US10913339B2
The invention relates to a window pane arrangement, especially a vehicle body window pane arrangement, including at least one pane of glass, and a profiled frame component surrounding the pane of glass, which is applied to one side of the pane of glass, on the edge of the pane. According to the invention, the profiled frame component includes a plurality of layers, a layer applied to the pane of glass being made of a hard material and at least one other layer being made of a soft material, and the profiled frame component includes, in the layer thereof made of a hard material, contact elements which can be brought into contact with the pane of glass and have application surfaces for an adhesive, and, in the layer thereof made of soft material, projections projecting over the layer of hard material.
US10913338B2
A lift assist lock-down assembly for a soft top assembly, the lock-down assembly operably coupled to first and second bows selectively rotatable between an open/sunroof position and an open/downward position. A handle member is rotatable between unlocked and locked positions. A cam and a cam lockout selectively prevent the bows from rotating. When locked in a first position, the bows are prevented from rotating generally rearward/downward, thereby preventing the soft top assembly from moving into the open/downward position. When locked in a second position, the bows are prevented from rotating generally forward/upward, thereby generally preventing the soft top from bouncing or from moving into the open/sunroof position.
US10913327B2
An air conditioner for a vehicle includes a cooling water circuit and a heater. The cooling water circuit allows a cooling water to circulate between an engine and a heater core in a heating operation. The engine is a power source of the vehicle. The heater core is configured to heat air using a heat of the cooling water. The heater is located downstream of the engine and upstream of the heater core in the cooling water circuit and is configured to heat the cooling water.
US10913326B2
A vehicle air-conditioning apparatus includes a refrigerant circuit and a control unit which controls the refrigerant circuit, and is mounted on a vehicle. The control unit determines whether or not the vehicle is stationary based on position information or speed information on the vehicle, causes the refrigerant circuit to operate when the vehicle is stationary, acquires state data on the refrigerant circuit at the time when the vehicle is stationary, and detects whether abnormality occurs in the refrigerant circuit based on the state data.
US10913323B2
A heater duct can be coupled to an instrument panel of a vehicle, and comprises a base, a nozzle, and a neck. The base is sealingly coupled to the instrument panel and includes an inlet opening to receive air from a heater. The nozzle includes an outlet opening and is fluidly connected to the base. The nozzle deflects the air through the outlet opening and toward a predetermined region of a windshield. The neck extends between and is sealingly coupled to the base and nozzle. The base, nozzle, and neck cooperate to at least partially define an interior volume. The heater duct is positioned in an orthogonal coordinate system comprising an x-axis, a y-axis, and a z-axis. Air flowing from the inlet opening through the interior volume toward the outlet opening follows a path sequentially extending in substantially a negative z-direction, substantially a negative y-direction, and substantially a positive z-direction.
US10913319B1
A bicycle trailer pivot assembly can comprise first and second yoke arms with respective first and second end portions and a pivot coupling the first end portion of each yoke arm to a bicycle trailer frame. The first end portions the yoke arms comprise respective first and second hinge portions that interfit and that receive a hinge pin that couples the first end portions together and to the bicycle trailer frame for pivoting about an upright axis. The first and second hinge portion comprise respective stops positioned to engage one another to limit the maximum distance to which the second end portions of the first and second yoke arms can be spread apart. The first and second hinge portions can comprise respective stops that limit both the maximum and minimum spread apart positions of the second end portions of the yoke arms.
US10913318B2
A hitching apparatus includes a towing vehicle-side hitch component, a towed vehicle-side hitch component, a towing vehicle-side insertion connector component having at least one insertion connector configuration as an interface of a towing vehicle-side supply lead for transferring energy and/or information, a towed vehicle-side insertion connector component having at least one insertion connector configuration as an interface of a towed vehicle-side supply lead for transferring energy and/or information, a towing vehicle-side alignment component separate from the towing vehicle-side hitch component and arranged thereon, which carries the towing vehicle-side insertion connector component, and a towed vehicle-side alignment component separate from the towed vehicle-side hitch component and arranged thereon, which carries the towed vehicle-side insertion connector component. One alignment component includes an alignment configuration and is movable relative to the hitch component carrying it. One insertion connector component is displaceable relative to the alignment component carrying it.
US10913299B2
A liquid discharging apparatus includes a head unit having a liquid discharging head that has a driving element, a position detection circuit that outputs a position information signal indicative of a position of the liquid discharging head, a first circuit that controls drive of the driving element based on a first signal, and a first conversion circuit that converts a first optical signal into the first signal; and a driving circuit having a second circuit that outputs a second signal, a second conversion circuit that converts the second signal into the first optical signal, a first cable, and a second cable, in which the first cable connects the first conversion circuit to the second conversion circuit, and propagates the first optical signal, and the second cable electrically couples the position detection circuit to the second circuit, and propagates the position information signal.
US10913298B2
A media holder assembly (11) includes a base (13) secured to a platform (15). The platform (15) has a central cylindrical depression (16). A first hub (20) protrudes from the center of the depression (16). A first spring (24), concentric to the first hub (20) biases a second, ring-shaped hub (30) which is fitted over the first spring (24). The second hub (30) is slidably engaged to the first hub (20). A second spring (26), concentric to the first hub (20) and sized to fit around the second hub (30), biases a third, ring-shaped hub (40) which is fitted over the second spring (26). The third hub (40) is slidably engaged to the second hub (30) and to the inner wall (17) of the cylindrical depression (16). The first hub (20), the second hub (30), and the third hub (40) are sized to accommodate media rolls of different sizes.
US10913293B2
Method for holding substrates on a flatbed printing system. After positioning the substrates on the substrate support surface, a leak air area not covered by the substrates is covered by positioning a flexible cover device at least over the leak air area, and preferably over the substrates as well. Thereby, air flow through the through-holes is prevented. An under-pressure is then applied to the through-holes, sucking the substrates against the substrate support surface. The flexible cover device is then withdrawn to expose the substrate for printing while the under-pressure is maintained. It was found that despite the additional amount of air passing through the through-holes uncovered by the withdrawal of the flexible cover device, the under-pressure surprisingly remained sufficient to properly hold the substrates for printing. An additional advantage is that the cover device may be applied easily and rapidly over the leak air area and substrates at once.
US10913291B2
A structure forming method of present invention includes a first step including forming a first pattern serving as a fine pattern using an electromagnetic wave thermal conversion material on a first surface, on the side on which an expansion layer which expands by heating is provided, of a medium including the expansion layer and then irradiating an electromagnetic wave toward the electromagnetic wave thermal conversion material to expand a portion, corresponding to the first pattern, of the expansion layer, and a second step including forming a second pattern including a coarser pattern than the first pattern using an electromagnetic wave thermal conversion material on a second surface, on the opposite side to the side on which the expansion layer is provided, of the medium and then irradiating an electromagnetic wave toward the electromagnetic wave thermal conversion material to expand a portion, corresponding to the second pattern, of the expansion layer.
US10913284B2
An inkjet printing apparatus for forming images with ink droplets includes the following elements: an inkjet head, a plurality of holders for removably holding a plurality of ink tanks storing inks interchangeable with each other, branch pipes each having one end thereof connected to one of the ink tanks, a mixer provided at the other ends of the branch pipes, a pump for feeding the inks to the mixer, a feed pipe connecting the mixer and the inkjet head, and a controller for controlling ink feeding. The controller makes different a feed rate of the ink from each of the ink tanks.
US10913274B2
A nozzle mount arrangement includes a substrate and a plurality of nozzle assemblies evenly distributed in a length direction of the substrate. The nozzle assembly includes a spray tongue connected to the substrate, a plurality of nozzles evenly distributed in a length direction of the spray tongue, and a locking mechanism provided on the spray tongue for pressing the spray tongue and the nozzle. An inkjet printer includes said nozzle mount arrangement. The nozzle mount arrangement and the inkjet printer have multiple nozzles on the spray tongue, thus the number of spray tongues is reduced, thereby reducing the assembly and maintenance costs of the spray tongues.
US10913266B2
A printing apparatus that performs printing by using a print head includes a first power supply, a second power supply, and a control unit. The first power supply supplies a first voltage to the print head through a first supply line. The second power supply supplies a second voltage to the print head through a second supply line. The control unit supplies the first voltage from the first power supply without supplying a voltage from the second power supply at the time of an inspection of the print head, and executes a process action concerning a current leakage when a voltage exceeding a predetermined first threshold is generated on the second supply line.
US10913262B2
In an example, a printer ink dryer unit comprises at least one ultraviolet light source to dry a printer ink layer by causing evaporation of a solvent fluid therefrom.
US10913261B2
A method of printing composition(s) on a web is disclosed. The method includes the steps of advancing the web and printing a plurality of composition sites on the web. The method further includes the step of forming one or more discontinuities in the web. The discontinuities correspond to the printed composition sites.
US10913259B2
A three-dimensional shaping apparatus includes: a shaping chamber configured to hold powder; a leveler configured to move from a first position to a second position in a first direction on a top surface of the powder held in the shaping chamber to flatten the top surface of the powder; an ejector configured to eject a shaping liquid to the flattened top surface of the powder held in the shaping chamber; and a suction mechanism including a suction inlet arranged close to the second position of the shaping chamber.
US10913248B2
A method for manufacturing an electronic component, includes: a step of temporarily fixing onto a support body a workpiece to become a member constituting an electronic component, via a film-like temporary fixing material; a step of processing the workpiece which is temporarily fixed onto the support body; and a step of separating the processed workpiece from the support body and the film-like temporary fixing material, and the film-like temporary fixing material contains an (meth)acrylic copolymer (A) having a not unevenly distributed reactive functional group.
US10913244B2
There is provided an interlayer film for a laminated glass having improved appearance which has a MD and TD direction; and one end, and another end being opposite side of and thicker than the one end. The one end and other end are positioned on both sides of the interlayer film in the TD direction. When the distance between the one end and other end is X, the absolute value for the difference between the largest and smallest thermal shrinkage ratios from among three thermal shrinkage ratios is 15% or less. The three thermal shrinkage ratios are positioned from the one end towards the other end in MD direction with a first thermal shrinkage ratio at 150° C. at a first position at 0.05X, a second thermal shrinkage ratio at 150° C. at a second position at 0.5X, and a third thermal shrinkage ratio at 150° C. at a third position at 0.95X.
US10913239B1
One example includes a repair assembly that is comprised of a composite patch, an adhesive, and a veil. The adhesive is disposed between a composite structure that includes an anomaly to be repaired and the composite patch and the composite patch. The veil is disposed between the composite structure and the composite patch. The veil generates heat in response to electric power being applied to the veil, with the adhesive being cured with the heat generated with the veil to repair the composite structure including the anomaly.
US10913237B2
A microporous membrane is made by a dry-stretch process and has substantially round shaped pores and a ratio of machine direction tensile strength to transverse direction tensile strength in the range of 0.5 to 5.0. The method of making the foregoing microporous membrane includes the steps of: extruding a polymer into a nonporous precursor, and biaxially stretching the nonporous precursor, the biaxial stretching including a machine direction stretching and a transverse direction stretching, the transverse direction stretching including a simultaneous controlled machine direction relax.
US10913230B2
The present invention relates to a method of molding a shell part of a wind turbine blade. The method involves attaching one or more fastening elements (63) onto a molding surface, each fastening element (63) comprising a support layer (64) with an upper face (66) and a lower face (68), and one or more spikes protruding from the upper face of the support layer (64). Fiber plies are then successively laid out into the molding cavity (78) such that each ply is anchored to one or more of said spikes. The fiber plies are then contacted with a polymer material to produce a shell part comprising a fiber reinforced composite material. The invention also relates to a shell part of a wind turbine blade obtainable by the method and to a fastening element for use in said method.
US10913228B2
The press (1) for curing a green tyre has: a frame (2), at least one plate (4) that is mounted in a sliding manner with respect to the frame and comprises a plurality of pegs (22), a plurality of sectors (8) that are distributed circumferentially around the plate and are able to form all or part of the width of a tread of the tire, and, for each sector, at least one rocker (15) having at least one ramp (19) over which one of the respective pegs is able to pass.
US10913226B2
Provided is a spectacle lens endowed with high luminous transmittance as well as adequate polarizing function. A method for manufacturing a spectacle lens, comprising forming a polarizing layer by applying a coating liquid containing 0.04% by mass to 1.5% by mass of a dichroic pigment by a spin coating method at a speed of 200 rpm to 600 rpm on a rubbing-treated surface.
US10913222B2
A composite material component manufacturing method includes a molding step of applying, by a pressing device, heat and pressure to a prepreg to mold the prepreg, and a transfer step of transferring the prepreg. The transfer step includes moving the prepreg together with the pressing device in a state in which a pressing force is applied to the prepreg by the pressing device.
US10913215B2
In an example, a composite structure having a variable gage is described. The composite structure includes a first end having a first gage, a second end having a second gage, which is less than the first gage, a plurality of continuous plies, and a plurality of drop-off plies. Each continuous ply extends from the first end to the second end. Each drop-off ply includes a tip having a tapered shape. Each drop-off ply extends from the first end to a respective position of the tip of the drop-off ply between the first end and the second end. The plurality of drop-off plies are separated from each other by at least one of the plurality of continuous plies.
US10913210B2
A method of manufacturing a composite vessel assembly includes the step of placing the composite vessel assembly in a pliable containment prior to curing of a resin of the composite vessel assembly. With the composite vessel assembly in the pliable containment, a vacuum is applied through an orifice in the pliable containment to evacuate air and compact the composite vessel assembly.
US10913204B2
The invention relates to methods and devices for constructing models in layers. A region for constructing models, preferably a construction platform, and a material applying device for applying material onto the region are provided. The material applying device is arranged in a movable manner over the region. The material applying device is designed as a portal such that the material applying device can be moved over the region at least via two linear guides arranged at opposite sides of the region, and the material applying device is arranged around the region such that a portal is formed by at least two portions that extend laterally with respect to the region.
US10913201B2
An object forming apparatus and a controlling method thereof are provided. The object forming apparatus includes an injector configured to inject an object forming material based on object data, a base part in which an object is formed through stacking of the injected object forming material, a sensor configured to detect a height of the object stacked on the base part, and a controller configured to control the injector based on a signal output from the sensor.
US10913192B2
Thermocouples and their associated thermocouple junctions can be integrated via freeform fabrication into various parts of injection-molding apparatuses, including the nozzles. Unitary monolithic integration of thermocouples allows thermocouple junctions to be located highly proximate to the locations where temperature monitoring is desired, particularly, near the tips of injection-molding nozzles, which has conventionally been difficult or impossible to achieve. An injection-molding nozzle with one or more integrated thermocouples, a hot-runner manifold with injection-molding nozzles, having integrated thermocouples, monolithically integrated with the manifold as a single part using a freeform fabrication process, and a separately formed injection-molding nozzle having at least one integrated thermocouple and a robust electrical connection are presented according to various aspects of the invention.
US10913178B2
A conduit segment casting mold system includes at least one inner mold; at least one outer mold configured as at least two outer mold sections of opposed shapes that define a cavity between the at least two outer mold sections that is sized to at least partially enclose the at least one inner mold, each of the at least two outer mold sections including a respective mating surface, each of the at least two outer mold sections including at least one hole sized to receive a cable, and the at least one hole of a particular one of the at least two outer mold sections is aligned with the at least one hole of another particular one of the at least two outer mold sections when the mating surfaces of the particular one and the another particular one of the at least two outer mold sections are mated; and a mold base.
US10913172B2
A shaving head having a retainer with a plurality of legs operable to abut various portions of the shaving head, thereby securing components of the shaving head thereto.
US10913169B2
A reciprocating-type electric shaver includes an outer blade, an oscillator that is driven to reciprocate by a motor, and an inner blade that reciprocates in cooperation with the oscillator. The oscillator includes attachment portions that are respectively attached to a main body, a movable base, both end sides of which are supported by the attachment portions via support portions having a substantially U-shape, and a cooperation portion that cooperates with the inner blade. In the respective support portions, a portion on a side connected to the attachment portion in a base portion, which is one linear portion of the U-shape, is formed in flexible oscillating pieces. The respective oscillating pieces are formed to be tilted in a direction orthogonal to a reciprocating direction of the movable base so that a lower portion side of the respective oscillating pieces is open outward in the reciprocating direction of the movable base.
US10913162B2
A robot system and a control method of a robot are provided. The robot system includes a robot, a liquid application part being provided on the robot, an application thickness measurement part measuring an application thickness of a liquid applied by the liquid application part, a distance measurement part measuring a first distance from the distance measurement part to an application object, a control part controlling the robot based on the first distance so that a second distance from the liquid application part to the application object becomes constant, a supply amount adjustment part adjusting a supply amount of the liquid to the application object according to the application thickness measured by the application thickness measurement part, wherein the distance measurement part, the liquid application part and the application thickness measurement part are arranged in this order in an application direction of the liquid.
US10913156B2
An end tool metrology position coordinates determination system is provided for use with a robot. A first accuracy level defined as a robot accuracy (e.g., for controlling and sensing an end tool position of an end tool that is mounted proximate to a distal end of a movable arm configuration of the robot) is based on using position sensors (e.g., encoders) included in the robot. The system includes the end tool, an imaging configuration, XY scale, image triggering portion and processing portion. One of the XY scale or imaging configuration is coupled to the end tool and the other is coupled to a stationary element (e.g., a frame located above the robot). The imaging configuration acquires an image of the XY scale, which is utilized to determine a relative position that is indicative of the end tool position, with an accuracy level that is better than the robot accuracy.
US10913149B2
An anti-sticking rotating device is arranged below a head and comprises a base and a runner; the base is provided with a slot, and two flanges are arranged on both sides of the top surface of the slot; the runner is in the shape of a disc, the center of it is provided with a rotary shaft, the two ends of the rotary shaft are pivoted with the flange, and the runner is placed in the slot; an extending part is arranged on the circumference of the runner, and the extending part is fixed to the head; the two sides of the runner are respectively provided with a driving mechanism and a limiting mechanism; the driving mechanism drives the runner to rotate, and the limiting mechanism limits its direction and amplitude of rotation, thereby driving the head to move like nodding.
US10913145B2
Apparatus and methods for providing a robotic arm cart for transporting, delivering, and securing robotic arms to a surgical table having a tabletop on which a patient can be disposed are described herein. In some embodiments described herein an arm cart can contain multiple robotic arms. A robotic arm can be selected and moved from a storage position within the arm cart to a deployment position in which at least a portion of that robotic arm protrudes from the arm cart. A robotic arm in a deployment position can be coupled to a surgical table and decoupled from the arm cart.
US10913140B2
A bicycling multi-tool with a quicklink removal tool is disclosed. The quicklink tool includes a body having a first prong integral with the body and protruding in a first direction, and a first aperture proximate the first prong. The quicklink removal tool also includes a floating prong base having a second prong integral with the floating prong base and protruding in the first direction. The floating prong base includes a second aperture and a sliding face, and is slideably coupled to the body through a bolt passing through both the first aperture and the second aperture. The bolt is threadedly coupled to at least one of the first aperture and the second aperture. The face of the floating prong base is positioned proximate to and facing a sliding surface of the body. Turning the bolt drives the floating prong towards and away from the first prong.
US10913132B2
A solder composition contains: flux composition containing (A) rosin-based resin, (B) activator, and (C) solvent; and (D): solder powder with a melting point of 200 to 250 degrees C. The component (A) contains (A1) rosin-based resin with a softening point of 120 degrees C. or more and an acid number of 220 mgKOH/g or more and (A2) rosin-based resin with a softening point of 100 degrees C. or less and an acid number of 20 mgKOH/g or less. The component (C) contains (C1) hexanediol solvent with a melting point of 40 degrees C. or more and a boiling point of 220 degrees C. or less and (C2) solvent with a viscosity of 10 mPa·s or less at 20 degrees C. and a boiling point of 270 degrees C. or more. A content of the component (A1) ranges from 15 to 25 mass % with respect to the flux composition (100 mass %).
US10913128B1
A welding wire light is shown and described. The welding wire light can be used to align the welding tip and the wire in automated welding processes. This welding wire light can allow more accurate and precise alignment of these elements resulting in better welded results. Several embodiments are disclosed for illuminating these elements which are especially helpful on automated welding process lines when components need to be replaced or adjusted quickly and accurately.
US10913118B2
The disclosure relates to thermoelectric materials prepared by self-propagating high temperature synthesis (SHS) process combining with Plasma activated sintering and methods for preparing thereof. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to the new criterion for combustion synthesis and the method for preparing the thermoelectric materials which meet the new criterion.
US10913116B2
The disclosure relates to thermoelectric materials prepared by self-propagating high temperature synthesis (SHS) process combining with Plasma activated sintering and methods for preparing thereof. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to the new criterion for combustion synthesis and the method for preparing the thermoelectric materials which meet the new criterion.
US10913110B2
An apparatus for a high-throughput screw caster of a multi-component gradient metal material from elongate materials, such as multi-component alloy pipes, rods, profiles, and other such materials, has in the lengthwise direction a continuous gradient distribution of chemical components. The apparatus includes an online powder flow-rate regulation system, a rotary feed system, a heating system, a heat insulation system, a motor drive system, a blank forming system and a control system.
US10913108B2
Provided herein are an apparatus and method for continuous casting of metal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method to reduce macrosegregation through a mechanism for controlling the position of a spout tip or diffuser during the casting process to maintain the spout tip or diffuser near the solidification front, location of transition between liquid metal and solid metal in the cast part. An apparatus may include: a mold frame supporting a mold defining a mold cavity; a liquid diffuser; and an actuator configured to move at least one of the mold frame and the liquid diffuser relative to one another, wherein the actuator is configured to move at least one of the mold frame and the liquid diffuser relative to one another in response to a signal from at least one sensor.
US10913103B2
Provided is a method for performing an external pipe thread process on a hollow blank by at least twice rolling, wherein amount of rolling wheels in a rolling wheel set, used in any two back-to-back rolling processes in a processing sequence, are different in parity. Further provided are various roll-processing modules and corresponding rolling apparatuses, achieving the above processing method and having a simple structure, portability and practicality. A hollow blank is not liable to deform when performing an external pipe thread rolling process thereon, thereby improving a processing yield.
US10913101B2
A forming device and a method for forming an inner rim of an annular round blank. The forming device has a lower tool with a movable die and an upper tool arranged opposite the lower tool along a working axis A. By means of the die, the annular round blank is moved out of a transport plane T and into a forming position U towards the upper tool and into the interior of a holding sleeve. Subsequently, the inner rim is formed with the aid of a forming tool. After forming, the annular round blank is moved out of the forming position U and back into the transport plane T by means of the lower tool and/or the upper tool. The forming device and the forming method can occur while the round blanks are being fed to an embossing station while being transported by a revolving table.
US10913098B2
An arrangement for manufacturing a reflector for a PTC from a rectangular reflective structure. The arrangement comprises a tensioning device configured to tension a reflector portion of the rectangular reflective structure, such that a surface of the tensioned reflector portion acquires a curvature perpendicular to the tensioned reflector portion's longitudinal propagation, along the tensioned reflector portion's longitudinal propagation. The arrangement further comprises a fixating device configured to fixate the surface's curvature, such that the tensioned reflector portion remains tensioned. The tensioning device is configured to tension the reflector portion of the rectangular reflective structure by pre-forming the reflector portion to a pre-curvature, and adjusting the pre-curvature by applying a torque at a longitudinal borderline of the pre-formed portion. Because the reflector will be maintained tensioned by torques only, it will adapt a curvature of a high precision parabola.
US10913095B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure relate generally to systems and methods for combining ozone and water to deliver ozonated water in a rinse stream. The ozone rain pan finds particular use for rinsing food products traveling along a conveyor line with ozonated water.
US10913085B2
A cyclone is disclosed that includes an enclosure that encloses at least a portion of the cyclone. The enclosure delimits an enclosed volume between an interior surface of the enclosure and the exterior surface of the body. The enclosure retains a gas coolant or liquid coolant in thermal exchange with the enclosed exterior surface of the cyclone. A powder coating system is disclosed that includes a spray booth and a cyclone, where ambient air is added to process air that is drawn from the spray booth into the cyclone. The ambient air may be added to the process air to cool the process air to a temperature that is lower than the process air would be if ambient air were not added, and also may be used to dilute the powder overspray entrained process air.
US10913081B2
A spray quantity adjustable foam/liquid dual-purpose distribution device includes a gas compressor, an isolation electromagnetic valve, a liquid accumulator, an electromagnetic valve, and a foam generation device that are connected to each other. The gas compressor supplies pressurized gas into the isolation electromagnetic valve and/or the liquid accumulator or the foam generation device. When the pressurized gas is supplied into the liquid accumulator, an internal pressure of the liquid accumulator is increased to force liquid contained in the liquid accumulator toward the electromagnetic valve, which, once activated, conduct the liquid to the foam generation device, so that the pressurized gas and the liquid are mixed in the foam generation device to generate a foamed liquid that is discharged out through an egress opening.
US10913079B2
A spray tip configuration for a low pressure fluid sprayer is presented. The spray tip configuration comprises an inlet orifice configured to receive a fluid and to produce a turbulent flow at a known operating point. The spray tip configuration also comprises an outlet orifice configured to emit the fluid in a spray pattern at a turbulence intensity. The spray tip configuration also comprises a passageway fluidically coupling the inlet orifice to the outlet orifice, with a plurality of portions configured to produce the turbulence intensity at the outlet orifice. The passageway comprises a first portion comprising an expansion chamber configured to provide an expanding cross-section from a first portion first end to a first portion second end. The passageway also comprises a second portion comprising a first hydraulic diameter, wherein the second portion is fluidically coupled, on a second portion first end, to the first portion second end. The passageway also comprises a third portion comprising a second hydraulic diameter, wherein the third portion fluidically couples to the second portion at a third portion second end. The passageway also comprises a fourth portion comprising a spray tip, wherein the fourth portion is fluidically coupled, on a fourth portion first end, to a third portion second end, and, on a fourth portion second end, to the outlet orifice.
US10913074B2
The present disclosure relates to an electric dust collector for generating an electric field by a high voltage electrode formed of a polymer. An electric dust collector according to the present disclosure includes a high voltage electrode to which a high voltage is applied, composed of a thermoplastic polymer and an inherently dissipative polymer, and a ground electrode to be grounded to generate the electric field with the high voltage electrode.
US10913070B2
A microarray carrier assembly including a scan tray and a plurality of microarray blocks detachably disposed on the scan tray is provided. The scan tray includes a frame including an opening and a slot, and a transparent substrate covering the opening of the frame. Each of the microarray blocks includes a main body, a probe array distributed on the main body and facing towards the transparent substrate of the scan tray, and a plurality of guiding pins disposed on the main body and surrounding the probe array, wherein a top surface area of the guiding pin opposite to the main body is less than a bottom surface area of the guiding pin connected to the main body, and the guiding pins are detachably inserted into the slot of the frame of the scan tray.
US10913067B2
An electrowetting on dielectric (EWOD) device includes an EWOD device array that applies electrowetting forces and contains a non-polar fluid. A barrier droplet configuration is formed using electrowetting forces to obstruct migration of a species from a first area of the EWOD device array to a protected area of the EWOD device array. A method of operating the EWOD device includes the steps of: dispensing a source droplet into a first area of the EWOD device array, the source droplet containing a migrating species, wherein the EWOD device array includes a second area to be protected from the migrating species; and forming a barrier droplet configuration positioned between the first area and the second area of the EWOD device array that obstructs a migration pathway of the migrating species between the first area and the second area. The barrier droplet configuration includes at least one aqueous or polar barrier droplet, and the migrating species exhibits a preference for either the polar or aqueous environment of the barrier or the non-polar environment of the oil to obstruct migration.
US10913063B2
Methods of removing bubbles from a microfluidic device are described where the flow is not stopped. Methods are described that combine pressure and flow to remove bubbles from a microfluidic device. Bubbles can be removed even where the device is made of a polymer that is largely gas impermeable.
US10913057B2
The invention concerns particles which may include a catalytically active component, in the form of a three-dimensional ellipsoidal shape having three major axes at least two of which axes are of different lengths. Beds of such particles are useful for forming particle beds through which a fluid may flow.
US10913056B2
A simple approach to produce mixed Cu/Cu2O nanocrystals having a specific morphology by controlling the reaction temperature during Cu/Cu2O nanocrystals synthesis. Other variables are kept constant, such as the amount of reactants, while the reaction temperatures is maintained at a predetermined temperature of 70° C., 30° C. or 0° C., which are used to produce different and controlled morphologies for the Cu/Cu2O nanocrystals. The reaction mixture includes a copper ion contributor, a capping agent, a pH adjustor, and reducing agent. The reaction mixture is held at the predetermined temperature for three hours to produce the Cu/Cu2O nanocrystals. The synthesis method has advantages such as mass production, easy operation, and high reproducibility.
US10913055B2
A hydroformylation catalyst having excellent catalytic activity and stability, a composition including the hydroformylation catalyst, and a method of preparing an aldehyde using the hydroformylation catalyst, wherein, when hydroformylation of an olefin compound is performed in the presence of the hydroformylation catalyst to prepare an aldehyde, the normal/iso (n/i) ratio of the prepared aldehyde is lowered, and synthesis gas yield is increased.
US10913053B2
The present disclosure is directed to novel germanosilicate compositions and methods of producing the same. In particular, this disclosure describes an array of transformations originating from the extra-large-pore crystalline germanosilicate compositions, designated CIT-13, possessing 10- and 14-membered rings. Included among the new materials are the new phyllosilicate compositions, designated CIT-13P, new crystalline microporous germanosilicates including high silica versions of CIT-5 and CIT-13, with and without added metal oxides, and new germanosilicate compounds designated CIT-14 and CIT-15. The disclosure also describes methods of preparing these new germanosilicate compositions as well as the compositions themselves.
US10913049B2
A filter aid may include acid-washed diatomaceous earth having high purity, and perlite. A method of making a high purity filter aid may include acid washing diatomaceous earth to reduce the h in the diatomaceous earth, and combining the acid-washed diatomaceous earth with high purity perlite to obtain to obtain a high purity filter aid. A method of reducing extractable metals from diatomaceous earth may include washing the diatomaceous earth in a first acid, rinsing the diatomaceous earth, and washing the diatomaceous earth in a second acid. The first acid may include an inorganic acid having a first strength, and the second acid may include an organic acid having a second strength different than the first strength. A method of filtering a beverage may include passing the beverage through a filter including a filter aid including acid-washed diatomaceous earth having high purity, and perlite.
US10913045B2
A porous microsphere and a method for preparing the same includes the following steps. A copolymer having a vinylbenzyl chloride unit and a vinylbenzyl alcohol unit is dissolved in an organic solvent, and inorganic particles are dispersed in the organic solvent to form a mixed suspension. An aqueous solution containing a surfactant is provided. The mixed suspension is emulsified in the aqueous solution to form an emulsion. The emulsion is heated to evaporate the organic solvent to obtain inorganic-composite porous microspheres suspended in water. The copolymer in the formed porous microspheres can be further carbonized or removed to produce inorganic-based porous microspheres containing carbon or not containing carbon.
