US10882533B2
A drowsy driving management device includes: a processor configured to determine whether slow eye movement of a user occurs and whether there is no change in steering torque and to determine that the user drives while drowsy when the slow eye movement of the user occurs and when there is no change in the steering torque for a predetermined period of time; and a storage that stores information indicating whether the slow eye movement occurs and a result of determining whether there is no change in the steering torque.
US10882532B2
An ECU as a driving assistance device has a traffic sign detection section, a lane entry detection section and a judgment section. The traffic sign detection section detects traffic signs including a speed limit symbol based on front-image data captured by an in-vehicle camera. The lane entry detection section detects that the own vehicle has entered a ramp lane to leave a highway. The judgment section detects an extent of a current driving lane as the ramp lane when following conditions (c1) and (c2) are satisfied after the lane entry detection section detects the entry of the own vehicle into the ramp lane: (c1) not less than two traffic signs are arranged along the current driving lane in forward direction of the vehicle; and (c2) an arrangement of speed limit symbols included in the detected traffic signs satisfy a predetermined speed reduction pattern.
US10882530B2
A vehicle allocation system includes for allocating, through autonomous driving, an allocation vehicle selected from a plurality of selection target vehicles is provided. Each of the plurality of selection target vehicles includes an electronic controller configured to perform hydraulic pressure control learning and autonomous driving control of a power transmission device in which a plurality of shift stages are established by combination of a plurality of hydraulic engaging devices. The at least one processing circuitry is configured to select a vehicle in which a progress degree of the hydraulic pressure control learning is low as the allocation vehicle from the selection target vehicles, based on progress degrees of the hydraulic pressure control learning before the vehicle allocation.
US10882529B2
A vehicle control device includes sensors that detect pulse signals corresponding to rotation of front wheels and of rear wheels of a vehicle, and a controller that increases a count at a rise and a fall of the pulse signals. The controller estimates a road surface friction coefficient based on a time rate of change of a difference between a value counted up using the front wheels and a value counted up using the rear wheels.
US10882528B2
An auxiliary power system for a motor vehicle includes a power generator that generates electricity to charge one or more auxiliary power system batteries. The motor vehicle includes an engine and drive train that distributes power from the engine to the drive wheels. The drive train can include a transmission, a drive shaft and a differential that connects the engine to the drive wheels. The power generator can be connected to the drive train (e.g., the transmission, the drive shaft or the differential) to draw power to generate electricity as well as to apply braking loads on the drive wheels to increase the ability to stop the motor vehicle.
US10882522B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to modeling dynamic agents in a surrounding environment of an ego vehicle. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to receiving sensor data including present observations of a road agent of the dynamic agents in the surrounding environment, identifying previous observations of the road agent from an electronic data store. The method includes estimating a future state of the road agent using at least the present observations and the previous observations of the road agent to compute the future state according to a probabilistic model comprised of a transition model that accounts for dynamic behaviors of the road agent to characterize transitions between states, and an agent model that accounts for actions of the road agent. The method includes controlling one or more vehicle systems of the ego vehicle according to the future state of the road agent.
US10882521B2
A method at computing device associated with a parked vehicle, the method including receiving a request for sensor information from an external computing device, the request including an area of interest; activating sensors of the parked vehicle; obtaining sensor data for the area of interest; and providing a response to the external computing device.
US10882518B2
An avoidance route calculation part calculates an avoidance route for avoiding a collision between an own vehicle and an obstacle through a collision avoidance assist control (an automatic brake control and an automatic steering control). A post-avoidance route calculation part calculates a post-avoidance route. A post-avoidance route collision determination part determinates whether a secondary obstacle is present on the post-avoidance route. When the secondary obstacle is determined to be present, the automatic steering control is prohibited from being performed.
US10882517B2
A method for determining, dependent on safety levels, spatial regions that are impassable by a vehicle includes: capturing sensor signals and evaluating the captured signals with respect to the spatial position of an obstacle and the effect of the obstacle on the passability of the area surrounding the obstacle; and providing at least two grid structures assigned to different safety levels, each having spatial regions of substantially constant size. The size of the spatial regions is dependent on the safety level of the respective grid structure. The obstacles are entered in the spatial regions of the at least two grid structures. A safety level matching the current state of the vehicle is selected. A grid structure belonging to the selected safety level is selected. All spatial regions of the selected grid structure having an entry exceeding a minimum value are marked as regions impassable by the vehicle.
US10882514B2
An automatic parking control device includes an electronic control unit. A remaining distance from a first position to a target position is longer than a remaining distance from a second position to the target position. In a case where a braking force increase process is executed at the first position, the electronic control unit delays timing at which the braking force is increased, or reduces an amount by which the braking force is increased, as compared to a case where the braking force increase process is executed at the second position. In a case where a braking force reduction process is executed at the first position, the electronic control unit advances timing at which the braking force is reduced or increases an amount by which the braking force is reduced, as compared to a case where the braking force reduction process is executed at the second position.
US10882509B2
A method of controlling a vehicle accessory includes determining a transmission of a vehicle is in a non-park setting; in response to determining the transmission of the vehicle is in the non-park setting, receiving speed data indicative of a speed of the vehicle; determining a speed to operate the vehicle accessory based on the vehicle speed; comparing the determined speed to operate the vehicle accessory to a speed threshold; and in response to determining that the determined speed is below the speed threshold, providing a command to the vehicle accessory to one of deactivate the vehicle accessory or operate the vehicle accessory at a reduced operating state relative to a current operating state of the vehicle accessory.
US10882504B2
A filter for an oil catch apparatus is provided. The oil catch apparatus is capable of efficiently extracting oil from air flowing through the oil catch apparatus while being of compact size. The filter includes a cylindrically wound main filter unit, a first keep member for keeping one end of the main filter unit, and a second keep member for keeping the other end of the main filter unit. Air flowing into the main filter unit from an opening formed in the first keep member is cleared of impurities upon passing through the main filter unit, and exits out of the main filter unit.
US10882496B2
An imaging apparatus includes an optical member, a housing, and a light source. The optical member contains a photocatalyst film on an object-side surface. The housing contains an accommodation section in which the optical member is accommodated. The light source is located in an internal space of the housing and emits light to activate the photocatalyst film. The light from the light source passes through the optical member and irradiates the photocatalyst film.
US10882489B2
A vehicle seatbelt device includes: a three-point seatbelt, a tongue having a long hole through which an intermediate portion of the seatbelt is inserted, a buckle that has a buckle main body at which the tongue is anchored and a stay that extends from the buckle main body toward a vehicle lower side and is connected to the vehicle seat, a forward tilting mechanism that tilts the stay toward a seat front side at a time of a vehicle collision or at a time a vehicle collision is predicted, and a shoulder pretensioner that pulls in a shoulder belt of the seatbelt at a time of a vehicle collision, wherein a lower end portion of the buckle main body and an upper end portion of the stay are connected rotatably around an axis along a seat transverse direction.
US10882484B2
An occupant detection apparatus includes a first camera and a second camera. The first camera is arranged in a passenger compartment of a vehicle to capture images within a first field of view in the passenger compartment. The second camera is arranged at a different position in the passenger compartment from the first camera to capture images within a second field of view in the passenger compartment. The second field of view is different from the first field of view. Moreover, the first camera is arranged within the second field of view which is the field of view of the second camera. On the other hand, the second camera is arranged within the first field of view which is the field of view of the first camera.
US10882481B2
A bumper fastening structure fastens a front bumper, via a retainer, to a front fender. A retainer includes a body and a fixing catch that is to be fitted in a fitting hole of a fender flange. The body includes a pair of clamp walls clamping a bumper flange. At least one of the clamp walls has an inner face that is a slope face, so that a wedge-shape space is formed. The bumper flange includes a wedge-shape portion corresponding to the wedge-shape space, the wedge-shape portion having a thickness which increases toward a second through hole. The bumper fastening structure further includes a screw that tightens the clamp walls and the bumper flange together.
US10882475B2
The disclosure relates to a control device for a motor vehicle which comprises a first electrical terminal for receiving a first supply voltage of a first vehicle electrical system and a second electrical terminal for receiving a second supply voltage of a second vehicle electrical system, the second supply voltage being smaller than the first supply voltage, wherein an electrical ground terminal is provided for closing a common ground potential of the first and second vehicle electrical systems, and a switching device connected downstream of the first terminal is set up, depending on a voltage signal which is determined by a potential difference between the second terminal and the ground terminal, to block a current flow through the first terminal, wherein the switching device interrupts the current flow if the voltage signal indicates an interruption of an electrical connection between the ground terminal and the ground potential.
US10882457B2
A vacuum cleaner configured to be mounted in a vehicle. The vacuum cleaner includes a vacuum module configured to draw a vacuum, and a collector module configured to collect debris, the collector module having an accessible portion and a liner. A duct operatively couples the vacuum module to the collector module. In addition, a release member is disposed on the top portion of the collector module and is moveable between a resting position and a release position. A locking bar is in contact with the release member and has a portion adapted to engage the liner of the collector module when the release member is in a resting position. Upon actuating the release member towards the release position, the release member moves the portion of the locking bar out of engagement with the liner and the collector module is disengaged from the vacuum module.
US10882454B2
A display system includes a display surface and a display mirror. The display surface is configured to display image P1 based on a captured image. The display mirror is configured to reflect, as reflection image P2, only a partial area in the image displayed on the display surface. The display system is configured so that a position of reflection image P2 changes as a point of view of a subject viewing the display mirror moves.
US10882452B2
A folding device to move a mirror head relative to a mirror base of a motor vehicle exterior mirror, the folding device including a carrier operatively connected to one of the mirror head or the mirror base, a motor arranged in the carrier, and which has a motor shaft, an output device operatively connected to one of the mirror base or the mirror head, and a gear mechanism to operatively connect the output device to the motor shaft. The motor shaft and the output device are located parallel with each other, and the motor, the output device, and the gear mechanism are positioned relative to each other via the carrier, such that the axial spacings of the motor shaft, the output device, and the gear mechanism located therebetween are determined via the carrier.
US10882450B2
A vehicle periphery monitoring apparatus includes a camera, an electronic control unit and a display unit configured to display the display image. The ECU is configured to generate a display image of an external environment based on image information from the camera such that the display image includes a first display image from a first predetermined viewpoint from which one of right and left side surfaces of a host vehicle and a rear portion or a front portion of the host vehicle are obliquely seen from above. The ECU is configured to generate and output the display image including the first display image in at least any one of a predetermined first traveling status of the host vehicle, a predetermined periphery status of the area on either side of the host vehicle, and a state in which a turn signal lever is manipulated.
US10882443B2
A steering control device with an indicator light system for a motor vehicle comprises a plurality of light emitting elements distributed over an indication surface of the steering control device and a control unit configured to collectively control the light emitting elements to display an illumination pattern depending on at least one of a driving situation and a system condition.
US10882441B2
The cargo system secures at least one steel coil for transport on a flatbed carrier. Each coil sits on movable cargo supports coupled on top of a base with support beams. Support brackets couple the support beams to anchoring beams that are coupled to the flatbed carrier. Once a coil is loaded, arms with adjacent upper and lower segments connected by cross members pivot on arm mounts to make contact with the coil. The arms adjust by lengthening or shortening based on the size of the coil. Tethers pass through anchor brackets and over the coil to hold the coil to the base. The arms apply pressure to the coil based on the tension of tethers that extend from the ends of the arms and couple to tethering brackets coupled to the frame of the carrier.
US10882440B1
A strap securement apparatus for a refrigeration unit of a refrigerated semi-trailer. The apparatus includes: a curbside vertical strap, a roadside vertical strap, and a horizontal strap having connectors at each strap end configured to attach to the refrigeration unit or the front wall of the semi-trailer, also including curbside and roadside anti-vibration pads configured to reduce vibration of the panels and doors of the enclosure of the refrigeration unit. The strap securement apparatus secures the panels and doors of the refrigeration unit, is easy to install and remove from the refrigeration unit, and can include strap adjustment features to fit to a wide variety of refrigeration unit models. The strap securement apparatus can also be partially removed to provide easy access to doors and panels of the refrigeration unit. It is lightweight, can be folded into a compact size, and is easily transported to and from a refrigerated semi-trailer.
US10882435B2
A vehicle trailer with a pair of engagement arm assemblies, one engagement arm assembly on either lateral side of the vehicle trailer, the vehicle trailer having a draw assembly for engagement with a vehicle, a chassis associated with the draw assembly and mounted on at least a pair of wheels and having at least a pair of spaced apart side rails, each side rail mounting an engagement arm assembly, each engagement arm assembly including an elongate rigid arm mounting an elongate engagement key, a first length adjustable arm associated with the elongate engagement key and a second length adjustable arm associated with the elongate rigid arm such that the elongate rigid arm can be raised and lowered to load and unload an object relative to the trailer and the elongate engagement key can be pivoted to tip an object mounted relative to the trailer.
US10882434B2
Described herein are illustrative payload carrying machines and dump body linkage. An example vehicle can include a frame and a dump body movable relative to the frame. In the example vehicle, an articulation mechanism can be connected to both the dump body and the frame. The articulation mechanism can be a four-link system including a first pair of links can be coupled to the frame and dump body and a second pair of links can be coupled to the frame and dump body. The second pair of links can be longer than the first pair of links.
US10882433B2
A console has a separable cup holder in which the mounting height of the separable cup holder can be adjusted depending on the height of a beverage container to be stored therein. The position of the separable cup holder can be slidingly moved to store beverage containers with a large volume and diameter or a small volume and diameter, as well as other small items, by allowing the separable cup holder to be coupled to the console space such that the height and front and rear positions are adjustable.
US10882431B2
Road vehicle provided with an electric drive and having: at least one pair of drive wheels; at least one electric machine; a mechanical transmission that connects the electric machine to the drive wheels; a passenger compartment; at least one seat, which is housed in the passenger compartment and is provided with at least one mechanical exciter that is designed to generate mechanical vibrations at variable frequencies and intensities; and a control unit, which is designed to drive the mechanical exciter using a driving signal that derives from the noise generated by an internal combustion thermal engine and based on the speed of rotation of the electric machine and/or on the speed of rotation of the drive wheels and/or on the torque generated/absorbed by the electric machine.
US10882428B2
An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure relates to an armrest apparatus and an industrial vehicle including the same, and the armrest apparatus disposed in a driver seat includes: an armrest body which supports an operator's arm; and a drive unit which has a variable length, provides power to move the armrest body upward, and absorbs force applied in a direction in which the armrest body moves downward.
US10882426B2
A vehicle seating system includes a vehicle floor, a seat supported by the vehicle floor, a retractor mounted to the vehicle floor beneath the seat, a webbing guide supported by the seat, and a webbing extending from the retractor through the webbing guide.
US10882424B2
Systems and methods for actively isolating a payload from a disturbance. In one example, a seat system for a vehicle includes a seat, a support structure that allows the seat to move about an axis of a pivot, a first sensor positioned to detect movement of the vehicle, a second sensor positioned to detect lateral acceleration of the pivot, an actuator configured to move the seat, and a controller configured to receive a first signal from the first sensor and a second signal from the second sensor, generate a command signal based at least on the first and the second signal to instruct the actuator to position the seat at a desired command angle, wherein the controller is configured to correct the command signal for lateral accelerations caused by steering the vehicle, and provide a force command to the actuator to move the seat at the desired command angle.
US10882421B2
An assembly group of a vehicle seat, comprises a lower guide rail attachable to a vehicle floor and an upper guide rail coupled to the lower guide rail and movable with respect to the lower guide rail along a longitudinal axis, the upper guide rail comprising a top wall and a pair of side walls connected by the top wall. A link arm is pivotably connectable to the upper guide rail for coupling a frame assembly to the upper guide rail. A first fastener for pivotably coupling the link arm to the upper guide rail is disposed between the pair of side walls and being at least partially positioned below a top surface of the top wall.
US10882419B2
A vehicle is operable in a manual driving mode and in an at least partially automatic driving mode. To allow a rapid change from the automatic to the manual driving mode, the respective position of a driver seat and/or at least one driving-relevant cockpit element is adjusted for functional use by a driver of the vehicle such that the at least one driving-relevant cockpit element can be functionally used by the driver whenever the vehicle is, or is to be, operated in the automatic driving mode.
US10882413B2
A charging system for electrical accumulator vehicle batteries, comprising a charging station principally designed to generate a charging current for the batteries, a system for thermally conditioning the batteries, by the circulation of a heat transfer fluid. A vehicle-mounted segment comprises a component for measuring the battery temperatures, a system for measuring the state of charge of the batteries, and a heat transfer fluid distribution circuit. A non-vehicle-mounted segment comprises a ground module of the thermal conditioning system for generating a flux of a heat transfer fluid, a control-command module designed to determine, during charging, as a function of the states of charge of the batteries and the battery temperatures, the flow rates and temperatures of the heat transfer fluid and a charging current required to achieve a target final state, characterized by a target temperature and a target charge at the end of a given charging time.
US10882406B2
A control device is configured to control a first boost converter and a second boost converter. The control device is configured such that, when a prescribed state where an output of the second boost converter cannot be made at a ratio of an output voltage to an input voltage in the second boost converter to be equal to or more than a predetermined value is detected, the control device calculates a target output voltage of a fuel cell by using an voltage on an input side or an output side of the second boost converter measured by a measuring portion and a first value which is equal to or larger than a minimum boost ratio of the first boost converter, and controls the fuel cell so that an output voltage of the fuel cell is equal to or lower than the target output voltage.
US10882402B2
In the present invention, the connection between an external power supply and a unit for detecting welding of a relay is disestablished at least when a short circuit is detected, thereby preventing the short circuit from being falsely detected in the event that the short circuit and the welding of the relay can both be detected. A device for detecting welding of a relay detects welding of a relay provided to a path via which a cell is charged by an external power supply. Welding of a power-supply-side relay or a ground-side relay is detected on the basis of a current flowing disproportionately more toward the external power supply than the power-supply-side relay or ground-side relay when a control unit has deactivated the power-supply-side relay or ground-side relay during an interrupting in charging. A disconnecting switch establishes or disestablishes the connection between the external power supply and a weld-detection switch.
US10882401B2
The invention relates to an operator control apparatus for outputting haptic feedback comprising an operator control surface, an actuator, which is at least indirectly coupled to the operator control surface, for generating the haptic feedback on the operator control surface and a control unit which is designed to drive the actuator by means of a haptic component of a control signal for generating the haptic feedback. In this case, the control unit is designed to drive the actuator by means of an acoustic component of the control signal for generating acoustic feedback.
US10882393B2
A fuel supply device includes a valve body and a filter unit accommodating an air filter and a valve cap are attached to a tubular portion provided on a side surface of an inlet pipe. When a fuel tank has a negative pressure, the valve body opens and the negative pressure is eliminated by clean atmospheric air introduction. A projection portion is provided on the filter unit side of the valve body. Accordingly, attachment of the valve body into the tubular portion and attachment of the tubular portion and the filter unit are reliably performed, the reliability of valve body opening and closing is improved, and attachment workability is improved.
US10882387B2
A hybrid drive train for a hybrid-drive vehicle. A transmission which can be shifted to different gear ratios by shifting components, and which can be drivingly connected to an internal combustion engine via an internal combustion engine shaft, to an electric motor via an electric motor shaft, and to at least one vehicle axle via an output shaft. The internal combustion engine shaft and a power takeoff shaft that is drivingly connected to the output shaft can be connected via spur gear wheel sets, which can be selected by the shifting components and each of which forms a gear plane. The gear planes include a first and a second hybrid gear plane, each of which can additionally be drivingly connected to the electric motor shaft.
US10882377B2
Provided is a cooling and heating system for a vehicle, in which a compressor, an indoor condenser, an outdoor condenser, and an evaporator are connected to a refrigerant circulation line in which a refrigerant is circulating, the cooling and heating system including: a waste heat chiller connected to the compressor through a first bypass line in the refrigerant circulation line; a battery chiller connected to the compressor through a second bypass line in the refrigerant circulation line; a first coolant line circulating a coolant by connecting the waste heat chiller to an electric radiator and an electric unit arranged adjacent to the outdoor condenser; a second coolant line spaced apart from the first coolant line and circulating the coolant by connecting the battery chiller to a battery of the vehicle; and a coolant control unit connecting the first coolant line and the second coolant line.
US10882364B2
A tire having a central axis and a radius further includes a circumferential tread having a convex cross-section. The convex cross-section is defined by a radius that is less than a maximum radius of the tire. A pair of sidewalls extends from opposite sides of the circumferential tread. Each of the pair of sidewalls has a concave cross-section that is defined by a radius that is greater than a maximum radius of the convex cross-section of the circumferential tread.
US10882350B2
A journal book including wet erase pages releasably bound between a front cover and a back cover. The back cover includes an extension extending past the pages and beyond a corresponding front edge of the front cover. A pen catch is formed in the extension to hold a wet erase pen to the journal, adjacent to the pages opposite a binding. The pen is clipped on the pen catch with a portion of the extension between a pen clip and a pen body.
US10882347B1
A printing system receives a print request containing patterns of marks to be printed on print media to produce printed output. A processor evaluates the print request to identify different printing densities of the patterns of marks. The processor alters the patterns of marks to create hidden features on the printed output by adding different printing densities of fluorescent spots to different areas of the patterns of marks. The different printing densities of the fluorescent spots are based on the different printing densities of the patterns of marks and on the size of the hidden features. A printing device prints the print request on the print media to produce the printed output.
US10882340B2
Provided are an ink jet image forming method and an ink jet image forming apparatus in which a complex elastic modulus (Pa) before an intermediate image comes into contact with a liquid absorbing member is 4.0 or more in the common logarithm, and a complex elastic modulus (Pa) before the intermediate image comes into contact with the recording medium is 7.0 or less in the common logarithm.
US10882335B2
A liquid coating device includes a coating roller, a supply roller, a pressure roller, a first separator, a second separator, and a sheet receiver. The coating roller coats a sheet with liquid. The supply roller supplies the liquid to the coating roller. The pressure roller sandwiches the sheet, together with the coating roller. The first separator separates the sheet coated with the liquid, from the coating roller. The second separator separates, from the supply roller, a sheet that has not been separated by the first separator and has reached the supply roller. The sheet receiver forms a storage space to accommodate at least a portion of the sheet that has been separated from the supply roller by the second separator.
US10882333B2
An image forming apparatus includes a recording device configured to record an image on a recording medium, a main body configured to house the recording device, and a cover rotatably attached to the main body. The main body includes a recording face to be disposed opposite the recording medium, a first face positioned opposite the recording face, and a second face positioned between the recording face and the first face. The cover includes a first cover portion configured to cover the first face of the main body, and a second cover portion configured to cover at least a portion of the second face, and the second cover portion is configured to house a battery.
US10882323B2
A controller causes a notification device to provide a first alert in response to receipt of a first signal from a liquid level sensor. After the controller determines that a cartridge is located at a particular position in an installation case, the controller clears the first alert in response to receipt of a second signal from the liquid level sensor.
US10882322B2
An image data processing method for estimating an ink consumption amount includes: an image data compression step of compressing image data after RIP processing by run-length encoding; and an ink consumption amount estimation step of calculating a predicted ink consumption amount when printing based on image data is performed by an inkjet printing device based on information on the number of occurrences for each gradation value obtained when run-length encoding is applied to image data and information on an ink consumption amount for each gradation value held in an ink consumption amount table prepared in advance.
US10882316B2
A liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle plate, a multilayer substrate, and a pressure chamber substrate. The multilayer substrate includes a liquid chamber wall portion. The liquid chamber wall portion has a first wall surface facing a common liquid chamber. The multilayer substrate has a supply flow path which has an inlet portion coupled to the first wall surface and via which the common liquid chamber communicates with the first pressure chamber. When a direction from the common liquid chamber toward the first pressure chamber is defined as a first direction, and a direction intersecting the first direction is defined as a second direction, the supply flow path includes a first portion having a first width in the inlet portion and a second portion having a second width, in a first cross section along the first direction and the second direction. The first width is narrower than the second width.
US10882297B2
The present invention relates to apparatuses and processes for forming tabs on adhesive backed products. Specifically, the apparatus of the present invention provides a sequential series of mechanisms to form a tab on an adhesive-backed product, such as adhesive tape, so that the same may be easy to remove from an article at a later date. More specifically, the apparatus of the present invention provides a sequential series of mechanisms to form a tab that is formed solely of the adhesive-backed product itself, which may be utilized for the subsequent removal thereof after placement on an article.
US10882289B2
A barrier film substrate includes a first layer including a polymer and a transition metal having chemical sequestering properties such that, upon exposure of the barrier film substrate to one or more chemical vapors, a reaction occurs between the transition metal and the one or more chemical vapors. A second layer is aligned with the first layer. The second layer includes a polymer having impeding properties such that, upon the exposure of the barrier film substrate to the one or more of the chemical vapors, the second layer substantially blocks passage of the one or more of the chemical vapors through the barrier film substrate. One or more additional layers is aligned with at least one of the first layer or the second layer to provide structural support for the first layer and the second layer.
US10882286B2
A flexible display window includes a flexible base layer including a flexible resin, a first silica nano particle coating layer including full-type silica nano particles, where the first silica nano particle coating layer is disposed on the flexible base layer, a flexible hard coating layer including a flexible hard coating resin, where the flexible hard coating layer is disposed on the first silica nano particle coating layer, and a second silica nano particle coating layer including hollow-type silica nano particles, where the second silica nano particle coating layer is disposed on the flexible hard coating layer. Thus, the flexible display window can enhance impact-resistance of a flexible display while reducing reflectivity of the flexible display.
US10882280B2
An article including a magnetic-containing layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first; a first reflector layer external to the first surface of the magnetic-containing layer; a second reflector layer external to the second surface of the magnetic-containing layer; a first selective light modulator layer external to the first reflector layer; a second selective light modulator layer external to the second reflector layer; a first absorber layer external to the first selective light modulator layer; and a second absorber layer external to the second selective light modulator layer; wherein at least one of the first and second selective light modulator layers comprises at least one of a curing agent, and at least one coating aid is disclosed. Methods of making the disclosed article are also disclosed.
US10882270B2
A forming device for gathering the width of a traveling web is disclosed. The forming device includes opposing arrays of flute-forming bars that can be interlaced to define therebetween a longitudinal flute-forming labyrinth effective to reduce the width of a web traveling therethrough by a preselected take-up ratio. The flute-forming bars are curved beginning at an entry end of the forming device such that they converge in a lateral direction as they proceed in the machine direction. In this manner, individual elements of the web traveling between the respective arrays in the machine direction follow contour lines along the curved bars or between adjacent ones of the curved bars so that no such element crosses any flute-forming bar in the cross-machine direction as the web travels and is fluted. A corrugating die for introducing a near-net shape to the intermediate-fluted web is also disclosed, as are a corrugating line incorporating these operations and methods for its operation.
US10882268B2
A box-making apparatus includes an electronic controller assesses abnormalities in the affixing of tape on the basis of a timing at which a cardboard box passes a detection position Pd, and a timing at which a tape roll starts or stops an action of unreeling the tape. The electronic controller assesses abnormalities in the affixing of tape also when there is a discrepancy of at least a predetermined amount between the timing at which the cardboard box passes the detection position and the timing at which the tape roll starts or stops the action of unreeling the tape.
US10882259B2
An aesthetic structural product is provided that incorporates high structural strength and high-gloss finish through a streamlined manufacturing process combining hybrid molding with an overlay of decorative film. The method includes preheating a composite sheet, applying a decorative film to the composite sheet through hot stamping, thermoforming the composite sheet to a desired shape, and overmolding desired features using a resin which is compatible with the composite of the composite sheet. The method may be performed in varying order, such as overmolding and/or thermoforming the composite sheet prior to hot-stamping the decorative film to the composite sheet.
US10882258B1
Provided among other things is a method of affixing a small, single chip to a plastic item, the chip having a top surface having length and width dimensions, and having a height, the method comprising: (1) vacuum adhering a top-oriented surface of the chip to a probe of outer dimensions comparable to or smaller than those of the length and width; (2) conveying heat to the chip via the probe such that a bottom-oriented surface of the chip is sufficiently hot to melt the plastic; (3) applying via the probe the chip to the plastic such that the chip embeds in the plastic; and (4) releasing the chip from the probe, wherein the largest of the length and width is about 500 microns or less, and height is no more than about the smallest of length and width.
US10882254B2
A printing device is provided and includes: a table attaching portion, replaceably attaching a respective table of a first table for mounting a three-dimensional object and a second table including a mounting surface for mounting a medium and a plurality of pass-through holes passing through the mounting surface and a back surface on an opposite side of the mounting surface; an ejecting unit, ejecting a shaping material for shaping the three-dimensional object and a coloring material for coloring the three-dimensional object and the medium toward the table attached to the table attaching portion; a relative moving portion, relatively moving the table attaching portion and the ejecting unit in a vertical direction and a horizontal direction; and a suction portion, decompressing a side of the back surface of the second table when the second table is attached to the table attaching portion to adsorb the medium to the mounting surface.
US10882252B2
A method for forming an object includes rotating a first object forming device about a rotational axis at a first speed to apply a first force to the first object forming device. The first object forming device includes an additive manufacturing device.
US10882249B2
A head is disclosed for use with a continuous manufacturing system. The head may have a housing configured to receive a matrix and a continuous fiber, and a diverter located at an end of the housing. The diverter may be configured to divert radially outward a matrix-coated fiber. The head may also include a cutoff having an edge configured to press the matrix-coated fiber against the diverter.
US10882248B2
A three dimensional printing system for producing a three dimensional article of manufacture includes a build platform, a powder dispensing apparatus, a light emitting device head, a drop ejecting head, a movement mechanism, and a controller. The light emitting device head may be a vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) head that has a columnar arrangement of VCSELs that emit light having a defined spectral distribution. The drop ejecting head is configured to separately eject a plurality of different inks having correspondingly different absorption coefficients for the defined spectral distribution. The controller operates the powder dispensing apparatus to dispense powder, move and operate the drop ejecting head to define an array of inked pixels, and move and operate the VCSEL head to fuse the inked pixels. The controller varies an energy output of the VCSELs in correspondence with a variation of an absorption coefficient of the inked pixels.
US10882242B2
A blow mould includes at least first and second blow mould elements that inscribe a concavity; and at least one insert having an embossed surface to form a pattern onto a blow-moulded surface. The at least one insert is attached onto a surface of at least one of the first and/or second blow mould elements to form a part of the wall of the blow-moulded product. Such blow mould is an ISBM blow mould and the blow mould is such that the at least one insert is a plate having a wall thickness of between 0.2 mm and 2.0 mm and is attached onto at least one of the first and/or second blow mould elements by a reversible fixation mechanism selected from the group of adhesives, preferably a double-sided adhesive tape, a magnet and a geometric mechanism.
US10882237B2
A first connecting portion (31) and a second connecting portion (33) slide over a first guide link (17) and a second guide link (19), respectively, when an operation point (OP) of a reciprocating linear motion mechanism (38) moves from an initiating position to a terminating position. A second acute angle (θ2) formed between the second guide link (19) and a supporting surface (15) is greater than a first acute angle (θ1) formed between the first guide link (17) and the supporting surface (15).
