US10943720B2
A solenoid actuator includes a housing assembly, a bobbin assembly, a coil, an armature, and an anti-rotation structure. The bobbin assembly is disposed at least partially within the housing assembly and includes a return pole and a yoke. The yoke has an inner surface that defines an armature cavity. The coil is disposed within the housing assembly and is wound around at least a portion of the bobbin assembly. The armature is disposed within the armature cavity and is axially movable relative to the yoke. The anti-rotation structure is disposed within the housing assembly and engages at least a portion of the armature. The armature and the anti-rotation structure each have at least one feature formed thereon that mate with each other and thereby prevent rotation of the armature.
US10943718B2
Provided is a soft magnetic alloy including Fe, as a main component, and including C. the soft magnetic alloy includes an Fe composite network phase having Fe-rich grids connected in a continuous measurement range including 80000 grids, each of which size is 1 nm×1 nm×1 nm. An average of C content ratio of the Fe-poor grids having cumulative frequency of 90% or more from lower C content is 5.0 times or more to an average of C content ratio of the whole soft magnetic alloy.
US10943713B1
A process for manufacturing finished wire and cable having reduced coefficient of friction and pulling force during installation, includes providing a payoff reel containing at least one internal conductor wire; supplying the at least one internal conductor wire from the reel to at least one extruder; providing the least one extruder, wherein the at least one extruder applies an insulating material and a polymerized jacket composition over the at least one internal conductor wire, wherein the polymerized jacket composition comprises a predetermined amount by weight of nylon; and at least 3% by weight of a silica providing a cooling device for lowering the temperature of the extruded insulating material and the polymerized jacket composition and cooling the insulating material and the polymerized jacket composition in the cooling device; and, reeling onto a storage reel the finished, cooled, wire and cable for storage and distribution.
US10943705B2
A method including providing an internal control rod drive mechanism (CRDM) including an electric motor and a support surface including sealed electrical connectors electrically connected with the electric motor to deliver electrical power to the electrical motor, installing the internal CRDM inside a nuclear reactor, the installing including placing the support surface of the internal CRDM onto a support element inside the nuclear reactor, the placing causing sealed electrical connectors disposed on the support element to mate with the sealed electrical connectors on the support surface of the internal CRDM, wherein the nuclear reactor contains coolant water and the installing is performed with the internal CRDM submerged in the coolant water and the seals of the sealed electrical connectors of the internal CRDM and the support element are effective to prevent coolant water ingress into the sealed electrical connectors.
US10943695B2
The invention relates to a sensor apparatus, comprising: a sensor unit, a wireless communication unit configured to directly or indirectly transmit and receive data to and from an external source, and means for receiving identification information from a sports item while being attached to the sports item, wherein the apparatus is initiate identification of the sports item in response to a trigger from an identification activation element in the sports item.
US10943691B2
Implementations directed to identifying variables affecting a cost of healthcare include actions of receiving data from a plurality of data sources, the data relating to cost of providing healthcare, providing a data model based on the data, processing the data model using non-parametric analysis to provide a non-parametric result, the non-parametric result including a first and second variable, automatically processing the data model to correlate at least the first variable of the non-parametric result to the second variable of the non-parametric result to provide a correlation result, processing the correlation result using parametric analysis to provide a parametric result including at least one variable that affects the cost more than one or more other variables of a plurality of variables of the data model, and providing at least one data visualization for display, the at least one data visualization providing at least one graphical representation of the parametric result.
US10943685B2
The present disclosure relates to a device for handling medicament delivery devices and is to be used with a safety container, where the medicament delivery devices have information retaining elements having information that is unique to specific medicament delivery devices, and which medicament delivery devices are to be put in a safety container after use. The disclosed device has an information obtaining mechanism operably arranged to obtain information from the medicament delivery devices placed into the safety container.
US10943682B2
Systems and methods for automatically populating a post-operative report of a surgical procedure are disclosed. A system may include at least one processor configured to implement a method including receiving an identifier of a patient, an identifier of a healthcare provider, and surgical footage of a surgical procedure performed on the patient. The method may include analyzing frames of the surgical footage to identify phases of the surgical procedure based on interactions between medical instruments and biological structures and, based on the interactions, associate a name with each phase. The method may include determining a beginning of each phase and associating a time marker with the beginning of each phase. The method may include populating a post-operative report with the patient identifier, the names of the phases, and time markers associated with the phases in a manner that enables the health care provider to alter the post-operative report.
US10943675B2
Generally discussed herein are systems, apparatuses, and methods that relate to altering patient care and increasing the efficacy of medical diagnostics. A standard deviation of deltas (SDD) plot of analyte measurements can provide insights into the medical diagnostics. One or more SDD plots can be used to help diagnose a patient and alter a patient's care depending on the relation of the patient's own SDD plot characteristics relative to the one or more SDD plots. Any or all of the analysis can be automated, such as to reduce human interaction with process.
US10943673B2
A method of medical data auto collection segmentation and analysis, includes collecting, from a plurality of sources, unstructured medical data in a plurality of formats, recognizing a medical name entity of each piece of the unstructured medical data, using a medical dictionary, and performing semantic text segmentation on each piece of the unstructured medical data so that each piece of the unstructured medical data is partitioned into groups sharing a same topic. The method further includes generating, as structured medical data, each piece of the unstructured medical data of which the medical name entity is recognized, each piece of the unstructured medical data being partitioned into the groups, and indexing the structured medical data into elastic search clusters.
US10943667B2
A memory device is provided. The memory device includes a shift register array having a plurality of shift registers arranged in a matrix of a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. Each of the plurality of rows comprises a first plurality of shift registers and each of the plurality of columns comprises a second plurality of shift registers. Each of the plurality of rows are associated with a read word line and a write word lines. Each of the plurality of rows are associated with a data input line and a data output line. Each of the plurality of shift arrays comprises a static random access memory.
US10943661B2
Numerous embodiments are disclosed for a high voltage generation algorithm and system for generating high voltages necessary for a particular programming operation in analog neural memory used in a deep learning artificial neural network. Different calibration algorithms and systems are also disclosed. Optionally, compensation measures can be utilized that compensate for changes in voltage or current as the number of cells being programmed changes.
US10943660B2
A resistive memory includes an array area where memory cells are arranged in rows and columns, word lines connected to the memory cells in a row direction, a local bit line extending in a column direction, local source lines, a shared bit line, and a writing device. Each memory cell includes a variable resistance element and an accessing transistor. The local source lines extend in the column direction and are connected to first electrodes of the memory cells in the column direction. The shared bit line is connected to the local bit line and second electrodes of the memory cells in the row direction. The writing device pre-charges the bit line and the source lines to a first voltage and applies a write pulse to the selected memory cell by discharging the corresponding selected source line after applying a write voltage to the selected word line, the writing device.
US10943659B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses, and methods for data state synchronization. An example apparatus includes performing a write operation to store a data pattern in a group of resistance variable memory cells corresponding to a selected managed unit having a first status, updating a status of the selected managed unit from the first status to a second status responsive to performing the write operation, and providing data state synchronization for a subsequent write operation performed on the group by placing all of the variable resistance memory cells of the group in a same state prior to performing the subsequent write operation to store another data pattern in the group of resistance variable memory cells.
US10943657B1
Methods, systems, and devices for dirty write on power off are described. In an example, the described techniques may include writing memory cells of a device according to one or more parameters (e.g., reset current amplitude), where each memory cell is associated with a storage element storing a value based on a material property associated with the storage element. Additionally, the described techniques may include identifying, after writing the memory cells, an indication of power down for the device and refreshing, before the power down of the device, a portion of the memory cells based on identifying the indication of the power down for the device. In some cases, refreshing includes modifying at least one of the one or more parameters for a write operation for the portion of the memory cells.
US10943654B2
Methods, systems, devices, and techniques for read operations are described. In some examples, a memory device may include a first transistor (e.g., memory node transistor) configured to receive a precharge voltage at a first gate and output first voltage based on a threshold of the first transistor to a reference node via a first switch. The device may include a second transistor (e.g., a reference node transistor) configured to receive a precharge voltage and output a second voltage based on a threshold of the second transistor to a memory node via a second switch. The first voltage may be modified by a reference voltage and input to the second transistor. The second voltage may be modified by a voltage stored on a memory cell and input to the first transistor. The first and second transistor may output third and fourth voltages to be sampled to a latch.
US10943650B2
A memory system comprising a plurality of memory cells each including a storage element having a first terminal and a control terminal. The method for operating the memory system includes applying a first program voltage to control terminals of storage elements and applying a basic reference voltage to first terminals of the storage elements during a first program operation, performing a group verification by comparing threshold voltages of the storage elements with a middle voltage, performing a first program test to check if the threshold voltages of the storage elements are greater than a first programming threshold voltage, and performing a second program operation according to a result of the group verification and a result of the first program test. The middle voltage is smaller than the first programming threshold voltage.
US10943649B2
A memory apparatus includes a memory array including a plurality of memory cells capable of selectively storing logic states and a plurality of bit lines and word lines connected to the plurality of memory cells; a controller for controlling a writing step and a reading step; a writing unit; and a reading unit, wherein the controller selects one or more memory cells through the writing unit, sequentially applies a writing voltage thereto to allow the logic states to be written therein, and applies a reading voltage to the one or more memory cells, which are selected to have the logic states written therein, through the reading unit so as to determine synaptic weights through a sum of currents flowing through the one or more memory cells so that the selected one or more memory cells are allowed to be recognized to operate as one synaptic element.
US10943636B1
Embodiments of the disclosure are drawn to apparatuses and methods for analog row access tracking. A plurality of unit cells are provided, each of which contains one or more analog circuits used to track accesses to a portion of the wordlines of a memory device. When a wordline in the portion is accessed, the unit cell may update an accumulator voltage, for example by adding charge to a capacitor. A comparator circuit may determine when one or more accumulator voltages cross a threshold (e.g., a reference voltage). Responsive to the accumulator voltage crossing the threshold, an aggressor address may be loaded in a targeted refresh queue, or if the aggressor address is already in the queue, a priority flag associated with that address may be set. Aggressor addresses may be provided to have their victims refreshed in an order based on the number of set priority flags.
US10943635B2
A common memory device shared by a first processor and a second processor is provided. The common memory device includes a memory cell array including a first memory region allocated for the first processor and a second memory region allocated for the second processor, a refresh masking information storage circuit configured to store refresh masking information indicating whether a refresh is performed on at least one of the first and second memory regions, and a refresh circuit configured to selectively perform the refresh on the first memory region and the second memory region according to the refresh masking information.
US10943629B2
A semiconductor apparatus includes a command decoding circuit and an enable signal generation circuit. The command decoding circuit generates a plurality of operation codes and a strobe pulse based on a command signal and a clock signal. The enable signal generation circuit generates a seed signal based on at least a part of an operation code, among the plurality of operation codes, and the strobe pulse, and generates an enable signal by shifting the seed signal. The enable signal generation circuit generates a plurality of guard keys, after the seed signal is generated, based on the plurality of operation codes and the strobe pulse, and prevents the generation of the enable signal when any one of the plurality of guard keys is disabled.
US10943627B2
Apparatuses and methods for providing internal clock signals of different clock frequencies in a semiconductor device are described in the present application. An example apparatus includes a read command buffer and a read data output circuit. The read command. buffer buffers a read command responsive to a first clock signal and provides the read command responsive to a second clock signal. The read data output circuit receives a plurality of bits of data in parallel when activated by the read command from the read command buffer, and provides the plurality of bits of data serially responsive to input/output (IO) clock signals. A data clock timing circuit provides the IO clock signals having a first clock frequency in a first mode and having a second clock frequency in a second mode, and further provides the second clock signal having the first clock frequency in the first and second modes.
US10943625B2
Apparatuses and methods for transmitting data between a plurality of chips are described. An example apparatus includes: a first chip, wherein the first chip includes a receiver that receives a data strobe signal and further generates an internal strobe signal responsive, at least in part, to the data strobe signal, the internal strobe signal including a first edge and a second edge following the first edge; a buffer circuit coupled to a set of input terminals and captures first data at the set of input terminals responsive, at least in part, to the first edge of the internal strobe signal and further captures second data at the set of input terminals responsive, at least in part, to the second edge of the internal strobe signal; a driver coupled between the buffer circuit and a set of data terminals and configured to be activated to provide the first and second data from the buffer circuit to the set of data terminals responsive, at least in part, to a control signal; and a width expanding circuit that provides the control signal responsive, at least in part, to the internal strobe signal.
US10943620B1
A data storage device is disclosed comprising a head actuated over a disk comprising a plurality of data tracks, including a first data track and a second data track. In connection with writing to at least part of the first data track, a quality metric is measured for at least part of the first data track. In connection with writing to at least part of the second data track, a refresh metric is updated based on the write to at least part of second data track and the quality metric measured for the first data track, and at least the first data track is refreshed based on the refresh metric.
US10943619B2
In general, the subject matter described in this disclosure can be embodied in methods, systems, and program products for identifying that a first audio stream includes first, second, and third sources of audio. A computing system identifies that a second audio stream includes the first, second, and third sources of audio. The computing system determines that the first and second sources of audio are part of a first conversation. The computing system generates a third audio stream that combines the first source of audio from the first audio stream, the first source of audio from the second audio stream, the second source of audio from the first audio stream, and the second source of audio from the second audio stream, and diminishes the third source of audio from the first audio stream, and the third source of audio from the second audio stream.
US10943613B1
A thermally assisted magnetic head including a slider and a light source-unit. The slider includes a slider substrate and a magnetic head part. The light source-unit includes a laser diode and a sub-mount. The magnetic head part includes a medium-opposing surface, a light source-opposing surface and a waveguide which guides laser light from the light source-opposing surface to the medium-opposing surface. The slider substrate includes a light source-cavity formed in a light source-placing surface on which the light source-unit is placed. The light source-cavity includes an opening concave part being formed larger than a mount bottom surface of the sub-mount. The mount bottom surface of the sub-mount is inserted into the opening concave part to be joined to the light source-cavity.
US10943611B1
In one embodiment, a write head includes a spin polarization layer (SPL) over a seed layer. A spacer layer is over the SPL. A trailing shield is over the spacer layer. The spacer layer forms a first interface between the spacer layer and the trailing shield and forms a second interface between the spacer layer and the SPL. The first interface has an area larger than an area of the second interface. In another embodiment, a write head includes a SPL over a spacer layer. A capping layer is over the SPL. A trailing shield is over the capping layer. The spacer layer forms a first interface between the spacer layer and the main pole and forms a second interface between the spacer layer and the SPL. The first interface has an area larger than an area of the second interface.
US10943609B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording device includes a magnetic head, a first circuit, and a second circuit. The magnetic head includes a magnetic pole, a first shield, a stacked body provided between the magnetic pole and the first shield, a first terminal electrically connected to the magnetic pole, a second terminal electrically connected to the first shield, and a coil. The first circuit is electrically connected to the first terminal and the second terminal. The second circuit is electrically connected to the coil. The first circuit performs at least a first operation. In the first operation, the first circuit supplies a first current to a current path between the first and second terminals when the second circuit supplies a recording current to the coil. The first current is smaller than a second current. The second current causes an electrical resistance of the current path to oscillate.
US10943604B1
Described herein is a system for emotion detection in audio data using a speaker's baseline. The baseline may represent a user's speaking style in a neutral emotional state. The system is configured to compare the user's baseline with input audio representing speech from the user to determine a emotion of the user. The system may store multiple baselines for the user, each associated with a different context (e.g., environment, activity, etc.), and select one of the baselines to compare with the input audio based on the contextual situation.
US10943593B2
A method and device are provided for determining an optimized scale factor to be applied to an excitation signal or a filter during a process for frequency band extension of an audio frequency signal. The band extension process includes decoding or extracting, in a first frequency band, an excitation signal and parameters of the first frequency band including coefficients of a linear prediction filter, generating an excitation signal extending over at least one second frequency band, filtering using a linear prediction filter for the second frequency band. The determination method includes determining an additional linear prediction filter, of a lower order than that of the linear prediction filter of the first frequency band, the coefficients of the additional filter being obtained from the parameters decoded or extracted from the first frequency and calculating the optimized scale factor as a function of at least the coefficients of the additional filter.
US10943589B2
Among other things, requests are received from voice assistant devices expressed in accordance with different corresponding protocols of one or more voice assistant frameworks. Each of the requests represents a voiced input by a user to the corresponding voice assistant device. The received requests are re-expressed in accordance with a common request protocol. Based on the received requests, responses to the requests are expressed in accordance with a common response protocol. Each of the responses is re-expressed according to a protocol of the framework with respect to which the corresponding request was expressed. The responses are sent to the voice assistant devices for presentation to the users.
US10943586B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for continuing playback of a digital tutorial until a user interrupts the playback by signaling to the system that there is an issue or that the user needs help. The system detects a person's utterance (e.g., through passive voice monitoring) and determines that the user's utterance is related to the digital tutorial. The system determines, based on the utterance, which step of the digital tutorial is problematic for the user, and replays the problematic step.
US10943585B2
The disclosed technology provides computer-to-wireless-voice integration methods and systems. In some implementations, the methods and systems deliver real-time voice instructions to users of required time-sensitive actions and ensure that such directives are received and a recipient effectively acts on the directives. The systems and methods include receiving a notification of an event from a terminal in a wireless active voice engine (WAVE) system, determining an active voice directive corresponding to the event with a WAVE module, converting the active voice directive into a voice event via a directive converter, and notifying a targeted recipient of the active voice directive corresponding to the event with a communications module. In some implementations, the systems and methods include sending a confirmation event via the receiver to the communications module that the active voice directive was received by the targeted recipient and communicating the active voice directive has been completed.
US10943581B2
Systems, methods, and devices for training and testing utterance based frameworks are disclosed. The training and testing can be conducting using synthetic utterance samples in addition to natural utterance samples. The synthetic utterance samples can be generated based on a vector space representation of natural utterances. In one method, a synthetic weight vector associated with a vector space is generated. An average representation of the vector space is added to the synthetic weight vector to form a synthetic feature vector. The synthetic feature vector is used to generate a synthetic voice sample. The synthetic voice sample is provided to the utterance-based framework as at least one of a testing or training sample.
US10943580B2
Methods and systems for phonological clustering are disclosed. A method includes: segmenting, by a computing device, a sentence into a plurality of tokens; determining, by the computing device, a plurality of phoneme variants corresponding to the plurality of tokens; clustering, by the computing device, the plurality of phoneme variants; creating, by the computing device, an initial vectorization of the plurality of phoneme variants based on the clustering; embedding, by the computing device, the initial vectorization of the plurality of phoneme variants into a deep learning model; and determining, by the computing device, a radial set of phoneme variants using the deep learning model.
US10943575B2
A sound absorbing device includes: a plurality of sound absorbing units. A frequency of sound absorbed by at least one of the sound absorbing units overlaps, at least partially, with a frequency of sound with a volume increased by installation of another sound absorbing unit.
US10943561B2
The image data display system according to the present invention makes it possible to comprehend a global distribution of measurement values and a change in details of the measurement values simultaneously. In the present invention, a color information conversion unit converts the measurement values to color information for representing the global distribution of the measurement values. A detail extraction unit extracts detail information of the measurement values from the measurement values. A detail adjustment unit adjusts the strength of detail information and generates adjusted detail information. A color information adding unit adds color information on the basis of the adjusted detail information.
US10943557B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus to transition a display device between operating modes using a single dedicated pin of a circuit connected to the display device. The dedicated pin can receive a packet signal corresponding to an operating mode for the display device, and the circuit can thereafter cause the display device to transition into the desired operating mode in response to receiving the packet signal. The operating mode can be a low power on mode where an interface connected to the circuit is deactivated and at least some circuitry of the display device is throttled or powered off. The display device can be driven in an all black state while in the low power on mode, thereby allowing the display device to more quickly transition out of the low power on mode compared to when the display device is completely off.
US10943554B2
A shift register unit, a method of driving a shift register unit, a gate driving circuit and a touch display device are disclosed. The shift register unit includes a first signal input terminal, a first voltage control terminal, a second signal input terminal, a second voltage control terminal, a signal output terminal, a first voltage terminal, and a second voltage terminal. The shift register unit further comprises a first input circuit, a second input circuit, an output circuit, an anti-leakage circuit, a first control circuit, and a second control circuit. The anti-leakage circuit is configured to bring a first node into conduction with a second node in response to an active potential of the second voltage terminal.
US10943552B2
A shift register unit cascaded in a gate drive circuit, wherein the shift register unit comprises: a control circuit configured to output a control signal, at least two buffer circuits coupled to the control circuit, each of the at least two buffer circuits configured to output scan signal to a gate line. As such, the scan signals output from the at least two buffer circuits would be synchronized so that the gate lines respectively coupled to the two buffer circuits can be scanned simultaneously.
US10943551B2
A display substrate, a display device and a method for driving the same are provided. The display substrate includes a plurality of sub-regions. At least one subpixel unit, a common electrode voltage input line, a common electrode voltage control line and at least one control TFT are arranged at each sub-region. At each sub-region, a gate electrode of the control TFT is coupled to the common electrode voltage control line, a source electrode of the control TFT is coupled to the common electrode voltage input line, and a drain electrode of the control TFT is coupled to a common electrode of the subpixel unit.
US10943548B1
A image adjustment method applicable to a display includes: defining multiple areas on a display region of the display; obtaining statistics of grayscale of a preliminary image; determining an image type of the preliminary image according to the statistics of grayscale of the preliminary image; generating a Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF) of luminance according to the statistics of grayscale of the preliminary image; individually adjusting a backlight level for each of the areas according to the CDF and the image type of the preliminary image; and generating an output image with each of the areas being individually adjusted.
US10943545B2
A pixel circuit and a display apparatus. The pixel circuit comprises three sub-pixel circuits (P1, P2, P3) and one power supply circuit (VL), wherein the three sub-pixel circuits (P1, P2, P3) share a data line (Data); the power supply circuit (VL) is connected to a first voltage level terminal (VA), a first signal control line (EM1) and the sub-pixel circuits (P1, P2, P3), and the power supply circuit (VL) is configured to supply a first voltage level to the sub-pixel circuits (P1, P2, P3) through the first voltage level terminal (VA) under the control of a signal of the first signal control line (EM1); and the sub-pixel circuits (P1, P2, P3) are connected to the power supply circuit (VL) and the data line (Data), and are configured to display a gray scale under the control of the first voltage level supplied by the power supply circuit (VL) and a data signal of the data line (Data). The pixel circuit can decrease the number of the signal lines used in the pixel circuit in the display apparatus, reduce the cost of the integrated circuit, and improve the pixel density of the display apparatus.
US10943543B2
An array substrate includes a display area, a non-display area other than the display area, a plurality of signal lines located in the display area, and a plurality of signal line leads located in the non-display area and connected to respective ones of the plurality of signal lines. Each of the signal line leads includes a lead body and a first block connected to the lead body, and the first block has an area greater than or equal to an area of a square with a side length that is 5 times a width of the signal line.
US10943542B2
A semiconductor device comprises circuitry and a timing generator. The circuitry is configured to generate an emission control signal that controls light emission of pixels of a display panel such that a first vertical sync period comprises a plurality of control cycles for the light emission of the pixels. The timing generator is configured to, when a length of the first vertical sync period is changed, start a next vertical sync period following the first vertical sync period at timing based on a length of the control cycles.
US10943538B2
Provided is a scan driving circuit including a plurality of unit scan driving circuits, at least one of the plurality of unit scan driving circuits including: a first transistor configured to receive a prior scan signal in synchronization with a first clock signal and to respond to an enable level of the prior scan signal to output a second clock signal as a corresponding scan signal during one cycle of the first clock signal; a second transistor coupled between the first transistor and a first voltage; and a third transistor coupled to a gate of the second transistor and configured to be turned on by a first signal. A width of a first wire configured to transfer the first clock signal and a width of a second wire configured to transfer the second clock signal are larger than that of a third wire configured to transfer the first signal.
US10943537B2
A pixel circuit configured to drive a light-emitting element and a driving method therefor, and a display substrate, the pixel circuit comprising: a first switch sub-circuit configured to input, under the control of a first control signal line, a data signal of a data signal line to a first node; a second switch sub-circuit configured to input, under the control of a second control signal line, a first signal of a first signal line to a second node; a driving sub-circuit configured to drive, under the control of the potential of the first node, the light-emitting element to emit light; and a memory sub-circuit configured to store a threshold voltage of the driving sub-circuit before the second switch sub-circuit is turned on in each work cycle of the pixel circuit.
US10943534B2
An OLED display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a scan line transmitting a scan signal, a data line crossing the scan line and transmitting a data voltage, and a driving voltage line crossing the scan line and configured to transmit a driving voltage. The display also includes a switching transistor electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The display further includes a driving transistor and a compensation transistor. A driving gate electrode and a driving drain electrode are respectively connected to a compensation source electrode and a compensation drain electrode. The display also includes a light blocking layer at least partially covering the compensation transistor and an OLED electrically connected to the driving transistor.
US10943533B2
A method for driving a display panel, a driving chip and a display device are provided to ameliorate image retention and improve the display performance. The method includes: monitoring a static pattern in a first display image and defining an area where the static pattern is located as a first area when a display brightness value of the area and a display brightness value of an area where a background pattern thereof is located satisfy a first preset condition; and controlling the static pattern to move during displaying of the first display image, or adjusting grayscale values of sub-pixels in a second area during displaying of a second display image, to which the first display image jumps, the second area being an area, corresponding to the first area in the second display image and having a display brightness value lower than a display brightness value of the first area.
US10943531B1
The present invention provides a decay factor accumulation method for an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel with a variable refresh rate (VRR). The decay factor accumulation method includes detecting an operating frame rate of an input image; generating a decay factor compensation coefficient according to the operating frame rate and a measurement frame rate; and generating a plurality of accumulated decay factors of the input image according to a decay factor lookup table corresponding to the measurement frame rate and the decay factor compensation coefficient.
US10943530B1
A mura compensation apparatus for an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes a calculator and a mura compensator. The calculator is configured to calculate a non-maximum-luminance demura offset value of a pixel of the OLED display for a determined gray level on the basis of a gamma value, a maximum-luminance demura offset value of the pixel of the OLED display for a relocated gray level and a non-maximum luminance value of the OLED display. The mura compensator is configured to perform mura compensation on the pixel of the OLED display by the non-maximum-luminance demura offset value for the determined gray level.
US10943529B2
An electronic device may have a hinge that allows the device to be flexed about a bend axis. A display may span the bend axis. To facilitate bending about the bend axis without damage when the display is cold, a portion of the display that overlaps the bend axis may be selectively heated. The portion of the display that overlaps the bend axis may be self-heated by illuminating pixels in the portion of the display that overlap the bend axis or may be heated using a heating element or other heating structure that provides heat to the portion of the display overlapping the bend axis. Control circuitry may engage a latching mechanism that prevents opening and closing of the electronic device when the temperature of the portion of the display that overlaps the bend axis is below a predetermined temperature.
US10943523B2
A driving method of display panel includes: dividing pixels with same one color on the display panel into sets of pixel pairs, each set including a first subpixel and a second subpixel; displaying each frame using two frame images in order; obtaining a first voltage signal and a second voltage signal, a positive-viewing-angle mixed brightness of the subpixel being equivalent to a positive-viewing-angle brightness of the subpixel; driving the first subpixel of the first frame image by the first voltage signal of the first or second subpixel, and driving the second subpixel by the second voltage signal of the first or second subpixel; and driving the first subpixel of the second frame image by the second voltage signal of the first or second subpixel, and driving the second subpixel of the second frame image by the first voltage signal of the first or second subpixel.
US10943520B2
The present invention provides a display method of a display panel, a drive circuit, a display device and a computer-readable storage medium. The method comprises: acquiring remaining ratios of subpixels of respective colors in each irregular pixel, the remaining ratio being a ratio of the opening area of the subpixel in the irregular pixel and the opening area of the subpixel of the same color in the regular pixel; determining actual light intensities of respective subpixels in each irregular pixel according to remaining ratios and corresponding original light intensities of the respective subpixels; causing respective subpixels in each irregular pixel to display corresponding actual light intensities.
US10943518B2
A timing control circuit and an operating method thereof are provided. The timing control circuit includes a first clock generating circuit, a second clock generating circuit and a control timing generating circuit. The control timing generating circuit is coupled to the first clock generating circuit to receive a first clock signal. The control timing generating circuit is coupled to the second clock generating circuit to receive a second clock signal. The control timing generating circuit starts timing from a first reference time point according to the first clock signal for determining a second reference time point. The control timing generating circuit starts timing from the second reference time point according to the second clock signal for determining a time point of a trailing edge of a current line pulse of a scan reference signal, wherein the current line pulse corresponds to a current scan line of a display panel.
US10943515B2
A display device includes: a first pixel including a first light emitting diode (LED) and a first capacitor including a first electrode connected to a first power source voltage providing a driving voltage to an anode of the first light emitting diode (LED) or to an initialization voltage, and a second electrode connected to the anode of the first light emitting diode (LED); and a second pixel including a second light emitting diode (LED) and a second capacitor including a first electrode connected to the first power source voltage providing the driving voltage to an anode of the second light emitting diode (LED) or to an initialization voltage, and a second electrode connected to the anode of the second light emitting diode (LED), wherein capacitance of the second capacitor is less than capacitance of the first capacitor.
US10943512B2
A method of associating a tamper evident tag with an article is provided. The method includes the steps of providing the tamper evident tag with first and second layers laminated to each other and inserting a fastener through the article at a user selected location thereof. A terminal end of the fastener is positioned on a second layer of the tamper evident tag and a first portion of the second layer is removed to expose an adhesive on a first portion of the first layer. The first portion of the first layer of the tamper evident tag is folded over a second portion of the first layer so as to capture a second portion of the inner layer between the first and second portions of the first layer and to capture the terminal end of the fastener between the first portion of the first layer and the second portion of the second layer of the tamper evident tag thereby retaining the article on the fastener.
US10943511B2
Disclosed embodiments may relate to a time-dependent color-changing label for a product. The label may include a first layer comprising a plurality of particles, the particles comprising a time dependent color-changing material that changes color after a predetermined time period, the predetermined time period being greater than one month. The label may also include an attachment structure attaching the first layer to the product. In certain embodiments, the first layer may include a polymer, and the particles may include glass microspheres containing the time-dependent color changing material. The particles may be embedded in the polymer.
US10943505B2
A system and method for converting static/still medical images of a particular patient into dynamic and interactive images interacting with medical tools including medical devices by coupling a model of tissue dynamics and tool characteristics to the patient specific imagery for simulating a medical procedure in an accurate and dynamic manner by coupling a model of tissue dynamics to patient specific imagery for simulating surgery on the particular patient. The method includes a tool to add and/or to adjust the dynamic image of tissues and ability to draw any geometric shape on the dynamic image of tissues and to add the shape into the modeling system.
US10943503B2
A haptic communication device includes a speech signal generator configured to receive speech sounds or a textual message and generate speech signals corresponding to the speech sounds or the textual message. An envelope encoder is operably coupled to the speech signal generator to extract a temporal envelope from the speech signals. The temporal envelope represents changes in amplitude of the speech signals. Carrier signals having a periodic waveform are generated. Actuator signals are generated by encoding the changes in the amplitude of the speech signals from the temporal envelope into the carrier signals. One or more cutaneous actuators are operably coupled to the envelope encoder to generate haptic vibrations representing the speech sounds or the textual message using the actuator signals.