US10913044B2
A device for the intimate mixing of solid particles and a gaseous medium within a gas-solid fluidized bed, comprising a plurality corrugated and/or ribbed planar stanchions arranged in alternating intersecting planes that provide a plurality of open spaces between or adjacent the alternating intersecting planar stanchions. The element has a three-dimensional lattice configuration and the corrugated and/or ribbed planar stanchions are formed from metal having peaks and valleys or ribs, such that the peaks and valleys or ribs are angled at less than 90 degrees from the fall-line of the planar stanchion when assembled into the element. The angled peaks and valleys or ribs form channels that enhance lateral movement of catalyst particles into the spaces between the stanchions to provide improved vapor/solids mixing and contact.
US10913041B2
The present invention relates to a multimodal polyethylene composition comprising: (A) 35 to 65 parts by weight, preferably 45 to 65 parts by weight, most preferred 50 to 60 parts by weight, of the low molecular weight polyethylene having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 20,000 to 90,000 g/mol; (B) 5 to 40 parts by weight, preferably 5 to 30 parts by weight, most preferred 5 to 20 parts by weight, of the first high molecular weight polyethylene having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of more than 150,000 to 1,000,000 g/mol or the first ultra high molecular weight polyethylene having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of more than 1,000,000 to 5,000,000 g/mol; and (C) 20 to 60 parts by weight, preferably 25 to 60 parts by weight, most preferred 35 to 55 parts by weight, of the second high molecular weight polyethylene having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of more than 150,000 to 1,000,000 g/mol or the second ultra high molecular weight polyethylene having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of more than 1,000,000 to 5,000,000 g/mol, wherein the molecular weight distribution of the multimodal polyethylene composition is from 10 to 25, preferably 10 to 20, determined by Gel Permeation Chromatography; the isothermal crystallization half-time of the multimodal polyethylene composition at a temperature of 123° C. is 7 min or less, preferably 6 min or less, preferably 2-6 min, according to Differential Scanning Calorimetry; and a spiral flow length at a temperature of 220° C. is at least 200 mm, preferably 250-400 mm and a screw cap comprising the same.
US10913040B2
A pressurized carbonation reaction apparatus and method thereof are provided. The apparatus comprises: an atomizing gas tank, a plurality of compressors, a plurality of buffer tanks, a plurality of pre-heaters, a pressurized liquid tank, a nozzle, a raw material tank, a carbon dioxide tank, a high-pressure reactor, a raw product tank, a feed pump, a plurality of pressure display gauges, a plurality of temperature controllers with display gauges and a plurality of back pressure valves. The method comprises: dissolving a solid material in a solvent, and storing a resulting liquid material in the raw material tank; introducing gas in the carbon dioxide tank to the high-pressure reactor, controlling temperatures of the high-pressure reactor and the pressurized liquid tank, and pumping, by the feed pump, the liquid material into the pressurized liquid tank to ensure a pressure difference between the pressurized liquid tank and the high-pressure reactor; opening a second check valve, and ensuring that the liquid material reacts with a carbon dioxide atmosphere in the high-pressure reactor after being atomized via the nozzle under a stable pressure difference between the high-pressure reactor and the pressurized liquid tank; and ensuring that when the liquid material in the high-pressure reactor is at a corresponding liquid level, a fifth check valve is opened and discharge continues to obtain a reaction product.
US10913033B2
The present invention relates to a process for preparing an asymmetric integrally skinned membrane for the separation of at least one solute from a solution, comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a polybenzimidazole dope solution comprising: (i) a polybenzimidazole polymer, and (ii) a solvent system for said polybenzimidazole which is water miscible; (b) casting a film of said dope solution onto a support; (c) immersing the film cast on the support into a coagulating medium to form an asymmetric integrally skinned membrane; (d) treating the membrane from step (c) with a cross-linking agent; (e) treating the membrane from step (d) with a cross-link modification agent. Further aspects relate to an asymmetric integrally skinned membrane and uses thereof.
US10913032B2
Disclosed is a 1D nanofibers quasi-aligned, grid structure cross-laminated, and pore distribution and size controlled 3D polymer nanofiber membrane, and manufacturing method thereof. A 3D polymer nanofiber membrane controlled in pore size and porosity is formed by employing an electrospinning pattern forming apparatus that includes double insulating blocks quasi-aligns nanofibers in a specific direction by transforming an electric field and includes a current collector rotatable in 90°. Additionally, the 3D polymer nanofiber membrane may be used for air filters, separator, water filters, cell culture membranes, and so on by allowing various properties thereto through a functional surface coating.
US10913023B2
A rotating separator has a housing preventing separated liquid carryover. A plenum between the annular rotating separating filter element and the housing sidewall has one or more flow path separating guides minimizing the flow of separated liquid to the outlet. The flow path guides may include one or more fins and/or swirl flow dampers and/or a configured surface.
US10913019B2
The present invention teaches a method and apparatus to quickly and inexpensively implement advanced, bypass grade, fine, or additional filtration to engines and hydraulic systems. The present invention has the ability to make quick hydraulic connection to the engine or hydraulic system, where oil is super cleaned, without major modifications as is the paradigm by traditional bypass filtration systems and without removing any lubricant from the engine or system that the present invention is connected to, as is the paradigm of traditional bypass filtering systems. When connected to the normally provided stud for the spin-on oil filter in an engine or hydraulic system, the net effect of interest to the present invention is that by simply placing the adapter at the point of connection of the spin-on oil filter, many of the necessary plumbing associated with the traditional bypass filter installation is obviated, as is the energy and labor intensive process of seeking for a pressure point and a return of the oil. The present invention relies on the differential pressure effected by either alone or in combination of an orifice restriction to effect flow of either engine oil or hydraulic fluid, to route through a high efficiency filter, in trapping and low pressure to flow, an amount of dirty oil and then to return same amount to reconstitute a total flow on the system, whereby supplemental or advanced filtration is quickly connected to an engine or hydraulic system.
US10913012B2
Systems and methods for separation of hydrocarbon containing fluids are provided. More particularly, the disclosure is relevant to separating fluids having a gas phase, a hydrocarbon liquid phase, and an aqueous liquid phase using indirect heating. In general, the system uses a first gas separation followed by pressure reduction and then a second gas separation. Indirect follows the second gas separation and then three-phase separation.
US10913011B2
A system for monitoring phase separation is disclosed. The system includes a temperature control housing having an inlet and an outlet connection for a circulator; a bottle holder positioned inside the housing, the bottle holder having a body with a plurality of recesses for receiving test bottles, each recess having a back surface, a front opening, and a first light scanning component mounted on the back surface of the recess; a sleeve having a plurality of second light scanning components mounted thereon, the sleeve being disposed between the housing and the bottle holder, and each second light scanning component being aligned with one of the first light scanning components; and a lid latched onto the housing to hold the test bottles in place during testing.
US10913009B2
A hollow rigidly deformable geometric toy with a flat side and a mating joint construction. The toy has a plurality of faces which form a geometric cage and a plurality of apertures, and can contain an interior toy. The geometric toy is stably constructed such that it is safe for babies and children and suitable for teething and play.
US10913008B2
A manipulative device may include a revolving body, having a first perimeter, and a housing. The housing may comprise a retaining body, having a second perimeter, and the revolving body may be removably coupled to the housing via a magnetic attraction between the revolving body and the retaining body. A channel may be formed into the housing. The first perimeter may be movably received in the channel, and the first perimeter may be retained in the channel via the magnetic attraction between the revolving body and the retaining body. Optionally, the housing may comprise a receptacle which may be shaped to receive portions of the revolving body. A user may manipulate the revolving body and housing in one hand, experiencing both the attraction forces and the repelling forces of magnetically attracted objects thus achieving relief from boredom and anxiety or more focused thought and calm in meditation.
US10913001B2
Gamer friend devices can be detected by a gaming console and the gaming console user can be prompted to add the friend devices to a friend list, which automatically logs the friends on its the console without requiring them to manually log in. The gaming console may also be automatically configured with profile information of the friends.
US10912995B2
A gaming system including a computing arrangement that is connected, when in operation, via a data communication network arrangement to an environmental unit and at least one gaming device that is spatially local to the environmental unit, characterized in that the gaming system is implemented in an environment to emulate an electronic game to play in a physical gaming environment by its one or more users, wherein the gaming system is arranged such that: (i) the at least one gaming device includes a first sensing arrangement for sensing a first information comprising inputs from at least user while playing the electronic game and generating at least one first event by processing the first information, (ii) the environmental unit includes a second sensing arrangement for sensing a second information associated with the at least one gaming device while playing the electronic game and generating at least one second event by processing the second information associated with the at least one gaming device, wherein the at least one first event and the at least one second event are provided as input to the computing arrangement and (iii) the computing arrangement including a processor that, when in operation, implements a set of first rules to: determine a modification to at least one of: (a) a first parameter by processing the at least one first event, or (b) a second parameter by processing the at least one second event, based on a set of second rules of the electronic game; and generate commands to implement modifications to at least one of: (a) the first parameter in the at least one gaming device, or (b) the second parameter in the environmental unit for compensating at least one element of the gaming system for a predefined period of time and for enabling the at least one user to play the electronic game in the physical gaming environment with the improved user experience.
US10912993B2
According to various embodiments, a game controller may be provided. The game controller may include: a controller input; a receiving portion configured to alternatively receive a first ring or a second ring, wherein the first ring allows a first range of motion of the controller input, and wherein the second ring allows a second range of motion of the controller input; a mechanical switch configured to receive mechanical input from at least one of the first ring or the second ring.
US10912986B2
Embodiments are directed to a support apparatus. The support apparatus might comprise a body configured to support an entity. The body might comprise a material that has a physical property. The support apparatus might further comprise a coupler system configured to couple electric current from a power source to the material. The material is arranged such that coupling an electric current to the material changes the physical property of the material. Embodiments are further directed to a method. The method might comprise forming one or more cavities in a support apparatus. The method might further comprise providing one or more couplers in electrical contact with each of the one or more channels. The method further comprises filling each of the one or more cavities with a fluid that has electrically changeable rigidity. Finally, the method might comprise connecting a power source to each of the one or more couplers.
US10912972B1
The present invention is a mono-manual golf swing apparatus. More particularly, the apparatus is an accessory for a golf club which facilitates singular manual dexterous handling of a golf club and eliminates unintended slipping while swinging. Of further advantage, this apparatus may be easily removed, attached and detached single-handedly.
US10912970B1
A golf club head comprising a body and a plurality of stiffening members, the tension or compression of which can be adjusted, is disclosed herein. The body comprises a face section, a sole section, and a crown section or a return section, and also defines a hollow interior. Each of the plurality of stiffening members is at least partially disposed within the hollow interior, and extends from the crown section or return section to the sole section to reduce stresses placed on the face during impact with a golf ball. The compression or tension of the stiffening members may be adjusted to affect the stresses experienced by the golf club head upon impact with a golf ball.
US10912959B1
A respirator oxygen mask having a filter, a mask body, an outer edge is described herein. Disposed in the mask body of the respirator oxygen mask is a mask opening and a straw opening, with the mask opening disposed above the straw opening. Additionally, a sliding door is adapted to cover the mask opening. The straw opening having a mask straw attachment adapted to receive a straw and a straw opening cover removably attached to the mask straw attachment. The respirator oxygen mask also having a face mask reduction attachment adapted to fasten to the outer edge. Furthermore, the mask body having a front surface with a hose attachment ring disposed over the filter and adapted to receive a tube and a rear surface with a filter holder and a filter cover to secure the filter in place.
US10912957B2
A multifunctional rescue tool providing a plurality of tool components including an angled blade to disengage a lock shielded by a blocker plate and wherein the angled blade has a base portion and an integral elongate distal portion forming an angle along a contiguous planar surface that is preferably substantially perpendicular and is pivotally coupled to a handle having a corresponding slot configured for receiving the angled blade wherein the elongate distal portion is angled outwardly from the base portion of the angled blade in a preferably perpendicular orientation when the base portion and handle are locked in substantial alignment in an open position, and the angled blade is alternatively engageable to form additional angles to facilitate construction of raker shores while also including various tool components including a window breaker, seat belt cutter, gas shut off, oxygen tank, hexagonal wrenches, as well as, a lanyard, shove knife, and cutting knife in a compact configuration capable of convenient and ready carrying and stowing in a pocket or wearable gear of a firefighter or other first responder.
US10912951B2
A radiation-treatment plan that comprises a plurality of dose-delivery fractions can be optimized by using fraction dose objectives and at least one other, different dose objective. This use of fraction dose objectives can comprise accumulating doses delivered in previous dose-delivery fractions. The other, different dose objective can comprise a remaining total dose objective, a predictive dose objective, or some other dose objective of choice. An existing radiation-treatment plan having a corresponding resultant quality and that is defined, at least in part, by at least one delivery parameter can be re-optimized by specifying at least one constraint as regards that delivery parameter as a function, at least in part, of that resultant quality and then applying that constraint when re-optimizing the existing radiation-treatment plan.
US10912947B2
The present disclosure describes systems, apparatus, and methods for application of dynamic magnetic field (DMF) treatment to direct movement, and specifically rotation, of magnetic particles associated with a target structure, so that mechanical force is applied to the target structure. In certain embodiments, the present disclosure demonstrates application of DMF treatment to direct rotation about the axis in individual magnetic particles (e.g., superparamagnetic nanoparticles), effecting permeabilization and/or other disruption of membranes (e.g., cell membranes and/or intracellular membranes). In certain embodiments, the present disclosure describes use of an alternating current superconductor (ACSC) to greatly enhance the magnetic field amplitude so that the field can penetrate deeper into a body with sufficient amplitude to control movement of the nanoparticles within a working volume.
US10912943B2
Systems and methods for communicating between medical devices. In one example, an implantable medical device comprising may comprise one or more electrodes and a controller coupled to the electrodes. The controller may be configured to receive a first communication pulse at a first communication pulse time and a second communication pulse at a second communication pulse time via the one or more electrodes. The controller may further be configured to identify one of three or more symbols based at least in part on the time difference between the first communication pulse time and the second communication pulse time.
US10912937B2
Disclosed are devices, electrodes, systems, methods, and other implementations, including a device that includes an electrode comprising an elongated body, a plurality of electrode contacts disposed on a first side of the elongated body, and a cannulation channel defined along a longitudinal axis of the electrode. The device further includes a guiding mechanism received within the cannulation channel, the guiding mechanism configured to guide the electrode for placement at a target area inside a body of a patient. In some embodiments, the cannulation channel is configured to receive irrigation fluids dispensed through a perforated end located near a leading tip of the elongated body.
US10912935B2
An access port for providing subcutaneous access to a patient is disclosed. In one embodiment, the port includes an internal body defining a fluid cavity that is accessible via a septum. A compliant outer cover including silicone is disposed about at least a portion of the body. A flange is included with the port body and is covered by the outer cover. The flange radially extends about a perimeter of the port body proximate the septum so as to impede penetration of a needle substantially into the outer cover in instances where the needle misses the septum. The flange can further include both an anchoring feature for securing the outer cover to the port body and an identification feature observable via x-ray imaging technology for conveying information indicative of at least one attribute of the access port. The outer cover provides a suitable surface for application of an antimicrobial/antithrombotic coating.
US10912929B2
A tubular body that includes a plurality of first wires distributed in an annular portion of the tubular body, and a plurality of deformed second wires alternately disposed between each of the plurality of first wires, the plurality of first wires and the plurality of deformed second wires being in an alternately twisted arrangement in a longitudinal direction of the tubular body, where each of the plurality of first wires has a substantially circular shape in a cross section view, and each of the plurality of deformed second wires has a non-circular shape in the cross section view, has an arcuate side portion that receive a part of a side surface of an adjacent wire of the plurality of first wires, and has an annular sector shape protruding in a radial direction in the cross section view of the tubular body.
US10912925B2
A deflectable catheter shaft with compression resistance coils configured to create different curve shapes when the catheter is steered or deflected in different directions. One or more compression resistance coils may include an elongated-pitch section. The compression resistance coils may be pull wire compression coils or body compression coils.
US10912921B2
A multilayer body, a multilayer hollow body, and a catheter with a multilayer hollow body each have improved torque transmissibility to one end when the other end is rotated rightward or leftward. The multilayer hollow body includes a single-strand hollow body that is formed by winding one element wire, an inner multi-strand hollow body that is disposed adjacently to an inner periphery of the single-strand hollow body and is formed by winding a plurality of element wires in an opposite direction from the single-strand hollow body, and an outer multi-strand hollow body that is disposed adjacently to an outer periphery of the single-strand hollow body 7 and is formed by winding a plurality of element wires in an opposite direction from the single-strand hollow body.
US10912920B2
Disclosed is a self-expanding cannula, systems using such cannulae, and methods of their use. The cannulae may comprise single lumen cannula (SLC) configurations and double lumen cannula (DLC) configurations, and include at least a first cannula and a self-expanding wire frame attached to the first cannula. Self-expanding wire frame is automatically expandable from a compressed state (providing a reduced cannula diameter as it is moved through a patients body to the site at which it is to be deployed) to an expanded state (which increases the diameter of the cannula to the diameter intended for its normal use). The expanded wire frame provides radial support to prevent a drainage canal (whether a patients blood vessel or a portion of the system inserted into the patients blood vessel) from collapsing as fluid is drained from the patient.
US10912918B1
A rigid package or container for a sterile pre-lubricated, ready to use female-length catheter with enhanced gel receptacles and simple constructions. A main body of the rigid container has a hollow interior which may receive a gel receptacle defining an inner cavity filled with a lubricating gel. The gel receptacle partly inserts into the main body and a tube of the catheter inserts through the gel receptacle into the main body with a proximal outlet projecting out of the gel receptacle so as to be graspable. Alternatively, the gel may be provided within the hollow interior of the main body. A rigid and closed cap seals to either the main body or the gel receptacle and closes the hollow interior of the main body.
US10912915B2
In an exemplary embodiment, a body-supporting structure for multisensory stimulation may be provided. The body-supporting structure for multisensory stimulation may include a number of biometric measurement devices for detecting a user's state and a number of speakers or transducers connected to resonators on the body-supporting structure and arranged to transfer a stimulus in accordance with the state detected. A computing device may be connected to the biometric measurement devices and to a virtual reality display. A number of input devices may also be connected to the computing device and to a number of amplifiers configured to transfer a signal to the number of speakers and transducers.
US10912912B2
A gas measurement adapter includes a flow tube portion configured to allow gas to pass through the flow tube portion, and a window portion configured to allow measurement light for measuring a component of the gas passing through the flow tube portion to pass through the window portion. The window portion is thinner than the flow tube portion and is molded integrally with the flow tube portion. The window portion comprises an effective portion configured to allow the measurement light to pass through the effective portion and an outer peripheral portion provided on an outer periphery of the effective portion. An inner surface of the window portion is configured such that an outer perimeter of the effective portion is contiguously coplanar with the outer peripheral portion.
US10912908B2
A patient respiratory interface for use in an aerosol delivery system is disclosed. The interface may provide a mechanism for introducing an aerosolized medicament to infants without the need for invasive intubation when treating issues in infants such as infant respiratory distress syndrome. The interface may include an outer body formed in the shape of a pacifier where the insertion portion of the pacifier may be hollow and have an opening to guide a catheter or other tubing that may be passed through a flange and the insertion portion of the interface. The catheter may be recessed from or extend slightly out of the tip of the insertion portion so that a flow of nebulized medicament may be delivered to the patient's oropharynx in aerosol form.
US10912898B1
A tamper evident closure assembly for a fitting including, but not limited to, use in combination with a female fixture or an enteral fixture. A cap is connectable in flow restricting relation to the fitting and includes an indicator member removably connected to an exterior thereof. A housing is dimensioned to removably contain the cap and the connected indicator member. Subsequent to the fixture being connected to the cap, a removal thereof results in the indicator member being detached from the cap and movably disposed in a captured, detached orientation within the housing. Tampering may be evidenced by the indicator member remaining captivated within the housing which may be determined by visual observation or the generation of sound caused resulting from the housing being shaken. An included drive assembly is structured for concurrent rotation of the housing and the indicator member one direction and relative movement there between upon rotation of at least a housing in an opposite direction.
US10912891B2
A drug delivery device is disclosed that includes a housing including a channel, a drug reservoir fitting into the channel, and a friction element extending from a housing to the channel to contact an exterior side wall of the reservoir when the reservoir is inserted into the channel. The friction element is configured and oriented to wedge between the exterior wall and the reservoir when the reservoir is rotated in a first rotational direction.
US10912890B2
A medical delivery device is disclosed having a rod element with a stem and a first thread arrangement, a dial shell with a second thread arrangement, a delivery orifice, and a switching mechanism. In a dosing status, the rod element is movable relative to the delivery orifice by rotating the dial shell around the stem causing the first thread arrangement and the second thread arrangement to travel along each other, a dosage chamber is formed between the rod element and the delivery orifice when the rod element moves away from the delivery orifice, and the rod element is prevented from movement along a longitudinal axis when an axial force is applied. In a delivery status, the rod element is movable along the longitudinal axis relative to the delivery orifice when an axial force is applied and moving the rod element by rotating the dial shell around the stem is prevented.
US10912887B2
An automatic administration instrument includes a syringe and a partition wall in the syringe which partitions the syringe into different rooms for respectively holding plural kinds of drug solutions or a drug and a drug solution. A partition-wall driver displaces the partition wall and an injection needle is connected to the syringe. A body cap attached to the administration instrument body so as to cover the injection needle. The syringe, the partition wall, and the body cap are configured such that displacing the partition wall dissolves or mixes the drug solutions or the drug and the drug solution in a state that the injection needle is covered by the body cap.
US10912886B2
A valve clutch that has a central member extending along a central axis and includes a drive coupler that receives a driving torque. A coupling member is provided that includes coupling pins extending parallel to the central axis. A valve is rotatably disposed around the central axis between inlet and outlet positions. A sleeve is configured to rotationally engage the valve, the sleeve including at least one clamping member. The valve clutch is reversibly changeable between (1) an unengaged configuration wherein a driving torque received by the central member is not transmitted to the sleeve member, and (2) an engaged configuration wherein the at least one coupling pin is clamped between the central member and the at least one clamping member, thereby transmitting the driving torque that is received by the central member via the sleeve member to the valve member.
US10912879B2
A fluid collection device includes an upper edge portion having a first end of a collection container having an outer surface where the upper edge portion defines an open top end. At least one fastening device may be attached to the outer surface of the collection container. A vacuum hose coupled to an outlet port extends from a second end of the collection container. A vacuum source applies a vacuum to the collection container through the vacuum hose.
US10912871B2
The invention relates to an aspiration catheter for the extraction of thrombotic material from blood vessels, with a first and a second lumen, wherein the first lumen is distally provided with an aspiration opening and the second lumen of smaller cross section than the first lumen and extending coaxially in the distal region of the first lumen being provided with a lateral as well as distally located opening, said lateral opening reaching through the wall of the catheter. Within the first lumen a stabilization wire is movably arranged which terminates distally of the lateral opening of the second lumen but proximally of the aspiration opening of the first lumen.
US10912862B2
The technology described herein is directed to compositions comprising at least a first porous biomaterial layer and a second impermeable biomaterial layer and methods relating thereto. In some embodiments, the compositions and methods described herein relate to wound healing, e.g. repair of wounds and/or tissue defects.
US10912857B2
A lotion composition is provided. The lotion composition includes a) about 1% to about 90%, by weight, of a rheology structurant; and a b) carrier.
US10912856B2
A bacterial adsorption dressing in contact with a wound and a method of manufacturing the bacterial adsorption dressing are provided. A bacterial adsorption dressing with a nonphotocatalyst includes a fabric layer including a polyester fiber as a supporter, and a nonphotocatalyst coating layer formed on the fabric layer and including titanium dioxide phosphate.
US10912838B2
The present invention provides a vesicle, a conjugate, a composition comprising the vesicle or the conjugate, for use in delivering a drug to the brain, and a method for administering the same. The composition of the present invention is a composition for administration to a subject according to a dosing regimen, comprising a carrier for drug delivery, wherein the dosing regimen comprises administering the composition to a subject who has been fasted or caused to have hypoglycemia and inducing an increase in blood glucose level in the subject, and the carrier is modified at the outer surface thereof with a GLUT1 ligand.
US10912829B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for tracking freight. Embodiments include a tracking device for a trailer containing a load. The tracking device may include a housing including a connector, a main body, and a GPS tracker located within the main body and configured to track the location of the load. Tracking device may include a support member linking the connector and main body. Connector may securely attach to a container on the trailer and attach to a seal such that the container cannot be opened without breaking the seal. Support member may stabilize the housing and protect the tracking device during transit of the load. A tracking system may implement to monitor, gather information and report on the tracking device and the load.
US10912823B2
Methods for treating melanin-related afflictions of the skin, such as hyperpigmentation, are provided. The methods comprise administering a composition comprising BoNT/DC.
US10912818B2
The invention relates to acetylcholine-producing microorganisms for use in the prevention and/or treatment of intestinal diseases, and/or reduction of risks of intestinal diseases, and/or improvement of intestinal health as well as promoting healthy gut flora. The acetylcholine-producing microorganisms may be provided as a pharmaceutical dosage form or as additive to functional food or food supplemental products. Also encompassed is a method for the production of acetylcholine by use of Lactobacilli. Further the invention refers to microbially produced acetylcholine for use in the treatment and/or prevention of intestinal diseases.
US10912811B1
The present invention relates to a composition for improving peripheral circulation and lymph drainage. The composition includes at least one extract of a fatty plant, at least one extract of a plant having astringent properties, and at least one extract of a plant with one or more effects including anti-inflammatory, formation of new, healthy collagen fibrilles, antiseptic properties, antioxidant, neutralizing free radicals, antiedematous, vitaminazing, and stimulating wound healing. The composition may be used to treat at least one of varicose veins, swollen legs, painful legs, stasis dermatitis, swollen arms, indurated arms, hematomas, ecchymosis, periorbital dark circles, periorbital swelling, and hemorrhoids.
US10912807B1
Method for preparing full spectrum cannabis elixir is disclosed. The method comprises steps of breaking cannabis buds into small pieces to form an organic mixture and placing this organic mixture in an oven safe container. The container may be placed in an oven for decarboxylating the organic mixture. The decarboxylated mixture may be mixed and shaken with cold high proof grain alcohol to form an intermediate. Alternatively, the decarboxylated mixture and alcohol is mixed in magical butter or mighty fast herbal infuser to form an intermediate. This intermediate may be filtered using a press or coffee filter. Alcohol content may be removed from this filtered mixture using solvent extractor and water bath. This extract is mixed with organic cold pressed extra virgin coconut oil and lecithin liquid. Lastly, organic cold pressed unrefined hemp seed oil is added and stirred thoroughly to form a full spectrum cannabis extract (Keira's Elixir).
US10912792B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and compounds comprising modified oligonucleotides for modulating AGT and modulating a RAAS pathway related disease, disorder and/or condition in an individual in need thereof. A RAAS pathway related disease, disorder and/or condition in an individual such as hypertension can be treated, ameliorated, delayed or prevented with the administration of antisense compounds targeted to AGT.
US10912788B2
Provided herein are methods of treating constipation in subjects in need thereof. The method includes administering a therapeutically effective dosage of N-acetylglucosamine. Subjects who may benefit from treatment include those having synucleinopathies, including Parkinson's Disease.
US10912782B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating a subject in need of treatment with testosterone, including introducing testosterone into the subject subcutaneously, intradermally, or intramuscularly, from a needle assisted jet injection device.
US10912769B2
Provided in the present invention are a 1-[(pyridin-3-yl-sulfonyl)-1h-pyrrol-3-yl] methanamine derivative having the structure shown below in formula (I) and a pharmaceutical composition and use thereof. The 1-[(pyridin-3-yl-sulfonyl)-1h-pyrrol-3-yl] methanamine derivative provided in the present invention has good gastric acid secretion inhibitory activities and excellent pharmacodynamic properties, while having relatively low toxicity.
US10912754B2
The present invention relates to carbamoyl phenylalaninol compounds and methods of using the same to treat disorders. The invention further relates to the development of methods for treating excessive sleepiness in a subject, e.g., due to narcolepsy or obstructive sleep apnea, with the surprising outcome that “normal” levels of wakefulness are achieved based on standard objective and subjective sleepiness tests.
US10912746B2
This disclosure features chemical entities (e.g., a compound exhibiting activity as a mitochondrial uncoupling agent or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or hydrate and/or cocrystal thereof, e.g., a compound, such as niclosamide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or hydrate and/or cocrystal thereof, e.g., a compound, such as a niclosamide analog, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt and/or hydrate and/or cocrystal thereof) that are useful, e.g., for treating one or more symptoms of a pathology characterized by an abnormal inflammatory response (e.g., inflammatory bowel diseases) in a subject (e.g., a human). This disclosure also features compositions as well as other methods of using and making the same.
US10912739B2
The present technology relates generally to devices for treatment of skin and skin conditions, as well as methods for preparing the devices and methods of treatment using the devices. Suitably, the devices comprise a hydrocolloid dressing and one or more active agents, wherein the amount of the active agent(s) does not reduce the absorption properties of the hydrocolloid dressing.
US10912732B2
A clear shampoo composition containing a silicone emulsion and a detersive surfactant. The silicone emulsion contains one or more silicone polymers that can be a polyorganosiloxane compound containing one or more quaternary ammonium groups, silicone blocks comprising between about 99 and about 199 siloxane units on average, at least one polyalkylene oxide structural unit; and at least one terminal ester group.
US10912726B2
A method for shaping keratin fibres, wherein the method comprises: applying a reducing composition to keratin fibres; rinsing the keratin fibres; applying a fixing composition to keratin fibres, wherein the fixing composition comprises a crosslinking agent, wherein the crosslinking agent has at least two functional groups selected from the group consisting of: —NH2, —NH—, —SH, —OH, —C(═O)H, —C═O, and —COOH, and wherein the crosslinking agent has a molecular weight of 500 g/mol or less; drying the keratin fibres; treating the keratin fibres with a shaping appliance; optionally rinsing the keratin fibres. Also a related use and kit.
US10912724B2
The invention relates to compositions for removing nail polish comprising at least at least about 10% by weight of at least one polyhydric alcohol compound, at least one low carbon alcohol, at least one high boiling point ester compound, at least one thickening agent, and at least one abrasive compound, as well as to methods of removing nail polish from nails using such compositions.
US10912721B2
This invention provides for a thin emulsion base for cosmetic products with low to medium viscosity. The bases are excipients that provide stability to cosmetic products. The thin emulsion bases of this invention are from non-synthetic and non-petroleum based products and comprise over 80% juice derived solvents with the balance being a combination of alkane texture enhancers and lipid emulsifiers.
US10912711B2
An induction heating system for a basin of a pedicure chair and a pedicure chair with one or more pumps and one or more heating sources are disclosed. A conducting object is located on an interior side of a first wall of the basin, with an induction heater located on the exterior side of the first wall. The conducting object is separated from the induction heater by a solid portion of the first wall. The induction heater is configured to generate a high frequency field that passes through the solid portion of the first wall and causes the conducting object to generate heat. A controller is configured to turn on/off the induction heater to maintain a desired temperature in the basin.