US10882234B2
A mold includes: a fixed mold including a first mold plate; a movable mold including a second mold plate; and a molding cavity by combining the fixed mold and the movable mold with each other. At least one of the first and the second mold plates includes: a nest in a stepped pillar shape, the nest including a large diameter portion engaged in the insertion hole, and a small diameter portion in which a transfer surface to form an optical function surface of a molded product is formed; and an outer-diameter forming member in a stepped cylindrical shape, the outer-diameter forming member including a cylindrical portion arranged around the small diameter portion of the nest, and engaged in the insertion hole, and a flange portion in which a transfer surface to form an outer diameter portion of the molded product is formed.
US10882231B2
Provided is a molded panel having at least one surface resembling a knit-like pattern, said panel comprising a plurality of stitches at least partially interconnected through connecting members wherein at locations where the stitch strand and the connecting member intersect they form together an integrated, solid molded material location and wherein the panel comprises through going apertures extending therethrough.
US10882228B2
A second mold is divided into a recess-side mold portion, which includes a recess, and a remaining mold portion in a sliding direction of a movable pin, while a size of a gap between the recess-side mold portion and the remaining mold portion is adjustable. The second mold is configured to execute a first-mold-closing operation for contacting the recess-side mold portion to the first mold and thereafter a second-mold-closing operation for contacting the remaining mold portion to the recess-side mold portion. A distal end portion of the movable pin is configured to be placed into a non-contacting state, in which the distal end portion of the movable pin is not in contact with the workpiece, at a time of executing the first-mold-closing operation. The distal end portion of the movable pin is configured to contact the portion of the workpiece at a time of executing the second-mold-closing operation.
US10882227B2
A bushing for a foam mix-head includes an injection port wall surrounding a vestigial area for foam accumulation, a substrate opening transition segment configured to be situated with an opening of a substrate, a seal housing, and a seal seated in a seal seat of the seal housing. The seal helps prevent leakage during a foaming operation, such as when manufacturing a vehicle interior panel having a foam layer between a skin layer and a substrate.
US10882221B2
This disclosure relates to a peeling method of a flexible substrate, and belongs to the technical field of flexible display. The method comprises the steps of: (a) forming a flexible substrate on a base substrate, wherein the flexible substrate has a plane area less than that of the base substrate; (b) adhering a protective film on the base substrate formed with the flexible substrate by an ultraviolet viscosity-reducing adhesive, wherein the plane area of the flexible substrate is less than that of the protective film, and the protective film is further adhered to the base substrate by the ultraviolet viscosity-reducing adhesive; (c) irradiating a region on the base substrate covered by the protective film through the base substrate with an ultraviolet light; and (d) peeling the protective film and the flexible substrate from the base substrate after the irradiation with an ultraviolet light is completed.
US10882218B2
A tool is configured to have a changeable shape. The tool comprises a thermoplastic polymeric material, resistive heating elements within the thermoplastic polymeric material, and a flexible casing encapsulating the thermoplastic polymeric material and resistive heating elements.
US10882216B2
Disclosed is a preform for a plastics container, which includes: a rotationally symmetrical body about a central axis; an open neck which extends in continuation of the body from an upper end of the latter; a bottom which closes the body starting from a lower end of the latter, the bottom being rotationally symmetrical about the central axis and having a central concavity and a protruding bulge around this concavity, the bottom having a thickness E, measured from an external face, that is variable in accordance with three different criteria respectively applied to three sections of the bottom, namely a central section [0; S1], an intermediate section [S1; S2] and a peripheral section [S2; L].
US10882215B2
The present disclosure is directed to improved poly(arylene ether ketone) powders for use in laser sintering.
US10882193B2
A structure of a robot includes: a first member having a hollow portion in the vicinity of a horizontal axis; a second member rotatably supported on a side surface of the first member and having a hollow portion in the vicinity of the horizontal axis; a drive motor producing power for rotating the second member; and a speed reducer reducing the rotation speed of the drive motor and transmitting the rotation to the second member. The speed reducer includes: an output hypoid gear formed of a ring gear disposed coaxially with the horizontal axis and fixed to the first member; an input hypoid gear engaged with the output hypoid gear; and a transmission mechanism transmitting rotation from the drive motor to the input hypoid gear while reducing the speed. The drive motor, the input hypoid gear, and the transmission mechanism are supported in the second member in an accommodated state.
US10882188B2
A robot controller and a robot control method, capable of preventing an operator from being sandwiched between a robot and a workpiece, when a conveyor for conveying the workpiece is stopped. The robot controller is configured to output a robot stop command when a conveyor starts the stop operation thereof. The robot stop command includes at least one of: a first stop command by which, when a movable section of the robot is positioned anterior to the workpiece, the movable section is moved at a higher velocity than the conveyor, and then is stopped after traveling a distance longer than a coasting distance of the conveyor; and a second stop command by which, when the movable section is positioned posterior to the workpiece, the movable section is moved at a lower velocity than the conveyor, and then is stopped after traveling a distance shorter than the coasting distance.
US10882181B2
A robotic system includes one or more end-effectors that combine, according to a production process, at least one object and structure(s) at a production site. Sensor(s) generate, from the production site, sensor data relating to the production process. A control system stores specifications for the production process based on a model of the production site and/or the at least one object. The control system: receives, from the sensor(s), the sensor data; determines, from the sensor data, properties of at least one of: the production site or the at least one object; determines difference(s) between the properties and the model; determine(s) adjustment(s) to the production process based on the difference(s); and sends, for the end-effector(s), instruction(s) for combining the at least one object and the structure(s) based on the specifications and the one or more adjustments to the production process.
US10882178B1
Disclosed herein are sanitary tools including a sanitary tool for opening a door, which sanitary tool may include: a housing: an arm capable of ingress into or egress from the housing, or both; and a cartridge removably coupled to the housing, the cartridge having a sanitizing portion capable of receiving sanitizing material and capable of being abutted against a portion of the arm.
US10882175B2
A hand-held electric hammer includes a handle arrangement on a tool carrier shank in which a striking mechanism actuated by an electric motor is accommodated and at the lower end of which a tool holder is arranged, which is suitable for receiving a tool attachment in the form of a spade blade, a demolition chisel, or a PVC scraper. The handle arrangement is designed as a T-shaped T-handle seated on the tool carrier shank, so that on both sides of the tool carrier shank there are two handles for both a left and a right hand of a user, whereby in the lower half of the tool carrier shank an additional handle stub is attached protruding in parallel with the T-handle from the tool carrier shank, which allows the electric hammer to be gripped with one hand on the T-handle and with the other hand on the additional handle stub.
US10882170B2
A tool for installing a stud having a plurality of locking keys into a workpiece bore includes a main body, an actuator within the main body, a nosepiece adjacent the main body and having an anvil portion, and a mandrel disposed within the nosepiece. The actuator includes a movable piston, a shaft extending axially from the piston, and a coupler on a shaft end opposite the piston. The mandrel includes a threaded head portion and a body portion, and is releasably secured to the coupler.
US10882163B2
A locknut wrench and method. The wrench may include a handle extending along an axis and having opposite sides; a first hook portion at one end of the handle, the first hook portion extending from the axis to a first hook member about a first angle, the first hook member being selectively engageable with a tab of a locknut; and a second hook portion at an opposite end of the handle, the second hook portion extending from the axis to a second hook member about a second angle different than the first angle, the second hook member being selectively engageable with a tab of a locknut, the second hook portion including a tooth positioned on a side of the handle opposite the second hook member, the tooth extending from the axis to an end about a third angle.
US10882157B2
To provide a polishing pad capable of sufficiently polishing, in polishing of an object to be polished having at least one of a projection portion and a recessed portion on the surface, a portion near the projection portion or the inner surface of the recessed portion of the surface of the object to be polished. The polishing pad has a piloerection portion (1) in which a plurality of fibers (12) having a length of 2 mm or more are raised on the surface of a base (11), in which the mass of the fibers (12) is 250 g/m2 or more. The polishing pad is used for polishing an object to be polished (2) containing metal, an alloy, or a metal oxide material and having at least one of a projection portion (21) and a recessed portion (22) on the surface.
US10882152B2
Various embodiments include a structure for positioning a tool on an elongated recess of a workpiece, wherein the elongated recess extends along a first longitudinal axis and has end surfaces on two end faces. The structure may include a plate having a cutout extending along an axis; a centering device; and a clamping device fixedly connected to the plate and the centering device. The cutout, when the second longitudinal axis is aligned parallel to the first longitudinal axis, enframes the elongated recess. The centering device includes a centering jaw movable within the cutout along the second longitudinal axis and also movable into and out of the elongated recess. The clamping device, on the side of the plate facing the elongated recess, includes clamping jaws movable along the second longitudinal axis to come into mechanical contact with one of the end surfaces of the end faces of the elongated recess.
US10882151B2
An automatic pallet changer 2 includes: a pallet housing unit 11 having a plurality of pallet placement portions; and a pallet transfer unit 12 configured to transfer a pallet P that is at a required pallet placement portion and has an un-machined workpiece W attached thereto to a standby station S2 and configured to transfer a pallet P that is at the standby station S2 and has a machined workpiece W attached thereto to a required pallet placement portion. The pallet housing unit 11 includes: main housing portions 13a to 13f that have a plurality of rows of pallet placement portions, each having a plurality of stages, and are disposed to face the machine tool body 1; and three rows of secondary housing portions 14 that have one stage of pallet placement portions and are disposed above the machine tool body 1.
US10882150B2
An autonomous processing station, in particular for machining a plate-shaped workpiece, for example, including a roller conveyor and a suction table disposed beneath the roller conveyor for clamping the workpiece. The roller conveyor includes movable rollers, in a longitudinal center region of the roller conveyor, so as to be movable to the side beneath stationary rollers at ends of the roller conveyor, so that the workpiece can be lowered through the resulting opening onto the suction table.
US10882144B2
A laser shielding device interposed between the camera and the reflected light and is provided with a plurality of plates juxtaposed at an interval. Of the plurality of plates, an incident-side plate disposed on an incident side of the reflected light may be made larger in heat capacity compared to other plates disposed on the camera side of the incident-side plate.
US10882142B2
A method of weeding a design in a substrate have a first layer and a second layer is disclosed. The method determines an outline of the design and an inlet portion of the outline. The inlet portion is defined on at least a first and second side by the outline of the design and is open on at least a third side. The method cuts through the first layer but not the second layer along at least a portion of the outline that is not included in the inlet portion. The method also cuts through both the first and second layers along the inlet portion of the outline. The method also cuts through both the first and second layers along a path that closes the third side of the inlet portion.
US10882138B2
A laser cutting apparatus includes a laser beam irradiation apparatus configured to radiate a laser beam, a pressure wave irradiation part including a plurality of pressure wave sources configured to radiate pressure waves toward a fusing part or a section to be cut by the laser beam, and a jet injection part configured to inject jets toward the fusing part or the section to be cut along respective outer circumferential sides of the pressure waves.
US10882134B2
An ultrasonic welding system is provided. The ultrasonic welding system includes a support structure for supporting a workpiece. The ultrasonic welding system also includes a weld head assembly including an ultrasonic converter carrying a sonotrode. The weld head assembly is moveable along a plurality of substantially horizontal axes. The sonotrode is configured to operate during a welding operation at a bond force of between 5-500 kg, and with a sonotrode tip motion amplitude of between 5-150 microns.
US10882128B2
A spark erosion machine includes a frame with a space for spark erosion of a workpiece, a wire for cutting by spark erosion, and a wire guide head for guiding the wire across the workpiece, so as to detach an offcut from it; an offcut support mounted movably relative to the guide head, the support being configured to move at least between a retention position under the spark erosion space, where it can collect the offcut, and a retracted position; and an offcut extractor.
US10882123B2
A miter saw includes a base assembly and a saw unit pivotably coupled to the base assembly. The saw unit includes a saw arm, a brushless motor supported by the saw arm, and power electronics positioned outside the motor for supplying power to the motor. The power electronics are coupled to a structural component of the miter saw to utilize the entire mass of the structural component as a heat sink to dissipate heat generated by the power electronics.
US10882118B2
A heater for shrink fit chucks has a heating cover, a blocking piece, and an adjustable blocking set. The heating cover has a first through hole, a second through hole, and a heating space disposed within the heating cover, extending along an extending direction to form the first through hole and the second through hole, and communicating with a heat gun. The blocking piece is detachably connected to the heating cover to block the first through hole and has a communicating hole capable of communicating with the first through hole. The adjustable blocking set is connected to the heating cover and has two blade assemblies and a switching component. Each blade assembly has blades disposed annular along the extending direction. The switching component is rotatable and capable of pushing the blades to move toward or depart from each other for blocking the second through hole.
US10882110B2
The invention relates to a method and a device for applying fluids, particularly in a method for producing three-dimensional shaped parts, wherein a coating device comprising a blade, a fluid outlet and a reservoir is provided, and the blade is displaced across the working field such that it can implement a rotational movement type vibration, said vibration occurring as the result of a stroke by a linear actuator.
US10882107B2
An impact pad for metallurgical processes is formed from refractory material, and contains a base having an impact surface facing upwardly against a stream of molten metal entering a vessel containing the impact pad. A wall having a plurality of adjacent wall portions extends upwardly from the base. The impact surface contains at least one nonhorizontal facet extending inwardly from a wall portion; all lines in the facet extending perpendicularly to the wall portion have an inclination or declination with respect to the horizontal plane.
US10882099B2
A tool manufacturing method includes the steps of preparing a cylindrical blank, dividing the blank into sections, changing an outer diameter of one of the sections, and shaping the sections to complete a tool. During the shaping step, the section whose outer diameter is changed is shaped into a symmetrical polygon for serving as a head portion of the tool and shaping another section to obtain a polygon with alternate concavities and convexities thereon for serving as an engaging portion of the tool. Accordingly, the progressive execution of the method prevents the deterioration of the blank made of a high carbon content metal material, allows the tool to keep good mechanical properties, increases the manufacturing efficiency, and reduces manufacturing costs.
US10882098B2
A method of processing a material by use of high kinetic energy comprises a piston driven from a start position by a hydraulic system pressure by a drive chamber, by only one stroke, to transfer high kinetic energy to a blank/tool to be processed, whereafter there is a risk that a rebound of the piston will occur, so a step is taken in connection with said stroke performed, to prevent said piston from making a rebound with an essential content of kinetic energy to avoid negative effects as a result, whereafter the piston is returned to said start position by means of a second chamber, wherein a valve means closes the driving connection between the system pressure and the piston, the valve means is controlled by a pilot valve controlling the entire striking progress, and the second chamber is pressurized with the system pressure during the entire striking progress.
US10882091B2
An extruder and tube extruder or metal extrusion press that has a press frame, which is composed of a cylinder bar and a counter bar connected to said cylinder bar, in which a movable block receiver holder that bears a block receiver and a movable plunger traverse are provided. A main cylinder or pressing cylinder is arranged in the cylinder bar. The cylinder receiving in its cylinder housing a pressing piston provided with a pressing plunger, and in which an equalization container is arranged in the cylinder housing. The container supplying hydraulic oil to the pressing piston by a slide plate provided on a central linkage. A filling valve that has a lid-like valve cone is formed in the transition from the equalization container to the cylinder housing.
US10882088B2
A hard rolled-copper foil which, when heated and laminated on an insulating resin base material, can exhibit excellent bend-resistance characteristics without increasing a final reduction ratio, which, being not prone to develop rolling marks, can maintain a low surface coarseness and can therefore be preferably used in a flexible printed wiring board having excellent high-speed transmission characteristics, which is not prone to softening at room temperature, and which provides excellent operation efficiency and foil passing property when being processed into a flexible printed wiring board after having been stored. A hard rolled-copper foil in which a crystal orientation density in a copper orientation is not less than 10, and a crystal orientation density in a brass orientation is not less than 20.
US10882087B2
A method is described for preparing a product adapted for stimulation and enhancement of processes of reduction, transformation and metabolization of polluting substances that are present in soils and/or waters, the method comprising the following steps: a first step comprising: preparing a totally natural mineral substance based on Magnesium Potassium Sulphate, “activating” said mineral substance by mixing it for a time of 3′ 23″, with a tolerance of plus-minus 10 seconds; a second step comprising: making an organic-base product obtained by burying bovine manure inserted in cow horns into weakly calcareous soil (pH 7.5-8.0) for a period lasting from the autumn to the following spring; thereafter, dynamizing said organic-base product by mixing a part thereof into 99 parts of distilled water, thereby obtaining a liquid substance; said dynamization comprising a first active phase of succussions for 60 seconds, followed by a pause of 80 seconds, in turn followed by a second active phase of succussions for additional 60 seconds, said liquid substance is then diluted again with distilled water in a proportion of 1 to 99 and then further dynamized with said succussions followed by pauses, repeated 5 more times; a third step comprising: combining the product obtained in the first step with the product obtained in the second step, in a proportion of 1 ml of product of the second step for 1 kg of product of the first step; “activating” said combination by mixing it for a period of 5′ 25″ (with a tolerance of plus-minus 10 seconds), thereby obtaining said product adapted for stimulation and enhancement.
US10882083B2
An integrated scraper-sponge includes scraper layer is fixed between the first and second sponge and/or abrasive layers. The support structure body includes an area configured and dimensioned to fit between at least a major portion the interface, and/or a plurality of apertures are provided within the area of the support structure body, and a plurality of openings. The scraper layer includes an edge that can be used to remove solidified or other contaminants.
US10882078B1
The present invention is directed to systems for cleaning a component inside a machine, such as an evaporator coil inside an air conditioner. A pump is connected to a controlling device. The pump is also connected to a metering device. The metering device is connected to one or more reservoirs. The metering device is also connected to one or more devices, adapted to generate a fog whose particles have a mean diameter of less than about 15 microns. To perform the cleaning of the component, the controlling device disables the machine. The controlling device then activates the pump. The pump causes cleaning solution to be drawn from the one or more reservoirs into the metering device, which then transfers the cleaning solution into the fog generating device(s). The controlling device then allows the machine to resume operation.
US10882066B2
A device for detecting and replenishing a salt solution in a salt spray machine and the salt spray machine includes a salt solution collector installed at the bottom of the salt spray machine and configured to collect the salt solution, a return pipe is connected to the salt solution collector and the salt solution storage tank, and a pH value sensor, a water level sensor and the salt concentration sensor are connected to the salt solution storage tank.
US10882058B2
A solid-jacket screw centrifuge is disclosed. The centrifuge has a rotatable drum with a horizontal axis of rotation which encloses a bowl with a rotatable screw, an inlet for introducing material to be centrifuged into the bowl, at least one liquid and at least one solid discharge, where at least the solid discharge is assigned a non-rotatable housing surrounding it, at least radially bounding a discharge chamber, where the discharge chamber is designed as a drying chamber for the solid matter and has axial walls and one or more walls in the radial direction. The housing extends axially parallel to the axis of rotation at most into the conical region of the drum or the screw.
US10882048B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for conditioning bamboo or other types of vegetable cane are provided. In one aspect, the present technology provides a cane processing assembly for use with a substantially flattened sheet of bamboo culm or vegetable cane having a plurality of longitudinally oriented fiber bundles. The assembly comprises first and second conditioning rollers configured to apply pressure to the sheet that breaks at least some natural bonds connecting laterally adjacent fiber bundles in the sheet. The first and second conditioning rollers are adjustable relative to each other so as to vary the pressure applied to the sheet by the first and second conditioning rollers.
US10882047B2
A sample vessel rack (1), which comprises a frame (2) with a plurality of openings (3) in the upper surface of the frame for sample vessels (9), and a locking plate member (5) movable in a plane parallel to the upper surface of the frame (2) of the rack from a releasing position to a locking position and back, wherein the removal of the sample vessels (9) from the rack is prevented when the locking plate member is in the locking position, the openings (3) of the upper surface of the frame (2) comprises slots (12) formed on their side, and in the locking position a part of the locking plate member (5) sets itself in the area of the slots. The invention also relates to such a method and a sample vessel rack system.
US10882045B2
Examples include polymerase chain reaction (PCR) devices. Example PCR devices comprise a fluid input, ejection nozzles, and a set of microfluidic channels that fluidly connect the fluid input and the ejection nozzles. Each microfluidic channel comprises a reaction chamber, and examples further comprise at least one heating element, where the at least one heating element is positioned in the reaction chamber of each microfluidic channel. The at least one heating element is to heat fluid in the reaction chamber of each fluid channel. The device may eject fluid via the ejection nozzles.
US10882042B2
An active matrix electrowetting on dielectric (AM-EWoD) device including dual substrates with thin-film transistors (TFT) and capacitive sensing. As depicted herein the bottom substrate includes a first plurality of electrodes to propel various droplets through a microfluidic region, while the top substrate includes a second plurality of electrodes that are configured to interrogate the droplets with capacitive sensing. In some embodiments, the top substrate has zones of high-resolution sensing and zones of low-resolution sensing.
US10882041B2
A portable system for extracting, optionally amplifying, and detecting nucleic acids or proteins using a compact integrated chip in combination with a mobile device system for analyzing detected signals, and comparing and distributing the results via a wireless network. Related systems and methods are provided.
US10882037B2
A process and apparatus is disclosed for distributing a gas stream into a downwardly flowing catalyst stream in a vessel by feeding the gas stream into a center of the vessel or the catalyst stream into a hollow cap. The gas stream enters the cap and exits the cap flowing upwardly to contact the catalyst stream.
US10882025B2
Catalyst/catalyst support compositions are characterized by a supported cerium oxide, deposited onto a silica, alumina, titanium or zirconium based support, including particles of said supported oxide deposited onto said support, individualized or in the form of aggregates, no greater than 500 nm in size and having, after 6 hours of calcination at a temperature of at least 800° C., a measured reducibility from 30° C. and 900° C. of at least 80%; such compositions are prepared by combining a colloidal dispersion of the supported oxide and a suspension of the support, drying the resulting mixture by atomization and drying the resulting product by calcination.
US10882022B2
A method of removing an organic pollutant from water by contacting the water with a ball milled and sonicated oil fly ash powder to adsorb the organic pollutant onto the ball milled and sonicated oil fly ash powder. A method of producing a ball milled and sonicated oil fly ash powder involving ball milling oil fly ash to provide ball milled oil fly ash particles with an average particle size of less than 1 μm and sonicating the ball milled oil fly ash particles in an aqueous medium to form the ball milled and sonicated oil fly ash powder. A method of improving recovery of valuable metals/elements from oil fly ash.
US10882015B2
A screw machine includes an inductive heating device for the processing of material to be processed. The inductive heating device is used to heat the material in a heating zone. In the heating zone, at least one housing portion is made of an electromagnetically transparent material at least partly, the material being non-magnetic and electrically non-conductive, whereas at least one treatment element shaft is made of an electrically conductive material at least partly. During the processing of the material, the inductive heating device generates an alternating magnetic field that produces eddy current losses in the at least one treatment element shaft, the eddy current losses leading to a temperature increase of the at least one treatment element shaft. The material is heated on the at least one heated treatment element shaft, in particular until it melts. The screw machine allows a simple and efficient melting of the material, with the result that a mechanical energy input and a resulting wear of the screw machine can be reduced significantly.
US10882014B2
A mixer insert (1) for a static mixer, comprising a plurality of mixing elements (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, etc.) which are disposed one behind the other along a longitudinal axis (L) and preferably immediately adjoin each other and each comprise a plurality of crossing rods (8, 9; 10, 11), at least two mixing elements consecutive along the longitudinal axis (L) among the plurality of mixing elements (3, 3a, 3b; 3b, 3c; 3c, 3d; etc.) being turned relative to each other by a twist angle of preferably 90° with respect to the longitudinal axis (L), the mixer insert (1) being composed of multiple separate mixer-insert parts (2, 2a, 2b) which each extend along the longitudinal axis and which are disposed adjacent to each other perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (L), each mixer-insert part (2, 2a, 2b) having a plurality of mixing-element parts (14, 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, etc.; 15, 15a, 15b, 15c, 15d, etc.) which are disposed one behind the other along the longitudinal axis (L) and are integrally connected to each other along the longitudinal axis (L) and immediately adjoin each other, and that the mixing-element parts (14, 15; 14a, 15a; 14b, 15b; 14c, 15c, 14d, 15d; etc.) of the mixer-insert parts (2, 2a, 2b) that are disposed next to each other perpendicular to the longitudinal axis form one of the mixing elements (3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, etc.), and that at least two of the mixing-element parts (14, 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d, etc.; 15, 15a, 15b, 15c, 15d, etc.) of the mixer-insert parts (2, 2a, 2b) that immediately adjoin each other along the longitudinal axis (L) are turned relative to each other by the twist angle with respect to the longitudinal axis (L).
US10882013B2
A dry stirrer configured to stir powder in a dry state, and a wet stirrer provided downward of the dry stirrer in the vertical direction and configured to stir the powder are used. In the wet stirrer, the powder is stirred together with a fluid component, so that granules are formed. The wet stirrer includes a stirring chamber having a cylindrical shape and having a central axis placed in the lateral direction, a cut blade configured to rotate around the central axis of the cylindrical shape in the stirring chamber, and an agitating blade configured to rotate along an inner wall that is a cylindrical side face inside the stirring chamber. When the agitating blade passes above the central axis of the stirring chamber in the vertical direction, the agitating blade is rocked.
US10882010B2
The present disclosure relates to a technique for manufacturing a humidifying membrane including a hydrophobic thin film-coating layer having a nano-sized crack morphology pattern on the surface of an aromatic hydrocarbon-based polymer ion exchange membrane and applying the membrane to a reverse electrodialysis process. The humidifying membrane including a hydrophobic thin film-coating layer having a nano-sized crack morphology pattern on the surface of an aromatic hydrocarbon-based polymer ion exchange membrane, manufactured according to the present disclosure, embodies a low bulk resistance of the ion exchange membrane and significantly improves ion selectivity, thereby overcoming the trade-off relationship between membrane resistance and ion selectivity, and thus may be commercially available as an anion and cation exchange membrane of a reverse electrodialysis device.
US10882006B2
Conversion methods and equipment for converting a calcium-based flue gas desulfurization (FGD) system to an ammonia-based FGD systems, including modifying a reagent system and absorber system of the calcium-based FGD system to be capable of, respectively, delivering an ammonia-based reagent to the absorber system rather than the calcium-based reagent, and modifying the absorber system to increase capacity of a reaction tank thereof.
US10882002B2
The present invention concerns the use, for gas separation and/or gas drying, of at least one zeolite adsorbent material comprising at least one type A zeolite, said adsorbent having an external surface area greater than 20 m2·g−1, a non-zeolite phase (PNZ) content such that 0
US10881997B2
A method of verifying sterilization comprises performing a sterilization cycle on a sterilizing cabinet, opening the door with the first filter overlying the vent port by a single user being non-sterile and ungowned and examining the first filter, by the single user being non-sterile and ungowned, to verify the integrity of the sterilization cycle in the sterilizing device, determining if the integrity of the first filter is acceptable by the single user being non-sterile and ungowned, and removing, by the single user being sterile and gowned, through the access port at least one tray from the interior of the sterilizing cabinet if the integrity of the first filter is acceptable.
US10881989B2
An underdrain block for filtering water includes a top wall, a bottom wall, and two side walls connecting the top wall to the bottom wall to define an internal chamber. The bottom wall contains a plurality of orifices that allow liquid and solid materials to enter and exit the internal chamber. An underdrain filtering system can be formed by securing an underdrain lateral, which is formed from one or a plurality of underdrain blocks, to a filter floor. Also included is a method of preparing an underdrain lateral for providing even distribution of backwash water along the underdrain lateral and a method of validating even distribution of backwash water across an underdrain lateral.
US10881985B1
Systems and methods for automatically packing resin into and unpacking resin from a reusable separation column for sample analysis are described. A method embodiment includes, but is not limited to, introducing a slurry of resin to a reusable sample separation column to pack the reusable column with resin; introducing a sample solution to the reusable sample separation column; and unpacking the resin from the reusable sample separation column with a flow of liquid unpacking reagent and gaseous material.
US10881970B2
A game system, comprising: a data processing system configured to execute program instructions allowing a user to engage in digital game play; a physical toy; and a detection device configured to detect a presence of the toy within a detection area of the detection device; wherein the toy comprises two or more identification elements each detectable by the detection device when the identification element is positioned within the detection area, wherein the toy is configured to allow a user to selectively position the toy with a user-selected subset of one or more of said identification elements within the detection area; and wherein the data processing system is configured to control said digital game play responsive to the detected subset of identification elements.
US10881968B2
The present invention provides methods and system of identifying and communicating optimal fantasy sports pick(s). The methods comprise receiving, from one or more individual user(s), requests for entry into a contest; accepting said requests for entry into said contest; initiating said contest; and awarding prizes based on said ranking of users at the end of the contest.
US10881967B2
An apparatus, computer-readable medium, and computer-implemented method for executing a multi-player card game on a single display, including generating playing cards corresponding to each player in a plurality of players, transmitting a plurality of images to a plurality of regions of a single display, each region corresponding to a player in the plurality of players, each region being located at a position on the single display which is closer to a physical location reserved for the corresponding player than to any other physical location reserved for any other player, and the plurality of images including a representation of the playing cards corresponding to each player, receiving one or more inputs from one or more players in the plurality of players, and transmitting one or more new images to the single display in response to the one or more inputs.
US10881962B2
A system and method for providing a content block is provided. Media and at least one set of activity data associated with the media may be stored in memory. A user request may be received by a server from a user device to stream the media. Such user request may include information about at least one of user completed activities or user in progress activities that a user has engaged with. The media may be monitored to identify a trigger indicating that an activity to be displayed is not one of the at least one of user completed activities or user in progress activities. A notification may be generated to the user that the activity to be displayed is not one of the at least one of user completed activities or user in progress activities.
US10881957B2
The present disclosure discloses a scene audio effect controlling method and apparatus. The method includes: setting an intersection area between a first scene and a second scene, where the intersection area includes a first parameter control line for performing audio effect control on the first scene and a second parameter control line for performing audio effect control on the second scene; determining a position parameter of a game role in the intersection area; determining, respectively on the first parameter control line and the second parameter control line, a first scene audio effect control parameter and a second scene audio effect control parameter that correspond to the position parameter; and setting a first scene audio effect according to the first scene audio effect control parameter and setting a second scene audio effect according to the second scene audio effect control parameter.
US10881951B2
An avatar-incentive healthcare therapy system has a physiological monitor for generating a physiological parameter indicative of physical health. An academic test for generating a test score is indicative of mental acuity. The avatar has outward characteristics and game play capabilities proportional to the physiological health and the mental acuity so as to incentivize improved physical health and academic performance.
US10881947B2
A method of playing a game between two or more players. The game comprises game-tokens, and playable-tokens comprising a plurality of action-tokens. The action tokens comprise a sequence of first action-tokens, and a sequence of second action-tokens wherein each second action-token corresponds to the identifier of a respective one of the first action tokens. The method comprises: providing one of the game-tokens to each player of the game; dealing a respective plurality of playable-tokens to each player; and playing in turn, by each player, a playable-token of the player's respective plurality of playable tokens if permitted by rules. According to the rules: a first action-token is playable against one of the game-tokens if the action-token is first in the sequence of first action-tokens, a subsequent action-token is playable against one of the game-tokens if the subsequent action-token follows or corresponds to a previous action-token most recently-played against the one of the game-tokens, at least one action-token played against one of the game-tokens is disregarded when the subsequent action-token played at least by the player of that one game token corresponds to the previous action-token. A player loses or is at risk of losing their game-token if the subsequent action-token is last in the sequence of first action-tokens, and a player is out of the game if the player loses their game-token.