US10943495B2
A method for controlling an aerial vehicle includes obtaining flight indication data containing a position region associated with the flight indication data, determining whether a current position of the aerial vehicle is within the position region associated with the flight indication data, and, in response to the current position being within the position region, generating a flight control instruction according to the flight indication data, and controlling a flight of the aerial vehicle according to the flight control instruction.
US10943494B2
The present disclosure provides a flight instructing method and device as well as an aerial vehicle. The flight instructing method may comprise: obtaining meteorological information of a target flight region; determining a flight-limiting parameter candidate of an aerial vehicle in the target flight region according to the obtained meteorological information; and issuing a flight-limiting indication based on the determined flight-limiting parameter candidate.
US10943489B2
A method for driving safety when vehicles are driving in convoy, in which a driver classification is performed during travel based on instantaneous sensor variables, and in which a recommendation for the vehicle order in the convoy is output.
US10943488B2
A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror reflector sub-assembly having a mirror reflective element, a mirror back plate, a heater pad, and a blind zone indication module that includes a plastic housing. When at least one light emitting diode of the blind zone indication module is electrically powered, light emitted by the light emitting diode exits the blind zone indication module via a light-transmitting portion of the front end of the plastic housing. With the blind zone indication module disposed at the mirror reflective element, and with the light-transmitting portion of the front end of the plastic housing juxtaposed with a light-transmitting aperture of the mirror back plate, light emitted by the light emitting diode passes through the mirror reflective element and illuminates an icon of the mirror reflective element that is viewable by a driver of a vehicle equipped with the mirror assembly.
US10943487B2
Control apparatus that controls headlamp of a vehicle and HUD of the vehicle includes acquirer that obtains information about an object situated ahead of the vehicle from monitoring apparatus monitoring an area ahead of the vehicle, light emission controller that controls the light emission form of headlamp based on a position at which the object is present, and display controller that causes HUD to display an alert image indicating the position of the object such that the alert image is superimposed on or situated adjacent to the actual position of the object in a view that is observed in a forward direction with respect to the vehicle.
US10943485B2
In one embodiment, a system of an ADV perceives a driving environment surrounding the ADV using a plurality of sensors mounted on the ADV. The system identifies a blind spot based on the perceived driving environment surrounding the ADV. The system in response to identifying the blind spot, receives an image having the blind spot from an image capturing device disposed within a predetermined proximity of the blind spot. In some embodiments, the system receives the image having the blind spot from a remote server communicatively coupled to the image capturing device. The system identifies an obstacle of interest at the blind spot of the ADV based on the image. The system generates a trajectory based on the obstacle of interest at the blind spot to control the ADV to avoid the obstacle of interest.
US10943483B2
The invention discloses a positioning device configured to acquire its own GNSS position, the GNSS positions of rovers in an area around the positioning device and the relative positions of the positioning device to the rovers. The positioning device is configured to calculate a best-fit position based on this data and their confidence indexes. The positioning devices may communicate directly or through a navigation assistance centre. The best-fit position may be provided with indexes of confidence, availability and integrity. In some embodiments, the positioning device of the invention may be robust enough to generate commands to the driving controls of an autonomous vehicle.
US10943473B2
An information management apparatus and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium recording a program which is executable by an information management apparatus is disclosed. The information management apparatus includes: a memory which is configured to store vehicle information; processing circuitry configured to receive the vehicle information and to store the vehicle information in the memory, the vehicle information including vehicle identification information uploaded from each of a plurality of vehicles managed by the information management apparatus, analyze the vehicle information stored in the memory according to a set analysis viewpoint, and change an upload condition of the vehicle information based on an analysis result of the vehicle information; and a transmitter configured to transmit the changed upload condition to a vehicle among the plurality of vehicles.
US10943472B2
A notification device provided in a vehicle and configured to notify pedestrians of information includes a recognition unit configured to recognize, based on a result of detection performed by an external sensor, a plurality of pedestrians, a notification unit configured to perform notification about the information with respect to an outside of the vehicle, and a notification controller configured to generate the information, about which the notification unit performs notification, for each pedestrian in response to recognizing the plurality of pedestrians by the recognition unit and to cause the notification unit to perform notification about the generated information for each pedestrian.
US10943468B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a storage device, for enabling drone activity in a property monitored by a property monitoring system without triggering a false alarm. In one aspect, the method includes actions of obtaining a location of the drone, identifying a first sensor installed at the property that is within a predetermined distance of the drone, detecting first sensor data generated by the first sensor that is within a predetermined distance of the drone, wherein the first sensor data includes data that is indicative of an event, determining whether a second sensor that is mounted to the drone is generating second sensor data that corroborates the event indicated by the first sensor data, and disregarding, by the property monitoring system, the first sensor data in determining whether to trigger an alarm.
US10943453B2
A light shielding section for inhibiting ambient light from entering a detection space 34 for detecting smoke contained in a gas is included, the light shielding section includes an inner labyrinth 36 that covers an outer edge of the detection space 34 and has a first inner inflow opening 36f, a detector body 4 disposed at a position facing the first inner inflow opening 36f, the position being separated from the first inner inflow opening 36f by a first gap 38, and an outer labyrinth 37 disposed at a position separated from the first gap 38 by a second gap 39 on an imaginary line orthogonal to a direction in which the first inner inflow opening 36f and the detector body 4 face each other, the imaginary line passing through the first gap 38, and the gas outside the light shielding section is allowed to flow into the detection space 34 through the second gap 39, the first gap 38, and the first inner inflow opening 36f in order.
US10943452B1
Security and/or automation systems, collectively referred to as automation systems, may allow a parent to leave their child at home and feel comfortable. The automation system may receive a notification that the parents are leaving. The parents may set a child alone state or a babysitter state. The system may use settings determined by the parents to track child parameters. Restricted areas may include a parents liquor cabinet, a parents bedroom, an office, and the like. The automation system may additionally track the comings and goings of a child to determine if the child is out past a curfew, when the child left, when the child arrived at home, and the like. Additionally, the parent away state may implement a lock down on any firearms or other potential hazards in a home.
US10943436B2
To bring the excitement to the people (majority, who are not experts in games), we present the examples, described here, for one person to be able to bet on and be part of the deal and excitement for a third party, as his agent, proxy, or shadow. Some other examples are: one-link connectivity for easy registration and betting, connection and integration of social networks, Game of skills and/or chance, TV show integration, Player vs player situations, One-click betting/linking/functioning/triggering or OCB, Tipster scheme, a website belonging to our platform, Charity scheme, Pari-mutuel betting in our environment (all bets of a type in a pool, where any winning can be shared, after the house or casino deduction for fees), Proposition betting in our environment, and Multiple leg/parameter situation (where only a subset of decisions is relied upon on a 3rd party, and the rest are decided by the 1st party, herself).
US10943431B2
A method of creating lottery tickets of which the possible prize will be discovered by the holder of same via a Smartphone application which, depending on the image on the ticket, will make it possible to reach, on a remote computer site, the equivalent of a draw, that is preferably pre-recorded or pre-defined and will be displayed on the Smartphone in a form equivalent to a video, thus making it possible for the holder to be able to follow and experience the draw and thus find out if he has won and, in this case, what the prize is. The distribution of the prizes, the guarantee that the draw is unique and the “new” nature of the tickets are guaranteed and managed by the remote computer system. The method makes it possible, in particular, to bring a novel appeal to lotteries based on scratchcard tickets, which are the main key to the success of this kind of lottery.
US10943426B2
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for providing user participatory design as a process to generate unique patterns on transaction cards are disclosed. For example, a system for providing an interactive design environment for designing a transaction card is disclosed. Accordingly, the system may provide for deeper customization of transaction cards through generative patterns curated by designers and informed by end-users. As a result, the patterns on transaction cards may be unique to every user, and these unique patterns may provide additional security functions to cardholders.
US10943422B2
A sheet processing system A includes a sheet processing apparatus 1 that transports and stores a sheet in one of short-edge leading orientation and long-edge leading orientation; a sheet housing section 3 that stores the sheet in the other of the short-edge leading orientation and the long-edge leading orientation; and an orientation changing section 4 that transports the sheet between the sheet processing apparatus 1 and the sheet housing section 3, changes transport orientation of the sheets which is being transported between the short-edge leading orientation and the long-edge leading orientation.
US10943420B1
A system that allows an end-user to locate and gain access to a private facility, such as a restroom or other resource, without requiring that the end-user interact with any facility personnel. A mobile application allows a user to identify and proceed to a location where a private facility is available. When a user arrives at the location, the mobile application communicates with access control devices at the location to notify facility personnel of the user's presence and unlock doors or otherwise remove safeguards preventing general public access to the private facility.
US10943412B2
Disclosed is a method for remotely loading digital data to an electronics unit for measuring operating parameters of a wheel of a motor vehicle, the remote loading being carried out by a remote loading tool external to the wheel. The method includes the positioning of the external remote loading tool in the proximity of the wheel at least, emission of at least one frame of mechanical waves by the external remote loading tool toward the electronics unit, the waves being representative of the data to be remotely loaded, reception of at least the frame of mechanical waves by the electronics unit via the mechanical parameter measurement sensor, and the conversion of the mechanical waves into electrical signals and then into digital signals containing the remotely loaded data in digital form, and the storage of the remotely loaded data in the electronics unit.
US10943407B1
A modular computer-implemented XR health platform is adapted for diagnostic, therapeutic, and care delivery to patient. The platform incorporates one or more modules including a clinical platform module, XR platform module, configuration module, web portal and companion application module, integration module, light module, anatomy module, movement module, neurological module, mental health module, pain module, procedural and digital anesthetic module, hardware module, and billing module. A combined extended reality display and computing device are adapted for implementing one or more of the plurality of modules.
US10943403B2
Users can view images or renderings of items placed (virtually) within a physical space. For example, a rendering of an item can be placed within a live camera view of the physical space. A snapshot of the physical space can be captured and the snapshot can be customized, shared, etc. The renderings can be represented as two-dimensional images, e.g., virtual stickers or three-dimensional models of the items. Users can have the ability to view different renderings, move those items around, and develop views of the physical space that may be desirable. The renderings can link to products offered through an electronic marketplace and those products can be consumed. Further, collaborative design is enabled through modeling the physical space and enabling users to view and move around the renderings in a virtual view of the physical space.
US10943402B2
Methods and systems for providing a mixed reality (MR) interaction are provided. In one example, a method comprises: capturing, at a first time and using a camera of a head-mounted display (HMD) of a user, a first image of a physical interaction of the user with a physical object; measuring a movement of the HMD with respect to the physical object between the first time and a second time; processing the first image based on the measurement of the movement of the HMD to generate a second image; generating, based on the second image, a composite image of a virtual interaction involving the user; and displaying, via the HMD and based on the composite image, the virtual interaction in place of the physical interaction to the user at the second time.
US10943393B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for optimizing three-dimensional models. One of the methods includes determining, for a three-dimensional model of an object to be optimized, a plurality of points on the object that each have at least a threshold likelihood of being a focal point, the object having two or more regions each of which include one or more textures, one or more meshes, or both; identifying, from the two or more regions, one or more non-focal regions that i) each do not include any of the plurality of points, and ii) are a proper subset of the two or more regions; generating, using the one or more non-focal regions, an optimized three-dimensional model for the object with a smaller size less than a larger size of the three-dimensional model; and storing the optimized three-dimensional model in a non-volatile memory.
US10943389B2
Techniques for removing or identifying overlapping fragments in a fragment stream after z-culling are disclosed. The techniques include maintaining a first-in-first-out buffer that stores post-z-cull fragments. Each time a new fragment is received at the buffer, the screen position of the fragment is checked against all other fragments in the buffer. If the screen position of the fragment matches the screen position of a fragment in the buffer, then the fragment in the buffer is removed or marked as overlapping. If the screen position of the fragment does not match the screen position of any fragment in the buffer, then no modification is performed to fragments already in the buffer. In either case, he fragment is added to the buffer. The contents of the buffer are transmitted to the pixel shader for pixel shading at a later time.
US10943386B2
Systems and methods of geometry processing, for rasterization and ray tracing processes provide for pre-processing of source geometry, such as by tessellating or other procedural modification of source geometry, to produce final geometry on which a rendering will be based. An acceleration structure (or portion thereof) for use during ray tracing is defined based on the final geometry. Only coarse-grained elements of the acceleration structure may be produced or retained, and a fine-grained structure within a particular coarse-grained element may be Produced in response to a collection of rays being ready for traversal within the coarse grained element. Final geometry can be recreated in response to demand from a rasterization engine, and from ray intersection units that require such geometry for intersection testing with primitives. Geometry at different resolutions can be generated to respond to demands from different rendering components.
US10943380B1
Methods and systems for inserting a push content item into a user display are described herein. The system identifies an object on a current output of an application on a device. The system also selects a push content item comprising an animatable graphic element from a database of push content. The system inserts the push content item at an insertion point in the current output and animates the animatable graphic element on the current output of the application. The system also causes at least one interaction of the animatable graphic element with the object on the current output of the application.
US10943377B2
A method including receiving a user selection of multiple image anchors for images within a canvas, and a query for each image anchor, is provided. The method includes finding a vector for the canvas in a merged space associated with the user selection of multiple image anchors, generating a synthetic image for the canvas based on the vector for the canvas in the merged space and an image from an image database, and evaluating a synthetic detectability based on a resemblance of the synthetic image with a real image. The method also includes providing the synthetic image for the canvas to a user when the synthetic detectability is lower than a pre-selected threshold. A system and a non-transitory, computer readable medium storing instructions to perform the above method are also provided.
US10943376B2
There is provided a technique for dividing a plurality of images into a plurality of image groups using a method which differs according to a predetermined condition. An image processing apparatus divides the plurality of images into the plurality of image groups according to time information corresponding to the plurality of images which are candidates to be laid out on a template. Then, at least one image included in each of the plurality of image groups is laid out on the template corresponding to each of the plurality of image groups. In the dividing, the plurality of images is divided into the plurality of image groups by a method which differs according to the predetermined condition.
US10943361B2
The described positional awareness techniques employing visual-inertial sensory data gathering and analysis hardware with reference to specific example implementations implement improvements in the use of sensors, techniques and hardware design that can enable specific embodiments to provide positional awareness to machines with improved speed and accuracy.
US10943359B2
While a viewer is viewing a first stereoscopic image comprising a first left image and a first right image, a left vergence angle of a left eye of a viewer and a right vergence angle of a right eye of the viewer are determined. A virtual object depth is determined based at least in part on (i) the left vergence angle of the left eye of the viewer and (ii) the right vergence angle of the right eye of the viewer. A second stereoscopic image comprising a second left image and a second right image for the viewer is rendered on one or more image displays. The second stereoscopic image is subsequent to the first stereoscopic image. The second stereoscopic image is projected from the one or more image displays to a virtual object plane at the virtual object depth.
US10943358B2
An object tracking method includes following steps: transmitting search information for searching for an object by a first processor during a search stage; receiving the search information and using a second processor to determine whether any of at least one accessory camera has captured an object image in the search stage. When the second processor determines that at least one of the at least one accessory camera has captured the object image, the second processor transmits notification information to the first processor and the first processor enters a tracking stage and transmits request information to the second processor. When the second processor receives the request information, the second processor performs one of the following: transmitting the object image to the first processor, wherein the first processor calculates an object pose according to the object image.
US10943357B2
Apparatus and corresponding method are invented for detecting indoor liquid leak in equipment, such as a pump in a pump station. The apparatus includes an image analyzer configured to receive video from one or more cameras and analyze the video to determine if a leak on the equipment is present by comparing the video with a reference and a target color and the image analyzer having an output port for delivering a notification upon the image analyzer determining that a leak is present on the equipment. If a leak alarm happens, the operator can check the remote live video and/or stored clips to confirm the leak and activate a response to stop it.
US10943356B2
A method for fill level determination, which can include receiving a set training set, training a neural network, selecting reference images, and/or determining a container fill level. A system for fill level determination, which can include a computing system, one or more containers, and/or one or more content sensors.
US10943353B1
Systems and methods generate a segmentation network for image segmentation using global optimization. A method for automatic generation of at least one segmentation network includes providing an initial set of hyperparameters to construct a segmentation network. The hyperparameters define operations for a set of block structures and connections between the block structures. The segmentation network is trained using a first set of images with ground truth. An objective function value for the trained segmentation network is generated using a second set of images having ground truth. Generating the objective function includes setting the objective function to a predetermined value responsive to identifying an untrainable condition of the trained initial segmentation network. The set of hyperparameters is updated by performing an optimization algorithm on the objective function value to construct an updated segmentation network. The training of the segmentation network, the generating of the objective function, and the updating of the set of hyperparameters for the updated segmentation network are iterated to generate a network architecture for the segmentation network.
US10943348B2
Embodiments facilitate prediction of anti-vascular endothelial growth (anti-VEGF) therapy response in DME patients. A first set of embodiments discussed herein relates to training of a machine learning classifier to determine a prediction for response to anti-VEGF therapy based on a set of graph-network features and a set of morphological features generated based on FA images of tissue demonstrating DME. A second set of embodiments discussed herein relates to determination of a prediction of response to anti-VEGF therapy for a DME patient (e.g., non-rebounder vs. rebounder, response vs. non-response) based on a set of graph-network features and a set of morphological features generated based on FA imagery of the patient.
US10943345B2
Provided are automated (computerized) methods and systems for analyzing digitized pathology images in a variety of tissues potentially containing diseased or neoplastic cells. The method utilizes a coarse-to-fine analysis, in which an entire image is tiled and shape, color, and texture features are extracted in each tile, as primary features. A representative subset of tiles is determined within a cluster of similar tiles. A statistical analysis (e.g. principal component analysis) reduces the substantial number of “coarse” features, decreasing computational complexity of the classification algorithm. Afterwards, a fine stage provides a detailed analysis of a single representative tile from each group. A second statistical step uses a regression algorithm (e.g. elastic net classifier) to produce a diagnostic decision value for each representative tile. A weighted voting scheme aggregates the decision values from these tiles to obtain a diagnosis at the whole slide level.
US10943340B2
An apparatus for combining multiple images to form a blended image, configured to identify regions of overlap: (i) in a first image and in a second image, corresponding to where those first and second images will overlap each other in the blended image; and (ii) in the first image and in a third image, corresponding to where those first and third images will overlap each other in the blended image, identify an image quality associated with each region of overlap, determine a gain for each image that, when applied to the image as a whole, will minimise a sum of: (i) a difference between the image qualities associated with the regions of overlap in the first and second images; and (ii) a difference between the image qualities associated with the regions of overlap in the first and third images and apply the respective gains to the first, second and third images.
US10943336B2
A tone-mapping technique based on bidirectional logarithm stretch enhances the luminance contrast of not only the dark areas but also the bright areas. In other words, the algorithm not only maps the dark pixels brighter but also map the bright pixels darker.
US10943333B2
A method for sharpening gastrointestinal (GI) images and an apparatus thereof are disclosed. A first target distance between a first target region in a regular image and an imaging apparatus is determined, and a second target distance between a second target region in the regular image and the imaging apparatus is determined. One or more first filter parameters for a first de-blurring filter and one or more second filter parameters for a second de-blurring filter are selected from stored filter parameters according to the first and second target distances respectively. A first processed target region is generated by applying the first de-blurring filter to the first target region to improve sharpness of the first target region. A second processed target region is generated by applying the second de-blurring filter to the second target region to improve sharpness of the second target region.
US10943328B2
An image capturing apparatus includes an image capturing device, a photometry unit; and an exposure control unit, wherein, when a wide-angle image is acquired, the photometry unit divides the wide-angle image into a plurality of regions, and acquires a first photometric result of a first photometric region and a second photometric result of a second photometric region, the first photometric region and the second photometric region being obtained by bringing adjacent predetermined regions together, when a wide-angle image is acquired, the exposure control unit controls an exposure based on at least the first photometric result and the second photometric result, and the first photometric region is constituted by a region included in the second photometric region and a region that is not included in the second photometric region.
US10943326B2
An electro-optical device includes a pixel circuit 41G, a pixel circuit 41B, a high potential line 47G configured to supply a high potential VDDG to the pixel circuit 41G, a high potential line 47B configured to supply a high potential VDDB to the pixel circuit 41B, and a low potential line 46 configured to supply a first low potential VSS1 to the pixel circuit 41G and the pixel circuit 41B. The pixel circuit 41G includes a light-emitting element 20G configured to display G, the pixel circuit 41B includes a light-emitting element 20B configured to display B, and the high potential VDDG and the high potential VDDB are mutually independent.
US10943325B2
Techniques to improve performance of matrix multiply operations are described in which a compute kernel can specify one or more element-wise operations to perform on output of the compute kernel before the output is transferred to higher levels of a processor memory hierarchy.
US10943321B2
Provided are a method and system for processing image data, the method comprising: capturing raw image data of multiple images of one or more scenes under one or more lighting conditions; machine vision processing the raw image data to generate machine vision data; classifying the machine vision data according to a type of the machine vision data; and storing the classified machine vision data in a multi-tiered data structure according to the machine vision data type, configured to enable each of the tiers of data to be processed independently of each other.
US10943320B2
A method for robotic inspection of a part, includes the steps of: supporting the part with a robot mechanism; obtaining part-related sensor input with a sensor positioned to inspect the part supported by the robot mechanism; and controlling movement of the robot mechanism relative to the sensor, wherein the controlling is done by a feedback control unit which receives the sensor input, and the feedback control unit is configured to control the robot mechanism based upon the sensor input.
US10943316B2
A vacancy identification (VI) computing device is provided. The VI computing device includes a processor in communication with a memory. The processor generates a storefront profile including a status indicator for a candidate storefront located at a commercial property, stores the storefront profile within the memory, and registers a user to receive notifications for the candidate storefront. The processor also receives transaction data associated with the candidate storefront for a predetermined period of time, determines that the candidate storefront is vacant based on the transaction data, updates the status indicator to indicate that the candidate storefront is vacant, and transmits a notification to the registered user advising the registered user that the candidate storefront is vacant.
US10943315B2
Systems and methods for distributed, automated management of brownfield real estate asset remediation and/or redevelopment, including at least one server computer for analyzing and providing recommendations for a potential brownfield investment, wherein the at least one server computer is paired with a web-based graphical interface for accessing and editing stored documents, pictures, tasks, and budget information related to at least one brownfield asset.
US10943306B1
Systems and methods may analyze property telematics data, with homeowner permission or affirmative consent, to update risk-based coverage of a property, such as a house, during a short-term rental. The systems include a renter analytics computing device, a plurality of property telematics devices at the property, including at least one sensor, and a property telematics controller. The renter analytics computing device is configured to retrieve a pre-rental record including parameters of a short-term rental of the property, and retrieve property telematics data, from the property telematics devices, associated with the short-term rental. The renter analytics computing device may develop a risk level profile associated with the short-term rental and determine an adjusted coverage rate to cover the property during the short-term rental. As a result, a homeowner of the property may be protected against damages incurred to the property during the short-term rental.
US10943291B2
Systems and methods are provided for generating a virtual reality (VR) simulation of a retail store, which simulation is configured and displayed on an immersive VR display device that enables a user to experience the simulated retail store as if it were a physical retail store. The systems enable the user to arrange display cases and other interior store components, and to populate shelves, racks, and the like, with products to be sold in the retail store. A VR platform enables multiple users to synchronously view the VR simulation and make coordinated changes to develop an optimized configuration of the retail store. Marketing, sales, merchant, and other data may be collected, aggregated, and analyzed to identify purchase trends of certain products; the analyzed data may identify user shopping preferences, and the VR platform may generate a customized retail store including only products relevant to a user.
US10943284B2
Embodiments are directed towards recommending a shoe and insole combination for a consumer. A variety of shoe information, insole information, and consumer foot information may be determined, which may include heel width, a width or shape, a length, a height, and arch characteristics. The foot information, the shoe information for a plurality of shoes, and the insole information for a plurality of insoles may be compared to determine at least one combination of shoe and insole that is compatible with the consumer's foot. Based on this comparison of foot information, shoe information, and insole information, a recommendation of at least one shoe and insole combination may be determined and provided to a user and/or the consumer.
US10943279B2
A method and a system are described herein for preparing a custom cosmetic formulation. The system includes a controller in electronic communication with an order management system, wherein the order management system stores user-specific data including data related to a custom cosmetic formulation and components thereof, a plurality of valves for receiving pressurized fluid, the plurality of valves in electronic communication with the controller; a plurality of dispensers, each having a valve for metering fluid in predetermined quantities, and each having a dispensing head having a nozzle, each nozzle comprising a nozzle tip on a distal end thereof, wherein the nozzle tips are arranged so as to dispense a fluid into an inlet of a product receptacle, the dispensers in electronic communication with a data port; a measuring device in electronic communication with the controller, the measuring device capable of capturing data related to dispensed fluids from each of the plurality of dispensers and transmitting the data to the controller; a barcode scanner for reading order-specific instructions; a user interface for operator communication with the order management system and with the controller; a plurality of fluid conduits for introducing fluid to the dispensers; a fluid delivery apparatus for delivery of components of a custom cosmetic component to the dispensers; and a pressure source for pressurizing fluid in the fluid delivery apparatus for delivery of fluid from the fluid delivery apparatus to the plurality of dispensers.
US10943276B2
Disclosed is an electronic commerce method. An electronic commerce method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a purchase request signal from a buyer; transmitting the purchase request signal to a seller; receiving a video captured of the seller who has checked the purchase request signal; and transmitting the received video to the buyer.
US10943273B2
A system and method providing for communication and resolution of utility functions between participants, wherein the utility function is evaluated based on local information at the recipient to determine a cost value thereof. A user interface having express representation of both information elements, and associated reliability of the information. An automated system for optimally conveying information based on relevance and reliability.
US10943272B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for broadcasting audio. In one aspect, the method includes receiving, from a server by a smart broadcasting device associated with a service client, an audio broadcast instruction; in response to receiving the audio broadcast instruction, downloading an audio file corresponding to the audio broadcast instruction, wherein the audio file comprises a marketing content related to services provided by the server to the service client associated with the smart broadcasting device; and broadcasting, by the smart broadcasting device, the audio file by using a speaker of the smart broadcasting device.
US10943268B2
A display device “app” maintains the processor and graphics chip of the device energized but deenergizes the display responsive to an “off” command. The energized components are used in the background for cooperative computer tasks such as bitcoin mining that can lead to remuneration, with any remuneration so received being credited to an account. When a viewer wished to view content that requires payment, the account is debited accordingly, and no further payment is demanded, and advertisements are omitted from the content. Should the account be short of necessary funds to pay for the demanded content, the “app” can present advertisements in the content and/or require input of payment.
US10943266B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium for delivering content. A method includes: identifying an application that is installed on a user device; accepting a bid from a sponsor associated with the application for presenting customized content on the user device after installation of the application on the user device; identifying an opportunity to present content on the user device including receiving a request for content that identifies the user device; conducting an auction including evaluating the accepted bid along with other bids; determining that the accepted bid is the winning bid in the auction and providing, in response to the determining, a shell for the customized content; enabling the shell to be populated with data stored on the user device to produce the customized content; and providing the customized content for presentation on the user device in response to the identified opportunity.
US10943260B2
A method and device which provide a recommendation to a user based on the type of device are provided. The device includes: a user input which is configured to receive a user touch input, a communicator which is configured to transmit a recommendation item request including identification information of the device to a server in response to the user touch input and receive at least one recommendation item selected based on the identification information of the device from the server; a display which is configured to display a recommendation panel including the received at least one recommendation item; and a controller which is configured to control the communicator to receive the at least one recommendation item and control the display to display the recommendation panel.
US10943256B2
A system and method for generating advertisement automatically are provided. The system may comprise at least one computer-readable storage medium including a set of instructions; at least one processor in communication with the at least one computer-readable storage medium, wherein when executing the set of instructions, the at least one processor is configured to cause the system to generate a first plurality of ads, the first plurality of ads including a first plurality of advertisement elements and a first plurality of information components; transmit, via a network, the first plurality of ads to a first group of user terminals; determine at least one of a click-through rate, a number of impressions, or a conversion rate for the first plurality of ads; and analyze the at least one of the click-through rate, the number of impressions, or the conversion rate of the first plurality of ads.
US10943249B2
Systems and methods for providing rewards to a user are provided. Providing rewards to the user may include receiving transaction data associated with a user's purchase, determining a merchant and a category associated with the transaction data, and assigning the transaction data to a merchant icon or a badge icon in a graphical user interface. The merchant icon or the badge icon may comprise a progress bar that indicates the user's progress in reaching a milestone associated with the icon. Based on the transaction data, a number of loyalty points of a number of transaction points may be assigned to the merchant icon or the badge icon, respectively. Further, based on whether a total number of loyalty points exceeds a first threshold or a total number of transaction points exceeds a second threshold, a reward may be generated to the user when the first or second threshold is exceeded.
US10943244B2
A method of generating a fixed-price variable-offer multi-tier thread generator may include receiving, a by a computer processor(s), at least a fixed price, a thread expiration criteria and specification for at least two offerings for the fixed price. Each of the at least two offerings correspond to one of at least two tiers of offerings, where the fixed price entitles a first member and any subsequent members on a thread to redeem a qualified offer associated with a qualified tier, in exchange for paying the fixed price, upon the occurrence of at least one thread expiration criteria. The at least one product or service offerings the thread qualifies for, upon the occurrence of the at least one thread expiration criteria, may be dependent upon a total number of members, including the first member who starts a thread from the thread generator and any subsequent members who join the thread and who have agreed to pay the fixed price.
US10943236B2
Disclosed is a novel system and method for managing payment card fraud. More particularly, accessing information associated with at least one card holder after the card holder has physically passed through at least one security checkpoint in which the card holder's identity has been authenticated. Next at least one payment card identifier associated with the card holder is received. A payment card profile associated with the payment card is updated. In one example, information from a ticket is also used with the payment card identifier to manage the probability of rejection. Numerous embodiments are disclosed.
US10943224B2
An integrated communications network may be integrated with existing payment systems to provide for more efficient and secure payment related communications. The integrated communications network may use mobile network protocol encapsulation to provide more efficient, faster, and more robust payment related communications to a payment processor across a mobile network. The integrated communications network may implement a location-aware network communications system that may allow a payment processor to obtain additional information about a consumer using a location-aware header of a network communication.
US10943219B2
There are provided systems and methods for transportation check-in and payment using beacons. A service provider, such as a transportation, payment, or other service provider, may utilize short range wireless beacons at or near a transportation service that provide automated check-in with a user device. When the user device is in proximity to the beacon, the user may be checked-in and provide payments for use of the transportation service, such as payment for a transportation fare. The user may receive scheduling and/or updates for the transportation service. Additionally, while the user is travelling with the transportation service, the user may purchase extra fare if the user realizes that current travel coverage of the purchased transportation fare does not cover an expected cost of the trip. The extra fare may be automatically purchased if the user device loses power or the user is unaware of the trip cost.
US10943214B2
A method, system, and data structure for creating electronic calendar entries are disclosed. One aspect of the invention involves a computer data structure that includes an email message with an embedded link. The embedded link contains event information corresponding to multiple parameters for an event described in the email message. The embedded link is configured, upon activation, to initiate generation of an electronic calendar entry form with multiple fields. A plurality of the multiple fields contain event information from the embedded link.
