documents.
US10810449B2
Disclosed are an electronic device and a method of operating the same. The electronic device may include a touch screen; a communication interface comprising communication circuitry; and a processor functionally connected to the communication circuitry of the communication interface, wherein the processor may be configured to receive execution information usable for authenticating at least one resource of a second external device from a first external device through the communication circuitry of the communication interface, to display a user interface configured to acquire biometric information of a user through the touch screen in response to receiving the execution information, to generate virtual biometric information based on the acquired biometric information, and to transmit the virtual biometric information to the second external device through the communication circuitry of the communication interface wherein the virtual biometric information is usable for authenticating the at least one resource.
US10810447B2
Various examples are provided for smart transportation and sensing systems. In one example, an apparatus for smart transportation sensing includes a reflector integrated in a contoured roadway unit configured to protect the reflector from damage by vehicles traveling along a transportation surface; and a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag integrated in the contoured roadway unit. In another example, a system for smart transportation includes a vehicle including a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader configured to interrogate RFID tags integrated in reflector units disposed along a transportation surface; and a processing system in communication with the RFID reader, the processing system configured to process data obtained from at least one of the RFID tags to determine vehicle location along the transportation surface.
US10810439B2
Method and devices are provided for video identification. The method may include following actions. Event information representative of an event occurring in a space where a monitoring device is located is acquired. A time point corresponding to the event information in a video shot by the monitoring device is determined, and the event information is identified at the time point in the video shot by the monitoring device.
US10810437B2
The present disclosure relates to a security check system and method. The present disclosure provides a security check system for identifying objects of interest from multiple objects, comprising: an object-of-interest determining device for determining whether an object is an object of interest; an image mark applying device for acquiring images related to selected objects among the multiple objects and recording image marks of the selected objects; and a mark detecting device for detecting the image marks, wherein the security check system is configured to identify whether the object is the object of interest based on the detection of the mark detecting device and outputs a warning accordingly.
US10810435B2
In implementations of segmenting objects in video sequences, user annotations designate an object in any image frame of a video sequence, without requiring user annotations for all image frames. An interaction network generates a mask for an object in an image frame annotated by a user, and is coupled both internally and externally to a propagation network that propagates the mask to other image frames of the video sequence. Feature maps are aggregated for each round of user annotations and couple the interaction network and the propagation network internally. The interaction network and the propagation network are trained jointly using synthetic annotations in a multi-round training scenario, in which weights of the interaction network and the propagation network are adjusted after multiple synthetic annotations are processed, resulting in a trained object segmentation system that can reliably generate realistic object masks.
US10810423B2
An approach for an iris liveness detection is provided. A plurality of image pairs is acquired using one or more image sensors of a mobile device. A particular image pair is selected from the plurality of image pairs, and a hyperspectral image is generated for the particular image pair. Based on, at least in part, the hyperspectral image, a particular feature vector for the eye-iris region depicted in the particular image pair is generated, and one or more trained model feature vectors generated for facial features of a particular user of the device are retrieved. Based on, at least in part, the particular feature vector and the one or more trained model feature vectors, a distance metric is determined and compared with a threshold. If the distance metric exceeds the threshold, then a first message indicating that the plurality of image pairs fails to depict the particular user is generated. It is also determined whether at least one characteristic, of one or more characteristics determined for NIR images, changes from image-to-image by at least a second threshold. If so, then a second message is generated to indicate that the plurality of image pairs depicts the particular user of a mobile device. The second message may also indicate that an authentication of an owner to the mobile device was successful. Otherwise, a third message is generated to indicate that a presentation attack on the mobile device is in progress.
US10810420B2
A system provides an end-to-end solution for invoice processing which includes reading invoices (both pdfs and images), extracting key relevant information from the face of invoices, organizing the relevant information in a structured template as a key-value pair, and comparing invoices based on the similarities between different invoice fields to identify potential duplicate invoices.
US10810419B2
A method is provided for generating and revising map geometry based on a received image and probe data. A method may include: receiving probe data from a first period of time, where the probe data from a first period of time is from a plurality of probes within a predefined geographic region; generating a first image of the predefined geographic region based on the probe data from the first period of time; receiving probe data from a second period of time different from the first period of time, where the probe data from the second period of time is from a plurality of probes within the predefined geographic region; generating a second image based on the probe data from the second period of time; comparing the first image to the second image; and generating a revised route geometry based on changes detected between the first image and the second image.
US10810414B2
A monitoring system or tracking system may include an input port and a controller in communication with the input port. The input port may receive video from an image capturing device. The image capturing device is optionally part of the monitoring system and in some cases includes at least part of the controller. The controller may be configured to receive video via the input port and identify a subject within frames of the video relative to a background within the frames. Further, the controller may be configured to identify dimensions, posture, hand location, feet location, and/or other parameters of the identified subject in frames of the video and determine when the subject is performing a task. Based on the dimensions and/or other parameters identified or extracted from the video during the predetermined task, the controller may output via the output port assessment information.
US10810412B2
A method for gesture-based configuration of a data capture device includes: storing, in a memory connected to a processor, a plurality of configuration definitions each defining (i) a gesture, and (ii) a corresponding configuration parameter; at a processor, monitoring an input device for a configuration activation input; responsive to detection of the configuration activation input, activating a configuration control mode at the processor; responsive to activation of the configuration control mode, detecting an input gesture at the processor; selecting one of the configuration definitions defining the gesture that matches the input gesture; updating a current configuration of the data capture device with the corresponding configuration parameter of the selected configuration definition.
US10810407B2
A specific region such as a continuous epithelial structure is automatically detected in a cell aggregate. A region detecting method includes an input step (S01) of inputting an image obtained by imaging a cell aggregate, an outline detecting step (S02) of detecting an outline of the cell aggregate together with an order along the outline from the input image, a region detecting step (S03) of detecting a specific region included in the cell aggregate based on the detected outline and order, and an output step (S04) of outputting information indicating the detected region.
US10810399B2
An optical fingerprint sensing module for sensing a fingerprint pattern of a finger is provided, wherein the finger is placed on a display panel module, and light is generated by the display panel module and reflected by the finger. The optical fingerprint sensing module includes a circuit board, an image sensor on the circuit board, a frame on the circuit board, a lens embedded in the frame, and an IR filter disposed above the image sensor. The image sensor is located in the frame, and the frame includes anti-infrared material. The lens corresponds to a sensing area of the display panel module. Light emitted from the display panel module is reflected by the finger located in the sensing area and then sequentially propagates through the lens and the IR filter to reach the image sensor.
US10810397B2
Provided are a display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a display assembly, the display assembly includes an array substrate and a plurality of pixel units disposed on the array substrate; a fingerprint recognition assembly disposed on one side of the array substrate facing away from the plurality of pixel units, the fingerprint recognition assembly includes a first substrate and at least one fingerprint recognition unit disposed on the first substrate; and the array substrate includes a plurality of transparent regions and a plurality of non-transparent regions, the array substrate further includes a plurality of metal wires, a ratio of a line width of a portion of at least one of the metal wires disposed in at least one respective transparent region to a line width of a portion of the at least of the metal wires disposed in a respective non-transparent region is less than 1.
US10810392B2
A barcode reader may include an image sensor array, an optic system, an image buffer, and a plurality of pre-processing circuits implemented in hardware. The optic system may be configured to focus an image of a barcode onto the image sensor array. The plurality of pre-processing circuits may collectively implement a plurality of different image processing functions. Each pre-processing circuit may be configured to receive as input an image frame from the image sensor array or an image data record from the image buffer. The image data record may be derived from the image frame. Each pre-processing circuit may also be configured to perform an image processing function with respect to the image frame or the image data record, thereby generating a new image data record. A decoder may use at least one image data record to decode the barcode.
US10810387B2
Provided herein is an RFID reader system and method for determining an RFID tag distance. The RFID reader receives a first backscattered signal from an RFID tag in response to transmission of a first RF interrogation signal, and determines a first phase angle of the first backscattered signal. A radio transceiver device receives a second backscattered signal in response to transmission of a second RF interrogation signal, and determines a second phase angle of the second backscattered signal. A main control unit determines a plurality of first distances and a second distance between the RFID reader and the RFID tag based on the first phase angle and the second phase angle, and select one of the plurality of first distances with respect to the determined second distance as a final distance.
US10810384B2
A thin card reader (TCR) designed to reduce card-not-present fraud, in credit card transactions, and other applications where security verification is needed in remote locations. The TCR is powered by external RF power, or through a battery. Further, the TCR uses energy from an energy harvester, which converts the mechanism energy used to insert the credit card into the TCR. Energy harvesting allows the TCR to be a self-powered device, alleviating the need to charge the TCR or connect a cable thereto. TCR shifts the burden of the electronics from the card to the TCR, reducing the cost of credit cards with a biometric sensor. One TCR can be used per consumer (with many cards), reducing costs and resulting in substantial savings. The TCR also allows remote enrollment of biometrically enabled credit cards where the new card can be entered into a TCR when placed in a self-enrollment mode.
US10810376B2
Text analysis, specifically, narratives, wherein identification of distinct and independent participants (entities of interest) in a narrative is an important task for many NLP applications. This task becomes challenging because these participants are often referred to using multiple aliases. Identifying aliases of participants in a narrative is crucial for NLP applications. Existing conventional methods are supervised for alias identification which requires a large amount of manually annotated (labeled) data and are also prone to errors. Embodiments of the present disclosure provide systems and methods that implement Markov Logic Network (MLN) to encode linguistic knowledge into rules for identification of aliases for aliases mention identification using proper nouns, pronouns or noun phrases with common noun headword.
US10810372B2
An antecedent determining method is performed by at least one processor, and includes obtaining statement information, and determining whether a pronoun exists in the statement information. The method further includes extracting candidate antecedents and lexical features of the candidate antecedents, from the statement information, in response to the pronoun being found in the statement information, and determining, based on the lexical features of the candidate antecedents, a target antecedent that is referred to by the pronoun, among the candidate antecedents.
US10810371B2
An artificial intelligence problem is solved using an artificial intelligence memory graph data structure and a lexical database to identify supporting knowledge. A natural language input is received and classified into components. A starting node of an artificial intelligence memory graph data structure, which comprises one or more data nodes, is selected to begin a search for one or more supporting knowledge data nodes associated with the classified components. Starting at the starting node, the artificial intelligence memory graph data structure is searched using a lexical database to identify the one or more supporting knowledge data nodes. An artificial intelligence problem is identified and solved using the one or more identified supporting knowledge data nodes of the artificial intelligence memory graph data structure.
US10810367B2
In one implementation, a content processing system includes a computing platform having a hardware processor and a system memory storing a content classification software code, a natural language processor, and a computer vision analyzer. The hardware processor executes the content classification software code to receive content inputs from multiple content sources, and, for each content input, to parse the content input for metadata describing the content input, obtain a description of language-based content included in the content input from the natural language processor, and obtain a description of visual content included in the content input from the computer vision analyzer. The content classification software code further associates predetermined annotation tags with the content input based on the metadata, the description of the language-based content, and the description of the visual content, and assigns the content input to a predetermined subject matter classification based on the associated annotation tags.
US10810363B2
A collaborative content management system enables users to selectively create threads and comments linked to specific portions of an image. An image comment may be indicated by a tag displayed at the location based on the specific portion of the image and having an identifier of the thread. Tags for image comments may be clustered together. When an image having image comments is replaced by a replacement image, the tags from the image may be transferred from the image to the replacement image and displayed at the same relative positions in the replacement image as positioned in the original image.
US10810358B2
Methods and systems are described for automatically rendering a customized user interface (UI). A server receives a request to generate a UI, the request including a user identifier and a workflow identifier. The server determines a template based upon the workflow identifier, comprising areas for insertion of custom UI elements. The server captures a list of UI nodes, each UI node comprising metadata. The server organizes the UI nodes into (i) a tree data structure comprising an anchor UI node and child UI nodes, and (ii) a table data structure of identifiers for the nodes in the tree structure, values, constraints, and the metadata for the corresponding UI node. The server inserts the metadata into the areas for insertion using the tree data structure and the table data structure. The server renders a graphical UI based upon the metadata.
US10810357B1
Method for identifying search candidates, including receiving a content that includes unprocessed content, markup elements and element styles; identifying raw content; applying content styles to the markup elements to determine which sequence of parts of content produces compact logically linked and visually bounded parts of the content; performing syntactic analysis to generate parsing trees; performing morphological analysis to determine parts of speech and word morphology in bounded parts; performing stemming on the parts of speech and constructing chains that meet grammar rules; identifying zests and calculating weights of the zests; applying weights to the chains to determine zests; adjusting the weights based on a distance from a point of user interaction with the content; selecting zests with the highest weight and degree of belonging to a region around the point of interaction; adjusting zests near the point of interaction and using it for selection of information to display.
US10810353B2
Embodiments disclosed herein are related to a method that can include discovering, by a platform abstraction layer (PAL), configuration data related to hardware associated with a media display, generating and supporting, by the platform abstraction layer, a common set of platform application programming interfaces (APIs) for displaying content on the media display according to the discovered hardware, receiving, by a platform shim, check-in instructions from a content management system, and causing, by a media player engine, the media display to display the content in accordance with the check-in instructions by using the common set of platform APIs generated by the PAL.
US10810347B2
The present disclosure provides a PCBA detection method and a system based on 3D AOI and AXI. The method includes: preconfiguring graphical data in a part physical database; obtaining CAD data related to a PCB based on design data input from PCB design software; converting the generated CAD data, and generating 3D basic graphical data to generate a 3D physical model; extracting BOM information from the design data, searching the part physical database for matched graphical data based on the BOM information, if the matched graphical data is found, generating a 3D physical model based on the graphical data; if the matched graphical data is not found, generating corresponding image data based on obtained created data, to generate a 3D physical model; and generating standard 3D detection prototype data, outputting the standard 3D detection prototype data to 3D AOI and AXI for detection.
US10810346B2
Systems and methods are provided for predicting static voltage (SIR) drop violations in a clock-tree synthesis (CTS) layout before routing is performed on the CTS layout. A static voltage (SIR) drop violation prediction system includes SIR drop violation prediction circuitry. The SIR drop violation prediction circuitry receives CTS data associated with a CTS layout. The SIR drop violation prediction circuitry inspects the CTS layout data associated with the CTS layout, and the CTS layout data may include data associated with a plurality of regions of the CTS layout, which may be inspected on a region-by-region basis. The SIR drop violation prediction circuitry predicts whether one or more SIR drop violations would be present in the CTS layout due to a subsequent routing of the CTS layout.
US10810341B1
Circuit pin constraints input to a design tool specify respective sets of circuit pins belonging to circuit blocks, and input interface pin constraints specify respective sets of interface pins belonging to instances of an interface circuit. The design tool generates pin solutions, and each pin solution includes pin assignments of the circuit pins to the interface pins. The design tool applies an objective function to the pin solutions and selects one pin solution that satisfies the objective function. The design tool then specifies in a circuit design, connections between the circuit pins and the interface pins according to the selected pin solution.
US10810336B2
Described is a method comprising a processing, an establishing, and/or a determining. In the processing, an inputted capabilities list including one or more hardware design capabilities may be processed. In the establishing, one or more candidate components for the one or more hardware design capabilities may be established. In the determining, a set of unique candidate netlists capable of satisfying the one or more hardware design capabilities may be determined, the set of unique candidate netlists being based upon the set of candidate components.
US10810334B2
The example embodiments are directed to a system and method for simulating an application performance using a test environment associated with an application marketplace where the application can be purchased. In one example, the method may include operating a virtual test environment which includes virtual hardware for testing software, receiving, from the application marketplace, information about an application and operating characteristics of a target installation environment for the application, executing the application via the virtual hardware of the virtual test environment based on the operating characteristics of the target installation environment to generate simulated test results of the application in the target installation environment, and outputting information of the simulated application test results for the target installation environment for display on a display device. Accordingly, a user can simulate an application performance before purchasing and deploying the application in a larger scale.
US10810325B2
Methods of ensuring that the ownership, location, and provenance of a digital asset. The method utilizing a hash value and block chain technology to validate the ownership and provenance. The hash value derived from the digital asset itself. The methods comprising a registry and predetermined formula for generating a hash value from the digital asset, ownership information, storage location, and a description of the asset.
US10810322B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media are provided for sharing user-information with bots. An automated task to be performed on behalf of a user is determined from at least one user message provided to a user interface of a first bot. A second bot is determined that is capable of performing the automated task on behalf of the user. User information of the user to provide to the second bot for the performing of the automated task is determined. Content of the user information is based on a trust level of the second bot and service parameters for completing the automated task. The first bot provides the determined user information to the second bot using one or more network communications.
US10810314B1
Embodiments for a database connector are disclosed. The database connector can encrypt data from an application before storing the data in the database using attribute-based encryption (ABE). The database connector can also decrypt data retrieved from the database using an ABE private key before sending the data to the application. The database connector can generate a logical attribute statement for encryption of data from the application based on attributes, logical relations, and/or relational operators received from the application, directly from a user, or imbedded within rules governing logical attribute statement genesis.
US10810311B2
An Internet of Things module includes a memory including a boot area for storing boot firmware and first security information and a security area for storing a firmware release version and second security information, and a processor to perform a boot process of the Internet of Things module using the boot firmware in the boot area and to determine whether the boot process of the Internet of Things module is progressed or stopped through comparing the first security information in the boot area with the second security information in the security area and through comparing a version of the boot firmware in the boot area with the firmware release version in the security area.
US10810306B2
The present invention is directed to system for and methods of real time observing, monitoring, and detecting anomalies in programs' behavior at instruction level. The hardware assist design in this invention provides fine grained observability, and controllability. Fine grained observability provides unprecedented opportunity for detecting anomaly. Controllability provides a powerful tool for stopping anomaly, repairing the kernel and restoring the state of processing. The performance improvement over pure software approach is estimated to be many orders of magnitudes. This invention is also effective and efficient in detecting mutating computer viruses, where normal, signature based, virus detection is under performing.
US10810300B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system includes at least one processor and authenticates a user. The system monitors interactions on a network site and identifies an interaction requiring user authentication. An inquiry is generated to authenticate the user based on an activity history for the user. A plurality of candidate responses are determined for the inquiry, where at least one candidate response for the inquiry includes information for an item associated with the activity history for the user. The inquiry is presented to the user, and user selection of one or more of the candidate responses is enabled as a reply to the inquiry. The identified interaction is performed in response to verification of the reply to the inquiry authenticating the user. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for authenticating a user in substantially the same manner described above.
US10810298B2
In example embodiments, a first pattern of characters is displayed on a user interface of a user device. A user input is received and the first pattern of characters is replaced by a second pattern of characters. The user input is a selection of one of the characters from the pattern of characters. Each character is encrypted by a password selection rule (e.g., assign to a character selection the value of the character adjacent in a clockwise, counterclockwise, or diagonal direction from the selected character). After all user inputs are received determined from the password selection rule, an input password is generated. The generated input password is compared to a stored password designation to determine whether the input password matches the stored password designation. If the input password matches the stored password designation, the user is authorized to have access to the user device.
US10810289B2
Apparatuses, systems, and methods of the present disclosure may provide access security in a process control system. For example, current biometric data representative of a user may be acquired and compared to stored biometric data representative of previously identified users. Access to the process control system may be authorized when the current biometric data matches stored biometric data.
US10810286B2
Systems and methods are provided for intelligently accessing media content based on rights. This may be accomplished by a media guidance application that generates a DRM score associated with a first copy of the media asset. The media guidance application determines that plurality of alternative copies of a media asset are available from other sources and determines DRM scores for the alternative copies. The media guidance application determines that one of the alternative copies has a lower digital rights management score as compared to the first copy of the media asset and stores the alternative copy instead of the first copy of the media asset.
US10810271B2
A method for use in an issue creation process in an issue tracking system includes receiving an issue description comprising keywords, querying a database of historic issue data representing historic issues maintained by the issue tracking system, the historic issues defined by at least a request type and request data. Querying comprises searching the database of historic issue data using the keywords, locating one or more historic issues that include the keywords in its request data, extracting the request type of each of the located historic issues, selecting request types based on a popularity of each request type amongst the located historic issues, generating a list of possible request types for allocation to the issue description, and allocating a particular request type to an issue corresponding to the issue description in response to receiving input that selects the particular request type from among the list of possible request types.
US10810263B2
A method for providing a visual representation of data stored in a database may include generating a graphic user interface configured to receive inputs for constructing a hierarchical measure based on the data stored in the database. An indication to add, to the hierarchical measure, a first measure and a second measure may be received via the graphic user interface. In response to the indication, the hierarchical measure may be constructed to include, based on the first measure being added prior to the second measure, the first measure as a parent measure and the second measure as a child measure. A first value of the first measure may correspond to an aggregate of at least a second value of the second measure. The graphic user interface may be updated to provide a visual representation of the hierarchical measure. Related systems and articles of manufacture are also provided.
US10810260B2
A method and system for generating an article of a product. The method includes: receiving a request from a user; when the request include an identification of the product, retrieving traits of the product from a trait database, when the request include keywords, retrieving the traits of the product by comparing the similarity between the keywords and the traits or the synonym of the traits; generating candidate sentences corresponding to the traits; selecting sentences from the candidate sentences, and revising and rearranging the sentences to generate the article.
US10810258B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate to generating a memory efficient, graph-based tree representation of an address database, where each vertex in the tree corresponds to an individual character in an address. Each address in the database is a string of hierarchical components, and the techniques create a separate tree for each component. Tree jumps connect the last vertex of the tree for one component to the root (first) vertex in the tree of the next component. Aspects of the disclosure relate to depth-first search techniques for determining alignment between a user-input address string and the sequences in such an address tree, for example, by searching first for sequences that exactly match the input and iteratively increasing the allowable edit penalty if not enough results are returned.
US10810256B1
A search server may receive a request to generate a set of indexes based at least in part on content associated with a user. The search server may generate a set of segments to divide the content. For a particular segment the search service then selects an indexing strategy to be used to generate an index for the particular segment. Other indexing strategies may be used to generate indexes for other segments. In addition, along with storing the index, the search server may store information indicating an association with the particular segment and the selected indexing strategy.
US10810252B2
In various implementations, specific attributes found in images can be used in a visual-based search. Utilizing machine learning, deep neural networks, and other computer vision techniques, attributes of images, such as color, composition, font, style, and texture can be extracted from a given image. A user can then select a specific attribute from a sample image the user is searching for and the search can be refined to focus on that specific attribute from the sample image. In some embodiments, the search includes specific attributes from more than one image.
US10810241B2
Some embodiments provide a GUI for a document reader application that displays an aggregated feed with sections for different groups of personalized documents. Some embodiments provide a method for arranging documents within the different sections and for ordering the different sections within the aggregated feed. In some embodiments, the groups are dynamically generated at a device based on content (e.g., tags) of the documents.
US10810238B2
Systems and methods are provided for receiving a plurality of queries from plurality of channels via a plurality of computing devices. For each query of the plurality of queries systems and methods are provided for determining a use case associated with the query from a plurality of predetermined use cases, determining transformation rules for data associated with the use case, accessing data from at least one data source of a plurality of data sources to generate response data for a response to the query, the plurality of data sources comprising the data in a plurality of different data formats, transforming the data associated with the use case from at least a first format into a uniform data structure comprising the response data using the transformation rules for the response data, and providing the response data in the uniform data structure.
US10810215B2
Systems and methods for generating answers to questions. One method includes receiving a question having question terms; identifying candidate answers to the question having answer terms; searching data sources to determine passages including either a question term or an answer term in the candidate answer; scoring the passages for candidate answers using a scoring mechanism, the scoring mechanism computing a first degree of relevance of the passage to the question terms, computing a second degree of relevance of the passage to the answer terms of one of the candidate answers, and determining a score for the passage by combining the first degree of relevance and the second degree of relevance; ranking candidate answers to the question based on the scores associated with the scoring each of the passages for each of the candidate answers; and providing an answer to the question based on ranking of the candidate answers.
US10810212B2
For validating information provided in a conversation, apparatus, methods, and program products are disclosed. The apparatus includes an association module that associates a plurality of items of caller identification data with a caller, an information module that identifies, using a speech recognition application, caller information from speech of the caller during a telephonic conversation with a call recipient, a comparison module that compares the plurality of items of caller identification data with the caller information, and a validation module that calculates a confidence score based on the comparison of the plurality of items of caller identification data with the caller information and presents, to the call recipient, the confidence score.
US10810210B2
A query graph, which includes vertices and edges, represents a query on graph-structured data. The query graph is decomposed into query subgraphs. A network analysis tool performs continuous subgraph matching queries to facilitate analysis of computer network traffic, social media events, or other streams of data represented as a dynamic data graph (graph-structured data). This can help identify emerging trends in the data. Some features of the network analysis tool enhance performance by effectively utilizing distributed computing resources (including processing cores and memory at different nodes of a cluster) to speed up the process of updating the dynamic data graph and detecting matches of query subgraphs. Features of a query graph building tool enhance usability by providing intuitive ways to specify query graphs and their subgraphs. Features of a results visualization tool enhance usability by providing an intuitive way to present the results of continuous subgraph matching queries.
US10810201B2
Performing a join of first and second database tables for a query includes applying a predicate of the query to the first table as a first predicate and determining how many distinct join key values the first table has that survive the applying of the first predicate, wherein a join key value of the first table that survives the applying of the first predicate is a surviving join key value for a second predicate. A selection includes selecting among applying the second predicate to the second table, probing the second table with the second predicate, and neither applying the second predicate to the second table nor probing the second table with the second predicate, wherein the selecting is responsive to the number of distinct, surviving join key values.
US10810198B2
Techniques related to group determination based on multi-table dictionary codes are disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more non-transitory storage media store a sequence of instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performance of a method. The method comprises storing a fact table and a dimension table that share a domain dictionary. The fact table and the dimension table each have a column of encoded join keys that is decodable using the shared domain dictionary. A query may specify one or more row groups for the dimension table. To efficiently process the query, one or more group identifiers are assigned to the one or more row groups. Each row group corresponds to a different group identifier. This enables a code-to-group-identifier mapping to be generated. The code-to-group-identifier mapping correlates the encoded join keys to the one or more group identifiers.
US10810197B2
Method and apparatus for performing a database query using a bitmap index in a data-base having a plurality of bitmap vectors, the method comprising the steps of: upon receipt of a query containing a selection condition, creating a filter bitmap based on the query input; performing a bitmap scan for the filter bitmap in order to determine at least one value of an existing matching data-base entry; determining a bitmap of the determined at least one value; creating a filtered bitmap by combining the filter bitmap with the bitmap of the determined at least one value; determining all entries in the database matching the filtered bitmap; sub-tracting the filtered bitmap from the filter bitmap, thus creating a new filter bitmap; repeating the steps, starting with the step of performing a bitmap scan based on the new filter bitmap, until the step of sub-tracting results in an empty bitmap.
US10810195B2
Techniques related to distributed relational dictionaries are disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more non-transitory storage media store a sequence of instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performance of a method. The method involves generating, by a query optimizer at a distributed database system (DDS), a query execution plan (QEP) for generating a code dictionary and a column of encoded database data. The QEP specifies a sequence of operations for generating the code dictionary. The code dictionary is a database table. The method further involves receiving, at the DDS, a column of unencoded database data from a data source that is external to the DDS. The DDS generates the code dictionary according to the QEP. Furthermore, based on joining the column of unencoded database data with the code dictionary, the DDS generates the column of encoded database data according to the QEP.
US10810192B2
Generating a database query to dynamically aggregate rows of a data set including determining a hierarchical relationship between a first column and a second column within a spreadsheet structure, wherein the first column and the second column comprise rows of the data set; receiving a calculation for a third column within the spreadsheet structure; determining that the third column is on a same hierarchical level as the first column; and in response to determining that the third column is on the same hierarchical level as the first column, generating the database query aggregating a plurality of rows of the data set based on the calculation for the third column and the hierarchical relationship between the first column and the second column.
US10810184B1
Described are techniques for reducing inaccurate values in databases by managing the order in which processes are enqueued and executed. A modification process to modify a first value in a database may be received. A precomputation process that modifies values dependent on the first value may be enqueued prior to enqueuing of the modification process to ensure that the modification process does not occur if the precomputation process fails. The modification process may be executed prior to executing the precomputation process to ensure that the precomputation process acts to modify the dependent values using the modified version of the first value.
US10810182B2
Data entities in a client-server system are accessed. The client-server system comprises a set of clients, a server system, and a repository for storing a plurality of data entities. The server system comprises an inter-transactional cache, the inter-transactional cache being accessible for each client of the set of clients. A first client of the set of clients comprises a first intra-transactional cache. If a copy of a first data entity is in the inter-transactional cache, a version identifier of the original first data entity is read from the repository. If the copy of the first data entity is to be accessed with an exclusive lock, a copy of the copy of the first data entity is added to the first intra-transactional cache. The copy of the copy of the first data entity in the first intra-transactional cache is accessed for further processing of the first data entity by the first client.
US10810181B2
The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for refining structured data indexes. Aspects of the invention include associating structured data, such as, for example, tables, with additional content. Additional content can include content outside the
US10810178B2
Provided are methods comprising receiving a query for information from the database, determining particular data element types and data element values that are the subject of the query, instantiating a query data structure containing the data element types and the data element values that are the subject of the query, identifying records within the database that contain one or more data element types and/or data element values that are included in the query data structure, and instantiating a results data structure comprising information relating to the identified records.
US10810171B2
In an example, data from a source location is merged into a target location containing existing data, in which the source location and the target location contain tuples of data. For each tuple in the source location, during a single operation, a determination is made as to whether there is a matched tuple in the target location that satisfies a predetermined condition. For each matched tuple that satisfies the predetermined condition, the matched tuple in the target location is updated with a count value that is equal to a count of the matched tuple in the source location and the target location. In addition, for each tuple that does not have a matched tuple that satisfies the predetermined condition, the unmatched tuple is inserted into the target location.