US10881945B2
A skateboard includes a board adapted for a user to stand with both feet thereon and having a major axis, and a front steering device and a rear steering device respectively disposed on front and rear sections of a bottom surface of the board along the major axis and each having two wheels. The front or rear steering device has a wheel seat disposed on the bottom surface of the board rotatably around a rotation axis which inclines downwards from front to rear, and a wheel rack disposed on the wheel seat rotatably or swingably around a main axis. An abutted surface is defined where the wheel seat and the wheel rack are abutted against each other. On an imaginary vertical plane including the major axis, where the rotation axis passes the abutted surface is in front of where the main axis passes the abutted surface.
US10881944B2
A skateboard and a variable-rate elastomeric steering control spring include a boardside unitary body formed of an exterior first elastomer having a first durometer on the Shore “A” scale, and an interior second elastomer coupled to the first elastomer and extending at least length of the exterior first elastomer, the second elastomer having a second durometer on the Shore “A” scale and a through hole disposed to receive a kingpin of the skate truck; a roadside unitary body formed of an exterior third elastomer having a third durometer on the Shore “A” scale, and an interior fourth elastomer coupled to the third elastomer and extending at least a length of the exterior third elastomer, the interior fourth elastomer having a fourth durometer on the Shore “A” scale and a through hole disposed to receive the kingpin; and wherein the first, second, third and fourth elastomers comprise at least two durometers on the Shore “A” scale between 65 A and 100 A to enable the boardside unitary body and the roadside unitary body to form the variable-rate elastomeric steering control spring when disposed on the kingpin of the skate truck.
US10881942B2
Novel and advantageous masks and helmets to protect an athlete's head and face from impacts and injuries. In particular, the present disclosure relates to novel and advantageous masks and helmets to help protect a baseball or softball catcher's face and head from concussive forces of an incoming ball strike. A mask of the present disclosure may be coupled to a helmet, or may be configured for use without a helmet in some embodiments. The mask may provide a generally cone-shaped structure in front of a wearer's face, so as to provide an angled surface for contact with an incoming ball. Additionally, a shock absorbing material may be provided at an interface between the helmet and mask to reduce and distribute force transfer between the mask and the helmet.
US10881939B2
Provided is an auxiliary apparatus for a golf putter including a coupling member detachably coupled to a shaft of the golf putter and a guide light emitting device coupled to the coupling member and configured to emit a guide light to help golf putting. The coupling member includes a first coupling member opened at upper and lower portions and one side thereof and detachably coupled to the golf putter through the opened space, and a second coupling member extending from the first coupling member and opened at upper and lower portions thereof, the second coupling member being configured to accommodate the guide light emitting device through the opened space.
US10881924B2
The present invention is direct to a set of golf clubs comprising long irons, mid-irons and short irons. The invention contemplates the use of titanium or steel for the main body portion and a tungsten weight member coupled to the toe and a tungsten heel weight member coupled in a hosel cavity.
US10881923B2
An iron type golf club head has a club face provided with face lines and comprises an external weight member secured to a sole portion of a head main body and having a specific gravity larger than the head main body. The external weight member has a center of gravity located on the toe side of the middle point in the toe-heel direction of the face lines, and comprises a wide portion and a narrow portion located on the heel side of the wide portion. The wide portion is located on the toe side of the above-mentioned middle point. The wide portion has a front edge extending along the leading edge of the sole portion, and the narrow portion has a front edge extending along the leading edge and located backward of the front edge of the wide portion.
US10881921B2
In one embodiment the golf club head includes three main components, a frame component, a rear cap component, and a striking plate. In another embodiment the club head may also comprise a front component, which is manufactured as a single unitary piece, and a rear cap component. The front component may also be overmolded by a thermoplastic polymeric outer portion which may or may not cover the striking face and which provides additional reinforcement at the load bearing sections of the club head and allows a more facile connection to the rear cap component. In another embodiment, a club head having a main body, crown insert, sole insert and metal face plate frame is formed by forming the sole insert and crown insert from a polymeric material using a thermoforming or thermosetting process and then injection molding the main body over the sole insert, crown insert and metal face plate frame.
US10881916B2
Golf club heads are described having a club head portion, a shaft portion connected to the club head portion, and a grip portion connected to the shaft portion. The club head portion has a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a crown portion, a hosel portion, and a striking face. The striking face can have a center face roll contour, a toe side roll contour, a heel side roll contour, a center face bulge contour, a crown side bulge contour, and a sole side bulge contour. The toe side roll contour can be more lofted than the center face roll contour. The heel side roll contour can be less lofted than the center face roll contour. The crown side bulge contour can be more open than the center face bulge contour, and the sole side bulge contour can be more closed than the center face bulge contour.
US10881913B2
A golf ball has a large number of exposed portions 22 on a surface thereof. An average value Hav of heights H of these exposed portions 22 is not less than 0.5 μm and not greater than 50 μm. The surface of the golf ball has one or more first zones and one or more second zones. An average value Hav1 of the heights H of the exposed portions 22 on these first zones is higher than an average value Hav2 of the heights H of the exposed portions 22 on these second zones. Preferably, the average value Hav1 and the average value Hav2 satisfy the following mathematical formula. 3≤(Hav1−Hav2)≤50
US10881912B2
A balance board may include an upper plate having a top surface; a base configured to contact the ground; and a center assembly pivotally connecting the upper plate with the base, the center assembly including a top pivot including a first multi-axial joint set at least partially within the upper plate and a lower pivot including a second multi-axial joint disposed proximate the upper plate. The first multi-axial joint may be a first ball and socket joint; the second multi-axial joint may be a second ball and socket joint; and the first ball and socket joint may be disposed at least partially within the second ball and socket joint. In addition, the balance board may further include an adjustable angle stop system comprising at least one adjustable angle stop movable at adjustable intervals to change a maximum angle by which the upper plate may be pivoted.
US10881904B2
A system designed for exercising while sitting includes a rigid housing configured to receive at least one sensor to detect motion. The sensor is configured to identify an oscillatory motion of a knee raising and lowering through pivoting of an ankle of a user wherein a heel of a foot of the user lifts off of a surface and wherein a toe of the user remains planted on the surface. A mobile device in wireless communication with the motion sensor runs an application that provides a user with a multitude of features. The features include exercise statistics, energy spent, and steps taken. A further feature of the mobile device application is to provide a user with a virtual environment on the screen of the mobile device. Exercise performed by the user is translated into forward motion in the provided virtual environment.
US10881900B2
Apparatus for exercise the musculature and mobility of the joints in the neck wherein the apparatus comprises an upper part 4, a bottom part and a connecting element 3 connecting the upper and the bottom part, and wherein the upper part 4, the bottom part and the connecting element 3 defines a space in which the head of a user can be placed, characterized in that to the upper part 4 there is attached a cradle 5 in which the head of the user can rest and the lower part has attached a pillow for neck support 2.
US10881893B2
A barbell includes first and second bar ends being substantially straight and extending along a first longitudinal axis. A central bar is connected to the bar ends in an angle, and with a mid-portion protruding a first distance from the first longitudinal axis. First and second handles, are connected to at least the central bar and protrudes in an open area between the bar ends. First and second counterweights, protruding a second distance from the first longitudinal axis, substantially in an opposite direction relative the central bar. The first and second counterweights and the second distance are selected so as to weight-balance the central bar.
US10881886B2
A method of fire suppression may include injecting a reactive agent into a reaction zone to produce a catalytically active species for fire suppression and conveying the catalytically active species to a fire to catalytically interfere with flame chemistry of the fire. Fire in a fuel tank may be suppressed by injecting the reactive agent into a convective flow of a mixture of fuel and oxidizer in a fuel tank, the reactive agent reacting in the fuel tank to release a species which catalytically interferes with flame chemistry to suppress fire in the fuel tank. Fire at an airplane crash may be suppressed by releasing the reactive agent from the container at the crash site to produce an active species to catalytically interfere with a fire at the crash site.
US10881879B2
A positioning stud for radioactive therapy includes a stud rod, a stud tip, and an insulating component. The insulating component is connected between the stud rod and the stud tip, and is used to prevent contact between the stud rod and the stud tip.
US10881875B2
An achievability estimate is computed for an intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) geometry (32) including a target volume, an organ at risk (OAR), and at least one radiation beam. Namely, a geometric complexity (GC) metric is computed for the IMRT geometry that compares a number NT of beamlets of the at least one radiation beam available in the IMRT geometry for irradiating the target volume and a number n of these beamlets that also pass through the OAR. A GC metric ratio is computed of the GC metric for the IMRT geometry and the GC metric for a reference IMRT geometry for which an IMRT plan is achievable. If the clinician is satisfied with this estimate then optimization (38) of an IMRT plan for the IMRT geometry (32) is performed. Alternatively, a reference IMRT geometry is selected by comparing the GC metric with GC metrics of past IMRT plans.
US10881872B1
Apparatus and methods are disclosed for treating allergic rhinitis (seasonal and perennial hay fever), by application of flash lamp radiation. The nasal cavity can be illuminated in a safe and effective manner, with non-coherent light from a flash-lamp or other suitable source. This illumination can be accomplished in any suitable manner, including by use of a handheld device. Such handheld embodiments may contain a power source (battery or AC), control circuitry, light source (flash-lamp or diode laser), lens (focusing or non-focusing), light filter, and/or fiber-optic for delivering light to the nasal cavity. Embodiments include using any suitable light energy, such as visible light in the red wavelengths with a power output of 1 to 10 Joules per cm2. The device can be pre-programmed to deliver a specified amount of light in a specified amount of time using multiple pulses (in the case of a flash lamp) or a continuous wave (in the case of a diode laser). In many useful embodiments, a rigid fiber-optic extends from the lens/light filter a length of 10 to 20 mm, although it can be any convenient and useful size and shape. Contact sensors can be arrayed on the device for various purposes, such as to restrict illumination to times when the fiber optic is inserted into the nasal cavity. This and/or other safety features can prevent the high-intensity light from being fired into open space, a person's eyes, and/or otherwise causing a potential vision or other hazard. Preferably, the device can be easily and comfortably inserted into a nostril. The fiber-optic can be angled (either in its own shape or by the user manipulating it to a convenient angle/position) so as to allow the user to easily grip the device and insert the fiber-optic without having to use a mirror or other aid. Light from the device can be emitted at a specified light frequency that causes a desired immunosuppressive response in the cellular system.
US10881865B2
Far field telemetry communications are conducted during recharge sessions between an external device and an implantable medical device. The two devices may not have been previously paired together for far field telemetry and may have been paired with other devices for far field telemetry during previous recharge sessions and/or programming sessions. Embodiments provide for temporary bonding of the two devices for far field telemetry during the recharge session. The implantable medical device of the recharge session may maintain a programming bond with an external device other than the external device conducting the recharge session. Safeguards against establishment of inadvertent programming sessions between the external device that has conducted a recharge session and implantable medical devices that may or may not be bonded to that external device are provided.
US10881859B2
Techniques for steering of target poles formed by implantable electrodes in a stimulator device are disclosed. The steering technique modifies the relative amplitude of target poles once they are steered to an electrode array boundary. Once a target pole is steered to an electrode array boundary, further steering in the direction of that boundary results in a gradual decrease in the relative amplitude of that target pole. Eventually, continued steering in that direction will cause that target pole to disappear. Thus, in the case of a target tripole, continued steering will eventually cause the target tripole to be automatically converted into a target bipole. In another example of steering, target poles defined linearly in one direction can be split in an orthogonal direction to create a target pole configuration that is two-dimensional.
US10881851B2
Guidewires and methods for transmitting electrical stimuli to a heart and for guiding and supporting the delivery of elongate treatment devices within the heart are disclosed. A guidewire can comprise an elongate body, including first and second elongate conductors, and at least first and second electrodes. A distal end portion of the elongate body can include a preformed bias shape, such as a pigtail-shaped region, on which the first and second electrodes can be located. The preformed bias shape can optionally be non-coplanar relative to an intermediate portion of the elongate body. The first and second elongate conductors can be formed of a single structure or two or more electrically connected structures. The conductors can extend from proximal end portions to distal end portions that electrically connect to the first and second electrodes. A corewire can extend the length of the elongate body, can at least partially form the first conductor, and can be at least partially surrounded by the second conductor.
US10881849B2
Systems, methods, and devices are provided herein providing electrical muscle stimulation (EMS). In some instances, an EMS device may be provided. The EMS device may be compact, light, and unobtrusive such that it can be used by a person going about his or her daily activities. In some instances, the EMS device may comprise additional sensors for increased functionality and may be capable of interacting with additional devices or platforms to provide a full-fledged EMS device capability.
US10881846B2
A medical valve assembly includes a tube extending between a first and second tube end along an axis, and a plunger plate extends radially from the second tube end. A valve housing surrounds the tube and includes a radially inwardly extending flange. A compression member is biased against the plunger plate and compresses an elastomeric seal from a non-compressed condition to a compressed condition to establish a sealed condition of the medical valve assembly. An inner surface of the elastomeric seal in the non-compressed condition has a plurality of planar portions and a plurality of radiused portions, with adjacent planar portions interconnected with one of the radiused portions to improve a closure of the elastomeric seal during compression. The inner surface preferably includes three planar portions and three radiused portions to define a generally triangular-shaped inner surface as viewed in cross section in the non-compressed condition.
US10881837B2
One aspect relates to a guidewire system, a measuring system, and a method for manufacturing such guidewire system. The guidewire system includes a guidewire and a surface acoustic wave sensor device. A portion of a surface of the guidewire is coated by the surface acoustic wave sensor device. The surface acoustic wave sensor device may be configured for measuring a pressure change. The surface acoustic wave sensor device includes a piezoelectric substrate and a transducer. A thickness of the surface acoustic wave sensor device perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the guidewire is smaller than 100 μm.
US10881834B2
A catheter integral with a valved needle-free connector provides a safety catheter device configured to receive a blunt cannula and sharp needle forming an insertion mechanism. The sharp needle is mounted within a needle tube and a control handle is used to slide the sharp needle out of and into the protective needle tube. When the insertion mechanism is mounted to the connector and the control handle is used to slide the sharp needle out of the tube, a blunt cannula first moves into contact with and enters the bore of the valve mechanism of the connector opening it and protecting it from damage that may be caused by the sharp needle. The sharp needle is then extended through the connector and extends out the distal end of the catheter so that a venipuncture procedure may be performed to properly locate the catheter in the patient's circulatory system. Once located, the needle may be retracted into the insertion mechanism, the insertion mechanism disconnected from the connector, and discarded.
US10881833B2
A catheter insertion device includes a hollow needle attached to a needle base. A compression spring mechanically biases the needle base away from a plunger. A catheter is configured to be contactable by the plunger when the plunger moves in a forward direction. An expandable chamber is in fluidic and/or pneumatic communication with the hollow needle. The plunger inserts the catheter when a vacuum formed in the expandable chamber by the compression spring pushing the plunger away from the needle base is released by a fluid and/or a gas entering the hollow needle at a distal skin-piercing end as it punctures a vein or artery. The plunger is moved from a stored position to the armed position by rotating a button which overcomes any tendency for the plunger to stick in place during storage. The needle can be retracted by the same compression spring after the catheter is inserted.
US10881832B2
A medical device may include a handle having a first handle portion and a second handle portion. The first handle portion may be rotatable relative to the second handle portion. The medical device may also include a deflectable shaft coupled to and extending distally of the first handle portion. A port may be positioned on the first handle portion and a control knob may be coupled to the shaft.
US10881831B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to apparatuses, systems, and methods for merging an endoscopic basket delivery catheter onto a fixed guidewire. In one implementation, a catheter may include a sheath having a saddle secured to a distal portion thereof. The sheath may constrain an endoscopic tool such as a basket therein, while the saddle may receive a portion of a guidewire. The saddle may include a slit extending along its longitudinal length. The slit may be widened by a working member of an adapter to allow passage of a locked guidewire into the guidewire lumen of the saddle. The catheter may be merged onto the guidewire via the slit and delivered to the desired treatment device without unlocking of the guidewire. Advantageously, access to at least one desired treatment site may be maintained with the guidewire during merging of the catheter.
US10881828B2
A sensor adaptor couples a face mask to a gas sampling tube connected to a device detecting end-tidal carbon dioxide. The sensor adaptor includes a shaft and connector. The shaft includes a channel providing a pathway for the carbon dioxide to travel toward the gas sampling tube. One end of the shaft includes an adaptor tip which extends through an exit port of the face mask. A connector is attached to the other end of the shaft and couples the sensor adaptor to the gas sampling line. A gripper may surround the shaft and prevent improper advancement of the shaft into the face mask. The sensor adaptor can be designed for use with any gas sampling tube and any face mask including exit ports.
US10881822B2
A system including a breathing apparatus and a processor is configured to raise a first positive end-expiratory pressure PEEP level to at least a second PEEP level above said first PEEP level and subsequently lowering said second PEEP level to said first PEEP level and to calculate a lung mechanics equation relating total lung volume above functional residual capacity (FRC) to transpulmonary pressure (PTP) of a lung connected to said breathing apparatus, based on a change in end-expiratory lung volume (DEELV) between said first PEEP level and said second PEEP level.
US10881820B2
A breathable gas supply apparatus has a flow generator configured to pressurize a flow of breathable gas and a humidifier base unit configured to be coupled to the flow generator. A water container is configured to be removably coupled to the humidifier base unit and includes an air inlet and an air inlet passage extending into an interior of the water container from the air inlet. The air inlet passage is configured to direct the pressurized flow of breathable gas in a direction that is substantially parallel to a base of the water container. A barrier wall is provided across an outlet end of the air inlet passage and extends downward from the air inlet passage toward the water container base. In addition, a curved wall opposes both the outlet end of the air inlet passage and the barrier wall and extends downward toward the water container base. The breathable gas supply apparatus also includes a connector defining an airflow passage between an outlet of the flow generator and the air inlet of the water container.
US10881819B2
The present invention relates to a mask and an inflatable structure thereof. The inflatable structure which is provided in a mask's body comprises: a ventilation seat; a sleeving connection which is sleeved at one end of the ventilation seat and sandwiches the mask's body together with the ventilation seat, with the sleeving connection provided with a socket tube so that the mask's body, the ventilation seat and the socket tube are in air communication; an air-sealed hood which is connected to the sleeving connection and provided around the socket tube. By virtue of the structure in the present invention, the air flow can be effectively imported into the patient to significantly increase the survival rate of the patient.
US10881813B2
The present disclosure relates to a tubular rotator for a medicament delivery device having a medicament delivery member cover and a sensor arrangement, wherein the tubular rotator includes a guide structure arranged to convert linear motion of the medicament delivery member cover to rotational motion of the tubular rotator, and a profiled distal edge periphery arranged to interact with the sensor arrangement for actuating the sensor arrangement. Also provided is a medicament delivery device having such a tubular rotator.
US10881808B2
A button-activated medicament delivery device is presented having a housing arranged to house a medicament container, a vibration sensor configured to measure vibrations induced by the button-activated medicament delivery device during a medicament delivery, a button arranged to initiate medicament delivery from the medicament container, and to activate the vibration sensor when initiating the medicament delivery, and processing circuitry configured to obtain a vibration measurement from the vibration sensor and to compare the vibration measurement with a reference vibration measurement characteristic for the button-activated medicament delivery device during medicament delivery. The processing circuitry is configured to generate a time of measurement of the vibration measurement in case the vibration measurement matches the reference vibration measurement.
US10881807B2
A device for delivering a number of predetermined amounts of medicament includes a body having proximal and opposite distal ends, extending along a longitudinal axis, and configured to hold a medicament container; a driver in the body configured to act on a held container; a manually movable activation member arranged on the distal end; a biased actuator member movable by the activation member along the longitudinal axis and configured to protrude a distance from a distal end of the activation member and to interact with the driver when the actuator member is moved the distance toward the proximal end for delivering a predetermined amount; and an actuator guide member arranged in the body and configured to interact with the activation member and actuator member such that the guide member is held in a position in the body and released from the position after a predetermined amount of medicament is delivered.
US10881799B2
An autoinjector for dispensing a liquid product includes a housing; a product container arranged in the housing, particularly, a syringe comprising a displaceable piston; a drive member; a first spring which acts on the drive member and the piston to dispense the product from the container; signal element releasably axially coupled with the drive member so that the signal element is transported in the dispensing direction as the drive member is displaced; and a second spring, which exerts a spring force on the signal element against the dispensing direction and is tensioned as the signal element is transported in the dispensing direction. When the signal element is released or detached from the axial coupling, the second spring causes the signal element to accelerate opposite the dispensing direction and strike against a signal stop and generate an acoustic and/or tactile signal.
US10881795B2
An auto-injector for hypodermic delivery of medication includes a first subassembly releasably coupled to a second subassembly. The first subassembly includes a cartridge holder configured to receive a medication cartridge, an injection needle through which medication can pass from the medication cartridge, and a needle shield movable between an extended position enclosing the needle and a retracted position in which a proximal end of the needle is not enclosed by the needle shield. The second subassembly includes a movable plunger rod positioned within a housing. Movement of the needle shield in a proximal direction from the retracted position to the extended position following administration of the medication automatically releases the first subassembly from the second subassembly. The released first subassembly is locked with the needle shield in the extended position. A new first subassembly containing an unused dosage of medication may be inserted and releasably connected to the second subassembly.
US10881792B2
The embodiments described herein may relate to methods and systems for adjusting insulin delivery. Some methods and systems may be configured to adjust insulin delivery to personalize automated insulin delivery for a person with diabetes. Such personalization may include adjusting user specific dosage parameters in response to a user provided insulin delivery amount, including a user provided insulin delivery amount that varies from a recommended insulin delivery amount. Methods and systems may include locking out automated modification of a baseline basal rate of insulin for the user for the time period after a user provides an insulin delivery amount.
US10881790B2
A system is disclosed. The system includes a reservoir for containing a fluidic medium, the reservoir including a front surface, a resilient cylindrical flexure portion connected to the front surface, the resilient cylindrical flexure portion comprising an accordion-like structure that is able to expand and contract to change an interior volume within the resilient cylindrical flexure portion, a central passageway within the resilient cylindrical flexure, and a collection chamber connected to the central passageway. Also, a system including a reservoir, a plunger head located within the reservoir, a plunger arm connected to the plunger head, a driving shaft connected to the plunger arm, and a motor connected to the driving shaft, the motor controllable to move the drive shaft in a first motion and a second motion so as to move the advance plunger head and retract the plunger head within the reservoir.
US10881789B2
Exemplary embodiments provide a multi-medicament infusion system (10) for preventing the mischanneling of medicaments. The system may include an infusion pump (12), medicament reservoirs (16A,16B), a multi-channel lumen (18), and an infusion set (20). The medicament reservoirs may be sized and shaped differently such that the medicament reservoirs can only be inserted into the infusion pump in a unique configuration. The multi-channel lumen may include connectors that mate to corresponding connectors on the infusion pump and the infusion set only in a unique configuration. Because the various parts of the multi-infusion system may only be connected in the unique configuration, the expected medicaments may be administered appropriately and channeled to the correct infusion sites.
US10881782B2
An intravenous tube holding assembly for organizing and protecting a plurality of intravenous tubes includes a tensioner is removably coupled to an intravenous tube pole. The tensioner is biased in a first direction and the tensioner is urgeable in a second direction. A retainer is provided that has a plurality of engaging slots therein. Each of the engaging slots engages a respective one of a plurality of intravenous tubes for organizing the intravenous tubes. A fastener is provided and the fastener is coupled to the retainer. The fastener releasably engages the tensioner such that the tensioner accommodates a weight of the intravenous tubes in the retainer. Moreover, the tensioner is urged in the second direction when the intravenous tubes are tugged upon.
US10881778B2
A medical treatment system, such as peritoneal dialysis system, may include control and other features to enhance patient comfort and ease of use. For example, a peritoneal dialysis system may include a control system that can adjust the volume of fluid infused into the peritoneal cavity to prevent the intraperitoneal fluid volume from exceeding a pre-determined amount. The control system can adjust by adding one or more therapy cycles, allowing for fill volumes during each cycle to be reduced. The control system may continue to allow the fluid to drain from the peritoneal cavity as completely as possible before starting the next therapy cycle. The control system may also adjust the dwell time of fluid within the peritoneal cavity during therapy cycles in order to complete a therapy within a scheduled time period. The cycler may also be configured to have a heater control system that monitors both the temperature of a heating tray and the temperature of a bag of dialysis fluid in order to bring the temperature of the dialysis fluid rapidly to a specified temperature, with minimal temperature overshoot.
US10881773B2
The present disclosure relates to an improved transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) system that generates and wirelessly transmits a sufficient amount of energy to power one or more implanted devices, including a heart pump, while maintaining the system's efficiency, safety, and overall convenience of use. The disclosure further relates one or more methods of operation for the improved system.
US10881771B2
A device, a kit and a method are presented for permanently augmenting the pump function of the left heart. The basis for the presented innovation is an augmentation of the physiologically up and down movement of the mitral valve during each heart cycle. By means of catheter technique, minimal surgery, or open heart surgery implants are inserted into the left ventricle, the mitral valve annulus, the left atrium and adjacent tissue in order to augment the natural up and down movement of the mitral valve and thereby increasing the left ventricular diastolic filling and the piston effect of the closed mitral valve when moving towards the apex of said heart in systole and/or away from said apex in diastole.
US10881766B2
The invention is a wearable breast pump system including a housing shaped at least in part to fit inside a bra and a piezo air-pump. The piezo air-pump is fitted in the housing and forms part of a closed loop system that drives a separate, deformable diaphragm to generate negative air pressure. The diaphragm is removably mounted on a breast shield.
US10881764B2
Negative pressure wound therapy apparatuses and dressings, and systems and methods for operating such apparatuses for use with dressings are disclosed. In some embodiments, controlling the delivery of therapy can be based on monitoring and detecting various operating conditions. An apparatus can have a controller configured to monitor a duty cycle of a source of negative pressure. Based on the monitored duty cycle, the controller can determine whether a leak is present and provide an indication to a user. The controller can determine a duty cycle threshold in order to achieve an optimal or near optimal balance between an uninterrupted delivery of therapy, avoidance inconveniencing a user, conserving power, achieving optimal or near optimal efficiency, and/or limiting vibrational noise. In some embodiments, the duty cycle threshold is determined based at least in part on a capacity of a power source and an operational time of the apparatus.
US10881761B2
Disclosed herein is a method of producing collagen particles. Each of the collagen particle is characterized in having a particle size of about 10-250 μm, in which the integrity of collagen fibers therein is relatively intact.
US10881759B2
The present invention provides tissue sealant compositions and vasculature closure devices useful for the optical detection of tissue seal and/or clot formation. Compositions and devices of the present invention comprise optical dyes which undergo an observable change as the compositions and/or devices are incorporated into a tissue seal and/or clot, for example a change in fluorescence quantum yield and/or a change in visual color including a change in emission and/or absorption wavelength. Tissue sealants and vasculature closure devices of the present invention are useful for visualizing seal and/or clot formation, for example, during or after surgical procedures, after catheter removal, etc. The present invention further provides methods for formation and optical detection of tissue seals or vasculature puncture closures as well as medical kits useful for the formation and optical detection of tissue seals or vasculature puncture closures.
US10881758B2
A water permeability-imparting agent containing an alkylene oxide adduct (A) of a polyvalent active hydrogen compound represented by Formula (1): R—[O(A1O)m—(CH2CH2O)n—H]1 (1) wherein R represents a residue, after removal of all active hydrogen, of the polyvalent active hydrogen compound; A1O represents a C2 to C4 alkyleneoxy group; m represents an average addition mole number of A1O and is a number of 4 to 50; n represents an average addition mole number of CH2CH2O; and 1 represents a valence and is an integer of 3 to 6, and an average addition mole number ratio between A1O and CH2CH2O in Formula (1), n/m, is 0 to 0.5.
US10881750B2
The present invention relates to a sentinel lymph node marker comprising an albumin; a radioactive isotope and/or near infrared dye which is bound to the albumin; and a visible dye which is bound to the albumin, a preparation method thereof, and a kit for multimode imaging of a sentinel lymph node to prepare the sentinel lymph node marker. The sentinel lymph node marker of the invention remains in the sentinel lymph node for a long period of time and allows for multimode imaging of the sentinel lymph node. Thus, using this marker the sentinel lymph node can be accurately identified in vivo by near infrared imaging and/or gamma imaging without incision of skin, and the location of the identified sentinel lymph node can be precisely identified with the naked eye during a surgical operation of removing the identified sentinel lymph node.
US10881738B2
The invention provides small molecule drugs that are chemically modified by covalent attachment of a water-soluble oligomer. A conjugate of the invention, when administered by any of a number of administration routes, exhibits a different biological membrane crossing rate as compared to the biological membrane crossing rate of the small molecule drug not attached to the water-soluble oligomer.
US10881726B2
The present disclosure provides immunogenic compositions comprising: a) hepatitis C virus (HCV) E1E2 heterodimers, HCV E2, or HCV E1; and b) an adjuvant, where the adjuvant is a cyclic dinucleotide or an archaeosome. The present disclosure provides methods of inducing an immune response in an individual to HCV, the methods comprising administering to an individual an effective amount of an immunogenic composition of the present disclosure.
US10881725B2
The present invention relates to recombinant modified vaccinia virus Ankara (MVA) and to methods of using the same. In particular, the invention relates to recombinant MVA comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding for a structural protein of an equine encephalitis virus (EEV) excluding encoding for a capsid protein of the EEV, a composition in particular a pharmaceutical composition, a vaccine or kit comprising the recombinant MVA, uses and methods thereof e.g., suitable for treating and/or preventing a western, Venezuelan, and/or eastern equine encephalitis virus caused disease.
US10881722B2
The present disclosure provides for an immunogenic composition against epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV). The immunogenic composition has been shown to be efficacious in inducing serum neutralizing antibodies against EHDV and intended to be used to prevent or reduce clinical symptoms associated with EHDV infection in susceptible animals. The disclosure provides for composition and methods that represent an improvement over previous strategies for treating and preventing EHDV.
US10881711B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide antibodies, antigen binding portions thereof, and other polypeptides (e.g., CARs), that specifically bind to CSPG4, an antigen expressed on cancer cells. Monoclonal antibodies, antibody-drug conjugates, and/or CAR-T-cells that specifically bind to CSPG4 positive cancer cells are also provided.
US10881702B2
Celastrol and derivatives thereof for the treatment of tumours and precancerous diseases of the skin
The invention relates to a compound selected from among celastrol, the derivatives thereof and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts of celastrol and its derivatives, or a composition comprising such a compound for use in the topical prevention and/or treatment of a tumour or precancerous disease of the skin.
US10881699B2
A method of reducing the appearance of hyperpigmented skin or inflamed skin is disclosed. The method can include topically applying to hyperpigmented skin or inflamed skin a composition comprising an effective amount of an extract of Rhododendron ferrugineum leaf to reduce melanocyte pigmentation in the skin or to reduce tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and cyclooxygenase-1 and -2 (COX-1 and COX-2) activity in the skin.
US10881696B2
Provided are therapeutic compositions containing combinations of bacteria, for the maintenance or restoration of a healthy microbiota in the gastrointestinal tract of a mammalian subject, and methods for use thereof.
US10881691B2
The present invention relates to new plasma or new platelet-rich plasma preparations, new cell dissociation methods, new cell associations or compositions, a method of preparation thereof, a use thereof, devices for the preparation thereof and preparations containing such a platelet-rich plasma preparation and cell associations or compositions. Specifically, the invention provides plasma or platelet-rich plasma alone or in cell composition preparations for use in tissue regeneration and bone regeneration and pain reduction.
