US10941229B2
The present disclosure provides group 4-, i.e., zirconium- and hafnium-, containing catalyst compounds having an ether bridged anilide phenolate ligand. Catalyst compounds of the present disclosure can be asymmetric, having an electron donating side of the catalyst and an electron deficient side of the catalyst. In at least one embodiment, catalysts of the present disclosure provide catalyst activity values of 400,000 gP/mmolCat·h−1 or greater and polyolefins, such as polyethylene copolymers, having comonomer content of from about 3.5 wt % to 8.5 wt %, an Mn of about 15,000 g/mol to about 140,000 g/mol, an Mw of from about 100,000 g/mol to about 300,000 g/mol, and a Mw/Mn of from 1 to 2.5. Catalysts, catalyst systems, and processes of the present disclosure can provide polymers having comonomer content of from 7 wt % to 12 wt %, such as from 8 wt % to 10 wt %).
US10941227B2
The present invention concerns a process for the gas phase polymerization of at least one alpha-olefin comprising: polymerizing at least one alpha-olefin in a fluidized bed reactor with a polyolefin purging unit and a vent gas recovery system, wherein the fluidized bed reactor operates in a condensed mode or super condensed mode with a recycle stream comprising one or more alkane(s) having 3 to 5 C atoms, wherein further at least one additional alkane with 6 to 12 C atoms is added to the recycle stream in an amount so that it represents between 0.0095 mol. % and 7,0000 mol. % of the recycle stream composition introduced into the reactor.
US10941223B2
The present invention relates to a multimodal polyethylene composition comprising: (A) 40 to 65 parts by weight, preferably 43 to 52 parts by weight, most preferred 44 to 50 parts by weight, of the low molecular weight polyethylene, the low molecular weight polyethylene having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 20,000 to 90,000 g/mol and having a MFRa from 500 to 1.000 g/10 min according to ASTM D 1238; (B) 8 to 20 parts by weight, preferably 10 to 18 parts by weight, most preferred 10 to 15 parts by weight, of the first high molecular weight polyethylene having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of more than 150,000 to 1,000,000 g/mol or the first ultra high molecular weight polyethylene having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of more than 1,000,000 to 5,000,000 g/mol; and (C) 30 to 50 parts by weight, preferably 37 to 47 parts by weight, most preferred 39 to 45 parts by weight, of the second high molecular weight polyethylene having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of more than 150,000 to 1,000,000 g/mol or the second ultra high molecular weight polyethylene having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of more than 1,000,000 to 5,000,000 g/mol, wherein the density of the first high molecular weight polyethylene or the first ultra high molecular weight polyethylene and the second high molecular weight polyethylene or the second ultra high molecular weight polyethylene are in the range from 0.920 to 0.950 g/cm3, and wherein the molecular weight distribution of the multimodal polyethylene composition is from 20 to 28, preferably from 24 to 28, measured by gel permeation chromatography, and a film comprising the multimodal polyethylene composition and the use thereof.
US10941219B2
A method for refining sugammadex sodium is provided: adding a protective agent to crude sugammadex sodium, and obtaining pure sugammadex sodium by performing recrystallization under the protection of inert gas. Among them, the protective agent is one or a mixture of two or more, in any ratio, selected from the group consisting of mercaptoethanol, thioglycolate, thioglycolate ester, mercaptopropionate, mercaptopropionate ester, glutathione, cysteine, cystamine, dithioerythritol, dithiothreitol, trisubstituted organophosphorus compound, and salt of the trisubstituted organophosphorus compound. The method is simple in operation, high in product purity, good in economy, and more suitable for industrial production.
US10941214B2
Isolated histidyl-tRNA synthetase splice variant polynucleotides and polypeptides having non-canonical biological activities are provided, as well as compositions and methods related thereto.
US10941209B2
Methods are provided for diagnosing and treating a blood cancer or a myelodysplastic syndrome in a subject. Associated compositions and kits therefor are also provided.
US10941204B2
The present invention is directed toward monoclonal antibodies that bind to death receptor 4 and/or death receptor 5, a pharmaceutical composition comprising same, and methods of treatment comprising administering such a pharmaceutical composition to a patient.
US10941178B2
The present disclosure relates generally to methods of producing, processing, or purifying antibodies. The present disclosure also relates to methods of producing, processing, or purifying a target antibody from cell cultures to remove host cell proteins.
US10941168B2
The present invention relates to a compound comprising at least one phosphepine ring and having the phosphorus atom of the phosphepine ring substituted with at least one monovalent substituent R, a semiconducting material comprising the compound, and electronic device comprising the semiconducting material.
US10941162B2
Trisubstituted bicyclic heterocyclic compounds (e.g., pyridopyrimidinones) and pharmaceutical compositions that modulate kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, and methods of treatment of diseases and conditions associated with kinase activity, including PI3 kinase activity, are described herein.
US10941161B2
Described herein are crystalline forms of a compound of formula (III′), including toluene solvates of TATD-CLE, as well as processes for the preparation thereof and use thereof in the preparation of cephalosporin compounds such as ceftolozane.
US10941159B2
GnRH receptor antagonists are disclosed which have utility in the treatment of a variety of sex-hormone related conditions in both men and women. The compounds of this invention have the structure: wherein R1a, R1b, R1c, R1d, R2, R2a, and A are as defined herein, including stereoisomers, esters, solvates and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also disclosed are compositions containing a compound of this invention in combination with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, as well as methods relating to the use thereof for antagonizing gonadotropin-releasing hormone in a subject in need thereof.
US10941152B2
The present invention relates to pyrazole compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, useful as positive allosteric modulators of follicle stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR).
US10941143B2
The present invention provides compounds that modulate biological metals and to pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. The invention particularly relates to imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine compounds of formula (I) that modulate iron and are useful for the treatment of diseases, particularly neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease (PD), Alzheimer's disease (AD), Alzheimer-type dementia, Huntington's disease (HD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA). The compounds of formula (I) being where variables are defined herein.
US10941133B2
The present invention relates to compound of Formula (I) containing carbon-carbon linker, a stereoisomer, a tautomer, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a pharmaceutically acceptable solvate, a prodrug, a polymorph, N-oxide, S-oxide, or a carboxylic acid isostere thereof; processes for their preparation; pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds; and their use for the treatment of the diseases or disorders mediated by GPR120 receptor.
US10941127B2
The invention relates to 1,2,5-benzothiadiazepine derivatives of formula (I). These compounds are bile acid modulators having apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter (ASBT) and/or liver bile acid transport (LBAT) inhibitory activity. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and to the use of these compounds in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, fatty acid metabolism and glucose utilization disorders, gastrointestinal diseases and liver diseases.
US10941119B2
A method of preparing an imidazolin-2-tones compound includes: dissolving a cycloheptatrienone and an aromatic isocyanate in a solvent; and reacting the cycloheptatrienone and the aromatic isocyanate in the solvent without an oxidant and a catalyst to obtain the imidazolin-2-tone compound.
US10941109B2
The present invention is directed to compounds and methods that inhibit the cytosolic form of BCAT1.
US10941102B2
Non-water soluble cannabinoid acids are isolated from trichomes and flower of Cannabis genus by leaching with alkaline water. The leaching with alkaline water converts the cannabinoid acids to water soluble salts. The resulting solution of cannabinoid salts may be used as a source of acidic cannabinoids for pharmaceutical applications or the cannabinoid acid salts may be converted back to their acid form and precipitated into a high purity microcrystalline powder by acidification of the aqueous solution. Compounds that are not water soluble and do not form salts in alkaline water such as many pesticides, fungicides and off flavors will not be concentrated.
US10941090B2
The present disclosure provides a process for producing trifluoroiodomethane. The process includes providing a metal trifluoroacetate, an iodine source, a metal catalyst, and a solvent, and reacting the metal trifluoroacetate and the iodine source in the presence of the metal catalyst and the solvent to produce trifluoroiodomethane. The metal catalyst includes at least one selected from the group of ferrous chloride and zinc (II) iodide.
US10941088B1
A method of autothermal oxidative coupling of methane (OCM) utilizes introducing a methane-containing feedstock and an oxygen-gas-containing feedstock into a reactor (10) as a flowing mixture (18) with a space time of 500 ms or less. The reactor (10) contains a catalyst bed (20) of an OCM catalyst that contacts the flowing mixture and wherein the catalyst bed (20) has a heat Peclet number (Peh) of from 5 or less, a mass Peclet number (Pem) of from 5 or more, and a transverse Peclet number (P) of from 1 or less while contacting the flowing mixture. The methane and oxygen of the feedstocks are allowed to react within the reactor (10) to form methane oxidative coupling reaction products. A reactor (10) for carrying out the OCM reaction is also disclosed.
US10941086B2
A smoke producing method and device of the present disclosure produces a non-incendiary, organic-polymerization based, smoke-producing reaction. Some versions of the smoke are effective carriers for capsaicinoid compounds. The method of generating smoke comprises initiating a frontal polymerization reaction by heating a composition comprising a monomer compound that exothermically polymerizes upon initiation with an initiator compound and an initiator compound that initiates polymerization of the monomer compound present at a mass concentration that is at least five percent of the mass concentration of the monomer compound. The polymerization of the monomer compound is exothermic, and in one embodiment the concentration of initiator compound is at least five percent of the concentration of monomer compound. The smoke mainly comprises thermal decomposition products of the initiator compound.
US10941085B2
An explosive sheet simulant that uses an ethylene vinyl acetate polymer combined with either a mixture of a boron carbide and iron oxide for X-ray attenuating properties or calcium carbonate for millimeter wave properties, wherein the components of the mixture are selected such that the sheet has a predetermined flexural modulus combined with particle density, effective atomic number, x-ray transmission properties, or millimeter wave properties.
US10941078B2
Methods for producing wavelength converters are described. The methods include sintering a mixture consisting essentially of first particles and second particles to form a sintered article. In embodiments the first particles consist essentially of particles of β-SiAlON or precursors thereof, and the second particles consist essentially one or more sintering aids or precursors thereof. In embodiments the sintered article has a density that is greater than or equal to about 90% of a theoretical bulk density of the mixture, and is configured to convert primary light incident thereon to secondary light, wherein the secondary light exhibits a peak with a full width half maximum of greater than 0 to about 60 nanometers (nm) within a wavelength range of about 495 nm to about 600 nm.
US10941075B2
Adding a small amount of lightweight course aggregate to a normal weight concrete mix to produce a clean, rough top surface so that manual or mechanical roughing of the top surface is not necessary. The lightweight course aggregate will float to the surface, and make a rough surface so that the bond and shear resistance of the interface (cold joint) between previously placed and newly placed concrete will be as strong as a manually roughened joint.
US10941074B2
The invention relates to a plaster-based composition comprising nanometric boehmite and/or nanometric aluminium trihydroxide, this composition making it possible to obtain products having better dimensional stability at high and in particular at very high temperature. The invention also relates to the method of obtaining the products, and the products produced.
US10941066B2
The present application belongs to the technical field of manufacture for protection film for a terminal curved surface, and relates to a protection film for a terminal curved surface and manufacture method thereof, the hardened layers is provided on both sides of the substrate layer, and the substrate layer and the two hardened layers form the original sheet. The original sheet is hot-pressed by a hot pressing device, and the upper mold and the lower mold clamping the original sheet are heated, pressurized and cooled in order to obtain a protection film for a terminal curved surface, and the mold core outer rounded corner combining with the mold cavity inner rounded corner are pressurized to form a curved surface portion. The hardened layers is disposed on both sides of the substrate layer, so that the stress on both sides of the substrate layer are cancel each other after the substrate layer is heated, and the terminal surface protective film is more flat. The protection film for a terminal curved surface is easy to be molded, sensitive to be touched, high in hardness, and the outer side hardness can reach 9H, which is not easy to produce scratches, anti-fingerprint, anti-fragmentation edge, explosion-proof, and the protection film for a terminal curved surface has a curved surface portion suitable for protecting the terminal curved screen.
US10941064B2
The invention provides inoculants for the generation of a biologically active layer in a water treatment or purification device. In some embodiments, the invention provides inoculants for a biologically active zone in a wastewater treatment system or device, for example in municipal wastewater and sewage treatment. In other aspects, the invention provides inoculants for water purification, for example in municipal drinking water purification or in slow sand filtration. Inoculants of the invention increase the effectiveness of the above systems and devices in providing useable water.
US10941055B2
According to the present disclosure, a photoelectrochemical cell for wastewater treatment is disclosed. A method of fabricating such a photoelectrochemical cell is also disclosed.
US10941052B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a piston assembly for a control valve in a water softener system. The control valve includes a drive mechanism, one or more fluid passageways, and a seal assembly. The piston assembly includes a main piston moveably received within the seal assembly and including a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, and a shuttle piston moveably received within the seal assembly. The shuttle piston includes a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, and is configured to selectively engage the second end of the main piston to form a seal therebetween and to selectively move relative to the second end of the main piston to form an opening between the second end of the main piston and the first end of the shuttle piston, in response to movement of the main piston.
US10941030B1
A beverage apparatus, the beverage apparatus being hand-holdable by a user of the beverage apparatus to be portable, can include a beverage chamber housing that includes a chamber for storing a consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include a dispensing assembly that includes a receptacle. The receptacle can retain a vessel. The vessel can include an electronic tag and can contain an additive. The dispensing assembly can be operatively controllable by a controller to output the additive from the vessel into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus can include one or more sensors, devices, or assemblies that can be used to detect a volume of liquid in the chamber or a liquid level in the chamber. The beverage apparatus can include an apparatus processing portion (ACP) and an apparatus database portion.