US10912709B2
A chest compression monitor for measuring the depth of chest compressions achieved during CPR. A displacement detector produces a displacement signal indicative of the displacement of the CPR recipient's chest toward the recipient's spine. A signaling mechanism provides chest compression indication signals prompting a CPR provider to provide a chest compression force at a desired depth and rate. The device is held to the dorsal surface of the hand during use and provides a display for feedback, which is readily visible to the CPR provider.
US10912708B2
A percussive massage device includes an enclosure having a cylindrical bore that extends along a longitudinal axis. A motor has a rotatable shaft that rotates about a central axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. A crank coupled to the shaft includes a pivot, which is offset from the central axis of the shaft. A transfer bracket has a first end portion coupled to the pivot of the crank. A flexible transfer linkage has a first end coupled to a second end portion of the transfer bracket. A piston has a first end coupled to a second end of the transfer linkage. The piston is constrained to move within a cylinder along the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical bore. An applicator head has a first end coupled to a second end of the piston and has a second end exposed outside the cylindrical bore for application to a person receiving treatment.
US10912697B2
An operating table includes a column, a hydraulic unit positioned in the column, and a patient supporting surface connected to the column. The operating table also includes a first pair of hydraulic cylinders for adjusting a portion of the supporting surface relative to a remainder of the supporting surface, and the supporting surface is hydraulically connected to the hydraulic unit only by a single supply line and a single return line extending between the supporting surface and the hydraulic unit.
US10912686B2
A wheelchair dolly is provided. The wheelchair dolly includes two spaced apart frame elements, each movable in concert between a folded position and an extended position for supporting two or more wheelchairs for transportation. Each frame element may serially provide a front, middle and rear sections, wherein the front and middle sections are pivotal about a distal end of the rear section for moving between the extended and folded positions. The rear sections may each provide a rear wheel and a handle portion interconnected by a brake system for selectively braking the rear wheels. Bracing and crossbars may secure the frame elements in their spaced apart arrangement.
US10912680B2
A releasable medical drape, and systems and methods having the same, includes at least a liquid-impermeable, vapor-permeable layer, a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, and a soft-gel layer having a plurality of apertures. The soft-gel layer is configured to be disposed adjacent to a tissue site. A portion of the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer extends through the plurality of apertures in the soft-gel layer to contact the tissue site. The soft-gel layer forms a good seal with the tissue site and the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer extending through the plurality of apertures forms a firm—but releasable—coupling with the tissue site.
US10912679B2
The present invention provides a method and device for visualizing and treating an injury, wound or skin using a visual tourniquet and skin patch system made of transparent materials. The inventive bandage system is capable of applying pressure while absorbing bodily fluids away from the wound or skin and providing support for the application of one or more medicaments or a combination of treatment gas and/or medicine. The inventive bandage system enables the practitioner to visually inspect and measure the size of the wound over time without removing or touching the bandage or tourniquet thereby reducing pain and contamination of the wound bed. One embodiment of the inventive bandage system continuously controls the wound bed temperature thereby reducing pain and inhibiting bacterial growth. Other embodiments of the inventive bandage system are used as a visual tourniquet to apply a combination of pressures to a wound or skin.
US10912677B2
A system and method for treating target tissue including a light source for generating a beam of light, a plurality of optical fibers, a deflection device configured to selectively deflect the light beam into the input ends of the optical fibers, one optical fiber input end at a time, and a probe having a tip with the output ends of the optical fibers and configured for insertion into target tissue. The probe tip is configured to sequentially project spaced apart spots of the light beam from the output ends as the deflection device deflects the light beam into the optical fibers. One or more moving or static deflecting optics at the probe tip can be used to statically or dynamically deflect the beam exiting the optical fibers.
US10912670B2
The present invention relates to an oral appliance, and more specifically, to an oral appliance enabling comfortable oral motor exercises while being effectively fastened to teeth by applying differing degrees of fastening to teeth to its incisor part and molar part. In the oral appliance and method for manufacturing the same according to the present invention, different degrees of fastening are applied to the incisor part and the molar part, thereby minimizing the user's inconvenience that arises when the user moves mouth while keeping the oral appliance stably fastened to the teeth.
US10912660B2
In a method of making a breast prosthesis for use by a wearer having a body temperature, a plurality of dissolvable beads is placed into an open back of a breast-shaped mold. The open back of the mold is sealed. A suspension of an uncured silicone rubber liquid and a plurality of phase change material pellets is injected into the mold around the beads. The uncured silicone rubber is allowed to cure, thereby forming a breast shape. The phase change material has a latent heat of fusion at a melting point so as to remove heat from the wearer when the body temperature is at least at the melting point. The breast shape is removed from the mold and the dissolvable beads are dissolved from the breast shape.
US10912655B2
A system and method for allowing any surgeon, including those surgeons who perform a fewer number of a replacement procedure as compared to a more experienced surgeon who performs a greater number of procedures, to provide an improved likelihood of a favorable outcome approaching, if not exceeding, a likelihood of a favorable outcome as performed by a very experienced surgeon with the replacement procedure. Force sensing is included to aid in quantifying installation of an implant, particularly a cup into a pelvic bone.
US10912651B2
A system for modifying a talocalcaneal spatial relationship in a foot in a body, including a subtalar spacer having an articulating surface and implanted in the sinus tarsi of the foot and a fastener that fastens the subtalar spacer to a bone surface in the foot, in which the articulating surface of the subtalar spacer directs relative movement between the calcaneus and the talus of the foot.
US10912648B2
A low-profile intercranial device including a low-profile static cranial implant and a functional neurosurgical implant. The low-profile static cranial implant and the functional neurosurgical implant are virtually designed and interdigitated prior to physical assembly of the low-profile intercranial device.
US10912645B2
A differential pressure regulating device is provided for controlling in-vivo pressure in a body, and in particularly in a heart. The device may include a shunt being positioned between two or more lumens in a body, to enable fluids to flow between the lumens, and an adjustable flow regulation mechanism being configured to selectively cover an opening of the shunt, to regulate the flow of fluid through the shunt in relation to a pressure difference between the body lumens. In some embodiments a control mechanism coupled to the adjustable flow regulation mechanism may be provided, to remotely activate the adjustable flow regulation mechanism.
US10912644B2
Systems, devices, and methods for treating a diseased native valve in a patient, the system comprising a compressible and expandable frame structure and an anchor. The anchor comprises a wire having a free end and is configured to be fully advanced from an atrial side of a native valve in a patient into a ventricle of the heart and anchor the frame structure to the native valve when the frame structure is in the expanded configuration adjacent the native valve.
US10912641B2
Ophthalmic devices are used to treat a variety of eye conditions. Such devices include intraocular lens (IOL) implants, contact lenses, intraocular telescopes, and the like. Such ophthalmic devices typically include one or more lenses to interact with visible light. According to an aspect of the disclosure, there is provided an ophthalmic device comprising a biocompatible polymer body and a metalens. The metalens is encapsulated by the polymer body. The metalens comprises a substantially transparent substrate and a plurality of subwavelength structures arranged on the substrate in a pattern to interact with visible light. subwavelength structures comprise a dielectric material such as titanium dioxide.
US10912639B2
A link (1) for connecting two loops of a flexible tension-carrying construct (2, 2a). It solves the problem of providing effective means to connect two anchor points (7, 7a), typically on bones articulating at a joint by the flexible tension-carrying construct.
US10912638B2
A prosthesis for repairing a blood vessel, wherein the prosthesis is inserted intraluminally and fixed in the vessel so as to isolate a diseased section thereof and maintain the flow of blood from the vessel to collateral vessels involved the diseased section, and the prosthesis comprises a stent support and a flexible fabric liner of woven material comprising a plurality of concentric layers, wherein each of said layers has a very open fabric web which allows the passage of blood flow through the layers during the installation or the prosthesis but which allows the sealing of layers once the prosthesis is installed. A method is also provided for safe installation of the prosthesis.
US10912636B2
The invention provides new devices for implantation in a patient having irregular textured surfaces, which devices show significantly improved cellular response compared to conventional smooth and textured implants, indicating that significantly improved biocompatihility would be achieved in vivo. Methods for making such new devices and surface textures are also disclosed.
US10912627B2
Orthodontic positioning devices, and related methods and systems, are disclosed for use with one or more orthodontic elastic members. The disclosed devices are configured to couple with an orthodontic elastic member so as to react a force from the elastic member into the appliance to, for example, generate traction forces on the patient's teeth to produce a desired occlusion. A positioning device includes a patient removable tooth positioning appliance having teeth receiving cavities shaped to receive and apply a resilient positioning force to a patient's teeth. The appliance includes a hook configured to interface with an orthodontic elastic member. The hook can be configured to be offset from a surface of a tooth when the appliance is coupled with the patient's teeth and no elastic member is coupled with the tooth. The hook can be curved so that the hook is more retentive on the aligner. The hook can be reinforced so that the reinforcement resists deformation when the elastic is in place.
US10912624B2
A contact sensor assembly includes a sensor comprising a plurality of sensing areas, a plurality of non-sensing areas, and a connector coupled to the plurality of sensing areas. The contact sensor assembly also include an outer cover positioned over the sensor. The outer cover has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface includes a plurality of raised portions and at least one corner section. The at least one corner section of the inner surface of the outer cover is reinforced so that the corner section has a greater stiffness and the corner section corresponds to at least one non-sensing area of the sensor.
US10912621B2
A stockinette (200), suitable for covering an appendage (1440) of a patient, includes one or more folds (206). The fold (206) can be in a length of material (205) disposed between an open end (204) and a closed end (203). Alternatively, the fold (880) can be in an optional cuff (860) formed by a section of material (661) near the open end (603). Folds can be present both in the length of material (205) and in the cuff (860) as well. The cuff (860) can be disposed atop the fold (206) in the length of material (205). The stockinette (200) enables one person to apply the stockinette (200) to an appendage (1440) with one continuous motion that expands the folds.
US10912620B2
A snare tool manipulator system includes an elongated flexible device having a length and including a distally mounted end effector configured to perform a task. The flexible device is operable to manipulate the end effector in order to perform the task. The system also includes an elongated snare tool including a distally mounted snare device configured for grasping the flexible elongated member at a position along its length. The snare tool is operable robotically to manipulate the flexible device which in response manipulates the end effector.
US10912610B2
A method for treating a heart failure patient by ablating a nerve of the splanchnic sympathetic nervous system to increase venous capacitance and reduce pulmonary blood pressure. A method including: inserting a catheter into a vein adjacent the nerve, applying stimulation energy and observing hemodynamic effects, applying ablation energy and observing hemodynamic effects, applying simulation energy after the ablation and observing hemodynamic effects.
US10912599B2
Compositions and formulations for use with devices and systems that enable tissue cooling, such as cryotherapy applications, for alteration and reduction of adipose tissue are described. Aspects of the technology are further directed to methods, compositions and devices that provide protection of non-targeted cells (e.g., non-lipid-rich cells) from freeze damage during dermatological and related aesthetic procedures that require sustained exposure to cold temperatures. Further aspects of the technology include systems for enhancing sustained and/or replenishing release of cryoprotectant to a treatment site prior to and during cooling applications.
US10912596B2
A device for compression in arthrodesis is provided. The device is generally comprised of two screws, a proximal screw and a distal screw, the distal screw being configured to connect to the proximal screw. The proximal screw may have two portions, one portion with external bone threads, and one terminal portion. The two portions of the proximal screw may be formed such that they form an angle desirable for arthrodesis, or permanent fixation, of the joint. The distal screw may be inserted into the proximal screw, and may be further provided with additional external bone threads to provide compression at the joint site.
US10912593B2
A device for placing a receiving part of a bone anchoring device onto a head of a bone anchoring element includes a holding portion, a collet configured to be held by the holding portion, the collet having a tubular body extending along a longitudinal axis, and a distal end portion configured to be flexibly expanded and compressed in a radial direction, and a plunger configured to be positioned in the collet. The collet is movable axially relative to the plunger between a first position wherein the distal end portion of the collet is configured to have a first width in a first radial direction and the plunger prevents the distal end portion from assuming a width less than the first width, and a second position wherein the distal end portion of the collet is radially compressible to a second width that is less than the first width.
US10912591B2
An anterior cervical plate system is provided. The cervical plate includes a retention ring with a deflectable flange that is upwardly spaced from the top surface of the ring and configured to prevent an inserted bone fastener from backing out of the plate. The plate includes a locking pin having a camming surface and a blocking surface. When the camming surface is moved into position adjacent to the flange, the flange is free to flex out of the way of a bone screw being inserted into or removed from the plate. When the blocking surface is positioned adjacent to the flange, outward deflection of the flange is prevented to retain the bone screw inside the plate. The locking pin is rotated through a camming surface to bring a blocking surface against the flange deflecting the flange onto the head of the bone screw.
US10912583B2
An access port is disclosed for use in minimally invasive surgical procedures performed within a patient's abdominal cavity, which includes a body defining a bore configured to guide at least one surgical instrument into the abdominal cavity, and concave and convex anchoring regions for securing the access port relative to the abdominal cavity.
US10912579B2
Systems and method for delivery and positioning of a sheet-like surgical implant to a target site including a means of deploying and orienting the sheet-like implant within the body.
US10912575B2
The present invention includes a surgical stapler having a staple cartridge, an anvil, a cutting member having a cutting surface, and a driver operably engaged with the cutting member to move the cutting member relative to the anvil and the staple cartridge. In at least one embodiment, one of the anvil and the staple cartridge defines a slot which is configured to receive at least a portion of the cutting member and guide the cutting member as it is moved relative to the anvil and the staple cartridge. In these embodiments, the slot can also be configured to receive a portion of the driver operably engaged with cutting member and support the driver when it moves the cutting member. In at least one embodiment, the slot is defined by at least one radius of curvature.
US10912574B2
The present invention relates to a coupler assembly for a tibial cutting guide, the assembly including an aligning coupler having a first side coupled to an aligning member by sliding and a second side slid in an adaptor groove of the tibial cutting guide, and a handle slidably coupled to the aligning coupler. More particularly, the present invention relates to a coupler assembly for a tibial cutting guide, the assembly enabling an aligner and a cutting guide to be easily coupled and decoupled through an adaptor without specific operation because when the handle is slid to the cutting guide, the handle is fixed to the cutting guide, and the cutting guide and the adaptor are locked, and when the handle is slid in the opposite direction from the cutting guide, the handle is separated from the cutting guide, and the cutting guide and the adaptor are unlocked.
US10912571B2
A smooth mating surface model defining a mating surface of a customized arthroplasty jig is generated. For example, sagittal slices of a volumetric image of a patient bone are segmented with segmentation splines. An anatomically accurate model of the patient bone is generated from the segmentation splines. The anatomically accurate model includes anatomically accurate segmentation splines. The anatomically accurate segmentation splines are transformed into mating surface contours. Any inadequate segments of the mating surface contours are modified to obtain modified mating surface contours. A mating surface model of the patient bone is generated based on the mating surface contours and the modified mating surface contours. Three-dimensional cross-sections of the mating surface model are smoothed to generate the smooth mating surface model.
US10912565B2
A handle assembly for a surgical stapler can comprise a rotatable actuation shaft. The actuation shaft can have a first rotational orientation in which it can actuate a jaw assembly in a repeatable open and close mode, a second rotational orientation in which it can actuate a jaw assembly in a staple firing mode, and a third rotational orientation in which it can actuate a jaw assembly in a reversing mode. The handle assembly can include a rotational mechanism arranged to discretely position the rotatable actuation shaft in one of the rotational orientations. The rotational mechanism can be arranged for single handed operation such as by including a slidable switch or selector to rotate the actuation shaft.
US10912555B2
A device for fixing a first and a second tissue part or a tissue part and an implant part to each other is provided, providing a fastener including a thermoplastic material and a fastening instrument. The fastening instrument includes a first instrument component with a first contact surface facing toward a distal side and a second instrument component has a foot with a second contact surface distally of the first contact surface and facing toward a proximal side. The first instrument component and the second instrument component are displaceable with respect to each other, so that the fastener is compressible between the first and second contact surfaces by application of a relative force between the components. The instrument also includes an energy source for coupling mechanical energy into one of the instrument components to soften and/or melt an end portion of the fastener.
US10912550B2
A suture anchor and methods of use thereof are disclosed. The suture anchor comprises an anchor body having a slot formed in the body and a passage extending through the body in a first direction. The passage is sized to permit a suture to traverse the body through the passage. The suture anchor also has a shaft with a sharp portion, and the slot and the passage intersect within the anchor body. The shaft is movable relative to the anchor body within the slot from a first position in which the sharp portion and the passage do not intersect, to a second position in which the sharp portion and the passage intersect. The shaft can penetrate a suture or multiple suture strands to fix the suture or suture strands relative to the suture anchor.
US10912543B2
Devices and methods for delivering end effectors through surgical trocars are described herein. In one embodiment, a surgical end effector loading device is provided that includes a housing having a distal-facing first portion configured to couple with a proximal end of a surgical trocar, and an elongate second portion protruding distally from the first portion. The second portion can include a lumen formed therein and can be configured to extend into a working channel of the surgical trocar when the housing is coupled thereto. The device can also include at least one mating element coupled to the housing and configured to interface with a complementary mating element of the surgical trocar to restrict movement of the housing relative to the trocar, as well as an end effector retainer coupled to the housing and configured to selectively couple a surgical end effector to the housing.
US10912542B2
Disclosed embodiments include catheter assemblies, systems for sampling a targeted region of tissue, and methods of sampling a targeted region of tissue. In an illustrative, non-limiting embodiment, a catheter assembly includes: a catheter defining a lumen therein, a wall of the catheter defining an opening therein at a distal end of the catheter; and a curved flexible needle disposable in the lumen and being extendable from the opening at the distal end of the catheter at an angle that diverges from an axis of the lumen.
US10912537B2
A system for image alignment includes an alignment mechanism (132) configured to permit user alignment of images. A first imaging modality (110) is configured to concurrently provide images in two imaging planes using an imaging mechanism (134) associated with the alignment mechanism (132). An image processing module (126) is configured to display first images collected with the first imaging modality and second images collected with a second imaging modality (130) to permit user alignment using the alignment mechanism between the first images and the second images in multiple planes. A registration module (115) is stored in memory and configured to register the first images with corresponding second images in the multiple planes when alignment in the multiple planes has been achieved.
US10912531B2
A system for creating a three-dimensional (3D) bone image of a bone is used with a 3D bone model of the bone that includes a plurality of bony landmarks. The system includes a 3D scanning device to scan the bone and generate a bone contour image, and an image processing device. The image processing device processes the 3D bone model to obtain a plurality of spatial locations respectively of the bony landmarks, and processes the bone contour image to identify a plurality of features that correspond respectively with the bony landmarks and to obtain a plurality of spatial locations respectively of the features. The image processing device performs image registration for the 3D bone model and the bone contour image, so as to create the 3D bone image by proportionally overlapping the 3D bone model and the bone contour image.
US10912527B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for generating dual energy X-ray imaging data. It is described to position (210) an X-ray detector relative to an X-ray source such that at least a part of a region between the X-ray source and the X-ray detector is an examination region for accommodating an object. A grid filter is positioned (220) between the examination region and the X-ray source. The X-ray source produces (230) a focal spot on a target to produce X-rays. The X-ray source moves (240) the focal spot in a first direction across a surface of the target. The grid filter has a structure in a first orientation such that the movement of the focal spot in the first direction results in an associated change in an intensity of X-rays transmitted by the grid filter. The X-ray source moves (250) the focal spot in a second direction across the surface of the target that is orthogonal to the first direction. The grid filter has a structure in a second orientation orthogonal to the first orientation such that the movement of the focal spot in the second direction results in an associated change in an energy spectrum of X-rays transmitted by the grid filter. The X-ray detector detects (260) at least some of the X-rays transmitted by the grid filter.
US10912526B1
A radiation scatter anesthesia protection system designed to attach to a procedure table to limit exposure to radiation for both medical staff and a patient. The radiation scatter anesthesia protection system includes a headboard adapted to be disposed adjacent the patient's head. Headboard shielding including a first sheet of shielding extending downward from the procedure table, a plurality of additional sheets of shielding removably mounted to the headboard, and a molded head shield extending from the headboard. A frame disposed adjacent the procedure table. First and second outer side curtain shields suspended from the frame. First and second central curtain shields disposed between the first and second outer side curtain shields and suspended from the frame.
US10912523B2
A method includes receiving a first set of image data representing passageways at a first cyclical motion state, receiving a second set of image data representing the passageways at a second cyclical motion state, receiving pose data for points describing a shape of an instrument, and comparing the shape of the instrument to the first and second sets of image data. The comparing includes assigning match scores to the sets of image data by comparing each to the shape of the instrument and determining a selected set of image data that matches the shape. The method further includes identifying a phase of a cyclical anatomical motion, generating a command signal indicating an intended movement of the instrument, adjusting the command signal to include an instruction for a cyclical instrument motion of the instrument based on the phase of the cyclical anatomical motion, and causing the intended movement of the instrument.
US10912522B1
Systems and methods for counting features in a motion signal are provided. An example method includes detecting a signal indicative of a motion of a human body, determining, by a controller communicatively coupled to the sensor, a period in the signal, determining a location and a value of a feature within the period of the signal, determining that the location and the value of the feature are valid for counting, and in response to the determination that the location and the value of the feature are valid for counting, increasing a counter for the feature. The feature may also include a global maximum of the signal within a positive phase of the period. Criteria for the validation depend on a current type of activity. The method includes automatically determining the current type of activity based on several preceding locations and values of the feature in the signal.
US10912516B2
A living body information measurement device includes an illuminator that irradiates a living body with illumination light; an imaging unit that images the living body; and a computation unit that computes living body information on the basis of a difference between pixel data in an irradiation area being an area of the living body irradiated with the illumination light and pixel data in a non-irradiation area being an area of the living body not irradiated with the illumination light, included in pixel data associated with each position in an image generated by the imaging of the imaging unit.
US10912504B2
There is provided herewith an apparatus, probe, and method for the combination of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and diffuse correlation spectroscopy (DCS). The apparatus, probe and method allow for the simultaneous detection of NIRS and DCS.
US10912489B2
A respiratory event determination system can have a controller that determines the presence of a respiratory event. The respiratory event can be a mouth puff event. The controller determines the presence as a function of a sub-window of an expiratory window of the breath. The expiratory window extends between a first time ti and a second time t2. The sub-window is limited to a portion of the expiratory window. The sub-window can extend between a third time t3 and a fourth time I4. The fourth time U can be before the second time t2.
US10912484B2
A method is disclosed comprising: performing a first scan of an organ using a set of electrodes in a catheter that are currently active; deactivating one or more of the electrodes in the set based on data that is collected as a result of the first scan; tuning the set by at least one of (i) deactivating one or more electrodes in the set that remain active after the deactivating, and (ii) activating one or more electrodes in the catheter that are inactive; performing a second scan of the organ using electrodes in the set that are currently active after the tuning is performed, and generating a map of the organ based on data collected as a result of the second scan; and outputting the map of the organ for presentation to a user.
US10912478B2
A system for configuring an ambulatory medical device includes a medical device configured to monitor a patient for an occurrence of one or more cardiac events, and a remote computing device. The remote computing device is configured to receive threshold values related to operation of the medical device from, for example, a physician, the threshold values identifying conditions indicative of an occurrence of a cardiac event. The remote computing device can query a master lookup table to determine a lookup code associated with the received threshold values and encode a key including the lookup code. Upon activation of the medical device, the remote computing device can establish a communication link with the medical device and transmit the encoded key to the medical device. The medical device can decode the lookup code, identify the threshold values on a local lookup table, and operate according to the identified threshold values.
US10912475B2
An electrophysiology catheter having an electrode sleeve mounted on a distal section, the electrode sleeve comprising an electrically-nonconductive band and a plurality of discrete electrodes, the band extending circumferentially around the distal section, each discrete electrode occupying a different radial position around the band. The catheter includes a plurality of lead wires extending through the elongated body and the deflection section, and into the distal section, each lead wire passing through a respective aperture formed in the sidewall of the tubing of the distal section, each wire being connected at its distal end to a respective discrete electrode.
US10912458B2
A ophthalmic apparatus may include: a first light source configured to output first light to be irradiated to an anterior segment of a subject eye; and a second light source configured to output second light to be irradiated to a retina of the subject eye. The apparatus may be configured capable of executing a first examination using the first light reflected from the anterior segment and a second examination using the second light reflected from the retina. A wavelength of the second light outputted from the second light source may be smaller than a wavelength of the first light outputted from the first light source.
US10912452B2
An illumination light guiding device includes a phosphor layer that is disposed on another surface opposite to one surface of a board, and converts the wavelengths of a plurality of light beams transmitted through the board and incident on one surface of the phosphor layer, and an emission-side fiber including a plurality of optical fibers that are provided so as to be erected side by side on another surface opposite to one surface of the phosphor layer, each optical fiber guiding a different one of the plurality of light beams having wavelengths converted by the phosphor layer.
US10912450B2
There is provided a control device including: an autofocus control section configured to execute an autofocus operation by moving at least one optical member; and an autofocus operation determination section configured to determine whether it is possible for the autofocus operation to bring biological tissue into focus, the biological tissue serving as an object. In a case where the autofocus operation determination section determines that it is not possible for the autofocus operation to bring the object into focus, the autofocus control section moves the at least one optical member to a predicted focal position set in advance in accordance with a purpose of imaging to make it possible to further improve convenience of a user.
US10912447B2
A visual system for laparoscopy comprising a visual device having a visual head member and an elongated connector; a manipulation device having a handheld operation portion, an insertion portion and a first contact element; and an external device comprising means to communicate with the vision head member, via the first contact element, when the elongated connector is mounted in an lumen of the insertion portion. The insertion portion of the manipulation device is configured to be extendable out from a body cavity through an airtight passage whereby the elongated connector is configured to be slidably mounted into the lumen of the insertion portion outside of the body cavity upon the insertion portion is withdrawn into the body cavity.
US10912444B2
In order to acquire height information regarding a subject disposed on the internal surface of an elongated tubular member, an image processing apparatus according to the present disclosure, includes a processor the processor including hardware and configured to perform the steps of receiving a first image and a second image acquired from a subject using an optical system having a field of view in a direction of at least about 90° to a central axis of the optical system, the first image acquired at a first position, the second image acquired at a second position, the second position different from the first position along the central axis; and calculating a distance between the subject and the central axis of the optical system, based on a distance between the first position and the second position, and based on the corresponding points in the third image and in the fourth image.
US10912438B2
The disclosure relates to a sweeping robot and a cleaning device. The sweeping robot includes: a flexible roller for cleaning the ground, a roller motor for driving the flexible roller to rotate, a pressing member for deforming the flexible roller to press out sewage. Clean water in the clean water sink flows through the clean water hole to the flexible roller. The sweeping robot further includes a sewage sink. The sewage sink is provided with a sewage hole is adjacent to the pressing member. The pressing member deforms the flexible roller, causing sewage to be pressed out of the flexible member and flow through the sewage hole into the sewage sink. The sewage sink is separated from the clean water sink. The cleaning device of the present invention has strong cleaning ability, and the flexible roller is easy to clean.
US10912432B2
A cleaner includes: a suction unit; a suction motor that generates suction force for sucking air through the suction unit and includes an impeller; a dust separation unit that includes one or more cyclone units generating cyclonic flow to separate dust from air flowing inside through the suction unit; a dust container that stores dust separated by the dust separation unit and is disposed under the suction motor; a battery disposed behind the dust container to supply power to the suction motor; and a handle disposed behind the suction motor, wherein a rotational axis of the impeller and an axis of the cyclonic flow vertically extend and an extension line from the rotational axis of the impeller passes through the one or more cyclone units.
US10912430B1
A paper quantity detection device, which evaluates remaining paper quantity cyclically, is power-efficient, and reduces manual confirmation time and cost, includes a circuit board, two infrared detection components, a wireless signal emitting component and a control component. The two infrared detection components are disposed on two opposing sides of the circuit board, respectively. The infrared detection components each include an infrared emitter and an infrared receiver. The wireless signal emitting component is disposed on the circuit board. The control component is disposed on the circuit board, signal-connected to the infrared emitter, infrared receiver and wireless signal emitting component, and adapted to controllably cause the wireless signal emitting component to emit a wireless signal according to a signal condition of the infrared receiver. A roll paper containing box having the paper quantity detection device and a stacked paper containing box having the paper quantity detection device are further introduced.
US10912428B2
A method and device for non-abrasively cleansing and exfoliating skin in combination with a cleansing solution. A cylindrical housing comprises a base for engagement with a fluid source and a vacuum source and a skin interface positioned on an end opposing the base and configured to contact and traverse a surface of the skin. The skin interface comprises non-abrasive, or rounded, smooth surfaces for contacting the skin. A combination of variable cleansing fluid delivery to the tip and vacuum pressure removal cleanses and exfoliates skin tissue or debris.
US10912425B2
Liquid product pump devices, systems, and methods of using the same. An exemplary system of the present disclosure comprises a device, comprising a pump mechanism coupled to a receiving tube whereby a distal end of the receiving tube extends into a skirt, wherein when the skirt is attached to a neck of an bottle having liquid contents therein and wherein when the device rests within or upon a pump base, pressing the inverted bottle and the pump base toward one another causes a portion of the liquid contents to transfer from the inverted bottle and out of the pump base, and further comprises the bottle and the pump base.
US10912423B2
An extendable shower seat. The extendable shower seat includes a chair having a back portion and a seat portion, wherein the back portion is perpendicularly affixed to a rear side of the seat portion. A frame is affixed to the lower side of the seat portion and a plurality of legs are affixed to the frame. A pair of sidewalls are each pivotally affixed to opposing lateral sides of the seat portion about a hinge, wherein the pair of sidewalls can pivot about the hinge when a button disposed on the hinge is actuated, and remain locked in the selected position when the button is released.
US10912414B2
An infrared temperature equalizing device and a grill thereof having a first vertical plate, a first folded plate, a second vertical plate, and a second folded plate. The first folded plate is connected with the second folded plate to form a cover. The first vertical plate and the second vertical plate form a wall. The wall and the cover form a heat aggregation chamber for hot air aggregation and circulation, which has a closed top and a bottom opening with a longitudinal depth. The temperature equalizing device achieves heat aggregation, temperature rising, and temperature equalizing. Through infrared and convection heating, the grill can heat food evenly and roast the food quickly.
US10912411B1
A roller cooking apparatus evenly cooks food while requiring minimal, if any, user intervention. The roller cooking apparatus includes a removable cooking chamber that can be rotated while heat is applied to cook food placed therein. The roller cooking apparatus can include a plurality of pre-programmed cooking modes and may also be manually programmed to set any of a plurality of parameters. These parameters can include cooking temperature, rotation speed, chamber angle, steam retention or exhaust, cooking time and the like. The design of the inner chamber may vary, including solid walled chambers, ventilated chambers, chambers with inner paddles, or the like. The resulting roller cooker can cook a variety of foods in a single step and may even include a feature of automatically opening its lid to deliver cooked food to a serving dish, for example.