US10881685B2
The invention relates to small granules comprising cholestyramine. The granules have a high cholestyramine content and are stable enough to be coated with one or more coating layers. The invention also relates to a multiparticulate drug delivery system comprising such granules. The invention further relates to an oral formulation for targeted delivery of cholestyramine to the colon, comprising a plurality of cholestyramine granules that are coated with a colon release coating. The invention also relates to the use of this formulation in the treatment of bile acid malabsorption and bile acid diarrhoea.
US10881680B2
The present invention relates to methods of treating disorders in which DOT1L-mediated protein methylation plays a part, such as cancer, by administering DOT1L inhibitor compounds and pharmaceutical compositions to subjects in need thereof.
US10881679B2
The present invention discloses a composition of phillyrin and phillygeninin in the preparation of drugs for alleviating or/and treating viral diseases. Experiments prove that the composition of phillyrin and phillygeninin has significant treatment effects on viral influenza and pneumonia, as well as on respiratory syncytial viruses, enteroviruses, herpes zoster simplex viruses, Coxsackie viruses, and the like. This composition is characterized by quick action and less toxic and side effects, and thus is an antiviral drug and health product with safety, high efficiency, stability and simple preparation process, and is suitable for industrial production and easy to promote. The present invention provides a drug, health product and raw material for preventing and treating various viral diseases.
US10881678B2
The present invention relates to a method of treating brain cancer comprising administering a therapeutically effective substance to a patient, wherein the therapeutically effective substance comprises: (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein X is a moiety that can be cleaved hydrolytically or enzymatically in the body of the patient in a pH-dependent manner.
US10881671B2
The present disclosure is drawn to pharmaceutical compositions and oral dosage capsules containing testosterone undecanoate, as well as related methods. The capsule includes a capsule shell and a capsule fill. The capsule fill can include a solubilizer and about 14 wt % to about 35 wt % testosterone undecanoate based on the total capsule fill. The oral dosage capsule is such that when a single oral administration to a male subject of one or more capsules with a total testosterone undecanoate daily dose of about 350 mg to about 650 mg it provides a ratio of serum testosterone Cmax to serum testosterone Cave of about 2.7 or less. In yet another embodiment, a method for providing a serum concentration of testosterone within a target serum testosterone concentration Cave range for a male subject is provided.
US10881670B2
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions for testosterone replacement therapy. The methods and compositions employ a fixed dose dosing regimen that does not require titration or dose adjustments and that can provide a therapeutically effective amount of a testosterone ester while avoiding unacceptably high testosterone levels.
US10881668B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula (I), and pharmaceutically compositions thereof. Compounds of Formula (I) are binders of bromodomains and/or bromodomain-containing proteins (e.g., bromo and extra terminal (BET) proteins). Also provided are methods, uses, and kits using the compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for inhibiting the activity (e.g., increased activity) of bromodomains and/or bromodomain containing proteins and for treating and/or preventing in a subject diseases associated with bromodomains or bromodomain-containing proteins (e.g., proliferative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, viral infections, fibrotic diseases, metabolic diseases, endocrine diseases, and radiation poisoning). The compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and kits are also useful for male contraception.
US10881667B2
A method of treating a subject suffering from epilepsy includes administering an effective amount of a cholecystokinin-2 receptor antagonist or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof to the subject. A pharmaceutical composition includes the cholecystokinin-2 receptor antagonist or a pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof as active ingredient, one or more antiepileptic compounds, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
US10881653B2
There is provided compounds of formula (I), or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, wherein X, Y, Z, R1 and R2 have meanings provided in the description, which compounds are useful in the treatment of cancers.
US10881647B2
Since each of the site I sodium channel blockers have a unique activity and cannot be used to extrapolate the same effective dosage for another site I sodium channel blocker, studies were conducted to identify dosages of neosaxitoxin (“NeoSTX”) and bupivacaine, alone or in combination with epinephrine, to provide two to three days of pain relief in humans. Bupivacaine-NeoSTX combinations produce more reliable blockade and longer duration blockade compared to NeoSTX alone. The three-way combination of NeoSTX-bupivacaine-epinephrine produces more prolonged local anesthesia than the two-way combination of NeoSTX-bupivacaine. Addition of epinephrine to this NeoSTX-bupivacaine combination dramatically prolongs the duration of complete blockade to a mechanical stimulus. These results led to development of specific combination dosage formulations.
US10881644B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for treatment of respiratory disorders such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and chronic sinusitis, including cystic fibrosis, interstitial fibrosis, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, bronchopulmonary dysplasia and neoplasia. The method involves administration, preferably oral, nasal or pulmonary administration, of anti-inflammatory and anti-proliferative drugs (rapamycin or paclitaxel and their analogues) and an additive.
US10881632B2
The present invention relates to, inter alia, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a polyunsaturated fatty acid and to methods of using the same to treat or prevent cardiovascular-related diseases.
US10881631B2
A recombinant camelina plant or cell comprising one or more polynucleotides encoding a Δ6-desaturase, a Δ6-elongase and a Δ5-desaturase operably linked with one or more regulatory sequences.
US10881618B2
Therapeutic compositions deliver a therapeutic amount of methylphenidate in a delayed and extended release formulation. The dosage form exhibits a lag time prior to release of from 6 to 8 hours or longer, followed by a sustained release period.
US10881616B2
The invention relates to a process of preparing a salt of an active pharmaceutical ingredient, the process comprising providing a blend of an active pharmaceutical ingredient and a salt forming substance, mixing the blend, optionally in the presence of added water, to react the active pharmaceutical ingredient with the salt forming substance to provide the salt of the active pharmaceutical ingredient; wherein when the active pharmaceutical ingredient is acidic, the salt forming substance is a base and the pKa difference between the acidic active pharmaceutical ingredient and the base is greater than 1, typically greater than 2 or preferably greater than 3; or when the active pharmaceutical ingredient is basic, the salt forming substance is an acid and the pKa difference between the basic active pharmaceutical ingredient and the acid is greater than 1, typically greater than 2 or preferably greater than 3.
US10881612B2
Disclosed are positively-charged, cytotoxic nanoparticle compositions comprising immune modulators (such as the toll-like receptor (TLR)-4 ligand, monophosphoryl lipid (MPL)-A), and Interleukin (IL)-12)), which exhibit enhanced uptake by mammalian cancer cells, and cause increased cancer cell death and/or an increased release of cancer antigens following direct injection to populations of cancer or tumor cells. Also disclosed are nanoparticle-vectored, immunomodulatory compositions that stimulate antigen presenting immune cells and T cells, and support the development of anti-cancer immunity in mammalian hosts. The disclosed cationic liposomes represent an important advance in the area of cancer immunotherapeutics.
US10881606B2
A composition for transdermal delivery, particularly iontophoretic transdermal delivery, having at least one cationic active agent or a salt thereof. The composition comprises at least one cationic active agent or a salt thereof, at least one polyamine and/or polyamine salt, water or an aqueous solvent mixture, and optionally one or more additives. Use of the composition as a component of a transdermal patch or of an iontophoretic transdermal patch is also provided, as well as the use of the composition in a method for transdermally or iontophoretically administering cationic active agents. A method for determining the in vitro skin permeation properties of an active agent-containing iontophoretic composition is also provided.
US10881602B2
Disclosed herein is a composition for shaping or altering the shape of hair, such as by straightening hair, wherein the composition contains a reducing agent, a neutralizing agent, a dimethicone copolyol, a cellulose compound, and water, wherein the pH of the composition ranges from about 2 to less than about 7. Also disclosed is a process for shaping or altering the shape of hair.
US10881600B2
A water-based cosmetic that includes: (A) ceramidic compound-containing particles that include a ceramidic compound and that are dispersed as an oil phase in an aqueous phase; (B) a fatty acid component composed of at least one selected from the group consisting of fatty acids and fatty acid salts; and (C) a polyhydric alcohol component that includes a first polyhydric alcohol having an IOB of 2.2 or more and a total content in the composition of from 3% by mass to 20% by mass, and a second polyhydric alcohol having an IOB of 2.0 or less and a total content in the composition of 0% by mass or not more than 3% by mass, wherein a total content of surfactant in the composition is 0% by mass or not more than 1% by mass, and a total mass of ceramidic compound in the composition is at least 3.0 times a total mass of the fatty acid component in the composition.
US10881599B2
The present specification relates to a whitening composition including a novel compound isolated from a post-fermented tea, an isomer thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a hydrate thereof, or a solvate thereof, and may be widely used in various areas related to skin whitening and skin care.
US10881596B2
The present invention is on a cosmetic composition for improving color brilliance and wash fastness of artificially-colored keratin fibers. The effect is achieved by the combination of pyrrolidone carboxylic acid esters, pyrrolidone carboxylic acid and/or its salts, and amodimethicone microemulsion. A process for treating keratin fibers, a use of the composition and well as a kit-of-parts is disclosed.
US10881573B2
A buoyancy-based cervical traction system has a floatation and a head rest supported by the flotation system. The head rest is adapted to support a person's head above the neck and apply traction to the neck when the person is in a body of liquid. The system has a position adjustment system adapted to allow selective adjustment of the position at which the person's head rest will be relative to an upper surface of the liquid when the person and the cervical traction system are in the liquid, the person's head is supported by the head rest, and the cervical traction system and person are floating in the liquid at equilibrium.
US10881572B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a natural gait therapy device having an adjustable gait timing linkage assembly configured to operate an adjustable knee support assembly and an adjustable height foot assembly to simulate a normal walking pattern for a user based on characteristics of the user. In an illustrative example, the adjustable gait timing linkage assembly includes a chain sprocket configured to adjust a degree of heel lift and a length to the point of the heel lift during a normal walking simulation. In some embodiments, a gait stride adjustment assembly may adjust a stride length to accommodate different sized users. The gait stride adjustment assembly may advantageously contribute to the natural walking pattern simulation.
US10881567B2
A patient support apparatus for supporting a patient. A pair of support decks are operatively attached to a support frame. Each of the support decks is arranged for articulation about a respective longitudinal axis between a plurality of longitudinal support configurations. Each of the support decks comprises a seat section and an auxiliary section operatively attached to the seat section for articulation transverse to the respective longitudinal axis. A joint assembly is coupled to the support frame and to each of the support decks. The joint assembly is arranged to concurrently position the auxiliary sections at a common angle relative to the respective seat sections independent of articulation of the support decks between the longitudinal support configurations.
US10881563B2
A device to assist a person to rise from a seated position comprising a pair of vertical laterally spaced frame members, in which each frame members has an elongated sloped handrail extending along the top of the frame members, whereby the hand rails provide hand gripping regions to assist a user from an initial seated position to rise by pulling on a lower region of the handrail, while reacting with foot on a floor member, and further provides progressively higher gripping regions for support while standing and walking.
US10881552B2
A vacuum device comprises a vacuum generator and a vacuum interface for fluidically coupling the vacuum generator to a vacuum cavity for affixing an ophthalmological patient interface on a patient's eye. The vacuum device comprises a movement detector which is configured to detect movements of the patient's eye and a control unit that is configured to detect a faulty fluidic coupling of the vacuum cavity on the basis of a pressure that is ascertained by a coupled pressure sensor and to produce a control signal for interrupting an ophthalmological treatment that is carried out by an ophthalmological treatment device if an eye movement is detected by the movement detector at the same time as the detected faulty fluidic coupling of the vacuum cavity.
US10881551B2
An apparatus for microdisruption of cataracts in lens tissue by impulsive heat deposition comprising: a source of pulsed laser radiation, a user input device, a control circuit, and an optical waveguide configured to transmit the pulsed laser radiation. The light intensity which exits the optical waveguide has a wavelength selected to match an absorption peak of at least one component of the lens tissue, a pulse duration time shorter than a time required for thermal diffusion out of the laser irradiation volume and shorter than a time required for a thermally driven expansion of the laser irradiated volume, and a pulse energy resulting in a peak intensity of each laser pulse below a threshold for ionization-driven ablation to occur.
US10881546B2
An ostomy appliance comprising a body side member (20) for attachment to a skin surface of a user. The body side member includes a backing layer (22), an adhesive layer (24), and at least one release liner (38). The release liner is at least partly embossed (40) to form interconnected cavities (42) between the release liner and the adhesive surface. When fluid is distributed into the cavities, the adhesive surface is wetted.
US10881545B2
Devices and methods for treating penile aberrations include the use of traction devices. For example, this document describes devices and methods for applying longitudinal and/or contralateral penile traction forces to treat anatomical aberrations related to Peyronie's disease and other conditions.
US10881528B2
An implant assembly including a curved mesh cage and angled endplates. The implant assembly offers a safe and secure mesh cage while providing lordosis/kyphosis angling at the center of the construct instead of at the end of the cage only. One or more angled endplates may be included which allow the surgeon to make a construct unique to the patient's anatomy. The endplates press-fit into corresponding holes in the mesh cage for a secure fit.
US10881522B2
An intervertebral implantation system for restoring disc height and vertebral alignment, while allowing dynamic mobility and stabilization of the vertebral segment, and minimally invasive methods of implanting the same. The implantation system includes an annular reinforcement implant, including an elastomeric balloon inserted into the hollow or interior of a tubular sleeve, and secured only at a first and second neck portions to a securement element coupled to an attachment fixture, forming an annular structure attached to the outer margin of the annulus fibrosus. When the prosthetic implant is in a contracted state the tubular sleeve is redundant and undulated, forming folds, gathered loosely around the circumference of the inner balloon. Upon pressurized inflation with in-situ curable polymer, the elastomeric balloon elongates and expands circumferentially, and the tubular sleeve stretches and unfolds, constraining further expansion and elongation of the elastomeric balloon. The attachment fixture is configured to provide secure attachment to the outer margin of the annulus fibrosus. A temporary, high pressure vertebral distraction balloon is utilized to aid in vertebral distraction during a surgical procedure to implant the annular reinforcement implant.
US10881514B2
Various implant systems and methods of implantation are disclosed herein. The systems and methods allow a surgeon to accurately determine a suitable fastener trajectory for attaching certain components of the implant system to bone. In this manner, an appropriate fastener trajectory can be selected and used during a surgical procedure to ensure better purchase and attachment of the various components of the implant system to the bone.
US10881512B2
A method of replacing the function of a native mitral valve is achieved by inserting a distal end portion of a delivery apparatus into a patient's body, wherein a prosthetic mitral valve is disposed along the distal end portion of the delivery apparatus. The prosthetic mitral valve includes a collapsible and expandable annular body having a network of struts interconnected at a plurality of nodes to form a plurality of open cells. Atrial and ventricular flanges are coupled to the annular body and extend radially away from the annular body. Three commissure support posts extend from the ventricular flange toward a ventricular end of the prosthetic valve and a valve member is secured to the commissure support posts. The prosthetic mitral valve is positioned within the native mitral valve of the patient's heart and the native mitral valve is pinched between the atrial and ventricular flanges.
US10881495B2
A filter device includes: a shaft having an intermediate coil wire between a proximal filter wire and a distal filter wire; a proximal filter on the proximal filter wire; and a distal filter on the distal filter wire. The intermediate coil wire is disposed to extend between downstream and upstream blood vessels to pass through a path of placement that leads to another downstream blood vessel. Both the filters have a contracted configuration for being delivered into the blood vessel and an expanded configuration for capturing an embolus inside the blood vessel. The proximal filter is oriented such that an inlet opening, for taking in the embolus, of a proximal filter body in the expanded configuration faces the distal side, and the distal filter is oriented such that an inlet opening, for taking in the embolus, of a distal filter body in the expanded configuration faces the proximal side.
US10881494B2
The embolic protection device (10) has an expandable tubular structure supporting a filter mesh material (12). The embolic protection device is compressed to a small diameter for insertion into a patient's aorta, then expanded within the aorta with the filter mesh material positioned to allow blood to enter sidebranch vessels connected to the aorta and to prevent embolic material from entering the sidebranch vessels. The filter mesh material may be configured with waves or undulations (26) for increased surface area and/or with two layers of mesh material to provide additional protection against embolization and to prevent inadvertent occlusion of the sidebranch vessels.
US10881493B2
Pellet delivery systems capable of reliably and precisely delivering pellets over a large area are disclosed. In some examples, the system can deliver one or more pellets in one delivery cycle using a slide chamber. In other examples, the system can deliver one or more pellets per delivery cycle using a rotating disk comprising one or more holes. In any of these examples, the system can eject the pellets using a projector and/or gravity. The pellet delivery system can, in various examples, be utilized in conjunction with a carrier such as an airborne, terrestrial or aquatic vehicle, or in other examples with a human or animal carrier. Examples of the disclosure are also directed to precise pellet delivery based on the location of the pellet deliver system, pellet delivery tracking, adjusting pellet delivery, and determining paths for efficient pellet delivery.
US10881491B2
The invention relates to a light curing device comprising a light source that is arranged in the hand-held light curing device and has in particular a plurality of mutually adjacent chips which are arranged next to one another and form a light source and in front of which a light guiding element extends. The light curing device also comprises at least one sensor, which is sensitive to light in the emission wavelength range of the light source, and a control device for controlling the light source during the polymerization process, the sensor being connected to the control device. The control device continuously or at least periodically monitors the output signal of the sensor during the polymerization process and adapts the light output and/or the polymerization time in the event of a reduction of the output signal. The control device adds up the reflected radiation detected via the light exit surface (10) in order to calculate a possible location deviation, and the light exit surface (10) of the light guide is larger than or equal in size to the largest dental restoration (12) to be cured, the light exit surface having a cross-sectional area of more than 1 cm2 in particular.
US10881490B2
A handpiece maintenance system and method identifies a dental handpiece and operates in a diagnostic cycle to power the handpiece and determine predictive maintenance condition thereof. The handpiece maintenance system includes a temperature sensor and/or an acceleration sensor to measure the conditions of the handpiece during the diagnostic cycle. The predictive maintenance condition of the handpiece is based on data from the diagnostic cycle and other stored data for the identified handpiece. A system is also configured to determine a predictive maintenance condition of the handpiece based on sensor data read from a handpiece and historical usage data thereof.
US10881483B2
The disclosed subject matter relates to a neurosurgical assistance robot including a movable box the chassis of which is provided with a rigid support arm for connection to a headrest supporting the head of a patient lying on an operating table. Accore invention disclosed subject matter, the support arm is movable with respect to the chassis between a position retracted in the volume of the box and a plurality of extended positions, and a mechanism for locking the arm in any iled being provided for.
US10881482B2
Operation room devices, methods, and systems are disclosed. One method comprises: receiving, at a processing unit, data associated with a patient; determining, with the processing unit, a treatment for the patient; identifying, with the processing unit, a control setting associated with one or more treatment devices that are (i) in communication with the processing unit, and (ii) operable to perform the treatment; and generating, with the processing unit, a display including the control setting and at least one view of the data. Related devices and systems also are disclosed.
US10881479B2
A cart for supporting one or more instruments during a computer-assisted remote procedure can comprise a base; a steering interface having a portion configured to be grasped by a user; a sensor mechanism configured to detect a force applied to the steering interface by a user; and a switch operable between an engaged position and a disengaged position. The cart may further include a drive system comprising a control module operably coupled to receive an input from the sensor mechanism in response to the force applied to the steering interface and, on the condition that the switch is in the engaged position, to output a movement command based on the received input from the sensor mechanism. A driven wheel mounted to the base of the cart may be configured to impart motion to the cart in response to the movement command.
US10881477B1
A sterile barrier system for a robotic surgery apparatus can include a drape coupler. The drape coupler can include an external surface configured to face a first surface of a first portion of the robotic surgery apparatus. The drape coupler can include at least one drape coupler fastener positioned at least partially on the external surface and configured to removably attach the drape coupler to the first surface. The drape coupler can be configured to at least partially cover the first surface. The system can include a drape made of a flexible material and coupled to the drape coupler, the drape configured to wrap around a second surface of the first portion of the robotic surgery apparatus, the second surface different from the first surface. The drape coupler and the drape can be sterile.
US10881473B2
A teleoperated system includes a master grip and a ratcheting system coupled to the master grip. The ratcheting system is configured to align the master grip with a slave instrument commanded by the master grip by determining a grip orientation by which the master grip is gripped by an operator, determining a commanded velocity for the slave instrument based on a manipulation of the master grip by the operator, determining an error, and altering the commanded velocity for the slave instrument based on at least the grip orientation and the error. The error includes a parameter selected from a group consisting of a position error between a position of the master grip and a position of the slave instrument and an orientation error between an orientation of the master grip and an orientation of the slave instrument.
US10881471B2
A cooling structure and a method of cooling a surgical robot arm. The surgical robot arm extends from a proximal end attached to a base to a distal end attachable to a surgical instrument via a series of links interspersed by articulations. The cooling structure comprises a loop for circumscribing the surgical robot arm. The loop comprises a hollow interior for feeding cooling fluid through the loop, and a series of orifices directed towards the surgical robot arm for feeding cooling fluid from the loop towards the surgical robot arm. The cooling structure further comprises a feeder conduit attached to the loop for feeding cooling fluid from a cooling fluid source to the loop.
US10881470B2
A computer-assisted surgery (CAS) system comprises a cup implanting device including a shaft having a tooling end and a handle end with a handle for being manipulated, the shaft having a longitudinal axis, the tooling end adapted to support a cup for being received in an acetabulum of a patient, and a rotation indicator having a visual guide representative of a device plane, wherein the device plane is in a known position and orientation relative to a center of the cup on the tooling end. A CAS processing unit includes at least one inertial sensor unit connected to the cup implanting device, the inertial sensor unit outputting three-axes readings and having a virtual preset orientation related to a reference axis of a pelvis of the patient, the virtual preset orientation being based on pre-operative imaging specific to the pelvis of the patient, the reference axis of the pelvis passing through a center of rotation of said acetabulum of the pelvis and through a reference landmark of the pelvis, wherein an instant three-axis orientation of the longitudinal axis of the cup implanting device is trigonometrically known relatively to the reference axis when the cup is in the acetabulum of the patient and the device plane passes through the reference landmark via the visual guide, the instant three-axis orientation used for calibrating the inertial sensor unit on the cup implanting device relative to the pelvis.
US10881458B2
An intravascular catheter for peri-vascular and/or peri-urethral tissue ablation includes multiple needles advanced through supported guide tubes which expand around a central axis to engage the interior surface of the wall of the renal artery or other vessel of a human body allowing the injection an ablative fluid for ablating tissue, and/or nerve fibers in the outer layer or deep to the outer layer of the vessel, or in prostatic tissue. The system may also include a means to limit and/or adjust the depth of penetration of the ablative fluid into and beyond the tissue of the vessel wall. The catheter may also include structures which provide radial and/or lateral support to the guide tubes so that the guide tubes expand uniformly and maintain their position against the interior surface of the vessel wall as the sharpened injection needles are advanced to penetrate into the vessel wall. A method can involve injection/infusion of the ablative fluid over an extended time period of at least 10 seconds or with two injections at two different penetration depths to reduce or eliminate patient pain during ablation.
US10881442B2
A method and system of providing therapy to a patient's uterus is provided, which can include any number of features. The method can include the steps of inserting a uterine device into the uterus and performing a uterine integrity test to determine that the uterus is intact and not perforated. If it is determined that the uterus is not perforated, a patency test can be performed to determine that the uterine device is not clogged or embedded in tissue. If the uterus is intact and the device is not clogged or embedded in tissue, the uterus can be treated with the uterine device, e.g., uterine ablation. Systems for performing these methods are also disclosed.
US10881427B2
A surgical cutting instrument including a first tubular member, a second tubular member, a sleeve member, a third tubular member, and an orientation member. The first tubular member includes a cutting tip. The second tubular member has a distal region forming a cutting window. The first tubular member is co-axially disposed within the second tubular member such that the cutting tip is selectively exposed at the cutting window. The first and second tubular members are co-axially disposed within the sleeve member. The third tubular member is co-axially disposed around an intermediate section of the first tubular member, an intermediate region of the second tubular member and the sleeve member. The orientation member is rotatable to transmit a rotational force applied to the orientation member to selectively rotate the second and third tubular members relative to the sleeve member to effectuate spatial rotation of the cutting window.
US10881426B2
Various embodiments provide a device comprising a balloon assembly including a balloon, a film template, and a rigid element. The film template may have a fixed upper distension limit and may include at least one aperture. The rigid element may lay substantially flush with an outer surface of the balloon at a first inflated state of the balloon. The first upper distension limit of the balloon may be greater than the fixed upper distension limit of the film template and the balloon may outwardly protrude through the at least one aperture at a second inflated state. The rigid element may be extended in a radial direction away from the outer surface of the balloon as the balloon outwardly protrudes through the at least one aperture relative to the outer surface of the film template.
US10881424B2
A fluid reservoir includes a housing having a body, a leading end, and a trailing end enclosing a fluid chamber storing fluid therein, sealed inflow and outflow ports disposed at the leading end of the housing, and a heat exchanger disposed at the trailing end of the housing. An ultrasonic surgical instrument includes a housing defining a barrel portion and a fixed handle portion extending from the barrel portion, an ultrasonic transducer received at least partially within the barrel portion of the housing, a waveguide operably coupled to the ultrasonic transducer and extending distally from the housing to a blade configured to treat tissue with ultrasonic energy produced by the ultrasonic transducer and transmitted along the waveguide, and a fluid management system disposed within the housing. The fluid reservoir is configured for releasable engagement with the fixed handle portion to facilitate cooling of the blade with fluid.
US10881418B2
The present disclosure relates to electrically controllable surgical tools. In general, surgical devices are provided having an electrically controllable, fingered operating end for use in angiography, endovascular and/or neurological surgery. The finger(s) at the operating end can be made from ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) material to facilitate control of the finger(s).
US10881416B2
The patient specific instrument (PSI) assembly for guiding a surgical tool on a tibia during a knee replacement surgery includes an extra-medullary portion at a distal end, an elongated rod connected at a distal end to the extra-medullary portion and extending in a direction along a mechanical axis of the tibia, and an upper mounting portion at a proximal end. The extra-medullary portion has a pair of spaced apart malleoli clamping elements with a size and/or relative position that is patient-specific for engaging respective ones of the lateral and medial malleoli. The upper mounting portion including a base body connected to a proximal end of the elongated rod and a surgical guide having guide openings extending therethrough and anchor element(s) on the upper mounting portion in locations adapted to overlay a peripheral contour of the tibia. The peripheral contour of the tibia including an anterior surface of the proximal tibia.
US10881413B2
A device for treatment of a vascular defect within a patient's vasculature includes a self-expanding permeable shell having a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis, the shell comprising a plurality of elongate resilient filaments having a braided structure, wherein the filaments are secured at at least one of the proximal end or the distal end of the permeable shell, wherein the permeable shell has a radially constrained elongated state configured for delivery within a microcatheter and has an expanded state with an axially shortened configuration relative to the radially constrained state, the permeable shell having a plurality of openings formed between the braided filaments, wherein the permeable shell in its expanded state comprises a plurality of circumferentially-arrayed lobes.
US10881408B2
A loading unit including interlock assembly for attaching the loading unit to a surgical stapling instrument is provided. The interlock assembly is formed on a proximal end of a shell member and includes a collar member pivotally secured to the shell member. The collar member selectively secures the shell member to the adapter assembly.
US10881404B2
A powered endoscopic surgical apparatus is provided and includes a handle including a housing, a power source supported in the housing; an endoscopic portion extending distally from the housing of the handle; an end effector assembly coupled to a distal end of the endoscopic portion, the end effector assembly including a pair of jaws configured to perform a surgical function; a driving member; a drive source including a motor powered by the power source and connected to the driving member; and a gear assembly engaged with the motor. The gear assembly including a gear rack provided on the driving member; and a main gear operatively connected with the gear rack, the motor spinning the main gear such that rotary motion of the main gear moves the driving member in an axial direction such that the driving member actuates the end effector to perform the surgical function.
US10881395B2
An end effector assembly for use with a surgical stapler, comprising a staple cartridge having a tissue contacting surface, an anvil plate having a tissue contacting surface, a buttress material releasably disposed on the tissue contacting surfaces of each of the staple cartridge and the anvil plate, and an epoxy positioned onto the tissue contacting surfaces of each of the staple cartridge and anvil plate defining an attachment zone configured to retain the respective buttress material atop the respective tissue contacting surfaces.
US10881391B2
An endoscopic stitching device includes an elongate shaft assembly, a tool assembly coupled with the elongate shaft assembly, and a sealing pack disposed in the elongate shaft assembly. The sealing pack defines a central lumen configured to receive an axial rod therethrough, and first and second lumens dimensioned to receive respective first and second needle receiving blades therethrough. The sealing pack includes a body portion, a plurality of outer lips extending outwardly from the body portion, and a plurality of inner lips extending inwardly from the central lumen. Each outer lip of the plurality of outer lips is configured to engage the elongate shaft assembly in a sealing relation. Each inner lip of the plurality of inner lips is configured to engage the axial rod in a sealing relation.
US10881386B2
The invention relates to a self-expanding device, particularly an implant, for closing defect openings in the human or animal body, which device, in a first state, has the shape of an elongated tube (2) with slotted segments and, in a second state, has a shortened shape with formation of at least one open or substantially closed hollow structure (3) of considerable transverse extent, where in the slotted segments of the tube (2) form individual webs (16) that are each connected to adjacent webs (16), such that a net-like overall structure is obtained in the second state.
US10881381B2
An ultrasonic diagnostic system comprises: a first transceiver for performing transmission/reception of first ultrasound for detecting shear waves generated in a subject by mechanical vibration; a second transceiver for performing transmission/reception of second ultrasound to/from the subject; a computing section for calculating a value of a parameter affecting a frequency of the first ultrasound to be transmitted from the first transceiver based on echo signals obtained by transmission/reception of the second ultrasound; an identifying section for identifying one first transceiver from among a plurality of kinds of first transceivers each having a different frequency of said first ultrasound based on the value of said parameter; and a display device for displaying the first transceiver identified by the identifying section.
US10881378B2
An ultrasound imaging system and method is provided that includes an ultrasound probe configured to acquire ultrasound data for a region of interest and a controller circuit communicatively coupled to the ultrasound probe configured to generate one or more ultrasound images from the ultrasound data. The ultrasound imaging system and method further provide a curved housing shaped to extend along a curvature angle, the curved housing includes a front panel having a curved touchscreen having at least a first interface section, a second interface section, and a third interface section formed integral with one another. The first interface section and the third interface section are positioned at different display angles with respect to each other. The first interface section is also configured to display one or more ultrasound images, and the third interface section includes one or more user selectable icons to control the ultrasound probe.
US10881377B2
A dilation instrument and method of imaging an anatomy within a patient includes a dilation catheter having a catheter body, a fluid conduit extending along the catheter body, a dilator, and at least one ultrasonic transducer. The catheter body is configured to distally extend from an instrument body and move relative to the instrument body. The dilator is connected to the catheter body in fluid communication with the fluid conduit and configured to receive a fluid from the fluid conduit and thereby inflate from a contracted state to an expanded state. The at least one ultrasonic transducer positioned on the catheter body and configured to electrically connect to an ultrasonic generator. The at least one ultrasonic transducer is configured to emit a source ultrasonic signal toward an anatomy within a patient for producing a diagnostic or a therapeutic effect.