US10941026B2
An autonomous industrial truck, in particular an order-picking industrial truck, including an undercarriage to support the industrial truck on a roadway. The undercarriage is located on an undercarriage chassis and the industrial truck has a supporting chassis that is provided with supporting means. The supporting chassis can be adjusted relative to the undercarriage chassis between a raised position in which the supporting means are raised from the roadway and a lowered position in which the supporting means are lowered onto the roadway.
US10941024B2
A system and apparatus for controlling a mobile platform via cables is disclosed. Each of the set of cables are connected at one end to the platform at a second end to a cable controlling mechanism, the cable controlling mechanism including a motor to control a length and tension of the cable. At least two of the cables form a constraint, such as a kinematic constraint to the apparatus in order to limit the movement of the platform in certain degrees of freedom.
US10941020B2
A deflector sheave mounting bracket for mounting a plurality of individual deflector sheaves of an elevator system includes a top plate, a bottom plate, and a plurality of support plates connected at a first end to the top plate and connected at a second, opposite end to the bottom plate. A plurality of openings for receiving the plurality of deflector sheaves is defined between pairs of adjacent support plates of the plurality of support plates. At least one opening of the plurality of openings is vertically offset and horizontally offset from another of the plurality of openings.
US10941019B2
According to one embodiment, a user detection system includes a camera, a boundary detector, a user detector and a controller. The camera is installed in a peripheral region of a door, and captures a running region when opening or closing the door and a region near the door. The boundary detector detects a boundary between a first structure and a second structure in the region near the door based on an image captured by the camera. The user detector detects whether there is a user in the running region based on a result detected by the boundary detector. The controller controls an open/close operation of the door based on a result detected by the user detector.
US10941002B2
A telescopic conveyor includes a conveyor boom having two or more conveyor sections adapted to be extended and retracted with respect to one another in telescopic fashion to adjust the length of the boom, wherein the two or more conveyor sections are each curved about a common axis of curvature.
US10941000B2
A method of processing objects using a programmable motion device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of perceiving identifying indicia representative of an identity of a plurality of objects and directing the plurality of objects toward an input area from at least one input conveyance system, acquiring an object from the plurality of objects at the input area using an end effector of the programmable motion device, and moving the acquired object toward an identified processing location using the programmable motion device. The identified processing location is associated with the identifying indicia and the identified processing location is provided as one of a plurality of processing locations along a first direction. The step of moving the acquired object includes moving the programmable motion device along a second direction that is substantially parallel with the first direction.
US10940998B2
A method and apparatus are provided for storing or retrieving items to/from a plurality of destinations areas. The items are loaded onto one of a plurality of independently controlled delivery vehicles. The delivery vehicles follow a path to/from the destination areas that are positioned along the path. The destination areas are configured such that the destination areas have a depth to accommodate a plurality of containers in a horizontal line one behind another. The containers may be releasable interconnected so that retrieving one of the interconnected containers displaces one or more connected containers.
US10940994B2
A beverage preparation capsule comprising a capsule body having a beverage preparation ingredient hermetically sealed therein, wherein a beverage outlet region of said capsule comprises: front and back sheets of air- and water-impermeable flexible film material arranged in face-to-face relationship along an edge; a folded strip of flexible film material in the form of a gusset extending inwardly from said edge, wherein at least a central region of said strip is provided with a plurality of perforations or a zone of weakness.
US10940983B2
A closure capsule for closing a container, comprising: —a cap (2) to be associated with a container and comprising a frangible mouth (20); —a cutter (3) comprising a cutting edge (30) designed to open said frangible mouth (20); at least the cap (2) and the cutter (3) in combination defining a reservoir (8) for containing a substance to be dropped into the container when the frangible mouth (20) is opened; —a protective covering (4) for the cap (2) and the cutter (3), separate from the cutter (3) and, in turn, comprising: i) a lateral wall (40) that encloses a zone (402) for at least partially housing the cutter (3); ii) a base (41) from which said lateral wall (40) extends; —transmitting means (5) for transmitting an opening torque, from the covering to the cutter, for opening the frangible mouth (20), said transmitting means (5) comprising a first and a second portion (51, 52) incorporated in the covering (4) and in the cutter (3), respectively; said first portion (51) being incorporated in the base (41).
US10940974B2
A package includes a carton (10) and a plurality of articles (B). The carton includes carton walls (14, 16, 26b/30b) and at least one handle structure (HA2) formed from at least one (26b/30b) of the carton walls. The at least one handle structure includes a tab (44b) formed from the at least one of the carton walls. The tab is hingedly connected, by a hinged connection (42b), to the at least one of the carton walls and arranged to fold at least in part about an article disposed within the carton to form at least a portion of a handle opening (40b) so as to allow a user (U) to grasp a portion of the article and the carton disposed adjacent to the article.
US10940955B2
A sound attenuation device includes an acoustic panel having a first end and a second end spaced from the first end. The first end is configured for attachment to a first mount and the second end is configured for attachment to a second mount. The acoustic panel comprises a permeable skin and a septum, the septum having a length extending between the first end and the second end.
US10940953B1
The Invention is a self-rescue system for an aircraft. The aircraft may be a flight module, a mission module, or a combined flight module and mission module of a modular and morphable air vehicle, or may be any other aircraft. The self-rescue system is modular and interchangeable and provides selectable capability to protect the flight module, the mission module, and any crew or cargo of the mission module in the event that the flight module or mission module suffers mishap or system failure during flight.
US10940949B2
A multi-function lever actuation system includes a control lever having a neutral position and configured to be actuated in a clockwise direction and in a counterclockwise direction. The system further includes a bell crank coupled to the control lever and configured to rotate in an opposite direction from the control lever and to actuate a first controlled component in response to a first rotation of the control lever in a first direction corresponding to the clockwise direction or the counterclockwise direction. The system further includes a first cable coupled to the control lever and configured to actuate a second controlled component in response to a rotation of the control lever in a second direction corresponding to the other of the clockwise direction or the counterclockwise direction.
US10940935B2
An acoustic treatment panel in which each cell includes a plurality of conduits which extend from the porous acoustically resistive structure to the reflective layer of the acoustic treatment panel, each conduit including at least one opening set away from the porous acoustically resistive structure and configured to cause the inside and the outside of the conduit to communicate.
US10940932B2
A modular fuselage for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes a battery module, an avionics module, and a mission payload module. The battery module houses a battery to power the UAV. The avionics module houses flight control circuitry of the UAV. The mission payload module houses equipment associated with a mission of the UAV. The battery module, the avionics module, and the mission payload module are detachable from each other and mechanically securable to each other to contiguously form at least a portion of the modular fuselage of the UAV.
US10940928B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of outboard engines, particularly to a direct-drive electric outboard engine and an outboard engine system for alleviating the problem of the existing outboard engines, i.e., incapability of simultaneously meeting requirements on rev and torque of different types of ships. The direct-drive electric outboard engine includes an external rotor mechanism and a stator mechanism; wherein the external rotor mechanism includes an external stator and an impeller; the external rotor is located outside the stator mechanism; and the impeller is located outside the external rotor.
US10940922B2
A saddle for an aquatic board is disclosed. The saddle is equipped with a strap or straps and/or edge wise clamps, or other suitably firm fastener, to engage and maintain position on the aquatic board positioned beneath the saddle. A user can then stand on the board and squeeze the saddle between their knees and ankles and maintain an enhanced balance on the board or, if fatigued, can sit or kneel alongside or on the saddle and paddle/ride from a seated or kneeling position. The saddle may be inflatable or solid and may include an inner void for storage for personal effects or equipment. The saddle may further include a speaker, cup holder, handles, or other optional features.
US10940920B2
A system can include a float, a winch, a line, and a collapsible fairing. The winch can be coupled to the float. The line can be associated with the winch, where the winch is configured to extend and retract the line. The collapsible fairing can surround the line. Extension and retraction of the line can cause the collapsible fairing to extend and collapse.
US10940917B2
A modular, weight-shift controlled watercraft device is disclosed which includes: a modular board removably attachable to a power system. The power system includes a modular power supply system, and a modular propulsion system. The power supply system includes a housing including a battery. The propulsion system includes a modular strut, a modular propulsion pod, and a modular hydrofoil. In one embodiment, the power supply system is removably and mechanically attachable directly to the propulsion system.
US10940909B2
A wireless receiving device for a human powered vehicle comprises a receiver having a first mode, and a second mode in which the receiver consumes less electric power than in the first mode. A controller is configured to set the receiver with the second mode if the receiver does not receive the communication signal in a first-mode period during which the receiver operates in the first mode. The controller is configured to count a consecutive number of a plurality of no-communication periods if no-communication periods consecutively occur. The controller is configured to set the receiver with the first mode if the consecutive number of the no-communication periods is less than a count threshold. The controller is configured to control the receiver to continue the second mode until a release condition is satisfied if the consecutive number is more than or equal to the count threshold.
US10940908B1
A tool assembly includes a connector and a tool device. The connector has a main member and a driving member, wherein the main member has an expanding portion, and the expanding portion is driven by the driving member. The tool device, which is connected to the connector, has a tool. The connector and the tool device are intended to be received in a handlebar of a bicycle, and the expanding portion presses the handlebar when the expanding portion is enlarged by the driving member to fix the tool assembly to the handlebar.
US10940906B2
The active lighting device of a bicycle includes a first optical system with a first light source for long-distance illumination, controlled by a control unit, and a second optical system with a second light source for short-distance illumination, controlled by the control unit. It includes a light sensor for determining the light intensity of a location in which the bicycle is situated and allows the control unit to adapt the light intensity of the light sources, if they are activated and if the ambient light intensity is below a determined light threshold. Moreover, a speed sensor is provided for determining the speed of the bicycle in use on a path, so that the control unit controls the activation of the first light source from at least one determined speed threshold. An orientation detector is provided for orienting the light sources depending on a curve travelled by the bicycle in use.
US10940888B2
A control apparatus for a rear wheel steering system is provided to control the rear wheel steering system by calculating a target rear wheel steering angle using sensors included in a parking assist system. The control apparatus includes a first sensor and a second sensor spaced apart from each other and mounted on a rear portion of a vehicle, a determiner configured to determine whether a trailer is mounted at a rear side of the vehicle using the first sensor or the second sensor, and a controller configured to control the rear wheel steering system according to a target rear wheel steering angle calculated using the first and second sensors when it is determined that the trailer is mounted at the rear side of the vehicle.
US10940884B2
An exemplary method for identifying and removing load biases correlated to a vehicle braking system includes providing a first vehicle sensor configured to measure a vehicle brake pressure of a vehicle brake assembly, providing a second vehicle sensor configured to measure one or more vehicle characteristics, providing a controller in communication with the first and second vehicle sensors, the vehicle brake assembly, and a vehicle steering system, receiving first sensor data indicative of the vehicle brake pressure and second sensor data indicative of the one or more vehicle characteristics, determining if a first condition is satisfied, and if the first condition is satisfied, generating a characterization table based on the first and second sensor data, and determining a brake-induced steering load from the first and second sensor data, wherein the characterization table includes data indicative of a relationship between the first and second sensor data.
US10940880B2
A stroller includes a frame and a basket disposed on the frame. The basket includes a tube mount, a first tube member, a second tube member and a basket covering. The tube mount is disposed on the frame. The first tube member is connected to the tube mount. The second tube member is rotatably connected to the tube mount and switchable relative to the frame between a folded position and an unfolded position. The basket covering is disposed on the first tube member and the second tube member. A storage space is enclosed by the basket covering, and a volume of the storage space is adjustable by rotation of the second tube member relative to the frame. Furthermore, the present invention further discloses a related basket.
US10940870B1
Systems and methods of visualizing predicted driving risk are provided herein. Vehicle sensor data associated with a vehicle operator may be analyzed. Based on the analysis of the vehicle sensor data, one or more vehicle operation risks associated with the vehicle operator may be predicted. Each vehicle operation risk may be associated with a portion of a vehicle associated with the vehicle operator. Additionally, each vehicle operation risk may be assigned a priority level, e.g., based on predicted likelihood of occurrence, predicted danger to the vehicle operator, predicted damage to the vehicle, etc. A display overview of the vehicle may be presented to the vehicle operator. In the display overview of the vehicle portions of the vehicle associated with each of the predicted vehicle operation risks may be highlighted. The portions may be highlighted differently (using different colors, heavier/lighter shading, etc.) based on the priority level of their associated risks.
US10940859B2
An automatic speed control including repeated autonomous establishment of a setpoint variable regarding a setpoint speed and/or a setpoint acceleration of the vehicle in such a way that the setpoint speed is smaller or equal to a specified or established maximum speed and/or the setpoint acceleration of the vehicle remains smaller or equal to a specified or established maximum acceleration controlling at least one vehicle component by taking into account the autonomously newly established setpoint variable so that an actual speed of the vehicle corresponds to the setpoint speed and/or an actual acceleration of the vehicle corresponds to the setpoint acceleration; and establishing the maximum speed and/or the maximum acceleration by taking into account a measured and/or estimated temperature of a component of a wheel brake caliper and/or a driving variable that is relevant for overheating of the component of the wheel brake caliper.