US10912405B1
The examination glove donning machine is a mechanical device. The examination glove donning machine is configured for use with one or more hands of a patient. The examination glove donning machine comprises a housing, an elastomeric sheeting, a vacuum pump, and a laser cutting device. The housing contains the elastomeric sheeting, the vacuum pump, and the laser cutting device. The elastomeric sheeting forms a barrier around a hand of the patient. The vacuum pump creates a vacuum that draws the elastomeric sheeting around the hand of the patient. The laser cutting device cuts the elastomeric sheeting as it is drawn against the hand of the patient such that the examination glove is formed while on the hand of the patient. The examination glove donning machine simultaneously dons an examination glove on up to two hands of a patient.
US10912403B2
A utensil holder for a table setting and a method of assembling the same may be provided. The utensil holder may include at least one napkin, the napkin being manipulated to form a three-dimensional structure having a cavity; and at least one utensil disposed within the cavity, wherein an outward-facing surface of the three-dimensional structure contains a decorative element. The decorative element may complement a particular theme or decorating motif of a dining occasion. The method of assembling the utensil holder may include a combination of folding techniques that orients one or more napkins into a three-dimensional structure having a cavity for utensils. The utensil holder may be provided with ribbons and other accessories symbolizing various objects.
US10912393B2
An improved bed and method of forming with the required profile and localised support for a user by the improved bed at various sections of the bed including shoulder (A), lumbar (B) hip and lower body (C) such as by the mattress (15) having selected forms or voids a Shoulder Pressure Attenuation Area (SPAAM) a Lumbar Pressure Attenuation Area (LPAAM) a Hip Pressure Attenuation Area (HPAAM) and the base (26) having a Shoulder Pressure Attenuation Area (SPAAB) a Lumbar Pressure Attenuation Area (LPAAB) a Hip Pressure Attenuation Area (HPAAB) locatable at different locations along the longitudinal extension of the bed (32,42,52) with a Shoulder Pressure variation means (31) a Lumbar Pressure variation means (41) and a Hip Pressure variation means (51) comprising adjustable slats driven by electric motors.
US10912391B2
An adjustable bed includes: a head frame assembly; a foot frame assembly; a knockdown connecting bracket; a slidable assembly having a pair of slidable assembly sides slidable within a pair of lower C steel brackets in a slidable assembly upward direction or a slidable assembly downward direction; a plurality of slidable assembly angle steels; a pair of head lift arm bracket assemblies; a second head tilt angle bracket; a head tilt platform; a head lift platform; a lumbar lift bracket assembly; an upper seat platform; a support platform; a lower seat platform; a head lift motor, secured to the head frame assembly for driving the pair of head lift arm bracket assemblies in a head lift forward direction or a head lift backward direction; and a head support tube, having an upper end pivotally connected to a L bracket and a lower end connected to the head lift platform.
US10912389B2
The present invention relates to an adjustable stadium seat table. The adjustable table comprises a tray, a trey bracket, riser assembly, a horizontal assembly, a seat bracket and a 90 degree angle bracket. The horizontal assembly comprises an outer tube and an inner tube. The seat bracket is configured to hold the outer tube of the horizontal assembly underneath a seat. The tray of the adjustable table includes a slot and an opening. The slot on the tray accommodates a cell phone and the opening holds a cup comprising a drink. The tray is engaged to the inner tube tray via the tray bracket, wherein the tray bracket is bonded to the tray underneath. Further, the tray bracket enables the tray to rotate at 90°. The tray and the riser assembly are stored under the seat and is retrieved by arena personnel once the event is over.
US10912386B2
An easy to Disassemble and Assemble Rattan Hammock Chair with a Hanging Stand with an upper boom, a bolt, a spring, hook, a safety catch, a lower boom, a split hanging basket, a first split part, a second split part, a circular ring, a third split part, a fourth split part, a cushion, a base. The Chair receives the following beneficial effect: It has the reasonable structural design and is easily mounted and dismounted, thus reducing the transport space, improving the transport efficiency, lowering the transport cost and strengthening the comfort degree, safe and reliable, so it is suitable to promote the use of it.
US10912374B2
A flexible folding sling includes a flexible elongate preform strap having first and second ends, each of the first and second ends folded inward toward a strap center to form respective first and second loops. The first and second ends are fastened to the strap center with each of the first and second loops having a half-twist such that each of the first and second loops is a tear-shaped Mobius loop. The flexible folding sling assists a user in carrying bag(s) having handles, or other objects that include handles or like structure. When used to carry bags, the sling can be configured as a hand-sling, a shoulder-sling or a back-sling. When used as a hand-sling, the sling engages the user's wrist in a secure and comfortable manner. This prevents load transmission through the easily tired hand muscles and ligaments, extending the amount of time the user can carry a load. This also allows the user to maintain use of her hand and fingers while the sling is used.
US10912367B2
The present invention relates to a mobile phone case and, more specifically, to a mobile phone case having make-up palettes capable of being separated and combined, in which the mobile phone case is provided, on the rear surface thereof, with a cosmetics storage recess for storing a plurality of make-up palettes capable of being combined in various ways, which enables a user to: select and combine different colored make-up palettes according to a user selection, thereby solving an inconvenience to separately carry various types of cosmetics and make-up kits; freely configure make-up palettes to reflect the user's individuality and preference; and change only a necessary module, which is rational and economical in that the user does not need to newly purchase all make-up palettes in order to use one type of cosmetics.
US10912364B2
A hair dryer (10) has a hand-held housing comprising an air inlet (12), an air outlet (14), a motor (1) between said air inlet (12) and said air outlet (14) to draw air in from said air inlet (12) and drive air out from said air outlet (14). A heating element (17) is located in said air flow between said air inlet (12) and said air outlet (14). The hair dryer (10) further comprises a filter on said air inlet (12). The filter comprises a metal filter plate (20) bearing a plurality of holes, wherein at least some of said holes have a maximum lateral dimension of less than 1.5 mm and wherein vertical walls of said holes through a thickness of said filter plate are substantially straight or at least partially concave.
US10912356B1
A hands-free umbrella holder is disclosed herein. The hands-free umbrella holder includes a back covering having adjustable shoulder straps, shoulder covering, and an umbrella holding sleeve on the back covering. The umbrella holder includes a vest assembly having a shoulder portion extending substantially along a user's shoulders and towards their stomach area. The vest includes side openings providing the user ample room to move their arms. Additionally, the vest includes a back portion having a holding assembly mounted thereon. The holder assembly is a tube member that is attached to the vest through means of brackets and screws. An umbrella is then placed within the tube providing the user with shielding form the sun and other weather conditions while having full use of their hands.
US10912345B2
A shock absorber, for use with headgear having a faceguard, has a sliding member that does not extend beyond the support structure of the shock absorber in a way that would leave it vulnerable to damage. A headgear having a faceguard provides a protected mounting location for mounting a shock absorber for the faceguard.
US10912344B2
A protective helmet has an outer shell configured for surrounding a head of a user and at least one accessory attachment rail connected to the outer shell. The accessory attachment rail has a body having a front end, a rear end, and one or more slots between the front end and the rear end. Each of the one or more slots is configured for removably receiving at least one helmet accessory. A locking mechanism is associated with each of the one or more slots for automatically locking the at least one helmet accessory in the one or more slots upon insertion of the at least one helmet accessory within the one or more slots and for preventing removal of the at least one helmet accessory from the one or more slots. At least one connection element is provided for connecting the accessory attachment rail to the outer shell.
US10912342B2
A glove includes a glove main body for covering a wearer's hand, the glove main body containing nitrile-butadiene rubber as a principal component, wherein: the glove main body comprises zinc oxide, a vulcanizing agent, a vulcanization accelerating agent, and a cross-linked product from the nitrile-butadiene rubber and polycarbodiimide; a mass ratio of the polycarbodiimide to the nitrile-butadiene rubber is no less than 0.003 and no greater than 0.1; a mass ratio of the zinc oxide to the nitrile-butadiene rubber is no less than 0.010 and no greater than 0.05; and a MEK-absorption capacity of the glove main body is no greater than 25 times the glove main body on a mass basis. The percentage content of a MEK-insoluble matter in the glove main body is preferably no less than 65% by mass. The molar ratio of zinc oxide to the carbodiimide group in the polycarbodiimide is preferably 1 to 50.
US10912331B2
Vaporization devices and methods of operating them are described. In particular, apparatuses with a resistive heating element, electrical circuitry for measuring a voltage between the resistive heating element and a reference resistor, and a microcontroller for controlling a temperature of the resistive heating element in response to a determined resistance are described. The electrical circuitry may comprise the reference resistor, a first switch operable to interrupt the flow of current from the power source through the resistive heating element, a second switch operable to add the reference resistor in series with the resistive heating element when the flow of current from the power source through the resistive heating element is interrupted by operation of the first switch, and a voltage divider configured to measure a voltage between the resistive heating element and the reference resistor.
US10912323B2
A nutritional supplement powder and a method of making the nutritional supplement powder are provided. The nutritional supplement powder includes from 20% by weight to 55% by weight protein, from 20% by weight to 50% by weight fructooligosaccharide powder, and an anti-caking mixture that includes calcium silicate and tricalcium phosphate. A weight ratio of the fructooligosaccharide powder to the anti-caking mixture is from 6:1 to 10:1.
US10912318B2
An exemplary method for preserving fresh herbs includes obtaining fresh trimmings from a plant, grinding and/or chopping the fresh trimmings to form processed trimmings, packaging the processed trimmings in a container, and freezing the processed trimmings in the container. Freezing the processed trimmings may include subjecting the processed trimmings to a dry ice atmosphere.
US10912316B2
Cavitated fermented dairy products and methods of forming these cavitated fermented dairy products are disclosed.
US10912312B2
A method of preparing a less sodium food product involves forming a reaction mixture of one or more of liquid sodium potassium hydrogen phosphate and liquid sodium dipotassium phosphate and combining a food ingredient with the emulsifying salt mixture. A reduced sodium process cheese product is formed of a sol to gel conversion fat stabilized via a hydrated protein matrix by a combination of potassium caseinate and sodium caseinate in which the caseinates are derived from an emulsifying salt mixture of liquid sodium potassium hydrogen phosphate and liquid sodium dipotassium phosphate, which, prior to reaction, accounts for at least about 2.5 and up to about 8.32 percent by weight of a total weight of the process cheese product. The emulsifying salt mixture formed of the reaction mixture remains in solution at ambient conditions for at least two weeks prior to incorporation with a food ingredient.
US10912304B2
A composition for controlling plant diseases comprising Paecilomyces fumosoroseus, and one or more nematicidal active ingredients selected from specific groups has an excellent controlling effect on plant diseases.
US10912296B2
The present invention provides a biocide formulation comprising a biocide in a micelle, wherein the micelle comprises a block copolymer having a biocide-solubilizing part and a water-soluble part, and a quaternary ammonium stabilizing compound. The present invention also provides a method for controlling microorganisms by eliminating and/or preventing biofilm formation in an aqueous environment.
US10912294B2
The invention relates to compositions in which the phenolic compound thymol or carvacrol is solubilized or dispersed in water through the addition of a surfactant and a solvent. In certain embodiments is also comprised a further pesticide, a fertilizer, a defoamer, a plant growth regulator, or combinations thereof. Also taught are methods for the control of pests or for regulating the growth of plants through contacting the plants, their seeds, or soil in which they grow with said compositions.
US10912291B2
A fishing line weight according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a first tungsten body including a first hole, a first projection and a first groove. A second tungsten body includes a second hole substantially aligned with the first hole, a second projection substantially aligned with the first groove and a second groove substantially aligned with the first projection. A copper pin is disposed in the first hole and the second hole. The first tungsten body is unconnected from the second tungsten body.
US10912287B2
Provided is a method for preparing a PD-1 gene-modified humanized animal model. The method utilizes the CRIPSR/Cas9 technique to replace partial fragments of a mouse PD-1 gene with fragments of a human PD-1 gene using homologous recombination by constructing a targeting vector, thereby preparing a gene-modified humanized mouse. This mouse can normally express a PD-1 protein containing the functional domain of the human PD-1 protein, and can be used as an animal model for mechanism research regarding PD-1, PD-L1 and other signals, for screening regulators, and for toxicological research. The method has an important and high application value in studies on functions of the PD-1 gene and in the development of new drugs.
US10912285B2
In a support device for aquarium accessories including a first fixing element appliable on the inner surface of a wall of an aquarium and a sustaining element for an accessory supportable by the first fixing element, the first fixing element has a concave cap and the sustaining element has a convex cap housable at least partially inside the concave cap. Furthermore, the support device includes a cap-shaped first magnetic or ferromagnetic element, the first fixing element includes a second magnetic or ferromagnetic element, and the convex cap of the sustaining element is interposed between the concave cap of the first fixing element and the first magnetic or ferromagnetic element so that, due to magnetic attraction between the first magnetic or ferromagnetic element and the second magnetic or ferromagnetic element, the sustaining element is supported by the first fixing element and, at the same time, it is rotationally movable.
US10912278B2
A device for translating a scraper of droppings covering a corridor of a livestock building. The device includes a chain secured to the scraper, a first sprocket secured to a first end of the chain and a second sprocket secured to a second end of the chain. The first sprocket is rotated by a first motor and the second sprocket is rotated by a second motor in the opposite direction of the first sprocket. A controller controls power supply to the motors and takes states including: a driving state of the scraper in a first direction, wherein the first motor is supplied with power and the power supply of the second motor is cut off; and a driving state of the scraper in a direction opposite to the first direction, wherein the second motor is supplied with power and the power supply of the first motor is cut off.
US10912269B1
A soybean cultivar designated 87151222 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 87151222, to the plants of soybean cultivar 87151222, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 87151222, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 87151222. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 87151222. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 87151222, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 87151222 with another soybean cultivar.
US10912266B1
A novel maize variety designated X13N260 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 X13N260 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13N260 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13N260, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13N260 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13N260 and methods of using maize variety X13N260 are disclosed.
US10912265B1
A novel maize variety designated X95N809 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 X95N809 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X95N809 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X95N809, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X95N809 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X95N809 and methods of using maize variety X95N809 are disclosed.
US10912262B2
A plant support system includes a support ring having at least one wall portion, and at least one support beam coupled to the at least one wall portion and configured to increase rigidity of the at least one wall portion. Further, the plant support system also includes a base coupled to the at least one wall portion and having at least one stationary clamping surface; a clamp spine having a movable clamping surface situated opposite the at least one stationary clamping surface; and a plurality of spring leaves coupled to the clamp spine and configured to bias the clamp spine.
US10912260B1
An adaptive planter system enables a container in which plants grow to be secured to the ground. It also allows for use of the space above the plants in decorative, artistic or practical ways. A shaft anchors the body of the system to the ground and provides a way to attach banners, handles, figures or the like to the opposite end.
US10912259B2
A cutting device includes a first cutting element and a second cutting element configured to move relative to each other, and a first gripping element and a second gripping element configured to move relative to each other. The cutting device further includes at least one driving element configured to assist a movement of the second cutting element relative to the first cutting element in an assistance mode in which the at least one driving element is activated, and a sensor configured to recognize an object located between the first gripping element and the second gripping element in order to switch off the assistance mode.
US10912250B2
A seed depth device for an agricultural planter includes an electric motor. The seed depth device also includes an actuator driven by the electric motor and arranged to move to a home position. The seed depth device further includes a first stop proximate to the actuator when in the home position. The seed depth device yet further includes at least one controller including a computing processor and a computer readable storage medium configured to control the electric motor. The seed depth device also includes a seed depth auto-learn system at least in-part stored and executed by the at least one controller, the seed depth auto-learn system configured to learn the home position based at least in-part on the actuator stalling upon the first stop, wherein the seed depth auto-learn system is configured to move the actuator a prescribed distance away from the first stop to establish the home position.
US10912242B2
The invention relates to a soil-working device having an overload protection means, in the case of which overload protection means rebound energy is reduced after the soil-working device returns from an overload position to the working position.
US10917993B1
A fan gantry includes a frame structure, a supporting structure, a cover body and a thumb screw. The frame structure includes two side walls and a first connecting plate. The side walls define some spaces therebetween. Each side wall has an opening. The openings stagger with the spaces. The first connecting plate is disposed on one side wall. The supporting structure includes two structural plates opposite to each other and connected between the side walls. The structural plates define a channel aligning with the openings and allowing some electric cables to penetrate through. The cover body connects with the frame structure to cover the channel. The thumb screw is disposed on a second connecting plate of the cover body. When the cover body covers the channel, the second connecting plate abuts against the first connecting plate, and the thumb screw locks to the first connecting plate.
US10917987B1
Method and apparatus for mobile management and dispersion of static electricity which has accumulated upon a human being are disclosed. FIGS. 1 through 5 depict technical features which enable mobile, untethered, convenient, aesthetic, informative, and comfortable dispersion of static electricity, resulting in reduced physical pain, automated signaling of discharge characteristics, stylish adornments, and ease of use by the operator.
US10917979B1
A landscape control box includes a base portion and a facepack. The facepack supports a rotary shaft extending along an axis in a first direction. A cover has a hole aligned with the rotary shaft. A knob has a receptacle and a first portion of an interacting structure. The receptacle engages with the rotary shaft so as to transfer rotational motion of the knob to the rotary shaft. The first portion of the interacting structure engages with a second portion of the interacting structure on the cover so as to inhibit movement of the knob. The control box can receive one or more modules for enhancing functionality of the control box and/or superseding station programming stored by the control box or input by the user. The control box includes openings that are sized and shaped to allow attachment of different sized pipes and conduits to the control box.
US10917976B1
A method may include obtaining a printed circuit board (PCB) that includes a set of vias that include a set of stub regions. The PCB may include a set of layers perpendicular to the set of vias. The set of layers may include a signal layer and a ground layer. The ground layer may be located between the set of stub regions and the signal layer. The method may include drilling to remove at least a portion of a stub region of a via of the set of vias. The method may include performing an electrical test to determine whether a sliver of conductive material is included within the via after drilling to remove the at least a portion of the stub region of the via.
US10917974B2
Disclosed herein is a circuit board that includes a resin substrate including a substrate wiring layer, and an electronic component embedded in the resin substrate and having a plurality of external electrodes. The resin substrate includes a plurality of via holes that expose the external electrodes and a plurality of via conductors embedded in the via holes to electrically connect the substrate wiring layer to the external electrodes. At least some of the via holes are different in planar shape from each other.
US10917966B2
An article includes a wafer having a body which defines a first surface and a second surface. The wafer defines a via having a via surface extending between the first and second surfaces through the body. An adhesion layer is positioned on the via surface. At least a portion of the via surface is free of the adhesion layer. A metallic component is positioned within the via and extends from the first surface to the second surface.
US10917962B2
The reliability of an electronic device is improved. An electronic device has a wiring substrate and a housing made of a metal for supporting the wiring substrate. A semiconductor device having a switching power transistor is mounted at the wiring substrate. A ground pattern of a conductive film and a heat radiation pattern of a conductive film are formed at the wiring substrate. The heat radiation pattern is not electrically coupled with any electronic component mounted at the wiring substrate, and is also not electrically coupled with the ground pattern. The ground pattern overlaps the semiconductor device in the thickness direction of the wiring substrate. The heat radiation pattern overlaps the ground pattern in the thickness direction of the wiring substrate, and overlaps a region where the housing and the wiring substrate are in contact with each other.
US10917961B2
Embodiments of arc plasma cutting torches are disclosed. In one embodiment, a plasma cutting torch includes an insert component located substantially between a cathode body and an insulator body. The insert component is able to withstand high temperatures and can be made of a metal material or a non-metal material. The insert component can be permanent within the torch or can be replaceable, in accordance with various embodiments.
US10917954B2
A notification appliance circuit includes at least one notification appliance. The at least one notification appliance includes a charge controller including a single stage current controller, the charge controller being configured to output a charge current, an energy store configured to receive the charge current, and provide a discharge current, and a notification component configured to receive the discharge current and emit a notification.
US10917946B2
Methods and apparatus for induction heating are disclosed. An example induction heating cable assembly includes: a first group of one or more cables extending substantially in parallel; a second group of one or more cables extending substantially in parallel, the first group of cables in parallel with the second group of cables; and an insulation layer configured to insulate the first group of cables and the second group of cables from electrical contact, the insulation layer configured to group the first group of cables, to group the second group of cables, and to extend between the first group and second groups of cables, in which the first group of cables, the second group of cables, and the insulation layer are conformable to enable conformance of the induction heating cable assembly to a workpiece to be heated via the induction heating cable assembly.
US10917938B2
Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Evolved Node-B (eNB) and methods for communication are generally described herein. The UE may receive downlink control information (DCI) that schedules a transport block (TB) that includes multiple code blocks. The UE may determine a transport block size (TBS) based on the DCI. The UE may attempt to decode the code blocks. The UE may, if the TBS is greater than a predetermined threshold: bundle the code blocks into code block groups for hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) acknowledgement; and transmit a HARQ bit per code block group. The UE may, if the TBS is less than or equal to the threshold, transmit a HARQ bit that indicates whether a decode failure has occurred for at least one of the code blocks of the TB.
US10917934B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein that relate to Dual Connectivity (DC) for a wireless device is a wireless communication network. In some embodiments, a method in a secondary node for providing, along with a master node, DC for a wireless device such that the wireless device is configured to utilize resources provided by both the master node and the secondary node in a wireless communication network is disclosed. The method comprises receiving, from the master node, a release request. The release request is a request to release a wireless device context of the wireless device or to release resources for the wireless device. The method further comprises sending a release reject to the master node. The release reject is an indication that the secondary node rejects the release request.
US10917927B2
A method is implemented by a network device functioning as an evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN) node B (eNodeB) in a cellular communication network to support incremental deployment of identifier locator network protocol (ILNP) breakout in the cellular communication network. The method includes advertising a first access point name (APN) and a second APN to a user equipment (UE), where the first APN is associated with a user plane packet gateway (P-GWu) that is implemented at the source eNodeB, and where the second APN is associated with a packet gateway (P-GW) in a core of the cellular communication network.
US10917925B2
A method for use in a IEEE 802.11 device, comprising: wirelessly connecting, by the device, to a gateway that is part of a wireless local area network (WLAN), the gateway configured to operate as an access point (AP) for the WLAN and bridge the WLAN to the Internet; receiving, by the device from the gateway, an announcement message including a network identifier (NI) of a subnetwork of the WLAN, the subnetwork including the gateway and a first node that is also configured to operate as an AP for the WLAN; transmitting, by the device to the gateway, a request message to join the subnetwork; receiving, by the device from the gateway, a response message including a confidential credential for connecting to the subnetwork; establishing a first connection to the first node based on the confidential credential and the NI and beginning to operate as an AP for the WLAN.
US10917924B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an association establishment method and apparatus. The method includes: broadcasting, by an access point AP, a trigger frame, wherein the trigger frame is used to trigger one or more unassociated stations STAs to perform uplink data transmission and indicate one or more available subchannels for random accessing of the unassociated STAs; receiving, by the AP, one or more association request messages sent on available subchannels acquired by the unassociated STAs; broadcasting, by the AP, a multi-block acknowledgement M-BA frame, wherein the M-BA frame includes one or more pieces of association acknowledgement information and the association acknowledgement information is acknowledgement information of the association request message. In this way, the AP is associated with the unassociated stations STA, and communication reliability is ensured.
US10917917B2
A method in a User Equipment (UE) is provided. The method comprises: obtaining a request to transmit a random access message on a non-anchor carrier to a network node; determining a coverage enhancement (CE) level of the UE with respect to the non-anchor carrier based on a first procedure for the non-anchor carrier, the first procedure for the non-anchor carrier being based on a second procedure associated with an anchor carrier; determining radio resources associated with the determined CE level for transmitting the random access message; transmitting to the network node the random access message on the non-anchor carrier using the determined radio resources. A UE for performing this method is also provided.
US10917916B2
Disclosed in the present application are a method and a device for transmitting PRACH signals in an unauthorized spectrum, used for enhancing channel access for a PRACH signal. The method comprises: before transmitting each candidate resource as configured in resources, a terminal performs LBT detection according to configuration information of a transmission resource for transmitting PRACH signals until a current channel is detected to be idle; and after detecting that the current channel is idle, the terminal transmits a PRACH signal on the corresponding candidate resource. In the present application, a plurality of candidate resources are configured in a transmission resource for transmitting PRACH signals, such that the terminal may transmit the PRACH signals on the corresponding candidate resource when it is detected that the current channel is idle before any candidate resource, thereby improving transmission probability for PRACH signals and enhancing channel access for PRACH signals.
US10917905B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications, and more particularly for facilitating autonomous uplink transmission (AUL) using shared (e.g., in a synchronized manner among one or more operators) radio frequency spectrum are described. In aspects, a method of wireless communication over a shared medium may include determining, by at least one user equipment (UE) served by a base station associated with a first operator, access is obtained to the shared medium for a transmission opportunity (TXOP) by the base station based on autonomous uplink resources in the TXOP allocated to at least one UE served by the base station and/or an indication from the at least one UE of autonomous uplink data, and transmitting the autonomous uplink data from the at least one UE to the base station.
US10917903B2
Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE) and methods for device-to-device (D2D) communication are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the UE may transmit a scheduling assignment (SA) control message that indicates time transmission intervals (TTIs) to be used for a D2D transmission of a data payload by the UE to a receiving UE during an SA cycle. The UE may transmit the data payload during the TTIs indicated in the SA control message. The TTIs used for the transmission of the data payload may be included in a group of D2D TTIs reserved for D2D transmissions. In some embodiments, a time resource pattern for transmission (T-RPT) may indicate a sequence of TTI indexes for the TTIs used for the transmission of the data payload.
US10917896B2
A user equipment (2) has a wireless interface configured for communication with a cellular communication network. The user equipment (2) is configured to use device-to-device resources for device-to-device discovery and/or device-to-device communication. The device-to-device resources are dependent on whether the user equipment is out of coverage of the cellular communication network.
US10917892B2
The present invention discloses a method of performing Bandwidth Part (BWP) switching by a user equipment (UE). The method comprises scheduling to receive a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) during a first period; determining whether to perform the BWP switching based on the first period and a second period representing time duration for performing the BWP switching; and when the first period and the second period do not overlap, performing the BWP switching.
US10917874B2
Adaptive paging techniques for EC-capable devices are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise at least one memory and logic for an evolved node B (eNB), at least a portion of the logic comprised in hardware coupled to the at least one memory, the logic to receive an S1 paging message comprising a user equipment (UE) identifier (ID) associated with a UE and an extended coverage (EC) capability indicator indicating that the UE is EC-capable and page the UE using an EC paging sequence based on receipt of the S1 paging message, the EC paging sequence to comprise a series of transmissions of a radio resource control (RRC) paging message, the logic to truncate the EC paging sequence based on a determination that the UE has responded to RRC paging. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10917873B2
The Application discloses a signal sending method that includes: generating, by a network device, a first indication signal, where the first indication signal is used to indicate that a terminal device is not paged and/or no system message changes, the first indication signal corresponds to a first international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) set, and a quantity of IMSIs in the first IMSI set is less than or equal to a quantity of IMSIs corresponding to one paging occasion (PO); and sending, by the network device, the first indication signal to a first terminal device, where the first terminal device is a terminal device corresponding to any IMSI in the first IMSI set.
US10917872B2
Provided are a paging optimization method and apparatus. The method includes: determining, by a base station, paging types and corresponding paging occasion parameters, where the paging types comprise at least two types; and when transmitting a paging message by the base station, selecting a corresponding paging type and transmitting the paging message at a paging occasion corresponding to the paging type by the base station. Through adopting multiple paging types, different paging messages may correspond to different paging types and different paging occasions, so that the paging resources are effectively saved.
US10917871B2
Provided are a method and a device for determining a carrier for bearing a paging message and sending a paging message. The method for determining a carrier for bearing a paging message can comprise: acquiring, from a paging message sent by a mobility management entity (MME) or information locally stored by a base station, a paging characteristic of a terminal, where the paging characteristic indicates whether the terminal has the capability of supporting a non-anchor carrier for bearing the paging message; and determining a carrier for bearing the paging message corresponding to the terminal according to the paging characteristic.
US10917865B2
Apparatuses and methods for providing change of custody signaling in a wireless sensor network are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus for providing transfer of custody signaling in a wireless sensor network (WSN) may be provided. The apparatus may include communications circuitry to interact with a cloud server to receive an instruction regarding a change of custody for at least one sensor node within a WSN, the at least one sensor node assigned to the apparatus for tracking, and the instruction may identify a second apparatus within the WSN to assume custody of the at least one sensor. The apparatus may further include a control unit coupled to the communications circuitry to signal the second apparatus and the at least one sensor node regarding the transfer of custody, wherein the signaling is over a wireless protocol of the WSN.
US10917856B2
Methods are disclosed for determining a block error rate (BLER) and determining if the BLER is significantly above, below or on BLER target. The method includes determining a pair of thresholds including an upper threshold and a lower threshold for a predetermined confidence level and determining a threshold in total number of blocks received. The method further includes determining a Required Compensation BLER from a number of bad blocks, a total number of blocks received and a maximum total number of blocks to receive for a purpose of statistical significance; comparing the Required Compensation BLER against the upper and lower threshold to determine if the BLER is significantly above the BLER target, below the BLER target or inconclusive; and, if the threshold in total number of blocks received is reached, then the inconclusive result is reinterpreted as the BLER being on target.
US10917854B2
An uplink power control method and an device is provided. The uplink power control method includes: sending a configured measurement pilot, wherein the measurement pilot is corresponding to information about a precoding matrix; and sending a configured power control parameter, wherein the power control parameter is corresponding to the configured measurement pilot, and the power control parameter is used to control transmit power of a terminal device in a serving cell. According to the embodiments of the present invention, accuracy of uplink power control is improved.
US10917853B2
A server for allocating a rechargeable battery among a plurality of roles performed by a group of devices removably connectable with the rechargeable battery, receives for each role from a subgroup of devices, data sets corresponding to respective operational periods. Each data set includes an identifier of the rechargeable battery; a measured capacity; and a measured energy consumption during the operational period. The server: determines and stores, based on the measured capacities, a predicted capacity of the rechargeable battery; determines and stores, for each role, a predicted energy consumption per role based on the measured energy consumptions; obtains an allocation defined by the identifier of the rechargeable battery and an identifier of one of the roles; compares the predicted capacity with the predicted energy consumption corresponding to the obtained role; and when the predicted energy consumption corresponding to the one of the roles exceeds the predicted capacity, generates an alert.
US10917848B2
Embodiments of this application provide a wake-up frame transmission method and devices. The method includes: determining, by a first device, an enhanced distributed channel access (EDCA) parameter set of a wake-up frame, where the wake-up frame is used to wake up one or more second devices to receive a data frame; determining, by the first device based on the EDCA parameter set of the wake-up frame, whether a channel resource is in an idle state; and sending, by the first device, the wake-up frame to the second device when the channel resource is in the idle state. In the embodiments of this application, the first device can perform channel resource contention based on the EDCA parameter set corresponding to the wake-up frame, so that a service of a high priority can be obtained by transmitting a wake-up frame of a high priority, thereby improving QoS performance of the wake-up frame.
US10917840B2
Embodiments for selecting a communication service provider by a processor. Communication requirements for one or more applications of a user equipment (UE) may be analyzed to convey information over a communication network. A communication service provider may be selected according to a level of matching both the communication requirements and one or more user selection criteria.