US10810168B2
Systems and methods for allocating file system metadata to storage nodes of a distributed file system. An example method may include: defining, by a processing device, a plurality of tokens, wherein each token comprises a sequence of bits; associating each token of the plurality of tokens with a metadata node of a cluster of metadata nodes; receiving a request to create a directory; selecting, among the plurality of tokens, a token associated with the directory; generating a directory identifier comprising the selected token; and creating, on a metadata node associated with the selected token, a directory record comprising the directory identifier.
US10810167B1
Various embodiments of systems and methods allow a distributed database to be maintained to store records of activities that may promote purchasing a product and determine whether such promotions should be rewarded. Using anonymous identifiers and a permission-based system, identities of users, products, content, content distribution systems, and marketplaces can be made available only to parties with rights to know such identities. Furthermore, systems can be put in place so that activities with a certain product, content item, etc. can be monitored without ever disclosing the identity of the product, content item, etc. In some embodiments, the database can be an immutable, append-only, distributed database such as a blockchain ledger.
US10810165B2
A distributed storage server includes a plurality of data server devices and a plurality of metadata server devices. The metadata server devices store metadata associated with data which is distributively stored in the data server devices. A selected metadata server device checks whether a dangling directory occurs by performing a rename operation, based on information associated with a full path of a parent directory of a source and a full path of a parent directory of a target included in a request of the rename operation. When it is determined that the dangling directory does not occur, the selected metadata server device processes transactions directed to the metadata such that the rename operation is performed. The checking whether the dangling directory occurs is performed before a transaction period for processing the transactions.
US10810162B2
A perfect hash vector (PHVEC) is created to track segments in a deduplication file system. Files are represented by segment trees having hierarchical segment levels. Containers store the segments and fingerprints of segments. Upper-level segments are traversed to identify a first set of fingerprints of each level. These fingerprints correspond to segments that should be present. The first set of fingerprints are hashed and bits are set in the PHVEC corresponding to positions from the hashing. The containers are read to identify a second set of fingerprints. These fingerprints correspond to segments that are present. The second set of fingerprints are hashed and bits are cleared in the PHVEC corresponding to positions from the hashing. If a bit was set and not cleared, a determination is that there is at least one segment missing. If all bits set were also cleared, a determination is that no segments are missing.
US10810152B2
A computing system for housing a number of storage devices includes a number of device cages, and a backplane coupled to each of the device cages to electrically couple a number of the storage devices to the computing system. The backplane includes a number of device combination signal and power interfaces located on a first side of the backplane to couple a number of the storage devices to the backplane. The backplane further includes a number of combination signal and power interfaces located on a second side of the backplane to couple the backplane to the computing system. The backplane further includes a number of signal connectors to couple the backplane to the computing system.
US10810150B1
An external M.2 solid-state drive dock with local and network interfaces is disclosed. The dock includes an enclosure with apertures through which M.2 solid-state drives can be received. A circuit board is mounted within the enclosure that includes M.2 socket connectors for receiving the M.2 solid-state drives. The circuit board also includes a storage controller coupled to the M.2. socket connectors. A local interface controller is coupled to the storage controller for providing a local interface, such as a USB-C interface, to the M.2 solid-state drives to host computers. A network controller is also coupled to the storage controller for providing network interfaces, such as wired and/or wireless network interfaces, for accessing the M.2. solid-state drives. The storage controller can receive storage requests from the local interface controller and the network interface controller and provide the storage requests to the M.2 solid-state drives.
US10810148B2
Many devices may comprise interfaces, such as serial interfaces, over which configuration and/or enablement/disablement of device features may be provided to the device. Connecting a computer to individual devices for manual configuration may be cumbersome and/or time consuming. Accordingly, as provided herein, a device interfacing component (e.g., a microcontroller integrated into an interface cable) is configured to couple to a target device. The device interfacing component may receive data streams from the target device, and may match strings, within the data streams, to expressions. If a string matches an expression (e.g., “F5 for IP setup”), then a corresponding scripted response may be executed to send a response instruction (F5, wait 10 seconds, enter key, “192,168.0.1”) to the target device. In this way, the device interfacing component may provide automated configuration for the target device and/or may be daisy chained with other device interfacing components for configuration of other target devices.
US10810147B1
Techniques are provided for providing a type-based message bus with message type hierarchies for non-object oriented languages. In an example, a type-aware message bus receives a subscription message from a subscriber that identifies an object-oriented class. The message bus determines an event channel that corresponds to the class, and subscribes the subscriber to the event channel. The message bus also determines any event channels that correspond to a subclass of the class, and subscribes the subscriber to those event channels. When a publisher publishes a message to an event channel, the message bus publishes the message to each subscriber of the event channel, which can have the effect of publishing the message to subscribers that originally subscribed to superclass event channels of the event channel.
US10810145B2
Memory devices, memory systems, and methods of operating memory devices and systems are disclosed in which a single command can trigger a memory device to perform multiple operations, such as a single refresh command that triggers the memory device to both perform a refresh command and to perform a mode register read. One such memory device comprises a memory, a mode register, and circuitry configured, in response to receiving a command to perform a refresh operation at the memory, to perform the refresh operation at the memory, and to perform a read of the mode register. The memory can be a first memory portion, the memory device can comprise a second memory portion, and the circuitry can be further configured, in response to the command, to provide on-die termination at the second memory portion of the memory system during at least a portion of the read of the mode register.
US10810134B2
Disclosed herein is a virtual cache directory in a processor that eliminates address translations when the virtual address and the real address in the cache directory are the same. The processor is configured to support virtual memory and multiple threads. The virtual cache directory includes a plurality of directory entries, each entry is associated with a cache line. Each cache line has a tag. The tag includes a logical address, an address space identifier, a real address bit indicator, and virtual address to real address indicator. This virtual address to real address indicator indicates if the logical address and the real address are the same. When activated, address translation is not performed.
US10810131B2
A streaming engine employed in a digital data processor may specify a fixed read-only data stream defined by plural nested loops. An address generator produces address of data elements for the nested loops. A steam head register stores data elements next to be supplied to functional units for use as operands. A stream template register independently specifies a linear address or a circular address mode for each of the nested loops.
US10810114B2
A method for testing autonomous reconfiguration logic for an electromechanical actuator includes executing a plurality of test cases against a computer model configured and operable to implement autonomous reconfiguration logic for an electromechanical actuator including a plurality of electromechanical motors to generate a first set of test results. The method further includes executing the plurality of test cases against a programmable logic device configured and operable to implement the autonomous reconfiguration logic for the electromechanical actuator to generate a second set of test results and comparing the first set of test results to the second set of test results.
US10810111B2
A processor acquires a plurality of test items for a simulation model of a target system, each test item including at least one event; detects a set of test items from the plurality of test items under an aggregation condition in which an event in the set is not dependent on an event in another test item in the set; includes a common event, which is an event in the set that is the same as an event in another test item in the set, in an aggregate test item while avoiding overlapping of the common event, and includes a unique event, which is an event in the set that differs from events in other test items in the set, in the aggregate test item; and executes a simulation using the simulation model in accordance with the aggregate test item.
US10810107B2
An instrumentation analysis system processes data streams by executing instructions specified using a data stream language program. A user interface allows users to specify data stream language programs. The user interface presents widgets to the user to specify various components of a data stream language program including a filter expression, an analytical function representing an aggregation or transformation, and so on. The user interface allows users to specify an expression based on results of previously specified data stream language programs. The instrumentation analysis system processes the data stream language programs specified by the user to generate a set of result data streams and plots the result data streams, for example, on a screen of a client device.
US10810105B2
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes determining locations of debugging statements within a computer code, and determining identifying information for each of the discovered debugging statements within the computer code. The identifying information is stored without the debugging statements. The method further includes accessing the identifying information for using in debugging the error condition in response to determining that an error condition has occurred in an execution path. A computer program product for resolving error conditions using limited stored identifying information of a computer code according to another embodiment includes a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith. The program instructions are readable and/or executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform the foregoing method.
US10810103B2
The current document is directed to methods and systems that process, classify, efficiently store, and display large volumes of event messages generated in modern computing systems. In a disclosed implementation, event messages are assigned types and transformed into event records with well-defined fields that contain field values. Recurring patterns of event messages, referred to as “transactions,” are identified within streams or sequences of time-associated event messages and streams or sequences of time-associated event records.
US10810099B2
Managing application programming interface (API) execution logging is provided. It is determined whether a log trigger definition corresponding to a log include definition is satisfied. In response to determining that the log trigger definition corresponding to the log include definition is satisfied, an execution log of the API is transferred from memory to a file in a storage device. The execution log of the API and a set of API definitions in the file is analyzed using natural language processing to identify a usability context pattern corresponding to the API. A specific set of API log definitions for the API is recommended based on the identified usability context pattern corresponding to the API.
US10810094B2
Examples of the present disclosure relate to a method for anomaly response in a system on chip. The method comprises measuring a magnitude of a transient anomaly event in an operating condition of the system on chip. Based on the magnitude it is determined, for each of a plurality of components of the system on chip, an indication of susceptibility of that component to an anomaly event of the measured magnitude. Based on the determined indications of susceptibility for each of the plurality of components, an anomaly response action is determined. The method then comprises performing the anomaly response action.
US10810088B1
A system and method of dynamic backup policy generation based upon a user's behavior is provided. The method may include detecting a user's usage pattern of files within a computing system based upon the user's backup or restore activities. In some embodiments, the backup system may identify the files that have been modified and calculate the percentage of modification away from a predetermined baseline or another previously stored version. The system may generate a list of the identified files along with these percentages to form the user's usage pattern. The method may further include generating a user's profile including files having high access rates in accordance with this usage pattern and adjusting a backup policy based upon the user's profile such that these files are backed-up more frequently. The backup policy may also be adjusted based upon a detected level of risk associated with the user.
US10810076B1
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer readable media are provided for facilitating improved analysis of remedial actions for faults. Fault information may be obtained. The fault information may characterize a fault of a device. The fault may be clustered into a fault type based on the fault information. A set of remedial actions taken for the fault type may be identified. A set of remedial effects of the set of remedial actions for the fault type may be determined. A timeline view of the fault type may be generated based on the set of remedial actions and the set of remedial effects. The timeline view may include a visual representation of effectiveness of the set of remedial actions. An interface, through which the timeline view of the fault type is accessible, may be provided.
US10810066B1
Systems and methods for presenting a message to a user via a user's computing device are configured to cause the message to be presented to the user while the user's computing device is not connected to the Internet. In part, this is accomplished by setting up a trigger condition for presentation of the message, where the trigger condition is that the user's computing device is not connected to the Internet. Information about the message and the trigger condition are delivered to the user's computing device in advance of when the user's computing device becomes disconnected from the Internet.
US10810060B2
Methods and instruction sets are provided for performing event management in an embedded system such as a memory system including a memory device and a controller. The controller divides a group of objects, among a plurality of groups of objects, into a plurality of subgroups, each subgroup including a plurality of objects. The controller counts a number of times that each of the objects is affected by external event using an event counter, updates a count value of each of the subcounters each time an object in the corresponding subgroup is affected by the external event, updates a count value of a main counter each time one of the subcounters reaches a count value equal to a first threshold value; and performing system action on the group of objects, when the count value of the main counter is equal to a second threshold value.
US10810059B2
An information processing apparatus includes a notification unit. The notification unit notifies, in a case where a new apparatus is connected to a relay apparatus to which a limited number of apparatuses are able to be connected, an apparatus of a user who uses the relay apparatus of connection information of the relay apparatus.
US10810058B2
A method for operating an electronic device according to an embodiment of the present invention may comprise: if an occurrence of a notification is detected, determining an application related to the notification or a keyword extractable from the notification; determining whether feedback of a user for the notification occurs; and storing preference information of the user for the application or the keyword based on the feedback. Also, other embodiments are possible.
US10810052B2
Computational methods and systems that proactively manage usage of computational resources of a distributed computing system are described. A sequence of metric data representing usage of a resource is detrended to obtain a sequence of non-trendy metric data. Stochastic process models, a pulse wave model and a seasonal model of the sequence of non-trendy metric data are computed. When a forecast request is received, a sequence of forecasted metric data is computed over a forecast interval based on the estimated trend and one of the pulse wave or seasonal model that matches the periodicity of the sequence of non-trendy metric data. Alternatively, the sequence of forecasted metric data is computed based on the estimated trend and the stochastic process model with a smallest accumulated residual error. Usage of the resource by virtual objects of the distributed computing system may be adjusted based on the sequence of forecasted metric data.
US10810048B2
Systems and methods for dynamic allocation of compilation machines are disclosed. A method includes: initiating and storing a task to be compiled and marking the task in a waiting state to wait for compilation of a compilation machine; fetching a compile command, and analyzing a current compile state of the compilation machine and further determining based on the current compile state whether to set the task to be compiled to continue waiting for compilation or enter a compile stage, wherein if to continue waiting for compilation, then the task to be compiled may be further held in storage; otherwise if to enter the compile stage, then the task may be transmitted to the compilation machine for compilation. Thus, the tasks can be automatically assigned to the compilation machines to achieve efficient use of the compilation machines and reduce the otherwise potential error rate due to human intervention.
US10810038B2
Utilizing a computing device to determine and enforce limits on cloud computing containers receiving data over a network. A determination is made of total container time remaining available for a first container to execute in a computing environment. Processor packet receipt time is determined for receiving and processing of a packet or a batch of packets via a network stack associated with the computing device. An updated total container time remaining is calculated for the first container accounting for the processor packet receipt time. The updated total container time remaining is enforced by dropping a subsequent packet or batch of packets received at the network stack if the updated total container time remaining is insufficient.
US10810035B2
An instruction to generate a cloud instantiation of a secondary storage system is provided. One or more secondary storage clusters are virtually rebuilt in the cloud instantiation of the secondary storage system. A new cloud instance of a user virtual machine is deployed based on at least a portion of data stored in the one or more rebuilt secondary storage clusters of the cloud instantiation of the secondary storage system. A version of at least the portion of the data of the one or more rebuilt secondary storage clusters is provided to a cloud deployment server.
US10810030B2
In one embodiment, a system includes host machines that form elements of the virtualization environment, and that include a hypervisor, a user virtual machine (UVM), a connection agent, and an I/O controller. The system further includes a virtual disk comprising a plurality of storage devices, the virtual disk being accessible by all of the I/O controllers. At least one of host machines receives a request associated with one of the elements using an application programming interface (API), and including a context-specific identifier. The host machine determines, using reflection, a type of the context-specific identifier and processes the request based on a mapping, according to the determined type, from the context-specific identifier to a unique identifier associated with the element.
US10810024B2
A redirection method and apparatus, and a system, where the method includes capturing, by a virtual machine running on a server, an interface invocation request initiated by an application program, encapsulating, by the virtual machine, a serialization result into a data packet, sending the data packet to a client device, where the serialization result is obtained after serialization of an interface name and an interface parameter included in the interface invocation request, reconstructing, by the client device based on the serialization result and the interface name that are included in the data packet, the interface invocation request, and accessing a human interface device based on the interface invocation request to implement redirection for the human interface device. Hence, the redirection method improves stability of a redirection process.
US10810023B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for dynamically modeling a page using dynamic data. One of the methods includes receiving a first dynamic input request with corresponding contextual inputs comprising data characterizing a single dynamic first event of a main task; generating, in response to the first dynamic input request, a dynamic smart interface responding to the contextual inputs; generating, in response to the first dynamic input request, a model comprising a single shared dynamic control load and dynamic data load responding to the contextual inputs; receiving a second dynamic input request comprising data characterizing a single dynamic final event of the main task; triggering, in response to the second dynamic input request, a dynamic process comprising a rule monitor, a smart task generator, and a smart contract; and presenting, to a user in response to the second dynamic input request, dynamic rule options.
US10810021B2
A method for storage retrieval, including receiving a request for application content. The request includes a first field identifier. The method further includes submitting a query to a content repository, for each asset including the first field identifier, receiving a first asset including the first field identifier and a second asset including the first field identifier, and extracting a first variability tag from the first asset and a second variability tag from the second asset based on the first asset having a matching asset property value to the second asset. The first asset and second asset are scored based at least on the first variability tag and at least on the second variability tag to obtain a first and second score, respectively. The method further includes selecting the first asset based on the first score and the second score, and transmitting the first asset as the application content.
US10810010B2
A computing device includes a plurality of bins distributed in a plurality of frames, and a plurality of mentor circuits. The bins store information for variables. Each mentor circuit may be assigned to a particular one or more of the variables. The mentor circuits perform cache management and operand addressing operations with respect to the particular variables to which the mentor circuit is assigned. A control circuit controls a main program flow.
US10810007B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for classifying system-generated code. One of the methods includes generating data representing a state of source code files of the snapshot before performing a build process for the snapshot. An instrumented build process is performed for the snapshot, including intercepting each compiler call of a plurality of compiler calls by the build process for the snapshot, and designating one or more respective source code files of each compiler call as source code files compiled during the build process for the snapshot. One or more source code files that are new or were modified after the build process was initiated are classified as source code files having system-generated source code.
US10810002B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a policy acquirer, a random number generator and a confirmation time determination processor. The policy acquirer acquires policy information indicating a common storage area storing an update program, and a time period in which presence or absence of the update program in the common storage area is to be confirmed. The random number generator generates a random number. The confirmation time determination processor creates a plurality of candidate times by dividing the time period by a predetermined time unit, and determines a confirmation time at which presence or absence of the update program is to be confirmed by selecting one of the plurality of candidate times using the random number.
US10810001B2
Examples for device-driven auto-recovery using multiple recovery sources are disclosed herein. At least one storage device or storage disk includes instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to at least detect a flaw in a first configuration of a program to be installed on a programmable device, the first configuration recorded on a first chain of a distributed ledger of a blockchain; correct the flaw in the first configuration to generate a corrected configuration; commit the corrected configuration to the distributed ledger, the corrected configuration to create a second chain of the distributed ledger; detect an update of the first configuration to a first updated configuration and an update to the corrected configuration to an updated corrected configuration; and prevent the first updated configuration from being installed on the programmable device by replacing the first updated configuration with the updated corrected configuration on the second chain.
US10809989B2
Systems and methods are directed to release tools and deployment tools for software applications. A computing device includes a processor operatively coupled to a memory. The processor identifies one or more environments and a plurality of deployment operations to be performed to deploy a software application to the one or more environments. The processor generates a deployment plan having instructions to execute the one or more deployment operations. The processor executes the deployment plan to deploy the one or more release environments. The processor sends signals to a display to display progression through the deployment plan during deployment of the one or more release environments.
US10809986B2
An system and a method for the optimization of dynamic code translation is disclosed. A cloud-based front-end application receives an input module, rule specification and a translation definition. The cloud-based front-end application transmits the input module, rule specification and translation definition to a back-end processing module. The back-end processing module parses the three inputs and stores them in separate data structures. The back-end processing module performs a non-executing analysis of the translation definition based on the rule specification, generating a set of defects. The back-end processing module performs an execution of the translation definition with the input module, generating a report of system metrics. The set of defects and the system metrics are transmitted back to a GUI running on the cloud-based front-end application.
US10809984B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for generating functionality representation, indexing, searching, componentizing, an analyzing source code source code unit in a one or more of code repositories. The systems and method include one or more of crawling a set of data entities in a repository system; parsing said set of data entities into abstract syntax trees (ASTs) architecture; modeling said set of data entities into a code graph (CG) architecture; establishing type ontology (TO) architecture of said set of data entities; organizing and storing said set of data entities in functionality representation index (FRI) architecture; componentizing one or more projects in the repositories into code components; and making the components discoverable by functionality and analyzable for performance, usage volume, etc.
US10809983B1
Techniques for suggesting a name from one or more code files are described. An exemplary method includes receiving a request to suggest one or more names for a name in a code file; determining one or more names based on existing names in one or more code files using one or more abstract syntax trees (ASTs) for the one or more code files; and outputting the determined one or more names as a name suggestion that comprises novel sequences of sub-tokens of existing names of the one or more code files.
US10809978B2
A merge sort accelerator (MSA) includes a pre-processing stage configured to receive an input vector and generate a pre-processing output vector based on a pre-processing instruction and the input vector. The MSA also includes a merge sort network having multiple sorting stages configured to be selectively enabled. The merge sort network is configured to receive the pre-processing output vector and generate a sorted output vector based on a sorting instruction and the pre-processing output vector. The MSA includes an accumulator stage configured to receive the sorted output vector and update an accumulator vector based on the accumulator instruction and the sorted output vector. The MSA also includes a post-processing stage configured to receive the accumulator vector and generate a post-processing output vector based on a post-processing instruction and the accumulator vector.
US10809974B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a client system of a first user of an online social network, voice input of the first user; receiving, from the client system, information indicating a current geo-location of the first user; parsing the voice input to identify one or more commands in the voice input; determining a data object of the online social network corresponding to the current geo-location of the first user and a command of the one or more commands associated with the current geo-location of the first user; and executing the command associated with the current geo-location of the first user on the online social network, wherein the executed command operates on the data object corresponding to the current geo-location of the first user.
US10809961B2
A display apparatus includes a plurality of cabinets arranged adjacently to each other to provide a display screen, at least one sensor, and a main processor. Each cabinet of the plurality of cabinets includes a display module, a sub-processor configured to be activated in a stand-by mode, and a processor. A first sub-processor included in a first cabinet connected to the sensor, among the plurality of cabinets, is configured to, based on a signal being received from the sensor in the stand-by mode, activate a first processor in an inactivated state included in the first cabinet, and provide state information of the first processor to a second sub-processor included in a second cabinet that is adjacent to the first cabinet, and the second sub-processor is configured to activate the first processor using the state information in the stand-by mode.
US10809959B2
A multi-screen display device includes a plurality of display screens and a prism-structured optical element disposed between two adjacent display screens. The prism-structured optical element includes a substrate and a plurality of prisms arranged in a predetermined direction on the substrate. The substrate includes a first region and a second region adjacent to each other, and the lengths of the first and second regions in the predetermined direction are respectively La and Lb, and La≥Lb. The prism includes a plurality of first and second prisms in the first and second regions respectively. Each first and second prism has internal angles θa1, θa2 and internal angles θb1 and θb2 adjacent to the substrate. The inner angle θa1 is between the inner angle θa2 and the second region, and θa1<θa2. The internal angle θb1 is between the internal angle θb2 and the first region, and θb1<θb2.
US10809950B2
The web server program causes the information processing apparatus to function as: a reception unit that receives a request from a web application executed on the web browser; an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from the request, information about a domain of the web application executed on the web browser; a determination unit that determines whether or not to permit communication with the web application executed on the web browser, based on the domain indicated in the information acquired by the acquisition unit; and a transmission unit that transmits a response to the web browser based on the result of determination of the determination unit, wherein the web server program communicates with an external apparatus connected to a network, and acquires, from the external apparatus, information used for authentication or authorization by the external apparatus.
US10809944B1
A non-volatile memory (NVM) integrated circuit device includes an NVM array of memory cells partitioned into a first physical region to store a first firmware stack and a second physical region to store a second firmware stack. The NVM integrated circuit device also includes a processing device that enables a host microcontroller to execute in place the first firmware stack stored within a first set of logical addresses that is mapped to the first physical region. The processing device tracks accesses, by the host microcontroller, to the first set of logical addresses. The processing device, in response to detecting one of a certain number or a certain type of the accesses by the host microcontroller, initiates a recovery operation including to remap the first set of logical addresses to the second physical region.
US10809938B2
In one aspect of the present description, safe data commit scan operations of individual data storage systems of a distributed data storage system may be synchronized to reduce the occurrence of reductions in input/output (I/O) response times. In one embodiment, a set of safe data commit scan operations of the individual data storage systems of a distributed data storage system are synchronously timed to substantially overlap in time within a single synchronized safe data commit scan set interval to reduce or eliminate the occurrences of reductions in input/output response times outside the synchronized safe data commit scan set interval. Other features and aspects may be realized, depending upon the particular application.
US10809926B2
A server system comprising storage devices, processing devices and a storage fabric all operating according to a storage fabric protocol. The storage fabric comprises a plurality of individual switches having a modular design from which an overall switch is built, and the individual switches have individual respective configuration settings which determine which processing devices are allocated to use which of the storage devices. The system comprises an API enabling a software control function to configure the overall switch. The API is operable to receive from the control function an overall mapping of the storage devices to the processing devices instead of requiring the individual configuration settings of each of the individual switches to be specified by the control function, the API being configured to convert the overall mapping into the individual configuration settings of the individual switches to produce the overall mapping.
US10809924B2
Examples of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for executable memory protection. In an example, calls to a memory API may be monitored to identify protection attributes of the associated memory. If software requests access to memory that is both executable and writeable, different protection attributes may be used to limit the availability of memory that is both executable and writeable. Subsequently, if software attempts to access the memory in a way not permitted by the different protection attributes, a resulting memory exception may be evaluated to determine whether to modify the memory protection attributes. In examples, the memory protection attributes may be updated accordingly (e.g., to be made executable but not writeable, writeable but not executable, etc.) and execution of the set of software instructions may resume. Thus, memory that is both executable and writeable may be reduced or eliminated; decreasing the likelihood of exploitation by malicious software.
US10809921B1
Systems, methods, and computer readable storage mediums for discovering volumes which are good candidates for space reclamation. A storage subsystem identifies the file system storage capacity for a given volume from the file system metadata of the given volume. Then, the storage subsystem compares the file system capacity of the given volume to the allocated capacity on the storage subsystem. If the allocated capacity is greater than the file system capacity by a given threshold, the storage subsystem marks the given volume as a candidate for space reclamation and generates an alert to the user to reclaim the space of the given volume.
US10809919B2
A storage cluster includes a plurality of storage nodes. Each of the plurality of storage nodes includes nonvolatile solid-state memory and each of the plurality of storage nodes is configured to cooperate with others of the plurality of storage nodes having differing storage capacities in applying erasure coding. The plurality of storage nodes are configured to distribute the user data and metadata throughout the plurality of storage nodes.
US10809917B2
In a storage management interface to manage host ports in a computing system having a server and one or more hosts, a user interface is provided to facilitate assigning host ports to an associated host. In one embodiment, the user interface detects unassigned host ports which have not been identified as being assigned to an associated host, and generates a graphical user interface (GUI) page indicating unassigned host ports. User selection of at least one of the unassigned host ports indicated in the GUI page is received as well as user selection of a host to assign to the selected unassigned host ports. Once the assignment is completed, data structures storing host port assignment configuration data are updated to indicate the host assigned to the selected host ports.
US10809907B2
A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a touch screen; and a controller configured to display a video screen on the touch screen; in response to a touch and drag on the touch screen with a first finger and without an additional touch pressure applied with the first finger at an end of the touch and drag, display another video screen on the touch screen; in response to the touch and drag on the touch screen with the first finger and with the additional touch pressure applied with the first finger at the end of the touch and drag, control a playback speed of a video on the video screen to correspond to a strength of the additional touch pressure applied with the first finger; and in response to the touch and drag on the touch screen with the first finger and with the additional touch pressure applied with a second finger at the end of the touch and drag with the first finger, control the playback speed of the video on the video screen to correspond to a strength of the additional touch pressure applied with the second finger.
US10809906B2
A method for capturing display data on a screen together with display data not currently visible is applied to an electronic device. The method displays a user interface of an application on a touch screen of the electronic device, the user interface being divided into a sliding area and N number of non-sliding areas, when a preset user operation is applied to the electronic device. The method sets a starting position and an ending position in the sliding area. Content between the set starting and ending positions is read, and a screenshot corresponding to the read content is generated.
US10809896B2
A display apparatus and a method of controlling a display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a display configured to display a screen including a plurality of objects, an input device configured to receive a predefined user command while the screen is displayed, and at least one processor configured to, in response to the predefined user command being input, enter a setting mode for selecting an always-on display object, in response to at least one of the plurality of objects being selected by user input during the setting mode, set a selected object to an always-on display object, and in response to a mode of the display apparatus being changed to a standby mode, control the display to display the selected object on a monochrome background screen.
US10809894B2
An interaction method of an electronic device is provided. The method includes displaying web content comprising at least one object on a first viewing pane, detecting a selection of the at least one object by a first user, and displaying the selected object or information linked with the selected object on a second viewing pane in three dimensional (3D) form.
US10809885B2
Systems and methods to provide composite fault maps. A first event report is received from a system indicating a first set of location probability distributions of a first event. A second event report is received from a second system that is a different type than the first system indicating a second set of location probability distributions of a second event that is different from the first event. Based upon data in the received reports, the first event is determined to be associated with the second event. A composite fault map is determined that includes composite location likelihood values for the first event and the second event, the composite fault map being determined based on assembling the first set of location probability distributions and the second set of location probability distributions. The the composite fault map is provided to a different process.
US10809884B2
A color selection and display system. A computing device comprises a display, a memory storing a color matrix comprising a plurality of virtual paint chips each virtual paint chip representing a specified paint color, a user interface configured for receiving input data identifying a selected color and a processor configured to control the display to automatically display the color matrix such that the selected color is highlighted in the virtual paint chip arrangement. In embodiments, a retail paint chip display comprises a plurality of paint chips in a specified layout such that the relative location of each virtual paint chip in the color matrix corresponds to the layout of the retail paint chip display. In embodiments, a rendered scene is displayed based on a base image and at last one paintable surface defined by a plurality of locations in the base image.
US10809875B2
A display control method, a device thereof, and an electronic apparatus are disclosed. The display control method includes obtaining an input operation for a first folder icon in an interactive interface currently displayed on a display screen of an electronic apparatus; generating a call instruction in response to the input operation, the call instruction being used for starting a folder manager; starting the folder manager in response to the call instruction; obtaining all folders on the electronic apparatus under the folder manager; putting all the folders in an unfolded state; and displaying the folders in the unfolded state by the display screen in a queue manner.