US10940857B2
A driving control apparatus for a vehicle is disclosed. The driving control apparatus includes: an object detection device configured to detect objects in the vicinity of the vehicle and generate information on the objects; a sensing unit configured to detect a state of the vehicle and generate vehicle state information; and a processor configured to: based on the vehicle state information and the information on the objects, generate information on collision with a first object out of the objects, and based on the information on the collision, generate a control signal for at least one of steering, partial braking, and partial driving of the vehicle and provide the generated control signal so as to control operation of the vehicle after the collision through at least one of a steering control action, a partial braking control action, and a partial driving control action.
US10940855B2
System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to providing auto-parking for a vehicle according to the presence of a passenger. In one embodiment, a method includes, in response to receiving a request for the vehicle to auto-park and to determining the passenger is present within the vehicle, analyzing sensor data about the passenger to generate passenger characteristics that indicate at least an age group for the passenger. The method includes determining whether the age group for the passenger satisfies an auto-park threshold that is based, at least in part, on regulations of a locality in which the vehicle is presently located. The method includes selectively executing auto-parking of the vehicle according to whether the age group of the passenger satisfies the auto-park threshold.
US10940853B2
Provided is a vehicular turning control system that enables immediate stabilization of the vehicle attitude and optimum control for the vehicle turning performance. This vehicular turning control system includes a yaw moment control device, a vehicle attitude stabilization control device, and a torque limiting device. A first torque limiter of the torque limiting device limits a braking/driving torque calculated by a yaw moment controller, in accordance with the slip rate of the wheel and the angular acceleration of the wheel. A second torque limiter of the torque limiting device limits a braking/driving torque calculated by a vehicle attitude stabilization controller, in accordance with the slip rate of the wheel and the angular acceleration of the wheel. The vehicle turning performance is optimally controlled by limiting each braking/driving torque in accordance with the slip rate of the wheel and the angular acceleration of the wheel as described above.
US10940851B2
The technology relates to determining the current state of friction that a vehicle's wheels have with the road surface. This may be done via active or passive testing or other monitoring while the vehicles operates in an autonomous mode. In response to detecting the loss of traction, the vehicle's control system is able to use the resultant information to select an appropriate braking level or braking strategy. This may be done for both immediate driving operations and planning future portions of an ongoing trip. For instance, the on-board system is able to evaluate appropriate conditions and situations for active testing or passive evaluation of traction through autonomous braking and/or acceleration operations. The on-board computer system may share slippage and other road condition information with nearby vehicles and with remote assistance, so that it may be employed with broader fleet planning operations.
US10940847B2
A brake control device adjusts a front wheel braking hydraulic pressure of front wheel cylinders provided on front wheels of a vehicle and a rear wheel braking hydraulic pressure of rear wheel cylinders provided on rear wheels of the vehicle. The brake control device includes a hydraulic pressure generating unit configured to adjust a hydraulic pressure generated by an electric motor to an adjusted hydraulic pressure and apply the adjusted hydraulic pressure as the rear wheel braking hydraulic pressure and a hydraulic pressure correcting unit configured to adjust to decrease the adjusted hydraulic pressure to be a corrected hydraulic pressure, and apply the corrected hydraulic pressure as the front wheel braking hydraulic pressure.
US10940833B2
A device for emitting bubbles in a vehicle wash facility includes a plenum supported with respect to ground. The plenum includes an air inlet with a first area and an air outlet with a second area. The plenum air outlet is in communication with at least one foaming chamber. The foaming chamber includes a generally planar media element disposed therein. The foaming chamber includes a spray jet located therein, which is in communication with a source of chemical. The spray jet configured to emit a chemical onto the generally planar media element. The device also includes a plurality of nozzle portions in communication with the foaming chamber for emitting bubbles therefrom.
US10940831B2
A vehicle entry system that comprises a portable terminal and an onboard device that wirelessly communicates with the portable terminal. The onboard device has a door opening/closing unit that can lock a vehicle door in a closed state and open the vehicle door to a prescribed angle; and an onboard control unit that, on the basis of commands transmitted from an authenticated portable terminal, controls a vehicle drive system and the door opening/closing unit. The portable terminal has a touch panel and a terminal control unit that outputs commands to the onboard control unit. A plurality of icons are displayed on the touch panel includes an advance-and-open-door icon for giving a command to advance the vehicle door and then open the vehicle door; and a reverse-and-open-door icon for giving a command to reverse the vehicle door and, after reversing, to open the vehicle door.
US10940829B1
A method for operating a vehicle that includes an electrical power output is described. In one example, the method includes preventing shifting of transmission gears in response to an external electric power consumer being coupled to an electrical power output receptacle of the vehicle. The method may reduce a possibility of interrupting electrical power that may be supplied to the external electric power consumer.
US10940822B2
A vehicle seat structure that includes: a seatback that is provided at a seat rear side of a seat cushion so as to be able to tilt in a seat front-rear direction with respect to the seat cushion, and that can support an upper body of a vehicle occupant; a headrest that is provided at a side of the seatback, which side is opposite from a side at which the seat cushion is located, and that can support a head portion of the vehicle occupant; and shoulder restraining portions that are provided at the headrest or at the headrest side of the seatback, and that, by protruding out toward a vehicle occupant side at a time of an emergency of a vehicle, restrain both shoulders of the vehicle occupant in a case in which the vehicle occupant has moved along the seatback toward the headrest side.
US10940817B2
A side underride system configured to be coupled to a trailer is disclosed. The side underride system comprises a support system configured to be positioned below the trailer to provide side underride protection. The support system includes a cable system and a brace system. The cable system is configured to couple to the trailer. The brace system includes a plurality of cross-braces that each extend at least partially across a width of the trailer, are spaced apart at intervals along a length of the trailer, and are configured to capture the cable system.
US10940815B2
A bumper beam made of at least one roll formed steel sheet is described. The bumper beam contains an upper beam and a lower beam extending in a transversal direction, the upper beam and the lower beam each having a closed cross-section defined by a front wall, a rear wall, an upper wall and a lower wall, the upper wall and the lower wall joining the front wall to the rear wall, and a central wall extending between the front walls, the rear walls of the upper beam and of the lower beam forming both the lower wall of the upper beam and the upper wall of the lower beam, the central wall extending in at least two different planes.
US10940811B2
A hand hygiene on board of a vehicle includes a washing device including a water supply device, a basin device with a hand receiving device and a water collecting region with a discharge opening, and a drying device including an air discharge device for generating an air stream in the hand receiving region The air discharge device is connected to the hand receiving region and a negative pressure device connected to the air discharge device. The stream of air for the hand drying process is generatable by the negative pressure device. The air discharge device is connected to the discharge opening of the basin device such that air and fluids are discharged via the discharge opening, which forms a common disposal opening. The negative pressure device is additionally designed for suctioning solids thrown into the water collecting region, besides fluids, for disposal over the common disposal opening.
US10940809B2
A process for producing an interior trim part (1) with a decorative layer situated on a first side (S1) thereof and forming a decorative pattern (M) for the interior of a motor vehicle, the process comprising the following steps: (a) formation of at least one cutout configuration (R), defined by a predetermined decorative pattern (M), in a protective layer (120) situated on a first side (S1), which is situated on a first surface (110a) of the shell-shaped base body (110) made of a metallic material, (b) deposition of sinterable decorative material on the first side (S1) in such a way that the decorative material, as an intermediate layer (150), covers at least the area in which the cutout configuration (R) defined by the decorative pattern (M) is formed in the protective layer (120), (c) laser-sintering of the intermediate layer (150) inside the at least one cutout configuration defined by the decorative pattern (M), (d) removal of the sinterable decorative material that is situated outside the at least one cutout configuration defined by the decorative pattern (M), as well as an interior trim part (1).
US10940806B2
An aftermarket vehicle head unit integration cartridge for use with an aftermarket head unit is provided. The aftermarket head unit preferably includes a dedicated slot for insertion of the cartridge. The cartridge preferably supports communication between a plurality of electronic components in the aftermarket head unit and a plurality of electronic components in the vehicle. The plurality of electronic components in the aftermarket head unit may include, for example, an audio processing system, a video processing system, an analog I/O and/or a digital I/O. and/or a plurality of electronic components. The plurality of electronic components in the vehicle may include an audio system, an analog I/O, a digital I/O/databus, and/or a steering wheel control unit. The cartridge may include a flashable memory for use in reconfiguring the cartridge. The cartridge may be configured to capture and condition the signals from at least one of the plurality of the vehicle-based electronic components. The conditioned signals from the vehicle-based electronic components may be conditioned for use by the aftermarket head unit.
US10940804B2
A stowage system (14) is provided for stowing a two-wheeled vehicle (30) in a motor vehicle (12), having a loading floor (16) for depositing the two-wheeled vehicle (30), and a lifting device (20) which can be supported on a load-bearing structure (22) of the motor vehicle (12) for moving the loading floor (16) between a loading position and a stowing position. The loading floor (16) has at least one three-dimensionally shaped first centring means (26) for positioning the two-wheeled vehicle (30) at least in a first coordinate direction relative to the loading floor (16). A two-wheeled vehicle (30) can be stowed in a space-saving manner and protected against damage by of the loading floor (16) which can be lowered and the at least one centring means (26).
US10940801B1
An actuating device for a component includes a shaft, a housing, a clutch ring, a drive gear, and a motor drive engaged with the housing and drivably coupled to the drive gear. The shaft includes a plurality of detent teeth. The housing is movably disposed around the shaft and is coupled to the component. The housing includes a plurality of tabs. The clutch ring is movably disposed around the shaft, and includes a plurality of cam surfaces, a plurality of engagement grooves and a plurality of detent recesses. Each tab of the housing is configured to be at least partially and removably received within a corresponding engagement groove. Each detent recess is configured to releasably engage with a corresponding detent tooth. The drive gear is movably disposed around the shaft and includes a plurality of cam followers. Each cam follower is configured to travel on a corresponding cam surface.
US10940791B2
An Optoelectronic apparatus, systems and methods to avoid the night-time dazzling of a driver's vision produced by the glare from the headlights of other vehicles. The disclosed embodiments include: (a) Intermittent lighting to illuminate the road, at least at times when glare should be avoided, as a substitute for the conventional continuous illumination produced by vehicle headlamps; (b) Synchronization of such intermittent illumination so that vehicles traveling in the same direction exhibit the same intermittent illumination phase and vehicles in opposite directions exhibit opposite intermittent illumination phases; (c) Protection of the driver(s) vision by preventing or attenuating at regular intervals of time the arrival of light into their eyes, including intermittent light pulses received from the already synchronized incoming vehicles; (d) Protection of the driver(s) vision by preventing or attenuating, at regular intervals of time, the arrival of reflected light, via rear-view mirrors, to their eyes, such protection including intermittent light pulses received from the already synchronized vehicles circulating in the same direction and behind said vehicle.
US10940790B1
A system includes a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including determining a current state of a vehicle, the current state determined based on information from sensors, receiving a lighting control signal based on the information received from the sensors, and activating an adjustable and controllable spotlight based on the lighting control signal.
US10940784B1
A cup holder assembly is disclosed herein. The cup holder assembly includes a receptacle defining a cavity and having an engagement feature. A resilient finger is operably coupled to the receptacle and is operable between a disengaged position and an engaged position, wherein the resilient finger is engaged with the engagement feature. A resilient arm is coupled to the resilient finger and is operable to flex from a first position to a second position resilient finger inboard of the first position to allow the resilient finger to move between the disengaged and engaged positions.
US10940774B2
An adjusting device for longitudinal adjustment of a vehicle seat comprising a first rail and a second rail movably guided in a longitudinal direction relative to the first rail includes a guide piece mounted to a side-wall of the first rail, comprising a main body, a plurality of connecting devices for connecting to the first rail, and a positioning device locked in a positioning recess, for positioning the guide piece with respect to the first rail in the longitudinal direction. The connecting devices are formed as hook-like members that are inserted through the locking recesses and grip behind the side-wall to fix guide piece to the first rail. The guide piece comprises a flexible portion connected to the positioning device and the main body, which is configured to bend in a transverse direction when mounting the guide piece to the first rail and to be locked in the positioning recess.
US10940762B2
This assembly, which includes a ground level power supply system of the type using conduction, including conductive tracks arranged on a roadway, and an electric vehicle, capturing electric energy from said tracks it moves on the roadway, is characterized in that the power supply system includes a ground level antenna, configured so as to have a constant radiation chart along a longitudinal axis of the roadway and emitting a positioning signal, and in that the electric vehicle includes an on board antenna and an on board module, connected to the on board antenna and capable of determining a lateral position of a center of the on board antenna relative to the longitudinal axis from the positioning signal captured by the on board antenna.
US10940756B2
A fuel tank vent shutoff valve is provided with a leak countermeasure for preventing liquid fuel leaking from the vent shutoff valve into an evaporative emissions canister. In one embodiment, the vent shutoff valve includes a case disposed over a valve body. The case includes a floor surface surrounding an opening and a cover disposed over the case. The case also includes a flange structure extending away from the floor surface towards an inside surface of the cover. The inside surface includes an annular wall aligned over the opening and extending towards the floor surface of the case. The annular wall includes a first section having a first height that is greater than a second height of a second section. A free end of the first section extends past a free end of the flange structure of the case to prevent fuel from leaking into the evaporative emissions canister.