US10917836B2
Small cell identification using machine learning is provided. A method can include extracting, by a device comprising a processor, signal strength information for a cell in a cellular communication network from user equipment log data; estimating, by the device, path loss information associated with the cell at respective distances based on the signal strength information for the cell, resulting in estimated path loss information; and, based on the estimated path loss information, optionally along with other information such as antenna transmission power, antenna transmission frequency band, percentage of user equipments having a distance to a base station within a threshold, maximum user equipment distance to a base station, etc., classifying, by the device, the cell as a type from a group of types of cells, the group comprising a macro cell and a small cell.
US10917835B2
Disclosed is a multi-channel operation method of a V2X communication device. The multi-channel operation method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes accessing a control channel (CCH) for a service advertisement information exchange, receiving the service advertisement information via the accessed control channel, accessing a service channel (SCH) for the transmission or reception of service data for service provision based on the service advertisement information, and receiving the service data via the service channel.
US10917834B2
A method for transmitting system information and related devices are provided. The method includes the following. A base station receives a system information request sent by a terminal. The base station sends the system information to the terminal according to the system information request. The system information includes minimum system information and other system information. The minimum system information includes a bitmap field for indicating a system information block existing in the other system information.
US10917832B2
A communication device performs processing of transmission and reception of wireless signals in a period of a predetermined length, which arrives at a predetermined time interval, processing of requesting a particular communication device, belonging to a group of a plurality of communication devices that are synchronized regarding the period, for proxy regarding at least one processing of transmission and reception of wireless signals in the period, and processing of deciding whether or not to perform a request for proxy, in accordance with a frequency of the period in which the communication means performing transmission and reception of wireless signals, out of a plurality of the periods.
US10917820B2
The disclosure relates to a wireless communication device and a method for controlling the same and, particularly, to a wireless communication device capable of communicating in different frequency bands, and a method for controlling the same. A method according to an embodiment of the disclosure corresponds to a method for controlling a wireless communication device having a wireless communication unit in accordance with each of a plurality of wireless communication standards. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving a first control signal from a first network by a first communication processor which communicates in a first wireless standard mode; controlling, by the first communication processor, power of a second communication processor of a second wireless standard mode to be turned on when the first control signal includes system control information of the second wireless standard mode; transferring, by the first communication processor, control information to be used in a system of the second wireless standard mode to the second communication processor through a data communication interface when data received from a system of the first wireless standard mode includes the control information to be used in the system of the second wireless standard mode; and accessing and communicating with the system of the second wireless standard mode by the second communication processor. The present research has been conducted with the support of the “Cross-Department Giga KOREA Project” of the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning.
US10917803B2
In one embodiment, a device receives observed access point (AP) features of one or more APs in a monitored network. The device clusters the observed AP features within a latent space to form AP feature clusters. The device applies labels to the AP feature clusters within the latent space. The device uses the applied labels to the AP feature clusters to describe future behaviors of the one or more APs in the monitored network.
US10917799B2
Methods and apparatuses for managing user density in wireless communications are described. In one example, a method includes receiving at a central controller device a plurality of link data associated with a plurality of wireless links between a plurality of first communication devices and a plurality of second communication devices. The method includes identifying a global system performance from the plurality of link data utilizing a link quality parameter. The method further includes, responsive to the global system performance, generating one or more modified link settings for a first wireless link between a first communication device and a second communication device. The method further includes transmitting from the central controller device to the first communication device or the second communication device the one or more modified link settings for the first wireless link for implementation at the first communication device and/or the second communication device.
US10917792B2
A method for establishing a wireless a WLAN connection is provided, comprising: in response to first input of a user, displaying a first setting interface that includes at least two identifiers pointing to a first hotspot, where a first identifier in the at least two identifiers indicates a password-free connection to the first hotspot by using a first application, and a second identifier indicates a connection to the first hotspot by using a native wireless local area network of the terminal; in response to an operation of selecting the first identifier by the user, establishing a WLAN connection to the first hotspot by using the first application; and in response to an operation of selecting the second identifier by the user, establishing a WLAN connection to the first hotspot by using native WLAN connection logic of the terminal.
US10917791B2
Disclosed herein is a technique for migrating data between a first device and a second device via a private wireless network hosted by the first device. According to some embodiments, the private wireless network is established based on a code generated by the first device. The second device derives wireless network parameters associated with the private wireless network and connects to the private wireless network. In turn, the data migration can commence when a connection between the first device and the second device has been established.
US10917773B1
One example discloses a near-field wireless device, including: a near-field antenna having a first conductive surface and a second conductive surface; wherein the conductive surfaces are configured to carry non-propagating quasi-static near-field electro-induction (NFEI) signals; a tuning circuit coupled to the near-field antenna and having a set of tuning parameters; a controller coupled to the tuning circuit; wherein the controller is configured to monitor a loading of the near-field antenna; wherein the controller is configured to adjust the tuning parameters if the loading is different from a preselected loading; and wherein the controller is configured to set a user present status in response to a predefined threshold change in the set of tuning parameters.
US10917768B2
Signals with unpredictable transmission properties enabling physically secure, unscheduled and interference-resistant machine-to-machine (M2M) communication are described. A physical dwell structure containing time slots and frequency channels is established, and a combination of unpredictable physical dwells, spread spectrum modulation with unpredictable spreading vectors, and unpredictable selection of intended receivers is described. These unpredictable transmission properties enable receivers to detect and extract transmissions intended for the receiver, and excise transmissions not intended for the receiver, even if they are received at much higher power levels than the intended transmissions. The system eliminates the ability for an adversary to predict and override M2M transmissions; allows reception of ad-hoc transmissions in dense environments without scheduling, carrier-sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) protocols, or scheduling feedback paths; and allows macrodiverse reception of transmissions at networks of connected receivers, thereby providing additional efficiency and security improvements exploiting route diversity of the network.
US10917764B2
One general aspect includes a system to responsively send vehicle information to a data center, the system including: a memory configured to include one or more executable instructions and a processor configured to execute the executable instructions, where the executable instructions enable the processor to carry out the steps of: receiving vehicle identification information; sending the vehicle identification information to the data center; capturing an image of one or more third-party-vehicle identifying features in response to a request from the data center; and sending the image to the data center.
US10917761B2
In one embodiment, a mobile device application automatically identifies and annotates auditory data of a conversation between two or more parties. Digital auditory data is processed to identify at least one fact from the auditory data of the conversation. An identified fact is annotated, based on context and relevance, to search remotely-accessible data for information associated with the identified fact. The information is displayed while the conversation is ongoing to enable verification of the identified fact.
US10917759B2
A computer device may include a memory configured to store instructions and a processor configured to execute the instructions to receive a service request from a user equipment (UE) device via a wireless access network; identify a Short Message Service Inter-Working Function (SMS-IWF) device associated with the UE device; and determine that the identified SMS-IWF device is associated with a link failure. The processor may further be configured to instruct the UE device to detach based on determining that the identified SMS-IWF device is associated with a link failure; receive a re-attach request from the UE device, in response to instructing the UE device to detach; and assign a functioning SMS-IWF device to the UE device, in response to receiving the re-attach request.
US10917754B2
A tracking system can provide configuration instructions to an electronic device based on user presence. The tracking system can determine a user's location relative to a geographic boundary surrounding a geographic area associated with the user. Depending on the user's location, the tracking system may send instructions to configure an electronic device to send a notification or change the operating mode of the electronic device in response to the user's presence. The electronic device may be a scanning device that is configured to have a higher or lower scanning frequency, depending on the presence or absence of the user relative to the scanning device.
US10917747B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a process by which first data is received from a mobile device regarding first objects detected by the mobile device in an area, the first data having been collected by the mobile device at a number of first collection points while moving along a first path from an initial position in the area to a boundary of the area. The first data is aggregated with second data previously collected regarding second objects in the area, the second data having been collected at a number of second collection points along a second path different from the first path. The second data includes a position indicator for each of the second objects indexed by the initial position. A map of the area is generated based on the aggregating and the map is transmitted to the mobile device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10917737B2
A handheld portable electronic device (HPED) defines a zone that extends from a floor and around a user wearing a wearable electronic device (WED). The HPED designates a location in the zone for where binaural sound originates to the user. The WED tracks a location of the HPED, and sound is processed to originate as the binaural sound in the zone. The WED displays a virtual image at the location of the binaural sound in the zone.
US10917735B2
Embodiments relate to obtaining head-related transfer function (HRTF) through performing simulation using images of a user's head. The geometry of the user's head is determined based in part on one or more images of the user's head. The simulation of sound propagation from an audio source to the user's head is performed based on the generated geometry. The geometry may be represented in a three-dimensional meshes or principal component analysis (PCA)-based where the user's head is represented as a combination of representative three-dimensional shapes of test subjects' heads.
US10917731B2
Acoustic valves including a housing having an acoustic passage are disclosed. A bobbin located in the housing includes a valve seat and a body member housing a magnetic core. An electrical coil is disposed about a portion of the body member, an axial dimension of the electrical coil substantially aligned with an axial dimension of the magnetic core. The electrical coil generates a magnetic field when energized. An armature is movably disposed in the housing between the valve seat and a second surface of the acoustic valve. The valve has a first stable state when the armature is positioned against the valve seat, and the valve has a second stable state when the armature is positioned against the second surface. The valve seat and the second surface are on opposite sides of the armature. The armature is movable between the valve seat and the second surface when the electrical coil is energized, such that the acoustic passage is more obstructed when the armature is positioned against the valve seat than when the armature is positioned against the second surface.
US10917730B2
An external portion of an auditory prosthesis includes an external magnet that interacts with an implantable magnet to hold the external portion against the skin. Magnetic force generated by the stray field of these magnets can disturb the operation of a vibrating element of the auditory prosthesis. The technologies described herein utilize additional magnets disposed within portions of the auditory prosthesis to redirect the magnetic flux, which allows the vibrating element to be disposed more closely to the magnets, reducing the overall height profile of the prosthesis.
US10917729B2
Disclosed embodiments include systems and methods of configuring, e.g., a hearing prosthesis comprising a beamforming microphone array having two or more microphones. Some embodiments include (i) storing a plurality of sets of beamformer coefficients in memory, where each set of beamformer coefficients corresponds to one of a plurality of zones on a recipient's head, and (ii) configuring the hearing prosthesis with a set of beamformer coefficients that corresponds to the zone on the recipient's head where the beamforming microphone array is located. Other embodiments include determining a set of beamformer coefficients based on magnitude and phase differences between microphones of the beamforming array, where the magnitude and phase differences are determined from a plurality of head related transfer function measurements for the microphones.
US10917728B2
A MEMS microphone includes a substrate, and a first conversion portion and a second conversion portion provided on the substrate, the first conversion portion and the second conversion portion convert sound into an electrical signal, the first conversion portion includes a first through hole, a first membrane covering the first through hole, and a first back plate facing the first membrane via a first air gap, the second conversion portion includes a second through hole, a second membrane covering the second through hole, and a second back plate facing the second membrane via a second air gap, and a dimension of the second air gap is greater than a dimension of the first air gap in a thickness direction of the substrate.
US10917721B1
The present disclosure relates to a device and method of providing automatic audio focusing, the method includes: registering objects of interest; capturing a video; displaying the video on a display; recognizing at least one object included in the video; inferring at least one object of interest included in the video from the recognized at least one object; identifying distribution of the at least one object of interest in the video; and performing audio focusing on the at least one object of interest by adjusting activity of each of multiple microphones included in a microphone array on the basis of the distribution of the at least one object of interest in the video, whereby it is possible to emphasize voice of the object of interest during the video capturing of the electronic device, thereby improving the satisfaction with the video capturing result.
US10917714B2
A spatial audio recording device includes: a plurality of directional vibrating bodies arranged such that at least one of the plurality of directional vibrating bodies selectively reacts according to a direction of input audio; a non-directional vibrating body configured to react regardless of the direction of the input audio; a read-out circuit configured to output a directional audio signal including a plurality of channels based on reactions of the directional vibrating bodies and a non-directional audio signal based on a reaction of the non-directional vibrating body; and a processor configured to correct the directional audio signal based on the non-directional audio signal.
US10917713B2
An audio speaker having an adsorptive insert in a speaker back volume, is disclosed. More particularly, an embodiment includes an adsorptive insert having a rigid open-pore body formed by bonded adsorptive particles. The rigid open-pore body includes interconnected macropores that transport air from the speaker back volume to adsorptive micropores in the bonded adsorptive particles during sound generation. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US10917708B2
A display device includes a display panel which includes a first substrate and a light emitting element layer disposed on a first surface of the first substrate; a lower cover disposed on a second surface of the first substrate; a first sound generator disposed on the second surface of the first substrate, where the first sound generator outputs a first sound by vibrating the display panel using a magnetic force generated through a voice coil therein; and a second sound generator disposed on the second surface of the first substrate, where the second sound generator outputs a second sound corresponding to a pressure change in a space between the display panel and the lower cover caused by a vibration of the display panel.
US10917705B2
Simulating intelligent network triggers in a network system is provided. A mobile terminal is configured with an intelligent network Simulator adapted to detect call events and originate simulated intelligent network triggers in response to the call events. Call progressions implemented according to the simulated intelligent network triggers may be managed or coordinated by at least one of a carrier-gateway server and an Enterprise-gateway server. Call progressions implemented by simulated intelligent network triggers may be specified according to Enterprise member policies or general Enterprise behaviors. Advantageously, if a carrier network does not support a trigger infrastructure that has capabilities of originating triggers and terminating triggers, or if a roaming agreement is not in place that allows transfer of triggers between carriers, the use of an intelligent network Simulator provides an alternative mechanism for providing IN service functionality without network support for intelligent network triggers.
US10917703B2
System and method for generating a custom summary of unconsumed portions of a series of media assets
Systems and methods are provided herein for generating summaries of unconsumed portions of an ordered series of media assets, customized for multiple users. A media guidance application may determine that a given media asset of an ordered series is to be collectively consumed by a first user and a second user. A first portion of an ordered series, that both the first user and the second user have not yet consumed, is identified together with a second portion of the ordered series that the first user has consumed but the second user has not yet consumed. A custom summary including a detailed summary of the first portion (e.g., a two minute summary) and less detailed summary of the second portion (e.g., a one minute summary) is generated.
US10917700B2
Example implementations involve systems and methods for determining bandwidth savings from a rate-limiting process. A network optimization node can determine a first reference characteristic of a first portion of adaptive bit rate (ABR) media data transmitted from a first content provider to a first user equipment while rate-limiting is disabled and store in an estimation module database associated with the network optimization node, the first reference characteristic in association with the first content provider. The node can determine a first rate-limited characteristic of a second portion of the ABR media data transmitted from the first content provider to at least one of the first user equipment and a second user equipment while rate-limiting is enabled and calculate a first bandwidth savings for the first content provider associated with rate-limiting being enabled based on a difference between the first reference characteristic and the first rate-limited characteristic.
US10917689B2
Systems and methods for monitoring a user's viewing progress of media in a series are provided. The user may setup a media profile containing a list of program series to be monitored. The interactive media monitoring application may track the user's viewing progress of programs in the program series on the user equipment and update the user's media profile. The user may request and watch programs in the series at the user's leisure while peripheral media content may be filtered to be consistent with the user's viewing progress in the series.
US10917688B2
An example video content apparatus including: an output portion including output circuitry configured to transmit a content signal for displaying an image to a relay connected to an image processing apparatus to provide the content signal to the image processing apparatus; and at least one processor configured to receive video formation information about a first video format supported by the image processing apparatus from among a plurality of video formats from the relay, and if it is determined that the relay does not support the first video format, to output the content signal corresponding to a second video format different from the first video format and supportable by the relay from among the plurality of video formats.
US10917676B2
Systems and methods for bandwidth-limited video transport are configured to receive (or otherwise discern) a selection of video parameter limits that correspond to a bandwidth limit and apply the video parameter limits to an input video stream to enforce the bandwidth limit while preserving video quality. Methods may include adjusting the video stream one parameter at a time until the adjusted video stream meets the bandwidth limit. Parameters to be adjusted may include image resolution, frame rate, image compression, color depth, bits per pixel, and/or color encoding. In some embodiments, the image resolution is reduced first, the frame rate is reduced next, and the image compression is increased last. The extent and/or order of the adjustments of the parameters may be selected by the user, based on the content of the video stream, and/or based on the bandwidth limit.
US10917675B2
A system and method for reducing the delay and optimizing the process of delivering real-time media segments on communication networks. This is accomplished by allowing media segment requests to be queued ahead of the time that the segment exists. The system includes the ability to request segments by selected criteria or by explicit reference naming techniques. This reduces delay and optimizes bandwidth usage when applied within otherwise high latency communication networks, including Content Delivery Networks.
US10917672B2
A media content packaging and distribution system that controls distribution of a channel to be viewed on a plurality of user-computing devices associated with a plurality of specific subscriber accounts, receives a plurality of user-preferences from at least one of the plurality of user-computing devices over one or more communication mediums, and generate a plurality of customized media feeds of a media feed of the channel, based on at least the received plurality of user-preferences. The generated plurality of customized media feeds represents a plurality of user-specific versions of the channel. The plurality of customized media feeds is communicated over the one or more communication mediums to be viewed on the plurality of user-computing devices. The media feed corresponds to at least one of a live media feed, or a stored media feed, and the plurality of user-computing devices is associated with one or more regions.
US10917671B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described herein for enhancing metadata of a recorded items of media content stored on a digital video recorder (DVR) associated with an end user. First metadata associated with the recorded item is determined from the DVR. An aired instance of the first media content is determined in program data from an electronic program guide that corresponds to the recorded item. Second metadata associated with the first media content is retrieved from at least one data source based at least on the identifying information. The first metadata and the second metadata are stored in an end user database in association with the end user.
US10917667B1
Devices, computer-readable media, and methods for selecting a video chunk from among a plurality of video chunks associated with a first time block of a video in accordance with a designated perceptual visual quality are disclosed. For instance, a processing system including at least one processor may obtain a selection of a designated perceptual visual quality for a video, select a video chunk from among a plurality of video chunks associated with a first time block of the video, based upon a manifest file of the video, where the video chunk is selected in accordance with the designated perceptual visual quality, and where each of the plurality of video chunks is associated with a respective perceptual visual quality. The processing system may further obtain the video chunk from a server and record the video chunk in a buffer.
US10917662B2
An encoding method is used for encoding an image. The image includes a plurality of blocks each having a plurality of pixels. The encoding method includes: encoding a plurality of data partitions of block data of a block in the image to generate a plurality of compressed bitstream segments, respectively; and combining the compressed bitstream segments to generate an output bitstream of the block. A bit group based interleaving process is involved in generating the output bitstream. According to the bit group based interleaving process, each of the compressed bitstream segments is divided into a plurality of bit groups each having at least one bit, and the output bitstream includes consecutive bit groups belonging to different compressed bitstream segments, respectively.
US10917657B2
A method is provided for encoding at least one current image. The method implements, at an image capturing terminal, for at least one portion to be encoded of the current image: determining a piece of information related to manipulation of the terminal by a user, in relation with the at least one captured current image; obtaining at least one piece of data related to the current image by transforming the determined piece of information; and from the obtained piece of data, implementing at least one of the following acts: predicting a piece of movement information associated with the at least one portion of the current image, and determining at least one characteristic of an encoding mode associated with the at least one portion of the current image.
US10917656B2
An image processing device including a predicted vector generation section configured to generate a predicted vector for use in encoding of a motion vector (MV) of a current block by scaling the MV of a reference block, which is a block of a position shifted from a position of the current block in an image of a different view, by a disparity obtained from a periphery of the current block in an image of a non-base view according to a reference destination of the current block and a reference destination of the reference block, an MV encoding section configured to encode the MV of the current block using the predicted vector generated by the predicted vector generation section, and an encoding section configured to generate an encoded stream by encoding the image in units having a hierarchical structure.
US10917655B2
A method for processing video data, comprising: receiving a stream of input video data representative of a number of successive frames generated by an imaging device's image sensor; selecting at least some of the frames; for each selected frame: determining, using an image signature algorithm, a signature for each region of the given selected frame; and, based on such signatures, classifying each region in that frame as either a changing or a static region; and generating an output video data stream that is a compressed version of the input video data, with a greater average data reduction rate for static region data than for changing region data, of the selected frames. The signature algorithm is such that a region's signature has substantially smaller size than the input data representative of that region, and such that signatures for visually similar regions are the same or similar.
US10917651B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for encoding and decoding binary sets using adaptive tree selection. In one exemplary encoding method embodiment, picture data is encoded for a block in a picture; in which one of a plurality of trees structures is selected to code a binary set of data for indicating coefficient significance for the block. In another exemplary encoding method embodiment, picture data is encoded for a block in a picture, in which one or more trees are used to encode a binary set of data for indicating coefficient significance for the block, the one or more trees each having a plurality of nodes, at least one of the nodes of the one or more trees being modified responsive to at least one parameter.
US10917635B2
A 3D test chart, an adjusting arrangement, a forming method, and an adjusting method thereof are disclosed. The 3D test chart provides a plurality of test patterns arranged at different depths. When testing a photographic arrangement, the photographic arrangement is only required to move for one time or even does not need to be moved, so as to obtain an image containing information of different depths, so that the testing and adjusting process of the photographic arrangement can be easily achieved.
US10917630B2
Disclosed is a stereoscopic image display device which separates views from each other to reduce crosstalk and minimizes reduction in brightness due to decrease of an opening area of sub-pixels. The stereoscopic image display device includes a display panel including first and second sub-pixels arranged in parallel in the horizontal direction in each of regions formed by intersecting a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines, openings for opening a part of each of the first and second sub-pixels in a light-shielding pattern configured to shield regions of the first and second sub-pixels other than the openings, and a parallax unit located on the display panel and including a plurality of lenses.
US10917629B2
Systems, devices, and techniques related to matching features between a dynamic vision sensor and one or both of a dynamic projector or another dynamic vision sensor are discussed. Such techniques include casting a light pattern with projected features having differing temporal characteristics onto a scene and determining the correspondence(s) based on matching changes in detected luminance and temporal characteristics of the projected features.
US10917625B1
A dual-band pixel includes a backside passivation layer, a corresponding input terminal coupled to the backside passivation layer, a first n-type layer covering the backside passivation layer, a p-type layer covering the first n-type layer, a second n-type layer within the p-type layer, and a pinning layer covering the second n-type layer. A first or second voltage is applied to the corresponding input terminal to operate the dual-band pixel in a visible or infrared (IR) mode. A depth camera assembly (DCA) may include a sensor pixel array comprising a plurality of dual-band pixels. The DCA may take visible or IR images in a time multiplexed manner using the sensor pixel array and determine depth information based on the captured IR images.
US10917618B2
Systems and methods for communicating in a network using share signals in accordance with various embodiments of the present disclosure are provided. In one embodiment, a method for communicating in a network may include receiving, from a first client device, a share signal including image data captured by a camera of a first audio/video (A/V) recording and communication device; transmitting, to a second A/V recording and communication device, a secondary device state request signal; receiving, from the second A/V recording and communication device a secondary device update signal that includes a status of the at least one secondary device in network communication with the second A/V recording and communication device; and generating and transmitting an alert to a second client device associated with the second A/V recording and communication device, wherein the alert includes the image data and the status of the at least one secondary device.
US10917617B2
The present invention discloses a tunnel deformation monitoring system, which includes: a laser distance measuring instrument, disposed on a side wall of a maximum horizontal width of a tunnel, and configured to measure the width of a cross section of the tunnel; a surveillance camera, disposed on the laser distance measuring instrument, and configured to view the scene of the tunnel; a control and transmission device, configured to receive a control command and control the laser distance measuring instrument and the surveillance camera, and receive monitoring data of the laser distance measuring instrument and video data acquired by the surveillance camera; and a remote control terminal, configured to send a control command to the control and transmission device, receive the monitoring data and the video data, and analyze and display the monitoring data and the video data.
US10917608B1
The disclosed techniques improve user engagement and more efficient use of computing resources by providing dynamically controlled aspect ratios for communication session renderings based on a number of people depicted in shared video streams. A system can identify select streams depicting at least a threshold number of individuals. A first aspect ratio can be selected from a number of preset aspect ratios for the display of select streams depicting at least the threshold number of individuals. A second aspect ratio can be selected for the display of other individual streams having video components depicting less than the threshold number of individuals. In some embodiments, the first aspect ratio is greater than the second aspect ratio. By switching between aspect ratios depending on a number of individuals depicted in each video stream, a system can improve user engagement by equalizing the display each person participating in a communication session.
US10917603B2
Bidirectional transmission is performed by switching transmission directions of a serial transmission path. A transmission system includes the first device that includes a transmission circuit which performs transmission to the second device through the transmission path, and a transmission direction reversal control unit which opens the transmission path after making a request for reversal of a transmission direction in the transmission path to the second device, and reverses the transmission direction at the transmission circuit in response to permission for reversal from the second device. The second device includes a transmission circuit which performs transmission to the first device through the transmission path, and a transmission direction reversal control unit which opens the transmission path in response to the request for reversal from the first device, and, when the first device becomes accessible, gives the first device the permission for reversing the transmission direction at the second transmission circuit.
US10917570B2
A mode selection assembly includes a selecting ring coupled to a lens barrel of an imaging device and a gear ring coupled to the lens barrel or a housing of the imaging device. The selecting ring is configured to be turned to select a selected imaging mode from among a plurality of imaging modes of the imaging device, and is configured to engage with the gear ring to form a plurality of gear positions. A chosen one of the gear positions corresponds to the selected imaging mode.
US10917567B2
An image pickup apparatus, image processing apparatus and corresponding program and method are disclosed. In one example, a second captured image acquired from another apparatus is aligned with a first captured image. Image stabilization is carried out in response to a positional relation between the captured images. For example, when overlapping between the captured images is equal to or smaller than an image stabilization limitation threshold value, the image stabilization is stopped or a correction range is limited for at least one of the captured images. When the amount of overlapping is larger than the image stabilization limitation threshold value, the image stabilization for both of the captured images is carried out without limitation. The captured images are aligned with each other by using the captured image with limited image stabilization, or both captured images where stabilization is carried out without limitation, thereby producing a panoramic image.
US10917559B2
A method for achieving a non-selfie-taking effect through selfie-taking includes displaying indication information on a photographing device. The indication information is used to indicate a placement position and a placement angle of the photographing device. The method includes performing photographing according to the indication information to obtain at least two images. The method includes removing arm part images that are separately included in the at least two images and that are photographed by a user by using the photographing device to obtain at least two remaining images. The method includes stitching the at least two remaining images.
US10917552B2
A photographing method using an external electronic device and an electronic device supporting the same are provided. The electronic device includes a communication circuit, a memory configured to store contents including a first image in which a virtual reality is realized, and a processor electrically connected to the communication circuit and the memory. The processor is configured to identify a first external electronic device that is around the electronic device, determine whether the first external electronic device can photograph a subject by using the first external electronic device, transmit a command to the first external electronic device through the communication circuit in response to a determination result that the first external electronic device can photograph the subject by using the camera, receive a second image photographed based on the command from the first external electronic device, and generate a third image based on the first image and the second image.
US10917542B2
A color conversion information generation apparatus converts a first coordinate value into a second coordinate value in a second color space by using first conversion information, acquires a colorimetric coordinate value in a first color space indicating a colorimetric result of an image output by a first output apparatus according to the second coordinate value, converts the second coordinate value into a third coordinate value by using second conversion information, determines a target coordinate value indicating a target color in the first color space based on the third coordinate value and a difference between the first coordinate value and the colorimetric coordinate value, retrieves a fourth coordinate value satisfying a condition that a color difference between a fifth coordinate value in the first color space obtained by converting a fourth coordinate value in the second color space by using the second conversion information and the target coordinate value is smaller than a color difference between the third coordinate value and the target coordinate value, and generates color conversion information used to convert the first coordinate value or a name of a color into a coordinate value in the second color space based on the first coordinate value and the fourth coordinate value satisfying the condition.
US10917536B2
An image sensor unit includes: a linear light source that illuminates a document with a light; a first erecting equal-magnification lens array and a second erecting equal-magnification lens array arranged in the stated order away from the document so as to receive a light reflected from the document and form an erecting equal-magnification image; a slit provided on an intermediate imaging plane between the first erecting equal-magnification lens array and the second erecting equal-magnification lens array; a diffraction grating that disperses a light output from the second erecting equal-magnification lens array; and a linear image sensor that receives a light dispersed by the diffraction grating.
US10917526B1
Techniques for decisioning behavioral pairing in a task assignment system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for decisioning behavioral pairing in a task assignment system comprising: determining, by at least one computer processor communicatively coupled to and configured to operate in the task assignment system, a plurality of possible task-agent pairings among at least one task waiting for assignment and at least one agent available for assignment; and selecting, by the least one computer processor for assignment in the task assignment system, a first task-agent pairing of the plurality of possible task-agent pairings based at least in part on a first offer set to be offered by the agent or a first compensation to be received by the agent.
US10917525B1
A system and method for automated call analysis using context specific lexicons. A system includes memory and a processor configured to execute instructions. The system includes a lexicon component and an analysis component. The system optionally includes a recording component, a display component, or a scoring component. The lexicon component defines a plurality of context specific lexicons, with each context specific lexicon having elements associated with one of a plurality of unique conversation segments. The analysis component is configured to identify elements of the context specific lexicon, and associate each identified element with a time location in a conversation. The display component is configured to graphically present a multi-line graph such that the intersections of the lines indicate transitions between the unique conversation segments.
US10917518B2
A network device (e.g., a user's mobile phone) may be used to make a telephone call to a landline telephone associated with a client device (e.g., a business's device). If the telephone call is terminated, either the network device or the client device may generate a text message to the other and establish a communication session. The client device may present a variety of options to the network device of service requests that may be completed by text message. The network device may transmit the service request and the service request may be fulfilled by the client.
US10917515B2
A method, device for switching applications in the split screen mode, and a related device are provided. The method for switching applications in the split screen mode includes: a first selection instruction is received when the split screen mode of a terminal screen is activated by showing a number of display areas, the first selection instruction being configured to select a target display area from the display areas; one or more applications to be switched in the target display area is displayed in response to a receiving of a switching instruction of applications; a second selection instruction is received, the second selection instruction being configured to select a target application from the one or more applications to be switched; and an application displayed in the target display area is switched to the target application.
US10917513B2
A location engine that estimates the barometric pressure measurement bias of a wireless terminal, resulting in an improved estimate of elevation of the wireless terminal. The location engine generates an estimate of measurement bias by comparing the barometric pressure measured by the wireless terminal while at that elevation and the barometric pressure that corresponds to an estimated elevation of the wireless terminal when it made the pressure measurement (i.e., the expected pressure). The estimated elevation is based on an inferred above-ground height and the local terrain elevation, and the expected pressure is based on the measurement of barometric pressure at the pressure reference and the estimated elevation. The location engine infers the height based on various techniques disclosed herein. The location engine can use the measurement bias to adjust subsequent pressure measurements reported by the wireless terminal, in order to generate an improved estimate of elevation of the wireless terminal.