US10809872B2
A display control device includes a receiving portion configured to receive operation information input to a touch input portion, the touch input portion being located away from a display portion; and a processing portion configured to control display on the display portion in accordance with the operation information that is received by the receiving portion. The processing portion is configured to cause the display portion to display an image in which a cursor is disposed inside a plurality of icons that are circumferentially disposed, and the processing portion is configured to move the cursor to an icon among the plurality of icons, the icon being located in a direction of a slide operation received by the receiving portion.
US10809869B2
Disclosed are techniques for pre-processing layered images prior to compression and distribution. According to some embodiments, a technique can include accessing at least two images of a layered image: (i) a background image, and (ii) one or more layer images. Next, a flattened image is generated based on the at least two images. Next, respective one or more delta layer images are generated for the one or more layer images by: for at least one pixel of each layer image having (i) an alpha sub-pixel set to fully opaque, and (ii) a first color property equivalent to a second color property of a corresponding pixel within the flattened image: setting bits of the first color property of the pixel to the same value (e.g., zero (0) or one (1)). Finally, the one or more delta layer images are compressed and provided to a destination computing device.
US10809857B2
A display device includes a housing, an operation plate, an electrostatic sensor, a piezoelectric sensor, a controller, a storage unit, a display, and a communication unit. When an output voltage of the piezoelectric sensor indicates a first voltage value (Vth1) or larger, the controller determines that the piezoelectric sensor has detected a change in a first pressing force and performs first processing. When an output voltage of the piezoelectric sensor indicates a second voltage value (Vth2) or larger, the controller determines that the piezoelectric sensor has detected a change in a second pressing force. When the piezoelectric sensor detects the change in the second pressing force and the electrostatic sensor continuously detects a touch during a period from the detection of the first pressing force to the detection of the second pressing force, the controller executes second processing.
US10809855B2
A driving circuit configured to drive a display panel having a touch panel is provided. The driving circuit includes a signal generating circuit, a sensor driving circuit, and a source driving circuit. The signal generating circuit modulates a plurality of voltage signals on a first driving signal and a second driving signal, and drives the gate lines with the modulated first driving signal and the modulated second driving signal during a sensing period. The sensor driving circuit modulates the voltage signals on a third driving signal, and drives the sensor pads with the modulated third driving signal during the sensing period. The data lines are controlled to be electrically floating during the sensing period. In addition, a method for driving a display panel having a touch panel is also provided.
US10809853B2
Systems and methods for optical imaging are disclosed. An optical sensor includes: an image sensor array comprising a plurality of pixels; and a collimator filter disposed above the image sensor array, the collimator filter comprising a plurality of light collimating apertures and light blocking material, wherein multiple light collimating apertures of the plurality of light collimating apertures are disposed within a photosensitive area of one of the pixels in the plurality of pixels, and wherein the multiple light collimating apertures are disposed over different portions of the photosensitive area of the one of the pixels.
US10809846B2
A display device includes a substrate, pixel electrodes, a display functional layer, common electrodes, first electrodes, and a controller. The common electrodes and the first electrodes intersect with each other. The controller controls the pixel electrodes, the common electrodes, and the first electrodes in a plurality of display periods to display an image, a first sensing period, and a second sensing period. During the display periods, the pixel electrodes are supplied with a pixel signal, and the common electrodes are supplied with a common signal. During the first sensing period, the common electrodes are supplied with a first drive signal to generate a magnetic field, and an electromotive force caused by the magnetic field is generated in the first electrodes. During the second sensing period, the common electrodes are supplied with a second drive signal to generate electrostatic capacitance between the common electrodes and the first electrodes.
US10809837B2
A display device with touch sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a plurality of first electrodes arranged in a display region on a sealing film, in which the first electrodes are connected via a first connection line; a plurality of second electrodes arranged in the same layer as, or in a layer different from the first electrodes, in which the second electrodes are connected via a second connection line intersecting with the first connection line in a plan view; an interlayer insulating film intervening between the first connection line and the second connection line and filling a dividing groove covered by the sealing film by which an organic insulating film is divided outside the display region; and a lead wiring line connected to the first electrode or the second electrode and passing over a portion of the interlayer insulating film that fills the dividing groove.
US10809836B2
The present invention provides technology for decreasing a reduction in yield due to malfunctions of a touch panel. A display device with a touch panel according to the present invention includes a display panel that includes pixels arranged in a matrix and a plurality of first electrodes and second electrodes for detecting a touched position in a display region provided with the plurality of pixels by capacitive sensing. The first electrodes extend in a first direction in the display region, and the second electrodes extend in a second direction that crosses the first direction in the display region. The display panel includes repairing conductive sections that are formed of conductive members. The repairing conductive sections are provided in such a manner that at least one repairing conductive section is provided for each of the plurality of first electrodes and is arranged along at least part of the first electrode.
US10809829B2
Disclosed are an organic light emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the same to reduce thickness and weight. The organic light emitting display device with a touch sensor removes the necessity of an additional adhesion process by directly forming a touch sensing electrode and a touch driving electrode arranged in parallel and a color filter on an encapsulation layer covering a light emitting device, thereby simplifying a manufacturing process and reducing manufacturing costs.
US10809822B2
An example touch pen attachment is attachable to a game controller including a controller-side slide portion. The touch pen attachment includes a housing, an attachment-side slide portion, a stopper portion, and a touch pen portion. The attachment-side slide portion is configured to slidably engage with the controller-side slide portion in a slide direction, wherein the attachment-side slide portion has a first side and a second side with respect to the slide direction, and the controller-side slide portion is insertable into the attachment-side slide portion from the first side. The stopper portion stops a slide movement, in an insertion direction, of the controller-side slide portion. The touch pen portion is on at least one of an end portion of the housing on the first side in the slide direction and another end portion thereof on the second side in the slide direction.
US10809821B2
An electronic device includes a device body including a stylus receiver having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion defining a surface. One or more locking members extend along the intermediate portion. The one or more locking members is selectively shiftable relative to the surface. A stylus is selectively positionable in the stylus receiver. The stylus includes a locking device operable to shift the one or more locking members relative to the surface releasing the stylus from the stylus receiver.
US10809816B2
The disclosure is related to locking an orientation of a display screen of a mobile display device. In an aspect, the mobile display device stores a first local orientation lock associated with a first application, wherein the first local orientation lock specifies a first orientation of the display screen to which the orientation of the display screen is to be set when the first application is displayed on the display screen, receives an instruction to display the first application, determines whether a global orientation lock for the display screen is set, wherein the global orientation lock specifies a global orientation of the display screen to which the orientation of the display screen is to be set, and sets, based on the global orientation lock being set, the orientation of the display screen to the global orientation and displaying the first application on the display screen in accordance with the global orientation.
US10809815B2
There is provided a display guidance apparatus including a liquid crystal display apparatus and a protective glass unit. A light receiving sensor is provided inside the liquid crystal display apparatus. The protective glass unit disposed to face a front surface side of a front casing frame of the liquid crystal display apparatus includes protective glass having a buffer member attached to the peripheral edge thereof. A light guide film is provided in a gap between the buffer member and the front surface side of the front casing frame, and an end surface at one end thereof is exposed from the gap to a display surface side of the liquid crystal display apparatus.
US10809810B2
Disclosed are structures, devices, methods and systems for providing dynamically variable internal illumination to individual input devices of an electronic device, such as keys of a keyboard. In some embodiments, input devices contain multiple LEDs whose light intensity may be varied to alter a tone or a color of light used for the internal illumination a key. The LEDs may be micro LEDs and may be internal components of the input device as a unit. In some embodiments, the LEDs are white light LEDs having different phosphor thicknesses. In some embodiments the LEDs may be RGB LEDs, with individual control of color contributions to modify the internal illumination. Systems incorporating such input devices may need only a reduced set of LED control units. Systems can include a processing unit and a light sensor or camera to detect ambient lighting and adjust internal illumination of an input device accordingly.
US10809809B2
Example implementations relate to recessed keycaps. In an example, a recessed keycap includes a keyboard frame including recesses that extend at least partially through respective internal faces of the keyboard frame and a keycap including protrusions, where each protrusion of the protrusions is disposed at least partially within and in contact with a respective recess of the recesses to movably couple the keycap to the keyboard frame.
US10809805B2
Described herein is a method for determining a higher order resonance mode frequency of a haptic actuator for an electronic device. The higher order resonance mode frequency may correspond to a frequency in which a mass of the haptic actuator exhibits undesired movement. The movement may cause the mass to collide or otherwise impact an enclosure of the haptic actuator. Once the higher order resonance mode frequency is determined, a delay or a polarity inversion may be added to one or more of a series of input waveforms to suppress or brake the undesired movement.
US10809801B1
An apparatus includes an interface and a processor. The interface may be configured to communicate video data to a display. The processor may be configured to receive video frames from a capture device, generate video data for the display in response to the video frames, determine eye position information of a driver and adjust video parameters of the video data in response to the eye position information. The eye position information may be used to determine a central field a view of the driver and a peripheral field of view of the driver. The video parameters for the video data presented by the display are adjusted based on whether the display is located in the peripheral field of view or the central field of view.
US10809799B2
Systems and methods for estimating an object of fixation from a gaze of a driver. The method includes: receiving image data from a plurality of input devices; processing the image data from a first one of the plurality of input devices to identify an object track; analyzing the image data from a second one of the plurality of input devices and the image data from the first one of the plurality of input devices to determine a projected gaze of a driver; analyzing the object track and the projected gaze to identify a plurality of objects in the gaze of the driver; performing a probability analysis to estimate the object of fixation from among the plurality of objects; and generating an output image identifying the estimated object of fixation.
US10809793B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system on chip (SoC) including one or more intellectual properties (IPs) and a BUS, and a power control method using the same are provided, the SoC comprising: an IP-BUS activity monitor for measuring activity based on activity information of the respective IPs, for comparing with a pre-set activity threshold and for generating a first voltage control signal for the respective IPs based on the comparison result; and a voltage regulator for supplying voltage to the respective IPs based on the generated first voltage control signal.
US10809777B2
A technique for thermal management of a circuit includes generating a power consumption estimate for the circuit based on a predetermined update amount and a comparison of a sensed voltage level to a predetermined voltage level. The method includes generating a fault signal based on the power consumption estimate and a predetermined power consumption limit. Generating the power consumption estimate may include sensing a voltage drop across a first terminal of a device of the circuit and a second terminal of the device to generate the sensed voltage level. The sensed voltage level may be indicative of the voltage drop. The method may include updating the power consumption estimate by the predetermined update amount in response to a clock signal. The power consumption estimate may be used as a proxy for a measurement of a thermal state of the circuit.
US10809773B2
An external device includes: an arrangement unit for arranging an operation terminal in which at least a part of a display area of the operation terminal is covered; an arrangement detector for detecting that an operation terminal is arranged on the arrangement unit; an external communicator for transmitting, to the operation terminal, a pairing request signal for wireless communication; and a pairing command input unit provided in an area covering a display area of a touch panel and for receiving input of a command that instructs execution of pairing with the operation terminal, wherein the external communicator is configured to transmit the pairing request signal when the arrangement detector detects that an operation terminal is arranged on the arrangement unit, and pairing with the operation terminal is executed when the command is input and an input operation to a predetermined area of a touch panel is detected.
US10809772B1
An electronic device is provided, including a base, a display module, and a hinge mechanism. The hinge mechanism connects the base and the display module, and includes a fixed member, an elastic piece assembly, a rotating shaft, and a locking assembly. The fixed member is fixed to the base, and the elastic piece assembly is disposed on the fixed member and has a through slot. The rotating shaft is disposed through the fixed member and the elastic piece assembly, and is connected to the display module. The locking assembly is disposed through the elastic piece assembly. When the locking assembly is locked into the through slot in a first direction, the locking assembly drives the elastic piece assembly to move toward and clamps the rotating shaft, wherein the elastic piece assembly applies a first clamping force to the rotating shaft.
US10809764B2
An apparatus permitting tablet computers to be mounted flush against a flat surface is disclosed. The apparatus houses the tablet securely by way of a precisely dimensioned, flush-mounted base that features a custom-fitted opening which permits the tablet to press-fitted and placed inside. Once the tablet is installed, a face plate cover is placed on top of the base piece for aesthetics. The face plate mates with the base piece via snap fasteners, magnets, or other means which permit the pieces to remain secure with respect to each other, yet remain easily removable. The base piece features clearance slots for the various input & output ports of the tablet computer, such as, but is not limited to, power, audio, and connectivity.
US10809760B1
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a controller, a data packet including (1) a plurality of samples each corresponding to measurements from a motion sensor and (2) a timestamp corresponding to a measurement time of one of the samples as measured by a clock of the controller; determining, based on the timestamp, an estimated measurement time relative to a local clock for each of the plurality of samples that is not associated with the timestamp; and converting each of the timestamp and the estimated measurement times to a corresponding synchronization time using a learned relationship relating the clock of the controller and the local clock. The learned relationship is iteratively learned based on previously received data packets from the controller. The synchronization time associated with each of the plurality of samples represents an estimated time, relative to the local clock, at which the sample was measured.
US10809756B1
Various implementations include a handle attachment device. The device includes a body and a drive shaft. The body has a first portion and a second portion. Each of the first portion and second portion defines at least one fastener opening. Each of the at least one fastener opening defined by the first portion is alignable with one of the at least one fastener opening defined by the second portion. The first portion and the second portion are clampable on a crank when the device is in a mounted position. The crank has a crank rotational axis.
US10809753B2
Systems and methods for simulating and controlling a power system in real time, using a controller, are provided. The controller includes a simulation layer to simulate an operation of the power system, a disturbance generation layer to provide data to the simulation layer to disturb the simulated operation of the power system, an application layer to display the simulated operation of the power system and generate a control signal to control, based on the simulated operation of the power system, at least one element of the power system, and a distributed data streaming server (D2S2) to allow interoperability among the simulation layer, the disturbance layer, and the application layer.
US10809751B1
A power converter circuit that includes a switch node coupled to a regulated power supply node via an inductor may, during a charge cycle, source current to the regulated power supply node. In response to initiating the charge cycle, a control circuit may generate a control current using a voltage level of the regulated power supply node and a reference voltage level. The control circuit may also generate compensation and correction currents that are used with a sensed inductor current to determine when to halt the charge cycle.
US10809747B2
A method for controlling thermal conductivity between two thermal masses includes thermally contacting a first conduction body with a heat source, thermally contacting a second conduction body with a heat sink, and thermally contacting the second conduction body with the first conduction body by moving the first conduction body between a first position and a second position with a thermal expansion component. The thermal expansion component moves the first conduction body between the first position and the second position at a predetermined temperature and heat is conducted from the heat source to the heat sink through the first and second conduction bodies.
US10809739B2
A method for controlling a robot and/or an autonomous driverless transport system on the basis of a sensor-based identification of objects includes generating. Point pair features of the 2D surface contours on the basis of 2D surface contours of the objects to be identified. A point cloud of the environment is acquired using a distance sensor, a surface normal is estimated for each point, and corresponding point pair features of the environment are generated. In a voting method, environment features are compared with model features to efficiently generate pose hypotheses, which are subjected to an optimization and a consistency check in order to ultimately be accepted or rejected as an acquisition.
US10809736B2
In one embodiment, a data processing system for an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) includes a processor, and a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations. The operations include generating a station-time (ST) graph based on perception data obtained from one or more sensors of the ADV, the ST graph including representing a location of an obstacle at different points in time, obtaining a tensor based on the ST graph, the tensor including a plurality of layers, the plurality of layers including a first layer having data representing one or more obstacles on a path in which the ADV is moving, applying a machine-learning model to the plurality of layers of the tensor to generate a plurality of numerical values, the plurality of numerical values defining a potential path trajectory of the ADV, and determining a path trajectory of the ADV based on the plurality of numerical values.
US10809732B2
A system for controlling a movement of a vehicle from an initial state of the vehicle and a target state of the vehicle constructs a graph having multiple nodes defining states of the vehicle and including an initial node defining the initial state of the vehicle and a target node defining the target state of the vehicle and determines a path through the graph connecting the initial node with the target node. The system determines the graph using doubletree construction with an initial tree of nodes originating at the initial node and a target tree of nodes originating at the target node. The doubletree construction is configured to select an expandable node in the initial tree or the target tree based on a cost of the expandable node, and expand the graph by adding a child node connected to the expandable node with an edge defined by a collision free primitive motion, such that a cost of the child node is less than the cost of the expandable node.
US10809727B1
A layer pick system optimizes usage of a layer picker gantry or robotic arm by arranging and/or displacing the gantry or arm in optimal locations with respect to one or more groups of pallets, and/or by grouping pallets by their attributes and arranging the same group of pallets close to each other. In some implementations, a plurality of pallets is categorized into multiple groups by different velocities.
US10809724B2
A self-propelled device can include at least a wireless interface, a housing, a propulsion mechanism, and a camera. Using the camera, the self-propelled device can generate a video feed and transmit the video feed to a controller device via the wireless interface. The self-propelled device can receive an input from the controller device indicating an object or location in the video feed. In response to the input, the self-propelled device can initiate an autonomous mode to autonomously operate the propulsion mechanism to propel the self-propelled device towards the object or location indicated in the video feed.
US10809721B2
An autonomous driving system performing autonomous driving of a vehicle, includes a vehicle position acquisition device acquiring a position of the vehicle on a map, a vehicle state acquisition device acquiring a vehicle state of the vehicle, an occupant state acquisition device acquiring an occupant state of the vehicle, a destination candidate database storing destination candidate data including a destination candidate and the occupant state correlated with the destination candidate; and an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit determines whether or not the vehicle is in a boarding completion state based on the vehicle state and the occupant state, and sets a destination of the vehicle in autonomous driving based on the position of the vehicle on the map, the occupant state, and the destination candidate data in a case where electronic control unit determines that the vehicle is in the boarding completion state.
US10809717B2
Sensor management systems for computer assisted or autonomous driving vehicles are disclosed herein. A computer assisted or autonomous driving vehicle may be provided with a plurality of sensors and a sensor management system configured to predictively maintain effectiveness of the plurality of sensors, based at least in part on predicted cleaning needs of the sensors, predicted obstruction or destruction events of the sensors, or predicted environmental or operating conditions. In embodiments, the sensor management system may be coupled to a navigation system of the vehicle, and may, in response to a predicted sensor obstruction or destruction event, change a navigation parameter of the vehicle to avoid the event. Alternatively, if the predicted event is determined to be within an acceptable risk tolerance threshold, the sensor management system may follow an original navigational route but implement event avoidance actions. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.
US10809715B2
When an application of an apparatus is remotely activated based on an instruction by a first user, whether a current position of the apparatus is included in a blind area of a second user is determined based on an image acquired by a camera. When the current position of the apparatus is not in the blind area, a target point included in the blind area is set, a driving mechanism is controlled, the apparatus is moved to the target point, and a speaker is caused to output speech corresponding to the application.
US10809713B2
An unmanned aerial vehicle is disclosed. The unmanned aerial vehicle includes a memory, a sensor unit, a camera, a moving unit, and a processor. The sensor unit is configured to sense the unmanned aerial vehicle or a surrounding object. The camera configured to take an image. The moving unit configured to generate power to move the unmanned aerial vehicle. The processor is configured to determine whether a user makes contact with the unmanned aerial vehicle. The processor is also configured to control the moving unit to allow the unmanned aerial vehicle to hover at a second location when the unmanned aerial vehicle is moved from a first location to the second location by an external force of a predetermined magnitude or greater while the contact is maintained.
US10809706B2
A method for transporting inventory items includes moving a mobile drive unit to a first point within a workspace. The first point is a location of an inventory holder. The method further includes docking the mobile drive unit with the inventory holder and moving the mobile drive unit and the inventory holder to a second point within the workspace. The second point is associated with conveyance equipment. The method further includes moving the inventory holder to a third point within the workspace using the conveyance equipment.
US10809698B2
A method of electronically displaying glyphs. The method includes receiving a glyph spacing, moving a first glyph toward a second glyph along an axis, identifying an intersection of a first axis coordinate of the first glyph with a second axis coordinate of the second glyph, and moving at least one of the glyphs along the axis to separate the first and second axis coordinates of the respective first and second glyphs by the glyph spacing.
US10809696B1
A method includes: scanning a first QR code on a first physical object to obtain first parameters, wherein the first parameters include specifications for making a product using a manufacturing process, and the specifications include at least one material used to build the product. The method further includes scanning a second QR code on a second physical object to obtain second parameters, wherein the second parameters correspond to the manufacturing process; comparing, by a computing device, the first parameters and the second parameters; based on comparing the first parameters and the second parameters, determining whether the first object corresponds to the second object; and in response to determining that the first object corresponds to the second object, building the product using the at least one material.
US10809685B2
Systems and methods for monitoring dish ware position and modifying the wash and dry cycle of a dishwasher by capturing and analyzing image data utilizing a plurality of cloud-connected cameras.
US10809679B2
Disclosed is a server including a communication module and a control module. The communication module is configured to acquire first activity information of at least one user activity from an electronic device or a smart device outside the server. The communication module may then acquire device information corresponding to the at least one user activity based on the acquired first activity information. The control module is configured to generate environment control information corresponding to the at least one user activity and to acquire second activity information of a new user activity after the at least one user activity is acquired. The control module further configured to detect environment control information corresponding to the user activity in the generated environment control information, and to control the smart device based on device information corresponding to the detected environment control information among the acquired device information through the communication module.
US10809675B2
A building HVAC system includes an airside system having a plurality of airside subsystems, a high-level controller, and a plurality of low-level airside controllers. Each airside subsystem includes airside HVAC equipment configured to provide heating or cooling to one or more building spaces. The high-level controller is configured to generate a plurality of airside subsystem energy targets, each airside subsystem energy target corresponding to one of the plurality of airside subsystems and generated based on a thermal capacitance of the one or more building spaces to which heating or cooling is provided by the corresponding airside subsystem. Each low-level airside controller corresponds to one of the airside subsystems and is configured to control the airside HVAC equipment of the corresponding airside subsystem in accordance with the airside subsystem energy target for the corresponding airside subsystem.
US10809663B2
An image processing system for processing image data includes an image processing apparatus configured to process the image data to generate a hologram image; and a first memory and a second memory that store the image data. The image processing apparatus performs a first process and a second process in parallel, wherein the first process includes reading first data from the first memory and writing the first data to the second memory, and the second process includes reading second data from the second memory and writing the second data to the first memory.
US10809660B2
A unit casing (1) is mounted in a casing (120) included in an image forming apparatus (100). The unit casing (1) includes a main body (2) and a positioning section (3). The positioning section (3) positions the main body (2) relative to the casing (120). The main body (2) includes a first frame segment (21) and a second frame segment (22) located opposite to the first frame segment (21). The positioning section (3) includes a positioning frame segment (31) extending in parallel to the first frame segment (21) and at least one penetrating member (32) extending from the positioning frame segment (31) and penetrating through the first and second frame segments (21) and (22). The at least one penetrating member (32) has a tip end held by the casing (120).
US10809655B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an image bearing member; a developer carrying member to correspond to the image bearing member; drive portion to rotationally drive the developer carrying member; control unit to control the rotational drive by the drive portion, and detection portion to detect information from the toner patch. Modes for controlling, by control unit, the rotational drive of the drive portion include (i) a first mode which uses a first driving condition including a first peripheral speed ratio between the developer carrying member and the image bearing member and (ii) a second mode which uses a second driving condition including a second peripheral speed ratio which is higher than the first peripheral speed ratio. The control unit controls the image bearing member to form the toner patch for each of peripheral speed ratios and sets the second driving condition on the basis of the detected information.
US10809651B2
A heating device includes an endless belt that rotates in a rotation direction and a pressure rotator that contacts an outer circumferential surface of the endless belt to form a nip between the endless belt and the pressure rotator. A heater sandwiches a lubricant together with the endless belt. The heater includes a heat generator that defines a conveyance span in a longitudinal direction of the heater, where a heating target having a predetermined width in the longitudinal direction of the heater is conveyed through the nip, and a non-conveyance span in the longitudinal direction of the heater, where the heating target is not conveyed. A non-conveyance span temperature detector is disposed opposite the endless belt in the non-conveyance span of the heat generator. The non-conveyance span temperature detector detects a temperature of the endless belt.
US10809641B1
An imaging device includes a photoconductive drum charged by a charge roll and opposed by developer roll. The developer roll adds toner to the drum to develop a latent image on the drum for transfer to media or an intermediate transfer member at a transfer roll. One or more high voltage power supplies communicate with a controller to set voltages on the rolls. During times of non-imaging, but rotation of the drum, the charge roll charges the drum to less than a Paschen breakdown voltage of the drum. A voltage of the transfer roll is determined that corresponds to a temperature and relative humidity of an operating environment of the imaging device and the developer roll is charged based thereon. The charge of the transfer roll is set close to the charge of the drum, but higher in magnitude. A laser may also discharge the drum.
US10809639B2
A toner having a toner particle including a binder resin and a wax, wherein the wax includes a specific diester compound; a proportion As of an area occupied by the wax in a region from a surface of the toner particle to 0.5 μm is 15.0% or less; wax domains are observed in the cross section of the toner particle, and an average number of the domains per cross section of one toner particle is from 10 to 2000; when a mass concentration of a polyvalent metal element in the toner particle determined by fluorescent X-ray analysis is denoted by Mi (ppm), Mi is from 3.5 ppm to 1100 ppm; and when a mass concentration of a polyvalent metal element in the toner particle determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy is denoted by Ms (ppm), Mi>Ms.
US10809638B2
An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer is a single-layer photosensitive layer and contains a charge generating material, a hole transport material, an electron transport material, and a binder resin. A hole mobility μh is at least 1.00×10−7 cm2/V/second and an electron mobility μe is at least 4.00×10−8 cm2/V/second in the photosensitive layer as measured under conditions of a temperature of 23° C. and an electric field intensity of 1.50×105 V/cm. A ratio (μh/μe) of the hole mobility μh to the electron mobility μe is at least 1.0 and no greater than 50.0.
US10809635B2
A defect inspection method and a defect inspection system are provided. In the method, a plurality of candidate defect images are retrieved from inspection images obtained by at least one optical inspection tool performing hot scans on at least one wafer and a plurality of attributes are extracted from the inspection images. A random forest classifier including a plurality of decision trees for classifying the candidate defect images is created, wherein the decision trees are built with different subset of the attributes and the candidate defect images. A plurality of candidate defect images are retrieved from the optical inspection tool in runtime and applied to the decision trees, and classified into nuisance images and real defect images according to votes of the decision trees in which the nuisance images are filtered out. The real defect images with the votes over a confidence value are sampled for microscopic review.
US10809633B1
Structures for detecting and correcting an overlay inaccuracy and methods of detecting and correcting an overlay inaccuracy. An overlay target includes a first plurality of features arranged along a first longitudinal axis in a first line-space pattern having a first line width, and a second plurality of features arranged along a second longitudinal axis in a second line-space pattern having a second line width that is less than the first line width. The second longitudinal axis is aligned substantially parallel to the first longitudinal axis.
US10809627B2
An exposure mask includes an aligning portion and a boundary portion. The aligning portion may be aligned with pixel areas of a substrate and includes a first exposure member and a second exposure member. The boundary portion includes a first exposure element, a second exposure element, a third exposure element, and a fourth exposure element. The first exposure member, the first exposure element, and the second exposure element are positioned in a first row. The first exposure element is positioned between the first exposure member and the second exposure element and is larger than the second exposure element. The second exposure member, the third exposure element, and the fourth exposure element are positioned in a second row. The third exposure element is positioned between the second exposure member and the fourth exposure element and is smaller than the fourth exposure element. Each exposure member/element includes a light transmitter/blocker.
US10809626B2
A vector partially coherent source (VPCS) generator includes a laser that emits coherent light; an interferometer consisting of polarizing beam splitters (PBSs) to split the laser light into its vertical and horizontal polarization components;] first and second spatial light modulators (SLMs) that respectively control the vertical and horizontal polarization components; and a control system communicatively coupled to the first and second SLMs to adjust beam shape and coherence without physically moving or removing optical elements in the interferometer.
US10809623B2
Embodiments related to emissive display device structures having an emissive display element and a metamaterial lens having a plurality of nanoparticles over an emissive surface of the emissive display element to control the angular distribution of light emitted from the emissive display element, displays having such controlled emissive display device structures, systems incorporating such controlled emissive display device structures, and methods for fabricating them are discussed.
US10809618B2
The objective is to favorably form a clear resist pattern using a resist composition containing a polymer that can inhibit resist pattern collapse when used as a main chain scission-type positive resist. A method of forming a resist pattern includes: a step of forming a resist film using a positive resist composition containing a polymer including a monomer unit (A) represented by general formula (I), shown below, and a monomer unit (B) represented by general formula (II), shown below, with a proviso that at least one of the monomer unit (A) and the monomer unit (B) includes at least one fluorine atom; an exposure step; and a development step. The development is carried out using a developer having a surface tension of 17 mN/m or less.
US10809617B2
A resist composition comprising a base polymer and a sulfonium salt of iodized benzoic acid offers a high sensitivity and minimal LWR independent of whether it is of positive or negative tone.
US10809614B2
A pellicle for a photomask comprises a pellicle membrane. The pellicle membrane includes a base layer having a first surface and a second surface facing the first surface, and a first recovery layer covering the first surface of the base layer. A content of SP2 covalent bonds between carbon atoms contained in the first recovery layer is less than or equal to a content of SP2 covalent bonds between carbon atoms contained in the base layer.