US10940753B2
Methods and systems are provided for determining a fuel level of a fuel tank. In one example, a method may include transiently powering a fuel level sensor responsive to a fuel tank refilling event to obtain a fuel level measurement, maintaining the fuel level sensor unpowered after obtaining the fuel level measurement, and, while maintaining the fuel level sensor unpowered, inferring the fuel level based the obtained fuel tank fuel level measurement and an amount of fuel consumed since the obtained fuel level measurement. In this way, electrical power consumption by the fuel level sensor is reduced while a fuel level indication is provided.
US10940751B2
An electric vehicle driving device includes a first motor, a second motor, a transmission device to which power of at least one of the first motor and the second motor is transmitted, and an output member that rotates with power output from the transmission device. A rotation axis of the first motor, a rotation axis of the second motor, and a rotation axis of the transmission device are arranged in parallel to a rotation axis of the output member. When seen from an axial direction parallel to the rotation axis of the output member, the rotation axis of the first motor is located on one side of a straight line passing through the rotation axis of the output member and the rotation axis of the transmission device and the rotation axis of the second motor is located on the other side of the straight line.
US10940750B2
An All-Wheel-Drive (AWD), multi-mode, power-split hybrid vehicle employing a drive combining all electric motors and an internal combustion engine, together collocated on a 2-planetary-gear (PG) set. The present teachings are capable of delivering competitive performance while maximizing fuel economy through power-split hybrid design.
US10940749B2
A method of operating a vehicle having a hybrid drive, a transmission with shift elements, a drive output with a brake, a main transmission with input shafts, an output shaft and planetary gear sets (PG1, PG2). The main transmission has five gear planes. One shift element can connect a gear plane to an element of gear set (PG1) adjoining the main transmission. Another shift element couples a further element of gear set (PG1) either to the output shaft or a housing. An electric machine is permanently connected to an element of gear set (PG2). If, while driving with a transmission gear engaged, the drive output brake is engaged for a full brake application, a shift element of the transmission is first relieved by the electric machine and/or a brake assigned to one of the input shafts and then subsequently disengaged to decouple the combustion engine from the drive output.
US10940747B2
The invention relates to a lock assembly for a battery lock-up mechanism, a power battery comprising the lock assembly, a battery lock-up mechanism, a new energy vehicle, and a method for installing/detaching a power battery onto/from a new energy vehicle by using the battery lock-up mechanism of the invention. The lock assembly for battery lock-up mechanism comprises a casing and an stop end plate which define an accommodation space, in which a central pull shaft, an adjustment block and a return spring or the like are disposed. The return spring is sleeved over the central pull shaft. The technical solutions of the invention have a low cost, are easy to operate and are stable and reliable.
US10940732B2
An adjustment control for adjusting a damping curve of a shock absorber includes an aperture seat coupled to a base of the shock absorber. The aperture seat defines a flow tube. A plug, in mechanical communication with a spring, slidably engages the flow tube. A plug nut is threadably coupled to an adjustment nut shaft stud and is in mechanical communication with the spring. An adjustment nut is coupled to the base. The adjustment nut has a non-circular cavity to receive at least a portion of the adjustment nut shaft stud and at least a portion of the non-circular region of the plug nut such that the plug nut cannot rotate relative to the non-circular cavity of the adjustment nut. An adjustment knob causes rotation of the adjustment nut shaft stud. The rotation of the adjustment nut shaft stud causes axial movement of the plug nut.
US10940730B2
An extension-retraction link includes: a stationary shaft having a tubular shape; a first universal joint that connects the stationary shaft to a vehicle body side member; a movable shaft that can slide with respect to the stationary shaft; a second universal joint that connects the movable shaft to a hub carrier; and an actuator that moves the movable shaft. The movable shaft includes: a first plane surface; a second plane surface making an angle with respect to the first plane surface; a third plane surface opposite the first plane surface; and a fourth plane surface opposite the second plane surface. The stationary shaft includes: first to fourth bushes in contact with the first to fourth plane surfaces, respectively; a first elastic member pressing the third bush to the third plane surface; and a second elastic member pressing the fourth bush to the fourth plane surface.
US10940729B2
A motor vehicle multi-link axle having wheel suspension including a lower transverse link and an upper transverse link. A leaf spring extending transversely to a direction of travel of the vehicle and below the upper transverse link. A link element connects an end of the leaf spring to the upper transverse link. The link element having a first connection, connected to the upper transverse link, and a second connection, connected to the leaf spring. The link element adjustable to vary the distance between the first connection and the second connection. The multi-link axle may also include a connecting element that connects the second connection point of the link element to a connection point of the leaf spring, with the connecting adjustable to vary the distance between the second connection point of the link element and the connection point of the connecting element to the leaf spring.
US10940728B2
A vehicle includes a support arm and a suspension element. The suspension element is rotatably connected to a support arm of a vehicle via a mounting pin that extends through an opening on the suspension element, a thrust washer, and a seal. The combination of elements prevent debris from migrating into the connection. The suspension element is configured to connect to a structural element of the vehicle via an upper mount. The suspension element may include a recoil damper having a piston with a plurality of grooves arranged to balance the forces on the piston during and after a recoil event or jounce.
US10940727B2
The disclosure relates to a towing hitch for a work vehicle. The towing hitch includes a retaining element. A coupling member coupled to the retaining element. A guide element having at least one guide channel formed therein; wherein the guide channel is sized to receive a portion of the retaining element. An actuator coupled to at least one surface of the retaining element, wherein the actuator is arranged such that lateral displacement of the actuator moves the retaining element between a first position and a second position within the guide channel of the guide element.
US10940726B2
The invention provides a sensor assembly for force sensing, the sensor assembly comprising: a first portion having a first and a second through hole, a second portion having a third and fourth through hole, and a first pin and a second pin coupling the first portion to the second portion. At least one out of the first and the second pin comprises a magnetoelastic based sensor for outputting a signal corresponding to a stress-induced magnetic flux emanating from a magnetically polarized region of the pin. The magnetoelastic based sensor comprises at least one direction sensitive magnetic field sensor in an at least partially hollow portion of the pin, which field sensor is configured for determination of a shear force in at least one direction. The invention further provides a tow coupling comprising the sensor assembly. The invention further provides a method for detecting a load.
US10940721B2
A tire has cap rubber that forms a contact patch. The cap rubber has a plurality of lugs. A shoulder lug, which among the plurality of lugs is that which is located outwardmost in a tire width direction, has a narrow groove that extends in the tire circumferential direction and that partitions the shoulder lug into a main lug portion toward the interior in the tire width direction, and a sacrificial lug portion toward the exterior in the tire width direction; and low-modulus rubber, for which stress at a given elongation is lower than that of the cap rubber, is arranged at a corner where the contact patch at the main lug portion and a groove side face toward the interior in the tire width direction which forms the narrow groove intersect.
US10940709B2
A printable media including a carrier layer, a fabric layer and a first adhesive. The carrier layer includes a first surface having a first area, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a first rigidity. The fabric layer includes a third surface, a fourth surface opposite the third surface and including a second area, and a second rigidity less than the first rigidity. The fabric layer is secured to the carrier layer by the first adhesive bonding a first portion of the fourth surface to the first surface.
US10940703B2
A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a conveyance roller; a head; a discharge roller; a tray; a memory; and a controller that receives printing data, drives the conveyance roller and the discharge roller to convey a sheet at a first velocity in a conveyance direction, and controls the head to jet liquid on the sheet. The controller obtains a first amount and a second amount based on the printing data. After the liquid is jetted from the head on the first area, the conveyance roller and the discharge roller are driven to convey the sheet at a second velocity slower than the first velocity and to discharge the sheet on the tray, or conveyance of the sheet is stopped for a predefined time and then the sheet is conveyed at the first velocity to be discharged on the tray.
US10940693B1
Disclosed herein are sensor circuits for a replaceable print material container, the sensor circuit to communicate with a printer logic circuit. An example sensor circuit includes a first sensor to detect at least one of a pneumatic stimulus or a pressurization applied by a printer, a second sensor, and an interface to communicate with at least one of a voltage source or a data source of the printer logic circuit. The example sensor circuit also includes logic circuitry, responsive to a class parameter, to: (a) output a first signal based on at least one of the pneumatic stimulus or the pressurization sensed by the first sensor when the class parameter is a first class parameter; and (b) output a second signal based on at least one of an output of the second sensor, different data, or a different algorithm when the class parameter is a second class parameter.
US10940686B2
An integrated circuit device includes a terminal, a switch circuit, an amplifier circuit, a voltage boosting circuit, and a control circuit. The terminal is connected to a driving signal line of a driving circuit that drives an actuator of a liquid droplet ejection head. One end of the switch circuit is connected to the terminal. The amplifier circuit receives an output signal from the other end of the switch circuit, and amplifies an induced voltage of the actuator after the actuator having been driven. The voltage boosting circuit generates a boosted voltage for level-shifting a switching signal of the switch circuit based on the step-up clock signal.
US10940678B2
The present invention provides polyamide compositions comprising (a) at least one high chain-length polyamide [polyamide (PA)]; (b) at least one grafted polyolefin [olefin (PO)]; and (c) at least one aromatic diacid [acid (DA)]. The polyamide composition can be advantageously used as a material to be coated on a surface of metal component.
US10940665B2
A system and method of a structural panel includes a first outer sheet and a second outer sheet, the first outer sheet and second outer sheet including a polygon shape; a core arrangement sandwiched between the first outer sheet and the second outer sheet, the core arrangement comprising two or more discrete members arranged adjacent each other, the discrete members shaped or structured to reduce crack initiation and propagation within the core arrangement.
US10940661B2
A single piece expansion plug and method of using the same in connection with a tool is provided. The plug has an inner recess extending partially into a top of the plug, the inner recess defining a tapered inner wall. The plug is installed with a tool having a tapered end at a greater angle with respect to the taper inner wall. The tool presses against the tapered inner wall to expand the plug against a hole. The tool includes a pin that retracts against a spring to seat the plug in the hole to be sealed such that the pin contacts the plug prior to the tapered inner wall and tapered end coming into contact.
US10940658B2
A cutting mechanism is provided for a dunnage conversion machine 10 that selectively cuts dunnage sheet stock drawable through the cutting mechanism. The cutting mechanism includes a frame and a pair of opposed cutting blades through which the sheet stock is drawable. The cutting blades include a driven blade and a biased blade, each supported relative to the frame for movement into and out of contact with one another. The driven blade is movable towards the biased blade to cut the sheet stock. The biased blade is biased against movement away from the driven blade to allow for self-adjustability to counter wear of one or both of the opposed blades. Contact of the opposed blades with one another causes the biased blade to be deflected away from the driven blade.
US10940655B2
A bodymaker includes a totaling crankshaft including an offset crank, the adjustable eccentric assembly including an eccentric shell assembly. The eccentric shell assembly is operatively coupled to the crankshaft crank. A primary connection rod is operatively coupled to the eccentric shell assembly. A ram assembly is operatively coupled to the primary connection rod. The ram assembly includes an elongated ram. In this configuration, the ram reciprocates over a stroke that is a function of the orientation of the eccentric shell assembly. Further, in an exemplary embodiment, the ram assembly is structured to adjust the range of the ram body stroke through a die pack without substantially decoupling a number of substantial components.
US10940652B2
A repair device for repairing a hole in a part includes a resin tank and an injector endpiece connected to the tank. The endpiece is designed to be inserted in the hole. The endpiece includes at least one injection orifice enabling resin to be injected into at least one cavity situated around the endpiece. The endpiece can be extracted from the hole after the resin has hardened.
US10940649B2
A reinforcing structure made of a sheet-like cellular base material which comprises material attenuations (3) in a distribution over its area in a view from above, wherein the material attenuations sub-divide the base material into a multitude of material islands (1R; 1T) which are delineated from each other by the material attenuations (3) but are still connected to each other, wherein (a) the material islands (1R; 1T) are convex base polygons in a view from above; (b) a respective plurality of the material islands (1R; 1T) jointly form a convex and preferably regular compound polygon (1H) in a view from above; and (c) the compound polygons (1H) differ, in their number of corners and/or in a ratio of the lengths of their sides, from the base polygons which form the material islands (1R; 1T).
US10940648B2
A three dimensional permeable thermoplastic tape useful for joining of layers of fiber tows (plies) together so as to form highly toughened resin infused structures. In one or more embodiments, the tape is manufactured using three dimensional printing and is applied between layers of fiber tows so as to tack the layers of fiber tows in place and prevent movement of the layers of fiber tows.
US10940643B2
A method of removing a printed item from a 3D printer. The method may include loading a print bed into a 3D printer, where a bottom surface of the print bed may be removably attached to a print stage. The printed item may be printed by a tool head of the 3D printer atop the print bed. The print bed together with the printed item may be unloaded from the 3D printer upon completion of the printing, where unloading the print bed may include detaching the print bed from the print stage. The printed item may then be released from the print bed.
US10940636B2
One example of a flexible structure includes an elongate body having a first end and a second end, and the first end is configured to be releasably connected to the second end. As well, one or more living hinges are positioned in the elongate body between the first end and the second end, and the one or more living hinges are configured and arranged to enable the first end and second end to be moved toward each other. Finally, the flexible structure is configured to alternatively assume at least a flat state and an assembled state, and in the assembled state, the first end of the elongate body is connected to the second end of the elongate body.