US10881376B2
An auditory guidance system and method for medical systems and procedures are disclosed. A method for providing auditory guidance during a medical procedure includes selecting a song for playing during the medical procedure. At least a portion of the song is assigned to the medical procedure. Parameter information for at least one parameter associated with the medical procedure is obtained during the medical procedure. The obtained parameter information is compared against predetermined thresholds for each parameter. The portion of the song associated with the parameter information is modified in accordance with the comparison and the modified portion of the song is played to provide auditory guidance during the medical procedure.
US10881373B2
In one embodiment, An X-ray CT apparatus includes: a rotating body and processing circuitry configured to extract an anatomical landmark from a medical image of an object acquired by a first scan, identify a shape of an anatomical site of the object based on the anatomical landmark, and set scanning conditions of a second scan based on the shape of the anatomical site, the second scan including a tilt scan in which a scan is performed under a condition where the rotating body is tilted, the scanning conditions including at least a tilt angle of the tilt scan.
US10881371B2
A method and system is disclosed for acquiring image data of a subject. The image data can be collected with an imaging system in a selected manner and/or motion. More than one projection may be combined to generate and create a selected view of the subject.
US10881358B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for characterization of a feature in a body part. It is describe to provide (210) tomosynthesis medical data comprising a plurality of images of the body part, wherein the plurality of images comprise image data associated with a plurality of rays of radiation that have passed through the body part, wherein the image data comprises spectral data associated with at least two photon energy levels of the plurality of rays of radiation, wherein the medical data comprises data of the feature. A delineated boundary of the feature is determined (220). At least one material composition of the body part inside the delineated boundary is determined (240) comprising a function of the spectral data inside the delineated boundary. The feature is characterised (250) as a function of the at least one material composition inside the delineated boundary of the feature. Data representative of the feature is output (260).
US10881357B1
Systems and methods for monitoring the health of vehicle passengers using images of the passengers taken by onboard imaging devices (e.g., digital cameras), determining health data (e.g., vital signs) on-board the passenger vehicle using the images, and communicating (in one or more instances) with a remote telemedical monitoring system to determine medical information regarding the passengers and/or enable communication with a medical caregiver for diagnosis and treatment. The system may be especially useful in larger passenger vehicles, such as commercial aircraft, to monitor the health of all or most of the passengers but may also be used in other passenger vehicles including passenger trains, buses, ships, boats and automobiles. In one or more instances, the systems and methods primarily utilize images to determine health data (e.g., vital signs) of the passengers, such that the health data is obtained without physically contacting the passengers (contactless), as opposed to typical vital sign devices which physically contact a person.
US10881356B2
A mood monitoring device, system and method are provided. The mood monitoring device includes one or more processors; and a storage. The storage stores one or more programs which are configured to be executed by the one or plurality of processors. The one or more programs comprise instructions for performing the following operations: receiving a status message that is sent by a terminal and indicates a mood status of a user, the terminal and the mood monitoring device having a binding relationship; and presenting a message that reflects the mood status of the user in accordance with the status message.
US10881353B2
A method includes generating a three-dimensional (3D) surface map associated with a patient from a patient sensor, generating a 3D patient space from the 3D surface map associated with the patient, determining a current pose associated with the patient based on the 3D surface map associated with the patient, comparing the current pose with a desired pose associated with the patient with respect to an imaging system, determining a recommended movement based on the comparison between the current pose and the desired pose, and providing an indication of the recommended movement. The desired pose facilitates imaging of an anatomical feature of the patient by the imaging system and the recommended movement may reposition the patient in the desired pose.
US10881323B1
Disclosed are methods and devices for detecting retained surgical items or other objects having a magnetic signature within a corpus of a patient. The device can comprise a handle, a shaft extending from the handle, and a distal sensing portion positioned distally of the shaft. The distal sensing portion can comprise one or more gradiometers comprising a plurality of magnetometers. The device can further comprise one or more output components configured to generate a user output to alert a user of a detected object.
US10881315B2
In a biological signal measurement system of this invention, biological digital data is generated from a biological signal measured by a biological signal measurement apparatus, and first feature amount data extracted from the biological digital data and downsized biological digital data are transmitted to a portable terminal. In a biological information measurement apparatus of this invention, biological feature amount data is extracted from measured biological waveform data, and at least one of the biological waveform data and the biological feature amount data is transmitted to an external device. It is possible to provide a biological signal measurement system capable of continuously measuring a biological signal for a long time without disturbing daily life and provide a biological information measurement apparatus capable of implementing downsizing and long life of a battery.
US10881313B2
An emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode placement device is disclosed herein. The emergency cardiac and electrocardiogram (ECG) electrode placement device incorporates electrical conducting materials and elastic material into a pad that is applied to a chest wall of a patient, which places multiple electrodes in the appropriate anatomic locations on the patient to quickly obtain an ECG in a pre-hospital setting.
US10881307B1
The present disclosure generally relate s to blood pressure monitoring. In some embodiments, methods and devices for measuring a mean arterial pressure and/or for monitoring blood pressure changes of a user are provided. Blood pressure measured by one or more pressure sensors may be adjusted using one or more correction factors. The use of the one or more correction factors disclosed herein may allow for more compact, convenient, and/or accurate wearable blood pressure measurement devices and methods. In particular, wrist-worn devices may be provided which are less bulky than current devices and may facilitate more frequent and accurate blood pressure monitoring.
US10881304B2
An exercise and communications system includes an interactive device, a remote device, and an external device, wherein the interactive device is configured to gather data relating to a user of the system and transmit the same to the remote device, and the remote device is configured to provide analyze the data and transmit a response to the interactive device, which in turn communicates the response to the user and additionally communication with an external device for retrieval of instructions, programs, and data, inter alia. An exercise and communications system facilitates communication between a plurality of users, each having an interactive device and a remote device.
US10881303B2
Sympathetic vasomotor identification and quantification systems that provide ways to assess therapies, diseases, and conditions which affect sympathetic innervation and function are described. Because sympathetic vasomotion relies on intact, functional sympathetic nerves, some embodiments of the sympathetic vasomotor identification and quantification systems described herein include a signal processing functionality that establishes sympathetic vasomotor signatures through the collection of arterial blood pressure and blood flow signals.
US10881302B2
A computerized method for detecting a core temperature of a person, the method may include: receiving multiple temperature readings obtained by scanning a temperature sensor across a skin area of a person, the skin area covers at least one blood vessel, to provide multiple temperature readings; the multiple temperature readings include a peak temperature reading; and determining, by a processor, an estimate of the core temperature of the person in response to at least one temperature reading that differs from the peak temperature reading.
US10881289B2
A device for testing visual behavior of a person, including: an active display configured to display at least one visually predominant target in a plurality of positions that are variable over time and that are aligned along at least one line or column, and a unit for controlling the display. The unit is programmed so that consecutive display positions of the target follow, over time, a visual tracking protocol.
US10881281B2
A capsule endoscope includes a sensor, an analyzer, a counter, a signal generator, and an imager. A count value becomes a reference value when an imaging synchronization signal is generated. When the count value changes from the reference value to a first predetermined value, the signal generator generates the imaging synchronization signal. A second time that is necessary for the count value to change from the reference value to the first predetermined value is fixed or variable. The second time is longer than a first time in a case in which the second times is fixed. A maximum value of the second time is longer than the first time in a case in which the second time is variable.
US10881278B2
The endoscope apparatus includes an endoscope insertion portion configured to be inserted into a subject and including a distal end portion, a distal end covering portion configured to cover at least an outer periphery of the distal end portion of the endoscope insertion portion and held by the distal end portion, a suction conduit provided with an opening in the distal end covering portion and configured to discharge a fluid including gas generated from an inside of the subject to outside of the subject via the opening, and a positioning portion configured to define a position of the opening of the suction conduit in a rotation direction with a long axis of the endoscope insertion portion as a center when the distal end covering portion is held by the distal end portion of the endoscope insertion portion.
US10881271B2
An adaptor associated with a stereoscopic field of view through a port. The adaptor includes a housing, frame, and cables. The housing includes circuits associated with imaging data. The frame is connected to the housing, and has a guide and aperture. The guide extends away from the frame and is configured to pass through an opening of the port. The guide includes a terminal end configured to extend into the port such that the aperture is in communication with the opening. The cables include sensors that receive the imaging data capable of producing the stereoscopic field of view. The sensors are disposed at a distance from one another at the terminal end of the guide, wherein the distance enables the sensors to receive the image data capable of producing the stereoscopic field of view. The cables extend from the sensors of the guide to respective integrated circuits in the housing.
US10881265B2
A mop includes a mop handle with a grip end and a mopping end. A locking cup is disposed on the mopping end. The locking cup includes a cup portion with interior threads and a locking tooth. A mop head is disposed at the mopping end. The mop head connects to a locking cap. The locking cap includes a locking tab configured to engage with the interior threads of the locking cup to allow for selective removal of the mop head from the mop handle and to engage and be retained by the locking tooth when the locking cap is threaded into the locking cup. A biasing element is disposed in the cup portion and contacts the locking cap and generate a bias between the locking cap and the locking cup and urge the locking tab against the locking tooth when the locking cap is threaded into the cup portion.
US10881262B2
The present invention teaches multilayer cleaning articles that include a substantially dry surface contact layer and a gripping layer. The contact layer may represent one exposed major face of the cleaning article (e.g., a cleaning pad), while the gripping layer may represent the opposite exposed major face of the cleaning article. The contact layer may include abrasive synthetic fibers, so as to be effective in scrubbing soils and spills from a surface. The contact layer includes a cleaning composition pre-loaded therein. The cleaning composition is such that the contact layer feels dry to the touch prior to use, before wetting with water. The cleaning composition may include about 1% to about 40% by weight water. The gripping layer includes at least 40% by weight of pulp fibers (e.g., natural cellulose pulp fiber), and exhibits a mean hand grip value that is at least 0.015 l/in2 (reciprocal inches squared).
US10881245B2
A collection of cooking devices are modularly attachable to a common base frame. For example, a searing device can be selectively attached to a pivotable handle assembly, such that the handle and searing device are moveable between a sear position and a raised position relative to the griddle. The searing mechanism of the present disclosure is sized to provide a sear surface capable of searing multiple items of food simultaneously. The searing device may be removed from the base frame without tools, and other griddle attachments may be installed in its place to modularly alter the function of the griddle. The pivotable attachment point may provide a forward-bias balance such that the griddle provides even pressure on food items even as griddle attachment is raised and lowered, while also avoiding a sudden release of steam and/or heat in the direction of the operator upon raising the handle.
US10881237B2
In summary there is provided in one embodiment a combination of a pan and thermal bag used to maintain hot or cold temperatures of food placed in the pan.
US10881232B2
A mat system is made up of multiple mat modules with interlocking features that allow for separate mat modules to be assembled into different patterns or shapes to cover larger areas as an area mat, define long pathways such as in hallways and customize the shape of the mat may be used to better fit the specific location. The mat modules are secured to each other to provide larger mat systems with a safer and better-looking transition. The mat modules are constructed such that there is a first connecting arrangement and a second connecting arrangement. When the mat modules are assembled, the first connecting arrangement on one mat module will assemble to the second connecting arrangement and an adjacent mat module to provide a secure and seamless connection between the mat modules. These connecting features can be integral to the mat modules or separate pieces.
US10881230B2
A camping tool including a spatula including a blade, a spatula handle, a tongs dovetail connector arranged on a first side of the spatula handle, and a storage dovetail connector arranged on a second side of the spatula handle opposite the first side, a spoon including a bowl, a spoon handle, and a spoon connector including a spoon flange sized to be received in the tongs dovetail connector or the storage dovetail connector, a fork including tines, a fork handle, and a fork connector including a fork flange sized to be received in the tongs dovetail connector or the storage dovetail connector, and a tool including at least one of a can opener, a package opener, a bottle opener, and a vegetable peeler, and a tool flange sized to be received in the storage dovetail connector.
US10881229B2
An arched support strut dement that fits on top of a cake pan and which extends over the cake. The support strut element is located above the top rim of the pan and extends over the cake to support a flexible element, such as Saran@ Wrap, or the like, above the top surface of the cake. More specifically, the struts are adjustable so they can accommodate any width of pan and the hooks on the ends are memory-flexible so they can be bent to accommodate any edge shape for a pan.
US10881212B2
A linking system for folding chairs and a method for linking folding chairs in rows. The linking system includes a first linking member having two spaced-apart, u-shaped first recesses on a first side thereof and a slit on each end thereof, wherein each slit is parallel to an axis defined by the u-shaped recesses; a second linking member having two spaced-apart, u-shaped second recesses on a second side thereof and two spaced-apart, u-shaped third recesses on a third side thereof, wherein the u-shaped third recesses are spaced further apart than the second recesses and the third side is orthogonal to the second side; and a third linking member having two spaced-apart, u-shaped fourth recesses on a fourth side thereof. The first, second and third linking members are configured to snappingly engage tubular members of adjacent folding chairs.
US10881210B2
A stacking chair with a frame connected to a rotating seating portion and backrest portion each of the seating portion and backrest portion having matching profiles such that when stacked the weight of the chairs is distributed across facing surfaces that nest together due to matching profiles, the seating portion may rotate through an angle of rotation greater than 90 degrees and the seating and/or backrest portions may include a injection molded foam interior surrounding an internal frame and with a removable cover on the outside of the foam.
US10881209B2
A mechanism is provided for a seating unit that moves the seating unit between closed, TV, and fully reclined positions. The mechanism allows independent movement of a seat frame, relative to the chair arms and chair back to which the mechanism is mounted. The mechanism thus allows the seat depth of the chair to be adjusted relative to the chair back to accommodate the individual characteristics of the chair occupant.
US10881207B2
An item of furniture includes at least one fitting for guiding a movable furniture part and at least one plate-shaped wall element, into which the at least one fitting is integrated, and at least one connecting element for connecting to an additional furniture component.
US10881186B2
A storage apparatus featuring a first tower for storing makeup in storage shelves, with the storage shelves configured to rotate around a second tower featuring a cavity for storing makeup tools and an elevator platform to facilitate access to those makeup tools.
US10881171B2
A magnetic clasp system, having a clasping assembly, which includes a base and a hinged locking component rotationally affixed to the base wherein the hinged locking component and the base defining a tortuous path therebetween configured to receive a strap, and wherein the base includes a magnetically responsive material. The magnetic clasp system also including a mounting assembly, the mounting assembly including a magnetically responsive material configured to draw the clasping assembly and the mounting assembly together when within a magnetic field thereof. The magnetic clasp system also including a stop configured to limit lateral translation between the clasping assembly and the mounting assembly when engaged.
US10881170B1
Belt adjustment systems are configured for wearing around a user's waist and permit a continuum of belt loop sizes or a larger selection of belt loop sizes. The belt adjustment system includes an elongate belt member having a first end, a second end and a series of teeth positioned on an inner surface near the second end and a fixation member having first and second adjustment elements.
US10881169B2
A shoe may include an upper and a sole structure. The upper may include a shell and first, second, third, and fourth sets of tensile restraints. Each of the sets may have one or more tensile restraints extending over and/or through a corresponding portion of the shell. The shell may be engaged with the sole structure and define an interior void configured to receive insertion of a user's foot. The first, second, third, and fourth sets of tensile restraints may be configured so that, upon securing of one or more structures to tighten the upper and connect the sets of tensile restraints, two linear axes of tension with anchors located in the forefoot and heel region extend diagonally across the article from one side to the other.
US10881168B2
An outsole for an athletic shoe that includes a heel section and a forefoot section. The heel and forefoot sections are on the outer surface of the outsole. The forefoot section includes a tread pattern that provides first and second ground friction forces. The first ground friction force promotes rotation in a first rotational direction about a rotation point of the forefoot section. The second ground friction force restricts rotation in a second rotational direction about the rotation point. The second rotational direction is opposite of the first rotational direction and the second ground friction force is greater than the first ground friction force.
US10881167B2
The present invention relates to a shoe midsole structure and a method for manufacturing the same. The shoe midsole has unique hollow particle units that may be additively manufactured without any support structure. Each of the hollow particle units has a specific thickness and a hollow interior. A housing layer of each of the hollow particle units has a plurality of openings, a plurality of planar annular portions surrounding each of the openings, and a plurality of curved portions connecting adjacent planar annular portions. The plurality of openings are disposed in pair on the housing layer symmetrically with respect to the geometric centroid of the hollow particle units. A plurality of hollow particle units are arranged into a multi-laminate structure in the shoe midsole. Some hollow particle units are bent when a compression force or a shearing force is applied during use.
US10881142B2
The invention relates to electronic smoking devices (10) and to additive reservoirs (56) for electronic smoking devices (10). In order to be able to provide an additive that does not pass an atomizer (26) of the electronic smoking device (10), the invention provides that the electronic smoking devices (10) comprise an additive supply assembly (40) with at least one additive inlet opening (44) arranged at a distance to the atomizer (26), and that the additive reservoirs (56) comprises at least one additive outlet opening (66) in its inner lateral surface (60).
US10881138B2
An apparatus including a film heater configured to heat smokeable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokeable material for inhalation. The film heater including a plurality of independently operable heating regions aligned with each other along a longitudinal axis of the film heater to provide a plurality of independent heating zones along the length of the film heater.
US10881126B2
The present application discloses a nutritional composition for protecting liver. The nutritional composition comprises the following components of raw materials in parts by weight: indica rice 60-83, polished round-grained rice 11-29, lycium barbarum 1-4, finger citron 1.5-5, citron 0.05-0.2, and Chinese date 1-3.5. The present invention, in view of the liver's characteristics of preferring free activity and disliking depression, complies with the liver's physiological function characteristics for regulation, and provides the prescription based on the method of nourishing yin blood so as to disinhibit the liver, and it is suitable to cooperate with staple foods for long-term consumption, is easily accepted by people due to the good taste, and can achieve certain efficacies of soothing the liver and nourishing the liver.
US10881106B2
The present invention relates to compounds of Formula (I), or an agronomically acceptable salt of said compounds wherein R1a, R1b, R2, X, A, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd and m are as defined herein. The invention further relates to herbicidal compositions which comprise a compound of Formula (I), to their use for controlling weeds. The invention further relates to intermediate compounds used to produce compounds of Formula (I).
US10881102B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for reducing microbial contamination or infection in plants, animals, fabrics, and products therefrom. The present invention also provides compositions and methods for reducing human infections. In particular, it provides solid magnetic nanoparticles comprising bacteriostatic, bactericidal, fungistatic, or fungicidal enzymes in one component, and substrates for the enzymes in another component. The compositions are dormant and become active upon exposure to hydration and oxygen.
US10881087B1
A method of harvesting crustaceans that utilizes a trap and buoy system, each trap being equipped with a digital camera and a light flash mechanism and being electrically connected to a buoy which has a wireless broadcast system to forward images received from the camera wirelessly to a further location that is equipped to receive the wirelessly transmitted image and to display the image to a human user. The method begins with laying out traps in the ocean, in a grid having a first grid spacing. Then for each trap, repeatedly lighting the trap with the flash mechanism and forming an image with the digital camera and sending the image to the further location. Then monitoring the images. Finally, in reliance on the images deciding to begin laying out traps in a grid, having a second grid spacing that is tighter than the first grid spacing, around a particular trap.
US10881082B2
An animal back support apparatus includes a main back support, a chest harness and an optional lumbar support component. The main back support features relatively rigid stays placed over the spine and one on each side of the spine and foam inlays to conform to the pets back between the pets back and the rigid stays. The animal back support apparatus also includes a first side panel on one side of the main back support and a second side panel on an opposite side of the main back support where the first and second side panels extend towards the abdomen of the animal and interact with each other to encircle the torso of the animal. The chest harness attaches to the main support layer.
US10881073B1
The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01072782. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01072782. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01072782 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01072782 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10881069B1
A novel maize variety designated X00N538 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X00N538 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X00N538 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X00N538, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X00N538 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X00N538 and methods of using maize variety X00N538 are disclosed.
US10881064B1
A novel maize variety designated X13N252 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13N252 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13N252 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13N252, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13N252 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13N252 and methods of using maize variety X13N252 are disclosed.
US10881058B2
The present invention provides a breeding method for tetraploid ricinus communis. The method comprises: collecting a ricinus communis germplasm resource, performing morphologic character analysis and chromosome ploidy identification, selecting good diploid varieties, carrying out mutagenesis by using colchicine and oryzalin; performing chromosome ploidy identification on F1 generation seeds, selecting homozygous tetraploids, and performing economic character analysis and identification on the F2 generation, so as to breed good tetraploid ricinus communis.
US10881056B2
A bioreactor comprising: an upper container with transparent walls for the material being propagated, the container being provided with gas exchange diffuser to the external environment, humidifier, and artificial illumination; a lower container with transparent walls, having an aluminum tray and a point of water entry and/or nutrient medium, located in the bottom of the container; points of injection/removal of air/oxygen/carbon dioxide located in the lid; point of additional injection of carbon dioxide, close to the bottom of the upper container; hermetic connection device between the upper and lower containers for supply/drainage of the nutrient medium; a screen support for the material to be propagated; locking devices to hermetically close the upper container; and the lower container; and pneumatic drivers of the liquid nutrient medium between the upper container and the lower container.
US10881050B2
An agricultural baler includes a baler chassis and a stuffer mechanism. The stuffer mechanism includes a fork and a motor. The fork is shiftably supported to move along a loading duct during each of a series of stuffing strokes. The fork is operable in a sweeping position, where the fork extends at least partly into the duct, to provide a full stuffing stroke by loading a charge of crop material from the loading duct into a baling chamber. The fork is shiftable by the motor from the sweeping position to a retracted position, where the fork is moved out of the duct. The fork is shiftable into the retracted position for at least part of a respective stuffing stroke where at least some of the charge of crop material in the loading duct is not loaded into the baling chamber.
US10881049B2
An agricultural baler includes a frame, a pressing belt operable to form a pressed bale in a pressing chamber, and a wrapping device operable to supply a wrapping material. A guide is disposed adjacent to and extends along the pressing belt. The guide leads the wrapping material to the pressing chamber. The guide includes a front mount and a rear mount. The front mount and the rear mount attach the guide to the frame, and each includes a spring biasing the guide toward the pressing belt. The front mount and the rear mount are spaced apart from each other along a longitudinal axis of the frame.
US10881042B1
An agricultural implement having a rolling basket which includes a plurality of elongated members arranged in a substantially cylindrical shape. A stationary internal scraper is disposed in the inner chamber of the rolling basket and is adapted for breaking up a material from the inner chamber as the rolling basket is rotated around the major axis of rotation of the rolling basket. The internal scraper extends in an upward direction with respect to the major axis of rotation of the rolling basket with the upper edge of the internal scraper distally spaced away from and above the major axis of rotation of the rolling basket and with the lower edge of the internal scraper distally spaced away from and above the major axis of rotation of the rolling basket. The upper edge of the internal scraper is positioned above the lower edge.
US10888038B2
The present invention discloses a conductive film and a display apparatus provided with the conductive film. A conductive film is disposed on a display panel of a display apparatus, and has a base body, and a conductive section formed on one of the main surfaces of the base body. The conductive section has a mesh pattern composed of fine metal lines, and the fine metal lines have a tilt of 30-44° with respect to the alignment direction of pixels of the display apparatus.
US10888030B1
Techniques for operating a data center include providing at least one fan coil unit operable to circulate a cooling airflow to a human-occupiable workspace of the data center; providing a plurality of computer racks arranged in one or more rows in the human-occupiable workspace; forming one or more warm air aisles between the one or more rows of the plurality of computer racks that are in fluid communication with an inlet of the fan coil unit through a warm air plenum, and also with an outlet of the fan coil unit through the human-occupiable workspace and the plurality of computer racks arranged in one or more rows; adjusting the associated electrical power density of one or more of the plurality of computer racks; and based on the adjustment, adjusting a characteristic of the data center.
US10888021B2
An apparatus includes a computer enclosure with a first fan, a second fan, a fan controller, and an input for receiving a signal from a microphone indicating an amount of noise at a target location. The apparatus further includes a first actuator coupled to the first fan for adjusting an axial position of the first fan, wherein the controller controls the operation of the first actuator to position the first fan to reduce the noise indicated by the signal from the microphone with the first and second fans in operation. The microphone senses sound pressure and the controller automatically adjusts a position of one or more fans using an actuator to change the distance from the fan to the microphone, which may be co-located with a user, to provide destructive interference at the location of the microphone.
US10888005B2
A disclosed electronic device includes a housing having an opening, a roll mounted in the housing, a flexible display wound on the roll and being extendable and retractable through the opening based on a rotation direction of the roll, and a roll guide configured to guide the roll to move in a direction capable of constantly maintaining a proceeding direction of the flexible display toward the opening in the housing, based on a variation in a wound length of the flexible display on the roll.
US10887990B2
A power line structure, an array substrate including the power line structure and a display panel are provided. The power line structure (100) includes a conductive plate (110), the conductive plate (110) includes a through hole disposing area (103), the through hole disposing area (103) is provided with a plurality of via holes (101); in at least one sub-area of the through hole disposing area (103), a distribution density of the via holes (101) increases along a direction of decreasing a current density in the conductive plate (110).
US10887980B2
A coupled via structure includes a plate via penetrating through an board body and having first and second plates spaced apart from each other by a first gap distance, a contact pad connected to the plate via on a surface of the board body and having first and second contacts connected to the first and second plates, respectively, and a connection line connected to the contact pad on the surface of the board body and having first and second lines connected to the first and second contacts, respectively, and spaced apart from the first line by a second gap distance. Accordingly, the deviation of the characteristic impedance is reduced (or, alternatively, minimized) between the coupled via structure and the coupled signal line.
US10887972B2
A lighting network (100) comprises a plurality of lighting devices (200, 300, 400A-H) each having at least one connection to a source device (101), the connection being either direct or indirect via one or more others of the lighting devices forming the indirect connection, each of the lighting devices comprising a respective light source. A method of troubleshooting the lighting network comprises steps of: identifying, for a target one of the lighting devices, at least one of said connections between the source device and the target lighting device; determining a characteristic of the identified connection from the source device to the target device, wherein the characteristic comprises a signal strength of the identified one of said connections and/or a latency of the identified one of said connections; and controlling at least one of the light sources to render a visualization of the identified connection between the source device and the target lighting device in the lighting network.
US10887969B2
A method that includes the following steps: determination of predictive meteorological data in a region surrounding the facility; querying of a database about the presence of birds in the region surrounding the facility; calculation, by a prediction unit, of the probability of birds passing opposite the facility as a function of time, on the basis of the predictive meteorological data and data relating to the presence of birds in the region surrounding the facility; and control, by a control unit, of at least one light source of the facility, on a basis of the probability of passage, calculated by the prediction unit.
US10887964B1
The present innovation discloses a solid-state electric power distribution module. The module comprises an enclosure for housing one or more electrical components of an electrical distribution system. The enclosure comprises input power connections, an air-gap disconnect unit, current sensing devices, isolation devices, analog-to-digital (A-D) converters, a processor and output connections, which are electrically connected using a plurality of conductive tracks. The input power connections receive input power from a power source. The current sensing devices receive the input power and generate analog output current and voltage using the isolation devices, wherein the analog outputs are converted into digital signals using A-D converters. The output connections supply power at pre-established levels to one or more loads after completion of circuit tests, thereby securely transferring power to the loads. Further, an air-gap disconnect unit is configured to disconnect the input power when a fault has occurred.
US10887962B2
Disclosed is a lamp control device. The lamp control device may include: a lamp having an LED channel; a channel resistor corresponding to the LED channel; and a controller configured to boost a channel resistor voltage applied to the channel resistor, and retain a channel current of the LED channel as a target current, using the boosted channel resistor voltage.
US10887959B2
A circuit arrangement (1) for generating a reference voltage (Uref) for the power supply (2) of an LED arrangement (LED), wherein the power supply supplies a feed current (IS) to the LED arrangement on the basis of an input voltage (UB), which current is determined by the magnitude of the reference voltage, wherein the circuit arrangement comprises: a first voltage divider (R1/R2), located on a constant power supply voltage (UV), a second voltage divider (R3/R4), located on the input voltage (UB) of the power supply (2), and a third voltage divider (R5/R6) which consists of an ohmic resistor (R5) and a temperature-dependent resistor (R6) thermally coupled to the LED arrangement, a voltage proportional to the voltage on the centre connection of the second voltage divider (R3/R4) is supplied via a first diode (D1) to the centre connection of the first voltage divider (R1/R2), a voltage proportional to the voltage on the centre connection of the third voltage divider (R5/R6) is further supplied via a second diode (D2) to the centre connection of the first voltage divider (R1/R2), and the voltage on the centre connection of the first voltage divider (R1/R2) is supplied to the power supply (2) as a reference voltage (Uref).
US10887950B2
Provided is a cooking apparatus including: an induction heating coil that generates a magnetic field heating a cooking container; and an image generating unit that radiates light so that an image is generated on a surface of the cooking container, wherein the image generating unit includes: a plurality of light sources that radiate light toward the cooking container; a light source driving circuit that provides driving currents to the plurality of light sources; and a light-emitting controller that controls the light source driving circuit.
US10887947B2
A heat source comprised of one or more transistors or transistor packages mechanically connected to a heat plate. The heat generation is accomplished by the direct and precisely controlled heat generated by one or more transistors through the precise duty cycle control of a high-frequency Pulse-Width-Modulated (PWM) which is generated based on the sensed temperature and current generated by one or more of the transistor(s).
US10887945B2
The disclosure proposes a resource determination method performed by a communication node in a wireless communication system and a communication node using the method. The method may be a method performed for an IAB system.
US10887943B2
The present application discloses a packet exchange method and a related device. The method includes: obtaining, by a first device, a packet by using a Network Convergence Protocol (NCP) layer of the first device; and sending, by the first device, the packet to an NCP layer of a second device by using the NCP layer of the first device, where the NCP layer is located at a data link layer of a user plane, and the NCP layer of the first device and the NCP layer of the second device form a direct data exchange channel between the first device and the second device; and the first device is a terminal and the second device is a core network device, or the first device is a core network device and the second device is a terminal.
US10887939B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A base station may transmit indications of target received powers for a random access procedure and a beam failure recovery procedure. A wireless device may transmit a random access preamble and a beam failure recovery preamble using different transmission powers based on the indications of target received powers.
US10887938B1
A system described herein may provide a technique for allowing User Equipment (“UE”) to connect to base stations of a wireless network based on base station support for packet switched (“PS”) one or more voice service types that are implemented by the UE. The UE may indicate one or more PS voice types implemented by the UE when registering with the base station. Additionally, or alternatively, the base station may broadcast an indicator of the type(s) of PS voice supported by the base station, based on which the UE may determine whether to register with the base station.
US10887927B2
A method performed in a communications network includes receiving, from a wireless communication device, such as for example, a user equipment (UE), an indication including the EPS bearer identity (EBI) the UE has determined to use for a pending uplink (UL) of user data. The indication indicates a preference of the UE to use an existing CP connection or to establish a UP ON connection for the pending UL of user data. The indication is included in a Tracking Area Update (TAU) request initiated by the UE. The method further includes determining, in response to receiving the indication, that the user plane (UP) connection does not need to be established and that the existing control plane (CP) connection may be used. The method further includes, in response to determining that the existing CP connection may be used, allowing the UE to send the pending UL of user data on the existing CP connection.
US10887926B2
In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and UE are provided. The UE receive a configuration from a base station, the configuration indicating one or more constraints for constructing and transmitting a multiple-access signature. The UE then constructs the multiple-access signature in accordance with the one or more constraints. The UE autonomously transmits the multiple-access signature to the base station in accordance with the one or more constraints.