US10809606B1
A structured phosphor device includes a frame member comprising wall regions separating multiple openings of window regions. Further, the structured phosphor device includes a phosphor material filled in each of the multiple openings with a first surface thereof being exposed to an excitation light from one or more laser sources to generate an emitted light out of each window region. Additionally, the structured phosphor device includes an anti-reflective film overlying the first surface of the phosphor material. Furthermore, the structured phosphor device includes a substrate attached to a second surface of the phosphor material in each of the multiple openings. Alternatively, the structured phosphor device includes an array of phosphor pixels dividing a plate of single-crystalline or poly-crystalline phosphor material separated by optically reflective and thermally conductive walls. A dynamic lighting system based on the arrays of phosphor pixels for single or full color image projection is also disclosed.
US10809601B2
An accessory mount can be inserted through the camera body mount without any of the first through third tabs being hindered by any of three camera body-side tabs at the camera body mount, as long as the accessory mount is inserted into the camera body mount at a correct interlock phase. The first, second, and third tabs extend over varying lengths along the circumferential direction. The first tab extends over a greatest length and the third tab extends over a smallest length, along the circumferential direction. The accessory mount includes a restricting member, a fitting portion, and a lock pin hole. The restricting member is disposed at a position assumed on a side substantially opposite from the lock pin hole across the fitting portion.
US10809599B2
The present disclosure provides a body mounted camera suspension/stabilizer, utilizing over the shoulder, dual isolated suspension systems via one tension line passing through the fulcrum point of a telescoping boom pole with lift force created by an independent line suspension to stabilize the camera load as well as provide an even lift force from the floor to several feet overhead of the operator in a single move without the need for counterweights. The apparatus provides for an even lift force throughout the vertical range of the camera load that also further dampens vibrations and operator body movements.
US10809598B2
An add-on lens assembly supporting an add-on lens for a camera includes a locking mechanism actuatable by the user in order to increase the attachment force between the lens and the camera. The add-on lens assembly may include a rotatable lock ring having a cam pin that navigates along a surface of a cam such that when the lock ring is rotated, the cam pin causes the cam to translate axially. Axial translation of the cam may compress a spring within the assembly and increase the attachment force between the lens assembly and the camera. The increased force between the add-on lens assembly and the camera may provide additional support for large or heavy assemblies.
US10809596B2
An embodiment may have a substrate (110) including a predetermined cavity (C); a plurality of light emitting chips (120) spaced apart from the cavity (C) of the substrate (110); a frame (130), disposed on the substrate (110) including a support portion (132) and a guide portion (134) including a predetermined through hole (H1); and a lens unit (140) disposed in the through hole (H1) of the guide portion (134).
US10809585B1
A Pancharatnam Berry Phase (PBP) liquid crystal structure for adjusting or focusing light of a plurality of color channels emitted by a display of a head-mounted display (HMD) comprises a plurality of PBP active elements. Each PBP active element of the structure is configured to act as a half waveplate for light of a corresponding color channel, such that light of the corresponding color channel is adjusted by a predetermined amount. In addition, each PBP active element acts as a one waveplate for light of the remaining color channels, such that light of the remaining color channels passes through the PBP active element substantially unaffected. As such, the PBP structure is able to adjust incident light of the plurality of color channels uniformly in an apochromatic fashion.
US10809583B2
An array substrate, where the array substrate includes a substrate, an active switch, a shift register circuit disposed at a side edge of the substrate and including multiple stages of shift registers, and each of the shift registers includes a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, and a fifth switch, in which the distance between a first end and a second end of the plurality of switches of the shift registers is greater than a distance between a first end and a second end of the active switch. Hence, increasing the distance between the first end and the second end of the plurality of switches of the shift registers.
US10809581B2
Provided is an active matrix substrate 20a in which either a plurality of source lines (data lines) 15S or a plurality of gate lines 13G, as constituent elements of the active matrix substrate 20a, are vertical lines extending in the longitudinal direction, and the other are horizontal lines. Among a plurality of pixel control elements 16T that are provided in correspondence to a plurality of pixels and are connected with the data line 15S and the gate lines 13G so as to control display of the corresponding pixels, respectively, a part of the pixel control elements 16T connected with one same horizontal line are arranged on one side with respect to the respective vertical lines to which the pixel control elements are connected, the side being different from a side on which the other pixel control elements connected with the same horizontal line are arranged. Among a plurality of switching elements 18 as constituent elements of a gate driver (driving circuit) 11, at least a part of the switching elements 18 are respectively arranged in areas between adjacent ones of the vertical lines, in each of which areas a distance between adjacent ones of the pixel control elements 16T is wider than a distance between other adjacent ones of the pixel control elements 16T.
US10809577B2
According to one embodiment, A display device includes a first substrate includes an inorganic insulating film, a first wiring formed above the inorganic insulating film, an organic insulating film located above the inorganic insulating film and the first wiring, and a driver electrically connected to the first wiring, a second substrate opposing the first substrate, and a sealant fixing the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the sealant comprises a first seal portion formed along a first edge of the first substrate and a second seal portion which crosses the first seal portion, and the first seal portion has a first width, and the second seal portion has a second width, the first width being greater than the second width.
US10809575B2
A display device substrate including: a circuit portion; a first organic insulating film disposed on an upper layer side of the circuit portion; a second organic insulating film disposed on an upper layer side of the first organic insulating film; an alignment film disposed on an upper layer side of the second organic insulating film; and a film formation area regulating portion including a recess in a part of the second organic insulating film and disposed to regulate a film formation area of the alignment film and to overlap the circuit portion.
US10809571B2
A lighting device includes a casing, a light source, a light-collecting member, and a reflection member. The casing includes a light exiting portion. The light source is accommodated within the casing. The light-collecting member disposed in the light exiting portion. The light-collecting member includes unit light collectors each having long dimensions in a first direction and being arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The reflecting member is disposed adjacent to the light source with respect to the light-collecting member in the light exiting portion. The reflecting member includes a light reflective portion and a light transmissive portion. The reflecting member includes a light source arrangement area including a section overlapping the light source. The light source arrangement area includes the light reflective portion with an area ratio larger than an area ratio of a light source non-arrangement area around the light reflective portion.
US10809569B2
A video display device includes: a display panel that displays an image based on an input image signal; a light source substrate that includes a plurality of light sources on a main surface which is a front side of the light source substrate, and emits, toward a rear side of the display panel, light emitted from the plurality of light sources; a reflection sheet that is provided on the main surface of the light source substrate, and in which hollow partitioning walls each of which separates adjacent two light sources of the plurality of light sources are formed; an optical member that is provided between the display panel and the light source substrate, and uniformizes luminance distribution of the light emitted from the light source substrate; and support members each of which is provided between the light source substrate and the optical member, and supports the optical member. The reflection sheet includes intersection portions where the partitioning walls formed in a first direction and the partitioning walls formed in a second direction crossing the first direction cross each other, and further includes linear portions formed in parallel with the first direction or the second direction. Each of the support members is disposed in a recess portion formed in a corresponding linear portion.
US10809565B2
A backlight module includes: light sources; a light guide plate disposed at a side of the light sources, the light guide plate including a second light guide portion disposed adjacent to the light sources and a first light guide portion disposed on a side of the second light portion away from the light sources, a thickness of the second light guide portion being greater than a thickness of the first light guide portion; and a back plate including a first back plate portion disposed at a side of the light sources away from the light guide plate and a second back plate portion disposed at a side of the light guide plate which is opposite to a light exit side of the light guide plate.
US10809563B2
A liquid crystal display device of the present invention includes in the following order: a liquid crystal panel in a normally black mode; a first adhesive layer; and a supporting substrate. The liquid crystal panel includes, in the order toward the first adhesive layer, a first polarizing plate, a liquid crystal cell, and a second polarizing plate. The liquid crystal cell includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a second adhesive layer that surrounds the liquid crystal layer and bonds the first substrate and the second substrate at outer edges. The first adhesive layer bonds the second polarizing plate and the supporting substrate at outer edges. A Young's modulus of the first adhesive layer is equal to or higher than a Young's modulus of the second adhesive layer.
US10809557B2
A liquid crystal display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first substrate includes a first base substrate, a thin film transistor disposed on the first base substrate, a color filter disposed on the first base substrate, and a first alignment layer disposed on the thin film transistor and the color filter. The second substrate includes a second base substrate, a second alignment layer disposed on a first surface of the second base substrate, a touch electrode disposed on a second surface of the second base substrate, a connecting electrode disposed on the second surface, and a connecting line disposed on the second surface. The first surface faces the first substrate, and the second surface is opposite to the first surface. The touch electrode includes a crystallized indium tin oxide.
US10809552B2
A display device is disclosed. The display device includes a plurality of support units disposed side by side on the rear surface of a flexible display panel, a resin unit, which is made of a resin, for elastically interconnecting the support units, and a restoration unit protruding from each support unit for interfering with the resin unit, which stretches when the display panel is bent, in order to restore the display panel to the original state thereof. The support units may be integrally formed with the resin unit in order to maintain the flatness of the display panel. In addition, when impact is applied to the display panel, the support units may distribute the impact to the periphery of the display panel, thereby preventing damage to the display panel.
US10809549B2
A liquid crystal dropping device is provided. A machine table is divided into at least two regions and a liquid crystal dropping nozzle is disposed corresponding to each of the regions. Liquid crystal compositions provided by the liquid crystal dropping nozzles corresponding to the regions are different when liquid crystal panels of different properties are placed in respective regions. In such a way, during manufacturing products of different sizes on a same substrate, performance of each product can meet standards.
US10809542B2
To provide a rolling magnetic driving unit that can be employed for both of an optical unit with shake correction function that causes an optical module to swing and rotate and an optical unit with shake correction function that causes the optical module to rotate, a second unit (i.e., a rolling magnetic driving unit) includes: a rotation seat; and a fixation member that supports the rotation seat via a bearing mechanism. The rotation seat and the bearing mechanism configure a rotation-supporting mechanism. The rotation-supporting mechanism supports a holder, which supports the optical module such that the optical module is able to swing, such the holder is able to rotate on the axis. Furthermore, the second unit includes a rolling magnetic driving mechanism, which includes a rolling driving coil that is held by the rotation seat and a rolling driving magnet that is held by the fixation member.
US10809529B2
An optical device comprises a pixel array including one or more pixels. Two or more independently controllable electrodes are electrically coupled to each pixel. A common ground reference electrode is electrically coupled to all pixels of the pixel array. Each pixel includes a plurality of liquid crystal molecules. The liquid crystal molecules may be oriented in a first direction based on a first function of voltages applied by the two or more independently controllable electrodes for the pixel, and oriented in a second direction based on a second function of the voltages applied by the two or more independently controllable electrodes for the pixel. In this way, both phase modulation and polarization modulation may be introduced to light illuminating the pixel array.
US10809518B2
A lens module includes an optical turning unit and a lens unit. The optical turning unit includes a reflecting surface. The lens unit includes a lens barrel and a lens constituting an optical axis, and the lens barrel includes a first end portion adjacent to the optical turning unit. The reflecting surface and the optical axis meet at an intersection point, a distance from the intersection point to the lens is a fourth length, a distance from the intersection point to the first end portion is a fifth length, and a normal line of the reflecting surface is sloped at a first angle with respect to the optical axis. The lens module satisfies: 0.8
US10809517B2
An imaging telescope including a first mirror configured to receive electromagnetic radiation having a first polarization state and to reflect electromagnetic radiation having a second polarization state, the first mirror including a multi-layer dielectric (MLD) coating configured to convert the first polarization state to the second polarization state, and a plurality of reflecting configured to receive the electromagnetic radiation having the second polarization state reflected from the first mirror and to reflect and focus the electromagnetic radiation having the second polarization state onto an image plane of the imaging telescope.
US10809507B2
A light emitting module including a circuit board, light emitting elements disposed on the circuit board, each light emitting element including light emitting diode chips and a wavelength conversion layer coated on the light emitting diode chips, and a lens disposed on the light emitting elements and configured to diffuse light emitted from the light emitting elements, in which the lens includes a concave part having a light incident surface and an upper surface through which light exits out from the lens, the upper surface includes a convex portion including sections, at least two of the sections having different curvatures from each other, and the at least two of the sections each has a thickness equal to or greater than 1 μm, and less than the width of the light emitting element.
US10809504B2
The zoom lens consists of, in order from an object side: a first lens group (G1) that remains stationary during zooming and has a positive refractive power; and a subsequent section that consists of five or more lens groups including at least four movable lens groups. The first lens group (G1) is set as an A constituent section (SA), and a lens closest to the object side in the A constituent section (SA) has a negative refractive power. A lens group having a stop is set as a C constituent section (SC), and the C constituent section (SC) moves to the object side during zooming from a wide-angle end to a telephoto end, and then moves toward an image side. A spacing between the A constituent section (SA) and the C constituent section (SC) is set as a B constituent section (SB), and the B constituent section (SB) consists of one or two the movable lens groups, and has a negative refractive power. In addition, the zoom lens satisfies predetermined conditional expressions.
US10809490B2
A lens barrel including a first lens, an actuator that drives the first lens, a first barrel that holds a first cam follower and the actuator and moves in an optical axis direction, a second lens, and a second barrel that holds a second cam follower and the second lens and moves in the optical axis direction, the second barrel having a first hole portion in which the first cam follower is disposed.
US10809483B2
Disclosed is a camera device, comprising a mounting member and support member used for mounting a camera; the mounting member is rotationally connected to the support member, and the rotational axis of the mounting member is perpendicular to the axial direction of the camera; the mounting member is provided with magnetic body, at the magnetic body side located on the rotational axis of the mounting member, the direction of the magnetic poles of the magnetic body is parallel to the axial direction of the camera; the support member is provided with an electromagnet, and the axial direction of the electromagnet is perpendicular to the rotational axis of the mounting member; the magnetic body is located at the end of the electromagnet that is in the axial direction.
US10809472B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to hybrid optical fiber ferrules and methods of fabricating the same. In one embodiment, an optical fiber ferrule includes a glass faceplate, a plastic body molded about the glass faceplate, and at least one fiber through-hole extending through the plastic body. In another embodiment, a method of fabricating an optical fiber ferrule includes disposing a glass faceplate within a die comprising at least one fiber die pin, an injecting the die with plastic to form a plastic body such that the glass faceplate is embedded within the plastic body, wherein the at least one fiber die pin defines at least one fiber through-hole. Other materials with suitable coefficients of thermal expansion may be used for the faceplates of the fiber optic ferrules according to the concepts disclosed.
US10809470B2
A performance of an electronic device is improved. An optical transceiver (electronic device) includes a semiconductor device electrically connected to a transmission line. In this semiconductor device, a resistor is arranged between a wiring electrically connected to the transmission line and a semiconductor chip having a semiconductor laser formed therein.
US10809469B1
A method and a system for active alignment of a light source assembly along three dimensions in an optical bench plane are provided. The light source assembly, preferably a laser diode on its sub-mount, is actively aligned in three dimensions, longitudinal, transection and vertical along the optical bench. The light source assembly is attached on edge of the optical bench, via adhesion processes, such as solder welding. Optical components such as collimator lens, isolator, etc are first passively aligned on the optical bench using alignment marks and epoxy slots provided on the surface of the optical bench. Then, laser diode, mounted on a laser diode sub-mount, is aligned in X and Z direction. Thereafter, the light source assembly is pushed towards the edge of the optical bench and attached with the edge via a solder joint. Also, a compensator can be actively aligned until the optimum light intensity achieved.
US10809468B2
The present invention relates to an optical component, comprising a substrate having a substrate surface (1), a radiation output element (2) situated on the substrate surface and/or a radiation input element (2) situated on the substrate surface and a beam deflection element (3) having dimensions of below 1 mm in all three spatial directions, which optical component is arranged on the radiation output or input element (2) on the substrate surface (1) and designed such that it deflects electromagnetic radiation exiting the radiation output element (2) substantially vertically with respect to the substrate surface (1) and in so doing forms a beam that has a smaller or even negative angle in comparison with the exit angle that the beam leaving the radiation output element forms with the substrate surface or is oriented parallel to the substrate surface, or that it focuses electromagnetic radiation entering the beam deflection element (3) at a particular angle with respect to the substrate surface and directs it into the beam input element, wherein the beam deflection element (3) has an entry area for entering radiation and an exit area for this radiation and has at least two areas influencing the path of the radiation passing through the element, one of said areas causing a deflection in at least some of the incident radiation and the other causing the beam divergence and/or the beam form to change, wherein at least one of the entry and exit areas of the beam deflection element is in planar form, characterised in that this planar area is located at least to some extent directly on an exit or entry area of said beam output or input element. The invention also relates to a method for producing this component and to beam deflection elements suitable therefor.
US10809462B2
A fiber optic adapter is disclosed by the present disclosure, and belongs to the technical field of fiber optic adapter. The fiber optic adapter includes at least two ports for connecting to a fiber optic connector. Each of the ports is provided with a light shielding plate. An elastic member is shared between every two adjacent light shielding plates, and configured to support the every two adjacent light shielding plates to shield ports corresponding to the every two adjacent light shielding plates. In the present disclosure, the elastic member is shared between the two light shielding plates, so that the assembly efficiency is improved, thereby solving the problem that the assembly of the elastic tabs of the existing fiber optic adapter is relatively cumbersome.
US10809458B2
A splicing structure of optical fibers in which optical fibers are coupled together, the optical fibers each comprising: a coated fiber portion including a glass fiber and a coating layer coating an outer periphery of the glass fiber; and a bare fiber portion where a certain length of the glass fiber is projected from an end face of the coating layer in an extending direction, wherein the glass fiber end faces of the bare fiber portion are fusion coupled together, and an outer periphery of the bare fiber portion is coated by a recoating layer, the recoating layer is a cured product of an ultraviolet light curable resin composition including a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer and a mold release agent, and a content of the mold release agent is 0.01 to 1.5% by mass based on a total amount of the ultraviolet light curable resin composition.
US10809457B2
Provided is an optical circuit element, and more particularly, is an optical circuit element that splits one optical signal into two polarization signals, or couples two polarization signals into one optical signal. The optical circuit element includes a plurality of input couplers to which an optical signal is input, a plurality of output couplers from which an optical signal is output, a first path and a second path configured to connect the input couplers and the second couplers to each other, and at least one wave plate.
US10809453B2
The present disclosure provides a display device which includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight assembly. The backlight assembly includes a light diffusion component and a light emitting component optically coupled to the light diffusion component. The display device further includes a light guide component configured to direct ambient light to the light diffusion component.
US10809450B2
A blue light emissions management system includes a blue light emitting device that is configured to emit blue light. The blue light emissions management system also includes a display screen stack that is located adjacent the blue light emitting device and that is configured to receive blue light emitted from the blue light emitting diode. The display screen stack includes a doped layer that includes a doping material in a doping amount that configures the doped layer to convert a first portion of the blue light received by the display screen stack to at least one of red light and green light.
US10809446B2
A headset includes a display block and an optics block. The display block includes a waveguide configured to receive light from a light source assembly, a plurality of extraction features that have a spatial distribution across one or more surfaces of the waveguide, wherein the plurality of extraction features out-couple light from the waveguide, and the spatial distribution is such that out-coupled light has a first non-uniform brightness distribution, and a display panel configured to modulate the out-coupled light to form image light, wherein the image light has a brightness distribution based in part on the first non-uniform brightness distribution. The optics block includes optical elements configured to direct the image light to an eyebox, and the optics block adds a second non-uniform brightness distribution that is offset by the first non-uniform brightness distribution, such that the image light directed to the eyebox has a target brightness distribution.
US10809445B2
A light control film and display assemblies that includes such a film. The light control film including a substrate defining first and second major surfaces with the first major surface including a plurality louvers spanning in a first direction substantially perpendicular to a normal of the first major surface, and with the second major surface comprises a plurality of linear microstructures spanning in the first direction. In some examples, each louver of the plurality of louvers substantially aligns with a corresponding microstructure of the plurality of microstructures.
US10809437B2
An optical member includes a light guide plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, and side surfaces that connect the top surface and the bottom surface three-dimensionally and have a smaller area than the top surface and the bottom surface, a low refractive layer disposed on a side surface of the light guide plate and having a lower refractive layer than the light guide plate, and a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the low refractive layer, the wavelength conversion layer receiving first wavelength light and converting the first wavelength light into second wavelength light, which is of a different wavelength band from the first wavelength light.
US10809435B2
A backlight unit, a method for manufacturing the same and a display device are provided. The backlight unit includes a light guide plate, an LED layer and an optical microstructure layer. The light guide plate includes a light incident surface and a light exit surface opposite to the light incident surface. The LED layer is provided on the light incident surface of the light guide plate, and includes plural LED chips arranged in an array. The optical microstructure layer is provided on one of the light incident surface and the light exit surface of the light guide plate, and includes plural optical microstructures in one-to-one correspondence with the plural LED chips. Each of the plural optical microstructures is configured to cause at least a portion of light emitted from a corresponding LED chip to propagate in the light guide plate by total internal reflection.
US10809430B2
Various embodiments may provide a polarization device for polarizing electromagnetic waves. The polarization device may include a stacked arrangement including a medium and an anti-reflection coating in contact with the medium. The polarization device may also include a periodic array of polarization elements in contact with the medium. The polarization device may be configured to, based on an electric response and a magnetic response of the periodic array of the polarization elements, transmit first polarized electromagnetic waves having a first polarization and reflect second polarized electromagnetic waves having a second polarization upon receiving the electromagnetic waves.
US10809428B2
An optical filter includes an absorption layer which increases a visible light transmittance while having a good near-infrared blocking characteristic, and which is excellent in not only adhesiveness with respect to a layer to be abutted, but also light resistance. The optical filter includes: an absorption layer containing a near-infrared absorbing dye containing a squarylium-based dye and a transparent resin; and an inorganic or organic material in contact with the absorption layer. The squarylium-based dye has a squarylium skeleton and condensed ring structures bonded thereto respectively on both sides thereof, the condensed ring structures each including a benzene ring and a nitrogen atom as an annular atom, each benzene ring having an urethane structure in the second position.
US10809426B2
Disclosed is a new class of wideband reflectors that are relatively insensitive to deviations from the design parameters. The reflectors are materially sparse while providing high reflectance across wide spectral bands. In some embodiments, a device comprises a substrate and a grating layer disposed on the substrate, wherein the grating layer comprises a periodic grating structure and a sublayer beneath the grating structure and adjacent to the substrate, the grating layer and the sublayer having the same index of refraction. These compact, low-loss elements complement conventional thin-film reflectors while possessing properties not available in thin-film multilayer stacks. The reflectors are based on a fundamental resonance effect, the guided-mode resonance effect, that occurs in periodic structures. Disclosed herein are both one-dimensional and two-dimensional reflectors m zero-contrast embodiments. The disclosed reflectors can be used in various electromagnetic spectral regions for various useful applications.
US10809424B2
A glass sheet composite includes a first glass sheet; a second glass sheet; and a liquid layer sandwiched between the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet. The glass sheet composite has a loss coefficient greater than or equal to 1×10−2 at 25° C., and an acoustic velocity of longitudinal wave greater than or equal to 5.0×103 m/s in a sheet thickness direction at 25° C. The liquid layer has a viscous coefficient of 1×10−4-1×103 Pa·s at 25° C., and a surface tension of 15-80 mN/m at 25° C. The liquid layer contains particles whose mean particle diameter is 0.3-1 μm.
US10809423B2
A coating film to prevent a conspicuous fingerprint has a water contact angle of no less than 60° so that most of water contained in fingerprints on the coating film evaporates without forming a layer adsorbed on the coating film. Further, the coating film has lipophilicity and has a diiodomethane contact angle of no more than 45° so that the coating film exhibits enhanced affinity to fingerprints, which primarily contain oily components.
US10809418B2
One embodiment provides a hard coat laminated film having, in order from a surface layer side, a first hard coat and a transparent resin film layer. The first hard coat includes a coating material not including inorganic particles and including: (A) 100 parts by mass polyfunctional (meth) acrylate; (B) 0.01-7 parts by mass water repellent; (C) 0.01-10 parts by mass silane coupling agent; and (D) 0.1-10 parts by mass resin microparticles having an average particle diameter of 0.5-10 μm. Another embodiment provides a hard coat laminated film having, in order from a surface layer side, a first hard coat, a second hard coat, and a resin film layer. The first hard coat includes a coating material that does not include inorganic particles. The second hard coat includes a coating material including inorganic particles. The adhesive film fulfills the conditions: (i) a total light transmission rate of at least 85%; (ii) a pencil hardness for the first hard coat surface of at least 5H; and (iii) a Y value for an XYZ color system of 1.5%-4.2%.
US10809401B2
The present application provides a method and device for determining overall metrics of seismic geometry repeatability, wherein the method comprises: selecting baseline geometry and monitor geometry; matching shot-receiver pairs of the baseline geometry with shot-receiver pairs of the monitor geometry to obtain multiple matching relationships; calculating overall geometry repeatability of each of the multiple matching relationships according to a predetermined calculation formula for multi-trace geometry repeatability, to obtain overall geometry repeatabilities corresponding to the multiple matching relationships; taking the minimum value among the overall geometry repeatabilities corresponding to the multiple matching relationships as overall repeatability metrics between the monitor geometry and the baseline geometry. In the embodiments of the present application, by using the above method, the aim of accurately determining repeatability of multiple shot-receiver pairs in time-lapse seismic acquisition can be achieved, and thus the monitoring efficiency of seismic geometry repeatability can be improved.
US10809393B2
A monocrystalline scintillator comprises a monocrystal and an optical plate wherein a first side of the monocrystal is adhered to the optical plate. The monocrystal comprises at least one of a rare earth garnet, a perovskite crystal, a rare-earth silicate, and a monocrystal oxysulphide. The scintillator assembly includes an adhesive adhering the optical plate to the first side of the monocrystal. The adhesive can comprise an ultra-high vacuum compatible adhesive. The adhesive is substantially transparent and has a refractive index matching the optical plate. The scintillator assembly can also include a reflective coating on the second side of the monocrystal. The monocrystalline scintillator assembly can be incorporated in a microchannel plate image intensifier tube to provide improved spatial resolution and temporal response.
US10809389B2
A system for location tracking and sharing of social media data are presented. The system comprises a smart tracking device with a housing. The housing has a plurality of directional windows. At least one light source, e.g. LED, is configured for each of the plurality of directional windows. The directional windows provide compass type guidance, e.g. North, Northeast, East, etc. A GPS transceiver provides local GPS coordinates of the tracker. A private network transceiver is included for communicating with one or more other tracking devices to exchange GPS coordinates information. A microcontroller uses the GPS coordinates of the local tracker and the one or more other tracking devices to compute directional guidance, i.e. navigational, using the plurality of LED light sources to a selected one of one of the one or more other tracking devices. A radio transceiver, e.g. BLE, is provided for communication with a smart device, e.g. smartphone.
US10809387B2
A method for selecting localization algorithms in a vehicle, wherein the localization algorithms, in particular for satellite navigation or vehicle dynamics sensors, are selected on the basis of driving states.
US10809383B2
In a multiple signal environment, it is important to be able to separate signals. Complete spatial separation can only be accomplished by following the proper mathematical method. This involves first modeling multiple signals that map onto an antenna array. Inverting this process by use of the Moore-Penrose inverse results in spatially separating the signals of interest. This method has important applications in satellite navigation systems where it is relatively easy to jam or spoof the valid but weak navigation signals coming from satellites in high orbits.
US10809370B2
Various techniques are provided to efficiently detect the position and angular velocity of an object relative to a compact radar system including a transmitter antenna array and a receiver antenna array. In one example, a method includes repeatedly scanning a transmitter antenna array and a receiver antenna array of an object sensing system through a plurality of designated transmitter and receiver channels over a period of time to generate a time series of measured channel responses corresponding to each one of the designated channels, determining a time series of directional vectors to or from an object scanned by at least one of the designated channels, and/or a corresponding time series of average phase differences, based, at least in part, on the time series of measured channel responses, and determining an angular velocity of the object from the time series of directional vectors and/or the corresponding time series of average phase differences.
US10809366B2
A radar system and method for determining location of targets, wherein the energy reflected from an object is received by the omnidirectional antenna elements and the received RF signal is downconverted to an intermediate frequency (IF) signal. The IF signals are digitized. The digitized IF signals received at the first omnidirectional antenna are digitally processed so as to form modal beams with opposite phase slope as output signals. The digitized IF signal received at the second omnidirectional antenna is digitally processed as to form a reference signal of phase reference. Phase differences between the signals and the reference signals are determined, such that each phase difference includes a first component proportional to the azimuth of the arriving signal and a second component corresponding to the elevation of the arriving signal, from which the azimuth and the elevation of the arriving signal can be extracted.
US10809363B2
An anti-interference ranging method and an anti-interference ranging apparatus are provided. The method includes: detecting, by a first light detection and ranging device, whether a light detection process is interfered by a second light detection and ranging device in the ranging system; delaying, by the first light detection and ranging device, the light detection process for a preset time period if it is detected that the light detection process is interfered by the second light detection and ranging device; and acquiring, by the first light detection and ranging device, detection data collected in the light detection process, and processing, by the first light detection and ranging device, the detection data to obtain a ranging result if it is detected that the light detection process is not interfered by the second light detection and ranging device.
US10809357B2
Systems and methods are provided for determining attributes (such as size and location) of target objects (e.g., tires) utilizing photoelectric sensors. At least two photoelectric sensors are positioned at respective angles relative to a direction of transport of a conveyance mechanism such that the light rays emitted therefrom cross the width of the conveyance mechanism and cross one another at an intersection point. Based, at least in part, upon respective interruption times of the light rays by the target object, and a location of the interruption of the light rays relative to the intersection point, one or more attributes of the target object are determined. Systems and methods further are provided for determining a height profile of a target object utilizing at least one photoelectric sensor.