US10940632B2
A liquid blow molding method of molding a synthetic resin preform having a mouth portion into a liquid container of a predetermined shape, the method including: an air-liquid replacement step of exhausting the air inside the preform to the outside while a liquid is supplied into the preform from the mouth portion through a blow nozzle; an air-liquid separation step of separating the air from the liquid inside the preform by rotating the preform about an axial center of the mouth portion; and a blow molding step of molding the preform into a container of a predetermined shape by supplying a pressurized liquid into the preform from the mouth portion through the blow nozzle, after the air-liquid separation step.
US10940607B2
The invention relates to a machining device, in particular for machining workpieces made from wood, wood materials, plastic or the like, having at least one workpiece table with a first workpiece holder for holding at least one workpiece, furthermore with a second workpiece holder for holding at least one workpiece, wherein the workpiece can be positioned in at least two dimensions, advantageously in three dimensions, during a re-clamping operation from the first workpiece holder into the second workpiece holder.
US10940605B2
A power tool includes a housing and a motor disposed in the housing. The motor has an axial face and a motor shaft extending from the axial face. The power tool also includes a spindle driven by the motor about an output axis, a motor plate having a central opening defining an inner surface of the motor plate, and a tolerance ring coupled to the inner surface of the motor plate. The tolerance ring has deformable waves. The motor plate is coupled to the motor by engagement of the deformable waves with the motor to take up tolerances between the motor plate and the motor.
US10940596B2
A manually operated hair trimming device having a barrel which is rolled over hair to be trimmed. The barrel has at least one aperture through which hair is able to protrude. The device has a first cutting blade provided inside the barrel and a second cutting blade is associated with the barrel. In use, as the barrel is rolled over hair to be trimmed, hair protrudes through the at least one aperture and is cut by a shearing force between relatively moving first and second cutting blades.
US10940589B2
The application relates to a haptic system comprising a haptic device that has an end effector terminal and a transmission structure which can generate a translational movement as an output variable, said translational movement extending from the transmission structure to the end effector terminal via a boom such that the end effector terminal moves in a manner that is perceptible to a user, the transmission structure being formed by means of driven linear shafts. The application further relates to a method for operating a haptic system comprising a haptic device.
US10940588B2
The invention relates to an improved robotic arm apparatus and associated method which improves a robot configured in a “delta” arrangement. The robotic arm apparatus is arranged with three substantially identical movable arm assemblies connected together with three linear actuators in a triangular configuration such that each end of each linear actuator has at least one translational degree of freedom.
US10940586B2
In a method for correcting a target position, a three-dimensional matrix is formed by piling up, in a Z-direction at predetermined intervals, matrix planes each formed by continuously connecting, in X- and Y-directions, quadrangular areas that are parallel to an XY-plane and each have a reference point, and a target position of a work robot designated in an operation space of the three-dimensional matrix is corrected. In this method, a first block and a second block are set which are individually contiguous with the specific block, and the target position is corrected based on respective reference points in the upper area and the lower area of the specific block, the first block, and the second block and the measured deviation amount of the work robot from the reference points.
US10940581B2
A cleaning device having a cleaning head assembly and a handle assembly is provided. The assemblies are removably attached to one another by a locking mechanism that includes a female attachment portion having a receptacle and being affixed to a cleaning head, and a male attachment portion having a locking projection and being affixed to a handle and adapted for removable engagement with the female attachment portion. The locking projection on the male attachment portion is biased to engage the receptacle in the female attachment portion so as to releaseably lock the cleaning head and the handle together.
US10940572B2
A method for determining lubricant consumption by a transmission mechanism disposed on a machine tool includes steps of: a) estimating, based on an operational speed and a predetermined first predictive model, a total operational physical quantity; b) estimating, based on an individual operational physical quantity and the total operational physical quantity, a total operational count; c) receiving actuation information from the machine tool, and calculating a partial operational count based on the actuation information; and d) calculating, based on the partial operational count and the total operational count, a ratio between an amount of lubricant consumption within a time period and a total amount of lubricant.
US10940563B2
A simultaneous laser welding apparatus of a vehicle light comprising a placement support for a container body and a lenticular body of a vehicle light welded together at reciprocal perimeter profiles, a plurality of laser sources, a plurality of optical fibres associated with the laser sources at input ends for transmitting the light beams, a fibre-holder support device for blocking output ends of the optical fibres in predetermined positions, spaced apart by a pitch, a light guide provided with at least one seat which receives the light beams coming from the output ends of the optical fibres, to a light output wall which sends the light beams towards the welding interface. A single optical fibre is associated with each laser source.
US10940547B2
A flash removal device includes a frame, a first servo motor, a bottom plate, an adapter shaft, a shaft sleeve, a radial bearing, a lower end cover, a pedestal, a pressure bearing, a base, a clamping cylinder, connecting plates, first guide rail sliding seats, first linear guide rails, mounting racks, rotary press-down cylinders, first sleeves, first bearings, first rotating shafts, a first gland, clamping rollers, etc. The flash removal device can meet the requirements of flash removal from a wheel blank, has the characteristics of simple structure, stable detection performance, high positioning precision, simple operation and the like, and is very suitable for automatic batch production.
US10940544B2
A centering guide cage apparatus for interior wall drilling includes a drill-bit holder, a flange bearing, a centering guide cage, a flexible casing, a hand-grip turnbuckle, and a flexible drill shaft. The centering guide cage, equipped with plurality of shape-memory supports, is terminally connected to an outer race of the flange bearing. The centering guide cage is terminally connected a distal end of the flexible casing from the opposite end. The hand-grip turnbuckle is terminally pressed against a proximal end of the flexible casing. A distal end of the flexible drill shaft is terminally connected to the drill-bit holder as the flexible drill shaft traverses through the flange bearing, the centering guide cage, the flexible casing, and the hand-grip turnbuckle. The flexible drill shaft is radially connected within an inner race of the flange bearing, wherein a proximal end of the flexible drill shaft is engaged with a drill driver.
US10940542B2
The invention relates to a clamping bushing (21) for clamping in a bore (3) of a component (2), in particular of a workpiece to be clamped, wherein the clamping bushing (21) is radially contracted in a relaxed state such that the clamping bushing (21) can be inserted into the bore (3) and pulled out of the bore (3), whereas the clamping bushing (21) is radially expanded in a stressed state such that the lateral surface of the clamping bushing (21) forms a mechanical connection to the inner wall of the bore (3). According to the invention, the mechanical connection between the lateral surface of the clamping bushing (21) and the inner wall of the bore (3) is positive-locking and consists of a threaded connection. The invention further relates to a corresponding clamping device (1). An essential feature of the invention is also the possibility of being able to exchange the clamping bolt (tension anchor) by means of a bayonet coupling without having to open hydraulic lines and without removing the clamping element from the device.
US10940541B2
A shrink fit adapter for a collet chuck has a rear holding area that can be mounted inside a collet chuck and a front receiving area for holding a tool shank. A through opening runs from a front face of the receiving area to a rear face of the holding area. A clamping area extends into the rear holding area. Here, the adapter is formed with a plurality of slots, which extend radially outward from the through opening and are distributed over the circumference. The slots are arranged in a central area of the through opening and the front ends of the slots are spaced apart from the front face of the receiving area.
US10940509B2
The present discloses a system for washing and de-icing of aircrafts. The preset invention provides a hangar comprising three gantries to ensure different steps of the washing or the de-icing process. The structure of the gantries is essentially made of telescopic arms allowing more flexibility on the positioning of nozzle clusters during the washing and de-icing process. The use of such a mechanical system is easily accommodated to different aircraft bodies regardless their sizes. The whole functionality and positioning of the system is ensured by a programmable system.
US10940505B2
Methods and systems for coating metal substrates are provided. The methods and systems include sequential application of low flow and high flow powder coatings followed by a single heating step to provide a cured coating. The methods and systems include a marker that allows coating uniformity to be monitored and assessed during application. The described methods provide coatings with optimal surface smoothness and edge coverage.
US10940504B2
To provide a surface treatment method for hydrophilizing a surface of a treatment target and preventing charging by a simple and easy method and an anti-static agent. The present invention provides a surface treatment method. The method comprises an anti-static treatment step of coating a treatment target with an anti-static agent comprising an electrolyte (e1), a hydrophilic polymer (a) and water, and having electrical conductivity of 15 mS/m or more to obtain a coated film (A), drying the coated film (A) to obtain an anti-static layer, and a hydrophilizing treatment step of coating the anti-static layer with a hydrophilizing treatment agent comprising a hydrophilic polymer (b) and an alcohol to obtain a coated film (B), and drying the coated film (B), followed by rinsing thereof.
US10940503B2
Plant for making decorations on a bituminous membrane including a feed device configured to feed the bituminous membrane at a determinate speed in a direction, and at least two depositing apparatuses disposed one in series with the other in the direction and configured to deposit solid particles on the bituminous membrane according to respective patterns in order to obtain respective decorations on the bituminous membrane. The depositing apparatuses each includes a transfer member configured to receive, support and transfer the solid particles from a respective feed device, to the surface to be enhanced of the bituminous membrane.
US10940501B2
A method of controlling application of at least one material to a substrate is provided. The method includes configuring at least one array having a plurality of micro-applicators such that a subset of the micro-applicators is individually addressable to apply the at least one material to the substrate. Individually addressing the subset of micro-applicators provides control of a pattern width of a coating applied to a substrate, control of a flow rate of the material applied to the substrate, control of an angle of application of the material to the substrate, control of which and how many materials are applied to the substrate, and combinations thereof.
US10940490B2
A rotor assembly includes a rotor plate to rotate around a first axis; a bucket rotatably attached to the rotor plate and to rotate around a second axis; and a stop plate to rotate around the first axis relative to the rotor plate between an open position and a closed position, when in the closed position, the stop plate is to engage the bucket to fix an angular position of the bucket relative to a plane of rotation of the rotor assembly.
US10940488B2
A method and device for slurrying a suspension, the device including a mixing container with an inlet opening configured to introduce the suspension into the mixing container, a distributor element having a collecting container and an outlet arm fastened to the collecting container, and a shaft with a longitudinal axis, with the shaft and the distributor element arranged inside the mixing container, and the distributor element rotatable around the shaft. The collecting container has a collecting opening that permits passage of the suspension from the inlet opening into the distributor element, the outlet arm has an outflow opening that lets the suspension leave the distributor element, and the outlet arm permitting the suspension to flow out of the distributor element, with a flow of the suspension causing a torque on the distributor element so that the torque supports a rotation around the shaft.
US10940487B2
A magnetic particle separating valve that includes a valve body adapted for allowing particulate matter to flow vertically through the valve from an upstream to a downstream side. A discharge flow control apparatus is positioned in the valve body and includes a plurality of blades positioned in the valve body and movable between a fully open to a fully closed position to control the rate of discharge of material from the valve. Each of the plurality of blades includes a magnet positioned on the respective blade in a flow proximity position to attract and remove magnetically attractable particles from the particulate matter flowing past the blades.
US10940485B2
A purification system and method may include a container receiving portion, pump, and magnetic field generating element. The container receiving portion may be configured to receive and support a container containing a mixture. Magnetic beads may be added to the container for separating a target substance from a remainder of the mixture. The magnetic field generating element may be movable relative to the container receiving portion between a non-working position remote from the container receiving portion and a working position adjacent an outer periphery of the container receiving portion. In the working position, the magnetic field generating element may attract the magnetic beads and hold them firmly against an interior surface of the container. While the magnetic beads are immobilized by the magnetic field generating element, the pump may remove the mixture from the container, leaving behind the magnetic beads bound tightly but reversibly to the target substance.
US10940479B2
A collection bottle and a method for detecting a characteristic of a sample are provided. The collection bottle includes a body and a cover. The body of the collection bottle has an accommodating space. The cover of the collection bottle is removably assembled to the body of the collection bottle, and the cover includes a channel and a testing part. The channel of the collection bottle communicates the accommodating space and the outside environment. While the cover of the collection bottle is assembled to the body, the testing part extends toward the accommodating space.
US10940476B2
A device for high-throughput multi-parameter functional profiling of the same cells in multicellular settings and in isolation is provided. In certain aspects, an integrated microfluidic device for multi-parameter metabolic and other phenotypic profiling of live biological cells is useable with: 1) multicellular clusters or small biopsy tissue samples, 2) cultures of the constituent cells obtained after cluster/tissue dissociation, and 3) the same constituent single cells in isolation. The approach enables study of the effects of multicellular complexity, such as in response to treatment, pathogens, stress, or other factors concerning disease origination and progression. Measurements may be performed on single cells or multicellular populations or tissues in the same assay at the same time.
US10940473B2
Nucleic acid from cells and viruses sampled from a variety of environments may purified and expressed utilizing microfluidic techniques. Individual or small groups of cells or viruses may be isolated in microfluidic chambers by dilution, sorting, and/or segmentation. The isolated cells or viruses may be lysed directly in the microfluidic chamber, and the resulting nucleic acid purified by exposure to affinity beads. Subsequent elution of the purified nucleic acid may be followed by ligation and cell transformation, all within the same microfluidic chip. Cell isolation, lysis, and nucleic acid purification may be performed utilizing a highly parallelized microfluidic architecture to construct gDNA and cDNA libraries.