US10887925B2
A mobile station (MS) obtains a parameter, performs transmission of a preamble, and sets a counter incremented based on transmission of the preamble. The MS is able to indicate a random access problem corresponding to one transmission timing cell group in a case where the counter reaches the parameter+1 and the transmission of the preamble is performed on the one transmission timing cell group, where the one transmission timing cell group being one of the plurality of transmission timing cell groups, and the MS is able to not indicate a random access problem corresponding to another transmission timing cell group in a case where the counter reaches the parameter+1 and the transmission of the preamble is performed on the another transmission timing cell group, where the another transmission timing cell group being one of the plurality of transmission timing cell groups.
US10887924B2
One embodiment of the present specification provides a method for performing a random access procedure. The method can comprise the steps of: generating a random access preamble to a first cell; generating a random access preamble to a second cell; determining whether the random access preamble to the first cell and the random access preamble to the second cell are triggered so as to be simultaneously transmitted in the same subframe; selecting the random access preamble to any one of the cells according to a pre-set priority when triggered so as to be simultaneously transmitted; and transmitting the any one selected random access preamble.
US10887910B2
Various examples and schemes pertaining to New Radio (NR) vehicle-to-everything (V2X) cluster management are described. An apparatus, implemented in a user equipment (UE) of a V2X cluster in an NR V2X communication environment, receives a scheduling request from a member of the V2X cluster. The apparatus transmits a resource grant to the member to allocate a resource of one or more resources to the member responsive to the receiving of the scheduling request. The one or more resources are either: (a) preconfigured by a wireless network, or (b) granted by the wireless network responsive to the UE transmitting a resource request to the wireless network upon receiving the scheduling request.
US10887906B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to methods and apparatus for minimum scheduling delay signaling.
US10887905B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). The present disclosure provides method and apparatus for receiving a common signaling. According to the various embodiments of the present disclosure, a method of a terminal for receiving a common signaling comprises determining a reception mode of a common signaling based on a maximum bandwidth supported by the terminal, and receiving, by the terminal, the common signaling based on the determined reception mode.
US10887901B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink data in a wireless communication system. Specifically, a first terminal transmits a random access preamble for requesting a connectionless transmission. The first terminal receives a random access response comprising scheduling information of the uplink data. The first terminal transmits uplink data and a reference signal from a first resource configured on the basis of scheduling information of the uplink data and information indicating the CP length of the reference signal. The CP length of the reference signal can be configured to be identical to the CP length of the random access preamble. The first resource can correspond to a resource utilized by both the first terminal and second terminal.
US10887900B2
A method embodiment includes implementing, by a base station (BS), a grant-free uplink transmission scheme. The grant-free uplink transmission scheme defines a first contention transmission unit (CTU) access region in a time-frequency domain, defines a plurality of CTUs, defines a default CTU mapping scheme by mapping at least some of the plurality of CTUs to the first CTU access region, and defines a default user equipment (UE) mapping scheme by defining rules for mapping a plurality of UEs to the plurality of CTUs.
US10887894B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for handing overhead messages in new radio (NR). An exemplary method generally includes receiving a first overhead message of a first type comprising first configuration information for the UE, determining a first priority level of the configuration information in the first overhead message, taking one or more first actions based on the first priority level, attempting to receive a second overhead message of a second type comprising second configuration information for the UE, if the second overhead message is received, determining a second priority level of the second configuration information in the second overhead message, taking one or more second actions based on the second priority level.
US10887892B2
An apparatus and method in a wireless communication system. The apparatus includes a dynamic network planning trigger unit and a master user equipment selecting unit. The dynamic network planning trigger unit triggers, based on a predetermined trigger event, a dynamic network planning in an area managed by the apparatus. The dynamic network planning includes selection of a master user equipment used for device-to-device communication, and the master user equipment receives signals from a base station during the device-to-device communication process and relays signals between the base station and a slave user equipment. The master user equipment selecting unit selects, from user equipment in the area according to quality of channels between the user equipment and the base station, one or more user equipment as master user equipment, distances between the master user equipment being greater than the intervals.
US10887885B2
Multiple application devices (such as multiple application modules (MAMs) and multiple application units (MAUs)) for providing services in wireless distribution systems (WDSs) are disclosed. The multiple application devices are wireless telecommunication circuitry associated with wireless distribution components in a WDS. By associating multiple application devices into components of a WDS, network services, and applications within the WDS can be provided. The WDS may comprise a central unit, a plurality of remote units, and a plurality of multiple application devices associated with at least one of the central unit and at least one of the remote units. Each of the plurality of multiple application devices comprises at least one multiple applications processor, is connected to at least one other of the plurality of multiple application devices, and is configured to coordinate with one other multiple application device of the plurality of multiple application devices to provide a user requested service.
US10887882B2
Apparatus and methods of wireless communications operating in a wideband new radio (NR) system include identifying a system bandwidth value of a cell, and identifying a user equipment (UE) bandwidth capability. Additionally, the aspects include determining a UE-specific set of bandwidth parts each having a UE-specific bandwidth based on the system bandwidth value and the UE bandwidth capability, and communicating with the cell using at least one of the UE-specific set of bandwidth parts. Further, the described apparatus and methods may enable dual-mode operations in a wideband component carrier (CC)) in the NR system.
US10887878B2
A method of operating a wireless telecommunications system for communicating higher layer data from network infrastructure comprises establishing an allocation of radio resources for the network infrastructure equipment to use for transmitting higher layer data to the terminal device during a higher layer data transmission period; transmitting an indication of the allocated radio resources to the terminal device; beginning transmission of the higher layer data to the terminal device at the beginning of the higher layer data transmission period; and subsequently identifying during the higher layer data transmission period whether any of the allocated radio resources which have not yet been used are needed by the network infrastructure equipment for transmitting other data in the wireless telecommunications system.
US10887876B2
While a user equipment (UE) performs a periodic transmission on a first link or a first carrier by using a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) resource for the first link or the first carrier to an eNodeB (eNB), the UE may receive a SPS resource for a second link or a second carrier from the eNB. Or, a certain event may occur. Then, the UE stops using the SPS resource for the first link or the first carrier, and performs a periodic transmission on the second link or the second carrier by using the SPS resource for the second link or the second carrier to the eNB.
US10887870B2
Provided in embodiments of the present invention are a signal transmission method and an apparatus, the method comprising: a terminal device determining a resource pool transmitting a first signal according to a first numerology used to transmit the first signal; the terminal device using a transmission resource in the resource pool transmitting the first signal to transmit the first signal.
US10887867B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of communications technologies, and provide a resource allocation method and an apparatus. The method includes: receiving a resource allocation request from first terminal device, wherein the first terminal device is any UE within coverage of a base station, obtaining location information of the first terminal device, determining, according to the location information of the first terminal device and location information of terminal devices to which transmission resources are currently already allocated, second terminal device that meets a preset condition, allocating, to the first terminal device, a transmission resource already allocated to the second UE; and sending the allocated transmission resource to the first terminal device.
US10887851B1
In one embodiment, a technique for dynamic transmission power in wireless mesh networks using supervised and semi-supervised learning is provided. A first device of a mesh communication network may receive a set of transmission power metrics indicative of network conditions between a second device of the mesh communication network and a plurality of child nodes associated with the second device. The first device may provide the set of transmission power metrics as input to a supervised machine learning process that probabilistically determines one or more minimum transmission power thresholds for nodes of the mesh communication network. The first device may obtain an output from the supervised machine learning process comprising an indication of a particular minimum transmission power threshold for the second device. The first device may control the second device to exchange packets with the plurality of child nodes using the particular minimum transmission power threshold.
US10887842B2
The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. The present disclosure provides a method for uplink power control, which is applied to a User Equipment (UE), and the method includes: determining a timing between a power control command and a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), which adopts the power control command to control power. The present disclosure also provides a corresponding device.
US10887839B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may monitor a wakeup signal search space (WUS-SS) set for a physical downlink shared channel (PDCCH) wakeup signal (WUS). The UE may detect the PDCCH WUS in the WUS-SS set based at least in part on monitoring the WUS-SS set. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10887838B1
A system for transmitting a DMR disable signal to a target mobile radio device is provided. The system includes an antenna configured to transmit and receive messages and a base station comprising at least one computing device communicatively coupled to the antenna. The at least one computing device is configured to generate a first message to be transmitted to a target mobile radio device, the first message comprising a disable signal selected from a list of non-standard operational parameters that can be implemented by the target mobile radio device, cause transmission of the first message via the antenna to the target mobile radio device, and monitor incoming messages received via the antenna for an acknowledgement message from the target mobile radio device that the target mobile radio device has been disabled.
US10887837B1
A method, performed by a first communication device, for transmitting a wireless local area network (WLAN) packet to a WLAN network interface device of a second communication device is described. The second communication device includes a separate wakeup radio (WUR) coupled to the WLAN network interface device. The WLAN packet is generated at the first communication device to include a WUR identifier associated with a neighbor communication device. The WUR identifier is usable by the WUR of the second communication device to identify WUR packets transmitted by the neighbor communication device. The neighbor communication device is different from the first communication device. The WLAN packet is transmitted by the first communication device to the WLAN network interface device of the second communication device.
US10887827B2
Example communication message sending methods and apparatus based on backoff duration are described. One example method includes that a terminal device sends an access request to a cell to which the terminal device belongs. The terminal device monitors a downlink control channel, and receives an access response message based on scheduling information on the downlink control channel. If the access response message carries a backoff access identifier, the terminal device determines a backoff parameter corresponding to the backoff access identifier in the access response message based on a correspondence that is pre-stored and that is between the backoff access identifier and the backoff parameter. The terminal device determines backoff duration based on the backoff parameter and an access resource interval period corresponding to the terminal device, and sends an access request to the cell after the backoff duration.
US10887820B2
Methods and apparatus for routing data packets in a communications network, such as a packet-switched network (e.g. an IP network). Instead of, or in addition to, conventional routing techniques such as longest prefix matching, the disclosure provides a method by which a network node can determine whether to defer transmission of a particular data packet based on geographical location and velocity data. Particularly for data that can tolerate high latency, this will serve to reduce consumption of network resources without adversely impacting user experience.
US10887819B2
A method of adjusting a link in a wireless communication system is described. The method includes collecting a channel impulse response signal of a client device from a network device of a communication system at a first time instance. The method includes determining a first path data based on the channel impulse response signal. The method also includes making a determination that the client device is physically blocked from the network device, or that a geographical location of the client device has changed. The determination may be made by comparing the first path data with at least a second path data corresponding to at least a second time instance prior to the first time instance. The method further includes changing the communication between the network device and the client device in response to the determination.
US10887816B2
A device, computer-readable medium, and method for activating antennas based upon a location and a movement of a group of mobile endpoint devices are disclosed. For example, a method may include a processor of a cellular network detecting a group of mobile endpoint devices associated with a first location and activating a first antenna at a first cell site of the cellular network associated with the first location, in response to detecting the group of mobile endpoint devices. The processor may further detect a movement of the group of mobile endpoint devices toward a second location, and activate a second antenna at a second cell site of the cellular network associated with the second location and deactivate the first antenna, in response to detecting the movement of the group of mobile endpoint devices toward the second location.
US10887814B2
A method of sending a beam report and a terminal thereof are provided. The method includes: monitoring a quality parameter of at least one beam link; and determining, according to the quality parameter of the beam link, at least one beam link subjected to a quality loss; in the case that at least a first preset quantity of beam link of the at least one beam link subjected to the quality loss is the beam link of a target antenna panel, determining that a shielding event of the target antenna panel is detected and sending a beam report to a network.
US10887809B2
A system that stores functional information indicating a capability of each of a plurality of elements located remotely from the system; identifies a function capable of being performed by linking a plurality of the elements based on the stored functional information; and transmits information corresponding to the identified function capable of being performed by linking the plurality of elements to a first device remote from the system.
US10887805B2
A first base station (BS) for handling a handover with a second BS comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage unit. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions comprise determining to hand over a first communication device to the second BS; generating a first handover request message, wherein the first handover request message comprises one of first system information and second system information according to whether the first communication device is in coverage enhancement (CE) or according to a type of the first communication device; transmitting the first handover request message to the second BS; receiving a first handover request acknowledgement message from the second BS; and transmitting a first handover command to the first communication device in response to the reception of the first handover request acknowledgement message.
US10887800B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. One method may include transmitting a first signal instructing a user equipment (UE) to transition a state of a secondary cell associated with the UE; determining an allocation of resources for the UE to communicate with the secondary cell; and transmitting a second signal including an indication of an active bandwidth part (BWP) used for the allocation of resources based on the determining. The active BWP and the first signal may indicate the transition of the state of the secondary cell.
US10887785B1
Provided are systems and methods for wirelessly managing hardware resources that are distributed across different storage apparatus in a site. The systems and methods may include broadcasting a unique identifier from different controllers that operate as part of the different storage apparatus, mapping a physical position of the different controllers based on one or more of a different time or order with which each controller receives the unique identifier of another controller, monitoring a data network that is used to access the hardware resources installed in a particular storage apparatus, determining status of the hardware resources, and controlling visual indicators of a particular controller, that operates as part of the particular storage apparatus, so that each visual indicator conveys the status of a different hardware resource that is aligned or otherwise associated with one of the visual indicators.
US10887780B2
Communication systems are described that use unequally spaced constellations that have increased capacity compared to conventional constellations operating within a similar SNR band. One embodiment is a digital communications system including a transmitter transmitting signals via a communication channel, the transmitter including a coder capable of receiving user bits and outputting encoded bits at a rate, a mapper capable of mapping encoded bits to symbols in a constellation, and a modulator capable of generating a modulated signal for transmission via the communication channel using symbols generated by the mapper, wherein the constellation is unequally spaced and characterizable by assignment of locations and labels of constellation points to maximize parallel decode capacity of the constellation at a given signal-to-noise ratio so that the constellation provides a given capacity at a reduced signal-to-noise ratio compared to a uniform constellation that maximizes the minimum distance between constellation points of the uniform constellation.
US10887779B1
This spectrum protection system enables spectrum sharing that protects Earth Exploration-Satellite Services (EESS) observations, which allows for uninterrupted weather forecasting, from terrestrial operations that operate near or within EESS frequency bands without cumbersome restrictions on telecommunications (telecom) providers. The system calculates the satellite observation times using a device's location recognizing that these satellites are only observing a particular location on Earth for a very small amount of time because of their orbital dynamics and scanning characteristics. Using this calculated list of observation times and comparing it to the current time input, the system then enacts a mechanism for action when EESS observations are occurring. Two simple embodiments for the mechanism for action include momentarily changing frequencies or reducing transmission power levels to prevent erroneous EESS measurements. This system allows telecom providers to operate at optimal power levels at all other times near or within the EESS frequency bands.
US10887763B2
A privacy protection module applied to an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device includes a camera module which has a circuit board and a lens. The lens is connected to the circuit board. The privacy protection module includes a case, a hole, a shutter and an actuator. The case covers the camera module. The hole is located on the case and aligned with the lens. The actuator is located on the case and electrically connected to the circuit board; the actuator moves along a first direction or a second direction when the actuator is driven by electronic power. The shutter is next to the hole and connected to the actuator.
US10887759B1
An artificial intelligence system monitors and records usage of a set of mobile devices that have been “paired” or grouped together. The system, over time, accumulates a history of times and locations associated with events that occur with respect to the devices. From this history, the system develops a usage model for the devices. The system, if it detects current usage diverges significantly from an expected usage, performs responsive actions which may include: notifying a user, via a paired device, that the mobile device may be lost or misplaced; command the “lost” mobile device to enter a reduced power state, to prolong battery life; and/or command the “lost” device to emit audible and/or visible signals intended to facilitate locating the device. In some embodiments, the system predicts an imminent loss of the device before it becomes lost, based on current usage vs. expected usage embodied in the model.
US10887758B2
A method for reporting UE capability information includes: obtaining, by user equipment (UE), UE capability information of the UE; when the size of the UE capability information exceeds the maximum tolerance that can be processed by the PDCP layer of the UE, splitting the UE capability information into at least two pieces of UE capability information, where each piece does not exceed the maximum tolerance that can be processed by the PDCP layer; and reporting at least one piece of the at least two pieces of UE capability information to a network side device. According to this method, the UE capability information is split on a UE side, and reported to the network side device for a plurality of times, so as to avoid an error caused when the UE capability information exceeds the maximum tolerance that can be processed by the PDCP layer, and ensure normal operating of a UE capability information reporting process.
US10887757B2
An application for mobile devices that enables a server device to control multiple client devices with numerous features and capabilities relevant to both server and client devices, such as learning gamification and safety controls. Running on popular operating systems, this application is compatible with other mobile applications and provides a mechanism for the server device to override internal controls on one or more client devices with ability to configure access controls based on gamification features using parameters that include but not limited to applications, programs, goals, and rewards. This application includes safety and security control features that enables the server device to remotely monitor and control one or more client devices.
US10887752B2
Wireless mesh networking protocols for directional transmissions in the PHY layer over multiple hops between a mix of mesh and non-mesh stations (STAs). Joint beamforming (BF) training and mesh network discovery is described including adaptive signaling with the mesh network. The mesh networking protocol can be utilized in a mix of wireless nodes including portals, access points (APs), personal control points (PCPs), and mesh stations (STAs).
US10887748B2
A distributed seismic system, “MyShake”, which collectively harnesses sensor data from smartphones to determine earthquake onset, and generate warnings through the self-same phone network. The system can record magnitude 2.5 or larger earthquakes, and provides on-phone detection capability to separate earthquake shake data from other every-day shakes of the phone. The earthquake data is collected at a central site where a network detection algorithm confirms that an earthquake is underway and estimates the location and magnitude in real-time. This information is used to issue an alert of forthcoming ground shaking, such as through the network of phones for an early earthquake warning system.
US10887747B2
The disclosure presents a system for remotely managing emergency equipment through wireless network and methods to use this system to monitor emergency equipment and deliver emergency information to subscribers. The system for remotely managing emergency equipment includes at least a node, also called as end user emergency equipment, a remote server, and a plurality of direct and indirect subscriber devices. The remote server receives data collected from each node, processes the node data, and sends the processed data to direct and indirect subscribers to manage emergency equipment. The system can improve the efficiency on collision avoidance, emergency warning, and emergency vehicle dispatch management.
US10887741B1
A method of provisioning wireless communication service to wireless communication devices. The method comprises allocating telephone numbers to a first plurality of devices, allocating the same telephone numbers to a second plurality of devices, transmitting an eSIM provisioning data bundle in a short message service (SMS) message to the first plurality of devices by a first communication network routing node based on the corresponding one of the plurality of telephone numbers, transmitting an eSIM provisioning data bundle in a SMS message to the second plurality of devices by a second communication network routing node based on the corresponding one of the plurality of telephone numbers, wherein the first communication network routing node routes SMS messages in a first region and the second communication network routine node routes SMS messages in a second region, whereby a single telephone number is leveraged by two different devices located in different regions.
US10887740B2
The present disclosure provides a method of sending a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) service message. The method includes: determining, by a terminal device, a communication path for a V2X service, where the communication path is selected from at least two communication paths, the at least two communication paths include a first communication path and a second communication path, the first communication path is a communication path on which communication is performed using a PC5 interface, and the second communication path is a communication path on which communication is performed using a Uu interface; and sending, by the terminal device, a message of the V2X service by using the communication path. In the foregoing solution, the communication path can be selected from the at least two communication paths, to send the message of the V2X service. In this way, a communication path is flexibly selected for a V2X service.
US10887726B2
Methods, program products, and systems of using a mobile WAP for location and context purposes are disclosed. In general, in one aspect, a server can estimate an effective location of a wireless access gateway using harvested data. The server can harvest location data from multiple mobile devices. The harvested data can include a location of each mobile device and an identifier of a wireless access gateway that is located within a communication range of the mobile device. In some implementations, the server can identify a mobile wireless access gateway based on a distance comparison. Data indicating the mobility of a wireless access gateway can be used by a mobile device to initiate one or more actions, including managing power of the mobile device, modifying entrance and exit conditions of virtual fences and determining a context of the mobile device.
US10887724B2
A method, a computing system, and a computer program product are provided. At least one processor receives a location of a mobile device. The location of the mobile device is compared to a location of an operator of a vehicle used to transport a user of the mobile device. In response to the vehicle reaching a destination and the location of the mobile device being within a threshold distance of the operator of the vehicle for a threshold amount of time, one or more from a group of the user of the mobile device, the operator of the vehicle, and a third party indicated by the user are notified, via the at least one processor, regarding the mobile device.
US10887716B2
A method and a system for calibrating a surround sound system are disclosed. The calibration system can provide a graphical user interface for display comprising a visual representation of the room hosting a multichannel surround sound system. The graphical user interface can permit user input of gestures to place or make changes to the placement of icons representing one or more loudspeakers and a listener. The calibration system can estimate the positions of the one or more loudspeakers or the listener based on the placement of the icons in the model room. A spatial calibration based on the estimated positions can then be performed such that the multichannel surround sound system can render sound scenes more accurately.
US10887715B2
The present invention is directed to methods and apparatus for translating a first plurality of audio input channels to a second plurality of audio output channels. This includes determining that there is pair-wise coding among any of the first plurality of audio input channels, determining an input/output-mapping matrix for mapping at least a first set of the first plurality of audio input channels to at least a second set of the second plurality of audio output channels; and deriving the second plurality of audio output channels based on first plurality of audio input channels, the input/output-mapping matrix and the determined pair-wise coding. The first plurality of audio input channels represent the same soundfield represented by the second plurality of audio output channels.
US10887703B2
A hearing system comprises a first hearing device, e.g. a hearing aid. The hearing system comprises at least three input transducers, one of which being selected as a reference input transducer providing a reference input signal, at least two adaptive 2-channel beamformers, each providing a spatially filtered signal based on first and second beamformer-input signals, wherein the adaptive 2-channel beamformers maintain unit amplitude and phase for a target component of said reference input signal. The at least two 2-channel beamformers are coupled in a layered structure at least comprising a primary layer and a secondary layer. The adaptive parameter of a given 2-channel beamformer is determined from the first and second beamformer-input signals for the 2-channel beamformer in question.
US10887691B2
An audio capture apparatus comprises a microphone array (301) and a beamformer (303) arranged to generate a beamformed audio output signal and a noise reference signal. A first and second transformer (309, 311) generates a first and second frequency domain signal from a frequency transform of the beamformed audio output signal and noise reference signal respectively. A difference processor (313) generates time frequency tile difference measures which for a given frequency is indicative of a difference between a monotonic function of a norm (magnitude) of a time frequency tile value of the first frequency domain signal and a monotonic function of a norm of a time frequency tile value of the second frequency domain signal for the first frequency. An estimator (315) generates an estimate indicative of whether the audio output signal comprises a point audio source in response to a combined difference value for time frequency tile difference measures for frequencies above a frequency threshold.
US10887687B2
Among other things, this document describes a computer-implemented method. The method can include receiving, at a first device, an indication of user input to cause the first device to establish a wireless data connection with another device. A determination can be made at the first device that one or more sensors on the first device are oriented toward a second device. In response to at least one of (i) receiving the indication of user input to cause the first device to establish a wireless data connection with another device and (ii) determining that the one or more sensors on the first device are oriented toward the second device, a first wireless data connection can be established between the first device and the second device. A first stream of audio data can be received and played at the first device.
US10887683B1
Disclosed is an electronic apparatus includes a first frame, a second frame configured to move relative to the first frame, a flexible display having a screen output area viewable on a front surface of the electronic apparatus to be expanded or reduced based on a movement of the second frame, a speaker module disposed at the first frame and having a sound emitting hole and a vent hole on one surface, and a pipe rail disposed at the second frame. The pipe rail may selectively transfer an acoustic signal output through the vent hole to outside through an inner pipeline based on the movement of the second frame. However, embodiments are not limited thereto.
US10887671B2
In general, this disclosure concerns media streaming. Among other things, the present disclosure presents a first media item for streaming from a computer server system to a media device. The first media item has an audio format. Furthermore, the first media item comprises a number of media segments, wherein each one of the number of media segments is identifiable by a media segment identifier. Still further, one or several of the number of media segments is/are associated with a respective second media item corresponding to a respective media segment identifier. The second media item(s) typically has/have a media format other than audio.
US10887670B2
A transmission apparatus includes circuitry configured to perform high dynamic range (HDR) opto-electronic conversion on HDR video data to obtain HDR transmission video data. An encoder receives input of at least the HDR transmission video data and output a video stream including coded video data, and a transmitter sends the video stream. The circuitry is further configured to insert HDR conversion characteristic meta-information into the video stream, the HDR conversion characteristic meta-information indicating a characteristic of the HDR conversion.
US10887666B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a media program on a first media channel, detecting a first segment in the media program, where the first segment comprises media content combined with an embedded advertisement, determining a first emotional context from a first analysis of the media content, determining a second emotional context from a second analysis of the embedded advertisement, and detecting an inconsistency between the first emotional context and the second emotional context. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10887665B2
Systems, methods and computer-readable media for a decentralized application system that enables participating parties to automate the buying and selling of TV media units and/or aggregated TV and premium video audiences is described. The value-based TV/premium video media exchange application system allows the participants to interact with the system directly and/or automate transactions and execution between systems, while ensuring proper governance over each participants own rules and economics associated with the transactions, as well as individual campaign constraints and requirements. The decentralized application system significantly lowers current transaction and execution barriers, timing and costs, while providing a highly accountable and trusted system across all of the exchange participants.
US10887655B2
The video recommendation system provided with an on-line connection system generates on-line video recommendations using collaborative filtering for clusters of member profiles. The recommendation system clusters member profiles using member profile information as clustering criteria. The video recommendations are then generated for a given cluster, based on aggregation of video viewing history recorded for the member profiles that are in the given cluster, using the video similarity matrix. In order to produce video recommendations for a particular member profile, the recommendation system first determines cluster membership for the member profile, retrieves recommendations generated for that cluster, and provides recommendations to the associated member. A user interface including references to one or more recommended videos is rendered on a display device of a viewer.
US10887648B2
A broadcast receiver includes a mode determination unit to determine a current operation mode among a plurality of operation modes, a communication interface to transmit the determined current operation mode to a mobile device through interactive communication, and to receive a control command from the mobile device, and a controller to provide a service of the determined current operation mode according to the control command received from the mobile device. Accordingly, a user controls the broadcast receiver through the mobile device according to the operation mode so that user's convenience is improved.
US10887647B2
Apparatus and methods for providing an enriched content services over a network. In one embodiment, the exemplary apparatus and methods leverage extant high-bandwidth capabilities of a managed network for delivering content downstream, as well as standards-compliant ultra-low latency and high data rate services (e.g., 5G NR services) for uploading content. In one embodiment, the exemplary apparatus and methods are implemented to synchronize content delivered of extant HFC architectures and DOCSIS protocols with user-generated or other content uploaded to a network entity (e.g., server apparatus) via an IP connection established utilized 5G NR services. Additional features include, among other, enhancements which enable user participation individually, or with other subscribers, in live or recorded content-based activities (such as e.g., auctioning, broadcasting, interactive commentary/gaming, exercising, etc.).
US10887646B2
A method comprises receiving video content from at least one video source, timestamping frames of the video content to generate respective first timestamps, and providing the frames in association with the respective first timestamps to a commentator application. The method further includes receiving audio content from the commentator application in association with respective second timestamps, combining the frames of the video content with the received audio content based at least in part on the first timestamps and the second timestamps to generate commented video content, and providing the commented video content to one or more servers of a content delivery network for delivery to one or more viewer devices. A plurality of distinct streams of audio content may be received from respective distinct commentator applications, and the frames of the video content combined with the plurality of distinct streams of audio content to generate the commented video content.
US10887642B1
Techniques for managing encoder configuration based on content delivery network performance are described. A computer-implemented method may include obtaining availability metrics from one or more content delivery networks (CDNs), the availability metrics associated with one or more content streams provided by the one or more CDNs, determining at least one CDN has less than a threshold capacity based at least on the availability metrics, and sending a request to one or more encoders associated with the one or more content streams to reduce a quality of at least one of the one or more content streams based at least on the availability metrics.
US10887641B2
Techniques to dynamically configure a sender bitrate for streaming media connections are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a media component operative to generate a media stream at a sending client device, the media stream comprising a video stream and an audio stream, the media stream configured for a sending bitrate; and modifying the sending bitrate based on a receiver-side bitrate value; a network component operative to send the media stream to a receiving client device; and a bitrate determination component operative to receive the receiver-side bitrate value from the receiving client device, the receiver-side bitrate value based on a first network performance measure and a second network performance measure, the first network performance measure based on the video stream in isolation from the audio stream, the second network performance measure based on the audio stream in isolation from the video stream. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10887630B2
A method for receiving video data through streaming using a device supporting a multipath transport control protocol (MPTCP) is provided. The method includes receiving the video data through a first network; calculating a buffer duration of buffered video data from among the received video data; determining whether to activate a second network based on the calculated buffer duration; and receiving the video data by using at least one from among the first network and the second network based on a result of the determining.
US10887621B2
Processing video data may include capturing the video data with multiple cameras and stitching the video data together to obtain a 360-degree video. A frame-packed picture may be provided based on the captured and stitched video data. A current sample location may be identified in the frame-packed picture. Whether a neighboring sample location is located outside of a content boundary of the frame-packed picture may be determined. When the neighboring sample location is located outside of the content boundary, a padding sample location may be derived based on at least one circular characteristic of the 360-degree video content and the projection geometry. The 360-degree video content may be processed based on the padding sample location.
US10887619B2
A prediction image generation apparatus for generating a prediction image by performing motion compensation on multiple reference images, the prediction image generation apparatus includes a prediction image generation unit configured to generate the prediction image with reference to a first reference image, a second reference image and a gradient correction term. A motion compensation unit having a motion compensation function using a bi-prediction gradient change (Bi-directional optical flow, BIO) prediction derives the gradient correction term with reference to each pixel value of a horizontal gradient image and a vertical gradient image. An inter-frame-distance weight derivation unit included a gradient correction bi-prediction derivation unit included in the motion compensation unit determines each weight coefficient to be multiplied by the value of the each pixel, depending on a first picture interval and a second picture interval, the first picture interval being a picture interval between a target image to be predicted and the first reference image, the second picture interval being a picture interval between the target image and the second reference image.
US10887617B2
Rendered portions of a renderable portion of a first view of a multi-view signal are introduced into a prediction loop of a multi-view encoder to form a reference signal for the block-based prediction of the encoder's view predictor may improve the prediction and thereby increasing the coding efficiency. The introduction may be performed by completely inserting the renderable portion into the prediction loop to form new reference pictures with their own reference picture indices in addition to reference pictures obtained by the reconstructed version of the multi-view signal of the block-based prediction. Alternatively, the rendered portion may be introduced into the prediction loop completely, but with replacing the normal prediction reference signal, i.e., the normally reconstructed signal as obtained by block-based prediction. Alternatively, it may be signaled within the data stream which portions of the renderable portion are used to replace respective portions in the normally reconstructed signal.
US10887609B2
In various embodiments, a shot collation application causes multiple encoding instances to encode a source video sequence that includes at least two shot sequences. The shot collation application assigns a first shot sequence to a first chunk. Subsequently, the shot collation application determines that a second shot sequence does not meet a collation criterion with respect to the first chunk. Consequently, the shot collation application assigns the second shot sequence or a third shot sequence derived from the second shot sequence to a second chunk. The shot collation application causes a first encoding instance to independently encode each shot sequence assigned to the first chunk. Similarly, the shot collation application causes a second encoding instance to independently encode each shot sequence assigned to the second chunk. Finally, a chunk assembler combines the first encoded chunk and the second encoded chunk to generate an encoded video sequence.