US10943207B2
Shipment receiving systems and methods are disclosed. Invoice and store inventory management data is provided to an invoice processor for assigning expected destinations to lanes of a material transporter having and a plurality of outlet lanes that each have an indicator. A scanner determines a case identifier for each case which is routed accordingly. One or more notifications is provided to the indicator of one or more of the plurality of outlet lanes. Received shipment data enables reconciliation of upstream supply change management systems and downstream store inventory systems.
US10943201B2
The disclosed techniques generally relate to the use of action paths comprising sequences of steps performed by a user to efficiently perform tasks or resolve incidents. Action paths as discussed herein may be used to achieve more efficient outcomes, to train new employees, or to anticipate the future needs of a user.
US10943199B1
A method and system for providing inventory recommendations that includes receiving, from a business management application (BMA) used by a business entity, an inventory recommendation tool use request to use an inventory recommendation tool; receiving inventory item information related to an inventory item from the BMA; performing an inventory categorization operation based on the inventory item information to obtain inventory categorization information; storing the inventory categorization information in an inventory recommendation tool data repository; performing an inventory management operation based on the inventory item information to obtain inventory management information; and storing the inventory management information in the inventory recommendation tool data repository. The method also includes receiving, from the BMA, an inventory recommendation request; generating, in response to the inventory recommendation request, an inventory recommendation; and providing the inventory recommendation to the BMA used by the business entity.
US10943187B2
A method of providing reservation status relating to a group of objects includes providing a database for containing (i) availability data describing availability of at least one of the group of objects, and (ii) reservation data describing allocation of at least one of the group of objects. The availability data and the reservation data are stored in sparse form. The method further includes extracting, from the database, availability data and reservation data corresponding to a predetermined period of time, and combining the extracted availability data and reservation data to form windowed data in a dense format. The method also includes receiving the windowed data and providing the windowed data in a bit-vector view, and sampling the windowed data in the bit-vector view to produce sampled data. The sampled data provides the reservation status as a static view of the windowed data in the bit-vector view.
US10943186B2
A machine learning model training method includes: classifying samples having risk labels in a training sample set as positive samples and classifying samples without risk labels in the training sample set as negative samples; training a risk model with a machine learning method based on the positive samples and the negative samples; obtaining a risk score for each of the negative samples based on the trained risk model; identifying one or more negative samples in the training sample set that have a risk score greater than a preset threshold value; re-classifying the one or more negative samples in the training sample set that have a risk score greater than the preset threshold value as re-classified positive samples to generate an updated training sample set from the training sample set; and re-training the risk model with the machine learning method based on the updated training sample set.
US10943176B2
Various embodiments use a neural network to analyze images for aspects that characterize the images, to present locations of those aspects on the images, and, additionally, to permit a user to interact with those locations on the images. For example, a user may interact with a visual cue over one of those locations to modify, refine, or filter the results of a visual search, performed on a publication corpus, that uses an input image (e.g., one captured using a mobile device) as a search query.
US10943166B2
A pooling operation method for a convolutional neural network includes the following steps of: reading multiple new data in at least one current column of a pooling window; performing a first pooling operation with the new data to generate at least a current column pooling result; storing the current column pooling result in a buffer; and performing a second pooling operation with the current column pooling result and at least a preceding column pooling result stored in the buffer to generate a pooling result of the pooling window. The first pooling operation and the second pooling operation are forward max pooling operations.
US10943165B2
An antenna device incorporated in an electronic apparatus and communicating with an external device via an electromagnetic field signal, including: an antenna coil inductively coupled to the external device and provided by winding around a conducting wire in planar shape; a magnetic sheet arranged to overlap with the antenna coil mutually along the antenna coil by inserting the magnetic sheet into a coil opening provided at center side of the antenna coil; and a metallic cover formed with an opening near an end of the metallic cover and arranged at surface side of the antenna coil opposing to the external device, wherein the antenna coil is arranged to overlap with the metallic cover in a region between the opening and the end of the metallic cover at a backside surface of the metallic cover opposite to a surface of the metallic cover opposing to the external device.
US10943157B2
A pattern recognition method of the immunofluorescence images of autoantibody identification is disclosed. The method includes the following steps: inputting a plurality of original cell immunofluorescence images; conducting an operation of a plurality of convolutional neural networks by a processor, the plurality of convolutional neural networks include a convolution layer, a pooling layer and an inception layer for capturing the plurality of convolution features; conducting a judgment process to obtain the proportions of the antinuclear antibodies morphological patterns; and outputting the recognition results.
US10943144B2
Systems and methods for automatically extracting a plurality of contact information from a resource, calculating prominence scores of each contact information, and associating a selected contact information with a content item are provided. A content item and a uniform resource locator are received from a content provider. A resource identified by the uniform resource locator is loaded. A plurality of contact information is detected from the loaded resource. For each of the detected contact information, a prominence score is calculated. One of the plurality of contact information is selected based on the calculated prominence scores. The selected contact information is associated with the content item.
US10943140B2
In some implementations, a device may detect edges in an image, and may identify, based on the edges, a rectangle that bounds a document in the image. The device may detect lines in the image, and may identify edge candidate lines by discarding one or more of the lines. The device may identify intersection points where lines, included in the edge candidate lines, intersect with one another. The device may identify corner candidate points by discarding one or more points included in the intersection points, and may identify a corner point included in the corner candidate points. The corner point may be a point, included in the corner candidate points, that is closest to one corner of the bounding rectangle. The device may perform perspective correction on the image of the document based on identifying the corner point.
US10943137B2
A health condition of a person may be assessed from a thermal sensor signal. By increasing performance indices of a thermal camera (for example, resolution, frame rate, sensitivity), operation may be extended to identification verification, biometric data extraction and health condition analysis, and so forth. Prediction may be carried out by monitoring a time sequence of thermal images, and consequently early warning of the health condition may be provided. The apparatus may be used for, but not limited to, personalization of smart home devices through supervised and reinforcement learnings. The application of the apparatus may be, but not limited to, smart homes, smart buildings and smart vehicles, and so forth.
US10943135B2
An information processing apparatus includes at least one processor configured to determine, on the basis of information concerning traveling of a vehicle obtained when an image is taken by an image pickup unit of the vehicle, a scene present when the image is taken; and transmit information indicating the determined scene and the image to a terminal connected to the information processing apparatus via a network.
US10943124B2
In various embodiments, an image monitoring device (100) may acquire (200) video data that captures a medical room. Image processing may be performed on the acquired image data to perform the following tasks: identifying (202) at least one medical apparatus (402) in the medical room; identifying (204) a medical personnel in the medical room; detecting (206) that the medical personnel has occluded a line of sight between the image monitoring device and the at least one medical apparatus; and determining (206) an amount of time that the medical personnel occludes the line of sight. In various embodiments, the amount of time may be compared to one or more thresholds set forth by the first medical protocol. An alert may be triggered (208) in response to a determination that the amount of time fails to satisfy a first threshold of the one or more thresholds.
US10943120B2
To determine the head pose of a user, a head-mounted display system having an imaging device can obtain a current image of a real-world environment, with points corresponding to salient points which will be used to determine the head pose. The salient points are patch-based and include: a first salient point being projected onto the current image from a previous image, and with a second salient point included in the current image being extracted from the current image. Each salient point is subsequently matched with real-world points based on descriptor-based map information indicating locations of salient points in the real-world environment. The orientation of the imaging devices is determined based on the matching and based on the relative positions of the salient points in the view captured in the current image. The orientation may be used to extrapolate the head pose of the wearer of the head-mounted display system.
US10943117B2
A structured description is generated for a digital image of a scene. The structured description may include a first feature and a second feature of the scene. The structured description may also include a first detail of the first feature and a second detail of the second feature. A portable braille sequence printer may generate braille text of the first and second features using the structured description. The portable braille sequence printer may further generate additional braille text regarding the first detail in response to a prompt from the user regarding the first feature.
US10943110B2
The present disclosure describes systems and methods for iris liveness determination. A sensor can acquire a first image of an iris with pupillary constriction, and a second image of the iris without the pupillary constriction. A processor can extract an iris portion of the first image into a first iris image, and an iris portion of the second image into a second iris image. The processor can normalize the first iris image and the second iris image. The normalized first iris image can have same dimensions as that of the normalized second iris image, in pixels. The processor can compute a minimum average difference between values of specific pixels of the normalized first iris image and values of corresponding pixels of the normalized second iris image. The specific pixels can correspond to an innermost annular portion of the iris.
US10943107B2
The present disclosure relates to simulating the capture of images. In some embodiments, a document and a camera are simulated using a three-dimensional modeling engine. In certain embodiments, a plurality of images are captured of the simulated document from a perspective of the simulated camera, each of the plurality of images being captured under a different set of simulated circumstances within the three-dimensional modeling engine. In some embodiments, a model is trained based at least on the plurality of images which determines at least a first technique for adjusting a set of parameters in a separate image to prepare the separate image for optical character recognition (OCR).
US10943106B2
A device may receive image data representing a document, the document including: text, and edges. Based on the edges, the device may identify, a segment of interest within the image data and crop the segment of interest to obtain a portion of the image data. In addition, the device may perform optical character recognition on the portion of the image data, the optical character recognition producing recognized text. The device may obtain, based on the recognized text, validation data that includes verification text, and determine whether the recognized text is verified based on the verification text. Based on a result of the determination, the device may perform an action.
US10943102B2
A computer vision system includes a camera that captures a plurality of image frames in a target field. A user interface is coupled to the camera. The user interface is configured to perform accelerated parallel computations in real-time on the plurality of image frames acquired by the camera. The system detects and tracks animal wellness and habitat/intervention design.
US10943101B2
A device receives image data that depicts a target that is subject to a security check, and receives transactional data identifying a characteristic of a transaction associated with the target. The device identifies the target within the image data and identifies a first set of target attributes of the target. The device determines a risk level that represents a likelihood of the characteristic of the transaction having a correct value by analyzing the set of target attributes using one or more attribute recognition techniques and/or using a data model that has been trained using machine learning. The device determines whether the risk level satisfies one or more threshold risk levels. The device provides an alert to another device cause the other device to perform actions based on whether at least one of the one or more threshold risk levels are satisfied.
US10943095B2
The present invention discloses methods and systems face recognition. Face recognition involves receiving an image/frame, detecting one or more faces in the image, detecting feature points for each of the detected faces in the image, aligning and normalizing the detected feature points, extracting feature descriptors based on the detected feature points and matching the extracted feature descriptors with a set of pre-stored images for face recognition.
US10943084B2
Techniques described herein address these and other issues by providing an under-display sensor capable of providing fingerprint scanning over an entire display using optical and/or ultrasonic means. To do so, the sensor comprises an array of pixels, where each can pixel comprises a piezoelectric sensor element and a diode capable of being used as a photodetector during a light-sensing mode, and as a peak detector during a pressure-sensing mode. The sensor may further comprise a piezoelectric layer and one or more electrodes, which can generate a pressure wave during the pressure sensing mode.
US10943083B2
Provided are an apparatus and a method of fingerprint identification and a terminal device, the fingerprint identification apparatus including: an optical sensor including a pixel array, the pixel array includes a plurality of first type of pixel points and at least one second type of pixel point, the plurality of first type of pixel points and the at least one second type of pixel point are configured to receive optical signals from an object; a color filter layer or a polarizer plate disposed above the at least one second type of pixel point; an intensity of an optical signal received by the at least one second type of pixel point and an intensity of an optical signal received by at least one first type of pixel point adjacent to the at least one second type of pixel point are used to determine whether the object is a real finger.
US10943081B2
A device for touch and fingerprint recognition includes a touch screen and a cover plate disposed on the touch screen. The cover plate is a plastic film. The touch screen includes at least one first touch electrode disposed outside a fingerprint recognition region and at least one second touch electrode disposed in the fingerprint recognition region, and a distance between at least two adjacent second touch electrodes ranges from 5 μm to 50 μm.
US10943078B2
A tag identification device automatically identifies a correspondence relationship between a tag name arbitrarily set by a user and a process value. The tag identification device includes a processor, in a first process, that obtains first definition information in which the tag name, a type of tag data which is handled using the tag name, an upper limit value, an lower limit value, and an engineering unit are defined for each tag. The processor extracts, from the first definition information, a tag coinciding with at least one of the type of tag, the upper limit value, the lower limit value, and the engineering unit of a predetermined first process value. The processor selects the tag data handled using the tag name defined for the extracted tag, using an actual measurement value of the tag data. The processor identifies the selected tag data as the first process value.
US10943076B2
Methods include receiving a request from a user device to download an application and providing access to the application in response to the request. The application is configured to transmit a first electromagnetic radiation and receive, from an electromagnetic state sensing device (EMSSD) that is affixed to product packaging, a first electromagnetic radiation return signal. The first electromagnetic radiation return signal is transduced by the EMSSD to produce an electromagnetic radiation signal that encodes first information comprising a product identification code. The application is also configured to apply a rule that is selected based on the product identification code; transmit a second electromagnetic radiation ping that is tuned based on the rule; receive, from the EMSSD, a second electromagnetic radiation return signal that encodes second information pertaining to contents within the product packaging; and send, from the user device, a portion of the second information to an upstream computing device.
US10943075B2
A method includes interpreting sets of first language identigens to produce an entigen group which represents a most likely meaning of a string of first language words. The method further includes identifying, for each entigen of the entigen group, a corresponding set of second language identigens to identify sets of second language identigens. The method further includes selecting, for each entigen of the entigen group, a selected second language identigen from the corresponding set of second language identigens based on meaning of the entigen to produce an initial string of second language words.
US10943069B1
Artificial intelligence (AI) technology can be used in combination with composable communication goal statements to facilitate a user's ability to quickly structure story outlines in a manner usable by an NLG narrative generation system without any need for the user to directly author computer code. Narrative analytics that are linked to communication goal statements can employ a conditional outcome framework that allows the content and structure of resulting narratives to intelligently adapt as a function of the nature of the data under consideration. This AI technology permits NLG systems to determine the appropriate content for inclusion in a narrative story about a data set in a manner that will satisfy a desired communication goal.
US10943068B2
A computing system is provided. The computing system includes a processor configured to execute one or more programs and associated memory. The processor is configured to execute neural network system that includes a first neural network and a second neural network. The processor is configured to receive input text, and for each of a plurality of text spans within the input text: identify a vector of semantic entities and a vector of entity mentions; define an n-ary relation between entity mentions including subrelations; and determine mention-level representation vectors in the text spans that satisfy the n-ary relation or subrelations. The processor is configured to: aggregate the mention-level representation vectors over all of the text spans to produce entity-level representation vectors; input to the second neural network the entity-level representation vectors; and output a prediction of a presence of the n-ary relation for the semantic entities in the input text.
US10943067B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for detecting homograph attacks using text recognition. A first string of untrusted text is received. A second string is determined corresponding to what the first string of untrusted text appears to be in a particular language. The second string is determined to differ from the first string of untrusted text. One or more actions are implemented in response to determining that the second string differs from the first string of untrusted text.
US10943042B1
A computer-implemented method includes compiling a Register Transfer Level (RTL) code to form a data flow graph (DFG). The computer-implemented method includes identifying a chain of multiplexers in the DFG, wherein the chain of multiplexers includes exit multiplexers associated with a loop exit path and non-exit multiplexers. The computer-implemented method also includes traversing a topological order of the DFG in reverse. The computer-implemented method also includes computing fanin-cones for each two consecutive exit multiplexers. The computer-implemented method includes generating a truth table responsive to valid fanin-cones and back propagating select conditions for the each two consecutive exit multiplexers. The computer-implemented method includes eliminating an exit multiplexer from the each two consecutive exit multiplexers based on the truth table. The computer-implemented method further includes transforming the DFG to a new DFG based on the truth table.
US10943038B1
An example computing system is configured to (i) receive a request to generate a cross-sectional view of a three-dimensional drawing file, where the cross-sectional view is based on a location of a cross-section line within the three-dimensional drawing file and includes an intersection of two meshes within the three-dimensional drawing file; (ii) generate the cross-sectional view of the three-dimensional drawing file; (iii) add, to the generated cross-sectional view, dimensioning information involving at least one of the two meshes; (iv) generate one or more controls for adjusting a location of the cross-section line within the three-dimensional drawing file; and (v) based on an input indicating a selection of the one or more controls, adjust the location of the cross-section line within the three-dimensional drawing file, update the cross-sectional view based on the adjusted location of the cross-section line, and update the dimensioning information to correspond to the updated cross-sectional view.
US10943036B2
An integrated platform is provided that enables the various steps of development operations from design to sales, the virtualization, the visualization and the interpretation of a device so it may be fully created (designed), viewed, manipulated, packaged, simulated, tested, published and marketed right from within the platform. The resulting virtual device (VD) may be a multi-layered, -dimensional, -angular, -disciplinary, -documentarian, -service, manipulated and used in multiple ways. The provided VD may include visual representations of the VD via a traditional display device in a non-immersive environment and/or within an immersive environment via new virtual-reality (VR) devices. For instance, a user may create, manipulate, in real-time, layered multi-dimensional views of a VD in a virtual-reality, augmented-reality (AR), augmented virtual-reality (AVR), and/or mixed-reality (MR) environments.
US10943026B2
Access to sensitive information in a database can be restricted to improve security and enable efficient auditing. A security engine receives a request from a requesting entity to access data in the database and determines that the requested data includes sensitive information. In response to the requesting entity being authorized to access the data, the security engine retrieves the requested data from the database and modifies the retrieved data by modifying metadata of the retrieved data to include a tag indicating that the retrieved data includes sensitive information. The security engine provides the modified data to the requesting entity and modifies a data access log to identify each attempted access to the modified data. When sensitive data is requested, an interface can include an obscuring element, requiring a user to manually select the element to view the data, enabling the logging of the explicit access request by the user.
US10943024B2
A system may receive a request for access to a first variable. The request may include a requested action and a variable identifier for the first variable. The request may also have a syntax that is incompatible with first data storage format. The system may parse the request to capture the variable identifier from the request. The system may also look up a location of the first variable in a catalog using the variable identifier. The location of the first variable may include the first data storage format. The system may generate a query to access the first variable. The syntax of the query may be compatible with the first data storage format. The system may then submit the query to access the first data storage format. The query may be configured to complete the requested action.
US10943022B2
System for automatic classification and protection unified to both cloud and on-premise environments
Methods, systems, and computer program products are described herein for the classification, tagging, and protection of data objects. Such techniques may be imposed on the data objects automatically regardless of whether the data objects are created/generated/interacted/downloaded/uploaded/accessed on the cloud-based environments and/or on-premises environments. The foregoing techniques are orchestrated from a centralized policy that is treated uniformly regardless of the data objects' environment. Once a data object is identified, it is classified based on multiple criteria and a tag is associated therewith. An enforcement action may be applied to the data objects based on a defined policy. The tag attached to the data object may be used to search for related audit logs that track accesses to the data object. By associating the tag and protection persistently, data object(s) are treated uniformly (i.e., in the same manner) regardless of what environment it is in.
US10943015B2
Continuous monitoring for detecting firmware threats is provided herein. An example system includes a processing pipeline that receives a firmware image from an entity, an extractor that receives the firmware image through the processing pipeline, the extractor being configured to determine and extract files within the firmware image, a task queue that receives the extracted files and one or more analyzers that: obtain the files from the task queue; and perform at least one type of vulnerability analysis on the files. The system includes a database that stores a log of the at least one type of vulnerability analysis, the log being associated with any of the firmware image and a device identifier of the device.
US10943011B2
An amount of data change associated with a version of a content file with respect to one or more previous versions of the content file is determined. The amount of change associated with the version of the content file is determined using a tree data structure associated with the content file that is stored on a storage cluster. One or more statistics associated with backup snapshot are provided to a server. The server is configured to determine that the amount of data change associated with the version of the content file is anomalous based in part on the one or more statistics associated with the backup snapshot. A notification that data associated with the backup snapshot is potentially infected by malicious software is received from the server. The version of the content file is indicated as being potentially infected by malicious software.
US10943004B2
In some embodiments, securing device commands includes a first electronic device receiving a command authorization request message from a second electronic device, including a device command to be performed by the second electronic device, a command argument, and a first message authentication code (MAC) generated by applying a hash function to the device command, the command argument and a first counter value. The first electronic device generates a second MAC by applying the hash function to the device command, the command argument and a second counter value synchronized with the first counter value. The first electronic device compares the first MAC and the second MAC to authenticate the device command and transmit a command approval message or a command denial message. The command approval message causes the second electronic device to perform the device command and the command denial message causes the second electronic device to reject the device command.
US10943001B2
This application is directed to a system for remotely directing a host device to perform an operation using a key. The key may include a communications circuitry for transmitting data, for example a key identifier or an instruction to perform an operation, within a personal area network created by the communications circuitry. When a host device is within the personal area network, the key may transmit data received by a transceiver on the host device. In response to receiving the data, the host device may perform an operation (e.g., an authentication operation). In some embodiments, the key may transmit data identifying an operation for the host device to perform. In some embodiments, the host device may store in memory key identification information and an associated operation which may be retrieved when the key is brought in proximity of the host device.
US10942985B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses relating to performing fast Fourier transform (FFT) configuration and computation operations are described. In one embodiment, a processor includes a matrix operations accelerator circuit that includes a two-dimensional grid of processing element circuits; a first plurality of registers that represents a first two-dimensional matrix coupled to the matrix operations accelerator circuit; a second plurality of registers that represents a second two-dimensional matrix coupled to the matrix operations accelerator circuit; a decoder, of a core coupled to the matrix operations accelerator circuit, to decode a single instruction into a decoded single instruction; and an execution circuit of the core to execute the decoded single instruction to cause the two-dimensional grid of processing element circuits to operate on a first packed data input value and a first complex twiddle factor value to produce a first result and a second result.
US10942983B2
An interactive device comprises a user interface arranged to define at least one display request comprising at least location data and display data, a network interface arranged to transmit a request for web page data corresponding to a display request, and a memory for receiving corresponding web page data and customisation data, the web page data comprising map data and/or object data. A web interpreter is arranged to allow the display of a web page and comprising a 3D engine arranged to calculate three-dimensional display data. The web interpreter also comprises a manager operating by an execution cycle and arranged to determine a list comprising at least one operation which can be a request for object data and/or map data or the processing of received data by the 3D engine or the display engine.
US10942969B2
Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, search control method, and search control apparatus
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute a process, the process including searching data based on search conditions in response to receiving a search condition which designates an output data type, wherein the data is stored in a database, counting, for each of the searched data, a number of times each of the output data type is designated, storing type-converted data of at least one data in a storage device in association with the at least one data, generating, upon receiving, from a terminal device, a search condition which designates the specified output data type and by which the at least one data is searched, a search result by using the type-converted data stored in the storage device, and transmitting the search result to the terminal device.
US10942968B2
The present application relates generally to managing media. In some embodiments, time-coded skill performance event data is derived from end-user hardware including a plurality of Motion Sensor Units (MSUs), such as a MSU-enabled garment. Data derived from the MSUs is processed to identify performance events representative of specific predefined physical motion-based skills. This allows automated categorisation and/or identification of video data responsive to presence of particular skills that have been performed and captured.
US10942966B2
Described is a system and method for enabling visual search for information. With each selection of an object included in an image, additional images that include visually similar objects are determined and presented to the user.
US10942963B1
The invention relates to a method for generating a topic name for accounts grouped under a topic. The method includes obtaining account names associated with the accounts, generating a plurality of n-grams from the account names, and for each n-gram, obtaining a quality score based on relevance and meaningfulness of the n-gram. The relevance is determined using at least one relevance score that reflects how representative the n-gram is for the plurality of n-grams, and the meaningfulness is determined based on whether the n-gram exists in a knowledge base. The method further includes assigning one or more of the n-grams to the topic as the topic name, based on the quality score generated for each of the n-grams.
US10942958B2
A method, system or computer usable program product for utilizing a dialectical model for providing an answer to a user query including applying NLP to the query to generate a first set of NLP structures; generating a contrary set of NLP structures contrary to the user query; evaluating the first set of NLP structures to identify a first set of evidence; evaluating the contrary set of NLP structures to identify a second set of evidence; evaluating a first set of hypotheses from the first set of NLP structures and a contrary set of hypotheses from the contrary set of NLP structures to determine a set of answers to the user query; summarizing the set of answers including indicating derivation thereof; and providing the summarized set of answers to the user.
US10942944B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for managing content across discrete systems. A content management system can be implemented to manage content items and synchronize content items across devices. A content collaboration system can be implemented to generate documents and facilitate collaboration on documents. To take advantage of the content management system's functionality to manage and synchronize content items while also providing the collaboration functionality of the content collaboration system, the content management system can store and manage references to documents created in the content collaboration system. The document references can be managed by the content management system such that the document references appear to users as if the document references were the referenced document in the collaboration system.
US10942940B2
The present invention provides an information processing device capable of properly controlling a smell presentation device by matching a using state. The information processing device acquires information on the using state of the smell presentation device that presents a smell to a user, and causes the smell presentation device to present a smell in a mode determined in accordance with the acquired information on the using state.
US10942929B2
A device and method are described for universally repositing repeatedly accessible information. The system includes a plurality of different data sources providing data stored in a plurality of storage devices, at least a first processor for searching each of the plurality of data sources using a plurality of data mining techniques and identifying selected portions of each data source, wherein the first processor further identifies at least one pattern in at least one of the selected portions, wherein the data mining techniques comprise at least machine learning and text mining, a database for staging the selected portions and patterns, wherein the staging includes preparation, reorganization an management of the selected portions and patterns, and at least a second processor for assembling the staged materials by incorporating analytics within the staged data, the second processor executing instructions stored in a storage medium to run computer models on the assembled staged data to provide information about the assembled staged data, and based on defined criteria produce a ranking added the assembled staged data and store the assembled staged data with the associated ranking to universally reposit repeated access to the information and automatically activating at least two systems by providing the associated ranking directly via at least one interface to the at least two systems to allow access to the stored information with the associated ranking.
US10942926B2
Techniques and solutions are described for determining elements of different database tables have a semantic relationship, and optionally executing a value query using such tables. Tables, including those lacking a technical relationship (such as having a foreign key relationship or association) can be semantically related if an element of the table has the same semantic identifier, such as a domain, as an element of another table. The semantic relationship can exist even if other information, such as field names associated with a respective semantic identifier, are different between the two tables. A source table can be semantically related to one or more other tables, including indirectly based on semantic relationships between two or more of such other tables. Semantic table information can be recursively analyzed, including in a hierarchical manner, to identify a set of semantically related tables. The analysis can be constrained, such as to avoid loops or limit result size or running time.
US10942924B2
An approach for improving LOB query performance via automatic inference of locator-less LOB by value semantics in a relational database system is provided. A relational database management system (RDBMS) is implemented to perform operations on LOBs based on the semantics of a statement. During statement compilation, the RDBMS identifies inline LOB column(s) that are not required to be returned to a client. During execution, the identified column(s) are accessed via a shared buffer cache and fed to an operator for evaluation. For inline LOB column(s) that must be returned to the client, during execution, the inline LOB data is copied from the shared buffer cache to a temporary buffer area. Data in the temporary buffer area is fed to an operator for evaluation and is used to create a LOB locator for the inline LOB column(s) that must be returned to the client.
US10942923B1
A database query to be run against a database is received by a processor. The query includes a query predicate. The query predicate includes a condition. The condition applies to a single database table. The condition is parsed to create an input vector. The input vector is submitted to a neural network. The neural network is trained to calculate the selectivity, a number of unique values (NUV) of results of applying predicates to the single database table, and a high mode frequency (HMF) of results of applying predicates to the single database table. The neural network determines the selectivity of the query predicate, an NUV for each column in the result of applying the query predicate to the single database table, and an HMF for each column in the result of applying the query predicate to the single database table.
US10942915B2
A method for representing a database in a computer readable medium. Accessing a first table in the database. The first table has rows of data, each row of data having one or more columns. Storing a first representation of the first table in a volatile computer memory in a column-oriented format, the column-oriented format comprising at least one B-tree for at least one column, wherein the B-tree is composed of at least one array and the at least one B-tree includes references to a plurality of arrays, each array of the plurality of arrays comprised of data corresponding to the rows of one column of the table, wherein the storing further comprising storing data corresponding to the rows in a packed format. Storing a second representation of the database on the computer-readable medium, the second representation substantially identical to the first representation.
US10942913B1
A database processing system is disclosed for accessing databases and updated data items and triggering event notifications. The data processing system may comprise a records database including a plurality of data records, and a triggers database including a plurality of trigger indicators. The database system may further include a hardware processor that can execute computer-executable instructions in order to: receive an update on a data record, identify a type of change corresponding to change in the data record, cause an update to the records database based on information included with the updated data record, identify a trigger corresponding to the type of update to the data record, and generate an event notification including information included in the update.
US10942908B2
A database system includes a first table comprising a plurality of columns and a plurality of column values associated with each of the plurality of columns. For each of the plurality of columns, a structural relationship is determined with each other of the plurality of columns based on the plurality of column values associated with each of the plurality of columns. One or more of the plurality of columns comprising a primary key of the first table are determined based on the structural relationships.
US10942905B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure provide for cleansing data generated by one or more servers in response to database interactions resulting from an automated software robot interacting with the one or more servers via a telecommunications network. Log entries in usage logs corresponding to events during a session can be analyzed to determine relationships between events and the usage logs can be classified based on the relationships as either corresponding to human behavior or automated software robot behavior. Usage logs corresponding to automated software robot behavior can be removed from further analysis.
US10942904B2
In a data processing system, mapping circuitry is provided to map one of J first identifiers received from an upstream component to one of K second identifiers to be provided to a downstream component (K
US10942900B2
In certain embodiments, techniques are provided (e.g., a method, a system, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code or instructions executable by one or more processors) to provide data visualization and management services for files stored in a cloud storage system. In some embodiments, a tenant (e.g., an end user, customer, or subscriber to a cloud storage service) can view how their data is stored across data centers within a cloud storage service. A cloud file manager can analyze the tenant's data stored in the cloud storage service, and generate a data visualization interface that provides a fine grained visual representation of the tenant's data across the cloud storage service. In some embodiments, the tenant can define storage profiles and/or modify existing data storage locations dynamically through the data visualization interface. This simplifies data management for the tenants and provides increased flexibility of managing data in the cloud storage service.
US10942895B2
A storage system in one embodiment comprises a plurality of storage devices storing data pages. Each data page has a content-based signature derived from that data page. The content-based signatures are associated with physical locations storing the data pages. In response to receipt of a write input/output (IO) request that includes a data segment that is smaller than a page granularity of the storage devices, a content-based signature associated with the data segment is determined which also corresponds to a target data page stored at one of the physical locations. In response to determining the content-based signature, an inflight write count corresponding to the content-based signature is incremented. In response to a decrement request to decrement a reference count of the physical location corresponding to the content-based signature, a decrement flag corresponding to the content-based signature is set in the data structure and the decrement request is postponed.
US10942886B2
A data transmission method and system for enhanced channel coding efficiency of a DisplayPort interface is disclosed. One method comprises transmitting a plurality of coding units for each micro-packet in each of one or more lanes of a DisplayPort Main Link from a DisplayPort transmitter, wherein each of the coding units comprises: a group of m symbol chunks, each symbol chunk including four 8-bit symbols, wherein m is 2 or 4; and an n-bit code data indicator that precedes the group of m-symbol chunks, wherein n is 2 or 4, and wherein the n-bit code data indicator indicates a content type of the m symbol chunks.