US10940471B1
Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method of regenerating at least one filter medium comprising: providing at least one filter medium, wherein the at least one filter medium comprises: at least one catalyst material; and ammonium bisulfate (ABS) deposits, ammonium sulfate (AS) deposits, or any combination thereof; flowing a flue gas stream transverse to a cross-section of a filter medium, such that the flue gas stream passes through the cross section of the at least one filter medium, wherein the flue gas stream comprises: NOx compounds comprising: Nitric Oxide (NO), and Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2); and increasing an NOx removal efficiency of the at least one filter medium after removal of deposits.
US10940470B2
The invention relates to ylide-functionalized phosphane ligands, the production of same and use in transition metal compounds, as well as the use of same as catalysts in organic reactions.
US10940467B2
The present invention provides an improved method for making molecular sieves having MWW framework structure using precipitated aluminosilicates (PAS), and the use of molecular sieves so made in processes for catalytic conversion of hydrocarbon compounds.
US10940460B2
An intercalated, modified and calcined smectite clay comprising (a) pillars comprising aluminum and: (i) at least one rare earth or lanthanide group metal; or (ii) at least one rare earth or lanthanide group metal and gallium; and (b) at least one ion-exchanged metal selected from the group consisting of aluminum, barium, beryllium, calcium, cerium, cesium, copper, chromium, gadolinium, gallium, germanium, hafnium, holmium, iron (II and III), lanthanum, lithium, magnesium, manganese, neodymium, potassium, praseodymium, rubidium, samarium, silver, selenium, sodium, strontium, tellurium, terbium, thallium, thorium, tin, titanium, uranium, ytterbium, yttrium, zinc and zirconium; wherein the clay is characterized by a basal d001 spacing equal to or greater than about 18.5 angstroms; and processes for making. The modified clays are suitably used as catalyst support-activators and when used in combination with metallocene catalyst precursor components, can provide active catalysts for polymerizing at least one olefin, preferably in the substantial absence of aluminoxanes or boron-containing compounds.
US10940453B2
The polymerization stability and the chemical stability and the water resistance of resin films are improved. A surfactant composition according to an embodiment contains a surfactant (A) represented by general formula (1) and an anionic surfactant (B) having a hydrophobic group different from that of the surfactant (A). R1 represents an alkyl group with 8 to 14 carbon atoms, A represents an alkylene group with 2 to 4 carbon atoms, and n representing an average number of moles of an oxyalkylene group added represents 1 to 100.
US10940449B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to extracting the liquid from a container (such as a bottle of wine) using a needle adapted to pierce the closure of a container of liquid, dispense liquid from the container, and supply an inert gas to the container to help preserve the liquid.
US10940446B2
A multi-reservoir feeding/dosing apparatus for the delivery of at least two substances in discrete form includes first and second conveying elements in which the discharge end thereof are a close fit in a discharge bushing thereby to ensure that the correct dosage of each substance is discharged on a consistent basis. Each conveying element is in its respective reservoir. At least one motor drives both conveying elements, with each rotational direction of the motor actuating a corresponding one of the conveying elements.
US10940445B2
Disclosed is a membrane surface modification method. The method is applicable to a variety of hydrophobic membranes by doping selected inorganic particles. One act of the method involves the in-situ embedment of the inorganic particles onto the membrane surface by dispersing the particles in a non-solvent bath for polymer precipitation. Further membrane surface modification can be achieved by hydrothermally growing new inorganic phase on the embedded particles. The embedment of particles is for the subsequent phase growth.
US10940441B2
Chemically inert, mechanically tough, cationic metallo-polyelectrolytes designed as durable anion-exchange membranes (AEMs) via ring-opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of cobaltocenium-containing cyclooctene with triazole as the only linker group, followed by backbone hydrogenation to provide a new class of AEMs with a polyethylene-like framework and alkaline-stable cobaltocenium cation for ion transport, which exhibit excellent thermal, chemical and mechanical stability, as well as high ion conductivity.
US10940426B2
A method of adsorbing a highly reactive gas onto an adsorbent material comprising adsorbing the highly reactive gas to the adsorbent material. The adsorbent material comprises at least one Lewis basic functional group, or pores of a size to hold a single molecule of the highly reactive gas, or inert moieties which are provided to the adsorbent material at the same time at the same time as the highly reactive gas, prior to adsorbing the highly reactive gas or after adsorbing the highly reactive gas, or the highly reactive gas reacts with moieties of the adsorbent material resulting in passivation of the adsorbent material. A rate of decomposition of the adsorbed highly reactive gas is lower than a rate of decomposition for the neat gas at equal volumetric loadings and equal temperatures for both the adsorbed highly reactive gas and the neat gas.
US10940422B2
An air purifier is provided. The air purifier according to an exemplary embodiment includes a body including an air inlet and an air outlet, an air blowing unit disposed in an inside of the body, the air blowing unit being configured to forcibly introduce outside air into the inside of the body through the air inlet and discharge air into the air outlet, a filter unit rotatably disposed between the air blowing unit and the air inlet, a driving motor configured to rotate the filter unit, and a cleaning member detachably connected to a vacuum cleaner and disposed in proximity to the filter unit to guide contaminants adhering to the filter unit to be flown into the vacuum cleaner.
US10940417B1
An air purification system to remove dust and other particulate matter from passing air is disclosed. The air purification system includes a housing. The housing includes a plurality of vents provided. Further, the housing includes an opening provided at a bottom of the housing. The air purification system includes a door hingedly coupled to the housing. Further, the air purification system includes an air filter removably inserted into the housing through the opening. The air filter is aligned with the plurality of vents. The door is closed to form a closed structure with the housing. The air filter is used to filter air passing through the plurality of vents and to collect dust and particulate matter. The air purification system is used as a standalone device such as forced air heating and air conditioning system or as an accessory to an existing forced air heating and air conditioning systems.
US10940412B2
A purification device comprises a main body having an open extending horizontally; a rotator in the opening to be rotatably mounted on the main body; and a manipulation structure spaced from and above the rotator and rotatably connected to a top face of the main body, the manipulation structure protruding forward of the main body. The device also includes a water-outlet module with a fixed cover fixed to the rotator through the opening, the fixed cover protruding forward of the main body, and a top of the fixed cover being connected to a bottom of the manipulation structure; a vertically-movable cover held in contact with the fixed cover; and a water-outlet nozzle mounted onto a bottom of the vertically-movable cover. When the vertically-movable cover rises to a highest level, a top of the vertically-movable cover is located in a space between the rotator and the manipulation structure.
US10940410B2
A fluid purification device includes a screen plate, a first filtration layer, a second filtration layer, a third filtration layer, a main body, and a dispensing plate. The screen plate has a plurality of inflow holes for filtering particles in fluid passing therethrough. Around a periphery of the screen plate, several convex sections are arranged and spaced apart from one another. The main body is hollow and has an open top and an open bottom opposite to the open top. Around an inner wall of the open top, several concave sections are arranged and spaced apart from one another. The concave section is shaped in conformity with the convex section, so that the screen plate can be secured to the open top of the main body.
US10940408B2
Downflow hydrocarbon liquid device having a cylindrical upper part, a frustoconical lower part, an outlet pipe and a vortex-limiting system or vortex-breaker, with at least one flat blade and a hydrocarbon feedstocks conversion method employing the device.
US10940405B2
The invention relates to a filter element for filtering a fluid passing through the filter element with a group of first channels, in which each first channel extends from a first end to a second end and each first channel has on its first end an inlet opening through which the fluid to be filtered can flow into the respective first channel and is closed at its second end, and a group of second channels, in which each second channel extends from a first end to a second end and each second channel has at its second end an outlet opening through which the filtered fluid can flow out of the respective second channel and is closed at its first end, wherein at least one first channel is arranged adjacent to a second channel and the first channel is separated from the second channel by a partition wall, wherein the partition wall is formed of a filter medium through which the fluid to be filtered can flow from the first channel into the second channel, wherein the filter medium is a coalescence filter medium.
US10940398B2
A combination has a flat fabric doll with applied grommets for attaching reversible clothing and accessories. A doll head and torso joins by sewing to a front surface with arms and legs extending from beneath and adding depth to the doll. Grommets join to the torso and to reversible clothing. A brad or button threaded with pipe cleaner passes through the reversible clothing grommet and the doll torso grommet and exits the rear surface and bends for securement. A grommet applied above the head on the front surface receives a fabric loop for holding flat a doll during play. The invention also has another loop or label upon the rear surface that secures the doll to a stand by slipping over an upright pole of the stand.
US10940381B1
A golf swing training system includes light source(s) configured to emit light beam(s), one or more sensors configured to sense the emitted light beam(s) from the light source(s), one or more feedback indicators configured to indicate the path of the golf club and/or an angle of a club face of the golf club, and a control circuit in communication with the one or more feedback indicators and the one or more sensors. The control circuit is configured to receive one or more signals from at least one of the sensors, and in response to receiving the one or more signals, turn on at least one of the feedback indicators to output the audible sound or light to indicate the path of the golf club and/or the angle of the club face of the golf club.
US10940376B2
Described herein is a system of golf clubs having shafts with ascending weights (shaft weights that increase as shaft lengths decrease). The system of golf clubs can be manufactured by implementing a method called “stepping”, which allows the system of golf clubs with ascending weights to be manufactured with reduced quantity of inventory.
US10940368B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having excellent shot feeling on driver shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a core and at least one cover covering the core, wherein a material for forming the core has a loss tangent difference Δ tan δ (tan δ−80−tan δ−40) of 0.12 or more between a loss tangent tan δ−80 at −80° C. and a loss tangent tan δ−40 at −40° C.
US10940363B2
Embodiments described herein are directed to a device and method of using the device for shoulder rehabilitation.
US10940361B2
An aquatic exercise system may include a water tank including a watertight entrance that may allow a user enter and exit the water tank. The aquatic exercise system may further include a vertical watertight gate that may be disposed within the water tank and divide an interior of the water tank into a first tank portion and a second tank portion, a treadmill assembly that may be disposed within the second tank portion, and a water circulation mechanism that may be connected in fluid communication with the first tank portion and the second tank portion and transfer the water between the first tank portion and the second tank portion.
US10940355B1
The invention relates to the technical field of exercise resistance bands, and particularly to an exercise resistance band with silicone massage dots, which enables massage at the time of fitness and is convenient to wear, and has the advantages of improving the storage effect and reducing the occupied area after storage. The exercise resistance band comprises an elastic hand, a hook-and-loop fastener and two elastic pull-up bands, wherein multiple sets of protruding silicone massage dots are adhered and fixed to an inner side of the elastic band, the hook-and-loop fastener comprises a hook and a loop, and the two elastic pull-up bands are respectively fixed on left and right sides of the elastic band.
US10940352B2
Systems and compositions for suppressing and extinguishing several classes of fire, e.g. Class D, fires are disclosed. The composition includes some form of powdered Aloe vera, a bio-surfactant, a thickening agent, and a diol. The composition may be mixed with paint to coat a structure thus protecting the structure from fire. The composition may also be mixed with epoxy resin for coating a structure also for fire protection. The composition may also be in the form of a gel in canisters for extinguishing fire.
US10940344B2
A tank on a firefighting aircraft initially is loaded with water. A polymer gel emulsion vessel is provided on the aircraft, but is not activated and mixed with tank water until such polymer gel preparation is initiated by an operator. When initiated, a pump pulls water from the tank and doses it with gel emulsion. Double elbows and/or the pump impeller fully activates the polymer gel. The activated polymer gel is mixed within the tank by one of a variety of systems including mixing paddles or sparging with gas. In one embodiment, a hollow tower of telescoping form has a float to keep an upper end near a surface in the tank and a sparging gas entry is a controlled distance below the surface, such that gas of limited pressure, such as from a ram air inlet can sparge and mix the water and activated polymer gel emulsion effectively.
US10940335B2
An ultrasound stimulation helmet (100) configured to regulate an endogenous neurotrophic factor in a brain or expression of proteins related to a neurodegenerative disease comprises: a main body (1) having a forehead perimeter adjustment knob (12), a back head perimeter adjustment knob (13), a fastening support frame (14), and multiple position adjustment knobs (15); and multiple ultrasound probes (2) detachably mounted on the main body (1), wherein the ultrasound probe (2) has a frequency adjustment button and an intensity adjustment button to respectively control an output frequency and output intensity of the ultrasound probe (2), and other ultrasound parameters and an angle of the ultrasound probe (2) itself are adjustable as well. The fastening support frame (14) can be used to adjust the length of the main body (1) according to the size of a head of a patient, and the ultrasound probes (2) are connected to the position adjustment knobs (15) to enable the ultrasound probes (2) to move upward, downward, or toward the left or right with respect to the head of the patient.
US10940329B2
A phosphor-containing drug activator activatable from a Monte Carlo derived x-ray exposure for treatment of a diseased site. The activator includes an admixture or suspension of one or more phosphors capable of emitting ultraviolet and visible light upon interaction with x-rays, wherein a distribution of the phosphors in the diseased target site is based on a Monte Carlo derived x-ray dose. A system for treating a disease in a subject in need thereof, includes the drug activator and a photoactivatable drug, one or more devices which infuse the photoactivatable drug and the activator including the pharmaceutically acceptable carrier into a diseased site in the subject; and an x-ray source which is controlled to deliver the Monte Carlo derived x-ray exposure to the subject for production of ultraviolet and visible light inside the subject to activate the photoactivatable drug.
US10940325B2
An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) receives a cardiac electrical signal by a sensing circuit while operating in a sensing without pacing mode and detects asystole based on the cardiac electrical signal. The ICD determines, in response to detecting the asystole, if asystole backup pacing is enabled, and automatically switches to a temporary pacing mode in response to the asystole backup pacing being enabled. Other examples of detecting asystole and providing a response to detecting asystole by the ICD are described herein.