US10887608B2
A method for encoding a raw lenselet image includes a receiving phase, wherein at least a portion of a raw lenselet image is received, the image including a plurality of macro-pixels, each macro-pixel having pixels corresponding to a specific view angle for the same point of a scene, and an output phase, wherein a bitstream having at least a portion of an encoded lenselet image is outputted. The method has an image transform phase, wherein the pixels of said raw lenselet image are spatially displaced in a transformed multi-color image having a larger number of columns and rows with respect to the received raw lenselet image, wherein dummy pixels having undefined value are inserted into the raw lenselet image and wherein the displacement is performed so as to put the estimated center location of each macro-pixel onto integer pixel locations. Moreover, the method includes a sub-view generation phase, wherein a sequence of sub-views is generated, said sub-views having pixels of the same angular coordinates extracted from different macro-pixels of the transformed raw lenselet image. Finally, the method has a graph coding phase, wherein a bitstream is generated by encoding a graph representation of at least one of the sub-views of the sequence according to a predefined graph signal processing technique.
US10887607B2
A system implemented by one or more computers comprises a visual encoder component configured to receive as input data representing a sequence of image frames, in particular representing objects in a scene of the sequence, and to output a sequence of corresponding state codes, each state code comprising vectors, one for each of the objects. Each vector represents a respective position and velocity of its corresponding object. The system also comprises a dynamic predictor component configured to take as input a sequence of state codes, for example from the visual encoder, and predict a state code for a next unobserved frame. The system further comprises a state decoder component configured to convert the predicted state code, to a state, the state comprising a respective position and velocity vector for each object in the scene. This state may represent a predicted position and velocity vector for each of the objects.
US10887596B2
A method for decoding a picture based on a cross-component linear model (CCLM) mode includes deriving neighboring luma reference samples of a luma block, deriving down-sampled neighboring luma reference samples, deriving a linear model parameter based on the down-sampled neighboring luma reference samples and the neighboring chroma reference samples, where the neighboring luma reference samples includes top neighboring luma reference samples, and left neighboring luma reference samples, and where when the top boundary of the luma block overlaps with a boundary of a coding tree unit (CTU), the number of the top neighboring luma reference samples used for deriving the down-sampled neighboring luma reference samples among the neighboring luma reference samples is less than that of the left neighboring luma reference samples used for deriving the down-sampled neighboring luma reference samples.
US10887581B2
The present disclosure relates to techniques for reconstructing an object in three dimensions that is captured in a set of two-dimensional images. The object is reconstructed in three dimensions by computing depth values for edges of the object in the set of two-dimensional images. The set of two-dimensional images may be samples of a light field surrounding the object. The depth values may be computed by exploiting local gradient information in the set of two-dimensional images. After computing the depth values for the edges, depth values between the edges may be determined by identifying types of the edges (e.g., a texture edge, a silhouette edge, or other type of edge). Then, the depth values from the set of two-dimensional images may be aggregated in a three-dimensional space using a voting scheme, allowing the reconstruction of the object in three dimensions.
US10887579B2
Systems and methods for calibrating a sensor array for 3D depth sensing include the steps of providing multiple 3D sensors each for (i) illuminating a field of view of the sensor and (ii) generating an output array of pixelwise values indicative of distances to objects within the illuminated a field of view; sequentially causing each of the 3D sensors to generate an output array while other 3D sensors are illuminating their fields of view; and creating an interference matrix from the generated output arrays, the interference matrix indicating, for each of the 3D sensors, a degree of interference by other 3D sensors simultaneously active therewith.
US10887578B2
In various embodiments, systems and methods for acquiring depth images utilize an architecture suited to safety-rated applications, and may include more than sensor (such as time-of-flight sensors) operating along different optical paths and a comparison module for ensuring proper sensor operation. Error metrics may be associated with pixel-level depth values for purposes of allowing safe control based on imperfectly known depths.
US10887577B2
A 360-degree video data processing method performed by an apparatus for transmitting a 360-degree video according to the present invention comprises the steps of: obtaining 360-degree video data captured by at least one camera; obtaining a 2D-based picture by processing the 360-degree video data; generating metadata associated with the 360-degree video data; encoding the picture; and performing processing for storing or transmitting the encoded picture and the metadata, wherein the metadata includes information on the central point of the picture, and the information on the central point of the picture indicates whether spherical coordinates in a spherical plane corresponding to the central point of the picture have a yaw value of 0 and a pitch value of 0, respectively.
US10887565B2
Display of an image projected on a projection plane is appropriately controlled. An information processing device is an information processing device including a control unit. Here, a projection unit projects and displays a part of an image to be displayed on a projection plane. In addition, the control unit included in the information processing device controls the image displayed on the projection plane on the basis of a display area of the image displayed on the projection plane specified on the basis of a relative positional relationship between a projection unit and the projection plane and control information associated with the image to be displayed.
US10887563B2
To safely project a desired projection image in any projection area, provided is a projection system including: a projection device projecting light forming display information in a projection area; an imaging device capturing a range including the projection area; and a control device controlling to cause the projection device to project light and the imaging device to capture the projection area. The control device includes: an analysis circuit accumulating image information about the projection area captured by the imaging device and detects an abnormality in the projection area by comparing any one piece of accumulated image information about the projection area with image information about the projection area most recently captured by the imaging device; and a safety control circuit executing safety control to change a projection condition for the projection device when an abnormality is detected in the projection area by the analysis circuit.
US10887561B2
A surveillance system (1) includes an area information acquisition unit (101), a position information acquisition unit (102), a candidate determination unit (103), and a notification unit (104). The area information acquisition unit (101) acquires information of a surveillance-desired area. The position information acquisition unit (102) acquires pieces of position information of a plurality of portable terminals (20), each portable terminal performing surveillance using an image capturing unit. The candidate determination unit (103) determines a candidate portable terminal (20) to be moved to the surveillance-desired area from among the plurality of portable terminals (20) based on the acquired pieces of position information of the plurality of portable terminals (20). The notification unit (104) outputs a notification to the candidate portable terminal requesting to move to the surveillance-desired area.
US10887551B2
Disclosed is an information processing apparatus for displaying editable conference content on a webpage via a web browser of a communication terminal. The information processing apparatus includes a memory, and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to store, in a storage, conference information indicating a specific conference in association with editable conference content, and generate webpage data for displaying the conference information and the editable conference content on a webpage via the web browser of the communication terminal.
US10887545B2
A tele-presence system that includes a cart. The cart includes a robot face that has a robot monitor, a robot camera, a robot speaker, a robot microphone, and an overhead camera. The system also includes a remote station that is coupled to the robot face and the overhead camera. The remote station includes a station monitor, a station camera, a station speaker and a station microphone. The remote station can display video images captured by the robot camera and/or overhead camera. By way of example, the cart can be used in an operating room, wherein the overhead camera can be placed in a sterile field and the robot face can be used in a non-sterile field. The user at the remote station can conduct a teleconference through the robot face and also obtain a view of a medical procedure through the overhead camera.
US10887537B1
Some embodiments provide a novel compressive-sensing image capture device and a method of using data captured by the compressive-sensing image capture device. The novel compressive-sensing image capture device includes an array of sensors for detecting electromagnetic radiation. Each sensor in the sensor array has an associated mask that blocks electromagnetic radiation from portions of the sensor. In some embodiments, an array of passive masks is used to block a particular set of areas of each sensor in the sensor array. In some embodiments, the image capture device also includes an array of lenses corresponding to the sensors of the sensor array such that each sensor receives light that passes through a different lens. Some embodiments of the invention provide a dynamic mask array. In some embodiments, a novel machine trained network is provided that processes image capture data captured by the compressive-sensing image capture device to predict solutions to problems.
US10887535B2
The multimodal query-driven imager provides efficient coding and streaming of visual information acquired directly on the focal plane. The query-driven approach to visual event coding uses clocked time-division multiplexing to continuously scan the array, querying each pixel for threshold change events in pixel intensity.
US10887533B2
An infrared crosstalk compensation method includes capturing an original image of a scene, where the original image includes a plurality of original pixels, the original pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional array according to a first axial direction and a second axial direction, and each original pixel has a red subpixel value, a green subpixel value, a blue subpixel value, and an infrared subpixel value. The method further includes: obtaining compensated values of the red, green, blue, and infrared subpixel values according to the original image, a compensation axial direction, a plurality of red, green, blue compensation coefficients corresponding to the compensation axial direction, and compensation equations; and obtaining a compensated image according to the compensated values of the red, green, blue, and infrared subpixel values.
US10887532B2
An apparatus and method for generating images of specimens is disclosed. The apparatus includes an imaging system, controller, and user interface. The imaging system generates a plurality of component images of a specimen, each component image corresponding to a different viewing condition. Each image is represented by an intensity as a function of location on the specimen. The controller stores the component images and generates a compound image from a plurality of the component images. The compound image includes a weighted sum of first and second ones of the component images, the controller displaying the compound image on a display controlled by the controller. The user interface is adapted to control a weighting factor used in generating the weighted sum in response to user input. The controller redisplays the compound image after the weighting factor is changed in response to user input.
US10887524B2
Image pickup apparatuses, control methods and storage mediums for use therewith are provided herein. At least one image pickup apparatus includes: a display unit that displays an image generated by an imaging unit; an image processing unit that extracts in-focus areas from a plurality of images different in in-focus position that are generated by the imaging unit and that composites the extracted areas; and a control unit. The control unit acquires, out of image magnifications corresponding to the plurality of images different in in-focus position, a reference image magnification, and the image processing unit corrects the image to be displayed on the display unit based on an image magnification corresponding to the image to be displayed on the display unit and the reference image magnification.
US10887522B2
A drive unit configured to pan-tilt drive an optical imaging system, and a system control unit configured to control a correction amount of the image stabilization by driving the drive unit are provided in the imaging apparatus, wherein the system control unit changes the correction amount depending on at least one of total power of the imaging apparatus, an amplitude of a motion of the imaging apparatus, a frequency of the motion, a shutter speed, and the number of drive times of the drive unit.
US10887514B2
An apparatus includes a 360 camera configured to image a volume including one or more local users, and generate an output for remote users, and an illumination device configured to generate a visual output for the one or more local users that is indicative of a viewing direction or a number of the remote users, based on a mapping of a region of interest of the remote viewers. The illumination device is associated with the 360 camera.
US10887509B2
Systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media can receive a selection to include at least a first media content item, out of a collection of media content items, for presentation in one or more collages. A set of layouts can be dynamically provided based on the selection of at least the first media content item. A preview of the set of layouts can be dynamically presented. The preview of the set of layouts can visually represent the one or one more collages.
US10887503B2
A control apparatus (13) includes a data acquirer (13a) that acquires correction data indicating a relationship between a temperature difference between a temperature detected by a temperature detector (12) and a reference temperature, and a focus movement amount, and a focus controller (13b) that performs focus correction based on the temperature difference and the correction data to perform focus control, and the focus controller (13b) changes the focus correction depending on a drive state of a temperature changer (17) that changes a temperature.
US10887500B2
Optical inspection system detects defects of an object, such as an electronic device during manufacturing. The optical inspection system includes a first linear light source that irradiates a first light beam on a top surface of the object along a scan line across the width of the object. A second linear light source forms an angle with the first linear light source and irradiates a second light beam on a side surface of the object. A camera receives scattered light from the top surface and the side surface of the object and captures a subimage of the object along the scan line. An image processing system receives each subimage from the camera, stitches the subimages, and detects defects on the top surface and the side surface of the object.
US10887498B2
An optical member driving mechanism for driving an optical member is provided, including a fixed portion, a movable portion, and a driving module. The movable portion can support the aforementioned optical member, and the driving module can drive the movable portion to rotate relative to the fixed portion around a rotating axis, wherein the rotating axis is different from the optical axis of the optical member. The driving module includes a first electromagnetic driving assembly and a second electromagnetic driving assembly, and the optical axis is disposed therebetween. The first electromagnetic driving assembly and the second electromagnetic driving assembly are disposed on a side of the movable portion, and are electrically independent.
US10887497B2
Provided is an image acquisition apparatus based on an industrial digital camera matrix, comprising a first substrate and a second substrate arranged in parallel. The first substrate is provided with a lens matrix, and axes of various lenses in the lens matrix are respectively perpendicular to a plane where the first substrate is located; and a surface, towards the first substrate, of the second substrate is provided with a photosensitive element matrix, and various photosensitive elements in the photosensitive element matrix are arranged in one-to-one correspondence with the various lenses.
US10887492B2
An apparatus (IP) and a method to generate temporally-aligned image frames for image-streams (LS, RS) in a multi-channel (CR, CL) imaging system (100). The apparatus (IP) allows reducing or removing temporal distance artifacts that occur when processing the frames into combined image material. The apparatus can also be used to improve signal-to-noise ratio of the frames. The multi-channel imaging system (100) may be a stereoscopic imager.
US10887489B2
An image forming apparatus includes a notification unit that notifies an information processing apparatus that is brought close to a specific portion of a body of the image forming apparatus about information for identifying the image forming apparatus and an access point name; a requesting unit that requests security information used for wireless connection using the image forming apparatus as an access point from a server apparatus that generates the security information on conditions that the security information has been requested by the image forming apparatus and user authentication concerning the information processing apparatus has succeeded; and a switching unit that switches to a communication mode using the image forming apparatus as an access point in a case where the security information is given by the server apparatus.
US10887468B2
Systems and methods for adapting traditional landline telephones to make and receive Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls and other communications are described. In some embodiments, an adapter, adaptor, or other device or apparatus connects an IP router, such as a WiFi router or other access point, to a traditional landline telephone (e.g., a phone using dual-tone multi-frequency, or DTMF, signaling), enabling the traditional landline phone to make and/or receive VoIP calls.
US10887460B2
A system and method for establishing communications enables an outbound communication to be made simultaneously across a plurality of different communications platforms. The system is configured to perform the following: receive from a user, a first request to establish an electronic communication with a contact; identify via the details of contacts stored in a storage device, a contact identifier of the contact for each of a plurality of the different electronic communications platforms; receive at a processor from the user, selected devices of the user with which to establish the electronic communication with the contact; transmit via one of the selected devices of the user, a second request to establish an electronic communication comprising real time audio data with the contact simultaneously via each of the plurality of the different electronic communications platforms using each respective contact identifier; receive via the communications device, an acceptance of the second request to establish an electronic communication with the contact via one of the plurality of different electronic communications platforms; and establish an electronic communication comprising real time audio data between the contact and the one of the selected devices of the user via the one of the plurality of different electronic communications platforms.
US10887458B2
Systems and methods are described herein for handling video calls placed on hold or otherwise parked by one or more parties within the video call. The systems and methods can determine a video call has been placed on hold (or otherwise set to be parked), and transfer the video call to a call park server (CPS). The systems and methods can then access a content server, retrieve one or more content items (e.g., video clips, interactive content or advertisements, and so on), and present the content items within the on hold video call.
US10887457B1
System and methods for providing calling party information are disclosed. In one implementation, a server for providing calling party information includes one or more processors configured to receive a query for calling party information from a carrier. The query includes an identifier associated with the calling party. The processors are further configured to determine a score based on one or more previously obtained queries, generate the calling party information based on the score, and transmit the calling party information to the carrier. The carrier transmits the calling party information to a device associated with the called party as a Caller ID Name (CNAM).
US10887449B2
A smartphone displays a real-time video of an environment of a first user. The smartphone receives a telephone call from a second user and displays, on the real-time video before the first user answers the telephone call, a virtual image at a location in the environment of the first user where a voice of the second user will externally localize in empty space outside the head of the first user in the environment when the first user answers the telephone call.
US10887446B2
Techniques are described that facilitate generating a set of communication privilege rules that control real-time communication session associated with a client account. More specifically, a Communication Privilege Control (CPC) system is described that can generate a set of communication privilege rules for control of a communication session. The CPC system may detect a real-time communication session between a client device associated with a client account and a third-party device, and in doing so, determine whether the real-time communication session is restricted by the set of communication privilege rules. In doing so, the CPC system may transmit notification data to a trusted device associated with the client account. The notification data may include one or more selectable options to permit the trusted device to control the real-time communication session.
US10887443B2
The invention enables digital music content to be downloaded to and used on a portable wireless computing device. An application running on the wireless device has been automatically adapted to parameters associated with the wireless device without end-user input (e.g. the application has been configured in dependence on the device OS and firmware, related bugs, screen size, pixel number, security models, connection handling, memory etc. This application enables an end-user to browse and search music content on a remote server using a wireless network; to download music content from that remote server using the wireless network and to playback and manage that downloaded music content. The application also includes a digital rights management system that enables unlimited legal downloads of different music tracks to the device and also enables any of those tracks stored on the device to be played so long as a subscription service has not terminated.
US10887438B2
An electronic device may include an assembly that enables varying a visible portion of a display by extending and retracting a bendable portion of the display. The extending and retracting of the bendable display is facilitated by a first assembly on which a substantially planar visible portion of the display is disposed and a second assembly slidably attached to the first assembly. A space is defined by the first and second assemblies in which a bent portion of the display is housed. When the first assembly is extended (e.g., opened) with respect to the second assembly, at least a portion of the bent portion of the display is extended so as to be visible, and when the first assembly is closed (e.g., retracted) with respect to the second assembly, the extended bent portion of the display is retracted into the space between the first assembly and the second assembly, and is no longer visible. Various constructions of the first and second assemblies and corresponding structures are provided.
US10887434B2
There is disclosed a mobile terminal including: a display; a middle frame including a supporting portion and a side portion provided around the supporting portion to define a lateral external appearance; a main board including a ground; a first wireless communication unit configured to transceive a first signal; a second wireless communication unit configured to transceive a second signal; and a rear case configured to cover a rear surface of the main board, wherein the side portion includes a plurality of conductive members of which ends are divided into slits, and the plurality of the conductive members includes a common antenna electrically connectable with the first wireless communication unit and the second wireless communication unit and configured to receive the first signal and the second signal; and an independent antenna electrically connectable with the first wireless communication unit and configured to receive the first signal.
US10887433B2
Systems and methods are provided for segmenting a data frame to be acquired into a number of incremental data of equal data length. A first incremental data of the data frame can be acquired from one or more sensors. The first incremental data of the data frame can be processed while a next incremental data of the data frame is being acquired from the one or more sensors. The acquiring and processing of incremental data of the data frame can continue until a last incremental data of the data frame is acquired and processed. Processed incremental data can be outputted as a processed data frame.
US10887428B2
A method for allocating a service request from a mobile object is provided. The method includes receiving the service request and a route of the mobile object, determining estimated arrival times of the mobile object in a plurality of regions based on the route, the plurality of regions being associated with a plurality of regional servers, respectively, determining a region among the plurality of regions based on the estimated arrival times of the mobile object in the plurality of regions and an estimated time for fulfilling the service request, and transmitting the service request to a regional server corresponding to the determined region.
US10887427B1
Techniques for automatically activating a count of device-independent functions to process a received request and other predicted traffic include determining a current count of active functions, a count of functions currently processing requests, a duration for execution of a function, an average time used by a function to process a request, and a current count of client devices accessing the system. A probabilistic value indicating the likelihood of additional traffic may also be determined based on characteristics of the request. These values are used to determine the available capacity for processing requests using the currently active functions and the predicted capacity to be used to process predicted additional traffic. A number of additional functions may be activated based on the difference between the available capacity and the predicted capacity.
US10887421B2
A system for relevant secondary-device content distribution based on associated internet protocol (IP) addressing, the system including: a computer processor; and a content engine executing on said computer processor and configured to: identify at least a portion of an internet protocol (IP) address associated with a computing device; build a household profile based at least on the demographic information associated with the IP address; determine that the computing device is a non-mobile television client; assign the non-mobile television client to the household profile; receive a set of content requests from a second computing device; assign, based on a proportion of the content requests exceeding the predefined threshold, the second computing device to the household profile; and provide relevant content for the second computing device and the non-mobile television client based on the demographic information.
US10887413B2
Systems and methods for presenting an in-application message to a user of a software application make use of trigger events that occur on remote servers. When a remote server notes a trigger event, the remote server sends information about the trigger event to a customer engagement service. The customer engagement service causes a push notification to be sent to a user's computing device that is running a software application. The receipt of the push notification causes a campaign within the software application to log a trigger event, and that logged trigger event causes the campaign to present the user with an in-application message.
US10887410B1
Exemplary embodiments relate to techniques for notifying existing users when a new user joins a messaging service (or returns from a period of inactivity). A top n number of existing users acquainted with the new user may be selected and may be encouraged to message the new user. The existing users may be selected using a messaging coefficient that indicates a likelihood that a message will result in a meaningful conversation, and a number of other factors that prevent the existing users from becoming inundated with notifications. The number n may be selected based on an amount of display space available to the new user in a messaging application. When inviting the existing users to contact the new user, a new thread may be automatically created and bumped to the top of the new user's thread list.
US10887391B2
Methods, systems, and products mirror data between local memory and remote storage. A write command is sent from a server to a remote storage device, and a timer is established. A current time of the timer is compared to a maximum time period. If the maximum time period expires without receipt of an acknowledgment to the write command, then a write error is assumed to exist to the remote storage device.
US10887390B1
A remote application connection manager, executed by a processing device, transmits a remote application connection request from the processing device to a remote application server. The remote application connection manager further receives one or more access compliance conditions for the processing device from the remote application server. Also, the remote application connection manager determines whether the processing device satisfies the one or more access compliance conditions and if the processing device does not satisfy the one or more access compliance conditions, the remote application connection manager determines whether the processing device has a configuration control right to update a configuration of the processing device to satisfy the one or more access compliance conditions. If the processing device has the configuration control right, the remote application connection manager updates the configuration of the processing device. In addition, the remote application connection manager establishes a connection to the remote application server.
US10887388B2
A content management system receives presence information from a client application on a device indicating interaction information of a user relative to a content item synchronized to the content management system. The interaction information includes presence information describing presence information of a native application interacting with the content item. The presence information indicates whether the native application opened, is viewing, or is editing the content item. The presence information may specify a user interface element and process associated with the presence information. The content management system stores presence records describing the presence information and uses the presence records to generate and transmit a presence status associated with a user. When a new version of a content item is received, the content management system may also use the presence records to determine an action to perform with the user interface window associated with the prior version.
US10887382B2
Methods, apparatuses, and systems for cloud-based disaster recovery are provided. The method, for example, includes receiving, at a cloud-based computing platform, backup information associated with a backup vendor used by a client machine, storing, at the cloud-based computing platform, the backup information associated with the backup vendor, receiving, at the cloud-based computing platform from the client machine, a failure indication for a server associated with the backup vendor, and creating a virtual server corresponding to the server using the stored backup information at the cloud-based computing platform.
US10887381B1
A rendering resources management component can maintain information that tracks rendering resources that have been assigned (or leased) to individual user devices. The rendering resources management component can further maintain information related thresholds for the number of available rendering resources in the rendering resource pools, including minimums, maximums or ranges. The rendering resources management component can further maintain information related to performance metrics associated with the assigned rendering resources. Based on one or more of the above information (or additional information), the rendering resources management component can then cause the instantiation or termination of rendering resources to manage the rendering resource pool.
US10887367B2
Various methods, apparatuses/systems, and media for delivering a multimedia communication to a thin client device are provided. A processor receives multimedia communication data from a telephony device over a network and transfers the multimedia communication data to a switching device. The processor also establishes a connection between a browser, embedded within the thin client device, and a server. The processor delivers and terminates the multimedia communication data to the thin client device using the browser embedded within the thin client device after establishing the connection between the browser and the server.
US10887359B2
A method comprises establishing a video conference between at least two instances of a media application over a relay connection; in response to determining that the video conference comprises only two instances of the media application: receiving, from a first instance of the two instances of the media application, a plurality of candidate addresses for a peer to peer (P2P) connection with a second instance of the two instances of the media application; sending, to the second instance of the media application, the plurality of candidate addresses, wherein the P2P connection is established using a particular candidate address of the plurality of candidate addresses; after the P2P is established, maintaining the relay connection in an inactive state while media data for the video conference is sent over the P2P connection until a switch-over event occurs, wherein metadata is sent over the relay connection to keep the relay connection in the inactive state.
US10887358B2
The present invention is directed to system and method for providing recommendation to users using location information. In various embodiments, the present invention provides system that integrates information from user profiles and user-generated content, which can be obtained from a number of social networks, and merchants, to generate recommendations using location information in conjunction with the context of user profiles from various data sources and/or social networks. In certain embodiments, user generated-contents, user profiles and relationships thereof are collected, integrated, analyzed, and stored to allow them to be useful and usable in making recommendations. There are other embodiments as well.
US10887353B2
A method of processing a broadcast signal in a broadcast receiver, includes receiving the broadcast signal including service data of a service, first signaling information for fast channel scans and service acquisition, and second signaling information providing information for discovery and acquisition of the service data, wherein the first signaling information includes bootstrap information for the second signaling information, identification information for identifying the service, channel number information for the service and capability information specifying a capability required to decode the service data, wherein the second signaling information is carried in a Layered Coding Transport (LCT) channel that is identified by a Transport Session Identifier (TSI), and wherein a value of the TSI is zero; generating a channel map based on the first signaling information; acquiring the service data based on the second signaling information; and providing the service by decoding the service data.
US10887348B1
A network security service is provided to detect various intermediaries to a network connection between a client and a destination service, such as a man-in-the-middle (MITM). The network security service may obtain session feature information indicating attributes of the network connection. Based at least in part on the session feature information the network security service may detect an intermediary and perform a security measure.
US10887344B2
Endpoint security systems and methods include a distance estimation module configured to calculate a travel distance between a source Internet Protocol (IP) address and an IP address for a target network endpoint system from a received packet received by the target network endpoint system based on time-to-live (TTL) information from the received packet. A machine learning model is configured to estimate an expected travel distance between the source IP address and the target network endpoint system IP address based on a sparse set of known source/target distances. A spoof detection module is configured to determine that the received packet has a spoofed source IP address based on a comparison between the calculated travel distance and the expected travel distance. A security module is configured to perform a security action at the target network endpoint system responsive to the determination that the received packet has a spoofed source IP address.
US10887342B2
Provided are methods and systems for mitigating a distributed denial of service (DDoS) event. The method may commence with sending a request to a health monitor concerning a state of a network. The method may continue with attributing a lack of response to the request from the health monitor to be an indication of a collapse of a collapsible virtual data circuit associated with network data traffic. The collapsible virtual data circuit may be designed to collapse in response to the DDoS event in the network. The method may include redirecting the network data traffic associated with the collapsible virtual data circuit based on the indication of the collapse of the collapsible virtual data circuit.
US10887338B2
Creating a note on a lock screen may be provided. In some examples, an application, such as a communication application, may detect an input to generate a note on a lock screen. The communication application may provide a note interface to capture the note. Next, the note may be captured on the note interface. In response, the note may be saved at a first storage location. The first storage location may be isolated by an operating system of the computing device to prevent an execution of a malicious code.
US10887328B1
For one embodiment, a computerized method for detecting exploit attacks on an interpreter comprises configuring a virtual machine including a user mode and a kernel mode and processing an object by an application operating in the user mode of the virtual machine. Responsive to the processing of the object, detecting a loading of an interpreter. Furthermore, responsive to the loading of the interpreter, inserting one or more intercept points for detecting one or more types of software calls from the interpreter or for detecting a certain type or certain types of activities occurring within the interpreter. Thereafter, an exploit attack is detected as being conducted by the object in response to the interpreter invoking a software call that corresponds to the one or more types of software calls that is considered anomalous when invoked by the interpreter or an anomalous activity being conducted within the interpreter.
US10887317B2
Authentication data for providing access to a resource to a user is received from a requester. The authentication data encapsulates data required by both a first authentication solution and a second authentication procedure both for providing access to a resource. The first and second authentication solutions can differ in authentication modality with the second authentication solution utilizing at least one machine learning model. Thereafter, using the received authentication data, both of the first and second authentication solutions are initiated. Authentication results are received from both of the first and second authentication solutions. The requester is provided with access to the resource if the both of the received authentication results indicate that authentication of the user was successful. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US10887314B2
The disclosure is directed to providing content access control in information centric networking (ICN) networks. Methods and systems include hardware and/or software that perform operations for sending to a content provider of an ICN network an access request for content in response to receiving a first content request from a client. The operations also include receiving from the content provider access control information for the content. The operations further include sending to the client a challenge. Additionally, the operations include receiving from the client an authorization of the content provider that includes information obtained by the client from the content provider based on the challenge. Furthermore, the operations include verifying the authorization received from the client using the access control information received from the content provider. Moreover, the operations include sending to the client the content.
US10887313B2
The described technology provides a single sign-on capability so that a user who is already signed on to a web application from a client application may not be required to sign-on again when he/she later needs access to the web application from the same or another client application. The technology also provides a multiple login prevention capability to detect multiple sign-on events using the same credentials and disable one or more of the associated multiple sessions.
US10887309B2
A transaction information managing system including a plurality of servers and at least one third-party server, wherein the plurality of servers are configured to create, when transactions using the budget of the public organization occurs, a block based on transaction information of the transactions, add the block to the block chain, and share the block chain and the at least one third-party server is configured to perform a mathematical operation to enhance the reliability of the block chain, and a method for managing the transaction information are provided.
US10887307B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for identifying users may include (i) detecting that a user at an endpoint computing device is connecting to an identity provider, (ii) detecting, after detecting that the user at the endpoint computing device is connecting to the identity provider, that a mobile device has received a second-factor authentication message, (iii) discovering, by a security service, that the user at the endpoint computing device matches a known user profile registered to the mobile device by correlating the user at the endpoint computing device connecting to the identity provider with the mobile device receiving the second-factor authentication message, and (iv) applying a security policy to the user at the endpoint computing device based on the known user profile matched to the user by the security service. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10887306B2
Provided are techniques for authenticating an unknown device. For a first device in an internet of things network that includes a second device and forms a list of trusted devices, a distance between the first device and the second device is determined. A level of trust for the second device is identified based on the distance, wherein the level of trust specifies a level of data sharing. Reputation ranking is performed for the second device based on the level of trust. The reputation ranking is used to assign a trust score to the second device. Based on determining that the trust score exceeds a trust threshold, access is provided to the second device.
US10887305B1
A method, computing device and computer program product generate a temporary password to control access to a record created in response to an electronic message. An electronic message is parsed to separately identify a plurality of fields that provide different types of information. Record(s) are accessed from a database that are associated with the information provided by at least one field. An action to be initiated by the electronic message is determined to either be taken or to be rejected based upon information provided by the field(s) of the electronic message and also based upon information from the record(s) accessed from the database. If the action is rejected, a record of the electronic message is created for transmission along with information regarding the rejection. A temporary password is also generated to control access to the record created regarding the electronic message and its rejection. The response includes the temporary password.
US10887299B2
Methods and systems for a browser extension system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a browser extension server includes a communication device configured to communicate with a first computing device executing a browser extension application and a web browser application and a second computing device executing an authentication application. The browser extension server further includes a memory storing instructions, and a processor configured to execute the instructions to perform operations. The operations may include receiving from the first computing device an indication of a financial service account associated with the first computing device, detecting a payment field in a web page provided by the computing device through the web browser application and, in response, generating a secure token mapped to the financial service account. The operations may further include sending the second computing device an authentication request, receiving an authentication response, and populating the payment field with the secure token.