US10942883B2
A data transmission circuit includes a data bus inversion encoding circuit configured to compare previous output data and current output data, invert or non-invert the current output data to control the number of data transitions; and transmitters configured to drive signal transmission lines based on outputs of the data bus inversion encoding circuit.
US10942866B1
Disclosed are systems and methods for using a priority cache to store frequently used data items by an application. The priority cache may include multiple cache regions. Each of the cache regions may be associated with a different priority level. When a data item is to be stored in the priority cache, the application may review the context of the data item to determine if the data item may be used again in the near future. Based on that determination, the application may be configured to assign a priority level to the data item. The data item may then be stored in the appropriate cache region according to its assigned priority level.
US10942864B2
Examples herein involve processing data in a distributed data processing system using an off-heap memory store. An example involves allocating a shared memory region of a shared memory to store attributes corresponding to a first partition of a distributed data system, and updating, in the shared memory region, the attributes corresponding to updates to the local data from process iterations of the first partition, such that a second partition of the distributed data system has access to the updated attributes.
US10942859B2
A computing system using a bit counter may include a host device; a cache configured to temporarily store data of the host device, and including a plurality of sets; a cache controller configured to receive a multi-bit cache address from the host device, perform computation on the cache address using a plurality of bit counters, and determine a hash function of the cache; a semiconductor device; and a memory controller configured to receive the cache address from the cache controller, and map the cache address to a semiconductor device address.
US10942857B1
Dynamically adjusting a number of memory copy and memory mapping windows to optimize I/O performance
A method to dynamically optimize utilization of data transfer techniques includes processing multiple I/O requests using one of several data transfer techniques depending on which data transfer technique is more efficient. The data transfer techniques include: a memory copy data transfer technique that copies cache segments associated with an I/O request from a cache memory to a permanently mapped memory; and a memory mapping data transfer technique that temporarily maps cache segments associated with an I/O request. In order to process the I/O requests, the method utilizes a first number of “copy” windows associated with the memory copy data transfer technique, and a second number of “mapping” windows associated with the memory mapping data transfer technique. The method dynamically adjusts one or more of the first number and the second number to optimize the processing of the I/O requests. A corresponding system and computer program product are also disclosed.
US10942854B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communications. A request for data located in a memory page of a memory array may be received at a device, and a value of a prefetch counter associated with the memory page may be identified. A portion of the memory page that includes the requested data may then be communicated between a memory array and memory bank of the device based on the value of the prefetch counter. For instance, the portion of the memory page may be selected based on the value of the prefetch counter. A second portion of the memory page may be communicated to a buffer of the device, and the value of the prefetch counter may be modified based on a relationship between the first portion of the memory page and the second portion of the memory page.
US10942842B2
Certain aspects involve building and debugging models for generating source code executed on data-processing platforms. One example involves receiving an electronic data-processing model, which generates an analytical output from input attributes weighted with respective modeling coefficients. A target data-processing platform is identified that requires bin ranges for the modeling coefficients and reason codes for the input attributes. Bin ranges and reason codes are identified. Modeling code is generated that implements the electronic data-processing model with the bin ranges and the reason codes. The processor outputs source code, which is generated from the modeling code, in a programming language used by the target data-processing platform.
US10942839B2
A system and method for debugging web applications, the system comprising a multiplexer, and a workstation comprising a debug environment, wherein the multiplexer is configured to redirect to the debug environment, any debugging request, the debug environment further configured to instantiate a development version of a web application, and debugging the development web application in the debug environment.
US10942838B2
An electronic device is described herein. In accordance with one embodiment, the electronic device includes an embedded controller having a debug logic, an interface circuit coupled to the debug logic, and a memory coupled to the interface circuit. The interface circuit is operative to read debug information stored in the debug logic and to transmit the read debug information to the memory. The interface circuit is further operative to receive debug information stored in the memory and write the received debug information into the debug logic.
US10942832B2
Technologies are disclosed that help developers determine server resource usage caused by client application generated events. Embodiments may be employed while an application is under development to balance the benefit of a given event with an estimated cost to process the event once the application is deployed. One aspect of the present disclosure provides a telemetry application that receives application generated events and estimates a resource cost they cause to data collection servers. The resource cost may be based on historic data captured from similar or related events, as well as data about how often the event and related events are raised by the application.
US10942830B2
Software and resources, pre-deployed in accordance with a disaster recovery policy, are placed in a standby state to provide rapid disaster recovery in a cloud storage environment. When a disaster recovery situation is detected, (for example a loss of access to primary data), the pre-deployed resources are immediately activated according to the disaster recovery policy to provision and re-configure adequate resources and rapidly restore access to the data (such as restoring data from cloud backup storage). A disaster recovery situation may involve, for example, loss of hardware availability, network bandwidth interruption, or a sudden and large unforeseen jump in storage retrieval request volume (for example a recall storm).
US10942829B2
Software and resources, pre-deployed in accordance with a disaster recovery policy, are placed in a standby state to provide rapid disaster recovery in a cloud storage environment. When a disaster recovery situation is detected, (for example a loss of access to primary data), the pre-deployed resources are immediately activated according to the disaster recovery policy to provision and re-configure adequate resources and rapidly restore access to the data (such as restoring data from cloud backup storage). A disaster recovery situation may involve, for example, loss of hardware availability, network bandwidth interruption, or a sudden and large unforeseen jump in storage retrieval request volume (for example a recall storm).
US10942827B2
Described herein, system that facilitates replication of data in a geographically distributed storage environment. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise storing a first data chunk at a first site of a first region in a geographically diverse data storage system, determining a second region in the geographically diverse data storage system for storage of a first copy of the first data chunk, wherein the first copy is stored at a second site located within the second region, and determining a third region in the geographically diverse data storage system for storage of a second copy of the first data chunk, wherein the second copy is stored at a third site located within the third region.
US10942818B1
A common backup and recovery solution is provided for diverse cloud-based services in a productivity suite. The common backup and recovery solution can be configured to interface with an API platform that is associated with the productivity suite to thereby retrieve text-based data that identifies content of the diverse cloud-based services. The common backup and recovery solution can create a backup of the content by storing the text-based data. The common backup and recovery solution can also employ the text-based data to identify and obtain files that form part of the content and then store the files as part of the backup with the text-based data. To perform a recovery, the common backup and recovery solution can employ the text-based data of the backup and content of the files in the backup to send requests to the API platform that will cause the content to be restored.
US10942817B1
Presented herein is functionality for using a recovery computing system to perform a failover where the recovery computing system is communicatively coupled to a homogeneous and/or heterogeneous primary computing system. In one embodiment, this functionality allows the recovery computing system to disconnect a first recovery application node from a contiguous storage volume after the contiguous storage volume had been created by the first recovery application node, and to then use a recovery gateway node to store replicated data on the continguous storage volume, where the recovery gateway node and the contiguous storage volume are both coupled to the recovery computing system. In response to detecting a failure on the primary computing system, performing a failover to the recovery computing system, where performing the failover comprises attaching the contiguous storage volume to a second recovery application node and bringing the second recovery application node online.
US10942813B2
An enterprise may use file level and block level storage for operational access to reap the performance benefits, and use object storage for back-up storage and scale out. Data of objects and objects themselves can be organized to allow for efficient storage management operations, including storage snapshot operations and deduplication operations. A root file container can be represented in object storage with a metadata object (“file container object”) and child file container can be represented in object storage with a metadata object (“file group object”). Each file can be represented in object storage with a metadata object that indicates the data units of the file depending upon the storage technology hosting the file (e.g., a file data block in file level storage). The data units of the file can be represented in object storage as elements of a data object.
US10942810B2
An information processing apparatus includes a storage unit, a first starter unit that starts up a system program, a second starter unit that starts up an updating program for updating the system program, and a control unit that control to, in a case where the updating program has not been started up normally, start up a recovery program, and output a message prompting a user to attach a storage medium storing a snapshot image of the storage unit including the updating program for updating the system program.
US10942803B2
A method for performing data processing for error handling in a memory device, the memory device and the controller thereof, and the associated electronic device are provided. The method may include: programming a codeword of a set of data into a non-volatile (NV) memory, wherein the codeword includes the set of data and a parity-check code; reading the codeword from a volatile memory to generate readout data of the codeword; determining whether the readout data is correct according to the readout version of the set of data and the readout version of the parity-check code; and when determining that the readout data is correct, outputting the readout version of the set of data as the set of data for further usage of the processing circuit, otherwise, sending a predetermined signal to the processing circuit and storing error information regarding the set of data into a register of the controller.
US10942800B2
A storage device which generates dump data for debugging at the occurrence of an error includes a memory device including a dump area for storing the dump data, and a storage controller that receives a dump request from a host through a first host interface, stores the dump data in the dump area in response to the dump request, and transmits the stored dump data to the host by using a second host interface after resetting the second host interface.
US10942793B2
An information processing system includes: a plurality of information processing devices each including a processor; and a relay device that connects the information processing devices via an expansion bus and relays communication between the information processing devices. The relay device includes a control unit that represents, for one of the information processing devices, the rest of the information processing devices, and communicates with the one of the information processing devices as an integrated information processing device of the relay device and the rest of the information processing devices.
US10942792B2
A data distribution system server uses an event-driven matching approach for matching subscription requests with topics on the data distribution system server. Threads from multiple client session are received and assigned to a multiplexer for processing. Each multiplexer determines a topic value and status information for multiple subscriptions to a topic corresponding to the topic value. The multiplexer identifies subscriptions added to one of the client sessions, receives a topic update for the topic, and broadcasts the topic update to the added subscriptions.
US10942790B2
The current document is directed to an automated-application-release-management subsystem that executes application-release-management pipelines that includes one or more tasks and/or stages, execution of which launch execution of scripts on specified host computers. The capability for launching scripts from application-release-management-pipeline tasks and stages provides flexibility in design and development of application-release-management pipelines and provides an incremental path for migration of legacy-script-based application-release management to automated pipeline-based application-release management.
US10942787B2
The presently disclosed systems and methods collect information associated with client instances, and use the information associated with the instances. In particular, information related to database servers and/or applications servers providing the instance may be retrieved from databases that store information relating to instances, and written and saved in an instance configuration file. Moreover, instances may be deployed or provisioned by reading an instance configuration file and setting properties of the instance using the parameters saved in the instance configuration file. Two instance configuration files may be compared to determine differences between the two files. Additionally, the instance may be reverted back to the previously healthy version of the instance using the previous instance configuration file. The disclosed systems and methods also include enforcing policies related to instances, and determining financial costs associated with implementing an instance defined by an instance configuration file.
US10942786B2
According to an example aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system comprising a memory configured to store information characterizing network management actions that have occurred in the past, and at least one processing core configured to initiate a network management action based at least in part on the stored information, the network management action involving at least one virtualized network function.
US10942784B2
A method, computer system, and a computer program product for resource scaling is provided. The present invention may include receiving a request for resources. The present invention may include receiving a request for a plurality of resources from a virtual device. The present invention may then include estimating a resource allocation based on a predetermined level of service based on the received request. The present invention may also include estimating a benefit curve of a workload for a plurality of tiers of resources based on the estimated resource allocation. The present invention may further include estimating a performance cost of the workload for the plurality of tiers of resources based on the estimated benefit curve.
US10942781B2
The method may include collecting performance data relating to processing nodes of a computer system which provide services via one or more applications, analyzing the performance data to generate an operational profile characterizing resource usage of the processing nodes, receiving a set of attributes characterizing expected performance goals in which the services are expected to be provided, and generating at least one provisioning policy based on an analysis of the operational profile in conjunction with the set of attributes. The at least one provisioning policy may specify a condition for re-allocating resources associated with at least one processing node in a manner that satisfies the performance goals of the set of attributes. The method may further include re-allocating, during runtime, the resources associated with the at least one processing node when the condition of the at least one provisioning policy is determined as satisfied.
US10942774B1
Dynamic reassignment of search processes into workload pools includes receiving a search query to search at least one data store, assigning the search query to a first workload pool, and executing the search query using a first hardware resource in the first workload pool, the first hardware resource corresponding to a first portion of a hardware device. Dynamic reassignment further includes receiving, while executing the search query, an update command to move the search query to a second workload pool, moving, while executing the search query, the search query to the second workload pool; and continuing execution of the search query using a second hardware resource in the second workload pool. The second hardware resource corresponds to a second portion of the hardware device.
US10942768B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide for mechanisms for scheduling computing tasks in a computer system. A method of the disclosure includes maintaining a priority queue comprising a plurality of computing tasks sorted in view of a plurality of numerical representations of priorities associated with the plurality of computing tasks; determining an attribute mask for a processing unit of a computer system, the attribute mask comprising a numerical representation of at least one attribute of the processing unit; and identifying, in view of the attribute mask, a computing task in the priority queue of the sorted computing tasks for processing by the processing unit of the computer system.
US10942767B2
Systems, methods, and computer-executable instructions for scheduling neural network workloads on an edge device. A performance model for each neural network model is received. Parameters for each neural network workload is determined based on an associated performance model. Processing core assignments are determined from a plurality of processing cores for each neural network workload based on the corresponding performance model and processing core utilization. Image streams are received and associated with a neural network workload. Each neural network workload is scheduled to run on the processing cores based on the processing core assignments.
US10942757B2
Systems and methods for embedding emulation support for a hardware feature into a virtual machine to enhance the security of the hypervisor and host system. An example method may comprise: receiving, by a processing device executing a hypervisor, a message indicating a hardware feature is unavailable; determining, by the hypervisor, whether a virtual machine is capable of emulating the hardware feature; and causing, by the hypervisor, the virtual machine to emulate the hardware feature in response to determining the virtual machine is capable of emulating the hardware feature.
US10942749B2
A processor memory mapped boot system includes a processing system having a processor memory subsystem, and a memory system having at least one memory device. A Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) engine is coupled to the processing system and the memory system, and is configured to begin boot operations and detect a boot memory mode setting for the processor memory subsystem. The BIOS engine configures a memory space that includes the at least one memory device and the processor memory subsystem. In response to detecting the boot memory mode setting, the BIOS engine will configured the processor memory subsystem to provide a first memory region of the memory space. The BIOS engine will then complete boot operations utilizing the processor memory subsystem providing the first memory region of the memory space.
US10942745B2
Fast issuance and execution of a multi-width instruction across multiple slices in a parallel slice processor core is supported in part through the use of an early notification signal passed between issue logic associated with multiple slices handling that multi-width instruction coupled with an issuance of a different instruction by the originating issue logic for the early notification signal.
US10942734B2
In one embodiment of the present invention, a shading engine enables multiple versions of dependencies to coexist in an executable software application. During the software build process, the shading engine dynamically renames transitive dependencies of the software application to disambiguated names. The shading engine performs this renaming at both the library and class level. Notably, the shading engine does not rename the first-order dependencies of the software application. Consequently, the code of the software application and interfaces between the software application and the first-order library dependencies of the software application are not modified. Notably, the shading engine efficiently and accurately shades the transitive dependencies without manual intervention. By contrast, primarily manually-based conventional approaches to dependency management are time consuming and susceptible to errors.
US10942725B2
A system comprises a processor programmed to send an address range to a server corresponding to a capability of a controller to perform an update; responsive to receiving update data from the server, write the update data into the controller; and responsive to receiving a resume signal to resume the update from a paused state, send a new address range to the server based on a last-successfully-written address received from the controller.
US10942718B2
Systems, methods and computer readable medium described herein relate to techniques for automatic type inference from machine code. An example technique includes receiving a machine code of a program, generating an intermediate representation of the machine code, generating a plurality of type constraints from the intermediate representation, generating one or more inferred types based at least upon the plurality of type constraints, converting the generated inferred types to C types, updating the intermediate representation by applying the inferred types to the intermediate representation, and outputting said inferred types, said converted C types, and/or at least a portion of the updated intermediate representation.
US10942717B2
A device may receive source code and identify, based on the source code, an abstract syntax tree representing an abstract syntactic structure of the source code. Based on the abstract syntax tree, the device may identify a closure, the closure implementing a function based on at least a portion of the abstract syntax tree. In addition, the device may perform an action based on the closure.
US10942716B1
An example method includes, during execution of a software application in a computing system comprising a plurality of processing units, identifying platform-independent instructions that are configured to perform at least one computational task, wherein the plurality of processing units comprises a heterogeneous group, and wherein the platform-independent instructions have a format that is not specific to any particular processing unit in the plurality of processing units, determining one or more scheduling criteria that are associated with the platform-independent instructions, and selecting, from the heterogeneous group of processing units and based on the scheduling criteria, a processing unit to perform the at least one computational task. The example method further includes converting the platform-independent instructions into platform-dependent instructions, wherein the platform-dependent instructions have a format that is specific to the selected processing unit, and executing, by the selected processing unit, the platform-dependent instructions to perform the at least one computational task.
US10942710B1
An industrial IDE supports development of control programming using an industrial domain-specific language (DSL) that allows control programming to be written using a scripted programming language having features catered to the industrial domain. The industrial DSL can simplify and streamline development of industrial control code relative to using conventional graphics-based control programming formats such as ladder logic, since a script-based industrial DSL can be used to write programming code using fewer mouse clicks relative to traditional control programming environments. Editing tools inherent to the industrial DSL can provide dynamic programming feedback that guides the developer through the process of developing control code. The industrial IDE can also provide tools that extend the platform to users who wish to customize the industrial DSL to suit their preferred programming approaches.
US10942709B2
An improved method for generating complex formal language documents from simple input values, reducing the barrier to formal communications. The techniques described may be applied to different domains to generate different types of documents requiring formal language. For illustration, this disclosure focuses on generating a computer program document as programming languages are among the most formal.
US10942708B2
A tool that automatically generates a web API specification from a web API documentation is provided. The tool extracts a base uniform resource locator (URL) string from the received documentation by identifying URL strings in the documentation that are valid web application programming interface (API) calls. The tool infers path templates by identifying and clustering path expressions in the documentation that invoke the same URL endpoints. The tool extracts hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request type and query parameters associated with the inferred path templates. The tool generates a specification that includes the extracted base URL, the inferred path templates, the extracted HTTP request types, and the extracted query parameters.
US10942691B2
Provided is an image forming apparatus capable of executing a copy job without causing a memory shortage by dividing and sequentially executing the copy job process. The image forming apparatus includes a free area determining unit and a division process executing unit. The free area determining unit compares capacities of work areas necessary for executing a scanning job and a printing job with free area in memory (RAM), respectively. The division process executing unit, in a case where the free area determining unit determines that the free area in memory is equal to or greater than the capacity of the work area necessary for executing the scanning job, but is less than the capacity of the work area necessary for executing the printing job, cancels parallel processing, and after executing the scanning process, saves in a non-volatile memory, and then after restarting, executes the printing process.
US10942689B2
A pull printing server may include a communicator to receive a job list including user authentication information from an image forming apparatus, and a controller to determine at least one of the image forming apparatus or a user terminal as a job list display device by using an authentication level corresponding to the user authentication.
US10942685B2
An array controller for connection between a solid state drive controller and multiple non-volatile storage units is provided. The array controller comprises a plurality of enable outputs, each of which is connected to an enable input of one of the non-volatile storage units, and a buffer in which data to be written into or read from the non-volatile storage units is stored. The array controller further comprises a control unit configured to enable a communication path between the solid state drive controller and one of the non-volatile storage units according to an address received from the solid state drive controller.
US10942677B2
A method for performing access management of a memory device and associated apparatus (e.g. the memory device and controller thereof such as a memory controller within the memory device, an associated host device and an associated electronic device) are provided. The method may include: when the host device sends a host command to the memory device, utilizing the memory controller to estimate a completion time of the host command, to generate completion time information corresponding to the completion time; and utilizing the memory controller to send the completion time information to the host device, to allow the host device to perform polling after the completion time to obtain execution result of the host command.
US10942667B2
A redundant array of independent disks (RAID) storage system includes a plurality of storage devices that perform an erase operation according to a plurality of erase unit sizes. A RAID controller controls the plurality of storage devices based on a RAID environment. The RAID controller adjusts the erase unit sizes with respect to at least some of the plurality of storage devices, respectively.
US10942666B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for replicating data in a distributed storage cluster using an underlying network. In some examples, a primary node of a placement group in a network overlay of a distributed storage cluster can receive data for replication in the placement group. The primary node can provide the data to a first slave node of a plurality of slave nodes within the placement group in an underlying network of the distributed storage cluster. The data can subsequently be replicated using the underlying network by providing the data to at least one other slave node of the plurality of slave nodes within the placement group in the underlying network directly from the first slave node in the underlying network.
US10942663B2
Techniques are provided for inlining data in inodes of a file system. In an example, data (e.g., a file) is to be written to storage. Where the data is small enough to fit in an inode, it can be written to a dynamic area of the inode. Where dynamic attributes of the inode conflict with storing the data, the dynamic attributes can be spilled to a metadata block. Where the inlined data becomes too large to be stored in the inode, it can be spilled to a data block, and a metadata tree can be written to the inode. Where data that was previously too large to inline is truncated so that now it can be written to the inode, the data is inlined in the inode from a data block.
US10942661B2
Some embodiments include apparatuses and methods using a first memory area and a second memory area included a memory device, and using control circuitry included in the memory device to communicate with a memory controller. The memory controller includes an error correction engine. The control circuitry of the memory device is configured to retrieve the first information from the first memory area and store in the first information after the error correction engine performs an error detection operation on the first information. The control circuitry is configured to retrieve second information from the first memory area and store the second information in the second memory area without an additional error detection operation performed on the second information if a result from the error detection operation performed by the error correction engine on the first information meets a threshold condition.
US10942646B2
A facility for adapting the prediction of ink is described. In some examples, the facility receives information about a spatial movement by a user. On the basis of the received information, the facility predicts future spatial movement by the user, and generates an ink stroke that reflects both the spatial movement described by the received information and at least a portion of the predicted future spatial movement. The facility enforces against the generated ink stroke a limit that has the effect of controlling the area of a portion of the ink stroke corresponding to the at least a portion of the predicted future spatial movement, and causes the generated ink stroke, subject to the enforcement of the limit, to be displayed.
US10942643B2
An active touch pen includes a pen barrel, a pen head, a pen shaft, a sleeve, a processor, a sensor and a wireless transmission assembly. The pen head is connected to the pen barrel. The pen shaft and the sleeve are respectively disposed in the pen barrel, and the pen shaft penetrates through the sleeve. The processor, the sensor and the wireless transmission assembly are respectively connected to the pen shaft. The sensor is configured to detect variation of a first pattern of the sleeve during the sleeve rotating relative to the pen barrel so as to obtain a first sensing data and transmits the first sensing data to the processor. The processor calculates rotation amount of the sleeve according to the first sensing data and transmits the rotation amount to the touch display device through the wireless transmission assembly.
US10942629B1
The present disclosure provides methods, computer readable media, and a system (the “platform”) for recall probability-based data storage and retrieval. The platform may comprise a hierarchical data storage architecture having at least one of the following storage tiers: a first tier, and a second tier; at least one computing agent, wherein the at least one computing agent is configured to: compute a recall probability for a data element stored in the data storage, and effect a transfer of the data element based on, at least in part, the recall probability, wherein the transfer of the data element is between at least the following: the first tier, and the second tier; and a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising at least one functional GUI element configured to: enable an end-user to specific a desired balance between at least one of the following elements: speed of data retrieval, and cost of data storage.
US10942627B2
In various example embodiments, a comparative modeling system is configured to receive selections of a data set, a transform scheme, and one or more machine-learning algorithms. In response to a selection of the one or more machine-learning algorithms, the comparative modeling system determines parameters within the one or more machine-learning algorithms. The comparative modeling system generates a plurality of models for the one or more machine-learning algorithms, determines comparison metric values for the plurality of models, and causes presentation of the comparison metric values for the plurality of models.
US10942623B2
An information processing apparatus includes a display and a display controller. The display controller controls the display so as to display first information, second information, and third information once processing on a system that cooperates with the information processing apparatus is resumed after the processing has been stopped. The first information indicates a state of a processing screen displayed at the time of the stoppage, the processing screen being used for performing processing related to a document used in the system. The second information specifies the document that is a target of the processing after the processing on the processing screen has been resumed. The third information indicates a screen for the system in which the document is used.
US10942622B2
Disclosed are a method and a computer system for splitting and merging files via a motion input on a graphical user interface. The method comprises determining existence of a motion input; splitting the file into split multiple partial files based on pre-configurations; and generating multiple partial file icons representing the split multiple partial files on the graphical user interface. The multiple partial files may be subsequently merged together.
US10942616B2
The present disclosure relates to a multimedia resource management method and apparatus, and a storage medium. The method includes: displaying, when a preset trigger instruction for a first multimedia resource is received, a first floating window, the first floating window displaying the first multimedia resource in a thumbnail form; changing, when a movement instruction for the first floating window is received, a position of the first floating window based on an acquired movement trajectory; and performing, when a release instruction for the first floating window is received, a management operation on the first multimedia resource within the first floating window.
US10942591B2
Provided is a touch display panel having a first touch display region and including: first touch electrodes arranged in a plurality of columns in the first touch display region, and extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction, each first touch electrode including a plurality of first electrode blocks electrically connected to each other, and the first direction intersecting the second direction; and second touch electrodes arranged in a plurality of rows in the first touch display region, and extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction, each second touch electrode including a plurality of second electrode blocks electrically connected to each other. The plurality of first electrode blocks and the plurality of second electrode blocks are alternately arranged in the first direction.
US10942588B2
Enhanced user input devices and user input interfacing systems are provided herein which can reduce perceived interaction latency. In one example, a method of operating a user input interface on a host system includes identifying a target pace for delivery of user input state to an application, and determining, based at least on the target pace, one or more timing parameters for transfer of the user input state from a user input device. The method also includes indicating the one or more timing parameters to the user input device, wherein the user input device responsively transfers the user input state according to the one or more timing parameters.
US10942586B1
An interactive 3D cursor facilitates selection and manipulation of a three-dimensional volume from a three-dimensional image. The selected volume image may be transparency-adjusted and filtered to remove selected tissues from view. Qualitative and quantitative analysis of tissues in a selected volume may be performed. Location indicators, annotations, and registration markers may be overlaid on selected volume images.
US10942581B2
A keyboard includes scissor actuators for guiding and stabilizing each key in its upward and downward movement. A substantially translucent elastomeric diaphragm including elastomeric domes underlies the keys. A seat underlies the elastomeric domes for supporting and engaging the bottom extremities of the scissor actuators. The seat may be made of translucent plastic, which functions as a translucent upper clamshell member, or non-translucent metal having sufficiently large holes for the passage of light. A substantially translucent circuit board is positioned under the seat for the creation and transmission of signals indicating depression of key members. The seat includes central holes allowing for the depression of keys to force the elastomeric domes to engage the circuit board to create electronic signals. A planar luminescent light source is positioned under the circuit board. The preferred keys are covered by a first reflective coating, and a second non-reflective coating.
US10942574B2
An apparatus and a method for using a blank area in a screen are provided. The electronic device includes a touch screen configured to display content and receive an event for moving the content and a processor configured to move the content to a location or in a direction based on the event, configure a blank area based on the movement of content, and display setting information in the blank area. Further, various embodiments can be implemented.
US10942571B2
Embodiments described herein relate to an electronic device that provides discrete haptic output in separate regions of a device housing. These regions may both accept input and provide haptic output. Typically, a haptic output provided in a first region is imperceptible to a user touching an abutting region.
US10942569B2
Embodiments include a portable system for delivering multi-sensory stimulation to a user in association with audio-visual content. The system comprises sensory output modules individually capable of delivering a different sensory output to the user in synchrony with a corresponding portion of the audio-visual content, and a housing comprising the modules and configured for attachment to an electronic device capable of presenting the audio-visual content to the user. Embodiments also include a method of delivering multi-sensory stimulations to a user in association with audio-visual content provided by an electronic device. The method comprises receiving an audio signal associated with the audio-visual content via a wireless transceiver; broadcasting the audio signal to sensory output modules; at the modules, generating a sensory output command based on the audio signal and a sensory output capability of the module; and outputting a sensory output from each of the modules based on the command generated thereby.
US10942567B2
A gaze point compensation method and apparatus in a display device, and a display device are provided. The method includes: obtaining a real-time eye image of a user; obtaining an eye-corner position coordinate in the real-time eye image; when the eye-corner position coordinate is within an initial calibration range, making first compensation for the eye-corner position coordinate according to a correspondence relationship between a pupil and an eye-corner position; otherwise, making second compensation for the eye-corner position coordinate, wherein the second compensation is configured to make the eye-corner position coordinate after the second compensation at least be within the initial calibration range; and compensating for a gaze point according to the first compensation or the second compensation.
US10942560B2
A method of controlling a hard disk and an electronic device, comprising: determining a number of power cycles that have been completed by the hard disk at a time point within a predetermined period of time, a power cycle including a total duration of the hard disk in a spin-on mode and an immediately neighboring spin-off mode; and in response to the number of power cycles that have been completed being below an upper limit number for the power cycles of the hard disk in the predetermined period of time, determining remaining time of the predetermined period of time starting from the time point, and determining, based on the remaining time, the number of power cycles that have been completed, and the upper limit number, a threshold idle duration for controlling the hard disk to enter the spin-off mode.
US10942555B2
A power supplying method for a computer system is proposed. The computer system includes a first computer node, a first power supply unit corresponding to the first computer node, a second computer node, a second power supply unit corresponding to the second computer node, and a connection module electrically connected to the computer nodes and the power supply units. The power supplying method includes: detecting, by the first computer node, whether the second power supply unit operates abnormally; and upon detecting at least that the second power supply unit operates abnormally, controlling, by the first computer node, the first power supply unit to provide electric power to the second computer node through the connection module.
US10942542B2
Embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods associated with modulating a clock signal to encode information. A system may include a plurality of dies including a first die. The first die may include a real time clock (RTC) circuit to receive clock information associated with a shared clock signal that is shared among the plurality of dies, and modulate a RTC signal to encode the clock information. The first die may further include an output terminal coupled to the RTC circuit to pass the modulated RTC signal to one or more other dies of the plurality of dies. A second die of the plurality of dies may include a decoder to receive the modulated RTC signal and extract the clock information. The second die may adjust and/or condition the shared clock signal based on the received clock information. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10942541B1
A connection interface circuit, a memory storage device and a signal generation method are disclosed. The connection interface circuit is configured to connect a memory controller to a volatile memory module. The connection interface circuit includes a phase locking circuit, a wire module and a signal interface. The signal interface is coupled between the wire module and the memory controller. The phase locking circuit is configured to receive a first clock signal from the memory controller. The phase locking circuit is further configured to generate a second clock signal according to the first clock signal and a delay feature of the wire module. The wire module is configured to provide a third clock signal to the signal interface according to the second clock signal.
US10942538B2
A haptic operating device has a base, a stationary central part connected thereto, a rotary knob which can be rotated about the stationary central part and which has a hollow design, and a magnetorheological transmission device for influencing the rotational movement of the rotary knob in a controlled manner. The transmission device has two components which can be rotated relative to each other and one component of which is designed as a brake component that can be rotated relative to the base. The stationary central part is secured to the base by way of a support arm. The transmission device and the support arm are adjacent one another and both are received radially within the rotary knob. The rotary knob is rotationally fixed to the rotatable brake component via a coupling device.