US10917511B2
Provided are a system and method of providing a voice-message call service. A mobile device that performs a call with an external mobile device comprises a control unit configured to obtain text, the text converted from voice data that is exchanged between the mobile device and the external mobile device, during the call between the mobile device and the external mobile device, and obtain input text input to the mobile device and provided text that is received from the external mobile device; and a display unit configured to arrange the text, the input text, and the provided text and display the arranged text, input text, and provided text on a screen of the device, during the call between the mobile device and the external mobile device.
US10917499B2
The various implementations described herein include methods and systems for displaying information about entities in a structured way. In one aspect, a method is performed at a server system comprising memory and processors. The server receives a request from a client device for an information page associated with an entity. The server identifies automatically information and information types associated with the entity. The server generates and formats automatically a structured information page having regions for the entity, including determining a primary color associated with the entity, and configuring respective regions of the structured information page with corresponding accent colors based on the primary color. The server populates the regions of the structured information page with information of the entity for the identified information types, and transmits the generated and formatted page to the client device for display.
US10917495B2
Updating a profile includes monitoring electronic communications between a target user and a number of other users in real-time, extracting communicated information available about the target user and the number of other users from the electronic communications, based on an analysis of the communicated information available about the target user and the number of other users identifying relevant information from the communicated information that is relevant for updating the profile of the target user on at least one social network, and updating the profile of the target user on the at least one social network using the relevant information derived from the analysis.
US10917494B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including an apparatus for analyzing content that is displayed within an application (e.g., a native application) on a client device and making decisions regarding the presentation of content within the application. In one aspect, a process includes identifying an event occurring within the application. The event can be indicative of a display of content by the application. The content to be displayed is received from the application. Information representative of the content is sent to a server. A response is received from the server. The response is indicative of the suitability of the content for display within the application.
US10917493B2
Systems and techniques for dynamic edge cache content management are described herein. A request for a webpage may be received from a content delivery network that includes at least one content item identifier. One or more content delivery network directives may be constructed for the webpage. The one or more content delivery network directives may be transmitted to the content delivery network. The one or more content delivery network directives include a key with a hash variable reference. A request may be received from the content delivery network for a hash value corresponding to the hash variable reference. The request may include the key. A hash value may be computed for the content item. The key including the hash value may be transmitted to the content delivery network.
US10917488B2
Aspects of the present invention provide an approach for processing a notification on a mobile device. In an embodiment, a set of classifications is assigned to a notification received by a user on a mobile device. An expected response action and an expected response time specific to the user is derived based on a comparison of the set of classifications assigned to the notification with a set of prior response profiles in a notification tracking repository. If the user does not perform a response action within the expected response time, the notification is reissued to the user.
US10917478B2
One aspect includes a method for constructing a specified virtual solution, comprising: obtaining a solution profile from a solution repository catalog, wherein the solution profile identifies one or more resources for the specified virtual solution; acquiring the one or more resources identified by the solution profile from one or more devices; and assembling the acquired one or more resources in accordance with the solution profile to construct the specified virtual solution. Another aspect includes a method for providing a Resource-as-a-Service (RaaS) functionality in a cloud architecture, comprising: implementing a software defined infrastructure comprising distributed workload placement, location management, and data management; and implementing a RaaS layer comprising resource discovery and registration of capabilities.
US10917477B2
A user equipment (UE) includes a communication unit and a processor. The communication unit communicates with a server. The processor transmits a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) streaming session request including an indication that the UE supports Motion Picture Experts Group (MPEG) media transport (MMT) to the server and receives a description of MMT service components including an indication that the server supports MMT. The processor also migrates the UE to a MMT streaming session, selects at least one service component from the MMT service components, transmits a selection message to the server, and receives media corresponding to the selected at least one service component.
US10917464B2
A method is provided for managing over-the-top delivery of content through a plurality of content delivery networks (CDN). The method provided works transparently with standard HTTP servers supporting an initial request for content from a client to a first preferred CDN. If the first CDN does not have the content, the method includes provisions for the first CDN to acquire the content from a second CDN, or for the client to request the content from a second CDN directly. A system is also specified for implementing a client and server infrastructure in accordance with the provisions of the method.
US10917461B2
Technologies for matching security requirements for a function-as-a-service (FaaS) function request to an edge resource having security features matching the security requirements are disclosed. According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, an edge gateway device receives, from an edge device, a request to execute an accelerated function. The edge gateway device selects, as a function of one or more security requirements requested by the edge device, an edge resource to fulfill the request. The edge gateway device transmits the request to the edge resource to fulfill the request of the edge device, according to the one or more security requirements.
US10917457B2
An embodiment of the invention includes a method for executing commands in a distributed computing environment. The method receives a plurality of distributed commands from one or more devices. The method determines a global command execution order for executing the received plurality of distributed commands. The method dispatches the received plurality of distributed commands to a plurality of servers hosting a plurality of corresponding shards in the distributed computing environment, where a given distributed command corresponds to one or more of a given shard if the given distributed command pertains to a state hosted by the one or more given shard. The method executes, by the one or more given shard, the given distributed command, where the execution is deterministic, and where a result of deterministic execution of the given distributed command is unanimous among the one or more given shard.
US10917455B2
The present application relates to the field of software application, and specifically relates to a file transfer display control method and apparatus, and a corresponding terminal. The method comprises the steps of: an application executes a file transfer task; obtain transfer progress information of the file transfer task; and overlay a floating window assembly at the top layer of a preset display interface of the application, and display the transfer progress information in the floating window assembly. According to the present application, by overlaying the floating window assembly at the top layer of the preset display interface of the application and displaying the transfer progress information in the floating window assembly, preposition of the transfer progress information of the file transfer task is achieved, so that a user can conveniently check the file transfer progress in the preset display interface of application in real time. In addition, the floating window assembly is overlaid at the top layer of the preset display interface in an independent manner without affecting the user's operation on the preset display interface currently being browsed, frequent switching of application pages is reduced, consumption of terminal resources is reduced, and user time is saved.
US10917449B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable media for delivery of content are provided. In some embodiments, systems for controlling delivery of content are provided, the systems comprising processing circuitry configured to: receive a request to stream the content, the request being received from a user equipment device; determine a first location of the user equipment device; determine a count of user equipment devices that are located at the first location and are currently streaming the content; determine whether the count meets a threshold; and responsive to determining that the count meets the threshold, add a first content delivery network to a pool of one or more content delivery networks that are used to stream the content.
US10917432B2
The present disclose describes systems and methods for creating a simulated phishing campaign for a user based on at least a history of the user with respect to simulated phishing campaigns. A database may be configured to store simulated phishing campaign history of a user, the simulated phishing campaign history comprising information on events associated with the user during one or more previous simulated phishing campaigns, A campaign controller may identify the simulated phishing campaign history of the user from the database, determine based at least on the simulated phishing campaign history of the user, a model from a plurality of models for creating a simulated phishing campaign directed to the user; and create, responsive to the determination, the simulated phishing campaign using the model.
US10917431B2
System, method, and device of detecting identity of a user and authenticating a user; as well as detecting a possible attacker or impostor, and differentiating among users of an electronic device or of a computerized service. A mobile or portable electronic device is utilized to capture a self-taken image or video of a user, which is utilized as a user-authentication factor. The accelerometer and gyroscope or device-orientation sensor of the mobile device, sense and measure spatial and physical device properties during, before or after the submission of the self-taken image or video. Based on such spatial and physical device properties, in combination with computer-vision analysis of the content shown in the self-taken image or video, the system determines liveness of the user and freshness of the submitted self-taken image or video, and differentiates between a legitimate user and an attacker.
US10917430B2
A self-updating system for defending against a cyberattack requests connected devices to solve a problem that is created in a random manner. The problems are created in a manner such that the system can determine whether the client device is being used as part of a cyberattack based on how the client device responds to the problems.
US10917424B2
Computer-implemented methods, non-transitory, computer-readable media, and computer-implemented systems for determination of anomalous data are provided. In a computer-implemented method, a plurality of data packets is received within a predetermined time period, the plurality of data packets comprising a data structure. A historical distribution of historical data including the data structure as the data packets is determined. The plurality of data packets is compared to the historical distribution to generate a comparison result. If it is determined that data anomaly exists in the plurality of data packets according to the comparison result, an alert indicating the data anomaly is generated.
US10917420B2
There is provided a method for detecting an anomaly in plurality of data streams originating from a system or network of systems. Data streams are collected from the system or systems and divided into a plurality of time intervals. For each of the plurality of time intervals, a value for a parameter associated with the data stream is determined. A deviation in the determined values is calculated for the parameters associated with the data stream from expected values for the parameters and, if the calculated deviation is above a threshold, an anomaly is detected in the collected data stream.
US10917419B2
An anomaly detection module may include a time-series analyzer that classifies current time-series data into at least one of a plurality of classifications based upon historical data and may construct a statistical model representative of the current time-series data based upon the at least one of the plurality of classifications. An anomaly detector monitors a stream of the current time-series data and identifies statistical outliers of the stream of the current time-series data, based upon the statistical model and may determine an anomalous score for the statistical outliers by tracking a history of the statistical outliers; wherein the anomalous score comprises a representation of a magnitude of deviation between the current time-series data and the statistical model over multiple measurements of the current time-series data, over a particular time interval, or both.
US10917418B2
A data packet is received. The data packet is a unit of data transmitted across a packet-switched network. A determination is made whether a new connection is detected. The data packet is transmitted using the new connection. In response to determining that a new connection is detected, a connection context for the new connection is added to a current connection context in a dynamic event table. The dynamic event table includes the current connection context, one or more previous connection contexts, and a listing of one or more events. Each event of the one or more events is a malicious activity and is retrieved from a repository. A score for each event is calculated based on the current connection context. Each event in the dynamic event table is prioritized based on the calculated score for each event. The event with the highest score receives the highest priority.
US10917411B2
Methods, systems, and computer readable mediums for identifying components of a computing system are disclosed. According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for identifying a component of a computing system occurs at a component. The method includes receiving, while the component is in a low power state, a request for identification information about the component from a requesting entity and in response to receiving the request for the identification information, sending the identification information about the component to the requesting entity.
US10917393B2
A system and method for remote monitoring and management of an instant issuance system is provided. The embodiments provide secure communication between different entities within the instant issuance system. Security can be established via mutual authentication between the communicating entities of the instant issuance system prior and/or concurrent with a communication taking place.
US10917387B2
An information processing device includes: a first communication unit which transmits and receives communication data through a network connected to a first GW, a second GW, and at least one electronic control unit; a monitoring unit which determines whether the communication data is normal; and a notification unit which transmits, at least to the second GW, a notification that brings the network to a state in which one of a transfer function of the first GW and a transfer function of the second GW gateway is active and the other one of the transfer functions is inactive, when the monitoring unit does not determine that the communication data is normal.
US10917384B2
Methods, systems, and media for modifying firewall rules based on dynamic Internet Protocol (IP) addresses are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving, from a database server, a request to modify a firewall rule of a firewall protecting a remote computer, wherein the request includes an IP address of a user device initiating a connection to the remote computer, and wherein the firewall rule indicates IP addresses of devices allowed to establish connections to the remote computer; determining whether the IP address of the user device is to be added to the firewall rule; and in response to determining that the IP address of the user device is to be added to the firewall rule, adding the current IP address to the firewall rule.
US10917382B2
A method, system and computer-usable medium are disclosed for establishing a virtual point of presence or VPoP in a country or locale by registering an internet protocol (IP) prefix range for communication specific to the locale in a physical data center; implementing proxy servers on the data center that support the IP prefix range; geolocating users in the locale to the IP prefix range; network address translating inbound connections to the IP prefix range with IP addresses on the proxy servers to provide extended IP network addresses; and providing content to the users by the proxy servers on using the extended IP network addresses.
US10917376B2
Multiple social network postings that originate from a single social network user are detected within a social network. The multiple social network postings that originate from the single social network user are analyzed using configured posting relationship identification criteria. Based upon the analysis of the multiple social network postings that originate from the single social network user using the configured posting relationship identification criteria, a determination is made that at least two of the multiple social network postings that originate from the single social network user include related content. The content of the at least two social network postings determined to include the related content is concatenated into a single consolidated social network post.
US10917371B2
Methods and apparatus related to determining non-textual reply content for a reply to an electronic communication and providing the non-textual reply content for inclusion in the reply. Some of those implementations are directed to determining, based on an electronic communication sent to a user, one or more electronic documents that are responsive to the electronic communication, and providing one or more of those electronic documents for inclusion in a reply by the user to the electronic communication. For example, the electronic documents may be automatically attached to the reply and/or link(s) to the electronic documents automatically provided in the reply.
US10917360B2
Various systems and methods for performing fast fail-over. One method involves electing a first node as a designated forwarder node and electing a second node as a backup designated forwarder node. Prior to detecting a loss of connectivity between the designated forwarder node and the local network, the method elects both the designated forwarder node and the backup designated forwarder node, and the designated forwarder node forwards to a core network at least a first packet received from a local network. Subsequent to detecting a loss of connectivity, using the backup designated forwarder node to forward an instance of a second packet to the core network. In one embodiment, the backup designated forwarder node forwards an instance of the second packet, via a tunnel, to the designated forwarder node, which then forwards the instance of the second packet to the core network following the loss of connectivity.
US10917358B1
A disclosed cloud service (CS) enables cross-cloud access to data resources and cross-cloud execution of orchestrations, including automations. The CS includes a peer-to-peer (P2P) cloud orchestrator service (COS) and a cloud broker service (CBS). The COS enables P2P identification and communication routing between different cloud computing environments. The CBS enables cross-cloud access to data and orchestrations (e.g., one or more scripts, workflows, and/or scheduled jobs) from different cloud computing environments. Additionally, the data center may be configured to route all orchestration calls of a data center through the CS, such that the CS can ensure that references to local data and orchestrations are handled within the data center, while references to data and orchestrations of a different data center are suitably routed to be handled by a corresponding CS of the appropriate data center.
US10917356B2
The present disclosure is directed to a multi-level resource reservation system that obviates one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art. The multi-level resource reservation system creates, or modifies existing, peer-to-peer protocol(s) to complete a continuous chain of configured ports to support QoS feature(s), e.g., bound latency and guaranteed jitter, for a data flow that traverses an arbitrary sequence of bridges, routers, and virtual links.
US10917351B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for load balancing using segment routing and application monitoring. A method can involve receiving a packet including a request from a source device to an application associated with a virtual address in a network, mapping the request to a set of candidate servers hosting the application associated with the virtual address, and encoding the set of candidate servers as a list of segments in a segment routing header associated with the packet. The method can further involve determining that a first candidate server from the set of candidate servers is a next segment in the list of segments, encoding the first candidate server in a destination address field on a header of the packet, and forwarding the packet to the first candidate server.
US10917345B2
Examples herein disclose a generation of a hash table. The examples identify a prefix length from a routing table of various prefix lengths and corresponding distribution of entries. The identified prefix length corresponds to a larger distribution of entries in the routing table. The examples generate the hash table in accordance with the identified prefix length.
US10917341B2
A forwarding path selection method and device are disclosed. If a data packet to be sent to a target device is a start packet of a flowlet in which the data packet is located, a sender device selects a low-load path from a plurality of paths to forward the data packet, and sets a forwarding decision of a flow in which the data packet is located to the selected path, where load of each path is load of traffic received by a corresponding intermediate device from the sender device or load of traffic sent by a corresponding intermediate device to the target device, whichever is higher. Flowlet-based load balancing can be implemented only by providing related functions on one type of device.
US10917340B2
Techniques for in-situ passive performance measurement are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a data packet at a first network element, determining whether measurement information is to be collected for the data packet, providing one or more measurement fields for the data packet based on a determination that measurement information is to be collected for the data packet in which at least one measurement field identifies a measurement type, and forwarding the data packet to a second network element. The method further includes determining, by the second network element, the measurement type for the data packet, and performing one or more actions based on the measurement type.
US10917335B2
Method and systems for data switching, including receiving first input data at a network switching system comprising a crosspoint switch and a data processing card; transmitting the first input data from the crosspoint switch to the data processing card; making a first determination, by the data processing card, that the first input data meets a first pre-determined filtering criterion; and transmitting, based on the first determination, the first input data from a first crosspoint switch port of the crosspoint switch towards a first client.
US10917331B1
A device receives border gateway protocol (BGP) data associated with links provided in a segment routing network. The segment routing network includes a first autonomous system (AS) with first network devices interconnected by a first portion of the links, a second AS with second network devices interconnected by a second portion of the links, and an inter-AS link provided between one of the first network devices and one of the second network devices. The device filters prefixes of the BGP data to identify BGP data associated with the inter-AS link, where the BGP data associated with the inter-AS link includes data identifying state information associated with the inter-AS link. The device determines an operational state of the inter-AS link based on the BGP data associated with the inter-AS link, and performs one or more actions based on the operational state of the inter-AS link.
US10917323B2
A system and method for transmitting data from a local management system of a remote office branch office site in a virtual computing system to a central management system includes assigning, by the local management system, an initial priority to each piece of data, identifying data requested by the central management system since a previous data transmission, and updating the initial priority of each piece of data to an updated priority. The data requested by the central management system is prioritized higher than other data. The system and method also include combining, by the local management system, at least a portion of the data starting with data having a highest priority, into a data packet until the data packet achieves a computed data packet size, transmitting the data packet to the central management system, and updating the initial priority with the updated priority for future data transmissions.
US10917322B2
A first encapsulation protocol processing component (EPPC) at a particular device of a virtualized computing service establishes a network packet tracking session with a second EPPC at another device. The first EPPC tags at least some encapsulation packets (which contain baseline packets generated at or directed to guest virtual machines) sent to the second EPPC as tracked packets. The first EPPC obtains network metrics corresponding to the tracked packets of the session from the second EPPC, prepares network health updates based on the metrics, and send the updates to a network health management service associated with the virtualized computing service.
US10917310B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for a content platform that receives a request to provide a digital component. The request includes information about users to which the digital component is directed. Futurized queries are obtained from serving logs of a serving system that is configured to execute an existing digital component using serving code that directs digital content to the set of users. The futurized queries are loaded as data structures in memory of a forecasting system. The system uses an instruction set derived from the serving code to determine that similarity between the particular futurized query and the request exceeds a threshold similarity. The system then generates a forecast output as a response to the request based on futurized queries that exceed the threshold similarity. The forecast output includes data describing future provision of the digital component.
US10917308B2
A device monitors, for a software-defined networking wide area network (SD-WAN) deployment, a set of virtualized network services of the SD-WAN deployment, and applies a set of diagnostic tests to evaluate the set of virtualized network services. The device detects, based on monitoring the set of virtualized network services and in connection with applying the set of diagnostic tests, an event associated with a virtualized network service. The device analyzes, using an analytics model of SD-WAN operation, the event to identify an issue associated with the virtualized network service, and determines, based on the analytics model of SD-WAN operation, a recommendation relating to remediating the issue. The device generates an abstraction layer user interface to represent the set of virtualized network services and to convey the recommendation relating to remediating the issue, and implements, after providing the abstraction layer user interface, the recommendation to remediate the issue.
US10917307B2
Middleboxes include a processor configured to determine a degree of mismatch between a sequence number in a first connection between the middlebox and a client device and a sequence number in a second connection between the middlebox and a server device. A network control module is configured to delay acknowledgment signals from the middlebox on a connection to decrease the degree of mismatch between sequence numbers and to establish a direct connection between the client device and the server device without mediation by the middlebox upon a determination that the degree of mismatch between sequence numbers is zero.
US10917296B2
A system is configured to monitor traffic being transmitted among a group of nodes; detect a configuration statement being transported from a first node to a second node, where the configuration statement identifies a first configuration to be implemented on the second node; create a record, associated with the configuration statement, that identifies a manner in which a second configuration, that existed on the second node before receiving the configuration statement, is to be changed to the first configuration, where the record includes terms obtained from the configuration statement; generate tags, associated with the record, based on the terms or a first identifier associated with the second node; and associate the tags with the record, where associating the tags with the record allows a search to be performed, using a search query based on the tags, to obtain a configuration history that includes the record or another record.
US10917291B2
A method and a device for configuring RAID are provided. When a RAID configuration is required, an Integrated Fast Intelligent Scalable Toolkit (IF) start command is sent to each server to perform a RAID configuration in a batch manner. Each server completes the start of the IF based on the received IF start command and sends a RAID configuration command to an Agent in the IF for RAID configuration.
US10917282B2
A data modulation method and device utilized in a multi-carrier system. The method includes: performing, by a transmitting node, data modulation by adopting at least two different waveform functions.
US10917277B2
The present technology relates to a transmission device, a transmission method, a reception device, and a reception method for sufficiently securing an information amount of additional information of a physical layer. The transmission device generates and transmits an OFDM signal in which additional information of a physical layer is allocated to additional carriers in each of groups, the groups being obtained by grouping the additional carriers to be used for transmission of the additional information, of carriers of the OFDM signal of one frame, into the groups of the number of groups according to a DFT size of when IDFT of the OFDM signal is performed. The reception device receives the OFDM signal, and acquires the additional information corresponding to the number of groups according to the DFT size from the OFDM signal. The present technology can be applied to, for example, transmission and reception of the OFDM signal.
US10917274B2
Methods and transmitting and receiving radio equipments for transmitting and receiving a reference signal in a subframe where a portion of one or more multi-carrier modulation symbols that is included in the subframe is used for transmitting control information to receiving radio equipments. The transmitting radio equipment transmits the reference signal overlaid on at least a part of the portion of the one or more multi-carrier modulation symbols that is used for transmitting the control information in the subframe. The reference signal is generated based on at least one parameter. The receiving radio equipment then receives a transmission including the control information and the reference signal in the subframe, and may determine one or more properties of the reference signal based on the at least one parameter and process the reference signal using the determined one or more properties of the reference signal.
US10917272B2
A non-transitory computer-readable information storage media for use within a wireless OFDM network that causes to be transmitted or received a first packet type and a second packet type. The first packet type has a header field with two parts with each part comprising a different set of header bits. The two parts of the header field are transmitted or received using two OFDM symbols. The second packet type has a header field with four parts with the first and second parts comprising the same first set of header bits and the third and the fourth part comprising the same second set of header bits. The four parts of the header field are transmitted or received using four OFDM symbols. The second packet type provides more reliable transmission or reception than the first packet type.
US10917264B2
Methods of operating a network device for a user equipment, UE, in a telecommunications network is provided. Methods include generating a transmission gap at an end of a first type of uplink, UL, transmission and scheduling a second type of UL transmission that corresponds to the transmission gap. Generating the transmission gap includes sending, to the UE, a radio resource control that configures a potential sounding reference signal, SRS, transmission that generates the transmission gap.
US10917263B1
A method and an apparatus for providing a configurable, object-oriented, protocol-neutral interface between a physical device and a server. The method includes coupling an application gateway with the physical device, where the application gateway includes a protocol gateway module configured for physical communication with the physical device, and an object adapter module configured for virtual communication between the physical device and a client application running on a server. The method further includes configuring a service starter to launch and bind the object adapter module with the protocol gateway module, configuring the protocol gateway module to define the physical interface between the physical device and the protocol gateway, and establishing communication between the protocol gateway module and the physical device, such that the physical device is exposed as a network device on the server.
US10917256B2
A method of facilitating participation of a WebRTC enabled terminal in an ad hoc conference or chat session hosted in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network, where there is an ongoing session between first and second terminals using the IMS network. The method comprises sending a link from the first terminal to a third terminal that is not provisioned or not registered with the IMS network, where the third terminal is said WebRTC enabled terminal and the link provides access to a conference/chat-correlator identifying said ongoing session, and sending a session invite from the third terminal to the first terminal, via a WebRTC gateway, WGw, the session invite including the conference/chat-correlator. The method further comprises, at the first terminal setting up a second session between the first terminal and the third terminal in response to the received session invite, and at the first terminal using the conference/chat-correlator in the received session invite to associate the ongoing and second sessions, and joining both sessions into an ad hoc conference or chat session hosted in the IMS network.
US10917255B2
A packet switched (PS) service identification method and a terminal, where a weight of at least one socket corresponding to a PS service is determined, a key socket is determined from the at least one socket according to the weight of the at least one socket, and an identifier of the key socket is sent to a network side such that the network side formulates a policy and charging control (PCC) rule according to the 5-tuple. In this PS service identification process, because the terminal does not encrypt the PS service, the terminal can accurately identify the PS service.
US10917245B2
The invention relates to a system of obtaining authorization where there are multiple authorization modules. When an authorization is provided by a module, it is combined with a security token, digital signature or encryption identifying which module provided the authorization. To obtain a full authorization, multiple authorization modules may be required and these modules can be connected in parallel and or in series with each other.
US10917243B2
Apparatus and methods are described to provision a compute node in a plurality of compute nodes to a requestor, comprising receiving an anonymised access token from a provider of the compute nodes, requesting identities of a subset of compute nodes in the plurality of compute nodes, selecting at least one compute node in the subset of compute notes, providing the anonymised access token to a secure enclave of the selected at least one compute node, providing an anonymised identity of the requestor to the secure enclave and validating use of the anonymised identity with the access token.
US10917237B2
Implementations described herein disclose a device identity management system using a trusted platform module (TPM) of a device. The device identity management system provides one or more computer executable instructions to receive a secret random number at a trusted platform module (TPM) of a device, generate a hash of an existing device identity stored in a non-volatile (NV) identity index using the secret random number, and store the hash as the device identity in the NV identity index.
US10917231B2
Computer-implemented methods, non-transitory, computer-readable media, and computer-implemented systems for data storage are provided. A routing relationship between a data block and a data node is established by using a block hash of the data block. A blockchain-type ledger is stored in a distributed manner with a level of granularity of data block. Metadata such as block header information is stored in a coordinator node. The data block or a block body in the data block is stored in the data node.
US10917228B2
Calibration is performed such that phase references of element antennas match, without radiating radio waves from all element antennas at the same time. A plurality of element antennas are divided into element antenna groups, and operating element antenna sets, each including at least two element antenna groups including a measured element antenna group, are set to an operating state in order by a phase adjustment controller. The phase adjustment controller includes: an element-electric-field calculation circuit that uses a plurality of received power levels of radio waves radiated with different phases by changing the phases of element antennas and that calculates in-set phase differences, in an operating element antenna set, among element electric field vectors generated by the element antennas the phases of which are changed; and a phase-difference calculator that uses element electric field vectors of the element antennas for which the element electric field vectors are calculated by using a plurality of different operating element antenna sets and that calculates phase differences among the element electric field vectors of the element antennas included in the different operating element antenna sets.
US10917217B2
A method for transmitting a physical protocol data unit (PPDU) of a station (STA) device in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system, includes generating a PPDU configured based on a high efficiency-short training field (HE-STF) sequence including a HE-STF field and transmitting the PPDU, wherein the HE-STF field is transmitted on a channel, wherein the HE-STF sequence is mapped to the channel per 2-tone unit, wherein, when the channel is a 20 MHz channel, the HE-STF sequence is configured to have a structure of {a M Sequence, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, the M sequence}, and, when the channel is a 40 MHz channel, the HE-STF sequence is configured to have a structure of {the M sequence, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, the M sequence, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, the M sequence, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, the M sequence}.
US10917216B2
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 invention relates to a method of transmitting configuration information, a method of detecting control channel resources, and devices therefor. The transmission method comprises: configuring, for each coreset, control channel resources on a time unit of a scheduling unit (SU); transmitting configuration for the resources of control channel on the time unit of the SU, wherein control channel resources belong to the coreset containing a plurality of continuous or discontinuous frequency-domain physical resource blocks available to transmit a downlink control channel. The detection method comprises: receiving configuration for the resources of control channel on a time unit of an SU; performing blind detection of a downlink control channel for a user on the time unit of the SU according to the configuration information. The present invention can flexibly configure control channel resources and reduce blind detection of a control channel by a terminal, thereby attaining reduction of power consumption caused by blind detection of the control channel by the terminal and load equalization.
US10917208B2
Embodiments disclose a data transmission method and a related apparatus, to enable a network device to schedule uplink transmission and a time resource on which the uplink transmission is located. One method includes transmitting, by a terminal device, a scheduling request, where the scheduling request includes information about at least one first transport block. The method also includes receiving, by the terminal device, scheduling information on a first time resource, and determining, by the terminal device, a target time resource, where the target time resource includes a second time resource or a third time resource, and a time interval between the second time resource and the first time resource is greater than a time interval between the third time resource and the first time resource. The method further includes transmitting, by the terminal device, a second transport block on the target time resource based on the scheduling information.
US10917202B2
In the present invention, a transmitting device receives, at a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer, a PDCP service data unit (SDU) from an upper layer. The transmitting device generates, at the PDCP layer, a PDCP protocol data unit (PDU) containing the PDCP SDU. The transmitting device submits, at the PDCP layer, the PDCP PDU to a lower layer. If the PDCP SDU includes a transmission control protocol (TCP) ACK packet, the PDCP layer generates a PDCP control PDU as the PDCP PDU.
US10917194B2
According to certain embodiments, a transmit node in a wireless communications system includes a first universal rate-compatible polar encoder and a transmitter. The first universal rate-compatible polar encoder is configured for a family of two or more types of channels and encodes a plurality of information bits to provide a plurality of coded bits. The transmitter transmits the plurality of coded bits to a receive node.
US10917189B2
Disclosed is a wireless communication terminal. The wireless communication terminal includes a transceiver transmitting/receiving a wireless signal; and a processor controlling an operation of the wireless communication terminal. The transceiver receives a first frame including information on a manner for accessing, by a plurality of wireless communication terminals including the wireless communication terminal, a base wireless communication terminal. The processor acquires a manner for accessing the base wireless communication terminal on a basis of the first frame. The transceiver accesses the base communication terminal on a basis of the manner for accessing the base wireless communication terminal. The base wireless communication terminal is any one communication terminal different from the plurality of wireless communication terminals.
US10917187B2
A residential gateway connecting an access network to an in-home network includes an access network transceiver configured for a first communication with an access network component via a wireline and an in-home network transceiver configured for a second communication with an in-home network component via the same wireline or at least one further wireline. The residential gateway further includes synchronization circuitry configured to synchronize a timing between the first and the second communication and interference mitigation circuitry configured to mitigate interference between the first and the second communication based on the synchronized timing.
US10917186B2
The present invention proposes a method for transmitting a broadcasting signal. The method for transmitting a broadcasting signal according to the present invention proposes a system that can support a next generation broadcasting service in an environment supporting next generation hybrid broadcasting which uses a terrestrial broadcasting network and an Internet network. Also, the present invention proposes an effective signaling scheme that can cover both the terrestrial broadcasting network and the Internet network in the environment that supports the next hybrid broadcasting.
US10917181B2
A communication apparatus of the present disclosure includes: an antenna unit including a first electrode and a second electrode; a communication circuit unit that performs communication using a human body as a communication medium via the antenna unit; and a series circuit including a switch and a capacitor that are coupled to each other in series, and coupled between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US10917179B2
An optical system for responding to distortions in incident light in a free space optical communication system includes a machine learning output storing at least an indication of multiple images and corresponding positioning or orientation attributes for one or more optical elements; a sensor configured to generate an image; and a component configured to adjust the one or more optical elements based on the generated image. Various other methods, systems, and apparatuses are also disclosed.