US10887294B2
A set of cryptographic keys are synchronized across a set of HSMs that are configured in an HSM cluster. The set of cryptographic keys is maintained in a synchronized state by HSM cluster clients running on client computer systems with corresponding client applications. If the HSM cluster becomes unsynchronized, an HSM cluster client attempts to lock the HSM cluster and reestablish synchronization of the cryptographic keys across the HSM cluster. HSMs within the HSM cluster are able to establish an encrypted communication channel to other HSMs without revealing the contents of their communications to their respective host computer systems. Individual HSMs in the HSM cluster may include features that assist the HSM cluster client in determining whether each HSM is up-to-date, identifying particular keys that are not up-to-date, and copying keys from one HSM to another HSM within the HSM cluster.
US10887283B2
One or more embodiments provide techniques for executing a workflow in a private data center. The cloud data center receives a request from a user. The cloud data center publishes an event to an event queue in the cloud data center. An event handler in the private data center accesses the event queue. The event handler executes the workflow in response to the event in the private data center. The event handler publishes the results of the workflow in the cloud data center.
US10887281B2
In an example, a computing system is configured to monitor for changes to a cloud environment that includes a configuration management system and one or more nodes to operate one or more first host-based firewall configurations, respectively, the host-based firewall configuration(s) generated based on code provided by the configuration management system; in response to a detection of a change, increment a version count associated with the cloud environment; identify a request from one of the nodes, the request including version information for a corresponding one of the host-based firewall configuration(s); compare the version information from the request to a current value of the version count; and in response to the comparison indicating a mismatch, control the node associated with the request to converge with the configuration management system to cause the node associated with the request to operate with a second host-based firewall configuration.
US10887277B2
A method for transmitting a broadcast signal in a digital transmitter, includes generating transport packets of transport streams including service data; generating link layer packet including the transport packets; the link layer packet including a base header including configuration information indicating a configuration of a payload of the link layer packet, the link layer packet further including an additional header including information for segmentation or concatenation based on the configuration of the payload, and the additional header further including information representing that an optional header for a sub-stream identification identifier is present after the additional header, the link layer packet further including an optional header having the sub-stream identification identifier; generating signaling information including link mapping information between the sub-stream identifier and an IP address and an UDP port carrying a transport stream for the sub-stream identifier; generating a broadcast signal including the link layer packet and the signaling information; and transmitting the broadcast signal.
US10887275B2
One embodiment of the invention is directed to a computer-implemented method comprising, receiving registration information for one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) at a registrar computer system associated with a federated network of computing devices. The method further comprises generating a unique address for each API included in the registration information. The method further comprises generating a token confirming the registration of the APIs where the token identifies a trust relationship within the federated network of computing devices. The method further comprises receiving a request for the token from another registrar computer system that includes a canonical address for a particular API of the one or more APIs. The method further comprises providing the token to establish a secure connection with the federated network of computing devices.
US10887274B2
The present disclosure describes integrating SMS/MMS messaging with a collaboration platform, and filtering SMS/MMS messages within a collaboration platform. One embodiment includes associating a phone number with a project within a collaboration platform; receiving an SMS/MMS message at the phone number from a mobile telephone device; and based on receiving the SMS/MMS message at the phone number, adding the content of the message to an activity feed of the project. In another embodiment, a phone number can be associated with a plurality of projects. Attributes of SMS/MMS messages received at this phone number are compared to project data of the plurality of projects to route the message content to an activity feed of a project of the plurality of projects, or to a mailroom.
US10887273B2
Systems and methods for determining whether to send a message to a user take into account a pressure score for the user that is indicative of how receptive the user is to receiving messages. The user's pressure score can vary depending on user behavior. Multiple pressure scores relating to different respective topics or subjects may be maintained for the user.
US10887266B2
Particular embodiments described herein provide for system that can be configured to deliver a notification to a user based on the user's preference for each device that receives the notification. The user's preference is based on how the user interacted with similar notifications in the past and the system can change how it will deliver similar notifications to the user in the future based on how the user interacts with the notification.
US10887258B2
In one example embodiment, a communication method includes identifying a selection instruction for content provided by a content provider, and establishing a communication link between a first account of a user and a second account of a business operator relevant to the content based on the identification of the selection instruction.
US10887243B2
Techniques are disclosed for aggregating bandwidth from multiple sources. In embodiments, a user device, such as a cellular telephone, may have a communications channel established with both a cellular tower and a wireless access point (WAP). When the user device transmits data, this data transmission may be divided between the multiple communications channels concurrently, so as to utilize the combined bandwidth of the multiple channels. Each communication channel may be prioritized, such as by prioritizing using the cellular channel until it is at capacity, and then using the WAP channel.
US10887235B2
A programming model provides a method for executing a program in a distributed architecture. One or more first shards of the distributed architecture execute one or more operations, and sending tuples to at least one second shard, the tuples being part of a stream and being based on the one or more operations. The one or more first shards send a token value to the at least one second shard when the sending of the tuples in the stream is complete. The at least one second shard determines whether a total of the token values matches a number of the one or more first shards, and takes a first action in response to determining that the total of the token values matches the number of the one or more first shards. The first action may include marking the stream as being complete and/or generating a message indicating that the stream is complete.
US10887234B1
A packet processor or packet processing pipeline may implement programmatic selection of load balancing output for forwarding paths. Programmatic selection for load balancing among forwarding paths may be enabled or disabled at one or more stages. If programmatic selection is enabled when network packets are received, a programmatically identified path may be provided as the selected path of a load balancing scheme at a stage. Forwarding of the packet may then be performed according to the selected path.
US10887232B2
Examples relate to dynamic allocation of hash table resources. In one example, a computing device may: receive, from a particular lookup function of a plurality of lookup functions, a lookup request; identify, based on the particular lookup function, a logical hash table that corresponds to the particular lookup function, the logical hash table mapping to at least one physical hash table resource; obtain, from one of the at least one physical hash table resource, response data that is responsive to the lookup request; and provide the response data to the particular lookup function.
US10887227B2
The embodiments herein relate to methods, a source host device, an edge router device and a hop router device for routing data packets in a network topology. A method includes sending a request to a server for requesting an autonomous system number of an autonomous system to which a destination host belongs; receiving a response including the autonomous system number; inserting the received number between layer 2 and layer 3 of the data packet and sending the data packet towards the autonomous system hosting the IP address of the destination host. When a router belonging to the autonomous system receives the packet, the number is removed and forwarded to the destination host.
US10887225B1
The use and processing of update messages (e.g., BGP UPDATEs) that bind (e.g., MPLS) labels to address prefixes is improved such that labels are used more efficiently, and/or such that such update messages can be processed more efficiently. A distance vector control signaling protocol (e.g., BGP) peer device receives a control plane message (e.g., BGP Update) from a downstream peer device, the control plane message including (1) a network address of the downstream device as a next hop value, (2) a prefix value, and (3) at least one label associated with the prefix value. Responsive to receiving the control plane message, the peer device generates a new control plane message including (1) a network address of the peer device as a next hop value, (2) the prefix value from the control plane message, and (3) a label stack including (i) the at least one label from the control plane message, and (ii) a local label associated with the peer device. The peer device then sends the new control plane message to an upstream peer device.
US10887224B2
In one embodiment, a method comprises attaching, by a constrained network device in a data network, to a first parent network device in a tree-based storing mode topology in response to receiving a first advertisement message generated by the first parent network device; outputting to the first parent network device a plurality of routes stored in the constrained network device, the routes identifying destinations reachable via the constrained network device; determining, by the constrained network device, that the first parent network device is encountering saturation of stored routes based on the constrained network device receiving a second advertisement message from the first parent network device; and eliminating, by the constrained network device, the saturation encountered by the first parent network device based on moving at least a portion of the routes from the first parent network device to a second parent network device in the tree-based storing mode topology.
US10887222B2
Some embodiments provide a method for assigning different service path identifiers to each of a set of different service paths along each of which a same set of service operations are performed on a set of packets. The method retrieves an available service path identifier from an identifier storage that stores service path identifiers for multiple service paths. The method generates a set of proposed service path identifiers based on the retrieved available service path identifier and the number of service paths in the set of service paths. The method performs a write operation on the identifier storage based on the set of proposed service path identifiers, and based on a determination that the write operation was successful, assigns the set of proposed service path identifiers to the set of service paths. Based on the set of service path identifiers, the method forwards the set of packets along the set of service paths.
US10887221B2
Examples of methods of synchronized mode of flow table and apparatus using the same are described. A method may involve receiving a first key associated with a first flow engine through a first port and a second key associated with a second flow engine through a second port. The method may also involve utilizing a match key in one or more flow entries in a flow table to obtain a first instruction for the first flow engine and a second instruction for the second flow engine.
US10887219B2
A method for transmitting a packet on a logical port comprising two or more physical ports comprises receiving a packet of a class of service; storing the packet in a memory; maintaining a lookup table relating a plurality of identifiers to at least one physical port; storing a pointer to the stored packet in the memory in a single pointer list for the class of service along with a selected one of the identifiers; and copying the stored packet to one or more physical ports corresponding to the selected identifier for transmission on at least one of the physical ports. In one implementation, a plurality of the physical ports are grouped into a logical port, and the received packet is processed to determine its logical port and its class of service.
US10887215B2
ISP-free methods, systems and products may include requesting, by a requester, the information from a source, and then passing, such as pushing or pulling, the information from the requester to a controller comprising a director and an optimizer. Further, the method may include receiving instructions from at least one directory, wherein each of the at least one directory is associated with at least one router in a plurality of routers. Further still, the method may include creating, by the optimizer in communication with the at least one directory, a routing plan for routing the information over at least a portion of the plurality of routers. And, yet further, the method may include directing, based on the creating and by the director in communication with the optimizer, placement of the information on one or more of the plurality of routers. Thereafter, routing may commence without connectivity from an ISP.
US10887212B2
The present invention provides method and systems for dynamically mirroring network traffic. The mirroring of network traffic may comprise data that may be considered of particular interest. The network traffic may be mirrored by a mirror service portal from a mirror sender, referred to as a mirror source, to a mirror receiver, referred to as a mirror destination, locally or remotely over various network segments, such as private and public networks and the Internet. The network traffic may be mirrored to locations not involved in the network communications being mirrored. The present invention provides various techniques for dynamically mirroring data contained in the network traffic from a mirror source to a mirror destination.
US10887206B2
Some implementations of the disclosure are directed to an interconnect including: a plurality of ports; a processor; and a non-transitory computer readable medium have instructions stored thereon, that when executed by a processor, cause the interconnect device to: track a link state of a first port of the plurality of ports, where tracking the link state of the first port comprises tracking when a physical link of the first port transitions between a linked state and an unlinked state; determine, using at least the tracking of when the physical link of the first port transitions between the linked state and the unlinked state, that the first port is in an unstable link state; and when the first port is in an unstable link state, transmitting a message to an interconnect management device, the message including an indication that the first port is in an unstable link state.
US10887197B2
In one embodiment, a network quality assessment service that monitors a network obtains multimodal data indicative of a plurality of measurements from the network and subjective perceptions of the network by users of the network. The network quality assessment service uses the obtained multimodal data as input to one or more neural network-based models. The network quality assessment service maps, using a conceptual space, outputs of the one or more neural network-based models to symbols. The network quality assessment service applies a symbolic reasoning engine to the symbols, to generate a conclusion regarding the monitored network. The network quality assessment service provides an indication of the conclusion to a user interface.
US10887195B2
Provided are a computer system, a remote control notification method and a program. This computer system acquires an image of an IoT device, determines, from the acquired image, the IoT device which is capable of being remotely controlled by a user who visually confirms the image, and, in a position where the image of the IoT device determined to be remotely controllable is captured, displays with augmented reality that remote control is possible. Further, the computer system pre-stores images of the remotely controllable IoT device, and, on the basis of the pre-stored images of the IoT device, determines that the IoT device is remotely controllable through image recognition which involves comparing the pre-stored images with the acquired image.
US10887193B2
The present disclosure generally relates to managing network connection settings of external devices. In some embodiments, an electronic device with a display and one or more wireless antennas, while the electronic device is connected, via the one or more wireless antennas, to a first local area network, displays a first external device management interface, wherein: the first external device management interface is associated with a first external device that is not connected to the first local area network; and the first external device management interface includes a first affordance. The electronic device receives a user input corresponding to selection of the first affordance and, in response to receiving the user input corresponding to selection of the first affordance, causes the first external device to connect to the first local area network.
US10887188B2
A method for evaluating a relative contribution of a first group of J data sets in a collection of N data sets, wherein N>J, includes first applying the collection of N data sets and second applying the first group of J data sets to a model and generating one or more observations O on the collection of N data sets and the first group of J data sets, including generating a N NSA curve comprising computing, using the model, an observation ON on the collection of N data sets; and generating a N−J NSA curve for the first group of J data sets by removing the first group of J data sets from the collection of N data sets, and generating, using the model, an observation ON−J with the first group of J data sets removed. The method then includes generating a measure MJ of contributions of the group of J data sets based on the N NSA curve and the N−J NSA curves.
US10887184B2
There is provided a method for gathering traffic analytics data about a communication network that includes applying a heuristic that focuses on specific attributes of the communications relationships between the system assets of a network.
US10887177B2
Systems and methods for calculating trust scores (trustworthiness) based on social graph statistics are described herein. The trust scores (trustworthiness) may be determined within or between individuals, groups, and/or entities represented by nodes in a social graph or other network. Social graph analytics may be used to determine connectivity statistics for each node in the social graph or network. The trust score may then be calculated by analyzing a number of paths connecting nodes in the network and the connectivity statistics associated with the nodes of the network. This trust score may then be used to make prospective real-world decisions, such as a request for credit or initiating a transaction.
US10887174B2
A technology is described for operating a device shadowing service that manages commands associated with groups of device representations. An example method may include receiving a group command associated with a group of device representations managed by a device shadowing service. Device representations included in the group of device representations represent physical devices that connect to the device shadowing service over one or more computer networks. In response to the group command, the device representations included in the group of device representations may be identified and an instruction to perform an action indicated by the group command may be sent to the physical devices represented by the device representations. Thereafter, indications may be received that at least a portion of the physical devices performed the action.
US10887168B2
Disclosed is a computerized system for error handling of applications executing on a device. The disclosed systems and method involve connecting over a network with a user device that executes an application, where the application is compiled with compilation instructions associated with the user device and a meta-data signature of the user device. The application is executed, and a message is received. If the message indicates an error has occurred, it is parsed. If the message indicates a state of the application, is its also parsed. The disclosed systems and methods then create, based on the parsing of the received message, adapted compilation instructions corresponding with the user device and the meta-data signature. A device database is then updated accordingly.
US10887166B2
Proposed is a network node (102) for a mesh network (100). The network node comprises a processing unit (202) adapted to determine an indicator of reliability of the network node. The network node also comprise a control unit (220) adapted to configure the network node to operate in either a router configuration or an end-node configuration based on the determined indicator of reliability of the network node. The network node may thus adapt its configuration based on its reliability.
US10887165B2
The present invention discloses a personal working system with a dynamic structure, including a central control unit, wherein the central control unit includes an external device identification component used for identifying a plurality of external devices and connecting the identified plurality of external devices into a working system; a weak (or short-distance) communication interface for the communication between the central control unit and the external devices; a strong (or medium-distance and long-distance) communication interface for the communication between the central control unit and an external node; the weak communication interface includes Bluetooth; and the strong communication interface includes WIFI connection, Internet connection, local area network connection and radio telephone connection. The present invention has the advantages that the external devices will not be outdate and is universal with the external devices of the system in the world.
US10887153B2
A downhole pressure isolation tool is disclosed for use in a tubing string or casing string. The tool includes a frangible disk or seal within a housing having a bore. The disk has a dome section and a cylinder section and the dome of the disk is transverse to the bore. A piston is located between the housing and the cylinder of the disk, the piston movable between a first position and a second position, the second position, engaging a set of fingers which push into the cylinder of the disc to break it, causing the entire disk the cause and the entire disk to fail. A rupturable membrane is provided which, when it ruptures places the piston in fluid communication with a fluid within the bore.
US10887149B2
A method for equalizing the capacity of blocks to increase performance and decrease wasted power of a communication system is disclosed. The method equalizes the capacity of the blocks by increasing the power of the blocks which have smaller capacity than the average capacity and decreases the power of the blocks which have larger capacity than the average capacity.
US10887141B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving a downlink channel in a wireless communication system are provided. A downlink control channel and a downlink data channel corresponding to the downlink control channel are transmitted/received within a transmission time interval (TTI). A reference signal (RS) of an antenna port used for transmission of both the downlink control channel and the downlink data channel is transmitted/received on an OFDM symbol with the downlink control channel, and an RS of an antenna port used only for transmission of the downlink data channel is transmitted in the remaining OFDM symbol(s) of the TTI.
US10887140B2
A transmitter transmits payload data using Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) symbols. The first OFDM symbol is a first type having a number of sub-carriers which is less than or equal to the number of sub-carriers of the one or more second OFDM symbols of a second type and a guard interval for the first OFDM symbol is selected in dependence upon the longest possible guard interval of the second OFDM symbol. Accordingly an OFDM communications system can be formed in which data is transmitted using a frame structure in which a guard interval is adapted to allow a mix of different types of OFDM symbols.
US10887136B2
A transmission device that improves data reception quality includes: a weighting synthesizer that generates a first precoded signal and a second precoded signal from a first baseband signal and a second baseband signal, respectively; a phase changer that applies a phase change of i×Δλ to the second precoded signal; an inserter that inserts a pilot signal into the second precoded signal applied with the phase change; and a phase changer that applies a phase change to the second precoded signal applied with the phase change and inserted with the pilot signal. Δλ satisfies π/2 radians<Δλ<π radians or π radians<Δλ<3π/2 radians. Each of the first baseband signal and the second baseband signal is modulated via a modulation scheme of quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) using non-uniform mapping.
US10887131B1
Some embodiments described herein provide a combination of a layer 3 (L3) hop with layer 2 (L2) bypass/fail-to-wire in a network device. Specifically, some embodiments place the network device between two routers, thereby becoming a L3 hop between the two routers. The existing route between the two routers is preserved by using L2 bypass through the network device. If the network device fails, then the physical fail-to-wire will be engaged, removing its L3 hop, but preserving the L2 bypass.
US10887116B2
In one embodiment, a power sourcing equipment (PSE) includes: processing circuitry, a multiplicity of power over Ethernet (PoE) enabled ports, a PSE module to be executed by the processing circuitry and operative to: receive requests for power from at least two devices via one PoE enabled port from among the multiplicity of PoE enabled ports, allocate power for the at least two devices according to the requests for power, and provide the power to the at least two devices via the one PoE enabled port.
US10887112B2
This specification describes techniques for performing blockchain consensus. An example method performed by a first node in a blockchain includes: receiving first service data; determining a corresponding handling time of the first service data; storing the first service data including the corresponding handling time at a cache, in which the cache stores multiple pieces of additional service data, and in which each piece of additional service data is associated with a respective handling time; determining whether a consensus needs to be performed on at least two pieces of service data; in response to determining that the consensus needs to be performed, selecting the at least two pieces of service data according to a sequence that is based on handling times associated with the at least two pieces of service data; and performing the consensus on the more than one pieces of service data according to the sequence.
US10887111B2
A method for verifying content data to be used in a vehicle is provided. The method includes acquiring content data, acquiring, from partial data divided from the content data, a respective plurality of first hash values, acquiring a signature generated by using the first hash values and a key, acquiring state information that indicates a state of a vehicle, determining an integer N that is greater than or equal to one based on the acquired state information, generating, from N pieces of partial data included in the partial data, respective second hash values, verifying the content data by using each of (a) a subset of the plurality of first hash values respectively generated from partial data other than the N pieces of partial data, (b) the second hash values, and (c) the signature, and outputting information that indicates a result of the verifying.
US10887109B2
Disclosed is an electronic device. The electronic device comprising: a display including a touch screen; a biometric sensor; a communication circuit; a memory; and at least one processor electrically connected to the display, the biometric sensor, the memory, and the communication circuit, wherein the memory stores a plurality of instructions that, when executed, causes the processor to: receive an electronic document from at least one server using the communication circuit; obtain biometric information associated with a user using the biometric sensor; transmit the biometric information associated with the user to the at least one server through the communication circuit; obtain a signature of the user associated with the electronic document using the display; encrypt the obtained signature with specified data associated with the biometric information; and transmit the encrypted signature and at least one of the electronic document and identification information of the electronic document by using the communication circuit.
US10887108B2
Implementations of the present specification disclose a consensus verification method, apparatus, and device. In the implementations of the present specification, for each piece of service data, if first consensus verification on the service data fails, a first node determines whether the service data satisfies a predetermined retry condition instead of directly considering the service data to be invalid. If the predetermined retry condition is satisfied, then the service data is stored as service data to be retried. The first node can perform the first consensus verification on the service data to be retried in response to determining that a predetermined retry execution condition is triggered.
US10887106B2
Example embodiments of systems and methods for data transmission between contactless card and receiving devices are provided. In an embodiment, the contactless card may be configured to create a cryptogram based on a plurality of keys and a counter. The cryptogram may be transmitted to the receiving device. The contactless card may be configured to transmit a one-time password to the client device. The counter value may be adjusted each time the one-time password is generated, and the counter may be configured to increment in a non-monotonic sequence, the sequence associated with one or more cryptographic algorithms.
US10887100B2
A system for distributed key storage, comprising a requesting device communicatively connected to a plurality of distributed storage nodes, the requesting device designed and configured to receive at least a confidential datum, select at least a distributed storage node of a plurality of distributed storage nodes, whereby selecting further comprises receiving a storage node authorization token from the at least a distributed storage node, querying an instance of a distributed authentication listing containing authentication information using at least a datum of the storage node authorization token, retrieving an authentication determination from the instance of the authentication listing, and selecting the at least a distributed storage node as a function of the authentication determination, generate at least a retrieval authentication datum, and transmit the at least a confidential datum and the at least a retrieval verification datum to the at least a distributed storage node.
US10887095B2
The subject matter described herein is generally directed towards generating security parameter index (“SPI”) values at a plurality of endpoints (EP) in a network using time-based one-time passwords (TOTPs). In this manner, the SPI values are generated in a decentralized manner. The SPI values are used for distributed network encryption among the EPs.
US10887090B2
A method for establishing consensus between a plurality of distributed nodes connected via a data communication network includes preparing a set of random numbers, wherein each of the random numbers is a share of an initial secret, wherein each share of the initial secret corresponds to one of a plurality of active nodes; encrypting, in order to generate encrypted shares of the initial secret, each respective share of the initial secret with a shared key corresponding to respective one of the plurality of active nodes to which the respective share corresponds; applying a bitwise xor function to the set of random numbers to provide the initial secret; and binding the initial secret to a last counter value to provide a commitment and a signature for the last counter. The method includes generating shares of a second and of a plurality of subsequent additional secrets by iteratively applying a hash function.
US10887084B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for implementing a resolver service. One of the methods includes: obtaining, from a blockchain, event data for a plurality of blockchain transactions associated with a plurality of decentralized identifiers (DIDs); storing the event data in a database; receiving a request for information associated with the event data, wherein the request comprises one or more account identifiers; identifying one or more DIDs respectively corresponding to the one or more account identifiers based on pre-stored mapping relationships between the one or more DIDs and the one or more account identifiers; and providing, from the database, event data for one or more blockchain transactions associated with the identified one or more DIDs.
US10887082B2
Disclosed are various examples of utilizing blockchain for tracking and auditing of systems and processes that involve Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. In one example, an IoT event definition is installed on a gateway. The IoT event definition includes a threshold value associated with an asset type. The gateway receives sensor data from an IoT device associated with the asset type. The gateway determines that the IoT device triggered an IoT event based on the sensor data and the IoT event definition. The sensor data indicates that the IoT device triggered the IoT event based on the threshold value. The gateway transmits, to a management service, a request to record an IoT event to a blockchain. The request includes the sensor data. A block that includes the sensor data is recorded to the blockchain.
US10887076B2
A receiver device implements enhanced data reception with edge-based clock and data recovery such as with a flash analog-to-digital converter architecture. In an example embodiment, the device implements a first phase adjustment control loop, with for example, a bang-bang phase detector, that detects data transitions for adjusting sampling at an optimal edge time with an edge sampler by adjusting a phase of an edge clock of the sampler. This loop may further adjust sampling in received data intervals for optimal data reception by adjusting the phase of a data clock of a data sampler such a flash ADC. The device may also implement a second phase adjustment control loop with, for example, a baud-rate phase detector, that detects data intervals for further adjusting sampling at an optimal data time with the data sampler.
US10887074B1
Systems, methods, and circuitries are provided to perform full duplex communication using edge timing in a common signal. In one example, a method for a slave device includes receiving a common signal resulting from combination of a slave signal transmitted by the slave device on a signal line and a master signal transmitted by the master device on the signal line. The common signal includes a series of signal periods having a first edge and a second edge. The method includes, in a period of the common signal: determining slave information to be communicated; selecting a second edge timing corresponding to the slave information; detecting the first edge in the common signal; transmitting a slave signal having a first slave edge at the second edge timing after the first edge; and determining master information based on a detected level of the common signal at a check point of the signal period.
US10887063B2
A user equipment (16) is configured for operation in a narrowband wireless communication system (10). The user equipment (16) is configured to detect receipt of a narrowband positioning reference signal (20) that comprises a narrowband reference signal sequence. The narrowband reference signal sequence is a subsequence of a wideband reference signal sequence. The wideband reference signal sequence is configured for a wideband frequency bandwidth that is wider than a maximum frequency bandwidth defined for the narrowband wireless communication system (10). The user equipment (16) is also configured to perform a positioning measurement using the narrowband positioning reference signal (20).
US10887056B2
The disclosed subject matter is directed towards highly reliable Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) retransmission procedures, including to provide different levels of reliability for Sidelink transmissions. A scheduler node schedule a data transmission by a transmitter node, and can receive (and store) the data packet transmission. If the scheduler node receives a negative acknowledgement (NAK) from the receiver node, the scheduler node can allocate resources to the transmitter node to perform a retransmission of the data packet, and/or retransmit a copy of the data packet from the scheduler node to the receiver node. The scheduler node can inform the receiver node that a retransmission is being sent by the transmitter node and the scheduler node.
US10887053B1
Techniques for decoding downlink control information with different sizes in wireless communications
Aspects described herein relate to decoding downlink control information (DCI) based on multiple DCI sizes. A first hypothesis of multiple hypotheses for decoding a communication received in a control channel search space, wherein the multiple hypotheses are based on different corresponding DCI sizes can be determined. The communication received in the control channel search space can be decoded based on the first hypothesis. For each of the multiple hypotheses and based on the different corresponding DCI sizes, information bits can be extracted from the communication as decoded. For each extracting of the information bits, cyclic redundancy check (CRC) can be performed based on one of the different corresponding DCI sizes to determine whether extracting of the information bits yields DCI.
US10887051B2
Methods, systems, and devices for real time error recovery are described. The method may include a wireless device, such as a secondary wireless device, communicatively linked with another wireless device, such as a primary wireless device, and may include the wireless device identifying a first nonce value that is set based on a first packet counter value associated with a data packet stream between a source wireless device and the other wireless device, identifying a second nonce value that is set based on a second packet counter value associated with the data packet stream, receiving a first packet from the data packet stream, determining a sequence number for the first packet based on receiving the first packet, and decrypting the first packet using the first nonce value or the second nonce value based on the sequence number for the first packet.
US10887049B2
The present invention relates to data communication systems and methods thereof. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission method. Data are encoded with staircase encoder, and staircase coded blocks are first interleaved then combined into outer code frames. Code frames additionally include sync words and padding bits. A second interleaving is applied to the bits of the code frames, and Hamming encoding is performed on the output of the second interleaver. Hamming codewords are Gray-mapped to dual-polarized quadrature-amplitude-modulation (DP-QAM) symbols, and a third interleaving of the symbols from a set of successive Hamming codewords is performed. Pilot symbols are inserted periodically into the stream of DP-QAM symbols. There are other embodiments as well.
US10887048B2
A sink device is configured to establish a Bluetooth connection with a source device. The sink device receives a transmission from the source device that includes a plurality of data blocks, an item of check information, and a plurality of parity blocks during a transmission time duration. The sink device determines, prior to receiving an entirety of the transmission, whether at least one of received data blocks includes an error based on at least the item of check information and, when the at least one of the received data blocks includes the error and prior to receiving all of the plurality of parity blocks, the sink device performs an error correction operation on a first one of the received data blocks based on a first one of the parity blocks.
US10887030B2
Methods and systems are described for obtaining a plurality of BER-specific correction values by comparing a first set of BER values obtained by sampling, at a sampling instant near the center of a signaling interval, a non-DFE corrected received signal with a second set of BER values obtained by sampling a DFE-corrected received signal at the sampling instant. A set of eye-scope BER measurements are obtained, each eye-scope BER measurement having a sampling offset relative to the sampling instant, a voltage offset value representing a voltage offset applied to alter a decision threshold, and an eye-scope BER value. A set of DFE-adjusted eye-scope BER measurements are generated by using BER-specific correction values to adjust the voltage offset values of the eye-scope BER measurements.
US10887029B2
A signal transmission characteristic analysis method for use in a wireless communication system and an apparatus thereof are provided. The method includes locating transmission and reception positions, checking at least one object on a transmission path of a signal from the transmission position to the reception position and material of the at least one object, and determining the signal transmission characteristic based on information on the material of the at least one object. The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on 5G communication technology and IoT-related technology.
US10887011B2
The disclosure provides for a communication system that includes one or more sensors and one or more processors. The one or more processors are configured to receive, during a first timeframe, a first indication of an error rate of a communication link, a second indication of an amount of received power at a remote communication system, and one or more measurements related to the state of the communication system. The one or more processors are then configured to estimate a plurality of disturbance values to the communication system according to the one or more measurements and the second indication. Each disturbance value is associated with a set of components of the communication system. The one or more processors are configured to adjust a beam divergence of a beacon beam or a communication beam transmitted from the communication system based on the plurality of disturbance values and the first indication.
US10887000B2
Disclosed are passive reflector radio communications systems, such as for UHF frequencies or greater than UHF frequencies, and related deployment systems and devices that provide underground communications. Embodiments of the system include reflector elements to provide passive radio communications, structural frameworks to support and orient the reflector elements, methods for calculating reflector size, shape, and position corresponding to a desired wavelength, and deployment methods and devices to install the communication system at a desired location. The passive reflectors can be placed in a folded or otherwise compact mode, for transport into underground tunnels. Once at the desired installation location, the system can be installed, with the reflectors positioned appropriately for the radio frequencies used at the location. Some of the embodiments include any of vertical or horizontal foldable reflector poles, reflective sheets, reflective mesh sheets and/or ropes, inflatable reflective pucks, and rapid deployment systems and methods.
US10886998B2
Examples described herein include systems and methods which include wireless devices and systems with examples of mixing input data with coefficient data specific to a processing mode selection. For example, a computing system with processing units may mix the input data for a transmission in a radio frequency (RF) wireless domain with the coefficient data to generate output data that is representative of the transmission being processed according to a specific processing mode selection. The input data is mixed with coefficient data at layers of multiplication/accumulation processing units (MAC units). The processing mode selection may be associated with an aspect of a wireless protocol. Examples of systems and methods described herein may facilitate the processing of data for 5G wireless communications in a power-efficient and time-efficient manner.