US10809354B2
The intended position and/or an intended alignment of at least one sensor for monitoring traffic at a traffic route is determined easily, quickly and reliably with the aid of computer technology. The methodology employed involves identification of a traffic route to be monitored in a data processing device, and requesting and providing data about the traffic route from a database. From this, at least one possible target position and/or target orientation is determined from the provided data. The methodology avoids the need to manually enter lanes and other local conditions of the traffic route. Instead, the data processing device recalls the required traffic data from a database, and based on manipulation of a graphical representation of the sensor by the user with the aid of the provided data and specified sensor characteristics an intended position and/or intended alignment of a sensor can be visualized and stored for later use during installation.
US10809352B2
The disclosure relates to a signal processing device and method, and an information processing device and method, in which a distance between a position where a signal is transmitted and a position where the signal is received can be obtained with higher accuracy. A predetermined signal is transmitted as a radio signal at a predetermined timing known to a receiving side. Additionally, a propagation delay amount, which is a delay amount from a transmission timing to a reception timing of a predetermined signal received as a radio signal, is calculated on the basis of a correlation between the signal and a reference signal synchronized with the transmission timing. Furthermore, the distance between the position where a predetermined signal is transmitted and the position where the signal is received is calculated on the basis of a propagation delay amount of the signal.
US10809348B2
A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium provide to generate a first signal that includes a perfect polyphase-encoding of an identifier of the wireless station; transmit the first signal; receive from an end device, a second signal that is responsive to the first signal and includes a perfect polyphase-encoding of the identifier of the wireless station and an identifier of the end device; autocorrelate the first signal and the second signal; calculate in response to the autocorrelation, a time difference between the first signal and the second signal; calculate in response to the calculation, a phase difference between the first signal and the second signal; and calculate in response to the calculation of the phase difference, a distance between the wireless station and the end device based on the time difference, the phase difference, the identifier of the wireless station, and the identifier of the end device.
US10809347B1
The ADS-B power transcoder extracts transponder data from parasitic oscillations on the aircraft power line induced by transmissions of ownship radar transponder reply signals (e.g., responses to interrogations of the transponder). The radio is configured for replacement installation of an aircraft lighting assembly, and connection thereby to legacy onboard power sources without resorting to wireless or wired radar transponder, or pneumatic connections.
US10809345B2
A solar tracker assembly comprises a support column, a torsion beam connected to the support column, a mounting mechanism attached to the torsion beam, a drive system connected to the torsion beam, and a torsion limiter connected to an output of the drive system. When an external force causes a level of torsion on the drive system to exceed a pre-set limit the torsion limiter facilitates rotational movement of the solar tracker assembly in the direction of the torsion, thereby allowing the external force to rotate about a pivot axis extending through the torsion beam. Exemplary embodiments also include methods of aligning a plurality of rows of solar trackers.
US10809342B2
One embodiment of the invention includes a magnetometer system. The system includes a sensor cell comprising alkali metal particles and at least one nuclear spin isotope. The system also includes a probe laser to provide a probe beam through the sensor cell to generate a detection beam, and a magnetic field system to generate magnetic fields through the sensor cell. The system also includes a detection system to implement detection of an external magnetic field based on characteristics of the detection beam in response to precession of the at least one nuclear spin isotope based on the magnetic fields. The system further includes a calibration controller configured to calibrate the magnetometer system based on implementing predetermined changes to the magnetic fields and monitoring the detection beam in a feedback manner.
US10809341B1
An apparatus and method are provided to correct motion artifacts in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data by obtaining magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data, the MRI data including imaging segments and corresponding navigator segments, each imaging segment sampled over a respective regions of two or more regions of a k-space grid, one of the navigator segments being selected as a reference navigator segment; generating, for each imaging segment of the imaging segments, a respective phase map based on the reference navigator segment and a corresponding navigator segment of the each imaging segment; applying the respective phase maps to the corresponding imaging segments to generate corrected imaging segments; averaging the corrected imaging segments in k-space to generate averaged imaging segments; and reconstructing an MRI image based on the averaged imaging segments.
US10809335B2
A magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system has an infrastructure within a cloud, designed to generate and/or activate and/or deactivate and/or terminate virtual systems on demand, which generate and operate multiple MR workflows as instances. The virtual systems has a cloud-based virtual MR host with an active MR workflow connected on demand to an MR control computer that operates an MR scanner to control an imaging process on the basis of one of the workflows. A client unit transmits patient-specific data to the virtual MR host and evaluates image data received from the virtual MR host.
US10809333B2
An MRI pulse sequence is disclosed. The pulse sequence involves a plurality of slice selective pulses which each individually have a desired rotation that is less than or equal to the total desired rotation. The slice selective pulses each cause a rotation about respective axes, which may be different to each other. Optionally phase correction (re-phasing) gradients can also be included in the pulse sequence.
US10809325B2
A system including an NMR spectrometer (1) with a flow cell (2) analyzing a first liquid test sample (P1), a distributing device (3) with a multi-way valve, plural assemblies interconnected via fluid lines through the distributing device, a cannula (5) taking test samples from a storage vessel (5a), a sample loop (6) temporarily storing a further test sample (P2), and a pump device (7) pumping liquid (S) into the system. The valve arrangement a) decouples the sample loop with the temporarily stored further test sample and, simultaneously, b) decouples the flow cell with the first test sample from all fluid lines to the distributing device; and c) connects the cannula to the pump device for a simultaneous purging step or to the flow cell for removing the first test sample into a receiving vessel (5b; 5c) or to the sample loop for receiving a subsequent test sample.
US10809319B2
The present invention relates to a device and a method for measuring a magnetic field, wherein a spin current is injected into a magnetic body that has magnetic anisotropy using a spin Hall effect occurring in a current applied to a conductor, and the degree of shift of hysteresis in the magnetic body is calculated while reversing the magnetization of the magnetic body by a spin torque such that an external magnetic field applied to the magnetic body can be measured precisely.
US10809318B2
There is provided a hall sensor. The hall sensor includes a hall element disposed on a semiconductor substrate. The hall element includes: a sensing region, a first electrode, a second electrode, a third electrode and a fourth electrode, and a doped region disposed on the sensing region, and the sensing region has at least one angulated corner or rounded corner.
US10809310B2
Systems and methods of determining physical conditions of a battery, such as state of charge (SOC), state of health (SOH), quality of construction, defect, or failure state include driving two or more acoustic signals of two or more amplitudes, each acoustic signal having two or more frequencies, into the battery and detecting vibrations generated in the battery based on the two or more acoustic signals. Nonlinear response characteristics of the battery for the two or more acoustic signals are determined from the detected vibrations. The physical conditions of the battery are determined based at least in part on the nonlinear response characteristics, using nonlinear acoustic resonance spectroscopy (NARS) or nonlinear resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (NRUS).
US10809307B2
Systems and methods for battery testing are described. Some of the methods for battery testing include applying a first load impedance to a battery, applying a second load impedance to a reference voltage source, measuring a voltage between a positive terminal of the battery and a positive terminal of the reference voltage source, wherein a negative terminal of the battery is connected via a conductor to a negative terminal of the reference voltage source, and determining a condition of the battery based on the measured voltage.
US10809302B2
The present application relates to an online detection method for internal short-circuit of power battery, which comprises the following steps: in the process of charging and discharging, when the state of charge of a power battery is greater than a preset first threshold, monitoring and recording the voltage for each cell in the power battery; in accordance with the recorded historical voltages of each cell, determining whether there is a cell with voltage less than a second threshold in the process of charging, and less than a third threshold in the process of discharging, if so, then marking the corresponding cell as an internal short-circuited cell. The present application could accurately determine whether a malfunction of internal circuit of power battery occurs during the operation of a vehicle, so as to guarantee the safety of the vehicle and the people on-board.
US10809282B2
A multi-level logic analyzer for analyzing multi-level digital signals comprises a plurality of signal inputs, each signal input being configured to receive a multi-level digital signal, a plurality of comparison units, each comparison unit comprising a first comparator input and a second comparator input and being configured to compare a signal received at the first comparator input with a signal received at the second comparator input, and first switching means configured to couple at least one of the signal inputs with the first comparator inputs of at least two of the comparison units.
US10809274B2
There are prepared a first container which stores a liquid containing a cellular aggregate, a second container which receives a cellular aggregate, and a third container which stores a preliminary treatment solution, and a cylinder tip. The cylinder tip is formed with a syringe including a tubular passage having a front end opening which sucks the cellular aggregate, and a plunger which reciprocates in a tubular passage. Before sucking the cellular aggregate from the first container and discharging the same to the third container, the preliminary treatment solution is retained in a space between the tubular passage and the plunger by dipping the front end opening of the cylinder tip into the preliminary treatment solution in the third container and causing the plunger to reciprocate.
US10809273B2
A method of determining an analyte concentration in a sample by a sensor is disclosed. The method includes analyzing a sample signal generated by the sensor for an analyte being measured. If the sample signal is normal, the method includes comparing the sample signal with a first reference signal of a reference solution measured prior to measuring the sample in order to determine the analyte concentration. If the sample signal is abnormal, the method includes comparing the sample signal with a calculated reference signal point obtained by interpolation between the first reference signal and a second reference signal of the same reference solution measured after measuring the sample. Various methods of determining and handling errors based on signal patterns are also disclosed.
US10809272B2
The present invention is directed to a biomarker and kit for diagnosing, monitoring and/or staging Alzheimer's disease comprising redox-reactive autoantibodies. The present invention is also directed to a method for diagnosing, monitoring and/or staging Alzheimer's disease which comprises conducting a blood test using the same.
US10809270B2
The present disclosure relates to methods for screening and identifying a fetal trisomy. Certain embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method of screening for a fetal trisomy in a pregnant female subject. The method comprises detecting one or more lipid markers from the subject, wherein the one or more markers is indicative of the risk of a fetal trisomy in the subject, and determining the risk of a fetal trisomy in the pregnant female subject on the basis of the one or more lipid markers detected.
US10809268B2
Disclosed are methods of measuring the amount of exposure of a host to a DNA double-stranded break (DSB)-causing agent by determining the ratio of the quantity of γ-H2AX to the quantity of total H2AX in a biological sample from the host as compared to the ratio of the quantity of γ-H2AX to the quantity of total H2AX in a positive control biological sample that has been exposed to a known amount of a DSB-causing agent. Related kits and methods of quantifying DSBs in a test biological sample are also disclosed.
US10809256B2
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a simple measurement tool which can rapidly measure various chemical substances contained in environments or from inside a living body by a simple or inexpensive means/method.The present inventions relate to, for example, a simple measurement tool for test substances comprising: at least two reaction regions, each composed of a water-based liquid, the reaction regions being independent of each other; boundary region(s) composed of a gel-type substance that is not or hardly soluble in the water-based liquid; a container holding the reaction regions and the boundary region(s); and magnetic particles carrying a reactive substance immobilized on a surface thereof, in which: the reaction regions are separated from each other via the boundary region(s); and by using external magnetic field-applying means, the magnetic particles can be substantially exclusively transferred from one reaction region to another reaction region through the boundary region separating these reaction regions, while independence of the respective reaction regions and the respective boundary regions and a function of the magnetic particles being maintained.
US10809252B2
The present invention relates to a time-resolved fluorescent immunochromatographic assay rapid test kit for quantitative determination of the level of type I pyrethroid, which has the advantages of simple operation, rapid detection, and with high accuracy. The kit has a quantitative detection limit of 9.12 ng/mL for a type I pyrethroid sample. When the kit is applied to the detection of an actual sample of type I pyrethroid and by comparing the detection result obtained by HPLC, the kit has a coefficient of correlation of 0.986 (R2). Hence, the kit is applicable to the detection by using the actual samples of type I pyrethroid.
US10809249B2
The present invention relates to a method for measuring the cholesterol uptake capacity of lipoproteins. The present invention also relates to a reagent kit for measuring the cholesterol uptake capacity of lipoproteins. The present invention further relates to a tagged cholesterol which can be used in the method and the reagent kit.
US10809243B2
A nanopore cell includes a conductive layer and a working electrode disposed above the conductive layer and at the bottom of a well into which an electrolyte may be contained, such that at least a portion of a top base surface area of the working electrode is exposed to the electrolyte. The nanopore cell further includes a first insulating wall disposed above the working electrode and surrounding a lower section of a well, and a second insulating wall disposed above the first insulating wall and surrounding an upper section of the well, forming an overhang above the lower section of the well. The upper section of the well includes an opening that a membrane may span across, and wherein a base surface area of the opening is smaller than the at least a portion of the top base surface area of the working electrode that is exposed to the electrolyte.
US10809240B2
Systems and methods for non-invasively determining a water content, a solute content, and a thickness of plant tissue are disclosed. A system includes a sensing device having a first piece and a second piece, where the first piece and the second piece are coupled together to form a clip. The system further includes a capacitive tissue sensor including a capacitor. The capacitor includes a plurality of coplanar conductive plates. The first piece and the second piece are biased in a closed position to provide a gripping force around the plant tissue such that at least a portion of the plant tissue contacts the plurality of coplanar conductive plates.
US10809238B2
An analytical device has an oven arrangement (1) with an oven (2), an insulation system, a ventilation system and a housing. The ventilation system has a first convection system that uses natural convection, arranged to keep the housing cool, as well as a second convection system that uses forced convection, arranged to reduce the temperature in the oven (2). In particular, the analytical device is a component of a Karl Fischer titration instrument.
US10809230B2
A resonator includes a prong of which the width between edges is close to λ/2. The pressure variation at one edge is then in phase opposition with that at the other edge. Acoustic coupling with an incident wave having the wavelength is thus improved. The ratio between the width between edges and the height of the prong is chosen so that only the fundamental mode with bending oscillation of the prong is present. It to prongs of a tuning fork embedded in a solid shared base optimized to contain the energy in the tuning fork while avoiding energy losses in the support. Finally, the tuning fork is advantageously combined with a unit for containing acoustic energy including a rigid reflecting screen.
US10809228B2
Volume susceptibilities (χs) of dispersoid particles (s) dispersed in a dispersion medium (m) are first obtained by magnetophoresis. Affinity of the dispersoid particles (s) for the dispersion medium (m) is then analyzed using the volume susceptibilities (χs) of the respective dispersoid particles (s) and a volume susceptibility (χm) of the dispersion medium (m).
US10809226B2
A method, computer program product, and system are provided to calibrate a sensor array with a plurality of sensors. The method can include sweeping a voltage of a reference electrode from a first voltage to a second voltage, where the reference electrode is in fluid communication with the sensor array. The output voltage of each of the plurality of sensors can be monitored at one or more voltages within the first and second voltages. An overall average gain of the plurality of sensors can be calculated at each of the one or more voltages. Further, an acquisition window for the sensor array can be determined. The acquisition window can include a maximum distribution of sensors that provides a maximal overall average gain at a particular reference electrode voltage.
US10809225B2
A sensor component includes a sensor including a sensor surface and a reaction site in cooperation with the sensor and exposing the sensor surface. The reaction site including a reaction site surface. A surface agent is bound to the reaction site surface or the sensor surface. The surface agent includes a surface active functional group reactive with Bronsted base or Lewis acid functionality on the reaction site surface or the sensor surface and including distal functionality that does not have a donor electron pair.
US10809222B2
The present invention provides methods for fabricating field-effect devices and sensor arrays. The field of the invention also pertains to methods of using the sensors individually, in combination, and in array fashion to detect molecules. The present invention also provides for products produced by the methods of the present invention and for apparatuses used to perform the methods of the present invention.
US10809218B2
In detecting a particulate matter (PM), which measures a change in capacitance depending on induction of the particulate matter, an apparatus for detecting a particulate matter includes: a power supply unit applying bias voltage for inducing the PM; a detection unit forming a magnetic field by using detected voltage applied from the bias voltage and generating PM resistance by the PM by inducing the PM to the magnetic field; and a measurement unit including a first capacitor and a second capacitor in series and measuring the changed capacitance of the first capacitor and the second capacitor according to a change in PM resistance by connecting any one capacitor to the detection unit in parallel. A method for detecting a particulate matter includes: applying bias voltage; generating PM resistance; and measuring changed capacitance according to a change in PM resistance by using the apparatus.
US10809213B2
A sensor for measuring thermal conductivity includes an insulator, a test material over the insulator, a conductor over the test material, and a gas within an open volume adjacent the test material and the conductor. An electrical source is configured to provide an alternating current through the conductor to heat the test material. Leads are connected to the conductor and configured to connect to a voltmeter. A method of measuring thermal conductivity includes disposing the sensor in a reactor core in which a nuclear fuel undergoes irradiation and radioactive decay. An alternating current is provided from the electrical source through the conductor to heat the test material. A voltage is measured as a function of time at the leads connected to the conductor. A thermal conductivity of the test material is calculated based on the voltage measured as a function of time. Methods of forming a sensor are also disclosed.
US10809210B2
This X-ray phase imaging apparatus (100) includes a controller (5) that generates a dark field image (Iv) with respect to each of a plurality of relative positions between a subject (S) and an imaging grating (G1) changed by an adjustment mechanism (3) to acquire a contrast of a region of interest (ROI) in the dark field image (Iv), and controls the adjustment mechanism (3) to adjust a relative position between the subject (S) and the imaging grating (G1) based on the acquired contrast.
US10809208B2
The X-ray inspection device includes a radiation source that irradiates X-rays toward a specimen that is rotated; a detector that detects transmitted X-rays irradiated by the radiation source, and passed through the specimen, and output a plurality of detection data for each angle of rotation; and a region extracting unit that extracts a region where the specimen is projected onto the detector, using the plurality of detection data.
US10809199B2
A dynamic Raman signal acquisition apparatus, system, and method involving: an excitation light source operable at a designated irradiation power and for a designated acquisition time for each Raman data acquisition; a Raman probe operatively associated with said excitation light source to irradiate the biological tissue at said designated irradiation power and for said designated acquisition time, and capture an optical Raman response therefrom; a spectrometer operable to spectrally analyze said optical Raman response; and a controller in operative communication with said excitation light source and said spectrometer to automatically adjust at least one signal acquisition parameter.
US10809198B2
A light irradiation angle is set with respect to a first surface so as to detect only either first reflected light or second reflected light. Then, light is emitted from a light irradiation part at the set irradiation angle while a detection chip is kept in motion, either the first reflected light or the second reflected light is detected by a reflected light detection part, and positional information of the detection chip is acquired on the basis of the result of the detection of the first or second reflected light. The detection chip is moved, on the basis of the acquired positional information, to a detection position where detection of a substance to be detected is performed. While the detection chip is kept at the detection position, detection of the substance to be detected is performed through detection of sample light.
US10809170B2
A dynamic mechanical analysis system provides an actuator that imparts expansion and contraction forces (e.g. shear force) to a viscoelastic material at high frequencies. Such high frequency analysis allows for the direct and accurate measurement of the characteristics of the material at high expansion/contraction frequencies directly, without the use of additional predictive analysis techniques, such as time-temperature superposition. The system also utilizes a clamping system, whereby two different sections of the viscoelastic material are held in place between by a pair of fixed clamps and a force member that is moved by the actuator. As such, the system is able to subject the viscoelastic material sample to simulated “road” conditions to identify various performance properties associated with the material sample.
US10809167B2
A tissue staining method which comprises: staining a tissue with a staining reagent wherein a biosubstance recognition site is bonded to particles carrying multiple fluorescent substances accumulated therein; in the stained tissue, counting fluorescent points or measuring fluorescent brightness; and evaluating the expression level of a biosubstance, which matches the biosubstance recognition site, in the aforesaid tissue on the basis of the number of the fluorescent points or fluorescent brightness that was measured.
US10809158B2
An apparatus for checking a tyre, having a support, a deformation system, a lighting arrangement, a moving member and a processing unit. The deformation system is configured to form an elastically deformed portion of inner surface and an elastically deformed portion of outer surface on the tyre. The lighting arrangement includes light sources and cameras to illuminate and detect deformed inner and outer surface portions of the tyre, and generate corresponding control signals. The moving member sets the support in relative rotation with respect to the light sources and the deformation system around a rotation axis of the tyre. The processing unit is configured so that while the light sources illuminate the deformed portions of outer and inner surfaces, the deformation system acts and the moving member imparts the relative rotation.
US10809153B2
Provided is a detecting apparatus for detecting one or more anomalies of an operating body. The detecting apparatus includes a processor communicatively coupled to a dividing unit, a model learning unit, a difference calculating unit, and an anomaly detecting unit. The dividing unit divides a data sequence corresponding to an operation of the operating body into a plurality of divided data sequences in a time direction. The model learning unit learns each of the plurality of divided data sequences according to a regression model in the time direction, and calculates a model component modeling each of the divided data sequences. The difference calculating unit calculates a difference component indicating a difference between each of the plurality of divided data sequences and their corresponding model component. The anomaly detecting unit detects one or more anomalies of the operating body based on the calculated difference components.
US10809143B2
The jet apparatus includes a nozzle having an injection reference position, an impact force distribution measuring body including a measurement reference position corresponding to the injection reference position, and a plurality of impact force detectors arranged in a lattice pattern on a plane, each impact force detector detects an impact force per unit area of the jet, and a control device including a threshold storage unit, an impact force distribution measuring unit measuring an impact force distribution based on the impact force detected by the impact force detectors when the jet collides with the impact force distribution measuring body, an evaluation value extraction unit extracting an evaluation value based on the impact force distribution, and an evaluation unit determining whether or not the nozzle is adaptive based on comparison result of the evaluation value and the threshold.
US10809142B2
A guided wave radar (GWR)-based method of measuring steam pressure includes transmitting at least a first microwave pulse signal from a GWR sensor system having a pulsed radar gauge (PRG) implementing a steam measurement algorithm coupled to a transceiver that is coupled to a GWR probe in a steam boiler tank having a reference reflector (RR) providing an impedance discontinuity. The transmitting the first microwave pulse signal is with water and steam in the steam boiler tank. An echo emanating from the RR is received responsive to the first microwave pulse signal generates that respective time of flight (TOF) measurement data. A refractive index value for the steam is determined from the TOF measurement data and a reference TOF value representing a TOF measurement without the steam in the steam boiler tank. A physical property of the steam is determined from the refractive index value, such as the pressure.
US10809136B2
The present disclosure relates to a thin film sensor element for determining and/or monitoring temperature. For this purpose, a resistive structure is provided, which is arranged in a resistive region on a substrate. The resistive structure is so formed that a first section of the resistive structure branches at a first reference point into two branches, and that a second section of the resistive structure branches at a second reference point into two other branches. In a contact region, the four branches are connected with four intermediate conductors in four contact areas, which are insulated from one another. In this way, the thin film sensor element is a real four conductor sensor element, wherein the reference points of the four conductor circuit lie within the resistive region. The resistance thermometer with the thin film sensor element of the invention is distinguished by a high accuracy.
US10809135B2
An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a substrate, a coil unit comprising a coil disposed on a specified area of the substrate and configured to transmit or receive a signal, a first terminal, a second terminal, and a temperature sensor configured to detect temperature. The temperature sensor has a wire form and is disposed between the first terminal and the second terminal along at least part of a peripheral area of the substrate.
US10809133B2
The invention describes a calorimetric measurement set-up having a sensor unit (1) for controlling the quality of the operation of a battery having a cathode and an anode, wherein the measurement set-up or the sensor unit (1) is connected to data processing electronics (11) via a communication link (12) and sensor measured values are therefore recorded and processed. This measurement set-up is intended to achieve reproducible and sufficiently accurate quality control of a battery. This is achieved by virtue of the fact that the sensor unit (1) comprises at least one heat flow sensor (2), the sensor side of which can be fastened in a non-detachable manner with a material bond such that it rests directly on a battery contact of the cathode and/or the anode in the transverse direction, wherein a heat sink is fastened in a thermally conductive manner to the heat flow sensor (2) opposite the sensor side in a non-detachable manner and heat flow sensor signals at the battery contact of the battery can be read and processed further by the data processing electronics (11).
US10809129B2
A computer-implemented intelligent alignment method for a color sensing device (12) which initially obtains a raw sense value measured by the color sensing device and converts the raw sense value to a tristimulus value (S401). The color sensing device may be calibrated using a known set of colors (S402). Raw readings received from the color sensing device may be mapped to known tristimulus values (S403), and mapped values may be converted to a standard reference illuminant color space (S404). A client-server system may be provided in which a color sensing device and one or more servers collectively execute operations according to the present disclosure.
US10809128B2
A heterodyne optical spectroscopy system comprises a light source that acts as a local oscillator (LO); a beam splitting component that generates a reference beam from the LO; a signal component that generates a sample signal from a sample; a beam blocker that can turn off the sample signal to generate blank shots; a composite signal detection subsystem that detects a heterodyned signal that is a mix of the sample signal and a portion of the LO; a composite reference detection subsystem synchronized to the signal detection subsystem to detect a portion of the reference beam; and a processor that processes digital signals from the signal detection subsystem and the reference detection subsystem. A very versatile reference scheme is developed to treat different heterodyne spectroscopies in a unified way, which achieves optimal noise suppression.
US10809122B1
Shelves or other fixtures may be used to support items at a facility. Weighing modules including load cells may be used at the fixtures to acquire weight data indicative of changes to the fixture as items are added or removed from the fixture. Weighing modules may be modular and repositionable with respect to a crossbar or other supporting member that provides electrical power and data connectivity. This allows for the fixtures to be easily reconfigured to accommodate items of different sizes.
US10809114B2
A radar level gauge comprising a signal propagation device, a dielectric filling member arranged in the signal propagation device, and a sealing arrangement for preventing tank content from escaping into the outside environment. The dielectric filling member includes a main body formed of a polymer material, and at least one structurally reinforced element formed of a modified polymer material providing, the modified polymer material being obtained by modifying the polymer material with a filler material, wherein the at least one structurally reinforced element is integrally formed with the main body by sintering, and forms part of the sealing arrangement.The present invention is based on the realization that a structurally reinforced element, made of a modified polymer material, may be integrated into the main body by sintering.
US10809113B2
An apparatus for removing wetness from a gauge stick comprising a housing capable of receiving a gauge stick, a wiper receiver that forms a wiper receiver cavity therein and that engages with the housing, and a wiper that fits into the wiper receiver cavity formed by the wiper receiver and that forms a wiper aperture for slidably engaging a gauge stick.
US10809112B2
Method for calculating a linearization curve for determining the fill level in a container from a filling height, said method comprising the following steps: acquiring three-dimensional data of the container with a mobile end device, having at least one optical camera, a depth sensor and a motion detector, establishing a three-dimensional model of the container, and calculating the linearization curve from the three-dimensional model for determining a fill level from a measured filling height.
US10809111B2
An apparatus for measuring an internal volume of a mold designed for forming hollow glass containers and divisible into two or more pieces includes: a supporting element configured to support the mold pieces of the mold positioned with respective molding surfaces, delimiting the internal volume of the mold, accessible by an optical inspection device, which is configured to scan the profiles of a surface and obtain information on the distance between the surface and the optical inspection device, the scanning device being movable, relative to the supporting element, by rotation about a longitudinal axis of rotation; a control unit connected to an actuator to produce relative rotation between the optical inspection device and the supporting element.
US10809107B2
A flow meter system includes a flow meter configured to enable a first flow of a first fluid; and transmitter electronics coupled to the flow meter and configured to calculate a PF of the first fluid, calculate an MF corresponding to the first PF based on a correlation between PFs and MFs, and calculate a first volume of the first fluid using the first MF. A method includes establishing a correlation between MFs and PFs for a first fluid and a second fluid; storing the correlation in transmitter electronics of a flow meter system; testing the flow meter system using the correlation; and performing measurements using the correlation.
US10809106B2
An ultrasonic flow meter is configured to facilitate replacement of flow measurement electronics. The flow meter includes flow measurement electronics including a plurality of transducer assemblies transmitting and receiving ultrasonic waves through a flow for ultrasonic measurement of the flow and a flow meter body. The flow meter body includes a conduit providing a flow passage through the flow meter body, an electronics receptacle configured to receive the flow measurement electronics to form an electronics housing compartment, a plurality of transducer housings configured to receive transducer assemblies and position one or more transducers of the transducer assemblies relative to the conduit, and at least two pass-through apertures directly between the electronics housing into each of the plurality of transducer housings.
US10809101B2
A curvilinear encoder is provided in which an incremental or absolute position for a cart can be detected on a track by applying one or more excitation signals and receiving one or more pick up signals. Analogous to a transformer arrangement, an encoder mover can be placed on the cart moving along the track, and an encoder stator can be placed on the track separated by a gap. The one or more excitation signals can be applied to the one or more excitation coils on the mover or the stator to generate one or more magnetic fields, and the one or more pick up signals can be received by one or more pick up coils on the mover or the stator for sensing changes in the magnetic fields produced by motion of the mover on the track.
US10809100B2
An electromagnetic induction type encoder, wherein a detection head has a drive coil generating magnetic flux, wherein a scale has a plurality of connection coils arrayed in a fundamental period λ in a measurement axis direction, are electromagnetically coupled with the magnetic flux generated by the drive coil and generates magnetic flux fluctuating in a predetermined spatial period in the measurement axis direction, wherein the detection head has a plurality of receiver coils arrayed in the fundamental period λ in the measurement axis direction and are electromagnetically coupled with the magnetic flux generated by the plurality of connection coils and detects a phase of the magnetic flux, wherein λ/2−2d
US10809093B2
A rotational angle sensor system including: a rotatably mounted movement sensor; a sensor that is designed to detect a rotation of the movement sensor, wherein the rotation occurs at a measurement angle interval; an evaluation electronics system designed to receive an analogue signal from the sensor and to digitalise same using an internal resolution, and to emit a digital output signal reporting the rotation detected by the sensor, wherein the resolution of the digital output signal for a measurement angle interval of less than or equal to 360° is the same size as the internal resolution.
US10809090B2
Embodiments of the present application disclose an electronic map display method, device, and system. The method includes obtaining, by one or more processors, current driving information, historical driving information, or both, wherein the current driving information, historical driving information, or both are obtained from one or more of a network-side server and a control system of a vehicle, determining, by the one or more processors, display information based at least in part on the current driving information, the historical driving information, or both, and providing, by the one or more processors, an electronic map based at least in part on the display information.