US10942537B2
A lever latching system comprising: a housing; a lever having a latch pin fixedly mounted to the lever, the lever being movably mounted to the housing so that the latch pin moves in an arc; and a latch plate movably mounted to the housing for linear movement with respect to the housing, the latch plate comprising a labyrinth for receiving the latch pin.
US10942535B2
A method for current limiting an operational amplifier includes sensing a first current through a first branch of the operational amplifier. The first branch conducts the first current from a limited current supply connected to an operational amplifier output. The first current is compared to a reference current to generate a regulation signal. A variable current source is controlled with the regulation signal. An output current of a transconductance amplifier is limited with the variable current source to limit the first current in response thereto.
US10942532B2
A confined, fully or partially liquid-filled container having at least one flexible wall, utilizing the effect of gravity on liquid in the container to generate a force that acts on an actuator mechanism to operate a normally-closed control valve. In preferred embodiments, the container is a simple sealed bag partially liquid-filled and air-free. The flexible-walled container contains a predetermined quantity of liquid. The bag is confined by walls of a housing formed of a non-flexible material, and is affixed to the housing preferably to an upper wall of the housing in any conventional way. The housing is disposed in a vessel for holding a liquid and is having one or more apertures, which are in fluid communication with the interior of the vessel and through which liquid can enter from the vessel into the housing to a level corresponding to a desired level of liquid in the vessel.
US10942530B2
A tool for protecting outdoor objects from weather related damage. Responsive to a registration request, the tool registers an object and an originating location where the object is currently located. The tool determines whether a risk threshold for the object is exceeded based, at least in part, on weather conditions at the originating location. Responsive to a determination that the risk threshold for the object is exceeded, the tool instructs one or more drones to relocate the object from an originating location to a protected location that is protected from the weather conditions.
US10942517B2
A driving assistance device 1 performs autonomous driving based on an output from a sensor unit 13 that acquires information on surroundings of a vehicle or information on the state of the vehicle. The driving assistance device 1 stores an autonomous driving determination table Tj based on autonomous driving compatibility information 24. By referring to the autonomous driving determination table Tj based on sensor information 23 on the sensor unit 13 and road element information Ie on a predetermined road section, the driving assistance device 1 determines a set of an autonomous driving function Fc and an automation level Lv that can be performed in the predetermined road section.
US10942503B2
A mobile data storage device (102) may be housed in a mobile computing device (142) without an active cooling feature. The mobile data storage device (102) can have at least a controller (122) configured to delay command execution in response to a predicted mobile data storage device (102) temperature. The controller (122) can insert a plurality of delays into a command queue to prevent the mobile data storage device (102) from reaching the predicted mobile data storage device (102) temperature.
US10942497B2
An arrangement is provided for providing redundancy in a vehicle electrical control system, including a plurality of electronic control units connected to each other through a first data bus, and where each electronic control unit is connected to one or more I/O-units through a separate second data bus, where each second data bus is provided with a separate transceiver which allows communication between an electronic control unit and an I/O-unit, and where the arrangement includes a programmable switch arranged between the electronic control units and the transceivers, where the programmable switch is adapted to interconnect each transceiver with a selected electronic control unit. A transceiver may be reconnected to a new ECU in an easy way, when the ECU to which the transceiver was originally connected to breaks down, which allows the new ECU to access the I/O-units of the broken ECU and which in turn provides an effective redundancy for the electrical control system.
US10942495B2
A controlling apparatus is provided. According to an example, the controlling apparatus comprises: an operating body configured to bear acting forces; a mechanical sensing apparatus arranged on a surface of the operating body and configured to sense the acting forces and convert the acting forces into electric signals; and a controlling module configured to determine a resultant force of the acting forces according to the electric signals and control a controlled object to move along a direction of the resultant force of the acting forces.
US10942488B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit that forms an image when a working state of the image forming unit is an image forming state and does not form an image when the working state is a non-image forming state, an air blowing part that blows air toward the image forming unit, an air flow rate changing part that changes a flow rate of the air blown toward the image forming unit from the air blowing part, and a switching part that performs a switching to switch the working state of the image forming unit between the image forming state and a non-image forming state, wherein the air flow rate changing part changes the air flow rate of the air blowing part in mechanical correspondence with the switching between the image forming state and the non-image forming state of the image forming unit by the switching part.
US10942486B2
A toner cartridge according to one example includes first and second alignment guides that extend outward from a first side and a second side of the toner cartridge, respectively, for positioning the toner cartridge. The first and second alignment guides define a pivot axis about which the toner cartridge is pivotable relative to an imaging unit when the toner cartridge is installed on the imaging unit. An engagement member is positioned on a rear of the toner cartridge for receiving a bias force for biasing the toner cartridge about the pivot axis when the toner cartridge is installed on the imaging unit. The engagement member is positioned next to the bottom of the housing. The engagement member includes an angled contact surface that faces upward and rearward for contacting a corresponding hold-down on the imaging unit when the toner cartridge is installed on the imaging unit.
US10942476B2
In an image forming apparatus including an image heating portion that heats an image formed on a recording material using heat of a heater constituted of a substrate and a plurality of heat generating resistors disposed on the substrate, the plurality of heat generating resistors include (i) a first heat generating resistor that has a first temperature coefficient of resistance, and (ii) a second heat generating resistor that has a second temperature coefficient of resistance which is smaller than the first temperature coefficient of resistance, and heats a second heating region of which width in the longitudinal direction of the substrate is narrower than the first heating region which is heated by the first heat generating resistor, among the plurality of heating regions heated by the plurality of heat generating resistors.
US10942469B2
An image forming apparatus including a main body casing, a drum cartridge and a developing cartridge. The main body casing has an opening and a slot extending in from the opening toward an inside of the main body casing along a first direction. The drum cartridge and the developing cartridge are arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction in a state where the drum cartridge and the developing cartridge are attached to the slot. The main body casing includes a drum guide groove configured to guide movement of the drum cartridge. The drum cartridge includes a drum protrusion configured to be engaged with the drum guide groove. A width of the drum guide groove in the second direction is decreased toward the inside of the main body casing from the opening.
US10942466B2
A toner including a toner particle containing a binder resin and an external additive, wherein the toner particle contains a polyvalent metal compound, the polyvalent metal compound is at least one selected from the group consisting of aluminum compounds, iron compounds and magnesium compounds, a content of a metal element derived from the polyvalent metal compound in the toner particle is from 0.080 to 20.000 μmol/g, the external additive contains an organosilicon polymer particle having a hydroxyl group, a ratio of a number-average particle diameter of the organosilicon polymer particle to a number-average particle diameter of the toner particle is from 0.0160 to 0.0650, and a content of the organosilicon polymer particle is at least 0.10 mass parts per 100.00 mass parts of the toner particle.
US10942465B2
A toner comprising a toner particle that contains a binder resin and a wax; in a microcompression test under a maximum load condition of 1.1×10−3 N, a force applied to the toner particle when a percentage deformation of the toner particle with reference to a number-average particle diameter of the toner particle at 25° C. reaches 15% is 0.10 to 1.00 mN and the force applied to the toner particle when the percentage deformation at 45° C. reaches 15% is 0.10 to 0.40 mN; and when the force applied to the toner particle is a variable and the percentage deformation of the toner particle is from 15 to 30%, the rate of increase in the percentage deformation of the toner particle at 25° C. and the rate of increase in the percentage deformation of the toner particle at 45° C. satisfy specific formula.
US10942459B2
A lithography system and a cleaning method thereof are provided. The lithography system includes a light source generator. The light source generator includes a collector, a droplet generator and a droplet catcher. The droplet generator and the droplet catcher are facing each other, and disposed at a region surrounding the collector. The cleaning method includes: shifting the droplet generator out of the light source generator via a port of the light source generator; inserting a shove assembly into the light source generator via the port; using a borescope attached to the shovel assembly to identify a location of a deposit formed by droplets generated by the droplet generator; using the shovel assembly to remove and collect the deposit; and withdrawing the shovel assembly along with the borescope from the light source generator via the port.
US10942450B2
An inorganic nanoparticles-based structure in accordance with the present disclosure includes inorganic nano-particles; and a novel ligand coordinated to a surface of each of the inorganic nano-particles, wherein the ligand has a urethane bond resulting from reaction with an isocyanate compound having a double bond, and, thus, has a double bond at terminals thereof. Further, the present disclosure provides an optical member, a light-emitting device, and a quantum dot display device including the inorganic nanoparticles-based structure.
US10942435B2
A light emission control device includes a first detection circuit, a second detection circuit, and a light emission control circuit. The first detection circuit detects a first potential difference that is a potential difference between both ends of a first resistor. The second detection circuit detects a second potential difference that is a potential difference between both ends of a second resistor. The light emission control circuit outputs a first control signal for controlling turning on/off of the first switching element and a second control signal for controlling turning on/off of the second switching element. The light emission control circuit performs a stop process of making at least one of the first control signal and the second control signal inactive, when the first potential difference is detected to be smaller than a first threshold value and the second potential difference is detected to be larger than a second threshold value.
US10942433B2
A light source device includes a light source configured to emit excitation light, a wavelength conversion section configured to perform wavelength conversion on the excitation light to generate fluorescence having a wavelength longer than a wavelength of the excitation light, a substrate opposed to the wavelength conversion section, and an air gap disposed between the wavelength conversion section and the substrate, wherein the wavelength conversion section has a first surface opposed to the substrate, the substrate has a second surface opposed to the first surface, a thickness dimension of the air gap as a dimension in a direction from the first surface toward the second surface is defined by a sum of a roughness of the first surface and a roughness of the second surface, and the thickness dimension of the air gap is no smaller than a wavelength of the fluorescence.
US10942422B2
A camera module includes a plastic carrier, an imaging lens assembly, a reflective element and a plurality of auto-focusing elements. The plastic carrier includes an inner portion and an outer portion, wherein an inner space is defined by the inner portion, and the outer portion includes at least one mounting structure. The imaging lens assembly is disposed in the inner space of the plastic carrier. The reflective element is for folding an image light by a reflective surface of the reflective element into the imaging lens assembly. The auto-focusing elements include at least two magnets and at least one wiring element, wherein the auto-focusing elements are for moving the plastic carrier along a second optical axis of the imaging lens assembly, and the magnets or the wiring element can be disposed on the mounting structure of the outer portion.
US10942414B2
An electronic ink display screen, wherein a spacer frame is coated on the pixel electrode by a One Drop Filling (ODF) process, the spacer frame includes a first spacer frame and a second spacer frame. The second spacer frame is located on a side of the first spacer frame. The electronic ink microcapsule array is provided inside the first spacer frame. Conductive silver paste is provided inside the second spacer frame. The upper transparent electrode is covered on the spacer frame. The conductive silver paste electrically contacts the pixel electrode and the upper transparent electrode, respectively. Peripheries of the spacer frame and the upper transparent electrode are sealed and fixed by a waterproof adhesive. The electronic ink display screen of the present invention uses the ODF production process, so there is no complicated process in the production of the traditional electronic paper film sheet.
US10942403B2
A display substrate and a display apparatus are provided. The display substrate includes a film layer and a blocking structure. The film layer includes a via surrounded by the blocking structure. The blocking structure is at an edge of the via.
US10942400B2
A liquid crystal includes first and second substrates, the first substrate including intersecting data lines and scan lines. A liquid crystal layer is sandwiched therebetween. Also, a plurality of sub-pixels districted by data lines and gate lines, and arranged along the long-axis and the short-axis directions in a matrix. A pixel electrode in the sub-pixels includes a central portion. A common electrode including linear electrodes arranged along the data lines and disposed with gaps therebetween. Sub-pixels are bent at the center portion, such that the linear electrodes or the gaps in both sides of the sub-pixels are inclined in opposite directions with respect to the long-axis direction. At least one of the linear electrodes or at least one of the gaps has a bent portion at the central portion of the respective pixel electrode. The common electrode is provided on liquid crystal layer side over the pixel electrode.
US10942392B2
A display device with high visibility or low power consumption is provided. The display device includes a pixel. The pixel includes a self-luminous display element and a reflective display element. The self-luminous display element is provided closer to the display surface than the reflective display element. The reflective display element includes a unit for adjusting the amount of light which changes its arrangement on the basis of electric power supplied from an electrode and blocks light with the unit for adjusting the amount of light to change the intensity of reflected light. Electrophoretic particles, a shutter, a film which reflects part of light, a film which reflects light, or the like can be used as the unit for adjusting the amount of light.
US10942379B2
A bi-modal dimming mirror includes a display and a switchable mirror configured to vary in transmissivity in response to a dimming control signal, which includes one or more of an LCD voltage, a rotator control signal, and/or a polarizer control signal. The bi-modal dimming mirror includes a visible segment overlying the display panel and a sample segment for calibrating the transmissivity or the reflectivity of the switchable mirror. A light source projects a light beam through the sample segment, which is measured by a light sensor. A liquid crystal cell changes polarization of light passing therethrough in response to application of an LCD voltage. In some embodiments, an active absorptive polarizer varies in absorption of polarized light in response to a polarizer control signal. An active polarization rotator varies rotation of polarized light in response to a rotator control signal.
US10942371B2
The stabilized contact lens methods and apparatus disclosed herein provide improved stabilization of a contact lens placed on a cornea of an eye. The contact lens comprises stabilization zones that allow the lens to repeatedly and consistently orient on the cornea such that a sensing zone located on the lower portion of the lens is located inferiorly to engage the lower eyelid. The stabilized contact lens can provide a lower pressure sensing zone with decreased thickness for pressure or other sensing related to the lower eyelid. The decreased thickness has the advantage of improving coupling between forces from an eyelid and a lower chamber of a fluidic module. The improved coupling allows increased amounts of fluid to move between the lower chamber and an upper optical chamber coupled to the lower chamber, such that the upper chamber can increase curvature and optical power in response to pressures of the eyelid.
US10942368B2
A method for determining an optical system of a personalized progressive lens for a given wearer including: a) providing a mean direction of gaze determined for the wearer in a reference frame tied to the head of the wearer; b) determining a target value for at least one optical design parameter as a function of the mean direction of gaze determined in a); c) calculating the optical system of the progressive lens by an optical optimization procedure on the basis of target values, wherein the target value of each optical design parameter as a function of the mean direction of gaze determined in b) is a target value.
US10942367B2
A method of manufacturing spectacle arms includes grooving an inner face of a first cover plate to form grooves and providing a gauge with longilineal inserts. Front and rear bridges join front and rear ends of the longilineal inserts and provide front and rear indexing. The gauge is set on the inner face of the first cover plate such that the longilineal inserts are disposed in the grooves and a second cover plate is pressed and bonded on the inner face of the first plate such that the longilineal inserts are inserted between the first and second cover plates. The plates are cut around the longilineal inserts with a cutting tool after the cutting tool is positioned and held in place using corresponding front and rear tool indexing.
US10942366B2
A three-dimensional image display device includes a case partially or entirely formed of a light transmission member; a substantially flat member having light transmission characteristics erected inside the case; and an image output unit that outputs a predetermined image so that the image can be displayed on the flat member.
US10942365B2
An object of the present invention is to reduce luminance unevenness caused by interference between a pixel and a PS in a barrier panel without making a design of the PS complicated in a parallax barrier system stereoscopic display device. A plurality of pixels are arranged at a regular pitch in an x direction and a y direction. A light barrier element includes a pair of glass substrates, a liquid crystal layer provided between the glass substrates, and a plurality of PSs provided between the glass substrates. The plurality of PSs are arranged at a regular pitch in the x direction and the y direction. Arrangement pitches of the plurality of PSs in the x direction and the y direction are not integral multiples of arrangement pitches of the plurality of pixels in the x direction and the y direction, respectively.
US10942363B2
According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal layer is provided between a first substrate and a second substrate. A switching element is provided on the first substrate. A pixel electrode is electrically connected to the switching element. A color filter is provided on a liquid crystal side of the second substrate and corresponds to the pixel electrode. A common electrode is provided on a liquid crystal side of the color filter. A light guide plate guides laser light incident on a side surface and emits the laser light from a main surface. A diffusion plate diffuses the laser light emitted from the light guide plate and applies the laser light to the first substrate. A supporting unit supports the diffusion plate. A vibration generation unit is provided in the supporting unit and vibrates the diffusion plate.
US10942361B2
Provided is an optical system including: a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; a second lens unit having a positive refractive power and disposed at the image side of the first lens unit; and a third lens unit having a positive refractive power and disposed closest to the image side, in which intervals between adjacent lens units are changed during focusing. The first lens unit does not move during focusing. The second lens unit moves to the object side along an optical axis during focusing from infinity to a close distance. The second lens unit includes, in order from the object side to the image side, a positive lens, a negative lens, and an aperture stop. The third lens unit includes a positive lens and a negative lens. A length of the third lens unit on the optical axis and an air-equivalent back focus are appropriately set.
US10942354B2
A monocular image display device includes a virtual image former to display an image in front of one eye of a user and a primary light amount adjuster being in front of another eye of the user. The primary light amount adjuster is disposed closer to the one eye of the user than an optical axis of the another eye of the user is.
US10942345B2
An image acquisition method in which a pulsed illumination beam emitted from a light source is scanned while being focused at a sample, signal light generated as a result of a non-linear optical process at each scanning position is detected, and an image of the sample is generated on a basis of the detected signal light, the image acquisition method including: acquiring a mixed image, which includes in-focus signal light generated at a focal position of the illumination beam in the sample and which also includes out-of-focus signal light; acquiring an image of the out-of-focus signal light on a basis of a plurality of mixed images having mutually different intensities of the out-of-focus signal light; and acquiring an image of the in-focus signal light by subtracting the image of the out-of-focus signal light acquired, from the mixed image acquired.
US10942344B2
An optoelectronic component includes a light emitter including a multiplicity of image points configured to emit light, and an optical element configured to guide light emitted by the light emitter into a target region, wherein a lower side facing toward the light emitter of the optical element is subdivided into four quadrants, each quadrant includes a Fresnel structure having a multiplicity of ridges extending along concentric annular arcs, the ridges of the Fresnel structure in each quadrant are respectively curved around a center shifted relative to a midpoint of the lower side of the optical element, and the center in each quadrant is arranged at a corner of the lower side of the optical element.
US10942342B2
An imaging lens which uses a larger number of constituent lenses for higher performance and features a low F-value, low-profile design and a wide field of view. Designed for a solid-state image sensor, the imaging lens includes constituent lenses arranged in order from an object side to an image side: a first positive refractive power lens; a second negative refractive power lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens having a concave image-side surface near an optical axis; and a seventh negative refractive power lens.
US10942341B2
An imaging lens which uses a larger number of constituent lenses for higher performance and features a low F-value, low-profile design and a wide field of view. Designed for a solid-state image sensor, the imaging lens includes constituent lenses arranged in order from an object side to an image side: a first positive refractive power lens; a second negative refractive power lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; a sixth lens having a concave image-side surface near an optical axis; and a seventh negative refractive power lens.
US10942339B2
An optical imaging system for pickup, sequentially arranged from an object side to an image side, comprising: the first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, the second lens element with refractive power, the third lens element with refractive power, the fourth lens element with refractive power, the fifth lens element with refractive power; the sixth lens element made of plastic, the sixth lens with refractive power having a concave image-side surface with both being aspheric, and the image-side surface having at least one inflection point.
US10942338B2
There is provided an imaging lens with high-resolution which satisfies the wide field of view, the low-profileness and the low F-number in well balance, and excellently corrects aberrations. An imaging lens comprises in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens having negative refractive power, an aperture stop, a second lens, a third lens being a double-aspheric lens, a fourth lens having positive refractive power, and a fifth lens being a double-sided aspheric lens, wherein a below expression is satisfied: −0.07<(N1−1)/(r1×f)×1000<0.07 where N1: refractive index at d-ray of the first lens, r1: curvature radius of the object-side surface of the first lens, f: focal length of the overall optical system.
US10942334B2
The present disclosure discloses an optical imaging lens assembly. The optical imaging lens assembly includes, sequentially from an object side to an image side along an optical axis, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. The first lens has a positive refractive power and a convex object-side surface. The second lens has a negative refractive power. The third lens has a positive refractive power. Each of the fourth lens and the fifth lens has a positive refractive power or a negative refractive power. The sixth lens has a positive refractive power. The seventh lens has a negative refractive power, a concave object-side surface and a concave image-side surface. A combined focal length f12 of the first and second lenses and a combined focal length f34 of the third and fourth lenses satisfy: |f12/f34|≤0.3.
US10942327B2
A centering pin pushes an inclining surface provided as part of a side section of a lens frame that accommodates a centering target lens that is a centering target lens group to allow the centering target lens to move in a centering direction. In this process, an end surface of the lens frame is always urged against a reference surface that positions the lens frame attached to an attachment section of a lens barrel in the optical axis direction.
US10942326B2
A cable storage wheel for communication cables is provided. The cable storage wheel has a channel that receives the communication cable and a plurality of cable tie features. The cable tie features are positioned for receipt of cable ties to secure the communication cable in the channel in a manner that minimizes or eliminates contact between the wire ties and the communication cable. In this manner, the cable storage wheel is configured and designed to encourage the user to wrap the wire ties around the storage wheel and, not the communication cable. The cable tie features are, in some embodiments, slots, notches, openings, channel supports, and any combinations thereof.
US10942319B2
The present application provides an optical module, including a laser, a laser driving chip, and a lens component disposed above the laser and the laser driving chip, where an inner cavity wall of the lens component that faces towards the laser and the laser driving chip is provided with a transmitting lens; a surface of the transmitting lens and the inner cavity wall around the transmitting lens are coated with a reflective film; and there is no reflective film coated on a part or entire of a region, of the inner cavity wall of the lens unit, which is irradiated by a secondarily reflected laser light.
US10942318B2
An optical connection terminal includes a first connection module and a second connection module that each terminate multi-fiber cables. The second connection module operatively couples to the first connection module so that at least one of the optical connectors of the first connection module directly optically couples with one of the optical connectors of the second connection module. A connection between the at least one optical connector of the first connection module and the optical connector of the second connection module is sealed from an exterior of the terminal.
US10942309B2
The present invention provides a light guide plate and an input apparatus. The light guide plate includes a light guide body, at least one first opening structure, and at least one second opening structure. The first opening structure passes through the light guide body and includes at least one first closed end. The second opening structure passes through the light guide body and includes at least one second closed end. The first closed end and the second closed end face each other. The first closed end partially overlaps the second closed end on at least one first axis, the first closed end and the second closed end are disposed parallel to each other on at least one second axis, and the first axis is substantially perpendicular to the second axis.
US10942295B2
The anti-reflection film includes an anti-reflection layer composed of multilayer thin-films having different refractive indexes on one principal surface of a transparent film substrate. The moisture permeability of the anti-reflection film is 15 to 1000 g/m2·24 h. The surface of the anti-reflection layer has an indentation elastic modulus of 20 to 100 GPa, and an arithmetic mean roughness Ra of 3 nm or less. The arithmetic mean roughness Ra of the surface of the anti-reflection layer is preferably 1.5 nm or less. The thin-films constituting the anti-reflection layer can be deposited by, for example, a sputtering method.
US10942293B2
A procedure that integrates petrophysics and rock typing taken from vertical well measurements, 3D seismic elastic properties and seismic attributes, and geostatistical modeling to build a 3D reservoir model is provided. The 3D reservoir model may be directly incorporated into horizontal fracture model designs. The developed 3D reservoir model for a subsurface volume may be used in a fracture model to optimize fracturing designs and maximize well performance.
US10942291B2
The present specification discloses a covert mobile inspection vehicle with a backscatter X-ray scanning system that has an X-ray source and detectors for obtaining a radiographic image of an object outside the vehicle. The systems preferably include at least one sensor for determining a distance from at least one of the detectors to points on the surface of the object being scanned, a processor for processing the obtained radiographic image by using the determined distance of the object to obtain an atomic number of each material contained in the object, and one or more sensors to obtain surveillance data from a predefined area surrounding the vehicle.
US10942289B2
A method of fabricating a ferrite for use in a resistivity logging tool includes mixing a ferrite powder with a binder to provide a mixture, and pressing the mixture into a mold to form the ferrite. The mold exhibits a specific geometry corresponding to a channel defined on an inner surface of a bobbin associated with the resistivity logging tool, and the channel is arcuate and extends at an angle offset from a central axis of the bobbin. At least one of a length, a width, and a thickness of the ferrite is then adjusted to manipulate a magnetic permeability of the ferrite in a direction of a magnetic field passing through the ferrite.
US10942285B2
A method for seismic processing includes receiving seismic data representing a subsurface volume. The seismic data includes a first horizontal component and a second horizontal component. The first and second horizontal components are rotated such that the first horizontal component is substantially aligned with a source of a seismic wavefield and the second horizontal component is substantially transverse to the source of the seismic wavefield. A splitting intensity is determined at a boundary of the subsurface volume using the first and second horizontal components after the first and second horizontal components are rotated. An anisotropic parameter is determined for a portion of the subsurface volume as a function of time using the splitting intensity.
US10942275B2
A method and apparatus for improving measurements of a laser beam in a laser imaging system. The method includes, positioning an apodizing filter having a transmission profile that approaches a maximum at its edges between a pixelated detector and a laser source. The method further includes, emitting a laser beam from the laser source onto the apodizing filter and transmitting a portion of the laser incident upon the apodizing filter to the pixelated detector in accordance with the transmission profile of the apodizing filter such that the signal-to-noise ratio of the portion of the laser incident upon the pixelated detector is improved. The apodizing filter may be selected from a linear apodizing filter, a radial apodizing filter and a prism apodizing filter.
US10942270B2
Aspects of the invention are directed towards a system and method for calculating ionospheric scintillation includes calculating a motion-corrected perturbation of a GNSS radio signal received by a monitoring device deployed in an oceanic environment.
US10942269B2
The invention concerns a method for monitoring a surrounding area (6) of a vehicle-trailer combination (1) formed by a motor vehicle (2) and a trailer (3), with which at least one radar sensor (7) is disposed on a rear area (8) at the trailer (3) for acquiring radar sensor data from the surrounding area (6) behind the trailer (3) and the acquired radar sensor data are transmitted to a controller (10) of the motor vehicle (2). Moreover, the invention concerns a monitoring device (5), a driver assistance system and a vehicle-trailer combination (1).
US10942264B2
Some disclosed devices include a plurality of transmitter/receiver pairs configured for transmitting and receiving millimeter wave (mmWave) radar and a control system configured for obtaining, via a first transmitter/receiver pair, a first round-trip time for a first reflection from an object proximate the apparatus. The control system may be configured for obtaining, via a second transmitter/receiver pair, a second round-trip time for a second reflection from the object and for determining a position of the object based, at least in part, on the first round-trip time and the second round-trip time.
US10942262B2
A shared aperture antenna array including an array of antennas is disclosed. Elements of neighboring antennas are shared to create additional antennas. The shared elements include radiating patches and apertures. Each antenna shares an aperture with neighboring antennas. The array of antennas may be linear or two-dimensional. A phase shifting network with single-pole-single-throw reflective switches may be coupled to the antennas.
US10942255B2
The disclosure provides an apparatus including: a pair of signal injection transistors each having a gate terminal coupled to a differential reference signal, and a pair of cross-coupled amplifier transistors configured to amplify a voltage of the differential reference signal to yield a voltage-amplified reference signal at a local oscillator (LO) port of a mixer; an electronic oscillator having an oscillation output node coupled to the LO port of the mixer in parallel with the injection-locked buffer, and configured to generate an oscillator output for transmission to the output node based on a back gate bias voltage applied to the electronic oscillator; and an access transistor having a gate coupled to a switching node, and a back gate terminal coupled to the back gate bias voltage, wherein the access transistor is configured to enable or disable current flow through the electronic oscillator in parallel with the injection-locked buffer.
US10942250B2
An ultrawide band two-way ranging based positioning system includes a number of active tags each having a position, and a number of beacons configured for location of a position of a tag of the plurality of active tags. The active tags and the beacons are synchronized continuously to a common time base.
US10942244B2
The present disclosure relates to systems and methods operable to provide point cloud information about an environment based on reconfigurable spatial light emission patterns and reconfigurable light detector arrangements that correspond to the light emission patterns. Additionally, a LIDAR device with a plurality of light emitters and photodetectors may be operated in a first mode of operation or a second mode of operation. The first mode of operation could be a normal mode of operation. The second mode of operation could be a failsafe mode of operation that is used when a fault condition is detected.
US10942243B2
Methods directed to finding algorithms designed to estimate the angle of arrival of signals incoming to a communication device by using a modal antenna having multiple radiation patterns are provided. In particular, a method can include obtaining a gain of the modal antenna at each of a plurality of angles. The method can include obtaining a gain variation at each angle. The method can include obtaining a signal strength variation at each angle. The method can include determining a difference between the gain variation and the signal strength variation at each angle. The method can include determining a difference value based at least in part on the difference between the gain variation and signal strength variation.
US10942227B2
A sensor assembly includes first and second sensor packages adjacent to one another and directly overmolded with an overmold material without being attached to a carrier structure. The first sensor package includes a first sensor die, a first set of connector pins electrically connected to the first sensor die, a first housing in which the first sensor die is located, the first housing having first and second surfaces spaced apart from one, and a first component positioned in proximity to the second surface of the first housing. The second sensor package includes a second sensor die, a second set of connector pins electrically connected to the second sensor die, a second housing in which the second sensor die is located, the second housing having third and fourth surfaces spaced apart from one another, and a second component positioned in proximity to the fourth surface of the second housing.
US10942216B2
An interconnect circuit testing apparatus including: an electric signal generating circuit for generating an electric signal; a first electrode arranged at a first region of a substrate, wherein the substrate includes an interconnect circuit, an upper surface and a lower surface; a second electrode arranged at a second region of the substrate; and a sensor for detecting an electric field emitted from the first region or the second region when the electric signal is applied to the substrate through the first electrode and the second electrode.
US10942211B2
An electrical equipment diagnostic system can include an electrical equipment and a sensor device controlled by a user that takes a first measurement of a first parameter of the electrical equipment while the electrical equipment is operating. The system can also include a controller communicably coupled to the sensor device, where the controller includes a storage repository, where the storage repository includes at least one threshold value and at least one algorithm. The controller can receive the first measurement from the sensor device, and process the at least one first algorithm using the first measurement. The controller can also identify a problem with the electrical equipment based on results of the at least one first algorithm, and instruct the user to perform specific tasks to correct the problem with the electrical equipment.
US10942198B2
An accelerometer includes a membrane; a laser source, the laser source producing a laser beam, the laser beam directed at the membrane causing the membrane to vibrate; a transparent cap, the transparent cap disposed between the laser source and the membrane; an antireflecting film disposed on an outer surface of the transparent cap; and a detector sensing a reflected portion of the laser beam, the reflected portion including a modulated intensity. An acceleration signal is based in part on the frequency of the modulated intensity of the reflected portion of the laser beam.
US10942196B2
Systems and methods of detecting human movement with a sensor are provided, including generating a motion event signal in response to movement detected by the sensor, and generating a parameterized curve to represent the detected motion. The parameterized curve is fit to a predetermined window of sensor data captured by the sensor to filter the motion event signal. A noise magnitude estimate and a curve fit error is determined based on the fitted parameterized curve to the predetermined window. A detection threshold value is determined based on the curve fit error, a noise source signal estimate of known noise, and zero or more noise magnitudes from other sources. Human motion is determined by correlating a true motion event signal with human motion based on a comparison between a value of a point on the parameterized curve and the detection threshold value.