US10917168B2
Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods and structures and applications of optical fiber sensing. Of significance, systems, methods, and structures according to aspects of the present disclosure may reuse and/or retrofit/upgrade existing optical fiber cables as part of optical fiber sensing that may find important societal application including intrusion detection, road traffic monitoring and infrastructure health monitoring. Combining such optical fiber sensing with artificial intelligence (AI) further enables powerful applications at low(er) cost.
US10917164B2
A communication system includes an earth station configured to receive a downlink transmission from a satellite and transmit an uplink transmission to the satellite. The communication system further includes a server in operable communication with the earth station, a beacon detector in operable communication with the server, an access point configured to operate within a proximity of the earth station, and a beacon transmitter disposed within close proximity to the access point. The beacon transmitter is configured to transmit a beacon signal to one or more of the server and the beacon detector. The beacon signal uniquely identifies the access point. The server is configured to implement a measurement-based protection scheme with respect to at least one of the downlink transmission and the uplink transmission.
US10917156B2
A method for feeding back CQI by a terminal in a wireless communication system can be provided according to one embodiment of the present specification. The method may comprise the steps of: receiving, by a terminal, CQI feedback related information from a base station; triggering CQI feedback on the basis of the CQI feedback related information; and feeding back the CQI to the base station, wherein the CQI feedback related information includes information indicating a CQI feedback mechanism type, in which when the CQI feedback mechanism type indicates a first type, an encoding index is generated by a predetermined encoding rule on the basis of a group index of the terminal and the measured CQI index, and the encoding index can be fed back to the base station.
US10917138B2
One example discloses a near-field communications device, including: an energy harvesting circuit configured to be coupled to a near-field antenna that is responsive to non-propagating quasi-static near-field energy; wherein the harvesting circuit is configured to harvest energy from the non-propagating quasi-static near-field energy; and wherein the harvesting circuit includes a harvesting filter configured to input a first set of near-field energy and output a second set of near-field energy; and wherein the second set of near-field energy is a sub-set of the first set of near-field energy.
US10917132B1
A switchless transceiver module is disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the transceiver module includes at least a first port, a second port, and a third port. The first port is configured to be coupled to an antenna. The transceiver module further includes a low-noise amplifier (LNA) configured to receive incoming signals from the antenna in a receiving mode of operation. The second port is coupled to an output of the LNA. The transceiver module further includes a power amplifier (PA) configured to transmit outgoing signals to the antenna in a transmitting mode of operation. The third port is coupled to an input of the PA. In embodiments, the input of the LNA and the output of the PA are configured to provide isolation in the receiving mode of operation or the transmitting mode of operation based on impedance matching.
US10917130B1
The present disclosure provides a signal receiving apparatus having anti-RFI mechanism that includes an ADC circuit, an equalization circuit and a clock recovery circuit. The ADC circuit performs conversion of an input analog signal according to an internal clock signal, to generate an input digital signal. The equalization circuit equalizes the input digital signal such that the clock recovery circuit adjusts a phase of the internal clock signal and extracts a frequency by performing statistics on phase deviation amount information in a unit of a time window. The clock recovery circuit discards a corresponding phase deviation amount when a signal interference parameter of one of a sub time window is larger than a threshold value to update the phase deviation amount information, and generates an adjusting signal to adjust a frequency of the internal clock signal accordingly.
US10917128B2
A signal processing device includes a signal input, a signal output, a first amplifier, a second amplifier, a first distortion adjustment circuit, and a second distortion adjustment circuit. The signal input receives a RF signal to be amplified. The signal output outputs an amplified RF signal. Each of the first and second amplifiers includes an input coupled to the signal input and an output coupled to the signal output. The first distortion adjustment circuit includes a connection coupled to the input of the first amplifier. The second distortion adjustment circuit includes a connection coupled to the input of the second amplifier. The number of transistors in the first amplifier is different from the number of transistors in the second amplifier.
US10917126B2
An outphasing calibration method in an outphasing calibration RF transmitter comprises detection of differences of a first plurality of signal characteristics of a first plurality of amplified RF signals across at least a transmitter antenna and a plurality of load impedances. The first plurality of amplified RF signals corresponds to a first plurality of constant-envelope signals. Accordingly, at least a generation of a second plurality of constant-envelope signals and at least one signal characteristic of each of a second plurality of constant-envelope RF signals on a plurality of transmission paths are controlled. At least one of a first calibration or a second calibration of a second plurality of signal characteristics of the second plurality of constant-envelope signals is executed based on the controlled generation of the second plurality of constant-envelope signals and the at least one controlled signal characteristic of each of the second plurality of constant-envelope RF signals.
US10917124B2
An electromagnetic interface having an impedance with a resistive and a reactive component generates an electromagnetic field in both the reactive near-field region and the radiating far-field. A sensing circuit generates voltage and/or current having at least one of real and imaginary components that are proportional to an electromagnetic field in at least one of the reactive near-field region and the radiating far-field region. An electromagnetic modifier minimizes the electromagnetic field in the reactive near-field region in response to the signal generated at the output of the electromagnetic sensor.
US10917121B2
A decompression apparatus is provided. The decompression apparatus includes a memory configured to store compressed data decompressed and used in neural network processing of an artificial intelligence model, a decoder configured to include a plurality of logic circuits related to a compression method of the compressed data, decompress the compressed data through the plurality of logic circuits based on an input of the compressed data, and output the decompressed data, and a processor configured to obtain data of a neural network processible form from the data output from the decoder.
US10917115B2
Example polar coding methods and apparatus are described. One example method includes determining a sequence used to code to-be-coded bits. Polar coding is performed on the to-be-coded bits by using the sequence to obtain coded bits. The sequence is used to represent a reliability order of N polarized channels, N is a mother code length of a polar code, and N is a positive integer power of 2.
US10917114B2
This application discloses a data transmission method, a sending device, a receiving device, and a communications system. The sending device is configured to send a first transport block. The sending device obtains a coded bit segment from a first encoded code block. The first encoded code block is obtained after LDPC encoding is performed on a first code block in the first transport block based on a processing capability of the receiving device. The sending device sends the coded bit segment to the receiving device. Because the processing capability of the receiving device is considered, storage overheads of the sending device or the receiving device can be reduced, encoding or decoding complexity can be reduced, and a decoding success rate can be improved.
US10917112B2
A first error-detecting code (EDC) is computed based on a first segment of a block of information that is to be encoded, and a second EDC is computed based on at least a second segment of the block of information. The first EDC is masked with a first masking segment and the second EDC with a second masking segment to generate a first masked EDC and a second masked EDC. The first masking segment and the second masking segment are associated with a target receiver of the block of information. A codeword is generated based on a code and an input vector that includes the first segment, the first masked EDC, the second segment, and the second masked EDC. This type of coding could be useful to support early termination of blind detection at a decoder, for example.
US10917104B2
An analog to digital converter (ADC) sampling time control method includes: grouping, by an electronic control unit, analog sensor signals received from a plurality of sensors based on a similar signal; setting, by the electronic control unit, a sampling time for converting the grouped analog sensor signals into digital signals; and obtaining, by the electronic control unit, a sensor value by converting the grouped analog sensor signals into the digital signals based on the set sampling time.
US10917082B1
A power module includes: an embedding structure comprising an electrically insulating body, first terminals at a first side of the electrically insulating body, and second terminals at a second side of the electrically insulating body opposite the first side; a first semiconductor chip embedded in the electrically insulating body and comprising a vertical low-side power transistor; and a second semiconductor chip contacting the first set of terminals at the first side of the electrically insulating body and comprising a lateral high-side power transistor. The lateral high-side power transistor is electrically connected to the vertical low-side power transistor through one or more first electrically conductive paths embedded in the electrically insulating body to form a switch node of a half bridge circuit. The switch node is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the second terminals through one or more second electrically conductive paths embedded in the electrically insulating body.
US10917076B1
A ring oscillator includes at least one oscillator stage having a first output and a second output and a start-up circuit. The start-up circuit includes a plurality of AC coupling capacitors receiving the first output and the second output, and a plurality of switches connected to the AC coupling capacitors. The start-up circuit is configured to provide a differential start-up voltage to at least one node of the oscillator using the plurality of switches and the AC coupling capacitors.
US10917073B2
This disclosure relates to a filter circuit for an output stage of an electronic circuit. The filter circuit includes a capacitor connected between a supply voltage and a first transistor. The first transistor is arranged as a diode connected transistor; a second transistor is connected to the first transistor so that the first and second transistors are arranged as a current mirror. The capacitor is connected to the first and second transistors and configured and arranged so that during operation the first transistor, the second transistor and the capacitor operate as a high pass filter.
US10917063B2
A multilayer LC filter includes a multilayer body in which dielectric layers are laminated, first linear conductive patterns, second linear conductive patterns, third linear conductive patterns, capacitor conductive patterns, ground conductive patterns, and via conductors. When the multilayer body is seen through in the direction in which the dielectric layers are laminated, the first linear conductive patterns and the third linear conductive patterns in a first inductor intersect with each other, and the first linear conductive patterns and the third linear conductive patterns in a second inductor intersect with each other.
US10917062B2
A method of manufacturing an electronic component includes: preparing an element body configured to have a rectangular parallelepiped shape and include a first surface serving as a mounting surface, a second surface opposing the first surface, and a third surface extending in such a way as to connect the first surface and the second surface; forming a chamfered portion chamfered between the first surface and the third surface; forming a terminal electrode on the first surface; covering the chamfered portion and the first surface with a covering member; forming a metal shield film on a part of the element body, the part including at least the second surface and the third surface and exposed from the covering member; and removing the covering member.
US10917059B2
An improved method of providing high burst power to audio amplifiers from limited power sources, using parallel power paths to increase system efficiency without need for a power path controller, thus utilizing a simplified circuit operation and maximizing average power available for both the amplifier and supporting circuitry.
US10917056B2
A power amplification system with shared common base biasing is disclosed. A method for power amplification at a controller of a power amplification system comprising a plurality of cascode amplifier sections can include receiving a band select signal indicative of one or more frequency bands of a radio-frequency input signal to be amplified and transmitted. The method may further include biasing a common base stage of each of the plurality of cascode amplifier sections, and biasing a common emitter stage of a subset of the plurality of cascode amplifier sections.
US10917043B2
The present application describes embodiments of a non-tracking solar energy collector comprising: (a) at least one solar radiation concentrator for collimating and directing the incident solar radiation rays to at least one focal point along the surface of a reactive reflector; (b) the reactive reflector mounted on top of an external cavity and having at least one transparency zone instantly formed at said at least one focal point of the solar radiation rays, for letting the solar radiation rays enter said external cavity, wherein said transparency zone is constantly moving along the surface of said reactive reflector following the position of said at least one focal point of the solar radiation rays; and (c) the external cavity containing a solar cell and capable of trapping the entered solar radiation rays by inner scattering of said solar radiation rays on the walls of said external cavity, wherein said inner scattering of said solar radiation rays inside said external cavity is preventing solar radiation to escape from said solar cell, thereby minimising solar radiation losses.
US10917037B2
The disclosure relates to a solar tracker assembly, particularly for solar collectors, with a table structure for supporting the solar collectors, particularly solar collector panels and/or solar collector assemblies, and with an assembly for carrying the table structure, wherein the table structure is rotatable relative to the assembly base at least about one axis of rotation. For allowing the table for supporting respective solar panels to have sufficiently large dimensions in order to accommodate an increased number of solar collectors in an easy way and, at the same time, to enable the table to be positioned at a precise angle with reduced effort, it is suggested that at least a portion of the table structure and/or a portion of the assembly base is formed as a truss structure.
US10917028B2
A motor driving control device has a motor driving unit configured to selectively energize coils with a plurality of phases of a motor, a control circuit unit configured to control an operation of the motor driving unit by outputting a driving control signal to the motor driving unit, and a position detector configured to output a position signal which corresponds to any one phase of the plurality of phases and a phase of which changes depending on a position of a rotor of the motor. the control circuit unit detects a transition of values of a back electromotive force induced in the one phase in a detection period corresponding to a change timing of the position signal when beginning to start up the motor, and determines a rotational state of the motor including a rotational direction of the motor based on a detection result of the transition of the values of the back electromotive force.
US10917027B2
Method for transferring a transport unit of a long stator linear motor at a transfer position from a first transport section to a second transport section. On each side of the transport unit, excitation magnets are arranged to interact with driving coils, and on both sides of the transport unit, excitation-magnetic lateral forces are acting on the transport unit by an interaction of the excitation magnets with ferromagnetic components of the guide structure. Method includes supplying on at least one side of the transport unit a stator current n a driving coil to generate a lateral force-forming electromagnetic force that acts on the transport unit, so that a resulting lateral force, as a sum of the acting excitation-magnetic lateral force and of the lateral force-forming electromagnetic force, on each side of the transport unit is different to produce a steering effect on the transport unit at the transfer position.
US10917025B2
A power generating element according to the present invention includes a pedestal formed in a frame shape in plan view, a vibrating body provided inside the pedestal, at least three first bridge supporting portions, each of the first bridge supporting portions extending along a first extending axis and configured to arrange the vibrating body to be supported on a pedestal, and a charge generating element. The first extending axes of a pair of the first bridge supporting portions adjacent to each other form a predetermined angle in a circumferential direction with the vibrating body defined as a center in plan view. At least one first electrode layer of the charge generating element is arranged on each of the first bridge supporting portions.
US10917020B2
A multi output DC/DC converter includes a transformer having a primary side winding connected to an input side and a secondary side winding connected to an output side; a rectifying diode for rectifying an output of the secondary side winding; an output inductor having a first end connected to the rectifying diode; and a first output switching element and a second output switching element each having first ends connected to a second end of the output inductor, where a second end of the first output switching element and a second end of the second output switching element become first and second output stages outputting different voltages, respectively.
US10917018B2
A flyback converter is provided with a controller that is configured to analyze the reflected feedback voltage waveforms to determine the presence of a ground connection fault for the auxiliary winding.
US10917014B2
A free-wheeling diode control method includes determining whether a sum of a first pulse width value of a free-wheeling diode obtained according to an inductance current law and a third pulse width value of a main control tube meets a first preset condition, obtaining a determining result, and controlling, according to the determining result, conduction of the free-wheeling diode according to the first pulse width value or a second pulse width value of the free-wheeling diode obtained according to a volt-second balance law.
US10917012B1
In accordance with an embodiment, a method includes driving a predetermined load using a driver circuit according to a drive pattern; supplying power to the driver circuit using a switched-mode power supply (SMPS) configured to be coupled to at least one external component; and verifying functionality of the SMPS while driving the predetermined load. Verifying the functionality includes monitoring at least one operating parameter of the SMPS, where the at least one operating parameter of the SMPS is dependent on the drive pattern and the at least one external component, comparing the at least one operating parameter to at least one expected operating parameter to form a first comparison result, and indicating an error condition based on the first comparison result.
US10917005B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to start converter into a pre-biased voltage. The disclosed methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture provide an apparatus comprising: an error amplifier including a feedback network and a differential difference amplifier (DDA), the DDA coupled to a power converter, a voltage generator, and the feedback network coupled to the third input of the DDA, the fourth input of the DDA, and the output of the DDA; a multiplexer coupled to the voltage generator, the second input of the DDA, and the first input of the DDA; a first switch coupled in parallel to the feedback network; a second switch coupled to a delay cell and an oscillator; and a trigger including an output, the trigger coupled to the voltage generator, the power converter, and the output of the trigger coupled to the multiplexer, first switch, and the second switch.
US10917003B2
A control circuit for a switching power converter includes a current compensator. The current compensator is configured to receive a first current reference signal, a second current reference signal and a signal representing an input current of the switching power converter, generate a first current error signal based on the signal representing the input current and the first current reference signal for controlling at least one power switch of the power converter, generate a second current error signal based on the signal representing the input current and the second current reference signal, and adjust the first current error signal based on the second current error signal to limit the amount of current flowing through the switching power converter. Other example control circuits, switching power converters including control circuits and methods for limiting current in switching power converters are also disclosed.
US10917001B2
A resonant power converter has a main switch, a resonant tank coupled across the main switch, and a signal processing circuit coupled to the main switch and the resonant tank. The signal processing circuit generates a driving signal for driving the main switch ON and OFF at a switching frequency. The resonant tank includes circuit components designed to have a resonant frequency that is tuned to a designed switching frequency of the main switch. The signal processing circuit includes a zero voltage switching (ZVS) circuit, a signal generator, a detection circuit, and a latch oscillator. The signal processing circuit is configured to adjust the switching frequency of the driving signal to be tuned to the actual resonant frequency of a resonant tank under very high switching frequency conditions, 1 MHz and greater, thereby accounting for the influence of parasitics at very high switching frequencies and achieving resonance of the circuit.
US10917000B2
Driver unit for a voltage-controlled switching element, includes a first output terminal for connecting a control terminal of the switching element, a second output terminal for connecting a further terminal of the switching element, an output stage section having a high-side terminal and a low-side terminal and being controllable to connect one of its terminals to the first output terminal of the driver unit based on a control signal representative switching the switching element, and a DC conversion section configured to supply the output stage section and to convert an input voltage into a positive first voltage between the high-side terminal and the second output terminal of the driver unit and into a positive second voltage between the second output terminal of the driver unit and the low-side terminal.
US10916999B2
An apparatus for coupling mechanical power between the rotor of a Brushless DC Motor and an external mechanical load comprises: a) two concentric rings; b) an equal number of magnets connected to the inner ring and to the outer ring; and c) an opposite orientation of the poles of each couple of facing magnets, wherein one magnet is placed on the inner ring, and its facing magnet is placed on the outer ring; wherein the first of said two concentric rings is rotatable around an axis by the application of a force not applied by the second ring, and wherein when said first concentric ring rotates, the second ring rotates as well by the action of magnetic forces.
US10916995B2
The disclosure relates to a method for producing a stator. Electrical conductor elements are arranged in slots of a laminated core of a two-layer winding. The conductor ends of the conductor elements are moved relative to one another on an end side of the sheet metal packet at one or both of the layers by a positioning process by axially plugging together a normal helix tool with the axial conductor ends of some of the conductor elements and subsequent relative rotation of the normal helix tool relative to the sheet metal packet, and by axially plugging together a selective skewing tool with the axial conductor ends of the remaining conductor elements, such that they have a provided relative end position with respect to each other for a connection of a part of the conductor ends with corresponding conductor ends of the other layer.
US10916984B2
An axial flux rotor for use in a motor with a stator is provided. The rotor includes a body including an outer periphery defined by outside radius OR. The body further has a central opening defined by inner radius IR and a plurality N of rotor poles defining an axis of rotation of the body. The body has first and second opposed faces. The rotor also includes a plurality of spaced apart axially imbedded magnets extending from the first face. At least one of the axially imbedded magnets has a minimum depth defined by defined by the equation D min = π * ( OR + IR ) 2 * N * BrA * BrS , wherein BrS is the Remanent Flux Density of Surface Mounted Magnet, wherein OR is the outside radius of the body, wherein IR is the inner radius of the body, wherein N is the number of rotor poles, and wherein BrA is the Remanent Flux Density of Axially Imbedded Magnet.
US10916973B2
A method for detecting a foreign object disposed in a charging area of a wireless power transmitter can include transmitting, by the wireless power transmitter, a power signal having a predetermined strength; measuring, via a controller, a peak frequency of the power signal; receiving, from a wireless power receiver, information about a reference peak frequency of the wireless power receiver; determining, via the controller, a threshold frequency based on the reference peak frequency; and determining, via the controller, whether the foreign object is present in the charging area based on a comparison of the measured peak frequency of the power signal with the determined threshold frequency.
US10916968B2
A system of modules which control and measure energy usage at a building which are in communication with a software program executing on a remote server controlled by a third party. The third party said usage via the software program which communicates with the modules to modify energy usage and demand for energy and is responsible or liable for energy usage charges the building where the third party does not actually use the energy.
US10916960B2
A charging current regulation method, a regulation device and a terminal are provided, the method includes: when charging a terminal, detecting temperature values of working components corresponding to each of a plurality of charging integrated circuits in the terminal (202); according to the temperature values of the working components corresponding to each charging integrated circuit, determining final temperature values of the working components corresponding to each charging integrated circuit (204); regulating charging current of the plurality of charging integrated circuits according to a plurality of final temperature values (206). According to the method, when charging a terminal, equalization of a temperature rise of working components in the terminal in different application scenarios can be ensured, thus the temperature rise of the working components in the terminal is prevented from being too high.
US10916957B2
A power control system that includes a power generation device that generates low-voltage power, a high-voltage battery that is charged with power generated by the power generation device, an external load that receives power from the high-voltage battery and a power converter that is connected between the power generation device and the high-voltage battery. The power converter includes an insulating power converter.
US10916952B2
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a secondary battery system that functions at high voltage. The present disclosure attains the object by providing a secondary battery system comprising: a hybrid ion battery provided with a cathode active material layer having a cathode active material that contains a metal element capable of taking two kinds or more of a positive valence, an anode active material layer having an anode active material that contains a metal element capable of taking a valence of +2 or more, and an electrolyte layer containing an alkali metal ion and fluoride anion, and formed between the cathode active material layer and the anode active material layer; and a controlling portion that controls charging and discharging of the hybrid ion battery; wherein the controlling portion controls discharging so that a potential of the cathode active material includes a potential range higher than 0.23 V (vs. SHE).
US10916946B2
An energy storage apparatus includes: a battery system including at least one battery; a power converting unit converting input/output power characteristics of the battery system into alternating current (AC)-direct current (DC) or DC-AC; a conversion control unit controlling an operation of the power converting unit; an initial driving unit converting DC power of the battery system into AC power and supplying the AC power as power for activating the conversion control unit; and a power selecting unit detecting an output voltage of the power converting unit, selecting, based on a level of the output voltage of the power converting unit, any one of AC power output by the initial driving unit and AC power output by the power converting unit, and supplying the selected AC power as operation power of the conversion control unit.
US10916944B2
A solar and/or wind inverter that uses an ultracapacitor for grid stabilization. The ultracapacitor may be directly tied to, and placed between, a power source and an inverter. The ultracapacitor may supply power to a grid via the inverter during a reduction of power or a loss in power from the grid.
US10916939B2
Transient overvoltage suppression is provided by discharging through a Metal Oxide Varistor (MOV) and Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR) which are connected in series between power supply lines. The SCR has a gate that receives a trigger signal generated by a triggering circuit coupled to the power supply lines. A trigger voltage of the triggering circuit is set by a Transil™ avalanche diode.
US10916937B2
A power system includes a control circuit, a power conversion circuit, a current detection circuit and a overheat detection circuit. The control circuit is for generating one or more pulse signal. The power conversion circuit is electrically coupled to the control circuit, for generating an output current according to the pulse signal. The current detection circuit is electrically coupled to the power conversion circuit, for generating a sensing current according to the output current. The overheat detection circuit is electrically coupled to the current detection circuit and the control circuit, for generating the correction current according to a temperature of the power conversion circuit. The control circuit adjusts a duty ratio of the pulse signal according to a correction sensing current to adjust the output current, and the correction sensing current is a sum of the value of the sensing current and the correction current.
US10916934B2
A power distribution panel for distributing power to a plurality of components. A modular frame may removably attach in an aperture of a side of a chassis. A first module may be removably attached in an opening of the modular frame. A second module, different from the first module, may be removably attached in the opening of the modular frame.
US10916932B2
A method of protecting a power transformer including: monitoring an external fault indication signal; carrying out locally a fault determination; carrying out locally an inrush current determination; and issuing a final trip signal to protect the power transformer if the external fault indication signal identifies that a fault has occurred and the locally carried out fault determination confirms that a fault has occurred; or the external fault indication signal identifies that a fault has occurred and the locally carried out fault determination identifies that no fault has occurred but after a predetermined delay the locally carried out inrush current determination confirms the absence of an inrush current.
US10916923B2
An extendable cable distribution device in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure can include a main block for receiving the end portion of a composite cable supplied from the outside, and providing the passage through which the received composite cable is distributed; at least one sub-block located to be detachable at one side of the main block, and for guiding the distribution direction of a part of the composite cable distributed while passing through the main block; and a connector located on the outer circumferential surface of the at least one sub-block, and electrically connected with at least part of the distributed cable. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to provide the cable distribution device capable of distributing the supplied composite cable and rotating the distributed cable depending upon the direction extended to the outside. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, when the distributed cable is added, it is possible to simply extend the cable by the number or in the direction desired by an installer by additionally mounting the modular sub-block.
US10916921B2
A spark plug includes an insulator, a housing, and a deformable sealing washer disposed between the insulator and the housing, the insulator having an annular full-perimeter shoulder against which the sealing washer rests, and the shoulder having a radius in a range of between 0.20 mm and 0.60 mm.
US10916920B2
A holding arrangement for multiple electrodes, with at least two holding frames, which can be stacked flat one on top of another. With the holding arrangement, a large number of electrodes, which also form more than one stack spark gap, can be arranged especially simply relative to one another, such that, in the individual holding frames, in each case at least two recesses for accommodating one electrode per recess are formed next to one another, whereby the contour of the individual recesses is matched to the outside dimensions of the individual electrodes, and in that the individual holding frames can be connected to one another.
US10916915B2
A distributed feedback (DFB) semiconductor laser device includes an active layer, a first grating layer and a second grating. The first grating layer has a first grating structure with a first grating period. The second grating layer has a second grating structure with a second grating period substantially different from the first grating period. The active layer, the first grating layer and the second grating layer are vertically stacked, and the equivalent grating period of the DFB semiconductor laser device is (2×P1×P2)/(P1+P2), where P1 and P2 respectively represent the first grating period and the second grating period.
US10916907B2
A uni-block optical pulse compressor which acts to manipulate an input beam with a train of pulses in such a way that the pulses returned after a round-trip though the uni-block compressor are temporally compressed as described. The device is comprised of two optically transparent dielectric blocks whose indices of refraction are larger than the ambient, and provides a compact, portable and robust means for temporally compressing long duration pulses.
US10916906B2
An electrical connector assembly provides a hinge between two parts, such as an eye-piece part and an arm-piece part of augmented eyewear. The assembly includes first and second hermaphroditic connectors which are rotatable relative to each other. Each connector includes a conductive electrical terminal disposed on a non-conductive support. Each electrical terminal includes a main body and a flexible contact arm extending therefrom, and a contacting protrusion protruding from the contact arm. The contact arm can be flexed into a slot in the support. The contacting protrusion on each arm maintains engagement with the main body of the other connector during rotation.
US10916905B2
An external electrical power distribution apparatus and method for adding electrical power distribution to the exterior of a building are disclosed. The external electrical power distribution apparatus includes a base configured to be mounted to a support structure on one side and further configured such that an electrical device can be mounted on a different side than the side mounted to the support structure. The base includes electrical power distribution outlets housed within it, and the housing also includes electrical wiring for providing electrical power to the electrical device and electrical power distribution outlets.
US10916891B2
An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing, and a first conductive member (24). The contacts include a pair of first grounding contacts (212) for transmitting grounding signal, and a pair of first signal contacts (211) for transmitting a differential signal. The pair of first grounding contacts and the pair of first signal contacts are arranged in a first row. The pair of first signal contacts is disposed between the pair of first grounding contacts. The first conductive member is electrically connected with both of the first grounding contacts in at least two different locations.
US10916883B2
A connector fitting body (1) is formed by tightening a bolt (4) arranged in a collar (6) of a first housing (2) into a nut (5) of a second housing (3). The bolt (4) includes a head (41) to contact an end surface of the collar (6) and a shaft. A base portion (42) of the shaft is linked coaxially to a tip side of the head (41), and a tip portion (43) of the shaft is linked coaxially to the base portion (42) of the shaft. An inner peripheral surface of the collar (6) has a base end inner peripheral surface (61) with the base portion (42) of the shaft arranged thereon and a tip inner peripheral surface (62) having a smaller inner diameter than the base end inner peripheral surface (61) and having the tip portion (43) of the shaft arranged thereon.
US10916862B2
The present invention relates to a multifunctional signal transceiver, comprising a housing, and an antenna assembly and a circuit assembly provided in the housing. The antenna assembly at least comprises a first antenna for receiving a TV signal, a second antenna for receiving and sending a mobile communication signal, and a third antenna for receiving and sending a WIFI signal. The first antenna, the second antenna, and the third antenna are arranged in the housing successively from top to bottom. Compared to prior art, the present invention can receive mobile communication signal, TV signal and WIFI signal.
US10916861B2
An apparatus comprising at least a plurality of antenna modules mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) is disclosed. The PCB includes a plurality of holes embedded with a heat sink. Each antenna module comprises an antenna substrate. Each antenna module further comprises a plurality of three-dimensional (3-D) antenna cells that are mounted on a first surface of the antenna substrate. Each antenna module further comprises a plurality of packaged circuitry that are mounted on a second surface of the antenna substrate. The plurality of packaged circuitry are electrically connected with the plurality of 3-D antenna cells. Furthermore, each antenna module is mounted on the plurality of holes via a corresponding packaged circuitry of the plurality of packaged circuitry.
US10916855B1
An antenna is provided as a dipole class radiator with a first bell-shaped element and a second bell-shaped element that extend from a feed gap and are mirror images to each other. Each of the elements has a contour with a combination of curvilinear segments sized to an overall impedance for needed radiation beam pattern properties. In detail, the feed gap with a feed port is between small spherical feed hubs with a larger spherical boss for each element extending away from each feed hub and the feed gap. A frusto-conical section and an adjacent cylindrical section extend from the larger spherical boss for each antenna. The antenna is capable of fitting within a cylindrical shell whose surface area-to-volume ratio is a minimum. The radiation field produced by the antenna is omnidirectional in a horizontal plane. The antenna occupies a minimum surface area-to-volume ratio; thereby, requiring less material.
US10916853B2
A conformal antenna with enhanced circular polarization (“CAECP”) is disclosed. The CAECP includes a plurality of dielectric layers forming a dielectric structure, where a top dielectric layer, of the plurality of dielectric layers, includes a top surface. The CAECP further includes an inner conductor, a coupling element (“CE”), a patch antenna element (“PAE”), a bottom conductor, and an antenna slot. The inner conductor is formed within the dielectric structure, the CE is formed within the dielectric structure above the inner conductor, the PAE is formed on the top surface, and the antenna slot is formed within PAE. The PAE is a conductor and the CAECP is configured to support a transverse electromagnetic (“TEM”) signal within the dielectric structure.
US10916851B2
A mobile electronic device includes a ground plane, a first slot, a plurality of first inductive elements, a first antenna, a second antenna, a first signal source, and a second signal source. The first slot is disposed in the ground plane to form a first ground portion and a second ground portion separated from each other. The first inductive elements are respectively connected to the first ground portion and the second ground portion. The first antenna and the second antenna respectively receive a radio-frequency signal in a predetermined band. The first signal source is electrically connected between the first antenna and the first ground portion and receives the radio-frequency signal from the first antenna. The second signal source is electrically connected between the second antenna and the second ground portion and receives the radio-frequency signal from the second antenna.