US10940322B2
Implantable devices and/or sensors can be wirelessly powered by controlling and propagating electromagnetic waves in a patient's tissue. Such implantable devices/sensors can be implanted at target locations in a patient, to stimulate areas such as the heart, brain, spinal cord, or muscle tissue, and/or to sense biological, physiological, chemical attributes of the blood, tissue, and other patient parameters. The propagating electromagnetic waves can be generated with sub-wavelength structures configured to manipulate evanescent fields outside of tissue to generate the propagating waves inside the tissue. Methods of use are also described.
US10940321B2
Systems, interfaces, and methods are described herein for evaluation and adjustment cardiac therapy. The systems, interfaces, and methods may utilize, or include, a graphical user interface to display various information with respect to a plurality of external electrodes and electrical activity monitored using such external electrodes and to allow a user to adjust what information to display.
US10940320B2
Presented herein are distributed implantable hearing systems that have at least a main implant module that is physically separated from a distally positioned inner radio-frequency (RF) coil. Embodiments presented herein may include a main implant module positioned within a recipient's mastoid and an implantable coil positioned within a recipient's middle ear cavity.
US10940317B2
A therapeutic neuromodulation system configured for providing therapy to a patient. The therapeutic neuromodulation system comprises a plurality of electrical terminals configured for being respectively coupled to a plurality of electrodes implanted within tissue, analog output circuitry configured for delivering therapeutic electrical energy between the plurality of electrical terminals in accordance with a set of modulation parameters that includes a defined current value, a voltage regulator configured for supplying an adjustable compliance voltage to the analog output circuitry, and control/processing circuitry configured for automatically performing a compliance voltage calibration process at a compliance voltage adjustment interval by periodically computing an adjusted compliance voltage value as a function of a compliance voltage margin. The control/processing circuitry may also be configured for automatically adjusting at least one of the compliance voltage adjustment interval and the compliance voltage margin during the compliance voltage calibration process.
US10940316B2
A neurostimulation system provides for capture verification and stimulation intensity adjustment to ensure effectiveness of vagus nerve stimulation in modulating one or more target functions in a patient. In various embodiments, stimulation is applied to the vagus nerve, and evoked responses are detected to verify that the stimulation captures the vagus nerve and to adjust one or more stimulation parameters that control the stimulation intensity.
US10940310B2
Described here are devices, systems, and methods for treating one or more conditions, such as allergic rhinitis, non-allergic rhinitis, nasal congestion, ocular allergy, and/or symptoms associated with these conditions, by providing stimulation to nasal or sinus tissue. In some variations, the handheld devices may have a stimulator body and a stimulator probe having one or more nasal insertion prongs, and the nasal insertion prongs may be configured to deliver an electrical stimulus to the tissue.
US10940307B2
Fluid transfer device and method that allows for sterile wet connections, allows the connection to be reversed, and allows the connection to be reconnected, while leaving the connectors sterile and reusable under pressure. In certain embodiments, the device includes a first member and a second member, the latter adapted to receive the former in locking engagement upon actuation of the device to create fluid communication between the two in a sterile manner. Each of the members include a door that when opened, allows the first member to be linearly displaced into the second member to allow fluid to be transferred. When fluid transfer is complete, the first member can be retracted from the second member, and the doors closed.
US10940305B2
A connector device includes a connector. An electrical lead wire is positioned in the connector. The electrical lead wire is configured to provide communication between the connector device and an external device. In certain embodiments, the electrical lead wire includes a contact point on a surface of the connector for electrically coupling the connector device to the external device. In addition to or as an alternative to the electrical lead wire, the connector device may include an optical coupling or channel in the connector configured for optical light transmission between the connector device and the external device.
US10940301B2
The devices 400, 500 include microneedles 450, 550 that may be separable from the drug delivery devices, control drug release rate and/or direction, or a combination thereof. When the microneedles are separable, a force applied to the drug delivery devices may be effective to penetrate a biological tissue with the microneedles and then to separate the microneedles from the drug delivery devices. The drug delivery devices may be capable of achieving discrete periods of drug release.
US10940294B2
A balloon catheter includes an elongated catheter shaft, an expandable balloon connected to the elongated catheter shaft, and a sheath that defines a lumen and includes a therapeutic agent disposed within the lumen. The balloon catheter further includes a first configuration and a second configuration. When in the first configuration, the expandable balloon is disposed distally from the sheath such that an outer surface of the expandable balloon does not contact the lumen. Further, when in the second configuration, at least a portion of the outer surface of the expandable balloon is disposed within the lumen of the sheath such that it contacts the therapeutic agent. At least a portion of the therapeutic agent that contacts the outer surface of the expandable balloon is transferred from the lumen of the sheath to the outer surface of the expandable balloon when the balloon catheter is in the second configuration.
US10940288B2
An inner catheter is disclosed, which includes an elongated inner shaft to be inserted into a blood vessel; and a hub connected to a proximal end of the inner shaft. The inner shaft forms a first shape at least a part of which is wound in a state where the inner shaft is suspended in a gravity direction, and forms a second shape at least a part of which is wound and in which a length of the inner shaft along the gravity direction is shorter than a length of the inner shaft along the gravity direction in the first shape in a state where the inner shaft is placed on a flat reference plane perpendicular to the gravity direction.
US10940284B2
A breathing tube for a patient ventilator system providing humidified breathable gas is provided, the tube including inhalation and exhalation pathways formed in part by inhalation and exhalation tubes. A coupler member is attached at one end to the exhalation tube and forms part of the exhalation pathway, the coupler member has an integrated coupler-member electrical heating device electrically connected to the tube-portion electrical heating device. A connecting piece is detachably attachable to the other end of the coupler member and forms a part of the exhalation pathway, the connecting piece and coupler member together forming a hollow space therewithin extending from within the connecting piece to within the coupler member. A filter element is within the hollow space and extends from within the connecting piece into the coupler member, the coupler-member heating device is along the hollow space, surrounding the filter element, and adapted to heat the filter element.
US10940282B2
A pulmonary secretion clearing airway structure and related airway management system is disclosed that has a double lumen portion which each lumen of the double lumen portion operably secured to an airway management system so that inspiratory fluid (air/oxygen mixtures, with or without added water vapor) is delivered to the distal end of the ventilation catheter through one of the two lumens and expired inspiratory fluid, pulmonary secretions, and pulmonary fluids are removed from the patient through the other lumen. The expiratory fluid pathway preferably includes a secretion collection system for removing the pulmonary secretions and the like from the pathway, thereby improving operation and safety of the system. The airway structure can be a ventilation catheter or a supraglottic airway system such as laryngeal mask and the like.
US10940273B2
The present disclosure provides devices for implanting tissue or other substances within the body. The devices can include a feedback mechanism, which can assist a surgeon in implanting the tissue or other substances by preventing excess shear force or pressure on the tissue or substance to be implanted.
US10940270B2
The disclosure relates to a drug delivery device comprising: a case adapted to hold a medicament container, a plunger disposed within the case and slidable from a proximal position into a distal position for delivering a medicament from the medicament container, at least one feedback mechanism that is in operative connection with the plunger, the feedback mechanism comprising a collar, a control spring biasing the collar in a distal direction, a needle shroud, operatively axially abutting the collar in a first coupled state and prevented from axially decoupling the collar by the plunger in its proximal position, wherein the plunger, when approaching the distal position during movement from the proximal position towards the distal position, is adapted to allow axial decoupling of the needle shroud from the collar, thus allowing for a limited axial movement of the collar relative to the needle shroud until the collar axially abuts the needle shroud in a second coupled state.
US10940267B2
A blood glucose control system is configured to modify therapy provide to a subject and determine whether the modified therapy results in a statistically significant improvement in glycemic control. The system obtains glycemic control information resulting from delivery of first therapy using a first value of a control parameter and determines a first effect corresponding to the first therapy. The control parameter is set to a second value that differs from the first value. The system obtains glycemic control information resulting from the delivery of the second therapy using the second value of the control parameter and determines a second effect corresponding to the second therapy. The system can perform a comparative assessment and determine whether the second value for the control parameter results in a statistically significant improvement in glycemic control for the subject.
US10940260B2
Provided is a blood component separation device and related method, each capable of separating a blood component from blood and rapidly performing a virus inactivation process on the separated blood component. The blood component separation device includes a blood component separation section, provided in a centrifuge, configured to separate a blood component from blood by centrifugation, a diluting section configured to dilute, in a diluent containing riboflavin, concentrated red blood cells separated by the blood component separation section, and a UV light emitting unit configured to perform a virus inactivation process by exposing the concentrated red blood cells thus diluted to the UV light.
US10940255B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing a medical solution from at least one first liquid component and at least one second liquid component, wherein the first component and the second component are conveyed with a respective conveying means to obtain a mixed solution, wherein the conveying means are operated such that a modulation of the concentration of the first and second components takes place and the conductivity or a parameter of the mixed solution correlating with the conductivity is measured at a measurement point, wherein the modulation of the concentrations takes place in a desired state such that no modulation or a specific desired modulation of the measured conductivity or of the parameter correlated with the conductivity occurs. The present invention furthermore relates to an apparatus for preparing a medical solution as well as to a blood treatment device having such an apparatus.
US10940246B2
A system, method and apparatus for notifying a surgeon of an occlusion in an ocular surgical apparatus are disclosed herein. Through operation of a handpiece of the surgical apparatus, the handpiece may become blocked or occluded. An occlusion detector is configured to sense the occlusion in the handpiece, and an occlusion signal is generated. A control module is provided to send an occlusion warning signal to a foot pedal of the surgical apparatus, where a tactile notification is provided to a user of the apparatus that an occlusion has occurred.
US10940244B2
A method and apparatus for injecting a saline solution into an open cavity of a patient's body, and, alternatively, vacuuming fluids from the open cavity during laparoscopic surgery that provides constant feed and amplified pressure to provide a steady fluid output, in a disposable, single use handheld surgical device.
US10940240B2
Various embodiments relate to catheter locking solutions and catheter locking therapies with use of trisodium citrate and ethyl alcohol, and in particular 4.0 to 15.0 weight/volume % trisodium citrate as an anticoagulant component and/or an antibacterial component and 15.0 to 25.0 volume/volume % ethyl alcohol as an antibacterial component. Use of the catheter locking solution and catheter locking therapy can reduce treatment failure during medical procedures that may employ catheters to supply treatment by at least significantly reducing the risks associated with bloodstream infections, catheter system malfunction, emboli formation, patient discomfort, and patient illness. These benefits can be partially due to the synergistic antibacterial effects of the trisodium citrate and ethyl alcohol in solution, generating an effective catheter locking solution with minimal concentrations of ethyl alcohol.
US10940237B2
A method of forming a scaffold comprises the steps of: preparing a high internal phase emulsion (HIPE) comprising an aqueous solution of: proteins selected from the group consisting of collagen and mixtures of collagen and chitosan; and a cross-linking agent; by addition of an immiscible solvent to the solution to form the HIPE; reducing the temperature of the HIPE to solidify the HIPE; removing water and solvent by vaporisation at a temperature above the melting point of the solvent to form a porous structure; and before or after removal of solvent, causing cross-linking of the protein with the cross-linking agent to form a crosslinked scaffold structure.
US10940227B2
The invention relates to an evaporation device for evaporating volatile substances, comprising a container (1) housing a liquid (8) containing the volatile substances, an outlet (2) through which the volatile substances exit and a hole (9) for equalizing the pressure between the inside and the outside of the container, and characterized in that it also comprises a membrane (6) placed between the container (1) and the hole (9), said membrane (6) being leak-tight with respect to said liquid (8) and porous with respect to the gases. This membrane prevents the liquid from accidentally spilling and furthermore solves the issue of balancing pressures inside the container, keeping the rate of evaporation constant until running out of the volatile substances.
US10940225B2
Sterilization packaging systems with features for sealing a volume against an ingress of contaminants are provided. Such features include a sealing assembly including a gasket and a sheet of filter material. The sealing assembly seals a lid to a seal rim of a base. The gasket has an upper surface, outer edge, and inner edge. The upper surface of the gasket comprises a first row of alternating protrusions and indentations and a second row of alternating protrusions and indentations that define a channel therebetween. The sheet of filter material extends from an inner edge of the gasket. The gasket completely surrounds the sheet of filter material, wherein the indentations and channel facilitate delivery of a sterilization agent through the filter material. A sterilization assembly including a lid having a plurality of protrusions in its upper surface in conjunction with a gasket having a smooth upper surface is also provided.
US10940224B2
A container system includes a container or a sterile container to which an attachment part can be fastened. For this purpose, the sterile container has a fastening portion which is formed integrally with or integrally in a closed container wall of the container, to which the attachment part can be fastened in a positive fit or locked in a spring-elastic manner.
US10940218B2
A method and composition for treating a meningioma in a subject are disclosed. The method includes the step of administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition including a cytotoxic agent associated with a phenylbenzothiazole derivative or a stilbene derivative or a biphenylalkyne derivative that accumulates within meningiomas. In one version of the method, the phenylbenzothiazole derivative is a compound of formula (V):
US10940216B2
Described herein are cyclic peptides, nanoparticles bound with cyclic peptides, and methods for using said cyclic peptides and/or said nanoparticles bound with cyclic peptides for intraoperative nerve tissue imaging.