US10942188B2
Methods and systems of detecting plasma protein biomarkers for diagnosing acute exacerbation of COPD
Described are compositions and methods for diagnosing acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (AECOPD). Multiple reaction monitoring mass spectrometry (MRM-MS) was used to quantify the amount of protein biomarkers in plasma samples from human subjects. The amount of the biomarkers in the sample can distinguish AECOPD from a stable or convalescent state of COPD, or from a subject without COPD.
US10942184B2
Methods and compositions are provided for specific aptamers and aptamer pools that bind biomarkers of interest such as microvesicle surface antigens or functional fragments of microvesicle surface antigens. In various embodiments, aptamers of the invention are used in diagnostic, prognostic, or theranostic processes to screen a biological sample for the presence or levels of biomarkers such as microvesicles that are determined to provide a diagnostic, prognostic, or theranostic readout. The diagnosis, prognosis, or theranosis may be related to cancer or other diseases and disorders. The invention also provides methods and composition to facilitate aptamer library screening and aptamer detection methods.
US10942170B2
Methods, compositions and kits for determining the developmental potential of one or more embryos are provided. These methods, compositions and kits find use in identifying embryos in vitro that are most useful in treating infertility in humans.
US10942168B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for measuring breath alcohol concentration of a user. A flow of an expired breath sample is passed through a fuel cell sensor giving an output signal proportional to the amount of alcohol present in the breath sample. By measuring the flow rate, the volume of the breath sample may be calculated, whereas the breath alcohol concentration is calculated based on the fuel cell output signal. Both the sample volume and the breath alcohol concentration values are continually updated by integrating the measured instantaneous flow rate and the fuel cell output signal over time. If the user stops blowing, flow compensation is performed to obtain a compensated fuel cell output signal using a stored calibration volume. Hence, an improved method for accurately measuring the breath alcohol concentration of a test person is achieved, capable of handling varied expired volumes of breath, which obviates the need for a sampling mechanism.
US10942164B2
Methods, devices, and systems are provided for identifying dropouts in analyte monitoring system sensor data including segmenting sensor data into a plurality of time series wherein each time series is associated with a different instance of a repeating event, selecting a first time series to analyze for dropouts from the plurality of time series; comparing the selected first time series to a second time series among the plurality of time series, determining whether the selected first time series includes a portion that is more than a predefined threshold lower than a corresponding portion of the second time series, and displaying, on a computer system display, an indication that the selected first time series includes a dropout if the selected first time series includes a portion that is more than the predefined threshold lower than the corresponding portion of the second time series.
US10942158B2
A sensing platform with at least one sensing device to sense underground and above ground environment parameters. A system of sensing environment parameters for a plant using a probe comprising: a first sensor board adapted to sense one or more environment parameters at one or more submerged depth located at flexible points of a location; a second sensor board adapted to done or more environment parameters at one or more surface points located at flexible points of the location; a circuit board adapted to communicate the sensed environment parameters to a central controller; adapted to operate in a low power mode. A system of sensing environment parameters for a field of plants using two or more probes using a fail-over central controller in a double star configuration and/or self learning algorithm.
US10942155B1
A system and method of determining levels of contaminants in a base gas. A gas chromatography column is used as part of a cold trap. A sample of a base gas is fed through the gas chromatography column. Due to the temperature of the gas chromatography column, some of the contaminants concentrate. A purified carrier gas is directed through the reinforced tube assembly after contaminants have collected. The gas chromatography column is heated to a second temperature that releases at least some of the concentrated contaminants. The contaminants mix with the purified carrier gas to create a contaminated carrier gas. The contaminated carrier gas is directed to one or more testing units that analyze the contaminated carrier gas to quantify the contaminants.
US10942153B2
A photo acoustic non-destructive measurement apparatus and method for quantitatively measuring texture of a food snack is disclosed. The apparatus includes a laser generating tool, an acoustic capturing device, and a data processing unit. The laser generating tool directs a laser towards a food snack placed on a surface and creates pressure waves that propagate through the air and produce an acoustic signal. The acoustic capturing device records and forwards the signal to a data processing unit. The data processing unit further comprises a digital signal processing module that processes the received acoustic signal. A statistical processing module further filters the acoustic signal from the data processing unit and generates a quantitative acoustic model for texture attributes such as hardness and fracturability. The quantitative model is correlated with a qualitative texture measurement from a descriptive expert panel. Texture of food snacks are quantitatively measured with the quantitative acoustic model.
US10942148B2
The disclosure relates to methods and apparatus for ion separation, for example using time of flight and ion mobility spectrometry. Ion shutters for use in IMS cells and to methods of operating them are also disclosed. The shutter includes a first shutter electrode and a second shutter electrode. A barrier voltage between these two electrodes is controlled to open and close the shutter to allow ions of interest to pass through the shutter in a drift direction. The control involves varying both: (a) the voltage of the first shutter electrode; and (b) the voltage of the second shutter electrode.
US10942141B2
The disclosure relates to a sensor for detecting and/or analysing a gas. The sensor comprises a substrate, a recess or opening arranged in the substrate, a first bridge structure and a second bridge structure. The first bridge structure and the second bridge structure extend over said recess or opening and are anchored in the substrate. The first bridge structure forms a first hotplate and comprises a first patch of sensing material, in particular of a metal oxide material, arranged on the first hotplate, electrodes adapted to measure an electrical property of the first patch and a heater adapted to heat the first hotplate. The second bridge structure comprises a temperature sensor. The sensor comprises circuitry for driving the heater and for processing signals from the electrodes and the temperature sensor. The sensor provides a first operation mode configured to perform a measurement of an electrical property of the first patch and a second operation mode configured to operate the second bridge structure in a sensing mode to perform a measurement of a thermal property of the gas. The thermal property is a thermal capacity and/or a thermal conductivity and/or a thermal diffusivity of the gas.
US10942140B2
The present invention is directed to a sensor having continuous and discontinuous regions of conductive metallic nanoparticles capped with an organic coating which enables the detection of volatile organic compounds and/or water vapor. Continuous regions may exhibit a positive response upon exposure to volatile organic compounds and to water vapor, while discontinuous regions exhibit a positive response upon exposure to volatile organic compounds and a negative response upon exposure to water vapor.
US10942134B2
A reference designation point setting unit sets a plurality of reference designation points. A reference calculation unit calculates one of a reference line and a reference plane used in a measurement mode indicated by measurement mode information, on the basis of the plurality of reference designation points. A measurement point setting unit sets a measurement point. A reference point calculation unit calculates a plurality of reference points leading to higher reliability of a measurement result instead of a plurality of reference designation points, on the basis of the image in which the measurement point is set, the plurality of reference designation points, the measurement mode, and the measurement point. The reference calculation unit calculates one of a new reference line and a new reference plane on the basis of the plurality of reference points.
US10942130B2
An information processing device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a damage information acquisition unit that acquires damage information on damage of a structure, a damage vector generation unit that vectorizes the acquired damage information to generate a damage vector, and a hierarchical structure information generation unit that generates hierarchical structure information that is information hierarchically representing a connection relationship between the damage vectors on the basis of the generated damage vector. Since the hierarchical structure information that is information hierarchically representing the connection relationship between damage vectors is generated, it is possible to easily recognize the connection relationship between the damage vectors and to easily perform analysis and/or search of the damage vector through the hierarchical structure information.
US10942108B2
To provide a technology that an output level difference is corrected with high accuracy in fine particle measurement that optically measures properties of fine particles. The present technology provides a fine particle measurement apparatus including a detector that detects light from fluorescent reference particles that emit fluorescence having a predetermined wavelength bandwidth, and an information processor that specifies a relationship between an applied voltage coefficient corresponding to a feature amount of a predetermined output pulse and a control signal of the detector on the basis of a feature amount of an output pulse detected by the detector and the control signal of the detector at the time of detecting the feature amount of the output pulse, the feature amount of the output pulse being dependent on the control signal of the detector, or the like.
US10942103B2
A method and a device for the measurement of one or more fluid-mechanically effective parameters of a fluid, with a fluid pump which comprises a delivery element which is mounted in a magnet bearing, and the delivery element of the fluid pump is excited into an oscillation by way of an excitation device, wherein the oscillation parameters as well as, as the case may be, the oscillation behaviour is measured, and parameters of the fluid are determined from this.
US10942087B2
The invention relates to an apparatus (2) for detecting imaging quality of an optical system (4) with at least one lens (6) or lens group. The apparatus (2) includes an MTF measuring apparatus (10) for measuring a modulation transfer function at a plurality of field points in the field of view of the optical system (4), and a centering measuring apparatus (18) for measuring a centered state of the optical system (4). Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for detecting imaging quality of an optical system (4) having such a apparatus (2).
US10942086B2
Techniques are described for inspecting optical devices, such as eyepieces, to determine whether they exhibit light leakage through an edge sealant that has been applied to the device. Embodiments provide an inspection apparatus that can be employed to detect the leakage of light through an edge sealant of an optical device, where the edge sealant is applied to prevent, or at least reduce, the leakage of light from the optical device. Light from a light source is projected into the optical device. The light can travel along one or more wave guides within the device, until reaching an edge of the device. Light that is able to leak through an edge sealant can be reflected, using mirror(s) in the apparatus, and detected by a camera. Image(s) captured by the camera can be analyzed to determine the performance of the optical device with respect to edge leakage.
US10942081B2
An on-line wheel airtightness detecting device where a centering device centers a wheel above a roller bed, and a sixth cylinder causes arms to drive clamping jaws through a second gear, second racks, and fifth guide rails to clamp the wheel; a servo motor turns the wheel 90°; a fifth cylinder drives the wheel to a support roller through a fourth guide rail; a second cylinder drives the wheel through first guide pillars; a first cylinder drives the wheel through a first guide rail and flush with a right rubber disc; the hydraulic cylinder drives a left rubber disc through second guide pillars; a motor drives a hollow shaft and the wheel to rotate through a small pulley, a large pulley and a synchronous belt; and compressed air is charged into the hollow shaft, to detect air tightness.
US10942080B2
The present application generally relates to fluid flow detection apparatuses and methods for detecting a water leak in a pipe system of a building. A method may: determine that a low flow is present, if absolute values of temperature differences between ambient and pipe temperatures of respective samples of a first monitoring period are above a difference threshold; and perform a high flow test by estimating a temperature profile of water entering the pipe, based on identifying at least one temperature difference maximum of a second monitoring period, wherein each said difference maxima is a maximum temperature difference between ambient and pipe temperatures of a received sample, and determining that a high flow is present by detecting, based on the received pipe temperatures of the second monitoring period, if the pipe temperature is approaching the estimated water temperature profile.
US10942079B2
An apparatus includes a base assembly, a gasket and a housing assembly. The base assembly may have a locking feature and a bearing feature. The locking feature may have a first passage in communication with an exterior of the apparatus. The gasket may be disposed on the base assembly and may have (i) a base portion, (ii) a column portion and (iii) a second passage in communication with the first passage. The housing assembly may have a sealing feature and may be configured to hold a sensor. The sealing feature (a) may mate with the bearing feature and (b) may compress the base portion of the gasket. The sensor (a) may seal to the column portion of the gasket and (b) may be in communication with the exterior of the apparatus through the first passage and the second passage.
US10942078B2
A device for measuring a pressure in a pressurized vessel with an at least partially flexible wall. The device includes a sensor head and a device for pressing a contact surface of the sensor head against the wall. The sensor head has a detection region of the contact surface and a support edge that surrounds the detection region and is arranged in a continuation of the contact surface. A detection device is provided in the detection region for detecting a measured value for a force or pressure. An evaluation unit evaluates a progression of the measured value during a movement of the sensor head relative to the wall. A contact measured value p* is determined from a portion of the progression indicating that the pressure acting on the detection region is at least substantially equal to the pressure acting on the support edge. A pressure value is assigned to the contact measured value p*.
US10942076B2
The invention is an improved sensor assembly including a housing; a first header and a second header coupled to the housing; a first transducer coupled to the first header and a second transducer coupled to the second header. The first transducer is configured to measure a first pressure to generate a first pressure signal. The second transducer is configured to measure a second pressure to generate a second pressure signal. The first transducer and the second transducer are positioned in the housing such that a first temperature of the first transducer is about equivalent to a second temperature of the second transducer during operation of the sensor assembly.
US10942074B2
A method for monitoring the spindle preload amount of a spindle by: S1 obtaining a spindle preload amount through a PPC Preload Analyzer; and S2 obtaining an axial force sensor output of the spindle through an axial force sensor, wherein the axial force sensor output is calibrated using the spindle preload amount that is obtained through the PPC Preload Analyzer; establishing a relationship between the spindle preload amount and the axial force sensor output, then regarding the axial force sensor output as the spindle preload amount, and then monitoring the spindle preload amount by monitoring the axial force sensor output.
US10942072B2
A sub-micrometer pressure sensor including a multilayered magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) pillar containing a magnetostrictive material layer above or below a magnetic free layer of the multilayered MTJ pillar is provided. Advanced patterning allows for scaling of the multilayered MTJ pillar down to 25 nm or below which enables the formation of a large array of extremely high resolution pressure sensors. By varying the thickness of the magnetostrictive material layer, the sensitivity of the pressure sensor can be fine tuned. Unique magnetostrictive materials in the multilayered MTJ pillar will alter the device current with the input of external pressure. Furthermore, unique arrays with much smaller critical elements can be organized in differential sensing arrangements of the multilayered MTJ pillar with pressure sensing capability that can outperform current piezoelectric based pressure sensing arrays.
US10942067B2
The surface temperature of a portable device is estimated. The portable device includes a sensor for detecting the internal temperature of the portable device. The portable device also includes circuitry for estimating the surface temperature, using the internal temperature and an ambient temperature of the portable device as input to a circuit model. The circuit model describes thermal behaviors of the portable device. The circuitry is operative to identify a scenario in which the portable device operates, and determine the ambient temperature using the scenario and at least the internal temperature.
US10942060B2
Reduces an increase in temperature of the blade member. Comprises: a blade supporting member, disposed forward of a photodetecting sensor that acts as a thermal source, having an opening 1a through which passes light that is to be incident into the photodetecting sensor; a blade member, supported movably on the blade supporting member, for opening and closing the opening; an actuator for driving the blade member open and closed, wherein: wherein the blade supporting member comprises a containing portion 1b, for containing the blade member and the actuator on a front or rear surface that is perpendicular to the optical axis of the opening, and an exposed portion that is arranged in parallel to the containing portion.
US10942059B2
The present invention discloses an online method for metering performance of a diaphragm gas meter. A magnetic turntable in an electromechanical conversion device is reasonably segment and motion information of each segment is recorded and analyzed. Every time when the diaphragm gas meter discharges gas of a rotary volume, a rotating shaft of a meter core rotates a circle. The magnetic turntable is meshed with a driving gear output by the rotating shaft in the meter or output by the rotating shaft outside the meter to ensure that the magnetic turntable rotates a circle every time when the diaphragm gas meter discharges a rotary volume. The present invention is significant for error management of the gas meter and intelligent control and gas utilization safety management of a gas user.
US10942046B2
A sensor device using verification includes a sensor component and a verification component. The sensor component is configured to generate first data and second data. The verification component is configured to analyze the first data and the second data and generate verification data based on the first data and the second data.
US10942043B2
A rotary encoder may include a housing having an input-side portion and an output-side portion, and an internal cavity formed therein. The housing and its internal cavity can house a central shaft configured to transfer torque from an output shaft of a motor to an input shaft of a mechanical device such as a winch or a hoist. The housing and its internal cavity can house other components including printed circuit boards, an encoder disc, a ball bearing, and a seal.
US10942041B2
An aircraft, system, and method for sensing and/or releasing chemical agents by an aircraft is disclosed. The aircraft, system, and method may employ a chemical sensor, a wind sensor, an imaging device for capturing environmental features, and/or a processor operably coupled therewith. The processor may be used for collecting data from the chemical sensor, the wind sensor, and the imaging device to identify a navigational waypoint and to provide commands to the chemical sensor or to the aircraft based at least in part on collected data.
US10942038B2
A route risk mitigation system and method using real-time information to improve the safety of vehicles operating in semi-autonomous or autonomous modes. The method mitigates the risks associated with driving by assigning real-time risk values to road segments and then using those real-time risk values to select less risky travel routes, including less risky travel routes for vehicles engaged in autonomous driving over the travel routes. The route risk mitigation system may receive location information, real-time operation information, (and/or other information) and provide updated associated risk values. In an embodiment, separate risk values may be determined for vehicles engaged in autonomous driving over the road segment and vehicles engaged in manual driving over the road segment.
US10942017B2
Provided is an extensible spacer (14) for an inflatable blasthole plug (10) in the form of a collapsed bag (12). The spacer (14) includes a body (14.1) attached to the bag (12), and an associated leg formation (16) which may include leg segments (16.1, 16.2).
US10942016B2
A packaging system includes a container (34) within which are disposed first detonator devices (10) having reactive coils (16), e.g., coils of shock tube leads, and second detonator devices (20) having inert coils (26), e.g., coils of insulated electric leg wires. The inert coils (26) are interposed between the reactive coils (16) and are approximately co-extensive with the reactive coils (16), so that the inert coils (26) form a barrier to propagation of an accidental initiation from one reactive coil (16) to another. Reactive coils (16) and inert coils (26) are fastened to each other to form mixed coil pairs (30) which are nested to interpose a pair of the inert coils (26) between at least some of the reactive coils (16). A method of packing the first and second detonator devices calls for placing them in a container (34) in the described arrangement.
US10942011B1
Examples herein describe systems and methods for securing an opening and disorienting an active shooter. A command device can send a deployment command to a zone in a building. In response, canopies in the zone can deploy a roll-up door made of Kevlar that electromagnetically locks shut. The canopies can include blindingly bright lights and deafening sirens that disorient the shooter. The doors can block off rooms or other areas of a school where children can huddle safely until the shooter is apprehended. Canopies without doors can also be used at some openings to disorient the shooter.
US10942007B1
An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a clamp element to clamp to a rifle scope. The apparatus also includes a housing. The housing is mechanically coupled to the clamp element. The housing contains recorded ballistics information.
US10942005B2
A combined reflex and laser sighting device with co-aligned iron sights is provided. In one aspect, the laser elements are co-aligned with each other, the reflex sight is co-aligned with the laser elements, and the iron sights are then co-aligned with the reflex sight and lasers, such that both the reflex sight, laser sight, and iron sights can all be calibrated or boresighted to a weapon together in a single operation. In another aspect, one or more laser elements are mounted to a laser bench and aligned with a reflex sight and iron sights attached to the laser bench. In yet another aspect, a plurality of laser elements are provided on the laser bench and are co-aligned with each other, the reflex sight, and the iron sights. In yet another aspect, an elevation adjustment apparatus for a laser sight includes selectable primary and secondary adjustment assemblies.
US10941999B1
A recoil reducer device for use with a firearm is provided comprising a heavy weighted doughnut situated in a cylinder which is screwed onto the muzzle of the barrel. The exhaust gases as they exit the muzzle will enter the base of the cylinder through side portals and forcefully push the doughnut forward striking the base plate of the cylinder thereby pushing the recoil reducer device forward considerably reducing the recoil force generated by the fired bullet. A spring inside the cylinder will push back the weighted doughnut to its original position.
US10941988B2
A heater assembly includes a continuous series of perforated helical members and a plurality of heating elements. The perforated helical members cooperate to define a geometric helicoid disposed about a longitudinal axis of the heater assembly. Each perforated helical member defines opposed edges and a predetermined pattern of perforations. The perforations extend through each perforated helical member parallel to the longitudinal axis. The heating elements extend through the perforations.
US10941986B2
Provided is a temperature management medium distributor for an internal combustion engine. The temperature management medium distributor comprises first connection openings for at least one engine temperature management circuit for temperature management of the internal combustion engine, at least one lubrication temperature management circuit for temperature management of a lubricant of the internal combustion engine, and at least one further medium circuit for removing from or supplying thermal energy to the internal combustion engine. The temperature management medium distributor also comprises second connection openings for heat exchangers. Using the heat exchangers, heat can be exchanged in a pairwise manner between each of the at least one engine temperature management circuit, the at least one lubrication temperature management circuit and the at least one further medium circuit. Also, channel sections are provided to produce fluid connections between the first connection openings and the second connection openings.
US10941983B2
A drier for drying boards comprises at least one conduit for directing airflow towards one of the faces of the board. The drier is configured such that at least a portion of the airflow travels across the face of the board along the longitudinal axis of the drier, the longitudinal axis of the drier being the axis along which the board travels as it is dried.
US10941981B2
A refrigerator appliance may be provided that includes a housing, a first fluid-motivating unit (FMU), a second FMU, and a controller. The housing may define a chilled chamber. The first FMU may be mounted to the housing. The second FMU may be mounted to the housing apart from the first FMU. The controller may be in operable communication with the first FMU and the second FMU. The controller may be configured to initiate a cooling operation. The cooling operation may include activating the first FMU to generate a first fluid flow, increasing a speed setting of the first FMU gradually at a first predetermined ramp rate, activating the second FMU subsequent to activating the first FMU to generate a second fluid flow, and increasing a speed setting of the second FMU gradually.
US10941979B2
Apparatus for cooling products includes a cooling chamber with a conveyor for conveying the products through the chamber, at least one circulator for circulating a cooling gas within at least a part of the chamber, a first guiding element for guiding the cooling gas on a first conveyor side, and a second guiding element for guiding the cooling gas on a second conveyor side, wherein the first and second guiding elements are arranged within the chamber such that the cooling gas can impinge the first side, and the first and second guiding elements are oriented obliquely compared to the conveyor.
US10941977B2
A modular box assembly includes a box defining a box cavity within the box, the box further defining a top end and a bottom end, the top end defining a box opening connected to the box cavity, the box including a side panel extending from the top end to the bottom end; a shoulder attached to the side panel, the shoulder extending inward from the side panel and into the box cavity, the shoulder including a first sub-shoulder and a second sub-shoulder, the first sub-shoulder, the second sub-shoulder, and the side panel defining a shoulder channel; and an inner box disposed in the box cavity, the inner box including a channel tab, the channel tab frictionally engaging the shoulder channel to secure and suspend the inner box within the box cavity between the top end and the bottom end.
US10941975B2
A door for a home appliance, a home appliance, and a method for manufacturing the same, are disclosed. The door for a home appliance comprises a panel assembly; and a frame assembly defining a predetermined space having an opening connected with an edge of the panel assembly, and making a foaming space for receiving a thermal insulator by means of the predetermined space of the frame assembly and the edge of the panel assembly, wherein a foaming injection hole through which the thermal insulator is injected is provided on at least one of ends of an upper surface, a lower surface, a left side and a right side of the frame assembly.
US10941974B2
A vacuum adiabatic body includes a first plate defining at least one portion of a wall of a first space; a second plate defining at least one portion of a wall of a second space having a different temperature from the first space; a seal that seals the first plate and the second plate to provide a third space that has a temperature between the temperature of the first space and the temperature of the second space and is in a vacuum state; a support to maintain the third space; an exhaust port through which a gas in the third space is exhausted; a peripheral adiabatic material, as a previously formed separate molded product, fixed to an edge of the third space; and a gasket having at least one portion fixed to the peripheral adiabatic material to provide a boundary between the first space and the second space.
US10941973B2
A refrigerator includes an opening unit such that, when a second door rotates to open a second storing chamber, the second door is separated from a first door. The opening unit includes: a latch hook to be selectively inserted into a latch slot on the front surface of the first door; a pressing portion provided on a door handle of the second door, the pressing portion comprising a guide protrusion having a sloping surface; and a link portion having a contact portion on one end to contact the sloping surface and move upward/downward along the sloping surface, the other end of the link portion contacting the latch hook. When the pressing portion is pressed, the contact portion moves upward along the sloping surface, and the other end of the link portion pushes the latch hook upward with the contact portion to separate the latch hook from the latch slot.
US10941967B2
A system for reducing the refrigerant pressure in an oil sump or in a cavity of a housing. The invention is particularly useful for reducing pressure in a compressor for heat pump applications that has been validated for water chiller operations or in turbine and generator systems in ORC systems generating electricity using refrigerant, the ORC systems essentially being a heat pump application operating in reverse. An auxiliary compressor, an auxiliary condenser or an ejector pump may be used to reduce pressure in the oil sump, to separate refrigerant from oil. The auxiliary compressor, the auxiliary condenser or the ejector pump may also be used to reduce the pressure of refrigerant in the housing of a compressor in heat pump applications at temperatures and pressures at which the compressor was validated for water chiller applications and of the turbine and generator in ORC applications.
US10941965B2
A supplemental heat-providing system is provided for heating a refrigerant. The system includes an outdoor unit that can act as a heat pump located outside a building and configured to use the refrigerant to condition an indoor space inside the building; a hot water heater located in the building and connected to one or more points of use in the building, the hot water heater being configured to heat water and provide the water to the one or more points of use; a water-refrigerant heat exchanger containing a refrigerant pathway and a water pathway, configured to pass the refrigerant from the outdoor unit through the refrigerant pathway, to pass the water from the hot water heater through the water pathway, and to exchange heat from the water to the refrigerant; and a water pump configured to selectively pump the water from the hot water heater through water pathway.
US10941950B2
An air conditioning control device as an aspect of the present invention includes a processor configured to execute a program to provide at least a control period calculator and a control instructor. The control period calculator calculates, based on control history about control over an air conditioning device and operation history about operations of the air conditioning device, a control period during which the control is maintained. The control instructor gives an instruction to the air conditioning device to cause the control to be maintained until the control period elapses after start of the control.
US10941941B2
A center body assembly for a lean direct injection fuel injector is disclosed. The center body assembly defines a primary liquid passage, a liquid gallery, a liquid main first passage, a liquid main second passage, and an atomizer assembly. The primary liquid passage supplies liquid fuel to the liquid gallery. The liquid gallery aligns with the primary liquid passage and distributes fuel to the liquid main first passage, and subsequently to the liquid main second passage. The atomizer assembly is in flow communication with the liquid main second passage and provides atomized fuel for combustion.
US10941938B2
In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a fuel injector can include an annular body defining a gas fuel inlet therein, and a structure extending radially outward from the annular body and configured to extend into an air circuit. The structure can include a gas channel defined within the structure at least partially along a radial length of the structure. The gas channel is in fluid communication with the gas fuel inlet where the structure meets the annular body. The structure also includes a slot opening defined at least partially along a radial length of the structure and configured to fluidically connect the gas channel and the air circuit to all gas fuel to effuse into the air circuit.
US10941928B2
A luminaire includes a mirror, a housing, and a carrying handle. The mirror is configured to controllably deflect a light beam emitted from the luminaire. The housing has a mirror end at which the mirror is located. The carrying handle is located at the mirror end of the housing and is configured to cause the luminaire to hang substantially vertically when supported by the carrying handle.
US10941916B2
A light source unit according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a phosphor; a condenser lens; a first light source part; and a second light source part. The phosphor emits fluorescent light based on first excitation light and second excitation light. The condenser lens condenses the first excitation light and the second excitation light on the phosphor. The first light source part emits the first excitation light such that the first excitation light forms a first light intensity distribution on the phosphor. The second light source part emits the second excitation light such that the second excitation light forms a second light intensity distribution different from the first light intensity distribution, on the phosphor.
US10941906B2
A lighting module (1) for connecting to a luminaire, the lighting module extending along a longitudinal axis (LA) and comprising: a base (3) for connecting the lighting module (1) to a socket (11) of the luminaire (10); a central body (4) carrying at least a first light source (21) and a second light source (22), wherein the first light source (21) is configured to emit first light having a first light distribution with a first main direction pointing away from the longitudinal axis (LA), and the second light source (22) is configured to emit second light having a second light distribution with a second main direction pointing away from the longitudinal axis (LA), the first and second main directions being different from one another; and an optical element (6) including at least one optical portion (61) and a cover portion (62) extending all around the central body (4) and said optical element (6) being rotatable about the longitudinal axis (LA) in relation to the central body (4), the at least one optical portion (61) having an optical property, such that the optical portion (61) is configured to affect light emitted from at least one of the light sources, the at least one optical portion (61) extends in an angular area around the longitudinal axis (LA), and the cover portion (62) is configured not to affect light emitted from the remaining sources.
US10941903B2
The present invention relates to a bellows-type steam trap that comprises: a steam trap body having an inflow port formed at one side thereof, to which an inflow pipe is connected, and a discharge port formed at the other side thereof, to which a discharge pipe is connected, wherein a channel through which steam passes is formed between the inflow port and the discharge port; and a valve body which is installed in the steam trap body and can expand or contract to open or close the channel.
US10941902B2
A high-pressure grease block including a grease block body having a grease block cavity defined therein and adapted to cooperate with a valve body. A first port is adapted for sealing connection to a port on the valve body such that a valve grease cavity defined within the valve body communicates with the grease block cavity. A second port communicates with the grease block cavity and is adapted for receiving a greasing assembly and a third port communicates with the grease block cavity and is adapted for receiving a bleeding assembly.
US10941900B2
Hands-free electronic devices and electronic functions that can be worn on the surface of the body in a biologically fit manner are described. The embodiments provide a convergence between electronic products, and biological, anatomical, and biomechanical aspects of the human body while providing hands-free and interchangeable wearable electronic apparatuses that can interact with human senses and physiology of a human body in a practical manner.
US10941898B1
A collapsible support structure for a removable electronic device. The electronic device having a touch screen configured for a user to access at least one predetermined construction document and/or application is removably connected to the support structure. The electronic device may be retained in a housing configured to be water resistant and/or impact resistant. The support structure may have a locking mechanism configured for an authorized user to gain access to remove the electronic device from the support structure, thereby, preventing an unauthorized user from gaining access for removal of the electronic device from the support structure. The support structure is configured to be foldable in a closed orientation during storage. The support stand may have a plurality of casters connected thereto.
US10941895B2
In an embodiment, a plug formulation includes a mixture of a first part of a two-part epoxy system and artificial platelets formed from a polymeric material that expands upon exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light, moisture, or heat, wherein a portion of the first part of the two-part epoxy system is covalently bonded to a portion of the artificial platelets. In another embodiment, a plug formulation includes a mixture of a first part of a two-part epoxy system, an acrylate monomer, and artificial platelets formed from a polymeric material that expands upon exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light, moisture, or heat, wherein a portion of the first part of the two-part epoxy system is covalently bonded to a portion of the artificial platelets.
US10941893B2
A pipe coupler has: an axis; and a body portion surrounding the axis. A circumferentially segmented collar extends from a first axial end of the body portion and has an inner diameter surface and an outer diameter surface. A plurality of fingers project from a second axial end of the body portion, axially opposite the first end and have inward radial projections.
US10941886B2
A segmental tube section structure having a length and a circumference, the segmental tube section structure including a plurality of tube segments extending the length in a longitudinal direction of the segmental tube section structure and extending in a circumferential direction of the segmental tube section structure, wherein each tube segment of the plurality of tube segments extends in the circumferential direction to span an equal arc of the circumference of the segmental tube section, and wherein each of the plurality of tube segments are connected to adjacent tube segments of the plurality of tube segments in the circumferential direction to form the segmental tube section structure.