US10809088B2
A method for predicting a construction-related driving-route change of a driving route for a vehicle includes at least a step of reading in and a step of detecting. In the step of reading in, at least one image signal is read in, which represents an image, recorded by the vehicle, of a construction-site parameter in the environment of the driving route. In the step of detecting, the impending driving-route change is detected using the image signal.
US10809083B1
Systems and methods of using sensor data for coordinate prediction are disclosed herein. In some example embodiments, for a place, a computer system accesses corresponding service data comprising pick-up data and drop-off data for requests, and accesses corresponding sensor data indicating at least one path of mobile devices of the requesters of the requests, with the at least one path comprising at least one of a pick-up path ending at the pick-up location indicated by the pick-up data and a drop-off path beginning at the drop-off location indicated by the drop-off data. In some example embodiments, the computer system generates at least one predicted geographic location using the paths indicated by the sensor data, and stores the at least one predicted geographic location in a database in association with an identification of the place.
US10809075B2
A method of operation of a navigation system having mileage mechanism includes providing a subtotal mileage for a previous location reading along a route; calculating an incremental mileage at a current location reading from the previous location reading; and calculating a total mileage based on the subtotal mileage and the incremental mileage for displaying on a device.
US10809071B2
Provided is a process executed by a robot, including: traversing, to a first position, a first distance in a backward direction; after traversing the first distance, rotating 180 degrees in a first rotation; after the first rotation, traversing, to a second position, a second distance in the second direction; and after traversing the second distance, rotating 180 degrees in a second rotation such that the field of view of the sensor points in the first direction.
US10809069B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a content instance from a first device, wherein the content instance is associated with a geographic location and a period of time; determining that a second device is associated with the geographic location and the period of time associated with the content instance, wherein the determination is based on the second device being within a predefined proximity of the geographic location associated with the content instance during the period of time associated with the content instance; and enabling, in response to determining that the second device is associated with the geographic location and the period of time associated with the content instance, the content instance to be accessible by the second device.
US10809064B2
A system and method for feeding back and incorporating the uncertainty distribution of the state estimate output by the INS in the image geo-registration process to handle larger navigation errors, provide a full six degree of freedom position and attitude absolute navigation update for the navigation system and provide a more accurate update for autonomous aerial, underwater or ground vehicles. Generating the update simultaneously for multiple images may provide a more robust solution to address any observability issues that may be present, the ability to fuse different sensor modalities and in general more accurate updates. Key frames may be used to improve the computational efficiency of the method.
US10809054B2
Provided is a shape measurement device that measures a shape of a spiral spring formed in a spiral shape. The shape measurement device is provided with an input means and a function calculation means. The input means inputs a captured photographic image depicting the spiral spring or measurement data produced by measuring the shape of the spiral spring. The function calculation means uses the input photographic image or measurement data to calculate at least an inter-coil space function representing the space between neighboring coils of the spiral spring, a pitch function representing the distance between coil cores of neighboring coils of the spiral spring, or a coil thickness function representing the thickness of coils of the spiral spring.
US10809053B2
A movement assisting device includes an imaging unit to take first and second images of an imaging unit from first and second viewpoints; a first calculator to calculate, using the first and second images, first position and orientation of the imaging unit at the first viewpoint and calculate second position and orientation of the imaging unit at the second viewpoint; a second calculator to calculate, using the first and second positions and the first and second orientations, and calculate a first angle between a first axis based on a first optical axis of the imaging unit at the first viewpoint, and a second axis based on a second optical axis at the second viewpoint; a third calculator to calculate the next viewpoint positioned in direction of increase of the first angle; and an output unit to output information prompting movement of the imaging unit in direction of the next viewpoint.
US10809041B1
A reactive firearm target configured to release a visible airborne signature upon a ballistic impact. The reactive firearm target includes a main body further comprising a main body upper opening and a main body lower opening. An upper target insert is inserted into the main body upper opening. A lower target insert is inserted into the main body lower opening. The ballistic impact of either the upper target insert the lower target insert causes the release of the visible airborne signature.
US10809036B2
Pistols have a body having a grip, the grip defining a magazine passage adapted to receive a magazine, the grip having opposed left and right side walls and a front portion and an opposed rear portion, the front portion of the grip including a first front strap attachment facility, a front strap element having a second front strap attachment facility adapted to removably connect to the first front strap attachment facility, and the front portion of the grip defining a front path and the front strap element being an elongated element movable along the front path, such that the front strap element is removable for replacement by an alternate front strap element. A funnel element may be adapted for connection to the frame at a lower rim of the grip at an installed position.
US10809030B2
Trigger assemblies are provided for initiating the discharge of a firearm. The triggers assemblies include a first and a second lever mounted for rotation within a housing. The first lever is configured to be rotated by the user, and rotation of the first lever imparts rotation to the second lever to initiate the discharge of the firearm. The trigger assemblies have a safety mechanism that includes an interfering member configured to be positioned in proximity to the first and the second levers on a selective basis so that the interfering member simultaneously interferes with movement of both the first and the second levers, and thereby provides multiple points of interference that each prevent discharge of the firearm.
US10809026B2
A lock system and related methods are disclosed. The lock mechanism has a lock plate configured to be positioned adjacent the distal side of a firearm floor plate. The lock plate has a base plate and a disengagement mechanism affixed to a proximal side of the base plate. The disengagement mechanism has a protrusion configured to extend into the passage of the floor plate when the floor plate and the lock plate abut one another. The protrusion has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is shaped to extend into the passage of the floor plate. The second portion is shaped to extend through the passage of the floor plate and protrude from the proximal side of the floor plate.
US10809023B2
A system and an apparatus for positioning a plurality of flexible cleaning lances includes a frame removably fastened parallel to a row of tubes in a tube sheet within a domed end of a heat exchanger. A chassis support member is mounted on the frame for movement in an X direction. A chassis having spaced apart parallel box rail members is movably mounted on the chassis support member for movement of the chassis in a Y direction. A rotary arm extends from the chassis, and a flexible lance guide hand fastened to a distal end of the rotary arm is configured to maintain a plurality of flexible lance guide tubes in parallel alignment with the row of tubes irrespective of an angle between the rotary arm and the frame. The system may include a lance drive and a snout connected between the lance drive and the positioning apparatus.
US10809016B2
Heat exchanger system with additively manufactured heat transfer tube that follows a non-linear path
A heat exchanger system for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of fins; and an additively manufactured heat transfer tube that extends through the plurality of fins, the additively manufactured heat transfer tube follows a non-linear path though said plurality of fins.
US10809015B2
A coolant supply device includes a coolant tank having first and second coolant reservoirs arranged in parallel with a predetermined space therebetween and a communicating part arranged between the first and second coolant reservoirs to allow them to communicate with each other, and formed to have a U-shaped overall shape. The coolant supply device further includes pumps pumping up coolant from the second coolant reservoir and supplying the coolant to predetermined destinations. The coolant supplied by the pumps is returned to the first coolant reservoir and flows into the second coolant reservoir through the communicating part. The first coolant reservoir has a first agitating nozzle body disposed therein for discharging coolant to assist a flow of coolant flowing toward the communicating part, and the second coolant reservoir has a second agitating nozzle body disposed therein for discharging coolant to assist a flow of coolant flowing therein from the communicating part.
US10809013B2
A stack of heating surface elements includes a first heating surface element (4) having first (10), second (12) and third (14) zones arranged sequentially along a primary gas flow direction (A). The first zone (10) includes a herringbone structure, the second zone (12) includes a flat structure, and the third zone (14) includes a plurality of corrugations extending in the primary gas flow direction (A). The corrugations have flat peak and trough regions. The stack also includes a second heating surface element (36), where the second heating surface element includes a plurality of corrugations extending in the primary gas flow direction (A).
US10809012B2
A heat pipe includes an intermediate metal layer interposed between outermost metal layers, an inlet passage defined by opposing wall portions of the intermediate metal layer and the outermost metal layers, and a porous body provided at one or both of the wall portions. The porous body includes a first bottomed hole that caves in from one surface of the intermediate metal layer, a second bottomed hole that caves in from the other surface of the intermediate metal layer, and a pore formed by the first bottomed hole that partially communicates with the second bottomed hole. The outermost metal layers, the intermediate metal layer, the inlet passage, and the porous body form an inlet for filling a working fluid into the heat pipe.
US10809008B2
A compressor system includes a compressor having a discharge port; and a shell and tube heat exchanger fluidly coupled to the discharge port. The heat exchanger includes a shell and a tube bundle disposed inside the shell. The shell includes a first flat portion extending along a longitudinal axis of the shell from a first end of the shell to a second end of the shell, and a second flat portion parallel to the first flat portion and extending along the longitudinal axis between the first end and the second end. The tube bundle is positioned between the first flat portion and the second flat portion, and extends along the longitudinal axis between the first end of the shell and the second end of the shell.
US10809005B2
A molten metal processing apparatus selected from a pump, a degasser, a flux injector, and a scrap submergence device constructed to include at least one element comprised of C/C composite.
US10808993B2
Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a main body; a storage room formed in the inside of the main body; a door including a front plate which is made of a steel material and in which a plurality of through holes forming a predetermined shape are formed, the door configured to open or close the storage room; a display unit disposed in the inside of the door, and including a display member in which a display element having a shape corresponding to the plurality of through holes and facing the plurality of through holes is formed; and an input member separated from the display unit, and configured to receive an operation command for operating the refrigerator.
US10808985B2
A sensing module according to an embodiment includes: a substrate; a sensing electrode formed on a first surface of the substrate; a reaction layer formed on the first surface of the substrate and burying an upper surface of the substrate and the sensing electrode; a driving unit electrically connected to the sensing electrode formed on the first surface of the substrate and processing a sensing signal transmitted through the sensing electrode; and a protective layer formed surrounding the driving unit, wherein an impedance value of the reaction layer is changed by an external contact material, and the sensing electrode transmits the sensing signal with respect to the impedance value of the reaction layer to the driving unit.
US10808979B2
An ice storage amount adjusting system is disclosed. The ice storage amount adjusting system includes a chiller, an air-condition scheduler for outputting a scheduling parameter of an air-conditioner during a first time, an indoor-temperature setting module for outputting indoor-temperature setting condition during the first time, a building exterior-load collecting module for outputting exterior loading factors of a building during the first time, a weather forecasting data collecting module for outputting weather forecasting data during an upcoming second time, and an air-condition loading predictor. The air-condition loading predictor predicts an air-condition loading of the air-conditioner at the second time based on the scheduling parameter, the indoor-temperature setting condition, the exterior loading factors and the weather forecasting data. The chiller adjusts its ice storage amount to reach a target storage demand based on the predicted air-condition loading.
US10808978B2
Disclosed is a system of controlling an ice maker. The system includes: an ice making part producing ice; an ice reservoir storing the ice; a water reservoir storing water supplied from outside and providing the water to the ice making part or draining the water; and a controller, when a full state of the ice reservoir is sensed after an ice separation process of separating the ice produced in the ice making part is completed, stopping operation of the ice making part and allowing a first drainage of the water stored in the water reservoir to a predetermined water level and a second drainage of the stored water for a predetermined additional drainage time. In particular, the controller controls the additional drainage time desired for the second drainage by comparing an actual drainage time desired for the first drainage with a preset normal time.
US10808971B2
A thermoelectric assembly includes a thermoelectric module having a hot side and a cold side, where a heat sink is coupled with the hot side of the thermoelectric module and a cold sink is coupled with the cold side of the thermoelectric module. A gasket is disposed between the heat sink and the cold sink and extends around a portion of the thermoelectric module. A vapor barrier is attached to and covers an outer surface of the gasket to prevent water vapor from penetrating the outer surface of the gasket.
US10808970B2
An absorption refrigeration system (ARS), includes a sorbent-refrigerant pair that has an ionic liquid (IL) sorbent and a refrigerant that displays a lower critical lower critical solution temperature (LCST) at a temperature of 50 to 100° C., wherein the separation of the sorbent from the refrigerant occurs upon heating the sorbent-refrigerant pair to a temperature above the LCST. This liquid-liquid phase separation requires significantly less energy to desorb the refrigerant from the sorbent than vapor-liquid phase separation in traditional ABSs.
US10808964B2
A wall- or surface-mounted light fixture with a housing containing one or more external visible light sources to illuminate the space where the light fixture is mounted, one or more UV emitters inside the housing to destroy bacteria and pathogens, and one or more fans inside the housing that recirculate the air in a space and subject the air to the UV radiation inside the housing, destroying bacteria and pathogens in the air passing though the housing.
US10808963B2
A sensor device including a housing and a number of sensors. The housing includes a back plate including a mounting surface, a middle plate attached to the back plate, and a face plate attached to the middle plate, wherein the face plate is formed from a clear material and has a back surface and a front surface with the back surface positioned toward the middle plate and wherein a design is applied to the back surface of the face plate and is visible through the front surface of the face plate. The housing defines an interior housing volume and the number of sensors is positioned within the interior housing volume.
US10808962B2
An insulated HVAC duct component such as a transition box includes a first insulation layer and a second, different insulation layer. The transition box includes at least four sidewalls and one of a top and a back wall, the transition box further including a first access port and a second access port, the first access port having a different cross section than the second access port, one of the access ports being spaced from a nearest sidewall by less than 2 inches. The first insulation layer is located along an inside surface of the box. The second different insulation layer overlies the first insulation layer, the second different insulation layer having an air impervious surface, wherein the combined thickness of the first insulation layer and the second different insulation layer is less than 2 inches.
US10808956B2
A smart ventilation system which performs the ventilation of indoors, increases the air quality in closed spaces and maintains air quality, which is positioned over a window and includes: a ventilation module on a main body, which is attached to the window so as to control the air passage between indoors and outdoors; indoor and outdoor sensor groups which measure the air values indoors and outdoors, respectively; and an electronic card which analyzes the sensor values and engages one or more of an air intake fan group, an air outlet fan group, a dehumidifier, and a humidifier as a result of the analysis. A device provides the necessary energy from the adaptor and water reservoir.
US10808949B2
A humidity management device, a humidity management method, an air-conditioning system, and a method of operating an air-conditioning system are disclosed. The humidity management device includes a chamber having a first end and a second end, an air inlet disposed adjacent the first end, an air outlet disposed adjacent the second end, a rotatable brush disposed between the first and second ends, the brush having a sorbent-carrying surface, and sorbent distribution means configured to distribute a sorbent over the sorbent-carrying surface. The air inlet is configured to receive input air having a first humidity level. The air outlet is configured to draw the input air to contact the sorbent-carrying surface to thereby change a moisture content of the input air such that output air exiting the air outlet has a second humidity level different from the first humidity level.
US10808947B2
A heat source system managing device includes: a predicted heat demand upper limit calculating unit configured to calculate a predicted heat demand upper limit by adding a prediction error to a predicted heat demand value for a heat source system; an operation plan preparing unit configured to prepare an operation plan of the heat source system to supply heat of the predicted heat demand upper limit to a consuming facility; a surplus stored heat quantity calculating unit configured to repeatedly perform a process of calculating a surplus stored heat quantity by subtracting a heat quantity consumed by the consuming facility from the predicted heat demand upper limit; and an operation plan changing unit configured to sequentially change the operation plan by decreasing a future operation rate of a refrigerator to cancel the surplus stored heat quantity.
US10808943B2
A cooking engagement system includes a cooktop appliance and an interactive assembly positioned above the cooktop appliance. The interactive assembly includes an image monitor that presents various images and information to a user, e.g., recipes, and a capacitive touch sensor that senses touches on an imaging surface of the image monitor. When the capacitive touch sensor senses a capacitance level below a threshold indicative of contamination on the imaging surface, a controller communicatively coupled thereto activates an air handler to move or motivate an airflow across or about the image monitor. In this way, the image monitor may be cooled and condensation is prevented from forming on the imaging surface of the image monitor.
US10808941B2
Oven comprising: a muffle; operating means for heating an active zone defined within the volume delimited by said muffle; a camera for detecting one or more images showing food positioned in said active zone; a transmission unit associated with said camera and configured for sending said one or more images to an auxiliary device configured for at least displaying said one or more images.
US10808936B2
A heat shield panel for a gas turbine engine combustor may comprise a perimetrical rail extending at least partially around a perimeter of the heat shield panel and defining a main backside cavity, a plurality of air admittance holes, each air admittance hole extending along a hole axis, and a midrail dividing the main backside cavity into a first backside cavity and a second backside cavity, wherein at least a portion of the midrail is axially offset from at least one of the hole axes.
US10808925B2
A combustion fluid flow barrier includes an aperture to control combustion fluid flow. The combustion fluid is charged by a charge generator. The combustion fluid flow barrier includes at least one flow control electrode operatively coupled to the aperture and configured to selectively allow, attract, or resist passage of the charged combustion fluid through the aperture, depending on voltage applied to the flow control electrode.
US10808913B1
A flagpole lighting device includes a mounting stem, a dome assembly including an illumination dome and at least one light source; a mounting structure with a central portion and mounting arms; and mounting receptacles each including a receptacle fastener, a receptacle body, and body flanges; such that the flagpole lighting device is configured to be connected to a flagpole truck that is mounted on a top of a flagpole, such that the flagpole lighting device provides lighting for a flag mounted on the flagpole.
US10808906B2
A method for obtaining a luminous device the turned-on aspect of which is different from the turned-off aspect, the device including a mask that is able to be partially passed through by light, one or more light sources, and a closing outer lens that is placed downstream of the mask. The one or more light sources and the mask are arranged with respect to one another so that the mask directly or indirectly receives the light rays emitted by the one or more light sources and so that only some of these emitted light rays pass through the mask. The method includes a step of arranging the one or more light sources in the luminous device in number and in power so that the light rays exiting from the luminous device form a signalling light beam.
US10808904B2
To obtain projection images with high contrast when selective light irradiation is performed forward of its own vehicle. A lamp unit for a vehicular lamp system performing selective light irradiation to the surroundings of the own vehicle includes: a light source; an optical shutter part that modulates light emitted from the light source; and an optical system that projects the light transmitted through the optical shutter part. The optical shutter part includes: polarizers; a liquid crystal element disposed between the polarizers and where the initial alignment of liquid crystal molecules is horizontally aligned and causes an alignment change in the in-plane direction upon electric field application; a first optical plate which is a positive A-plate disposed between the polarizers closer to the light source and the liquid crystal element; and a second optical plate which is a positive C-plate disposed between the first optical plate and the liquid crystal element.
US10808902B1
A degree of freedom of upper and lower widths of an area in which light is emitted is secured such that a slim type head lamp is implemented. Further, a slim type lamp apparatus for a vehicle, in which a low beam and a high beam are implemented at the same lighting portion, and an overall size of an optical system is reduced such that it is advantageous to configure a package of an optical system, is disclosed.
US10808880B1
The disclosure relates to an adapter for connecting a firearm to a photographic support, the adapter comprising a body which can be detachably fixed to the photographic support, the adapter further comprising an elongate spigot extending from the body, wherein, in use, the spigot magnetically engages a mounting element fast or integral with the firearm. The disclosure also relates to combinations including an adapter and a photographic support, and/or a firearm.
US10808872B2
A tube coupling including a female connector a body into which a male connector having an annular collar is inserted axially, and a connection element is provided. The connection element extends in a transverse direction within the body of the female connector. The connection element is designed to interfere mechanically with the collar during insertion of the male connector and to move transversely of its own accord towards the inside of the female connector. The connection element includes a locking hook that co-operates with a locking catch provided in the female connector. The hook goes past the catch as a result of the mechanical interference of the collar that drives axial and radial elastic deformation of the connection element. The hook locks against the catch when the connection element is fully pushed into the female connector.
US10808863B2
In one embodiment, a valve arrangement is disclosed. The valve arrangement includes a housing defining a chamber, and the housing includes a plurality of ports. A first valve assembly includes a first valve body arranged and a second valve assembly includes a second valve body. A gear arrangement is configured to drive the first valve body in a first rotational direction and is configured to drive the second valve body in a second rotational direction, and the second rotational direction is opposite from the first rotational direction.
US10808861B2
The present specification is directed to a valve that has an orifice closing member adjacent to an orifice through which fluid can flow, a displacement member having a first portion and a second portion, where the first portion is adjacent to the orifice closing member when the valve is in an open position, a first magnet and a second magnet where the first and second magnets are sufficiently proximate to the displacement member to exert a magnetic force on the displacement member, and an actuator for generating a magnetic field to move the displacement member toward the first magnet, cause the first portion to press against the orifice closing member, and cause the orifice closing member to close the orifice.
US10808853B2
A pneumatic valve, includes an air chamber, a connector for supplying compressed air to the air chamber and one or more connectors for discharging compressed air from the air chamber. The valve includes an actuator with a mobile closure element which, when the actuator is activated, blocks the supply of compressed air via the supply connector, and when the actuator is deactivated, is arranged to permit the supply of compressed air via the supply connector. The actuator is configured such that the closure element, on deactivation of the actuator, is moved by a restoring force into the free position. A check valve with a spring is arranged at the supply connector. The elastic force of the spring in the free position of the closure element prevents back-flow of compressed air from the air chamber into the supply connector when there is no supply of compressed air at the supply connector.
US10808841B2
Disclosed herein is a gear actuator for a double clutch transmission. A power pack module is formed of a select solenoid, a shift motor, and a controller. Therefore, a wiring is omitted, so that defects pertaining to the wiring can be prevented, and the structure of the gear actuator is compact. Various parts can be used in common so that the production cost and the part management cost can be reduced.
US10808840B2
A transmission control device controls a CVT installed in a vehicle. The device has, as modes for the CVT, a CVT mode M1 for changing a transmission gear ratio steplessly based on the operating state of the vehicle, and a stepped transmission mode M2 for changing the transmission gear ratio stepwise based on the operating state of the vehicle. The device includes a transmission mode switching control unit (controller) 12 for controlling switching between the CVT mode M1 and the stepped transmission mode M2 based on an actual accelerator opening. The transmission mode switching control unit (controller) 12 performs switching from the CVT mode M1 to the stepped transmission mode M2, if the actual accelerator opening reaches or exceeds a first threshold value T1 set in a plurality of stages so as to increase stepwise in accordance with an increase in a vehicle speed.
US10808833B2
In a shift device, when a switch is operated, a moving portion, a first lock plate, a second lock plate and a third lock plate are moved toward a vehicle front side, and placement of the first lock plate, the second lock plate and the third lock plate at a return path is cancelled. Therefore, if the switch is operated when a lever is placed at other than a “P” position, due to a guide pin being moved along the return path toward an upper side by urging force of a return spring, the guide pin is returned to a vehicle front side end of a first lateral path, and the lever is returned to the “P” position. Due thereto, the lever can easily return to the “P” position from other than the “P” position.
US10808826B2
A system for monitoring lubrication of a drive train, including a lubricant pressure sensor to detect a pressure of the lubricant in the drive train and to provide a lubricant pressure signal; lubricant volume sensor to detect a volume of the lubricant in the drive train and to provide a lubricant volume signal; non-contact temperature sensor to detect a temperature of the drive train and to provide a non-contact temperature signal; and logic management system in communication with the lubricant pressure sensor, the lubricant volume sensor, and the non-contact temperature sensor; the logic management system configured to receive and process the lubricant pressure signal, the lubricant volume signal, and the non-contact temperature signal; wherein when the lubricant pressure signal reaches a predetermined minimum pressure level and the lubricant volume signal reaches a predetermined minimum volume level, the logic management system displays non-contact temperature measurement data to a display device.
US10808824B2
A bicycle sprocket assembly comprises a first sprocket. The first sprocket comprises a first sprocket body, a shifting facilitation area, and a plurality of first sprocket teeth. The plurality of first sprocket teeth includes a plurality of first teeth and a plurality of second teeth. The plurality of first teeth includes a shifting-facilitation tooth and a first driving tooth. A maximum axial top width of the shifting-facilitation tooth is smaller than a maximum axial bottom width of the shifting-facilitation tooth. The maximum axial top width of the shifting-facilitation tooth is smaller than a maximum axial top width of the first driving tooth. The plurality of second teeth includes a second driving tooth extending radially outwardly from the first sprocket body. The plurality of second teeth has a maximum axial width smaller than a maximum axial bottom width of the first driving tooth.
US10808819B2
A torque converter assembly configured to be connected between an engine and a transmission in a vehicle. The torque converter assembly comprises a cover plate having a cover plate pilot portion, a pump, a turbine, a stator, and a clutch assembly operably connected between the cover plate and the turbine. The clutch assembly comprises a piston plate having a single clutch face and a piston pilot portion. The cover plate pilot portion and the piston pilot portion are both configured to be piloted by the engine. A pilot plate located between the cover plate and clutch assembly can help control the amount and/or velocity of fluid that hydrodynamically connects various portions of the torque converter assembly.
US10808815B2
Provided is a shift control arrangement in a gearbox, comprising a first shift rod with a first end part connectable to a first power means and second end part connected to a first shift fork; a second shift rod with first end part connectable to a second power means and second end part connected to a second shift fork; a first set of grooves in the first shift rod, a second groove in the second shift rod; and a lock pin between the first and second shift rods, which lock pin, with the first set of grooves and the second groove restrict and/or allow axial movement of the respective first and second shift rods. The first end part of the first shift rod is provided with an axial directed cut out for non-conflicting with the lock pin, and the first end part of the second shift rod is provided with a control surface for axial movement of the lock pin.
US10808811B2
At a lift-up buckle device, due to a motor being driven and an output shaft of the motor being rotated, a drive screw is rotated. Further, a supporting tube rotatably supports a rear end portion of the drive screw. Here, the output shaft rotatably supports a front end portion of the drive screw. Therefore, offset between a rotation central axis of the output shaft and a rotation central axis of the drive screw can be suppressed.
US10808806B2
A multi-speed transmission including a plurality of planetary gearsets and a plurality of selective couplers to achieve at least nine forward speed ratios is disclosed. The plurality of planetary gearsets may include a first planetary gearset, a second planetary gearset, a third planetary gearset, and a fourth planetary gearset. The plurality of selective couplers may include a number of clutches and a number of brakes. The multi-speed transmission may have four planetary gearsets and six selective couplers. The six selective couplers may include three clutches and three brakes.
US10808790B2
Apparatus and methods to reduce unwanted motion in a payload of a precision instrument are described. The payload may be supported by an intermediate mass. A feedback signal based upon sensed motion of the intermediate mass may be applied to an intermediate-mass actuator arranged to drive the intermediate mass. Additionally, a feedforward signal may be applied to a payload actuator arranged to drive the payload and used to suppress unwanted motion of the payload. The feedforward signal may be derived from a source within the apparatus or external to the apparatus that would otherwise cause unwanted motion of the payload.
US10808787B2
Spring systems for subsea applications and equipment projects for the oil and gas industry are preferably manufactured from composite materials and include at least one pair of springs consisting of a first spring component and a second spring component, mounted so as to offer a first central contact region and double curvature and rebound areas forming a coupling. The pair of springs are thus, self-centering.
US10808766B2
A tool for inserting an H-Seal in a bearing includes a vertical part assembly having a top portion, a bottom portion, and a freely rolling disc. A first interconnecting portion is configured to engage a second interconnecting portion, the first interconnecting portion configured to receive the vertical part assembly through an opening in the first interconnecting portion. A gripping element connected to the top portion. A rolling disc mounted to the bottom portion of the vertical part assembly. First and second sliding pads having first and second evolutive guides that vary in shape from top to bottom and from back to front. The evolutive guides are configured to pass the H-Seal between the stages of being in a free state with lower lips opened outward, to pre-inserted into the bearing, to inserted into the bearing, to coming down into the bearing, to the lower lips opening outward.
US10808755B2
A multi-film oil damper suited for accommodating radial movement of a rotary shaft bearing relative to a bearing housing, the multi-film oil damper comprising: an annular damper cavity defined within the bearing housing between a radially outward wall and radially extending side walls; an inner damper ring; an outer damper ring disposed between the inner damper ring and the radially outward wall of the annular damper cavity; wherein the annular damper cavity has an oil inlet in communication with a source of pressurized oil; and wherein a radial thickness of the inner damper ring exceeds a radial thickness of the outer damper ring.
US10808741B2
A quick-release clamping mechanism secures two objects and rapidly attaches or detaches to secure the objects to one another in a rigid, repeatable manner. The mechanism is formed from two interconnecting contiguous pieces of material, free from hinges or other attachment devices. The first contiguous piece is attached to a first object, and the second contiguous piece is attached to a second object to be secured to the first object. The piece that forms the first profile can be a rail with a male protrusion. The piece that forms the second profile can be a rail with a female cavity that receives the male protrusion. The mechanism also includes a retention channel, a clamp bar, and a tension device that applies tension to the clamp bar to secure the mechanism. A secondary retention mechanism is provided to prevent separation of the components if the primary locking feature is disengaged inadvertently.
US10808740B2
A method of bonding a connector to a first object includes providing the first object and the connector, the connector extending between a proximal end and a distal end and has a connector body that forms a distally facing punching edge. At least one of the connector and of the first object includes a thermoplastic material in a solid state. The method further includes driving the connector into the first object and coupling mechanical vibration into the connector until the connector extends through a portion of the first object from a proximal side to a distal side thereof and material of the first object is punched out by the connector body, and until at least a flow portion of the thermoplastic material becomes flowable and flows relative to the first object and the connector body while the connector body remains solid. Thereafter, the thermoplastic material is allowed to re-solidify.
US10808739B2
A flow balancer to reduce turbulence and achieve a laminar water flow system for fish while being pumped. The flow balancer having a tubular guide for the fish made from spaced apart blades having a width greater than a thickness of the spaced blades forming the tubular guide. The tubular guide is constructed and arranged to prevent turbulent and non-parallel water flow and allow fish to pass in a laminar water flow.