US10916846B2
A device includes a plurality of antennas, including one or more active antennas, the antennas being configured in one of a plurality of possible configurations to achieve operation in WAN, LTE, WiFi, or WiMax bands, or a combination thereof. In some embodiments, a passive antenna is utilized with lumped loading to fix the antenna tuning state. A primary and auxiliary radiator can be included in the device and configured for WAN/LTE bands, while additional antennas can be incorporated for WiFi and WiMax bands. Various antenna configurations incorporate the antenna having multiple coupled regions.
US10916844B2
Multi-directional antenna apparatuses, which may include phased array antennas and/or arrays of multiple antennas, and methods for operating these directional antennas. In particular, described herein are apparatuses configured to operate as an access point (AP) for communicating with one or more station devices by assigning a particular directional beam to each access point, and communicating with each station device using the assigned directional beam at least part of the time. Methods and apparatuses configured to optimize the assignment of one or more directional beam and for communicating between different station devices using assigned directional beams are described. Also described are methods of connecting a radio device to an antenna by connecting a USB connector on the radio device to a USB connector on an antenna and identifying the antenna based on a voltage of the ground pin on the antenna's USB connector.
US10916838B2
An electronic module is provided, which includes: a substrate; an antenna body disposed over the substrate; and an encapsulant formed on the substrate and encapsulating the antenna body. A portion of the antenna body is exposed from the encapsulant. As such, the invention increases the arrangement area of the antenna body without increasing the size of the substrate, and also reduces the height of the encapsulant. Therefore, the electronic module of the present invention meets the miniaturization requirement.
US10916830B2
An earbud system is described. The earbud system may include a primary earbud having a primary antenna. The earbud system may further include a secondary earbud having a secondary antenna. The primary antenna may have a higher effective radiation area than the secondary antenna. The secondary antenna may have a higher gain than the primary antenna.
US10916827B2
A wireless module including: a substrate that includes a first surface and a second surface on the back side of the first surface; a plurality of signal terminals that are provided on the first surface and the second surface, input and output signals; an antenna provided on the first surface; a signal processing circuit that is provided on the second surface, is connected between the signal terminals and the antenna, and performs various signal processings on signals input from the signal terminals and the antenna; wherein the signal terminals are arranged in horizontal symmetry on the first surface and the second surface, arranged at the same positions of the first surface and the second surface, and connected to a single signal line in the substrate.
US10916826B2
A communication device and a detachable antenna with dynamic antenna tuning is provided. The detachable antenna comprises: an electrically insulating base; a main antenna and a first antenna element, at the base, respectively operable at independent first and second given frequencies. The device further comprises: a memory associating the first and second given frequencies; an antenna port configured to detachably receive the base of the detachable antenna; a second antenna element, at the antenna port, operable to wirelessly interact with the first antenna element when the base of the detachable antenna is received at the antenna port; a circuit configured to detect wireless interactions between the second antenna element and the first antenna element; and a controller configured to: select the first given frequency using the second given frequency, as detected via the circuit; and, thereafter wirelessly communicate via the main antenna operated at the first given frequency.
US10916823B1
A device having a stripline to substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) transition structure has a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface. A first metal ground layer is formed on the top surface of the substrate. A second metal ground layer is formed on the bottom surface of the substrate. A set of metallic vias are used to connect both ground layers. The stripline to SIW transition structure is embedded within the substrate between the first metal ground layer and the second metal ground layer. The stripline to SIW transition structure has a first transmission line embedded within the substrate. An impedance transformer is coupled to one end of the first transmission line. A coupling structure is coupled to the impedance transformer. The coupling structure has a pair of transmission lines. The pair of transmission lines diverge outward and upward from the impedance transformer. An isolation device is used to isolate EM fields from bifurcation of the pair of transmission lines and EM fields located at the end of these transmission lines. At least one terminating via is attached to terminal ends of the pair of transmission lines. Sidewalls are formed on each side of the stripline to SIW transition structure.
US10916821B2
Metamaterial waveguides and shielded bridges are employed to improve the scalability and routing of quantum computing circuits. A metamaterial waveguide includes a signal conductor that has a periodic array of lumped element resonators distributed along and electrically coupled to a signal conductor. The periodic array of lumped element resonator pairs defines a bandgap within an operating bandwidth of the waveguide. Qubits can communicate within the operating bandwidth of the waveguide and communications via the waveguide can be controlled by changing a center frequency of the qubits. A shielded bridge is used to cross over high frequency communications and control CPW's in a quantum computing circuit. The shielded bridge includes a signal bridge that is elevated and extends over a separate CPW, and a ground bridge positioned between the signal bridge and the separate CPW.
US10916818B2
A battery system can include an evaporation chamber and condenser. One or more battery cells can be immersed in a fluid where the battery cells and the fluid are housed in the evaporation chamber. The condenser can be fluid connected to the evaporation chamber through one or more vapor channels and one or more liquid channels. When the battery cells charge and discharge, heat dissipated by the battery cells is absorbed by the fluid, causing the fluid to change from liquid to vapor. The vapor travels through the one or more vapor channels into the condenser where the vapor changes back to liquid and returns to the evaporation chamber through the one or more liquid channels. The thermal management solution is a self-sensing and self-regulating system.
US10916816B2
A low temperature (e.g., lower than 0° C.) or a high temperature (e.g., higher than 50° C.) can degrade battery performance, especially within lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries, and even accelerate the capacity fading. To ensure a long term and safe operation of Li-ion batteries, the battery thermal management (BTM) system becomes a crucial part to control the temperature of each discrete battery or every battery within a battery pack. Within the prior art a phase change material (PCM) has been employed combined with a graphite matrix. However, the graphite lowers the latent heat of entire BTM system and increases the manufacturing cost. Embodiments of the invention provide sealed mandrels or elements which immobilize the PCM without impacting the latent heat of the entire BTM system and increasing manufacturing costs.
US10916814B2
A battery pack diagnostic apparatus includes a communication port, a measurer, and a controller. The communication port provides an electrical connection between the battery pack diagnostic apparatus and a battery management system. The measurer is electrically connected to an output terminal of the battery pack and is configured to measure a voltage and a current of the battery pack. The controller is configured to obtain a first measurement value with respect to a voltage and a current of the battery pack from the battery management system. The controller is further configured to obtain a second measurement value with respect to a second voltage and a second current of the battery pack from the measurer. The controller analyzes a state of the battery pack based on the first measurement value and the second measurement value.
US10916810B2
A lithium secondary battery comprises an electrode group and a nonaqueous electrolyte having lithium-ion conductivity. A negative electrode current collector has a first surface facing outward of winding of the electrode group and a second surface facing inward of the winding of the electrode group. At least the first surface or the second surface includes a first region and a second region that is closer to an innermost circumference of the winding of the electrode group than the first region. Protrusions include outer-circumference-side protrusions disposed on the first region and inner-circumference-side protrusions disposed on the second region. A first average height of the outer-circumference-side protrusions is larger than a second average height of the inner-circumference-side protrusions.
US10916802B1
Processes for the manufacture of porous particulates for use in lithium ion batteries are described. The porous materials include silicon active materials carried in a continuous matrix that includes a carbon phase and a solid-electrolyte phase.
US10916793B2
A fuel cell stack assembly includes a fuel cell stack column, and side baffles disposed on opposing sides of the column. The side baffles include side baffle plates containing at least one ceramic matrix composite (CMC) panel having at least one hole, and at least one denser ceramic element joined to the at least one CMC panel at the hole in the CMC panel.
US10916792B2
A fuel cell stack includes a load receiver provided in a first separator, and a contact portion. The load receiver includes a protrusion protruding outward from an outer peripheral portion of the first separator. The protrusion includes a protrusion body positioned at the center in a width direction of the protrusion, and a pair of expansions expanded in the width direction from both ends of the protrusion body in the width direction. When the load receiver contacts the contact portion, only a top portion of the expansion contacts the contact portion.
US10916788B2
Methods, systems, and devices of a control system for gas flow. The control system controls gas flow through a fuel cell stack of a vehicle. The control system includes two or more components including one or more actuators and a fuel cell. The control system includes an electronic control unit connected to the two or more components. The control system is configured to determine initial values and previous timestep values. The control system is configured to determine or estimate a total pressure of the gas flow in each of the two or more components based on the initial values and the previous timestep values. The control system is configured to control the one or more actuators based on the total pressure of the gas flow in each of the two or more components.
US10916784B2
A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) system included high thermal conductivity such as copper materials such as copper to increase thermal energy transfer by thermal conduction. The copper is protected from oxidation by nickel electroplating and protected from thermal damage by providing Hastelloy liners inside combustion chambers. Monel elements are used in the incoming air conduits to prevent cathode poisoning
US10916782B2
The present invention provides a solid-liquid electrolyte in the form of a gel which comprises an organic carbonate-based solvent, precipitated silica, at least one ionically conducting salt and optionally additives. The invention also relates to batteries containing said solid-liquid electrolyte. The solid-liquid electrolyte according to the present invention can improve the electrochemical properties of batteries and prevent electrolyte leakage thus reducing the risk of corrosion of the batteries.
US10916780B2
A membrane electrode gas diffusion layer assembly for a fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane, an anode catalyst layer, and a cathode catalyst layer, an anode diffusion layer joined to the anode catalyst layer of the membrane electrode assembly, and a cathode diffusion layer joined to the cathode catalyst layer of the membrane electrode assembly, in which at least one of the anode diffusion layer and the cathode diffusion layer includes a microporous layer that makes contact with the membrane electrode assembly, the microporous layer contains a cerium compound, and at least one of the electrolyte membrane, the anode catalyst layer, and the cathode catalyst layer comprises cerium ions.
US10916778B2
Disclosed is a secondary battery which can improve safety by forming a carbon coating layer and an electrode active material layer on an electrode plate such that ends of the carbon coating layer and the electrode active material layer are in different positions. As an example, the disclosed secondary battery comprises: an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator interposed therebetween; and a case for receiving the electrode assembly, wherein the first electrode plate comprises: a first electrode collector; a carbon coating layer formed on at least one surface of the first electrode collector; and a first electrode active material layer covering at least a portion of the carbon coating layer, wherein the carbon coating layer and the electrode active material layer are formed such that the end of the carbon coating layer and the end of the first electrode active material layer are in different positions, and a protrusion is formed on at least one of the end of the carbon coating layer and the end of the first electrode active material layer.
US10916772B2
A positive electrode active material for a sodium ion battery includes a sodium complex oxide of the formula Na4(M1aM21−a)2O5 having an orthorhombic crystal structure, wherein M1 and M2 are each independently Ti, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Mn, V, or a combination there of provided that M1 and M2 are different from each other; and 0≤a≤1.
US10916767B2
A method for preparing a carbon-coated ternary positive electrode material has steps of preparing a ternary positive electrode material precursor, and preparing a suspension of the ternary positive electrode material precursor. Lithium acrylate is added to the suspension of the ternary positive electrode material precursor according to the molar ratio of Li:(Ni+Co+Mn) being 1.03-1.05:1. Ammonium persulphate is added to the lithium acrylate-containing suspension of the ternary positive electrode material precursor, so that the lithium acrylate undergoes a polymerisation reaction and a suspension of a lithium polyacrylate-coated ternary positive electrode material precursor is obtained. The suspension of the lithium polyacrylate-coated ternary positive electrode material precursor is dried to obtain spherical particles. The lithium polyacrylate-coated ternary positive electrode material precursor particles are sintered to obtain a carbon-coated ternary positive electrode material.
US10916763B2
The present application describes the use of a solid electrolyte interphase (SEI) fluorinating precursor and/or an SEI fluorinating compound to coat an electrode material and create an artificial SEI layer. These modifications may increase surface passivation of the electrodes, SEI robustness, and structural stability of the silicon-containing electrodes.
US10916762B2
Provided is a metal-air battery including a cathode having a space which may be filled with a metal oxide formed during a discharge of the metal-air battery and thus having improved energy density and lifespan. The cathode for the metal-air battery includes a plurality of cathode materials, a plurality of electrolyte films disposed on surfaces of the plurality of cathode materials, and a plurality of spaces which are not occupied by the plurality of cathode materials and the plurality of electrolyte films. A volume of the plurality of spaces may be greater than or equal to a maximum space of a metal oxide formed during a discharge of the metal-air battery.
US10916751B2
A power storage apparatus is configured such that a region surrounded by a plane connecting the outline of a pressure release valve and the outline of a tab-side end face in an electrode assembly in the shortest distance is defined as a three-dimensional region. The power storage apparatus is provided with a covering portion that covers the entire cross section of the three-dimensional region along the tab-side end face in a space between the tab-side end face and the inner surface of a lid body.
US10916746B2
A secondary battery for electronic appliance to be installed in an electronic appliance, thereby feeding an electric power to the electronic appliance is disclosed, which includes a battery cell in which a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte are accommodated in a pack, and a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal from the positive electrode and the negative electrode, respectively are lead out from one side face of the pack; a metallic battery can in which an opening is formed in the both end sides in an insertion direction of the battery cell and which accommodates the battery cell therein such that one side face from which the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal are lead out is faced towards the side of one of the openings; and a pair of lids made of a synthetic resin, each plugging the opening of the battery can, at least one of the lids plugging one of the openings towards which one side face from which the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal are lead out being provided with a positive electrode terminal part and a negative electrode terminal part to be connected to the electrodes of the electronic appliance upon being connected to the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal and being faced outwardly.
US10916745B2
A flexible battery includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a first unit cell and a second unit cell arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate in lengthwise directions of the first substrate and the second substrate, the first and second unit cells being electrically connected to each other.
US10916742B2
A battery pack including: one or more battery cells; and a connector portion including a first terminal portion, wherein the connector portion is configured to be detachably engaged with a connection portion of an electrical device or a charging device including a second terminal portion and a drain hole, and wherein the first terminal portion is configured to be connected to the second terminal portion. The connector portion is configured to be detachably engaged with the connection portion by rotation, thereby closing the drain hole by a part of the connector portion.
US10916736B2
A display panel includes a base substrate in which an active area and a peripheral area adjacent to the active area are defined, a pixel disposed in the active area, a first line disposed in the active area and connected to the pixel, a second line disposed in the peripheral area and spaced apart from the first line in a plan view, a linking pattern electrically connecting the first line to the second line and disposed on a layer different from a layer on which each of the first and second lines is disposed, and an inorganic layer disposed between the first line and the linking pattern and between the second line and the linking pattern. The linking pattern is connected to the first line and the second line through contact holes formed in the inorganic layer.
US10916734B2
The disclosure discloses a method of manufacturing a curved display, a curved display and a display. The method for manufacturing a curved display includes: acquiring a flat display including a to be bent portion; performing a shrink treatment on the to be bent portion of the flat display; bending the to be bent portion of the flat display after the shrink treatment, to form the curved display. The present disclosure performs a shrink treatment on the to be bent portion before bending the display, and then the display is bent so that it can avoid uneven display of the bent portion and reduce the surface strength of the bent portion, the display effect of the display can be maintained, and the life of the display can be improved.
US10916733B2
A display device and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. First, a black matrix layer is directly disposed on a second metal layer in such a manner that a distance between the black matrix layer and a light-emitting layer is shorten to avoid light loss, and thus transmittance is improved. Secondly, the black matrix layer can shield the second metal layer to avoid affecting the customer experience caused by high reflectivity of the second metal layer. Finally, a photoresist mask used in the etching process at the second metal layer to form a recess filed with color resist material in the prior art is replaced by the black matrix layer in such a manner that an exposure process and a lift-off process can be omitted while low reflectivity and high transmittance of the display device are ensured so as to reduce production costs.
US10916732B2
A display panel is provided and includes a display region including a plurality of sub pixel regions arranged in an array, wherein each of the sub pixel regions comprises a light emitting region and a non-light emitting region; a black array layer formed in the non-light emitting regions, the black array is used to shield the metal layer to reflect and absorb the environment light, to improve a light output rate and to improve a contrast ratio of the display device.
US10916731B2
An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device includes an OLED display panel, where a surface of the OLED display panel includes a plurality of pixel display units and a plurality of non-pixel display units; an optical film including an optical film body layer, a black matrix layer, a protective layer, and an adhesive layer which are disposed layer by layer, where the black matrix layer includes a plurality of first black matrix layers and a plurality of second black matrix layers, each of the first black matrix layers is alternated with each of the second black matrix layers.
US10916730B2
A display device includes a display region arranged above a substrate, a first light emitting element emitting light of a first color, a second light emitting element emitting light of a second color, and a third light emitting element emitting light of a third color arranged in the display region, and a first optical path length adjustment film, a second optical path length adjustment film, and a third optical path length adjustment film in the display region.
US10916720B2
An organic photoelectric conversion device having an anode, a cathode, an active layer disposed between the anode and the cathode, and a hole injection layer disposed between the anode and the active layer, wherein the anode is an electrode containing an electrically conductive nanosubstance and the hole injection layer is a layer showing a of 80% or more in measurement of the residual film rate after a water rinse treatment.
US10916718B2
A flexible array substrate, a method for manufacturing the same, and a display panel are provided. The flexible array substrate adopts a structure of a double-layer metal layer to enclose an organic layer in a bending area, which can improve bending stress of a metal trace during bending and reduce probability of fracture; and the metal trace adopting the double-layered design reduces abnormality of a circuit caused by breakage of the metal trace in the bending area and improves product quality.
US10916715B2
An organometallic compound and an organic light-emitting device including the same are provided. The organometallic compound has Formula 1: wherein M is a third row transition metal, L1 is a ligand represented by Formula 2A and n1 is 1, 2, or 3, L2 is a ligand represented by Formula 2B and n2 is 0, 1, or 2. When n1 is two or more, two or more L1(s) are identical to or different from each other. When n2 is two or more, two or more L2(s) are identical to or different from each other. Details about Formula 2A and Formula 2B are provided.
US10916713B2
Wire-shaped perovskite devices and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. The perovskite devices have a uniform layer thickness of perovskite material on wire-shaped substrates of semi-conductor or carbon material. The method includes an electro-coating process, which advantageously allows for predictability and repeatability.
US10916710B2
The present specification provides a hetero-cyclic compound and an organic light emitting device comprising the same.
US10916709B2
The present invention relates to a novel organic compound, and an organic electroluminescent element having improved characteristics, such as luminous efficiency, driving voltage, and lifespan, by containing the novel organic compound in one or more organic material layers.
US10916696B2
A method for manufacturing a magnetic memory element structure using a Ru hard mask and a post pillar thermal annealing process. A Ru hard mask is formed over a plurality of memory element layers and an ion milling is performed to transfer the image of the Ru hard mask onto the underlying memory element layers. A high-angle ion milling an be performed to remove any redeposited material from the sides of the memory element layers, and a non-magnetic, dielectric material can be deposited. A thermal annealing process can then be performed to repair any damage caused by the previously performed ion milling processes.
US10916690B2
Techniques for forming quantum circuits, including connections between components of quantum circuits, are presented. A trench can be formed in a dielectric material, by removing a portion of the dielectric material and a portion of conductive material layered on top of the dielectric material, to enable creation of circuit components of a circuit. The trench can define a regular nub or compensated nub to facilitate creating electrical leads connected to the circuit components on a nub. The compensated nub can comprise recessed regions to facilitate depositing material during evaporation to form the leads. For compensated nub implementation, material can be evaporated in two directions, with oxidation performed in between such evaporations, to contact leads and form a Josephson junction. For regular nub implementation, material can be evaporated in four directions, with oxidation performed in between the third and fourth evaporations, to contact leads and form a Josephson junction.
US10916674B2
Titania is a semiconductor and photocatalyst that is also chemically inert. With its bandgap of 3.2 and greater, to activate the photocatalytic property of titania requires light of about 390 nm wavelength, which is in the ultra-violet, where sunlight is very low in intensity. A method and devices are disclosed wherein stress is induced and managed in a thin film of titania in order to shift and lower the bandgap energy into the longer wavelengths that are more abundant in sunlight. Applications of this stress-induced bandgap-shifted titania photocatalytic surface include photoelectrolysis for production of hydrogen gas from water, photovoltaics for production of electricity, and photocatalysis for detoxification and disinfection.
US10916672B2
A method of making a photovoltaic cell includes providing a metal oxide substrate. The substrate is at least translucent to light. The substrate is directed through a deposition chamber. A semiconductor is deposited over a first major surface of the substrate. The semiconductor includes a polycrystalline p-type layer. The semiconductor is exposed to a chlorine-containing compound or a chlorine molecule. A second electrode layer is provided over the semiconductor.
US10916660B2
A method of forming a substrate contact in a vertical transistor device includes patterning a sacrificial layer to form an opening in the sacrificial layer, the sacrificial layer disposed on hardmask arranged on a substrate, and the substrate including a bulk semiconductor layer, a buried oxide layer arranged on the bulk semiconductor layer, and a semiconductor layer arranged on the buried oxide layer; forming oxide spacers on sidewalls of the opening in the sacrificial layer; using the oxide spacers as a pattern to etch a trench through the substrate, the trench stopping at a region within the bulk semiconductor layer; and depositing a conductive material in the trench to form the substrate contact.
US10916657B2
A method of forming a semiconductor structure includes forming a fin in a film stack disposed over a top surface of a substrate, the film stack comprising a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer and a channel layer. The method also includes forming an oxide layer disposed over the top surface of the substrate surrounding the fin, the oxide layer covering sidewalls of the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer, performing a channel release to remove the second semiconductor layer, and performing an oxidation to form a non-uniform thickness of an additional oxide layer along a length of the fin, the non-uniform thickness providing a vertical compressive strain that induces lateral tensile strain in the channel layer. The channel layer comprises an n-type field-effect transistor (NFET) channel.
US10916651B2
A method for forming the semiconductor device that includes forming a gate opening to a channel region of a fin structure; and forming a dielectric layer on the fin structure, in which an upper portion of the fin structure is exposed. A metal is formed within the gate opening. The portions of the metal directly contacting the upper surface of fin structure provide a body contact. The combination of the metal within the gate opening to the channel region of the fin structure and the dielectric layer provide a functional gate structure to the semiconductor device.
US10916648B2
An integrated circuit device includes a bulk substrate including a first conductivity type well and a second conductivity type drift region, a stack pattern disposed on the bulk substrate and including a buried insulation pattern on the second conductivity type drift region and a semiconductor body pattern on the buried insulation pattern, a gate insulation layer on an upper surface of the first conductivity type well and on a sidewall and an upper surface of the stack pattern, and a gate electrode on the gate insulation layer. The gate electrode includes a first gate portion opposite to the first conductivity type well with the gate insulation layer therebetween and a second gate portion opposite to the second conductivity type drift region with the gate insulation layer and the stack pattern therebetween.
US10916644B2
A semiconductor device includes a first electrode, a second electrode disposed at a position opposing the first electrode, and a semiconductor body provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. The semiconductor body includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type and a third semiconductor layer of the second conductivity type; the second semiconductor layer is provided between the first semiconductor layer and the first electrode; and the third semiconductor layer is selectively provided inside the first semiconductor layer and disposed at a position separated from the second semiconductor layer. The first electrode is electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer and includes an extension portion; and the extension portion pierces the second semiconductor layer, extends in a first direction toward the second electrode, and is connected to the third semiconductor layer.
US10916642B2
The present disclosure relates to semiconductor structures and, more particularly, to a heterojunction bipolar transistor having an emitter base junction with a silicon-oxygen lattice interface and methods of manufacture. The device includes: a collector region buried in a substrate; shallow trench isolation regions, which isolate the collector region buried in the substrate; a base region on the substrate and over the collector region; an emitter region composed of a single crystalline of semiconductor material and located over with the base region; and an oxide interface at a junction of the emitter region and the base region.
US10916635B2
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a semiconductor portion, a gate electrode, a source electrode, a first structure body, and a first insulating portion. The semiconductor portion includes SiC and includes first to third semiconductor regions. The first semiconductor region includes first to third partial regions. The second partial region is provided between the third partial region and the first partial region. The third semiconductor region is provided between the second partial region and the second semiconductor region. The source electrode is electrically connected to the second semiconductor region. The first insulating portion includes a first insulating region and a second insulating region. The first insulating region is provided between the first partial region and the gate electrode. The second insulating region is provided between the second semiconductor region and the first structure body. The first structure body includes at least one of polysilicon or TiN.
US10916629B2
A semiconductor structure that occupies only one areal device area is provided that includes a charge storage region sandwiched between a pFET nanosheet device and an nFET nanosheet device. The charge storage region is an epitaxial oxide nanosheet that is lattice matched to an underlying first silicon channel material nanosheet and an overlying second silicon channel material nanosheet. The semiconductor structure can be used as an EPROM device.
US10916618B2
The present disclosure relates to an array substrate and a method for repairing an array substrate. The array substrate includes: a plurality of sub-pixels located on a substrate, each sub-pixel including a driving transistor and a light emitting device, a control electrode of the driving transistor being coupled to a data signal terminal and a first electrode of the driving transistor being coupled to a first voltage terminal, the light emitting device being connected in series between a second electrode of the driving transistor and a second voltage terminal, the sub-pixels including a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel adjacent to the first sub-pixel that emits light of the same color as that of the first sub-pixel; and a first repairing line insulated from and intersecting with a connection line between the light emitting device and the second electrode of the driving transistor of the first sub-pixel and a connection line between the light emitting device and the second electrode of the driving transistor of the second sub-pixel.
US10916617B2
A display device including: a substrate; a light emitting element on the substrate; a pixel circuit between the substrate and the light emitting element, wherein the pixel circuit is electrically connected to the light emitting element, and includes a plurality of transistors; and a conductive pattern including an electrode portion and a wiring portion for supplying a voltage to the electrode portion, wherein the electrode portion overlaps an active pattern of at least one transistor among the plurality of transistors, wherein the conductive pattern is disposed between the substrate and the active pattern, and wherein a thickness of the wiring portion is greater than a thickness of the electrode portion.
US10916614B2
An array substrate, a display panel, a light-detecting method for a display panel, and a method for controlling a display panel are provided. The array substrate includes a base substrate; a plurality of pixel regions arranged in an array on the base substrate, the pixel regions each including a light-emitting region; and a light-detecting circuit in at least one pixel region, the light-detecting circuit configured to detect light emitted from the light-emitting region of the at least one pixel region in which the light-detecting circuit is provided.
US10916610B2
Disclosed are a backplane substrate, which is devised to attain circuit characteristics for realizing sufficient gradation even in smaller pixels of a super-high-resolution structure, a manufacturing method for the same, and an organic light-emitting display device using the same, inn the backplane substrate, a driving thin-film transistor has a stack structure different from that of other thin-film transistors so that only the S-factor of the driving thin-film transistor is increased.
US10916609B2
An array substrate and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The array substrate sequentially includes a flexible substrate, a buffer layer, an active layer, a first gate insulating layer, a first gate metal layer, a second gate insulating layer, a second gate metal layer, an inter-insulating layer, a first organic filling layer, a source-drain wiring layer, a planarization layer, an anode layer, a pixel defining layer, and a supporting layer from bottom to top; the first organic filling layer is convex upward on the inter-insulating layer, making the source-drain wiring layer covering thereon disposed to be convex. The method of manufacturing the array, substrate is sequentially to manufacture the layers from bottom to top, wherein the convex first organic filling layer disposed on the inter-insulating layer of the array substrate is used to raise a drain thereon.
US10916603B2
A display device includes a substrate that includes a display region and a non-display region that surrounds the display region, a plurality of pixels disposed on the display region of the substrate, a plurality of dam members disposed on the non-display region of the substrate that surround the display region, a first encapsulation layer disposed on the substrate that covers the pixels and the dam members, and a second encapsulation layer disposed on the first encapsulation layer and in a region between the display region and a dam member of the plurality of the dam members that is adjacent to the display region. A surface roughness of a top surface of the second encapsulation layer is greater than a surface roughness of a top surface of the first encapsulation layer.
US10916599B2
An array substrate includes a plurality of sub-pixels and at least one light photosensitive detection assembly, and each photosensitive detection assembly corresponds to at least one sub-pixel. The at least one photosensitive detection assembly includes: a photosensitive element and a signal reading element coupled to the photosensitive element and a first reading signal line, the photosensitive element is configured to detect a luminance of a corresponding sub-pixel, and output a light detection signal according to the luminance of the corresponding sub-pixel. The signal reading element is configured to read the light detection signal output by the photosensitive element, and output a first detection signal to the first reading signal line according to the light detection signal.
US10916595B2
A display device includes a substrate, a first insulating layer disposed on the substrate, a through portion passing through the substrate and the first insulating layer, a display unit disposed on the first insulating layer and including a plurality of pixels surrounding at least a portion of the through portion, and a dummy pixel unit. Each pixel includes a light-emitting element including a pixel electrode and an opposite electrode facing each other, and an emission layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode. The dummy pixel unit includes a plurality of dummy pixels disposed between the through portion and the display unit, and including a metal pattern including a same material as the pixel electrode. The dummy pixels are disposed adjacent to the display unit.
US10916586B2
Three dimensional memory arrays and methods of forming the same are provided. An example three dimensional memory array can include a stack comprising a plurality of first conductive lines separated from one another by at least an insulation material, and at least one conductive extension arranged to extend substantially perpendicular to the plurality of first conductive lines such that the at least one conductive extension intersects each of the plurality of first conductive lines. Storage element material is arranged around the at least one conductive extension, and a select device is arranged around the storage element material. The storage element material is radially adjacent an insulation material separating the plurality of first conductive lines, and the plurality of materials arranged around the storage element material are radially adjacent each of the plurality of first conductive lines.
US10916584B2
A semiconductor device including: first conductive lines on a substrate and extending in a first direction; second conductive lines on the first conductive lines and extending in a second direction; data storage structures between the first and second conductive lines, wherein each of the data storage structures includes a lower data storage electrode, a data storage pattern, and an upper data storage electrode, wherein a width of an upper portion of the lower data storage electrode is smaller than a width of a lower portion of the lower data storage electrode, a width of an upper portion of the data storage pattern is greater than a width of a lower portion of the data storage pattern, and the width of the upper portion of the lower data storage electrode is different from the width of the lower portion of the data storage pattern.
US10916572B2
A pixel of an image sensor, which is capable of resolving a depth error occurring in high-speed charge transfer, includes a detector including a plurality of doped regions configured to receive light and transfer generated electrons; and a demodulator configured to receive the electrons from the detector through a plurality of transfer gates and demodulate the electrons, wherein a first doped region from among the plurality of doped regions is doped to have a first pinning voltage, and a second doped region from among the plurality of doped regions is located adjacent to the first doped region and doped to have a second pinning voltage higher than the first pinning voltage, wherein the plurality of transfer gates is located adjacent to the second doped region.
US10916566B2
It is an object to manufacture and provide a highly reliable display device including a thin film transistor with a high aperture ratio which has stable electric characteristics. In a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device having a thin film transistor in which a semiconductor layer including a channel formation region is formed using an oxide semiconductor film, a heat treatment for reducing moisture and the like which are impurities and for improving the purity of the oxide semiconductor film (a heat treatment for dehydration or dehydrogenation) is performed. Further, an aperture ratio is improved by forming a gate electrode layer, a source electrode layer, and a drain electrode layer using conductive films having light transmitting properties.