US10941876B2
A damper assembly is configured for deployment in an existing forced air duct that supplies conditioned air through a register boot to a vent cover secured relative to the register boot. The damper assembly includes a damper frame having an at least substantially obround shaped frame periphery and a damper blade having an at least substantially obround shaped blade periphery. A damper insert arm is biased into a deployment configuration in which the damper insert arm is at least substantially perpendicular to the damper frame and is movable into an operational configuration in which the damper insert arm is at least substantially parallel with the damper frame. A latch is configured to releasably engage the damper insert arm in order to hold the damper insert arm in the deployment configuration.
US10941875B2
A method and apparatus for metering fluids, in particular liquid fluids, includes at least one fluid being guided out of at least one fluid reservoir through a closeable valve device in a discharge direction, at least one valve opening in the valve device being closed or opened by a valve closing member in order for the fluid to flow or be prevented from flowing through the valve opening, the opening and closing movement being performed magnetically by moving the valve closing member, which is arranged and moved in the fluid reservoir on an upstream side of the valve opening.
US10941874B2
A valve actuator (10) has a damping circuitry including a capacitive damping circuit (37), which is activated in the event of generator operation of the stepper motor (18). The damping circuitry, together with the motor winding (26), forms a resonance assembly LCR, which has the effect of stabilising and regulating rotational speed. The rotational speed of the stepper motor (18), running in generator operation, is held constant within limits, specifically without the control intervention of control circuitry. Therefore, the damping circuitry can operate even in the currentless state of the control system and is reliable regardless of external current supply. Fast closing is achieved, and excessively long post-running of the motor (18) is reliably prevented.
US10941873B2
A mouthpiece includes: a mouthpiece main body portion including a tubular member to which an air supply device is connected on one end side and a tire valve is connected on the other end side; an annular protruding portion which is formed at a required position on the outer circumferential portion of the mouthpiece main body portion; a tire valve insertion hole provided in a tire-valve-side tip portion of the mouthpiece main body portion; an O-ring arranged on the air supply device side inside the tire valve insertion hole; and a back-up ring that presses the O-ring from the air supply device side of the O-ring; an actuation body having a substantially convex shape in which a cylindrical tip portion is reduced in diameter.
US10941872B2
A zoned fluid control system in a valve manifold system has a plurality of manifold blocks connected together and a plurality of control valves mounted to the manifold blocks with the control valves being electrically actuated and pilot pressure operated. The plurality of manifold blocks forms at least first and second separate pilot pressure passages of a respective first zone and second zone not connected to each other for supplying a respective first set and second set of control valves with independently controlled pilot pressure. A pilot supply valve selectively supplies pilot pressure and shuts off pilot pressure to the second pilot pressure passage without affecting the pilot pressure to the first pilot pressure passage thereby disabling the second set of control valves as a separate zone independent from the first set of control valves.
US10941861B2
A shift range control apparatus is applied to a shift range switching mechanism that includes a rotation member including multiple recesses, and an engagement member that positions the rotation member by engaging to the recesses. The shift range control apparatus controls a motor of a shift actuator connected to the rotation member to switch a shift range. The shift range control apparatus includes a rotation speed detection section that detects an output shaft rotation speed corresponding to a rotation speed of an output shaft of the shift actuator, and a movement determination section that determines that an engagement portion of the engagement member has relatively moved to a bottom of one of the recesses of the rotation member when the output shaft rotation speed is equal to or lower than a predetermined value during switching of the shift range.
US10941854B2
An operating device includes a shaft operated to tilt, a contact section on the shaft in a biased state movable and tiltable integrally with the shaft, a first holding section generating a feeling of moderation by sliding against and holding the contact section at tilted positions the shaft, and a second holding section contacting the contact section, guiding the contact section to a predetermined position from the tilted positions, and holding the contact section at the predetermined position. The first holding section is movable between first and second positions. The contact section contacts the first holding section and is separated from the second holding section when the first holding section is at the first position. The contact section is separated from the first holding section and contacts the second holding section when the first holding section is at the second position.
US10941851B2
A pin assembly for use in a planetary gear including a pin including a cylindrical side wall defining a central bore that extends from a first end to a second end of the pin along its longitudinal center axis, an inlet bore, and a first annular groove that extends radially outwardly into the side wall of the pin adjacent the first end. A first cylindrical plate includes a first side wall, a second side wall, and a cylindrical outer wall extending therebetween, the first plate being disposed within the first annular groove of the pin, wherein a width of the first plate in a direction parallel to the longitudinal center axis is less than a width of the first annular groove in the direction parallel to the longitudinal center axis so that the first plate is axially slidable within the first annular groove.
US10941850B2
A gear unit includes a housing, a trough for guiding oil and reducing losses due to splashing surrounding a circumferential section of a toothing part, particularly a gear wheel, especially in the radial and axial direction, the trough including at least three parts, e.g., at least one bottom plate and two side walls, the bottom plate being screw-connected to the two side walls, the trough being fastened to the housing, the trough having an opening, particularly a channel, especially at its lowest surface area, e.g., particularly at the surface area having the greatest radial distance, in particular, during rotational movement of the gear wheel, oil being conveyed from the oil pan of the gear unit through the opening between the trough and gear wheel, especially to a position higher than the level of the oil pan, the bottom plate and the side walls being stamped bent parts.
US10941833B2
A vibration isolator with a pneumatic spring that is effective only in vertical direction, the pneumatic spring including a working space in which a vertically effective actuator is disposed.
US10941821B2
A four-state joint brake module is provided to selectably stop or allow motion in both directions resulting in a mechanism that has four possible states: 1) allowing rotation only in a clockwise direction, 2) allowing rotation only in a counter-clockwise direction, 3) allowing free rotation in both directions, and 4) stopping motion in both directions. In robotic and other motion control applications the use of this four-state joint brake module in a multi-segmented linkage allows for position holding without continuous application of power and “fail safe” behavior. It further allows for the ability to toggle this useful state behavior independently in either direction and is relevant for robotic applications.
US10941820B2
A one-way roller clutch, in particular for an adjuster of a disc brake, includes an inner body having an outer lateral surface, an outer ring, which covers the outer lateral surface of the inner body by way of an inner lateral surface in such a way that a clamping gap is formed, and a roller cage. The roller cage is arranged in the clamping gap. Spring-loaded clamping rollers are held in a rollable manner and are supported on respective ramp surfaces. The roller cage is retained on the inner body for conjoint rotation.
US10941817B2
Proposed is a clutch cam for a pumping device, wherein the shape of the clutch cam and the coupling structure between the clutch cam and parts coupled thereto are changed to reduce manufacturing cost and improve assembly performance. The clutch cam includes: a cam part having a cam profile provided along an outer circumferential surface thereof relative to a rotating axis of a center thereof; a first protrusion part provided on a side of the cam part by protruding therefrom toward the lever bracket on the same rotating axis as the rotating axis, and fitted to a fixing hole provided in the lever bracket; and a second protrusion part provided on the side of the cam part by protruding therefrom toward the lever bracket on the same rotating axis as the rotating axis, and fitted to an angle determination hole provided in the housing.
US10941816B2
A driving force connecting/disconnecting device includes an externally toothed spline provided on an outer periphery of one of a first shaft member and a second shaft member, an internally toothed spline engageable with the externally toothed spline, a sleeve provided with the internally toothed spline which is engageable with the externally toothed spline by moving in an axis line direction and connecting the first shaft member and the second shaft member for transmitting the driving force, a moving mechanism which moves the sleeve in the axis line direction, a holder which holds the sleeve and the moving mechanism, and a positioning mechanism for positioning the holder in the axis line direction by bringing the holder into contact with the one of the first shaft member and the second shaft member thereby to mount the holder to the first shaft member.
US10941814B2
A coupling assembly for rotatably coupling two shafts comprises a first shaft extending longitudinally between a first end and a second end and having a radially extending flange at said second end; a second shaft extending longitudinally between a first end and a second end and having a radially extending hollow receiving member at said first end, the flange being positioned within the hollow receiving member, The hollow receiving member comprises an inner cylindrical surface comprising at least one longitudinally extending member groove and the flange comprises an outer cylindrical surface comprising at least one longitudinally extending flange groove, The coupling assembly also includes a barrel-shaped roller bearing provided to extend longitudinally within and in contact with both said flange groove and said receiving member groove and the flange groove and/or said member groove has a longitudinal concave barrel shape for receiving and contacting said barrel shaped roller bearing.
US10941809B2
Plain bearing providing an outer ring with an inner surface, an inner ring with an outer surface, the rings being symmetrical around an axis and metallic, at least on the rings being a textured ring with a texturation consisting of a plurality of micro-cavities arranged onto a textured surface. A composite self-lubricating composite liner that is interposed between the inner surface of the outer ring and the outer surface of the inner ring, so that upon sliding movement of the textured ring with respect to the composite liner, some solid particles of the liner, acting as a solid lubricant, are detached from the composite liner and migrate between the sliding surfaces until they get retained into the micro-cavities.
US10941803B2
The present invention discloses a blind bolt fastening device, and belongs to the technical field of bolts. The blind bolt fastening device includes Z-shaped gaskets, a fixed plate, elastic hinges, a screw cap, a nut, an integrated gasket and the like. The top end of the screw cap is connected to the fixed plate in a spot welding manner. A plurality of elastic hinges is uniformly mounted on the fixed plate. One end of each elastic hinge is rotatably fixed on the fixed plate. Connection points of the elastic hinges and the fixed plate do not exceed the outer edge of the fixed plate. The other end of each elastic hinge is connected to one Z-shaped gasket in a spot welding manner. In an initial state, the plurality of Z-shaped gaskets are uniformly distributed and fitted onto the outer wall of the screw cap along a circumferential direction. When needing to pass through amounting hole, the plurality of Z-shaped gaskets may be folded through the elastic hinges to the top end of the screw cap and form elastic potential energy for rebounding. The present invention realizes simple and quick single side installation of a bolt and may be widely applied to civil and architectural engineering, mechanical engineering and the like.
US10941801B2
An anchor assembly for insertion in a panel aperture in a receiving panel has a flange. The flange has an engagement surface locatable on a first side of the receiving panel. A plurality of resilient arms project from the engagement surface and are insertable in the panel aperture. At least two of the plurality of resilient arms define a channel therebetween for receiving a threaded fastener. The channel is sized to limit inward deflection of the at least two of the plurality of resilient arms when the threaded fastener extends within the channel. A threaded surface is located in the flange and forms at least in part an anchor aperture for alignment with the panel aperture. The channel is aligned with the anchor aperture. The threaded surface is located between the plurality of resilient arms and is adapted for threadingly engaging the threaded fastener.
US10941790B2
A pneumatic chamber 20 is configured to include a first pneumatic chamber 21 pressurizing a first piston 11 and a second pneumatic chamber 22 pressurizing a second piston 12. The first pneumatic chamber 21 and the second pneumatic chamber 22 communicate with each other through a communication hole 87 formed via the inside of a retaining bolt 17. The second pneumatic chamber 22 is formed in a hydraulic pressure generating unit 55 moving in a thrust direction in a cylinder 2 and is separable from the first pneumatic chamber 21. In addition, the communication hole 87 is also separated into a communication hole 87a and a communication hole 87b with the corresponding separation, a rod portion 50 of the first piston 11 is also separated into a rod portion 50a and a rod portion 50b, and the communication hole 87b and the rod portion 50b are formed to be movable along with the hydraulic pressure generating unit 55 in the thrust direction.
US10941784B2
A centrifugal pump (1) includes a pump casing and a shaft (11) which is rotatably mounted therein and on which an impeller (10), for delivering fluid, is arranged rotationally fixed. A cartridge shaft seal (13) is arranged between the shaft (11) and an opening (16) of the casing, through which opening the shaft (11) is led. The cartridge shaft seal (13) includes a sleeve (22) which surrounds the shaft (11) at least in the region of the opening 16 and which is connected to the shaft (11) releasably and rotationally fixed, by way of a clamping device (29) which is arranged on the outer side of the sleeve (22). The clamping device (29) includes clamping jaws (32) which only engage on the outer side of the sleeve (22) and non-positively connect the sleeve (22) to the shaft (11).
US10941771B2
A fluid machine, heat exchanger, and operating method of fluid machine. The fluid machine includes: a rotation shaft (10), a cylinder (20), and a piston assembly (30). The rotation shaft (10) and the cylinder (20) are eccentrically disposed relative to each other and an eccentric distance is fixed. The piston assembly (30) has a variable volume chamber (31). Because the eccentric distance between the rotation shaft (10) and the cylinder (20) is fixed, the rotation shaft (10) and the cylinder (20) rotate about their respective axes thereof during motion and the position of center of mass remains unchanged, so that the piston assembly (30) is allowed to rotate stably and continuously when moving in the cylinder (20); and vibration of the fluid machine is mitigated, a regular pattern for changes in the volume of the variable volume cavity is ensured.
US10941768B2
A drive device includes a rotor, a stator, a housing including an accommodation portion to store oil, and a pump driven through a motor shaft. The pump includes an external gear fixed to an end on one side in an axial direction of the motor shaft, an internal gear surrounding a radial outside of the external gear and meshing with the external gear, a pump room accommodating the internal gear and the external gear, a suction port through which the oil is to be sucked into the pump room, and a discharge port through which the oil is to be discharged from the pump room. The housing includes an outer lid in which the pump room is provided. The outer lid includes a shaft insertion hole that penetrates the outer lid from a surface on the other side in the axial direction of the pump room to a surface on the other side in the axial direction of the outer lid, the motor shaft being inserted into the shaft insertion hole, and a support defining at least a portion of the surface on the other side in the axial direction of the pump room and at least a portion of a radially inside surface of the shaft insertion hole. The support journals the motor shaft on the radial outside of the motor shaft.
US10941764B2
A piston pump assembly for a hydraulic power vehicle braking system including an electric motor, a planetary gear set, a helical gear, and a piston which is displaceable in a cylinder. To prevent the piston from rotating in the cylinder, cylinder pins are situated in grooves at an inner side of the cylinder and engage with the recesses in a flange of the piston. Due to reshaping, the grooves are closed at one end, so that the cylinder pins are axially secured.
US10941759B2
Aspects of the invention are directed to a cart that includes a structural element, a compressor assembly, and a pressure regulator. The structural element may be a tubular frame member, a handle, or a deck. The structural element defines an internal storage volume within it. The compressor assembly is able to deliver compressed air to the internal storage volume. The pressure regulator assembly is able to deliver compressed air from the internal storage volume at a regulated pressure. Advantageously, embodiments in accordance with aspects of the invention provide cart designs that are capable of both transporting heavy loads and serving as sources of compressed air. A user utilizing one of these carts therefore does not need to bother with transporting a separate air compressor to a worksite. Instead, air compressor functionality is conveniently built into the cart and the user's workload is thereby reduced.
US10941755B2
A system for efficiently capturing the kinetic and/or potential energy of a moving vehicle includes an arc roller configured to move along an arcuate path upon impact by the moving vehicle, and a torsional spring configured to wind in response to the movement of the speed bump and, thereby, to store energy associated with the impact. The torsional spring may be configured to wind continually in response to the movement of another speed bump and, thereby, to store additional energy associated with the impact of the vehicle with the other speed bump. The system may include alternators or generators producing electricity from energy released from unwinding of the torsional spring. Electricity is further stored and utilized for onboard computing, traffic analytics, safety feature operating functions and communications.
US10941754B2
A fluid driven motor device is provided, which does not use a magnet or an armature coil, includes a motor casing chamber containing a fluid mixture, a shaft disposed within the chamber, and a plurality of ray guns arranged on the periphery of the chamber, and a unidirectional gear assembly. The shaft has a plurality of cell holders, onto which a corresponding plurality of membrane cells is attached. Each membrane cell holds a predetermined quantity of a liquid. The membrane cells expand continuously based on the firing of the subatomic rays by the plurality of ray guns causing the shaft to rotate. The device has several advantages such as being very energy and heat efficient, having lesser weight as compared to conventional electromagnetic coil based motors.
US10941753B2
Provided herein is a shear web support for wind turbine blade. Particularly, the present disclosure provides a frangible shear web support element that is designed to fail under certain specific conditions. The frangible support(s) enhance the structural rigidity of the shear web, allow for one-step mold closures, and rupture or disconnect once a predetermined condition (e.g. load threshold, load orientation/vector) is applied to the support element.
US10941750B2
A method, system and apparatus for operating a hydraulic turbine. A speed adjustment quantity for the hydraulic turbine and a corresponding change in flow quantity are obtained. A rotation speed of the hydraulic turbine is adjusted based on the speed adjustment quantity. A change ratio of the flow quantity with regard to the speed adjustment quantity is determined based on the speed adjustment quantity and the corresponding change in flow quantity. An adjustment manner in which the rotation speed is further adjusted is determined based on the determined based on the determined change ratio of flow quantity. An adjustment manner in which the rotation speed is further adjusted is determined based on the determined change ratio of flow quantity. It enables the hydraulic turbine to track a maximum efficiency operation point under a given power order and water head in real time at a low cost.
US10941745B2
In at least some implementations, an auxiliary power supply in an ignition system for a light-duty combustion engine includes a first auxiliary winding and a second auxiliary winding coupled in parallel with the first auxiliary winding such that both windings are arranged to provide power to an auxiliary load. The first auxiliary winding may include a greater number of turns than the second auxiliary winding. A ratio of the number of turns in the first auxiliary winding to the number of turns in the second auxiliary winding may be between 1.5:1 and 10:1, the first auxiliary coil and the second auxiliary coil may have between 50 and 2,000 turns, and the first auxiliary coil and the second auxiliary coil are formed from wire between 25 and 45 gauge.
US10941744B2
A fuel injector for delivering fuel to an internal combustion engine includes a nozzle having a valve needle which is movable with respect to a valve needle seat. The valve needle travels through a range of movement between a closed position and an open position to control fuel delivery through at least one nozzle outlet. The valve needle cooperates with a needle sleeve or a control member which is located in a piston guide. The valve needle is movable relative to the needle sleeve or the control member. The needle sleeve or the control member is movable relative to the piston guide.
US10941741B2
To increase a valve-opening pressure at which a pressure relief valve is opened in order to deal with a higher pressure of the fuel, a large pressure relief valve is installed in a high-pressure fuel supply pump. This upsizes the high-pressure fuel supply pump. A pressure relief valve is installed in a discharge joint. This can provide a high-pressure fuel supply pump that is not large too much and sufficiently performs a relief function by efficiently using the excessive space in the pump even when the fuel pressure is increased.
US10941735B2
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting an EGR valve operation based on results from an EGR valve diagnostic. In one example, a method may include executing the EGR valve diagnostic during an engine deactivation, wherein the EGR valve diagnostic estimates an EGR valve stickiness used to adjust the EGR valve operation.
US10941734B2
An engine control apparatus includes first and second fuel injection amount calculators, a fuel injection controller, an EGR valve controller, and an EGR valve diagnosis unit. The first and second fuel injection amount calculators are configured to calculate first and second fuel injection amounts on the basis of a detected intake air amount and detected pressure in an intake pipe, respectively. The fuel injection controller is configured to control a fuel injection apparatus for an engine on the basis of a correction fuel injection amount that is a result of addition of the first and second fuel injection amounts respectively multiplied by first and second weight coefficients. When the fuel injection is restarted after diagnosis of the EGR valve carried out by the EGR valve diagnosis unit, the fuel injection controller increases the second weight coefficient, and thereafter gradually increases and reduces the first and second weight coefficients, respectively.
US10941731B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to a device for operating a tank ventilation system of an internal combustion engine. This device has a fuel tank, an activated carbon filter for collecting and buffering fuel vapors escaping from the fuel tank, a purge air pump and a control unit. The outlet of the purge air pump is connected to the intake tract of the internal combustion engine via a first tank venting valve and connected to the exhaust tract of the internal combustion engine via a second tank venting valve.
US10941728B1
A machine, method of making, and method of using, along with necessary intermediates, illustratively, by way of a method, there can be a method of generating electrical power, the method including: inputting air, including adjusting flow rate of the air; inputting fuel, including throttling flow rate of the fuel, wherein: the fuel flow rate and the air flow rate are in stoichiometric proportions for combustion, and the fuel is comprised of at least one hydrocarbon, alcohol, or both; combusting a mixture of the fuel and a portion of the air with the remainder of the air to produce heat, wherein: prior to the combusting: combining the portion of the air with the fuel to produce the mixture that, when heated, stoichiometrically forms syngas; heating the mixture with the heat from the combusting; heating the remainder of the air with the heat from the combusting; and during the combusting, matching the remainder of the air with at least one of flow rate, pressure drop, and flow velocity of the mixture; generating electromagnetic emissions from the heat; harvesting the electromagnetic emissions with photovoltaic elements to produce electrical power; processing exhaust gasses produced during the combusting, wherein heat released from the processing is transferred into the mixture and the remainder of the air before the combusting, and the processing removes one or more pollutants from the exhaust gasses; measuring the oxygen content of the exhaust gasses before the processing in ensuring the stoichiometric proportions.
US10941725B2
The disclosure includes a system that includes an adaptive control module for an engine. The adaptive control module is configured to receive a power input signal and receive, from an engine vibration sensor, a vibration signal indicative of an operating condition of the engine. The adaptive control module is further configured to determine, using a set of control laws, a power demand signal based on inputs including the power input signal and the vibration signal. The adaptive control module is further configured to output the power demand signal to at least one component of the engine.
US10941722B2
In one aspect, a skip fire engine controller is described. The skip fire engine controller includes a skip fire module arranged to determine an operational firing fraction and associated cylinder load for delivering a desired engine output. The skip fire engine controller also includes a firing controller arranged to direct firings in a skip fire manner that delivers the selected operational firing fraction. Various methods, modules, lookup tables and arrangements related to the selection of a suitable operational firing fraction are also described.
US10941718B2
An evaporated fuel processing apparatus preventing evaporated fuel from being discharged out of a canister when residual purge gas is made to return to the canister and processed is provided. In the apparatus, an ECU performs residual purge gas processing operation of returning the residual purge gas into the canister and processing during halt of purge control. This operation includes a residual purge gas pressure-feeding process of pressure-feeding the residual purge gas with the air into the canister by the purge pump in a state in which the atmospheric passage is shut off and the purge passage and the second bypass passages are opened and an air discharge process of discharging the air in the canister outside via the atmospheric passage by opening the atmospheric passage while the purge passage and the second bypass passage are shut off.
US10941713B2
A transport refrigeration system (20) having: a multi-fuel capable engine (26); a refrigeration unit (22) powered by the engine (26); a first fuel system (120, 130, 140, 150) operably connected to the engine (26), the first fuel (120, 130, 140, 150) system including at least one of a propane fuel system (120), compressed natural gas fuel system (130), liquefied natural gas fuel system (140), and gasoline fuel system (150); a second fuel system (120, 130, 140, 150) operably connected to the engine (26), the second fuel system (120, 130, 140, 150) including at least one of a propane fuel system (120), compressed natural gas fuel system (130), liquefied natural gas fuel system (140), and gasoline fuel system (150); and a controller (30) configured to command a fuel to the engine (26) from the first fuel system (120, 130, 140, 150) or the second fuel system (120, 130, 140, 150), the controller (30) adjusts operation of the engine (26) in response to the fuel commanded. The first fuel system (120, 130, 140, 150) operates on a fuel different than the second fuel system (120, 130, 140, 150). Both fuel systems (120, 130, 140, 150) are separate modules being removably connected to the engine (26).
US10941708B2
Disclosed is a gas turbine engine including a fan, a nacelle including a flutter damper forward of the fan, the flutter damper including an acoustic liner having a perforated radial inner face sheet and a radial outer back sheet, the acoustic liner configured for peak acoustical energy absorption at a frequency range that is greater than a frequency range associated with fan flutter, a chamber secured to the radial outer back sheet, the chamber in fluid communication with the acoustic liner, and the chamber configured for peak acoustical energy absorption at a frequency range associated with fan flutter modes, and the engine includes (i) the nacelle and a core cowl forming a convergent-divergent fan exit nozzle; (ii) a variable area fan nozzle capable of being in an opened and closed, the opened position having a larger fan exit area than the closed position; and/or (iii) the fan being shrouded.
US10941706B2
An aeronautical gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine including a compressor section, a combustion section, a turbine section, and an exhaust section in serial flow order. The aeronautical gas turbine engine additionally includes a closed cycle heat engine including a compressor configured to compress a working fluid; a primary heat exchanger in thermal communication with the turbomachine and the working fluid, the primary heat exchanger configured to transfer heat from the turbomachine to the working fluid; an expander coupled to the compressor for expanding the working fluid; and an output shaft driven by the expander.
US10941696B2
An engine cover capable of appropriately covering the upper side of an engine is provided. An engine cover is provided with a plate member installed above an engine, and the plate member is provided with a reinforcement structure for increasing the torsional rigidity of the plate member.
US10941669B2
A diffuser case support structure for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The diffuser case support structure includes a fairing disposed circumferentially about a longitudinal axis. The fairing forms at least a portion of a fluid path between a compressor and a combustor of the gas turbine engine. The fairing defines a plurality of apertures extending through the fairing. At least one spoke extends through at least one respective aperture of the plurality of apertures. The at least one spoke is configured to couple an inner diffuser case and an outer diffuser case of the gas turbine engine.
US10941667B2
A stator vane including a vane root, a vane tip, a leading edge extending between the root and the tip, the leading edge having a serrated profile having a succession of teeth and of troughs each having an amplitude and a thickness, wherein a series of at least three teeth and three consecutive troughs starting from the vane root and/or from the vane tip have a growing amplitude and/or thickness.
US10941664B2
A component for a turbine engine includes a body having a wall separating a combustion air flow path from a cooling air flow path. The component can include an isolation chamber formed in the cooling air flow path. The component can also include at least one cyclone separator having a cooling air inlet fluidly coupled to the cooling air flow path.
US10941662B2
A mixed-flow turbine wheel is proposed which, compared to existing mixed-flow turbine wheels, has reduced mass and moment of inertia because radially-outer portions of existing mixed-flow turbine wheels are omitted. In a first possibility, the omitted material may be scalloping of the back face of the turbine wheel at a radial position outward of a base line which is a circle on the back surface of the wheel which indicates the minimum radius of the back surface. In a second possibility, part of the webbing of each blade is omitted to one side of the blade. Thus, viewing the turbine wheel in the axial direction, the area of the webbing outside the baseline and to one side of a radial line through the inducer tip, may be at least 20% less than that on the other side.
US10941649B2
An example tool for testing a wellbore includes a body having a longitudinal dimension configured for insertion into a casing of the wellbore, and a packer disposed along the body. The packer is controllable to expand against an inner diameter of the casing to enable testing the wellbore. The example tool also includes a scraper assembly disposed along the body for arrangement downhole of the packer when the body is inserted into the casing.
US10941641B2
A long-distance drilling and hydrofracturing integrated device and method in underground mine are provided. The device includes a drill bit, a hydrofracturing rod, an anti-impact rod, a hole sealing rod, a high-pressure sealed drill rod and a crawler drill rod feeder sequentially connected end to end. In the method, the drill rod and the hydrofracturing rod are delivered to a designated position while drilling, the drill rod does not need to be taken out, only a crawler drill needs to be improved, high-pressure water holes are added to the rod feeder, and the high-pressure water enters the drill rod from the high-pressure water holes and reaches the hydrofracturing portion. When the hydrofracturing is completed, the drill rod is withdrawn by the crawler drill, reaches another hydrofracturing point, and a hole sealing operation can also be performed.
US10941626B2
The inner barrel system includes a coring inner barrel. The system also includes a connector sub coupled to the coring inner barrel. The connector sub includes a tubular wall defining a central axis and a shear zone extending longitudinally along at least a portion of the tubular wall. The shear zone severs with less force than the coring inner barrel.
US10941614B2
An operating system for an architectural covering is provided. The operating system allows at least three modes of operation of an architectural covering. A transmission may be included between an input assembly and an output drive member, and the transmission may be selectively engaged to place the operating system into one of the at least three modes of operation. The operating system may include a first drive section including an input, a second drive section including an output, and a control mechanism arranged to selectively lock an element of the first and second drive sections to control movement of the output of the operating system upon actuation of the input. A shift lock is also disclosed herein. In use, the shift lock operates to restrict shifting operation of the operating system from one operating mode to another.
US10941610B2
A water-tight or air-tight accessible compartment has a removable hatch sealed at the edge with elastically conformable opposing seals, with elongate communication elements extending into the compartment between the opposing seals, seals conforming to the topology formed between the compartment edge and the elongate communication elements.
US10941607B2
The herein described invention is a window installation apparatus comprising of at least one wedge-shaped distance piece. The apparatus according to the invention comprises a body (1) connected in a sliding manner to a clamp (3) between which an expansion unit is positioned, comprising at least one wedge (6) and a lead screw (9) connected by means of a threaded connection with an opening (12) of the wedge (6), wherein the body (1) has protrusions (2) positioned at its opposite sides, lateral rails (5) mating with brackets (4) of the clamp (3) and an opening (10) in a rest wall (11) for the lead screw (9), while the outer walls (7) of the wedge (6) and the inner walls (8) of the body (1) and the clamp (3) converge downward at the same angle.
US10941603B2
A vehicle includes a body and a door that is movably mounted to the body. The door has a powered latch and an electrically-powered actuator that extends and retracts a plunger from an inner side of the door. A controller unlatches the powered latch and actuates the electrically-powered actuator such that the plunger contacts the body and pushes the door open. The controller then controls the electrically-powered actuator to retract the plunger while the door is open.
US10941601B2
A method for damping a movement of a door system of a vehicle that is equipped with a damping system having an adjustable and controllable damping action. A movement of the door system between a closed position and an open position is damped in a controlled manner. A measurement of the change in speed of the speed of movement of the door system is calculated and if the change in speed exceeds a predefined limit value, a set, gentle damping action is changed over to a greater damping action.
US10941598B2
A vehicle hinge assembly includes a door portion, a body portion, and a hinge pin movable between an engaged position where the door portion and the body portion are rotatably coupled and a disengaged position where the door portion and the body portion are configured to be decoupled from one another. A latch is moveable relative to the hinge pin between a locked position where the latch blocks movement of the hinge pin and an unlocked position where the latch allowed movement of the hinge pin. The latch is configured to be in the unlocked position when the vehicle hinge assembly is in a first substantially upright orientation, and the latch is configured to be in the locked position when the vehicle hinge assembly is in a second substantially upside-down orientation.
US10941595B2
An example motor vehicle includes, among other things, a door having an exterior surface, and a handle moveably coupled to the door. The handle is moveable within a plane of movement oblique to the exterior surface. A door handle and a method are also disclosed.
US10941592B2
A latch for a vehicle hood and method of construction thereof is provided. The latch includes a housing; a ratchet pivotally mounted on the housing and a pawl pivotally mounted on the housing for pivoting between a first position in locked engagement with the ratchet and a second position out of locked engagement with the ratchet, with the pawl being biased into the first position. A pawl lever is pivotally mounted on the housing to engage the pawl and rotate the pawl from the first position to the second position. A double pull lever having an abutment surface is pivotally mounted on the pawl lever. A safety catch member is pivotally mounted on the housing, wherein the safety catch member selectively engages the abutment surface of the double pull lever to pivot the safety catch member from a locked first position to an unlocked second position.