US10808738B2
A method for the supply of compressed air of a compressed-air consumer having two fluidically separate, kinematically coupled working areas, wherein each of the working areas is assigned to a valve arrangement which can be independently controlled and can be configured between a blocking position, a first functional position for a fluidically communicating connection to a fluid course and a second functional position for a fluidically communicating connection to a fluid sink and wherein each of the two valve arrangements is configured individually depending on a predefinable movement task for the compressed-air consumer and depending, on at least two pressure values from the following group: supply pressure, first working area pressure, second working area pressure, discharge pressure, for a provision of a predefinable developing for a fluid mass flow or for a provision of a predefinable developing for a fluid pressure in the respective working area or for a provision of a predefinable developing of a valve cross-section.
US10808737B2
A hydraulic lock for an actuator having a movable shaft includes a lock cylinder having a first end and a second end. A slot is defined through a perimeter of the lock cylinder adjacent to the second end, and a bore is defined through a portion of the lock cylinder at the second end to extend towards the first end. The hydraulic lock includes at least one pawl having a first pawl end and a second pawl end. The first pawl end is releasably coupled to a groove defined in the shaft, and the second pawl end is coupled to the slot. The pawl is movable relative to the slot between a first, locked position in which the first pawl end is coupled to the groove to inhibit movement of the shaft, and a second, unlocked position in which the first pawl end is released from the groove.
US10808727B2
A ventilation fan includes a fan unit, a cover, a speaker and an outer cap. The fan unit has an air inlet and an air outlet. The cover is disposed on the air inlet and has an opening disposed corresponding to the air inlet. The speaker is detachably disposed on the cover. The outer cap is disposed on the air inlet. The cover is located between the fan unit and the outer cap, and the outer cap has a plurality of through holes configured as both of ventilation channels and sound output channels.
US10808725B2
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a turbomachine (100) is provided. The turbomachine includes: a rotor extending in an axial direction and comprising a driven side configured to be connected to a driving unit and a second side opposite the driven side; a housing extending around at least a portion of the rotor, wherein a main flow path for a process fluid extends between the rotor and the housing; a sealing arrangement, particularly a dry gas seal, configured for sealing a gap between the rotor and the housing at the driven side of the rotor; and a first magnetic bearing supporting the second side of the rotor. A fluid passage for a portion of the process fluid extends from the main flow path through a bearing gap of the first magnetic bearing. According to a further aspect, a method of operating a turbomachine is described.
US10808716B2
Disclosed is an enthalpy exchanger for changing the enthalpy of a throughflow medium to cool process water coming from an industrial process by passing air, including: an air inlet; an enthalpy exchanger panel guiding medium so the medium exchanges enthalpy with airflows let through by the air inlet; an air throughflow space connecting to the enthalpy exchanger panel so air can only flow into the air throughflow space via the air inlets and the enthalpy exchanger panels; a fan connecting to the air throughflow space and which draws in and blows out air via the air inlet, the enthalpy exchanger panel and the air throughflow space; and a rotation-symmetrical airflow-guiding element extends both into the air throughflow space and outside the enthalpy exchanger; the airflows in the air throughflow space converge at any position and are substantially free of vortices, turbulences and areas without suction.
US10808715B2
A heat dissipation fan including a hub and a plurality of metal fan blades disposed all around the hub. Each of the metal fan blades has a first end and a second end opposite to each other, wherein the first end is connected to the hub, and the metal fan blade has a flap wing at the second end. An angle is included between the flap wing and a surface of the metal fan blade.
US10808714B2
A fan main body member of a turbofan has multiple blades disposed around a fan axial center, a shroud ring coupled to each of the blades, and a fan hub portion coupled to each of the blades on a side opposite from the shroud ring. An other end side plate of the turbofan is joined to each of the other side blade end portions of the blade in a state of being fitted to the radially outer side of the fan hub portion. A fitting gap between the other end side plate and the fan hub portion is formed such that an outflow velocity of air when air passes through the fitting gap and outflows is reduced as compared to when air passes through a virtual reference gap that corresponds to the fitting gap and outflows.
US10808709B2
A fan capable of generating omnidirectional airflow includes a central shaft and a fan body. A windward surface of each of blades of the fan body and a radial direction of a motor of the fan body are perpendicular to each other. The central shaft is perpendicular to an axial direction of the motor. The fan body is connected with one side of a support unit. The central shaft is connected with a rotary device. The central shaft is fixed to the support unit. The rotary device can drive the support unit to rotate relative to the central shaft. When the fan is actuated, the blades generate 360-degree outward airflow, and the support unit is rotated by the rotary device so that the fan can generate omnidirectional airflow.
US10808700B2
A device for controlling the oil temperature of an oil-injected compressor installation with a compressor element that is provided with a gas inlet and an outlet for compressed gas that is connected to an oil separator that is connected by an injection pipe to the compressor element. A cooler is affixed in a part of the injection pipe that can be bypassed by means of a bypass pipe. The device is also provided with an extra pipe that is intended to be connected in parallel with the bypass pipe and the cooler, and in which an energy recovery system can be connected. Additionally, the device is provided with a flow distributor through the cooler, the bypass pipe and the extra pipe, and a controller for controlling these temperature control devices at the outlet of the compressor element.
US10808699B2
The present disclosure is directed to a screw compressor system having a rotor housing with a pair of screw rotors rotatably supported within a compression chamber. A suction side slide valve is in fluid communication with an inlet to the compression chamber. The suction side slide valve is movable between a closed position and a fully open position to define a variable suction side inlet volume for controlling capacity of the compressor.
US10808695B2
A fluid gear pump gear arranged to rotate about a first axis includes a concentrically disposed first hub portion and a plurality of first teeth radially projecting and circumferentially spaced about the first hub portion, the first hub portion and the first teeth being formed of a ceramic material. The gear also includes a first shaft on which the first hub portion is carried.
US10808690B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling a start-up of an electric vacuum pump for a vacuum system of a vehicle, wherein the start-up can occur according to at least two different start-up modes, i.e., according to a standard mode and according to at least one special mode, wherein in the standard mode the vacuum pump is connected to a supply voltage in a non-clocked manner and in the special mode the vacuum pump is connected to a supply voltage in a dynamically clocked manner.
US10808687B1
An on-demand fluid transfer pump includes a power head removably connectable on top of a stem that is removably connectable to a fluid supply. The power head includes an electric pump and a flow control unit configured to automatically switch the electric pump on and off. The flow control unit includes a magnetic sensor and the stem includes a suction tube, a fluid chamber, a plunger chamber, and a magnetic plunger reciprocable within the plunger chamber in response to pressure changes in the fluid chamber. The magnetic plunger is biased to deactuate the magnetic sensor to switch on the electric pump to pressurize the fluid supply for delivery to the fluid dispenser. The magnetic plunger is pushed when pressure in the fluid chamber rises to thereby actuate the magnetic sensor to switch off the electric pump.
US10808669B2
The present invention provides a batteryless engine system comprising a first detection unit configured to detect a rotation speed of an internal combustion engine, a second detection unit configured to detect a voltage of a capacitor in which charges are accumulated, and a control unit operated by a power supplied from a generator and configured to control supply of a power from the generator to an injector, a fuel pump, and an ignition device based on the rotation speed detected by the first detection unit and the voltage detected by the second detection unit in a starting period of the internal combustion engine by a recoil starter.
US10808668B2
Methods and systems are provided for an injector. In one example, the injector comprises at least two passages, wherein outlets of each of the passages are differently shaped than corresponding inlets of the passages. Further, in one or more examples, each of the outlets may be shaped and sized differently with respect to each other.
US10808658B2
Provided is a connection state determination device. The connection state determination device for the breather pipe determines the connection state of a breather pipe in an internal combustion engine having a supercharger, and the breather pipe is connected between an engine body including a crank case and an intake passage on the upstream side of a compressor of the supercharger, and communicates the crank case and the intake passage. The connection state determination device includes a pipe internal pressure sensor that detects the pressure inside the breather pipe, a pulsation waveform obtaining part for obtaining pulsation due to the variation of pressure inside the breather pipe as a pulsation waveform based on the detected pressure, and a connection state determination part that determines the connection state of the breather pipe based on the pulsation waveform.
US10808656B2
An intake and exhaust system for preventing generation of condensed water may include: an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system circulating some of combustion gas from an exhaust pipe to an intake pipe; an active purging system compressing and supplying evaporation gas generated from a fuel tank to the intake pipe; and a controller to control the EGR system and the active purging system. In particular, the controller calculates a saturated water vapor pressure based on temperature at a position between the EGR system and the intake pipe, and calculates a saturated water vapor pressure based on temperature of the intake pipe and then compares one of the two saturated water vapor pressures with a water vapor pressure of intake air so as to reduce an EGR rate of the EGR system or a purging rate of the active purging system based on the comparison result.
US10808655B2
Methods and devices are disclosed for introducing a fresh airflow, crankcase ventilation gases, fuel, and charge bypass flow upstream of a pressure source of an internal combustion engine.
US10808648B2
A nacelle assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a core nacelle defined at least partially about a core engine, a fan nacelle mounted at least partially around the core nacelle to define a fan bypass flow path, and a variable area fan nozzle in communication with the fan bypass flow path. The variable area fan nozzle has a first fan nacelle section and a second fan nacelle section downstream of the first fan nacelle section. The first fan nacelle section and the second fan nacelle section are axially movable relative to one another to define an auxiliary port to vary a fan nozzle exit area and adjust fan bypass airflow. The auxiliary port is defined between the first fan nacelle section and the second fan nacelle section. The first fan nacelle section comprises a first acoustic system which provides an acoustic impedance configured to attenuate a noise characterized by a leading edge of the second fan nacelle section. The first acoustic system is defined at least in part within a trailing edge region of the first fan nacelle section. A method of reducing a total effective perceived noise level of a gas turbine engine with a variable area fan nozzle is also disclosed.
US10808626B1
An engine for an aircraft includes an engine core including a turbine, a compressor, and a core shaft connecting the turbine to the compressor; a fan located upstream of the engine core, the fan including a plurality of fan blades; and a gearbox. The gearbox is arranged to receive an input from a core shaft and to output drive to a fan to drive the fan at a lower rotational speed than the core shaft. The gearbox is an epicyclic gearbox and includes a sun gear, a plurality of planet gears, a ring gear, and a planet carrier on which the planet gears are mounted. A ratio of radial bending stiffness of the planet carrier to torsional stiffness of the planet carrier is within a specified range.
US10808616B2
A gas turbine engine is provided that includes a compressor section, a combustor section, a diffuser case module, a turbine section, and a manifold. The diffuser case module includes a multiple of struts within an annular flow path from said compressor section to said combustor section, wherein at least one of said multiple of struts defines a mid-span pre-diffuser inlet in communication with said annular flow path. The manifold is in communication with said mid-span pre-diffuser inlet and said turbine section.
US10808603B2
An engine system includes an engine with a crankshaft. The crankshaft is rotatable about a crankshaft axis that is defined in a first plane. A turbocharger includes a turbine and a compressor. The turbine is configured to be driven by an exhaust gas flow from the engine and drive the compressor about a common turbocharger axis. An included angle defined between a projection of the common turbocharger axis onto the first plane and the crankshaft axis is an acute angle.
US10808602B2
An internal combustion engine includes a fuel injection nozzle that is arranged at the center of an upper surface of a combustion chamber with an injection port thereof exposed in the combustion chamber, and a piston arranged in a cylinder. On a top surface of the piston, a flow guide passage is provided which extends from an inlet exposed on the side of a wall of a bore of the cylinder to an outlet exposed on the side of a center of the bore. The flow guide passage preferably includes a flow guide plate having a ring shape, and a strut that fixes the flow guide plate to the top surface of the piston in such a manner that a clearance extending from an outer edge to an inner edge of the flow guide plate is formed between the flow guide plate and the top surface of the piston.
US10808594B2
A system providing an approach for catalytic converter warmup mode is applicable to multiple vehicle applications including hybrid vehicles. The system determines exhaust enthalpy during conditions including transient engine speed and transient engine load for a catalytic converter receiving exhaust output from an engine. Multiple exhaust parameter measurement devices each measure exhaust conditions entering the catalytic converter. A processor receives output from each of the exhaust parameter measurement devices and continuously calculates an enthalpy of the catalytic converter. The calculated enthalpy of the catalytic converter is repeatedly compared to a predetermined enthalpy threshold required to achieve catalytic light-off saved in a memory.
US10808589B2
A system and method for treating an engine exhaust is provided. In particular, waste heat from an engine exhaust is stored in a latent heat storage structure through a controllable heat exchanger and a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalytic converter is heated by the stored thermal energy in the latent heat storage structure using the controllable heat exchanger. The exhaust treatment system includes a selective catalytic reduction catalytic converter that has an inlet for connecting to an internal combustion engine to intake an engine exhaust and an outlet to output a catalytically treated engine exhaust. The system further includes a latent heat storage structure and a controllable heat exchanger for selectively exchanging heat to and from the catalytic converter and the latent heat storage structure.
US10808567B2
In one embodiment, a plant control apparatus controls a power plant that includes a combustor to burn fuel with oxygen introduced from an inlet guide vane to generate gas, a gas turbine driven by the gas from the combustor, a heat recovery steam generator to generate steam using heat of an exhaust gas from the gas turbine, and a steam turbine driven by the steam from the heat recovery steam generator. The apparatus controls an angle of the inlet guide vane before a start of the steam turbine to a first angle, controls the angle of the inlet guide vane after the start of the steam turbine to a second angle larger than the first angle, and reduce the angle of the inlet guide vane from the second angle to the first angle or more during the predetermined period.
US10808564B2
A blade outer air seal assembly includes a seal segment that has a base portion that extends between a first circumferential side and a second circumferential side and from a first axial side to a second axial side. A first wall is axially spaced from a second wall. The first and second walls extend from the base portion to an outer wall to define a circumferentially extending seal passage. A wear liner is within the seal passage.
US10808562B2
A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a housing mountable to an engine static structure, a seal carrier secured to the housing and configured to be selectively biased from the housing, and a wedge seal secured to the seal carrier. The wedge seal abuts against sealing surfaces of adjacent blade outer air seals in response to movement of the seal carrier relative to the housing. The wedge seal is separate and distinct from the seal carrier. A method of sealing between adjacent components of a gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
US10808555B2
Thermal barrier coatings, which may be used in gas turbine engines, comprise or consist of a tantala-niobia-zirconia mixture that is stabilized with two or more stabilizers. An exemplary thermal barrier coating comprises or consists of, by mole percent: about 2% to about 30% YO1.5; about 8% to about 30% YbO1.5 or GdO1.5 or combination thereof; about 6% to about 30% TaO2.5; about 0.1% to about 10% NbO2.5; about 0% to about 10% HfO2; and a balance of ZrO2.
US10808553B2
Turbine vane assemblies incorporating both metallic and ceramic matrix composite materials are provided in the present disclosure. The turbine vane assemblies further include interface components that allow for differing rates of thermal expansion in the ceramic matrix composite components and the metallic components.
US10808549B2
An airfoil includes a platform that has platform leading and trailing ends, lateral side faces, and inner and outer faces. An airfoil portion extends outwardly from the inner face of the platform. The airfoil portion includes airfoil leading and trailing ends and side walls that join the airfoil leading and trailing ends. The platform includes a cooling passage that has an inlet at a forward location, outlet slots at the platform trailing end, and an intermediate passage portion that extends from the inlet to the outlet slots. The intermediate passage portion includes a common manifold region that feeds the outlet slots. The platform includes a rib that is elongated in a length direction between the platform leading and trailing ends. The rib divides two of the cooling passages such that the two cooling passages are fluidly unconnected with each other in the platform.
US10808546B2
An airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes an outer airfoil wall that provides an exterior surface and multiple radially extending cooling passages. The exterior surface provides pressure and suctions sides joined by leading and trailing edges. The cooling passages include a supply passage arranged upstream from and in fluid communication with a trailing edge passage. A cooling hole extends through the outer airfoil wall from the supply passage to the exterior surface on the suction side.
US10808544B1
A turbomachine airfoil element includes an airfoil that has pressure and suction sides spaced apart from one another in a thickness direction and joined to one another at leading and trailing edges. The airfoil extends in a radial direction a span that is in a range of 4.35-4.65 inch (110.5-118.1 mm). A chord length extends in a chordwise direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge at 50% span and is in a range of 2.45-2.75 inch (62.2-69.9 mm). The airfoil element includes at least two of a first mode with a frequency of 255±10% Hz, a second mode with a frequency of 818±10% Hz, a third mode with a frequency of 1439±10% Hz, a fourth mode with a frequency of 2035±10% Hz, a fifth mode with a frequency of 3033±10% Hz and a sixth mode with a frequency of 3740±10% Hz.
US10808542B2
A method of forming a gas turbine engine component according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, attaching a cover skin to an airfoil body, the airfoil body and the cover skin cooperating to define pressure and suction sides of an airfoil, and moving the airfoil in a forming line including a plurality of stations. The plurality of stations include a set of heating stations, a deforming station and a set of cool down stations. The moving step includes positioning the airfoil in the set of heating stations to progressively increase a temperature of the airfoil, then positioning the airfoil in the deforming station including causing the airfoil to deform between first and second dies, and then positioning the airfoil in the set of cool down stations to progressively decrease the temperature of the airfoil.
US10808537B2
In order to compensate for the increase in a leakage rate of ventilation air originating in a circuit via a labyrinth seal that gradually wears at the bottom of a ventilation chamber, and the reduction of a purge rate via an opening upstream from the chamber, a second injection opening is added to a main injection opening. The second injection opening communicates with the chamber via a second labyrinth seal that wears at the same time as the first, and thus gradually increases the air flow rate passing through the injector in order to compensate for the additional leakage rate through the first injector and maintain the ventilation at its initial level.
US10808535B2
The disclosure provides a blade with an airfoil including: a root region at a first radial end; a tip region at a second radial end opposite the first radial end; and a midspan region between the root region and the tip region and at least one endwall connected with the root region or the tip region of the airfoil along the suction side, the pressure side, the trailing edge and the leading edge, wherein the midspan region includes a reduced axial width relative to an axial width of the root region and an axial width of the tip region, and a reduced opening-to-pitch ratio at the midspan region relative to the root and tip regions.
US10808526B2
A system may comprise a transmitter amplifier, a first isolation module, a first transducer, a first receiver, a second isolation module, a second transducer, wherein the second isolation module is connected to the second transducer, and a second receiver, wherein the second isolation module and the second transducer are connected to the second receiver. A method may comprise disposing a downhole tool into a wellbore, transmitting an excitation signal from the transmitter amplifier to the first transducer and the second transducer through the first isolation module and second isolation module, and creating a pressure pulse from the first transducer and the second transducer, sensing the echo with the first transducer and the second transducer, converting the echo into a received signal at the first transducer and the second transducer, and transmitting the received signal to the first receiver and the second receiver.
US10808521B2
This disclosure describes a method of assessing fractures in an underground formation using temperature profile measured by a DTS. The fractures can be identified by a temperature profile established by the feedback signals obtained from the DTS, but the DTS measurements are made at least 36 hours after a stage is fractured and during shut-in, thus allow crossflow and other noise sources to abate. Further, the size of the temperature differential is indicative of fracture spacing or density, not volume of fluid flow as thought in the prior art. Thus, these methods can be used to optimize the next stage or next well in a fracturing program.
US10808516B2
A crossover of an electric submersible pump (ESP) gas separator. The crossover comprises a skirt defining a plurality of exits, passageways, and entrances, each exit associated with one of the passageways and one of the entrances, wherein each entrance is proximate to an inner chamber of the gas separator and a jacket circumferentially surrounding the skirt and defining a plurality of exits, wherein the rotational position of the jacket relative to the skirt is adjustable.
US10808515B1
Method of arranging proppant in a fracture of a subterranean formation are disclosed. The methods can include (a) introducing a first fluid blend through a wellbore and into the fracture to form a first proppant bank in the fracture, and (b) introducing a second fluid blend through the wellbore and into the fracture to form a second proppant bank in the fracture, wherein a viscosity of the first fluid blend is less than a viscosity of the second fluid blend. The flow of the fluids can be alternated or switched between a lower viscosity fluid blend(s) and a higher viscosity fluid blend(s), without stopping a flow of fluid to the fracture.
US10808511B2
The complexity of a fracture network within a subterranean formation may be enhanced by pumping a high breakdown pressure fluid followed by a low breakdown pressure fluid into the formation. The method increases the Stimulated Reservoir Volume (SRV) of the formation and provides for a network of ancillary fractures within the formation.
US10808508B2
A liner deployment assembly (LDA) for use in a wellbore includes: a crossover tool. The crossover tool includes: a seal for engaging a tubular string cemented into the wellbore; a tubular housing carrying the seal and having bypass ports straddling the seal; a mandrel having a bore therethrough and a port in fluid communication with the mandrel bore, the mandrel movable relative to the housing between a bore position where the mandrel port is isolated from the bypass ports and a bypass position where the mandrel port is aligned with one of the bypass ports; a bypass chamber formed between the housing and the mandrel and extending above and below the seal; and a control module. The control module includes: an electronics package; and an actuator in communication with the electronics package and operable to move the mandrel between the positions.
US10808503B2
The disclosed embodiments include a method to protect a downhole generator from overvoltage. In one embodiment, the method includes determining a speed of an alternator. The method also includes activating overvoltage protection mode if the speed of the alternator is greater than a threshold speed, where activating the overvoltage protection mode includes converting an alternating current measured at the alternator into a first component and a second component of a direct current. Activating the overvoltage protection mode also includes determining a first current threshold based on at least one component of the downhole generator. Activating the overvoltage protection mode also includes shutting down the downhole generator if the first component of the direct current is greater than the first current threshold and decreasing a magnetic flux of the downhole generator if the first component of the direct current is not greater than the first current threshold.
US10808502B2
The present invention discloses a method for optimizing sensor network node location in a geological CO2 storage area. In the method, by analyzing data in a monitoring area, such as geological data, geographical data, and meteorological data, analyzing influence factors of a CO2 leakage event and determining a sensitivity partition, designing different coverage control schemes of monitoring sensor network nodes, or intensively or sparsely arranging sensor monitoring nodes, a coverage network is described and optimally expressed on the basis of Delaunay triangulation. In the method for optimizing sensor network node location in a geological carbon dioxide storage area, the arrangement density of wireless sensor network nodes can be dynamically adjusted according to geological and geographical features of a detection area, and the arrangement optimization of a dynamic monitoring sensor network for coal seam carbon dioxide injection area leakage can be realized. The method reduces node redundancy and communication overheads as much as possible, and has strong network coverage and network connectivity.
US10808495B2
Certain embodiments are directed to magnetic rheological packer systems that seal an annulus in a downhole wellbore. In one embodiment, the seal is formed from a two-part epoxy and magnetorheological composition. The epoxy and magnetorheological compositions are allowed to be shaped by a magnetic field provided by one or more magnets exerting a magnetic field to place the packer seal.
US10808494B2
An anchor and seal system including a slip, a cone in radially expanding communication with the slip, an element in loadable communication with the cone, and a pusher configured to radially displace the element to reside on an element retention surface of the pusher. A method for treating a borehole including running an anchor and seal system above to depth, activating a setting arrangement to anchor and seal the anchor and seal system.
US10808493B2
A technique facilitates temporary locking of a mechanical packer to prevent inadvertent actuation of the mechanical packer. The mechanical packer may be set via manipulation of a setting mandrel which works in cooperation with a releasable locking mechanism. The releasable locking mechanism may be initially locked against the setting mandrel and held in place via a piston, e.g. an annular piston, received in a piston chamber, e.g. an annular chamber surrounding the setting mandrel. The piston may be selectively shifted via pressure applied in the piston chamber so as to release the releasable locking mechanism, thus enabling actuation of the mechanical packer.
US10808483B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system for directing the flow of fluids via a production tree. The production tree extends upwardly from a lower surface to an upper surface and at least partially enclosing an upper section of a production bore and an upper section of an annulus bore, wherein one of a lower section and the upper section of the production bore includes a first production valve, the upper section of the production bore includes a second production valve, and the upper section of the annulus bore includes a second annulus valve.
US10808480B2
A downhole tool includes a setting tool having an outer surface, an inner surface defining a passage and a terminal end. An actuator mechanism is arranged in the passage. A setting member is arranged at the terminal end in the passage. The setting member includes a side portion that is angled radially inwardly from a first end portion to a second end portion. A collet member extends over the setting member, and a seal member is operatively connected to the collet member at the second end portion of the setting member.
US10808465B2
A tubular handling system for conducting subterranean operations is disclosed and can include a bridge disposed within a tubular storage area and coupled to a guide rail. The bridge is configured to translate from a first bridge position to a second bridge position along the guide rail and over the tubular storage area. The tubular handling system can further include an arm coupled to the bridge and a gripper coupled to the arm. The gripper can be adapted to engage a first tubular.
US10808461B2
An angular offset tool for directionally drilling an underground borehole is formed from a collar, a housing, and a wedge. The collar and the housing are joined by a ball-and-socket connection. An internal wedge is situated between the collar and the housing within the ball-and-socket connection such that the collar and housing are joined at a non-straight angle. At least one of the collar and the housing has a recess formed in an element of the ball-and-socket connection. The wedge is situated in the recess in contacting relationship with the collar and the housing. The wedge and the housing have interlocking features that prevent rotation of the wedge within the recess.
US10808457B2
The geared window shade bracket comprises a sprocket having a ring gear on an inside circumference of the sprocket; a chain configured to be engaged with the sprocket such that, in response to pulling on the chain, the sprocket rotates; a sun gear that is configured to be restricted from rotation; one or more planet gears configured to rotate around the sun gear, wherein the one or more planet gears interface with the ring gear; and a planetary carrier configured to mate with the one or more planet gears. In response to the chain being pulled, the sprocket rotates, causing the planet gears to rotate, causing the planetary carrier to rotate, causing the hub to rotate, and causing a shade tube to rotate.
US10808449B1
Various embodiments, relate to a system of lockers including a plurality of tracks and a plurality of walls. At least two of the plurality of walls slidably coupled to at least two of the plurality of tracks. Four of the plurality of walls form four sides of a locker cavity. The system also includes a plurality of doors. Each of the plurality of doors are oriented perpendicular to the plurality of the walls. A first door of the plurality of doors is coupleable to a second door of the plurality of doors so as to form a third door, and at least one of the plurality of doors form one side of the locker cavity. The system also includes a back wall, which forms one side of the locker cavity. The system further includes a lock for securing positions of the plurality of walls and of the plurality of doors.
US10808444B2
A spindle drive for an adjustment element of a motor vehicle is provided. The spindle drive has a drive unit and a spindle-spindle nut transmission arranged downstream of the drive unit in terms of drive for generating linear drive movements. The drive unit has a tubular drive unit housing and therein a drive motor. In some cases an intermediate transmission is arranged downstream of the drive motor in terms of drive. The drive unit and the spindle-spindle nut transmission are arranged one behind the other on the geometrical spindle axis, and a spindle drive housing is provided with a tubular inner housing and a tubular outer housing. The inner housing runs in a telescope-like manner in the outer housing. In some cases the outer housing of the spindle drive housing accommodates the drive unit with the drive unit housing and is connected to the drive unit.
US10808435B2
A latch includes a housing, a fork bolt operably coupled to the housing and pivotal between an unlatched position, a primary latched position, and a secondary latched position, and a detent lever operably coupled to the housing and arranged to cooperate with the fork bolt. A drive link is operatively connected to the fork bolt and to the detent lever. An override lever is operably coupled to the drive link. A manual release lever is operably coupled to the override lever. The manual release lever is movable between a rest position and a release position. The drive link is automatically moved out of a path of rotation of the fork bolt when the manual release lever is moved to the release position.
US10808430B2
A security device for holding a phone, camera, tablet, smart watch or other valuable item so that it can be viewed and used by a person, without the valuable item being readily removed from the security device. The security device has at least two clamping elements to clamp an item on two sides and clamping means to draw the at least two clamping elements together to clamp the item.
US10808415B2
The present invention discloses a high-capacity drilling rig system that includes novel design features that alone and more particularly in combination facilitate a fast rig-up and rig-down with a single set of raising cylinders and maintains transportability features. In particular, a transport trailer is disclosed having a first support member and a drive member which align the lower mast portion with inclined rig floor ramps and translate the lower mast legs up the ramps and into alignment for connection. A pair of wing brackets is pivotally deployed from within the lower mast width for connection to the raising cylinder for raising the mast from a horizontal position into a vertical position. A cantilever is pivotally deployed from beneath the rig floor to a position above it for connection to the raising cylinder for raising the substructure from a collapsed position into the erect position.
US10808410B2
A set of panels including first and second panels. The first and second panels have a first, second and third edge. The first edge of the first panel is configured to be able to be locked together with both the second edge and the third edge of the second panel. The first edge includes a first locking element configured to be able to cooperate with a first locking groove at the second edge and a second locking groove at the third edge for locking in a horizontal direction. The first edge includes a tongue groove configured to cooperate with a tongue at the second edge and a tongue at the third edge for locking in a vertical direction. The first locking element includes a first locking surface configured to cooperate with a second locking surface on the first locking groove, for locking in the horizontal and the vertical direction.
US10808401B2
A ceiling support system includes a support beam configured to enable modular assembly of the dropped ceiling and including a core portion. A length of a face of the core portion extends along a first axis transverse to a length of first and second lateral sides of the core portion, which extends along a second axis. The support beam includes a base, a first hook extension having a first clip ledge extending from the first lateral side of the core portion and a first lip extending from a first distal edge of the first clip ledge, and a second hook extension having a second clip ledge extending from the first lateral side of the core portion and a second lip extending from a second distal edge of the second clip ledge. The first hook extension and the second hook extension are configured to receive a slidable joining clip therebetween.