US10941591B2
A vehicle tailgate locking device may include a latch assembly configured to engage or disengage a striker, wherein the latch assembly includes a housing, a latch member disposed in the housing and configured to engage or disengage the striker by rotation, a pawl member rotatably disposed in the housing to restrain or release the latch member, a driving device configured to rotate the pawl member to release restraint of the latch member, an engaging member configured to restrain the pawl member by engaging the pawl member when the pawl member rotates to a position releasing restraint of the latch member, and a releasing portion configured to press the engaging member to release the restraint of the pawl member when the latch member is rotated to a position releasing the engagement of the striker.
US10941587B2
A method of fitting a childproof latch fitting mechanism and a latch installation tool arranged to locate between a first latch fitting and a second latch fitting, to spatially locate the first and second latch fitting at a pre-determined distance respectfully one from the other, wherein in the installation tool is temporarily attached to the first and second latch fittings, whilst they are located and fixed, at least temporarily in place.
US10941581B2
A hot tub cover consists of an impermeable exterior shell and at least one multilayered insulative and structural core. Each multilayered insulative and structural core may further have multiple core layers layered adjacent to each other in various configurations, providing superior protection from heat losses from within the hot tub as well as structural strength and durability.
US10941578B2
A set of subfloor panels including a joint configured to be glued is provided. The joint includes a tongue at a first edge of a first panel and a tongue groove at a second edge of a second panel. The tongue and the tongue groove are configured for positioning of the first panel relative to the second panel in a vertical direction, wherein a lower lip of the tongue groove extends beyond an upper lip of the tongue groove. An element protrudes from the lower lip and an underside of the first edge includes an element groove. The element and the element groove are configured for positioning of the first panel relative to the second panel in a horizontal direction. The lower lip includes a first impact surface, and the first edge includes a second impact surface. The first impact surface is configured to cooperate with the second impact surface.
US10941572B2
Roof ridge or hip covering element and method for manufacturing a roof ridge or hip covering element
Disclosed herein is a roof ridge or hip covering element comprising a first and a second flat body and comprising a flexible sheet for joining together the first and second flat body.
US10941569B2
A hanger and a ceiling suspension system incorporating the hanger, for suspending a suspension rail from a ceiling are provided, where the suspension rail is configured to support an object. The hanger includes a first suspension member and a second suspension member positioned adjacent to one another. The first and second suspension members each have an upper portion, a lower portion, and a coupling component situated between the upper and lower portions. The upper portions are configured to be releasably suspended from the ceiling. The lower portions are configured to releasably engage the suspension rail. The coupling components are engageable to form a hinge connection between the first and second suspension members. Separation of the upper portions from one another biases the lower portions towards one another to releasably engage the suspension rail between the suspension members.
US10941565B1
The disclosed technology provides a module useful in constructing an energy efficient, durable building structure, the module including walls to form a vacuous, sealed chamber substantially void of structural elements, materials and gaseous molecules. One or more ribs are affixed to or formed integral with an exterior surface of the exterior wall of the module, extending the width of the module. The disclosed technology further provides a vacuum apparatus which may be incorporated in communication with the vacuous, sealed chamber, for creating and maintaining a vacuum within the module. A method of controlling heat transfer within a structure is also provided, utilizing the modules as herein disclosed, each module being coupled with a vacuum apparatus in communication with the vacuous, sealed chamber, for creating and maintaining a vacuum within the module.
US10941561B2
The present application relates to a volumetric module constructed from a module chassis, an exterior wall attached to at least a portion of the module chassis, a floor assembly attached to at least a portion of the module chassis, and a façade adjustably attached to at least a portion of the module chassis. The volumetric module may be configured to interface with a separate accommodation module.
US10941558B2
A dwelling assembly that has a continuous sidewall and an opening for a door and a window. A roof assembly is provided with first and second roofs that are spaced apart such that the outer roof acts as a heat shield for the inner roof to ensure the interior of the dwelling is a minimum temperature. In addition, ballast boxes are utilized in order to provide additional weight to the dwelling and a planting area in association with the dwelling assembly.
US10941556B2
Waste transfer system for a toilet of a public transport vehicle that discharges into an on-board waste aerated storage tank, comprising a waste intermediate tank (1), means for generating negative or positive pressure inside said waste intermediate tank (1), and a discharge valve means (3,5,6,7) to regulate the flow through a first waste passage (8) between a toilet bowl (2) and said waste intermediate tank (1) and through a second waste passage (11) between said waste intermediate tank (1) and said waste storage tank, characterized in that said discharge valve means comprise a multi-port discharge valve (3) connectable to an inlet/outlet port (4) of the waste intermediate tank (1), said multi-port discharge valve (3) being configured to provide, in a first working position, direct communication between said toilet bowl (2) and said waste intermediate tank (1) when negative pressure is supplied inside said waste intermediate tank (1) and to provide, in a second working position, direct communication between the waste intermediate tank (1) and the waste storage tank when positive pressure is supplied in the said waste intermediate tank (1).
US10941555B2
A robotic cleaning apparatus for cleaning a toilet includes a cleaning head, an articulated body, and a controller. The articulated body coupled to the cleaning head and mountable to the toilet. The body having one or more actuators that collectively move the cleaning head into contact with surfaces of the toilet bowl and toilet seat when the articulated body is mounted to the toilet. The controller communicatively coupled to the one or more actuators to send control signals that, when the articulated body is mounted to the toilet, direct the one or more actuators to move the cleaning head to a plurality of positions and determine an angular orientation of the toilet seat based at least in part on the plurality of positions. The cleaning head is in contact with the toilet seat or a rim of the toilet bowl in each of the positions.
US10941554B2
A nozzle assembly including a body having a top surface; a plurality of water inlets formed on the body and comprising first and second water inlets; a plurality of water outlets formed on the body and comprising first and second water outlets; and a solenoid valve. The first water inlet is in fluid communication with the first water outlet via a first water path, and the second water inlet is in fluid communication with the second water outlet via a second water path. The first water outlet and the second water outlet are concentrically arranged on the top surface, and the first water outlet and the second water outlet are configured to spray water in different patterns. The solenoid valve is configured to control an on and an off of a flow of water through each of the first water path and the second water path.
US10941548B2
A fluid delivery apparatus includes a spout, an active sensor, and a passive sensor. The active sensor is configured to detect the presence of a user adjacent the spout when enabled. The passive sensor is configured to define a sensing field in an area near the spout and also to detect a presence of a user. A controller is coupled to the passive sensor and the active sensor. The controller is programmed to detect the presence of a user in the sensing field based on an output signal from the active sensor in response to detecting the presence of the user in the sensing field with the passive sensor, thereby reducing the amount of power used by the active sensor.
US10941547B2
A plumbing fixture assembly including a fluid flow detection system for monitoring fluid flow and flow characteristics through plumbing fixtures without contacting the fluid. The fluid flow detection system communicates collected data related to the plumbing fixtures to a water management system, which analyzes the data and provides information to a user through a portal and user interface. The fluid flow detection system also tracks users of the plumbing fixtures for compliance with a hand washing routine. The hand washing compliance data is communicated to the water management system as well.
US10941546B2
A Mechanical Electrical Plumbing (MEP) tunnel is provided. The MEP tunnel includes a rear side, a first side, and a second side. The MEP tunnel is configured to be disposed in a wall frame. The MEP tunnel may also include a plurality of tubing used for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing utilities. The MEP tunnel is connected to the wall frame via two mechanical devices. The MEP tunnel can move up and down between a raised position and a lowered position in the wall frame via two tracks in the MEP tunnel and the two mechanical devices. The MEP tunnel remains in the raised position during shipping and lowered at the completion of installation.
US10941534B2
Methods and apparatuses for compacting soil and granular materials. The soil compaction apparatuses include an arrangement of diametric expansion elements that, in their expanded state, form a larger compaction surface. In another embodiment, a compaction chamber can be provided with diametric restriction elements and a flow-through passage in the upper portion of the chamber exterior of a drive shaft. The diametric expansion or restriction elements can be fabricated from, for example, individual chains, cables, or wire rope, or a lattice of vertically and horizontally connected chains, cables, or wire rope. Embodiments of the soil compaction apparatus include, but are not limited to, closed-ended driving shafts, open-ended driving shafts, flow-through passages, no flow-through passages, removable rings for holding the diametric expansion/restriction elements, and any combinations thereof.
US10941527B2
A portable rail weld milling machine apparatus comprises a metal frame that incorporates a motor with a rotary carbide tool that is able to lock to a rail or rails for stability. The apparatus houses the required guides and motors to maneuver the tool on a plurality of axes with computer numerical control (“CNC”). The CNC programming is able to control the carbide tool such that the welded rail can be milled to proper profile on the entire running surface, including the top, the field side, and the gauge side of the ball of the rail.
US10941523B2
A paperboard carrier suitable for use with textiles may include one or more strips of paperboard secured together to form a hollow tubular body, the body having an outer surface, and a coating covering some or all of the outer surface. The coating comprises a coating agent such as a silicon resin dispersed in a solvent such as isopropyl alcohol and little or no water. The coating may be applied to the outer surface by using a plurality spray nozzles arranged axially or circumferentially about the carrier.
US10941506B2
A plied cord includes three or four first twist yarns containing para-aramid fibers, wherein: the para-aramid fibers have an average size of 1000-1250 dtex, a tensile elasticity of 55-70 GPa and a tensile strength of 2800-3500 MPa; and for the plied cord, the number of first twists when the number of the first twist yarns is three is 33-40 twists/10 cm and the number of first twists when the number of the first twist yarns is four is 42-52 twists/10 cm, the second twist direction is the opposite direction from the first twist, and the ratio of the second twist coefficient to the first twist coefficient is 0.25-1.
US10941504B2
A plating method capable of controlling a concentration of an additive within a proper range during plating of a substrate is disclosed. The plating method includes: disposing an anode and a substrate, having a via-hole formed in a surface thereof, so as to face each other in a plating solution containing an additive; applying a voltage between the anode and the substrate for filling the via-hole with metal; measuring the voltage applied to the substrate; calculating an amount of change in the voltage per predetermined time; and adjusting a concentration of the additive in the plating solution to keep the amount of change in the voltage within a predetermined control range.
US10941500B1
A method and system for electrodeposition of high-sp3 diamond/DLC by significantly increasing the sp3 carbon content of electrodeposited net-shape diamond, and use of same for manufacture of particulate and nanocrystalline diamond and composites.
US10941489B2
A deposition apparatus for processing substrates includes a vacuum chamber including a processing zone in which a substrate may be processed. A showerhead assembly includes a stem, face plate and back plate wherein the stem is rotary friction welded to the back plate. A substrate pedestal assembly is configured to support a substrate on an upper surface thereof when a substrate is processed in the deposition apparatus.
US10941488B2
A pressurization type method for manufacturing elementary metal may include a metal precursor gas pressurization dosing operation of, in a state where an outlet of a chamber having a substrate is closed, increasing a pressure in the chamber by providing a metal precursor gas consisting of metal precursors, thereby adsorbing the metal precursors onto the substrate, a main purging operation of purging a gas after the metal precursor gas pressurization dosing operation, a reaction gas dosing operation of providing a reaction gas to reduce the metal precursors adsorbed on the substrate to elementary metal, after the main purging operation, and a main purging operation of purging a gas after the reaction gas dosing operation.
US10941485B2
The present invention relates to methods of forming a film between two surfaces, in which the film includes diamond-like carbon. Also provided herein are uses of such films, such in sliding contacts and in metal coatings.
US10941483B2
An in-line coating device includes: a coating section configured to perform coating on a workpiece; and a transport section configured to transport a plurality of the workpieces in the coating section. The coating section is provided with a plurality of coating materials which are aligned. The transport section transports the workpieces such that the workpieces face the plurality of coating materials. The in-line coating device includes a voltage applying section configured to, when the workpiece is transported and faces each coating material, apply to the workpiece, a bias voltage to attract particles emitted from the coating material toward the workpiece. The bias voltages applied to the workpiece by the voltage applying section when the workpiece faces one of the coating materials can be different from that applied when the workpiece faces another one of the coating material.
US10941470B2
A Cr—Mn—N austenitic heat-resistant steel is provided. The heat-resistant steel comprises, in weight percentage, carbon 0.20% to 0.50%, silicon 0.50% to 2.00%, manganese 2.00% to 5.00%, phosphorus less than 0.04%, sulphur less than 0.03%, chromium 20.00% to 27.00%, nickel 6.00% to 8.00%, molybdenum less than 0.50%, niobium less than 0.60%, tungsten less than 0.60%, vanadium less than 0.15%, nitrogen 0.30% to 0.60%, zirconium less than 0.10%, cobalt less than 0.10%, yttrium less than 0.10%, boron less than 0.20%, with the balance iron. The heat-resistant steel has high temperature strength, high thermal conductivity, low thermal expansion coefficient, good dimensional stability, good ductility, heat resistance, impact resistance, and low production costs, and meets the requirements for high performance engines.
US10941457B2
A method for manufacturing a non-oriented electrical steel sheet according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes performing hot rolling on a slab after heating the slab to manufacture a hot rolled sheet; performing hot rolled sheet annealing on the hot rolled sheet; performing cold rolling on a steel sheet on which the hot rolled sheet annealing is completed to manufacture a cold rolled sheet; and performing cold rolled sheet annealing on the cold rolled sheet in which a difference between a cold rolled sheet annealing temperature in the cold rolled sheet annealing and a hot rolled sheet annealing temperature in the hot rolled sheet annealing is 100° C. or lower.
US10941451B2
The present invention relates to panels of methylation and mi RNA marker as well as their use in the prognosing, diagnosing and/or treatment of cancer, means for detecting said marker, kits comprising said means, and devices for analysing the marker panel.
US10941443B2
Real time redox sequencing methods, devices, and systems are described. Arrays of redox devices comprising one or two electrodes are used to provide sequence information about a template nucleic acid in a polymerase-template complex bound proximate to the electrode(s). A sequencing reaction mixture comprising nucleotide analogs comprising redox labels is introduced to the array of redox devices under conditions of polymerase mediated nucleic acid synthesis. The time sequence of incorporation of nucleotide analogs is determined by electrochemically identifying the redox labels of the nucleotide analogs that are incorporated into the growing strand.
US10941439B2
A hydrogel network includes a hydrogel polymer having a coupling site, an oligonucleotide conjugated at a terminal end to the hydrogel polymer at the coupling site, and a functional moiety coupled between the terminal end of the oligonucleotide and the coupling site. Such a hydrogel network can be formed by a method including activating a coupling site of a substrate and binding a linker moiety coupled to a terminal end of an oligonucleotide to the activated coupling site, a functional moiety coupled between the terminal end of the oligonucleotide and the linker moiety.
US10941432B1
A method for preparation of low molecular weight porcine lympho-reticular polypeptides. The method comprises the enzymatic hydrolysis of a source of protein, wherein the source of protein comprises a blend of porcine liver and porcine spleen, with an enzyme having proteolytic activity and an enzyme having amylase activity.
US10941429B2
Disclosed are methods, compositions, proteins, nucleic acids, cells, vectors, compounds, reagents, and systems for the preparation of kavalactones, flavokavains, and kavalactone and flavokavain biosynthetic intermediates using enzymes expressed in heterologous host cells, such as microorganisms or plants, or using in vitro enzymatic reactions. This invention also provides for the expression of the enzymes by recombinant cell lines and vectors. Furthermore, the enzymes can be components of constructs such as fusion proteins. The kavalactones produced can be utilized to treat anxiety disorder, insomnia, and other psychological and neurological disorders. The flavokavains produced can be utilized to treat various cancers including colon, bladder, and breast cancers.
US10941422B2
The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein a thermostable alpha-amylase and optionally a thermostable protease are present and/or added during liquefaction. The invention also relates to a composition suitable for use in a process of the invention.
US10941413B2
The present invention relates to a method of increasing resistance against fungal pathogens of the order Pucciniales, preferably the family Phacopsoraceae, in plants and/or plant cells. This is achieved by increasing the expression of a CASAR protein or fragment thereof in a plant, plant part and/or plant cell in comparison to wild type plants, wild type plant parts and/or wild type plant cells. Furthermore, the invention relates to transgenic plants, plant parts, and/or plant cells having an increased resistance against fungal pathogens, in particular, pathogens of the order Pucciniales, preferably the family Phacopsoraceae, and to recombinant expression vectors comprising a sequence that is identical or homologous to a sequence encoding a CASAR protein.
US10941409B2
The invention relates to method of modifying a coding sequence encoding a non-plant protein, comprising the steps of optimizing said coding sequence by codon substitution, thereby obtaining an optimized coding sequence which encodes said non-plant protein; and re-introducing at least one wild-type polyadenylation motif sequence at its position within said optimized gene sequence.
US10941407B2
The invention provides methods for identifying regenerated transformed plants and differentiated transformed plant parts, obtained without subjecting plant cells to selective conditions prior to regenerating the cells to obtain differentiated tissues. In particular embodiments, the plant cells are corn plant cells. Methods for growing and handling plants, including identifying plants that demonstrate specific traits of interest are also provided.
US10941402B2
The invention relates to antisense oligonucleotides that are capable of bringing about specific editing of a target nucleotide (adenosine) in a target RNA sequence in a eukaryotic cell, wherein said oligonucleotide does not, in itself, form an intramolecular hairpin or stem-loop structure, and wherein said oligonucleotide comprises a non-complementary nucleotide in a position opposite to the nucleotide to be edited in the target RNA sequence.
US10941392B2
This invention provides chromatographic methods for the purification of a cystathionine β-Synthase (CBS) protein, particularly truncated variants thereof and compositions and pharmaceutical compositions prepared therefrom.
US10941387B2
The present invention relates to the field of insect pests control, using methods and compositions which comprise of alpha-amylase analogous mutant inhibitors (αAIs). More specifically, the invention provides new αAIs analogous mutant molecules for controlling insect pests, in particular boll weevils (Anthonomus grandis), partially or totally presenting reduction of the amylolytic activity of the digestive enzymes in the intestinal lumen of the insect. Other aspects of the invention include gene constructs containing the nucleic acid molecules that code for the alpha-amylase inhibitors, heterologous expression methods of the new molecules in the active form, and the use of these molecules for controlling insect pests. The invention also provides analogous synthetic genes optimized for their transformation and expression in plants.
US10941385B2
The present invention relates to recombinant vectors, modified microorganisms, and methods for omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid production.
US10941379B2
Provided herein are methods of producing a bioproduct by culturing a cell in a multiphase reactor that comprises supercritical CO2, near critical CO2, or liquid CO2.
US10941371B2
The present disclosure relates to proteases that are variants of a Bacillus gibsonii protease, the proteases comprising an amino acid sequence which has at least about 70% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence given in SEQ ID No. 1 over its entire length, and which has an amino acid substitution on at least one of the positions corresponding to the positions 12, 43, 122, 127, 154, 156, 160, 211 or 222, relating in each case to the numbering according to SEQ ID No. 1. The present disclosure also relates to the production and use thereof. Said type of proteases have a very good cleaning performance.
US10941370B2
The present disclosure relates to textile care agents and to optically clear and transparent fabric softener formulations which also have a viscous consistency, containing a combination of special ester quats with nonionic emulsifiers and cationic thickeners, to the use of said textile care agents and fabric softener formulations. The present disclosure also relates to a method for washing textiles using said textile care agent and fabric softener formulations. The present disclosure relates to methods for producing the special ester quats, to the thus resulting ester quats and to the use thereof.
US10941366B2
Disclosed are cloud point depressants and methods of making and using them. The disclosed cloud point depressants comprise copolymers of a maleic moiety polymerized with alpha olefins and then contacted with an aliphatic tertiary amine to provide a cloud depressant reaction product. When the disclosed reactions products are added to middle distillate fuels or blends of middle distillate fuels with biodiesel, the cloud point depressants inhibit the precipitation of waxes and/or biowaxes in the fuels and the fuels exhibit reduced precipitation, gelling, and/or crystallization when subjected to low or cold temperatures.
US10941358B2
The present invention describes a method for refining highly polyaromatic and nitrogenated charges, such as LCO streams, comprising hydrotreating (HDT) as the first reaction stage, followed by the intermediate separation of gases generated in the HDT section, then by a second reaction stage consisting in moderate hydroconversion/hydrocracking and in a rectifying and/or fractionating section, thus allowing more flexible production of fuels. In the rectification mode, the claimed method yields a diesel oil fraction with higher cetane content, reduced density and volumetric yield increase of at least 111% relative to the process charge, thus minimising yield losses through naphtha overcracking and contributing to the optimisation of the required hydrogen consumption. In the fractionating mode, different cuts and their compositions can be produced, such as naphtha, kerosene and diesel.
US10941356B2
Increased paraxylene production through the use of a split feed reforming process, wherein hydrotreated naphtha is split into light, middle and heavy fractions. Each fraction is reformed separately to generate streams containing aromatic compounds. These streams can further be processed and can undergo dealkylation, transalkylation, disproportionation, isomerization, and separation steps to maximize paraxylene production. In addition, some streams are recycled or recombined in order to maximize paraxylene production.
US10941352B2
Processes for producing a gasoline blend in which C7 hydrocarbons are separated from a naphtha feed. The C7 hydrocarbons are isomerized and dehydrogenated to increase the octane value of the components therein. In order to avoid conversion of methylcyclohexane to toluene in the dehydrogenation reactor, the various processes provide flow schemes in which the methylcyclohexane bypasses the C7 dehydrogenation reaction zone.
US10941344B2
A liquid crystal cell which is capable of switching between a transparent mode and a scattering mode by using a non-ionic compound as a liquid crystal additive for realizing the EHDI characteristics and has excellent performance such as a driving voltage characteristic, a haze characteristic and reliability by securing solubility of the additive for liquid crystals. Such a liquid crystal cell can be applied to various light modulation devices such as a smart window, a window protective film, a flexible display device, a light shielding plate for transparent display, an active retarder for 3D image display, or a viewing angle adjusting film.
US10941341B2
An etching composition providing a high selection ratio enabling selective removal of a nitride film and minimization of an etching rate, a preparation method thereof, an etching composition additive prepared through a reaction of phosphoric anhydride and a silane compound represented by Formula 1 below, a method for preparing the same and an etching composition including the same are provided:
US10941335B2
A fines-fixing agent that has improved compatibility with organic complexed borate fracturing fluids is disclosed. Existing fines fixing agents have a high concentration of unreacted caustic that results in a product pH of approximately 12. This high pH affects the crosslinker and the overall fracturing fluid system stability, promoting precipitation of the organic crosslinker. These effects can be mitigated by neutralizing the fines fixing agents with an acid such as hydrochloric or acetic acid to a pH of 6 or lower.
US10941324B2
An adhesive composition is provided which exhibits not only adhesiveness to a polyimide film or copper foil, but also high adhesiveness to gold-plated copper foil, and is also superior in heat resistance such as soldering heat resistance. The adhesive composition comprises a solvent-soluble polyamide resin (A) which is solid at 25° C., an epoxy resin (B), and an imidazole compound (C) having an alkoxysilyl group, wherein the mass ratio (A)/(B) of the component (A) to the component (B) is 99/1-50/50, and the content of the component (C) is 0.3-5 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the total of the component (A) and the component (B).
US10941322B2
The invention relates to the multi-layered design of a release liner for an adhesive tape, said liner simultaneously serving as a handling aid.
US10941317B2
The present invention pertains to a room-temperature-curable organopolysiloxane composition containing (A) an organopolysiloxane having the hydrolyzable silyl-group-containing monovalent organic group represented by formula (1) (R1 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-10 alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted C6-10 aryl group, R2 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-10 alkyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted C6-10 aryl group, and R3 represents a substituted or unsubstituted C1-20 alkyl group or a hydrogen atom; M is an integer from 1 to 3, and n is an integer of 2 or more; and the broken line represents atomic bonding), (B) a hydrolyzable organosilane compound and/or a partially hydrolyzed condensate thereof, (C) a curing catalyst, and (F) a bleed oil. According to this configuration, an organotin-compound-free and MEKO-free product is achieved, exceptional fast-curing properties are achieved, and a cured coating film has exceptional rubber strength and exceptional antifouling performance over a long period of time.
US10941312B2
A method for coating a surface of a cell culture article includes dissolving a polymer having a covalently attached polypeptide in an aqueous solution to produce a polymer solution. The polymer is formed from monomers selected to form a polymer having a linear backbone, wherein the polymer is crosslink free. The weight percentage of the polypeptide relative to the polymer conjugated to the polypeptide is sufficiently high to render the polymer conjugated to the polypeptide water soluble. The aqueous solution is substantially free of organic solvents. The method further includes (i) disposing the polymer solution on the surface of the cell culture article to produce a coated article; and (ii) subjecting the coated article to sufficient heat or electromagnetic radiation to attach the polymer conjugated to a polypeptide to the surface of the cell culture article.
US10941310B2
In general, the embodiments herein provide non-skid, textured protective coating compositions for vehicle surfaces, such as vehicle beds, rocker panels, inner fenders, tailgates, bedrails, cargo vans, step area, and running boards, and other applicable metal, aluminum, fiberglass, plastic, and wood surfaces, and the method for producing same. In particular, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to textured protective coating compositions having improved impact, abrasion, and chemical resistance. These properties are obtained by a combination of an acrylic resin component and a solvent composition, and optionally a rheology additive component, a texturizing component, an adhesion promoter, and a plasticizer.
US10941303B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide a chamber component for use in a plasma processing chamber apparatus. The chamber component may include a coating layer that provides a fluorine-rich surface. In one embodiment, a chamber component, for use in a plasma processing apparatus, includes a body having an outer layer comprising yttria having a coating layer formed thereon, wherein the coating layer comprises a yttrium fluoride containing material.
US10941301B2
A surface treatment method for a substrate surface; a surface treatment agent used for the surface treatment method; and a method for forming a film on a substrate in a region-selective manner. The method includes exposing the surface to a surface treatment agent including a silylation agent and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound, the surface including two or more regions, adjacent regions in the two or more regions having different materials, and a reaction between the silylation agent and the two or more regions causing contact angles of water to differ from each other with respect to adjacent regions in the two or more regions.
US10941299B2
The heat insulation coating includes the particles (secondary particles) of the silica aerogel (i) and the silica-based binder (ii). The thickness of the heat insulation coating is several 10 to several 100 μm. The particle size of the secondary particles is distributed in a range from the lower limit Rmin to the upper limit Rmax. The lower limit Rmin is 10 nm. The upper limit Rmax is equal to the coating thickness of the heat insulation coating.
US10941296B1
A asphalt binder modifier or a stand-alone asphalt binder and the method of making the asphalt binder or binder modifier are disclosed. The asphalt modifier or binder consisting of treated re-refined engine oil bottoms/VTB's treated by injecting air into re-refining engine oil bottoms/VTB's at temperatures between 150° F. and 550° F. The re-refined engine oil can be processed with ground tire rubber. The binder modifier was blended with various paving and roofing asphalts to form performance-enhanced modified asphalt binders used in paving, roofing, and industrial products.
US10941282B2
A cellulose resin composition comprising a cellulose resin, a high refractive-index organic material and a carbon black, in which the cellulose resin is an acylated cellulose obtained by substituting at least part of hydrogen atoms of hydroxy groups of a cellulose with an acyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, the carbon black is an acidic carbon black, the mass fraction (B/A) of the high refractive-index organic material (B) to the cellulose resin (A) falls within the range of 10/90 to 70/30, and the content of the carbon black (C) relative to the total of the cellulose resin composition falls within the range of 0.05 to 10% by mass.
US10941268B2
The present invention relates to a cosmetic-supporting structure, including a reticulated porous foam and a silicone coating layer, serving as an outer frame, on an outer surface of the foam, serving as an inner frame, a method of manufacturing the same, and a cosmetic product containing the same.
US10941267B2
Heat-expandable microspheres and applications thereof, the heat-expandable microspheres including a thermoplastic resin shell and a thermally-vaporizable blowing agent encapsulated therein. The thermoplastic resin is produced by polymerizing a polymerizable component containing (A) a nitrile monomer including methacrylonitrile, (B) a carboxyl-group-containing monomer and (C) a monomer having a functional group reactive with the carboxyl group. The polymerizable component satisfies the following conditions 1 and 2: Condition 1: The weight fraction of the monomers (A), (B) and (C) in the polymerizable component satisfy the inequality shown below. Weight fraction of the monomer (C)
US10941265B2
Pre-expanded polypropylene-based resin particles include a polypropylene-based resin. The polypropylene-based resin satisfies tan δ≤0.32×V+0.1, where tan δ represents a loss tangent at an angular frequency of 0.1 rad/s in dynamic viscoelastic behavior measurement at 200° C. and V represents a melt fracture take-up speed (m/min) at 200° C.
US10941251B2
Provided is a composition comprising: (A) a silicone polymer of the Formula (I): M1aM2bM3cD1dD2eD3fT1gT2hT3iQj. wherein: M1=R1R2R3SiO1/2 M2=R4R5R6SiO1/2 M3=R7R8R9SiO1/2 D1=R10R11SiO2/2 D2=R12R13SiO2/2 D3=R14R15SiO2/2 T1=R16SiO3/2 T2=R17SiO3/2 T3=R18SiO3/2 Q=SiO4/2 where R1, R2, R3, R5, R6, R8, R9, R10, R11, R13, R15, R16 are independently chosen from a hydrogen, a C1-C60 aliphatic or aromatic group or C1-C60 alkoxy group; R4, R12, R17 are independently chosen from a C1-C10 alkyl, a C1-C10 alkoxy, or R19-A-R20— where A is chosen from a group comprising an unsaturated cyclic moiety chosen from an aromatic group, a fused aromatic group, an unsaturated alicyclic group, an unsaturated heterocyclic group, or a combination of two or more thereof; R19 is chosen from a —H, a C1-C10 alkyl, allyl, vinyl, alkoxy, allyloxy, vinyloxy, acrylate, or methacrylate; and R20 is chosen from a divalent organic group; R7, R14, R18 are independently selected from hydrogen or OR22 or unsaturated monovalent radicals or radicals containing heteroatom such as oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur or radicals containing organosilane groups; and the subscripts a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j are zero or positive subject to the following limitations: 2≤a+b+c+d+e+f+g+h+i+j≤1000, b+e+h>0 and c+f+i≥0 and B) a thermally conductive filler.
US10941242B2
Provided are an amine compound represented by the following formula (1), which has a low active hydrogen equivalent weight and thus is capable of providing a cured product having good properties because the amine compound has sufficient curability even though the amount of amine compound blended in an epoxy resin composition is small when the amine compound is used as an epoxy resin curing agent, and an amine composition and an epoxy resin curing agent, which contain the compound: wherein A is a 1,2-phenylene group, a 1,3-phenylene group, or a 1,4-phenylene group.
US10941241B2
The present disclosure provides: an epoxy resin molding material including; an epoxy resin having a mesogen structure, a phenolic curing agent, an inorganic filler, and a curing accelerator having a quaternary phosphonium cation represented by the following Formula (I); a molded product and a molded cured product using the epoxy resin molding material; and a method for producing a molded cured product. In Formula (I), each of Ra to Rd independently represents an alkyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or an aryl group, and the alkyl group and the aryl group may have a substituent.
US10941233B2
A process of forming a cross-linked electronically active hydrophilic co-polymer is provided and includes the steps of: a. mixing an intrinsically electronically active material with water to form an intermediate mixture; b. adding at least one hydrophilic monomer, at least one hydrophobic monomer, and at least one cross-linker to the intermediate mixture to form a co-monomer mixture; and c. polymerising the co-monomer mixture.