US10808394B1
A modular structure includes a sill and a plurality of interlocking panels. The interlocking panels are attached to one another to form a panel assembly having a first end and a second end. The first end of the panel assembly is attached to a first side of the sill, and the second end of the panel assembly is attached to a second, opposing side of the sill.
US10808393B2
A method for forming a plurality of beams connected in series is provided. The method comprises the following steps: providing a plurality of columns; providing a plurality of pre-assembled bar combinations, wherein each of the plurality of pre-assembled bar combinations comprises a plurality of lower main bars and a plurality of lower stirrups, and at least one end of the plurality of the lower main bars has connection sections extending beyond the plurality of lower stirrups; hoisting each of the bar combinations so that the two ends thereof are placed on top of two adjacent columns of the plurality of columns and the connection sections of the plurality of lower main bars of adjacent plurality of bar combinations overlap; and connecting the plurality of connection sections of the plurality of lower main bars of the adjacent plurality of bar combinations.
US10808390B2
There is provided a plastic infiltration unit comprising: a top deck, at least one pillar extending from the top deck, wherein the at least one pillar includes a plurality of compartments, wherein at least one of the compartments is laterally enclosed, and wherein the top deck and the at least one pillar are produced in one piece. There is further provided a plastic base plate for use with a plastic infiltration unit. There is further provided a plastic infiltration unit side plate. There is yet further provided a plastic in filtration system for deployment underground comprising a plastic infiltration unit and a plastic base plate, wherein the at least one pillar of the plastic infiltration unit is received at the receiving location of the plastic base plate.
US10808384B2
A well management system provides Internet-enabled monitoring, configuration, and control of a well system that may include a pump and a pressure tank. A controller is operatively coupled to the pump. The controller controls the pump based on pressure readings from a pressure sensor to maintain a configured pressure range within the system. The controller can communicate with a management system via a communications network. The management system is further in communication with one or more client devices, which may be associated with a homeowner, a service provider, a manufacturer, or the like. Via the management system, the client devices can receive information from the controller and send commands to the controller.
US10808382B2
A system and method for preventing a run-away state of an industrial machine. Joints of the industrial machine are monitored in order to determine if the industrial machine is in danger of entering a run-away state. If a joint parameter exceeds a threshold value, which is indicative of the potential to enter a run-away state, then a force or torque limit is increased so that the industrial machine has additional force or torque to slow down the industrial machine when decelerating. This additional torque prevents the industrial machine from entering the run-away state.
US10808379B1
A method of cutting a microtrech in which the buried utility is exposed by opening an access hole in a roadway above the buried utility using a roadway access hole drill that rotates and vibrates the drill bit. A roadway access hole drill having a down-the-hole jack-hammer drill bit and a motor to rotate the down-the-hole jack-hammer drill.
US10808371B2
A method for constructing a building on a water-body. The method includes piling a plurality of piles on a bed of the water-body for laying a foundation for the building. The method further includes marking a reference-mark on each of the plurality of piles at a predefined-distance from a surface of the water-body. The method also includes cutting each of the plurality of piles along the reference-mark. The method further comprises installing a first pile-cap, having a plurality of guiding elements extending therefrom, over a first set of piles of the plurality of piles. The method also comprises installing a second pile-cap over a second set of piles of the plurality of piles.
US10808369B2
A device for collecting debris from a ground surface, comprising a flexible generally planar member with an opening therethrough such that when the device is laid on and moved forwardly over the ground surface debris on the ground surface passes upwardly through the opening onto a collection surface of the device, the device having an inclined surface extending upwardly and rearwardly from a transverse edge which forms a rear edge of the opening, wherein the device further includes at least one longitudinal retaining barrier extending at least partly across the collection surface such that at least part of the debris on the collection surface is retained from transverse movement along the collection surface by the longitudinal retaining barrier.
US10808368B2
A system and method for the application of friction-modifying coatings to roadways, walkways, pathways and other areas subject to vehicular, human or animal traffic, the system and method comprising the controlled, simultaneous application of binder and filler to a surface of a substrate, using a mobile device which passes over the substrate as the binder and filler are being applied. The system includes a frame coupled to a vehicle. A binder applicator is mounted on the frame and includes an array of spray nozzles coupled to a resin container. An air knife is mounted on the frame and coupled to an air compressor for generating an air curtain. An aggregate dispenser bar including at least one aggregate dispenser is coupled to an aggregate bin and mounted on the frame for dispensing aggregate.
US10808354B2
The invention pertains to a method to manufacture a textile product comprising a first sheet having polymer yarns fastened to this sheet to form a pile thereon, the method comprising providing the sheet, stitching the polymer yarns through the sheet to form the pile on a first surface of the sheet and loops of the yarns at a second surface of the sheet, heating the second surface of the sheet to at least partly melt the loops of the yarns to fasten the yarns to the sheet, wherein the method comprises measuring a roughness of the second surface with the at least partly molten loops of the yarns thereon, after the at least partly molten loops have solidified and, if the roughness differs from a predetermined surface roughness, adapting the method to manufacture the textile product, in order to obtain a second surface roughness that differs from the measured surface roughness. The invention also pertains to a device for applying this method.
US10808350B2
Disclosed is a laundry treatment apparatus configured to directly heat a drum containing laundry therein. The laundry treatment apparatus comprising: a tub; a drum configured to rotate within the tub and to contain laundry therein, the drum being formed of a metallic material; and an induction module provided at an outer surface of the tub and configured to heat a surface of the drum within the tub via induction, the induction module comprising: a coil that comprises a wire through which an electric current is configured to pass so as to generate a magnetic field; and a base housing configured to accommodate the coil by defining a coil slot in which the wire of the coil is received, the coil slot having a width that is less than a diameter of the wire.
US10808347B2
A washing machine appliance having a partition assembly is provided herein. The washing machine appliance may include a cabinet, a tub disposed within the cabinet, a basket, a partition plate, and a plurality of fluid guides. The basket may be rotatably mounted within the tub. The basket may include a bottom wall and a sidewall defining a chamber for receipt of a load of items for washing. The partition plate may be movably mounted above the bottom wall within the basket. The partition plate may define a first sub-chamber below the partition plate and a second sub-chamber above the partition plate. The plurality of fluid guides may extend along the sidewall below the partition plate within the first sub-chamber.
US10808339B2
A knitted structure is configured for heat generation and distribution. In some embodiments, the knitted structure includes a knitted fabric including a first knitted layer and a second knitted layer opposite the first knitted layer. The first knitted layer has a first thermal conductivity. The second knitted layer has a second thermal conductivity. The second thermal conductivity is greater than the first thermal conductivity to facilitate heat transfer toward the first knitted layer. The knitted structure may further include a plurality of electrodes at least partially disposed inside the knitted fabric. Each of the plurality of electrodes is configured to generate heat within the knitted fabric upon receipt of electrical energy in order to distribute heat along the knitted structure and toward the first knitted layer.
US10808331B2
An electroplating system for depositing a plating material on an object includes a pressure device and an anode element. The pressure device includes a lid having first and second through holes and a base having a chamber, conduction holes and third through holes located in the chamber. Each of the conduction tubes includes a conduction hole connecting to one of the third through holes. The lid covers the chamber, the first through holes communicate with the chamber for spraying an electroplating solution toward the object and the second through holes reveal the conduction holes. A passage of electric force line is formed in the connected holes and the third through holes filled with the electroplating solution, and the anode element is located outside the passage of electric force line. The electroplating system can prevent defective plating and enhance plating efficiency.
US10808319B1
A deposition system includes a system housing having a housing interior, a fixture transfer assembly having a generally sloped fixture transfer rail extending through the housing interior, a plurality of sequentially ordered deposition chambers connected by the fixture transfer rail, a controller interfacing with the processing chambers and at least one fixture carrier assembly carried by the fixture transfer rail and adapted to contain at least one substrate. The fixture carrier assembly travels along the fixture transfer rail under influence of gravity. A substrate fixture contains a substrate. The substrate fixture comprises a fixture frame. The fixture frame is defined by multiple circular members adjacently joined in a circular arrangement. Each circular member has a fixture frame opening sized to receive the substrate. Lens support arms may integrate into the circular members, extending in a curved disposition into the fixture frame opening to retain the substrate. A deposition method is also disclosed.
US10808318B2
There is provided a technique that includes: a process chamber accommodating a substrate support supporting substrates in multiple stages to process the substrates; a supply buffer part adjacent the process chamber; a first gas supply part installed in the supply buffer part; a second gas supply part installed in the supply buffer part; an inner wall installed between the supply buffer part and the process chamber, on which a plurality of slits are formed to correspond to the substrates; and a maintenance port disposed at a lower end of the inner wall, wherein the first gas supply part includes a first gas nozzle having a supply hole that supplies first gas into the supply buffer part.
US10808308B2
A thermal barrier coating includes a highly porous layer and a dense layer. The highly porous layer is formed on a heat-resistant base, is made of ceramic, has pores, has a layer thickness of equal to or larger than 0.3 mm and equal to or smaller than 1.0 mm, and has a pore ratio of equal to or higher than 1 vol % and equal to or lower than 30 vol %. The dense layer is formed on the highly porous layer, is made of ceramic, has a pore ratio of equal to or lower than 0.9 vol % that is equal to or lower than the pore ratio of the highly porous layer, and has a layer thickness of equal to or smaller than 0.05 mm.
US10808305B2
This invention provides a high-strength PC steel wire having a chemical composition containing, in mass %, C: 0.90 to 1.10%, Si: 0.80 to 1.50%, Mn: 0.30 to 0.70%, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Al: 0.010 to 0.070%, N: 0.0010 to 0.010%, Cr: 0 to 0.50%, V: 0 to 0.10%, B: 0 to 0.005%, Ni: 0 to 1.0%, Cu: 0 to 0.50%, and the balance: Fe and impurities. A ratio between the Vickers hardness (HvS) at a location (surface layer) that is 0.1D [D: diameter of steel wire] from the surface of the steel wire and the Vickers hardness (HvI) of a region on the inner side relative to the surface layer satisfies the formula [1.10
US10808304B2
A steel for induction hardening according to the present invention includes a chemical composition consisting of, in mass percent: C: 0.58 to 0.68%, Si: 0.70 to 1.40%, Mn: 0.20 to 1.40%, Al: 0.005 to 0.060%, N: 0.0020 to 0.0080%, and Ca: 0.0005 to 0.005%, with the balance being Fe and impurities, and satisfies Formulae (1) to (3). The steel microstructure is made up of ferrite and by area fraction, 85% or more of pearlite. In the steel, a ratio of a number of composite inclusions to a total number of Al2O3 inclusions and the composite inclusions that contain 2.0% or more of SiO2 and 2.0% or more of CaO is 20% or more. C+Si/7+Mn/5+Cr/9+Mo/2.5≤1.05 (1) C+Si/10+Mn/20+Cr/25≥0.70 (2) Cr/Si≤0.20 (3)
US10808299B2
The aluminum alloy material of the present disclosure has a specific alloy composition and has a fibriform metallographic structure where crystal grains extend so as to be aligned in one direction, wherein an average value of a size perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the crystal grains is 400 nm or less in a cross section parallel to the one direction. The aluminum alloy material of the present disclosure has a main surface having a crystal orientation distribution which satisfies a peak intensity ratio R (I200/I220) of a peak intensity I200 of a diffraction peak due to a {100} plane to a peak intensity I220 of a diffraction peak due to a {110} plane, of 0.20 or more, determined by an X-ray diffraction method.
US10808294B2
Scrap vehicles, mixtures of iron and aluminum, plastics are often pressed into bales or cubes to reduce the cost of transportation and storage to a smelter. Considering the dwindling number of large smelters in the United States due to the high pollution associated with coke fired cupolas, a new invention is developed to use natural gas, diesel fuels and clean fuels and hydrocarbons from scrap plastics in the bale. The process consists of three steps. In the first step the scrap bale is heated in a chamber up to temperatures of 1000° C. to promote the vaporization of zinc from galvanized steel, the pyrolysis of any plastics or scrap tires in the bale, and the separation of aluminum and magnesium by melting. The heat for this first stage is transferred through flue gases rising from the second and third stages after passing through a recuperator. The remaining scrap once separated from zinc, aluminum, magnesium and plastics is transferred to a second stage and melted and allowed to flow into a third stage where alloying and final removal of sulfur, phosphorus and other contaminants is completed in the hearth under a reverberating flame. Flue gases rising from the first stage are passed through condensers to precipitate vaporized zinc, and to convert hydrocarbons into fuel that is burned in the third stage burner above the hearth.
US10808289B2
An apparatus for treating at least one animal skin substrate with a multiplicity of solid particles comprises a rotatably mounted drum for containing said animal substrate, said solid particulate material and a treatment liquor, said drum comprising an outlet opening and a closure. The closure can be moveable between a first position wherein said outlet opening is closed and the animal substrate, the solid particulate material and the treatment liquor cannot pass through the outlet and are retained within the drum and a second position wherein said outlet opening is open such that solid particulate material and the treatment liquor can exit the drum through the outlet opening. The drum can further comprise an apertured screen arranged at the outlet and configured to permit passage through the outlet opening of the solid particulate material and the treatment liquor when the closure is in the second position and to prevent passage thereof through the outlet opening of the animal skin substrate. The apertured screen is suitably moveable from the outlet opening to permit loading and unloading of the animal skin substrate through the outlet opening when the closure is in the second position. A treatment method using the apparatus is also disclosed.
US10808288B2
This invention is related to novel PNA probes, probe sets, methods and kits pertaining to the detection of one or more species of Candida yeast. Non-limiting examples of probing nucleobase sequences that can be used for the probes of this invention can be selected from the group consisting of: AGA-GAG-CAG-CAT-GCA (Seq. Id. No. 1), AGA-GAG-CAA-CAT-GCA (Seq. Id. No. 2), ACA-GCA-GAA-GCC-GTG (Seq. Id. No. 3), CAT-AAA-TGG-CTA-CCA-GA (Seq. Id. No. 4), CAT-AAA-TGG-CTA-CCC-AG (Seq. Id. No. 5), ACT-TGG-AGT-CGA-TAG (Seq. Id. No. 6), CCA-AGG-CTT-ATA-CTC-GC (Seq. Id. No. 7), CCC-CTG-AAT-CGG-GAT (Seq. Id. No. 8), GAC-GCC-AAA-GAC-GCC (Seq. Id. No. 9), ATC-GTC-AGA-GGC-TAT-AA (Seq. Id. No. 10), TAG-CCA-GAA-GAA-AGG (Seq. Id. No. 11), CAT-AAA-TGG-CTA-GCC-AG (Seq. Id. No. 12), CTC-CGA-TGT-GAC-TGC-G (Seq. Id. No. 13), TCC-CAG-ACT-GCT-CGG (Seq. Id. No. 14), TCC-AAG-AGG-TCG-AGA (Seq. Id. No. 15), GCC-AAG-CCA-CAA-GGA (Seq. Id. No. 16), GCC-GCC-AAG-CCA-CA (Seq. Id. No. 17), GGA-CTT-GGG-GTT-AG (Seq. Id. No. 18), CCG-GGT-GCA-TTC-CA (Seq. Id. No. 19), ATG-TAG-AAC-GGA-ACT-A (Seq. Id. No. 20), GAT-TCT-CGG-CCC-CAT-G (Seq. Id. No. 21), CTG-GTT-CGC-CAA-AAA-G (Seq. Id. No. 22) and AGT-ACG-CAT-CAG-AAA (Seq. Id. No. 23).
US10808283B2
The present invention relates to an in vitro method of identifying a molecular subtype of a tumor in a cancer patient and to a method of stratifying a cancer patient for tumor treatment. The present invention further relates to kits that are useful for identifying a molecular subtype of a tumor in a cancer patient.
US10808274B2
The present invention provides members that produce on a large scale a coenzyme-linked glucose dehydrogenase which has excellent substrate-recognizing ability toward glucose while providing low action on maltose. The present invention relates to a polynucleotide encoding a soluble coenzyme-linked glucose dehydrogenase that catalyzes the oxidation of glucose in the presence of an electron acceptor and has an activity toward maltose of 5% or lower; a polypeptide encoded by the nucleotide sequence of the polynucleotide; a recombinant vector carrying the polynucleotide; a transformed cell produced using the recombinant vector; a method for producing a polypeptide comprising culturing the transformed cell and collecting from the cultivated products a polypeptide that links to FAD to exert the glucose dehydration activity; a method for determination of glucose using the polypeptide; a reagent composition for determination of glucose; and a biosensor.
US10808273B2
The present disclosure relates to metal alloys for biosensors. An electrode is made from the metal alloy, which more specifically can be a nickel-based alloy. The alloy provides physical and electrical property advantages when compared with existing pure metal electrodes.
US10808266B2
Microbial cell lines suitable for industrial-scale production of organic acids and methods of making and isolating such cell lines.
US10808265B2
Genetically engineered cells and methods are presented that enhance the consumption of xylose in a medium comprising a mix of five- and six-carbon sugars. Method of using these microbes to enhance xylose utilization and methods of making value products using these microbes are also disclosed herein.
US10808252B2
The invention relates to a nucleic acid aptamer with the capability of binding specifically to a and inhibiting TLR-4, to a complex comprising said aptamer and a functional group, as well as to pharmaceutical compositions thereof. The invention also relates to uses and methods for detecting TLR-4 and to uses and methods for inhibiting TLR-4. Finally, the invention also relates to an aptamer for use in manufacturing a drug for the treatment of a pathology characterized by an increase in expression of TLR4 and/or an increase in activation of TLR-4.
US10808243B2
The present disclosure provides a HTP microbial genomic engineering platform that is computationally driven and integrates molecular biology, automation, and advanced machine learning protocols. This integrative platform utilizes a suite of HTP molecular tool sets to create HTP genetic design libraries, which are derived from, inter alia, scientific insight and iterative pattern recognition. The HTP genomic engineering platform described herein is microbial strain host agnostic and therefore can be implemented across taxa. Furthermore, the disclosed platform can be implemented to modulate or improve any microbial host parameter of interest.
US10808242B2
The present invention relates to RNA therapy and, in particular, decreasing immunogenicity of RNA. Specifically, the present invention provides methods for decreasing immunogenicity of RNA, said methods comprising modifying the nucleotide sequence of the RNA by reducing the uridine (U) content, wherein said reduction of the U content comprises an elimination of U nucleosides from the nucleotide sequence of the RNA and/or a substitution of U nucleosides by nucleosides other than U in the nucleotide sequence of the RNA. Using RNA having decreased immunogenicity allows administration of RNA as a drug to a subject, e.g. in order to obtain expression of a pharmaceutically active peptide or protein, without eliciting an immune response which would interfere with therapeutic effectiveness of the RNA or induce adverse effects in the subject.
US10808240B2
The invention provides novel methods and kits for fully automated high-throughput method for isolation of extracellular vesicles and co-isolation of cell-free DNA from biofluids, including cell-free DNA and/or cell-free DNA and nucleic acids including at least RNA from microvesicles, novel methods and kits for isolation of extracellular vesicles and co-isolation of cell-free DNA from biofluids, including cell-free DNA and/or cell-free DNA and nucleic acids including at least RNA from microvesicles that do not require the use of phenol or chloroform, and for extracting nucleic acids from the extracellular vesicles and/or from the biological samples.
US10808239B2
Methods of isolating DNA of a fetus of an ongoing pregnancy are provided according to the present invention which include obtaining a maternal endocervical sample containing maternal cells and fetal extravillous trophoblast cells from a pregnant subject; isolating fetal extravillous trophoblast cells from the maternal endocervical sample, producing isolated fetal extravillous trophoblast cells contaminated with maternal DNA; lysing the isolated fetal extravillous trophoblast cells; isolating fetal nuclei from the lysed fetal extravillous trophoblast cells, producing isolated fetal nuclei, thereby removing at least a portion of the contaminating maternal DNA; and purifying genomic DNA from the isolated fetal nuclei, producing purified fetal genomic DNA. The purified fetal genomic DNA can be assayed to determine a characteristic of a genomic DNA sequence of the purified fetal genomic DNA, thereby determining a characteristic of DNA of a fetus of an ongoing pregnancy.
US10808235B2
The application relates to a polypeptide having beta-glucosidase activity, its method of production and its uses.
US10808234B2
The invention is directed to novel amylases.
US10808233B2
Engineered CRISPR-Cas9 nucleases with altered and improved PAM specificities and their use in genomic engineering, epigenomic engineering, and genome targeting.
US10808232B2
This disclosure provides microbes engineered to detect virulent and spore states of pathogens and release an appropriate therapeutic response accordingly and compositions and methods of use of the same.
US10808227B2
Provided are a parvovirus derived from an unconcentrated cell culture supernatant, having a infectivity titer of 109 TCID50/mL or more and an {infectivity titer (TCID50/mL)}:{impurity protein concentration (ng/mL)} ratio more than 5000:1; and a method of producing such a high-infectivity titer and high-purity parvovirus.
US10808218B2
A fluid pumping and bioreactor system including at least two cassettes, at least one storage reservoir, at least one bioreactor, at least one manifold including valve modules, and tubing to connect the cassettes to the storage reservoir and the bioreactor. The cassettes can include pumps, valves, and fluid conduits and can be communicatively connected to the at least one manifold. The bioreactor can include an adapter and fluid conduits extending through the adapter from the exterior of the bioreactor to the interior of the bioreactor. System and method for generating a tissue for transplant by decellularizing and recellularizing a supplied tissue.
US10808212B2
Provided are a beverage having an effectively improved flavor, and methods for the same. A method of producing a beverage according to the present invention is a method of producing a beverage using a raw material solution, the method including: washing barley without germinating the barley; discarding a wash solution after the washing of the barley; and preparing the raw material solution using a raw material containing the washed and ungerminated barley.
US10808205B1
A solid oven cleaning composition is disclosed herein, as well as processes for preparation of the composition and methods for use of the same. A benefit to the solid oven cleaning composition can be providing a solid composition that is compact in size yet effective and efficient to use for cleaning the surfaces of an oven. Benefits to the solid oven cleaning composition can be enabling the use of less cleaning product and less time for cleaning an oven. A benefit to the solid oven cleaning composition can be the requirement of less space for shipment and storage.
US10808204B2
An aqueous cleaning composition, which may be suitable for use in cleaning hard surfaces, is described. The aqueous cleaning composition includes an N,N-dialkyl-N-aliphatic ammonium hydroxycarboxylate salt, a nonionic surfactant and/or anionic surfactant and a substantial amount of water. Other than an optional fragrance component, the cleaning composition is substantially free of volatile organic compounds. The cleaning compositions may also include a disinfecting quaternary surfactant and/or a chelating agent, such as an aminopolycarboxylate chelating agent.
US10808197B2
Alkylated diaryl amines further substituted by an alkoxy group on one or more aryl carbon atoms exhibit excellent antioxidant activity in lubricant compositions.
US10808196B2
This disclosure relates to cold cranking simulator viscosity (“CCSV”) reducing base stocks that allow flexibility for low viscosity SAE engine oil grades (e.g., 5W and 0W) to meet demanding low temperature viscosity requirements while maintaining a higher base oil viscosity for improved wear protection. The CCSV-reducing base stocks include mono-esters derivable from a Guerbet alcohol and a monocarboxylic acid. The disclosure also relates to lubricating oils containing the CCSV-reducing base stocks, and a method for improving fuel efficiency and/or wear protection in an engine by using as the lubricating engine oil a formulated oil containing one or more of the CCSV-reducing base stocks.
US10808192B2
A marking method which is a method of marking a product having a distillation range is disclosed. The method comprises the step of adding to said product a first marker, a second marker and optionally one or more further markers. Each marker has a distillation range including a minimum boiling point (Min BP), a maximum boiling point (Max BP) and a maximum distillation boiling point (Max DBP) which is the temperature at which the maximum volume of the marker distils. Each marker has a different distillation range from each other marker and at least one marker has a Max DBP which is within the distillation range of the product. The first marker has a distillation range in the marked product which extends over the whole of the product distillation range.
US10808183B2
The inventive technology, in at least one embodiment, may be described as a method of destabilizing an aqueous hydrocarbon emulsion comprising the steps of: effecting contact between a sorbent and said aqueous hydrocarbon emulsion; effecting relative motion between said sorbent and said aqueous hydrocarbon emulsion; and destabilizing (perhaps in continuous fashion) the aqueous hydrocarbon emulsion. Applications include but are not limited to oil spill clean up, manufacturing of emulsions, oil refinery and production operations (anywhere along the production chain).
US10808179B2
The present invention provides apparatuses and processes for producing high octane fuel from synthesis gas. The process combines transalkylation and zeolite-forming/aromatization in conjunction with a single recycle loop configuration in order to effectively promote the fuel quality, particularly octane rating. The process involves adding a step for enriching octane of the fuel coming from the single recycle loop process. Preferably, the enrichment step takes place in an octane enrichment reactor containing two different catalysts, a zeolite-forming/aromatization catalyst followed by a transalkylation catalyst. The final fuel product preferably has an octane of about 92 to about 112.
US10808176B2
The delayed coking method includes directing a heated secondary feedstock, which contains heated primary feedstock and recirculate, from a reaction furnace to a coking chamber. Vapor-liquid coking products formed in the coking chamber are then directed to a fractionation column, which fractionates hydrocarbon gas, gasoline, light and heavy gas oils, and bottom residues. Heavy gas oil from the fractionation column is directed to a thermal cracking furnace, the products of which are cooled by cooled light gas oil and directed to an evaporator for separation. In the evaporator, gases and light boiling products are removed by evaporation and returned to the fractionation column, and the remaining distillate cracking residue is separated and used as a component of the recirculate, along with bottom residues from the fractionation column. The resulting process produces high quality and high yield needle and anode cokes.
US10808163B2
Compositions and methods of using of such compositions to, for example, inhibit of the formation of gas hydrate agglomerates are provided. In one embodiment, the methods comprise: introducing a hydrate inhibitor composition comprising a compound into a fluid, wherein the compound comprises two hydrophobic cation moieties, a lipophilic tail, and two linking moieties.
US10808161B2
Ecofriendly emulsifier synthesis from esterified waste vegetable oil for wellbore drilling fluids is described. A raw material waste vegetable oil is esterified to produce a methyl ester of the raw material waste vegetable oil. A caustic soda solution is added to the methyl ester resulting in a mixture. The mixture is thermally treated. A pH of the mixture is adjusted resulting in formation of an aqueous phase and a non-aqueous phase. The aqueous phase is separated from the non-aqueous phase.
US10808160B2
A date tree fiber mix lost circulation material (LCM) is provided. The date tree fiber mix LCM may include includes date tree trunk fibers produced from date tree trunks and date tree leaf and leaf stem fibers produced from date tree leaves and leaf stems. The LCM include a mix of 30% by weight date tree trunk fibers and 70% date tree leaf and leaf stem fibers, 40% by weight date tree trunk fibers and 60% date tree leaf and leaf stem fibers, 50% by weight date tree trunk fibers and 50% date tree leaf and leaf stem fibers. Methods of lost circulation control using and manufacture of a date tree fiber mix LCM are also provided.
US10808143B2
A polyaryl ether ether composition(C) and methods of uses thereof are herein disclosed. The composition comprises a polymer blend [blend (B)] consisting of: —a first polyaryl ether ketone (PAEK-1)and —a second polyaryl ether ketone (PAEK-2), wherein the (PAEK-1) is crystalline and exhibits a melting temperature Tm of 330° C. or higher and the (PAEK-2) is either amorphous or crystalline and exhibits a melting temperature Tm of 315° C. or lower and wherein the (PAEK-1) constitutes more than 0% wt of blend (B). Composition (C) can be used in particular for the manufacture of coated metal surfaces, in particular for the coating of wires or of (part of) electronic devices.
US10808142B2
Provided are a method of preparing a graphene quantum dot, a graphene quantum dot prepared using the method, a hardmask composition including the graphene quantum dot, a method of forming a pattern using the hardmask composition, and a hardmask obtained from the hardmask composition. The method of preparing a graphene quantum dot includes reacting a graphene quantum dot composition and an including a polyaromatic hydrocarbon compound and an organic solvent at an atmospheric pressure and a temperature of about 250° C. The polyaromatic hydrocarbon compound may include at least four aromatic rings.
US10808141B2
The present invention encompasses a novel soil-repellent reactive resin seal for markings or coating of areas of ground or trafficways, for example roads, based on cold plastic. Compared to established prior art systems, this sealing leads to reduced adhesion of soil, especially in hot and/or dry, dusty environments. Thus, the marking retains better visibility than conventional markings, even in dry, hot regions. Otherwise, the marking sealed in accordance with the invention has comparable mechanical properties to the prior art.
US10808135B2
Provided is an ink-jet ink composition for a pressure-adhesion recording target medium. The ink-jet ink composition contains a pigment, a resin, an organic solvent, a surfactant, and water.
US10808120B2
The invention relates to thermoplastic molding compositions comprising A) from 10 to 99% by weight of a thermoplastic polyester differing from C) B) from 0.1 to 30% by weight of a poly(ε-caprolactone) C) from 0.1 to 30% by weight of a biodegradable polyester differing from B) D) from 0.1 to 30% by weight of a phosphinic salt E) from 0 to 20% by weight of a nitrogen-containing flame retardant F) from 0 to 15% by weight of an aromatic phosphate ester having at least one alkyl-substituted phenyl ring G) from 0 to 50% by weight of further additional substances, where the sum of the percentages by weight of components A) to G) is 100%.
US10808118B2
The present invention disclosed novel epoxy novolac composite comprising environmentally friendly toughening agents based on bio-derived chemicals namely, Difunctional glycidyl ether epoxy resin (Cardolite NC-514) and Polyglycidyl ether of an alkenyl phenol formaldehyde novolac resin (Cardolite NC-547) used for the toughening of epoxy novolac resin namely Poly[(phenyl glycidyl ether)-co-formaldehyde] [PPGEF].