US10940215B2
The present disclosure relates to: an adipocyte-targeting non-viral gene delivery complex comprising a sh(FABP4+FABP5) dual plasmid vector; and treatment for obesity and obesity-induced metabolic syndromes by using the same and, more particularly, to a gene delivery complex comprising: an adipocyte-targeting sequence; a nine-arginine (R9) peptide; and a dual plasmid vector comprising a gene for treatment of obesity and obesity-induced metabolic syndromes, wherein the gene for treatment of obesity and obesity-induced metabolic syndromes is a base sequence inhibiting the expression of a FABP4 gene and a FABP5 gene. According to the present disclosure, in order to treat obesity-related diseases, a dual plasmid vector capable of simultaneously inhibiting the FABP4 and FABP5 genes is produced, and this vector is bound to a predetermined delivery system that specifically delivers the vector into adipocytes so as to provide a gene delivery complex. In this way, it is possible to achieve an excellent therapeutic effect on obesity which targets only adipocytes without cytotoxicity.
US10940204B2
This disclosure provides isolated or recombinant polypeptides that are useful to vaccinate individuals suffering from chronic/recurrent biofilm disease or as a therapeutic for those with an existing infection. The individual's immune system will then naturally generate antibodies which prevent or clear these bacteria from the host by interfering with the construction and or maintenance of a functional protective biofilm. Alternatively, antibodies to the polypeptides can be administered to treat or prevent infection. Bacteria that are released from the biofilm by our technology are more readily cleared by the remainder of the host's immune system.
US10940202B2
This invention relates to adjuvant formulations comprising various combinations of triterpenoids, sterols, immunomodulators, polymers, and Th2 stimulators; methods for making the adjuvant compositions; and the use of the adjuvant formulations in immunogenic and vaccine compositions with different antigens. This invention further relates to the use of the formulations in the treatment of animals.
US10940200B2
The present invention provides methods of modulating an immunological disorder or an immune response. The methods include administering to a subject or a cell an effective amount of an autoimmune antigen and an anti-inflammatory cytokine included in an aluminum-based carrier. Compositions including an autoimmune antigen and an anti-inflammatory cytokine included in an aluminum-based carrier are also provided.
US10940199B2
Disclosed are methods, kits, polypeptides, and pharmaceutical compositions for inducing an immune response in a subject, which may include a T-cell mediated immune response. The methods comprise administering to the subject, or to explanted cells of the subject, a pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of versikine or a variant of versikine that induces the T-cell mediated immune response. The methods, kits, polypeptides, and pharmaceutical compositions may be used, in particular, to treat a subject having a cell proliferative disease or disorder.
US10940181B2
Combined preparations, and pharmaceutical compositions, comprising: (a) LAG-3 protein, or a derivative thereof that is able to bind to MHC class II molecules; and (b) a programmed cell death protein-1 (PD-1) pathway inhibitor, are described. The PD-1 pathway inhibitor, such as an anti-PD-1 antibody or an anti-PD-L1 antibody, and a soluble derivative of LAG-3, acting as an APC activator, together synergistically activate T cells (in particular, CD8+ T cells). Use of the combined preparations and compositions as medicaments, in particular for the treatment of cancer or infection, and to methods for the treatment of cancer or infection, is described.
US10940180B2
The invention relates to the fields of biochemistry, pharmacy and oncology. The invention particularly relates to the use of novel stem cell markers for the isolation of stem cells. The invention further relates to the obtained stem cells and their use in for example research or treatment, for example, for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of damaged or diseased tissue. In one of the embodiments, the invention provides a method for obtaining (or isolating) stem cells comprising optionally preparing a cell suspension from a tissue or organ sample, contacting said cell suspension with an Lgr 6 or 5 binding compound, identify the cells bound to said binding compound, and optionally isolating the stem cells from said binding compound. The invention further relates to means suitable for cancer treatment and even more specific for the treatment of cancer by eradicating cancer stem cells.
US10940173B2
The present invention provides cannabis oil extracts and compositions thereof, including cannabis oil compositions containing vitamin E, and methods for preparing the extracts and compositions. In some embodiments, the present invention provides a method for preparing a cannabis oil extract comprising eluting cannabinoids from cannabis plant material with a solvent to produce an eluate, filtering the eluate with a filter to produce a filtrate, evaporating the solvent from the filtrate with a distiller to produce a distillate, and purging the distillate under conditions sufficient to remove residual solvent, thereby preparing the extract. In some embodiments, the method further includes mixing a quantity of vitamin E with the extract to produce a cannabis oil composition.
US10940170B2
Compositions and methods for treating or reducing the severity or likelihood of occurrence of a parasitic worm or helminth infection in a subject are described. The methods include administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a recombinant bacterium expressing a crystal protein such as a Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein (Cry). The crystal proteins may be full length, truncated, variant, or sub-variant Cry proteins. Examples of crystal proteins include Cry5B, Cry21, Cry14A, Cry6A, and Cry13A. The recombinant bacterium may be, for example, a Bacillus subtilis or other Gram-positive bacterium, for instance, a lactic acid fermenting bacterium such as Lactococcus or Lactobacillus. Related compositions and recombinant microorganisms are also described.
US10940168B2
A composition includes a sea cucumber and ginseng/red ginseng composite extract which has the effect of regenerating the Bruch's membrane of the eye and improving the transport function of the Bruch's membrane. The composite composition improves the transport function of the Bruch's membrane and eliminates lipids accumulated on the membrane to promote the regeneration of the Bruch's membrane, thereby showing the effect of delaying or reversing the senescence process of the eye. Further, the composition is highly preventive or therapeutic of various diseases attributed to a decrease in the function of the Bruch's membrane with age, including age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and can solve the problem associated with the eye health maintenance of ordinary persons and with the transport reduction, resulting from senescence, of vitamins, metals, and anti-oxidative materials.
US10940163B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for modulating a microorganism's response to an antimicrobial agent. In one embodiment, the method comprises contacting the microorganism with an antimicrobial agent and bicarbonate. In one embodiment, provided herein are methods for treating a microbial infection comprising administering to a subject in need an effective amount of (i) bicarbonate and (ii) an antimicrobial agent. Also provided herein are methods of screening for antimicrobial compounds.
US10940162B2
Provided herein are methods of treating ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and diseases of the digestion system using β-1,3/1,6-D-glucan derived from mycelium extract of Ganoderma lucidum. Methods of treating ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and diseases of the digestion system using a polysaccharide comprising β-1,3/1,6-D-glucan are also provided.
US10940155B2
A quetiapine fumarate composition for oral administration is provided comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate of quetiapine existing as a suspension in an aqueous carrier agent. The inventive liquid formulation demonstrates high bioavailability consistent with approved dosage forms, low agglomeration, reduced content of excipients commonly used in solid oral dosage forms and extended shelf life stability. Also provided is a method of manufacturing a liquid quetiapine suspension composition for oral administration and methods of administering therapeutically effective dosages of an oral liquid quetiapine suspension composition to patients in need thereof.
US10940153B2
Disclosed herein are compositions comprising an NSAID such as meloxicam and/or rizatriptan in combination with a cyclodextrin and/or a carbonate or a bicarbonate. These compositions may be orally administered, for example, to improve the bioavailability or pharmacokinetics of the NSAID for the treatment of pain such as migraine, arthritis, and other conditions. Also disclosed herein are methods of treating pain, such as migraine, comprising administering meloxicam and rizatriptan to a human being suffering from pain, such as migraine. For migraine, these methods may be particularly useful when the meloxicam and rizatriptan are administered while the human being is suffering from an acute attack of migraine pain or migraine aura. In some embodiments, the combination of meloxicam and rizatriptan may be administered in a manner that results in a Tmax of meloxicam of 3 hours or less.
US10940147B2
The present invention provides methods for treating, preventing, or delaying the onset of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease type 1A (CMT1A), by administering to a subject in need thereof a combination comprising baclofen, sorbitol and naltrexone, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US10940142B2
Roflumilast crystals have been shown to increase in size during storage. The size of the roflumilast crystals can affect the bioavailability and efficacy of a pharmaceutical composition. The growth of roflumilast crystals can be inhibited during storage by including hexylene glycol in the composition. The resulting composition has improved bioavailability and efficacy and can be used to inhibit phosphodiesterase 4 in a patient in need of such treatment.
US10940141B1
Provided is a method of administering a vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) inhibitor to a subject in need thereof, wherein the subject has severe renal impairment.
US10940139B2
Provided herein are methods and compositions for treating cancers, inflammatory diseases, rasopathies, and fibrotic disease involving aberrant Ras superfamily signaling through the binding of compounds to the GTP binding domain of Ras superfamily proteins including, in certain cases, K-Ras and mutants thereof, and a novel method for assaying such compositions.
US10940118B2
The present disclosure provides methods and compositions related to nanoparticles comprising an encapsulated hydrophobic drug. The methods described herein provide nanoparticles having a small size and a narrow size distribution.
US10940112B2
This disclosure relates to a targeted PEGylated liposomal gemcitabine (PLG) composition comprising a PEGylated liposome encapsulating one or more agents comprising gemcitabine and a targeting moiety; pharmaceutical composition and methods comprising PLG or producing PLG; and manufacturing equipment for performing the methods.
US10940111B2
A method of reducing a friction coefficient of a surface is disclosed herein, comprising attaching a water-soluble polymer to the surface, and contacting the water-soluble polymer with liposomes, thereby coating the surface with an amphiphilic lipid. Further disclosed herein are solutions comprising a water-soluble polymer attachable to the surface, liposomes, and an aqueous carrier, for reducing a friction coefficient of a surface, and methods utilizing same. Articles of manufacture comprising a substrate coated by a water-soluble polymer which is coated by an amphiphilic lipid are also described, as are uses and methods for treating a synovial joint disorder associated with increased articular friction.
US10940107B2
The present disclosure provides a non-autologous product that is a mixture of two or more cells or tissue cultures of fibroblast, or extracts from cultures, or media cultures, isolated from separate individuals, either homogeneous or heterogeneous. The cells or factors are blended together in a product that imparts desired characteristics to the skin of a recipient who is not a source of the mixture. The present disclosure also relates to methods of making and using and/or culturing the fibroblasts including to optimize the potency of the mixture to impart one or more the desired characteristics to the skin of a recipient.
US10940101B2
Zinc oxide compositions and methods for applying anti-reflective coating on oxide particles for sunscreen applications are provided herein. A composition includes multiple zinc oxide particles suspended within a medium forming sunscreen composition, and two or more coating materials applied to each of the multiple zinc oxide particles in distinct layers via a gradation based on refractive index, wherein each of the coating materials has a refractive index that is between the refractive index of air and the refractive index of zinc oxide, and wherein the two or more coating materials comprise zinc sulfide and titanium dioxide.
US10940094B2
A pill dispensing assembly comprises a pill bottle that is securely locked between a base and an attachable sleeve. The pill bottle and base form an enclosure in which pills are stored above a top portion of a dosing mechanism of the base. The top portion of the dosing mechanism comprises a ramp and a rotating arm that carries a pill from a base of the ramp to a position in which the pill will drop through an aperture in a bottom portion of the dosing mechanism into a channel that connects the aperture to a dispensing slot in a housing of the base. The base includes a microcontroller that interacts with a servomotor to control rotation of the arm and thereby the dispensing of a pill. The base also includes a wireless communication interface that enables the dispensing of the pill to be controlled by a remote entity.
US10940091B2
A liquid dispensing system for oral administration comprises a dispenser (16,18,20) and cartridges (14) from which medicine is dispensed. Each cartridge (14) includes a hollow shell (22,24) with a septum (26) at one end, a piston (28) at the other end, and the medicine in a cavity (23) between the septum and the piston. The dispenser includes receiver (20) in which a cartridge (14) is received, a plunger (18) that can slide relative to the receiver and that has a plunging head (52) that can drive the piston (28), and a barrel (16) in which the cartridge (14), receiver (20) and plunger (18) can be received, at least partly. Once a cartridge (14) has been inserted into the receiver (20), the receiver and cartridge are inserted into the barrel (16) and a piercing head (44) ruptures the septum (26). The plunger (18) is pushed to drive the piston (28) and the medicine is dispensed by the piston, through a discharge passage (42) of the barrel (16). The septum (26) can hinge on a hinge formation (86) to act as a one-way valve to prevent unintentional flow of liquid from the cartridge.
US10940088B1
Low dose pharmaceutical formulations may be prepared to deliver consistent low doses of a variety of pharmaceuticals with minimal additives. In particular, the low dose pharmaceutical formulations are solid unit dosage forms of low dose drug substances which may be prepared by a method that provides content uniformity across prepared solid unit dosage forms.
US10940087B2
Methods and apparatus for preparing autologous blood serum eye drops within a potentially contaminating environment are disclosed. Key convenience kit apparatus providing novel methodology includes a plastic bag in which an innovative tray securely holds a plurality of empty eye drop bottles and associated caps disposed and sealed therein. Providing the only access pathway into the bag is a sterilizing filter appliance which filters all fluid entering the bag and provides a nozzle for dispensing into bottles disposed in the tray. The key convenience kit apparatus is sterilized prior to use, assuring all components disposed within the bag are within a desired sterility assurance level. The sterilized state of items associated with the key apparatus is maintained by the single pathway for fluid. Capping and sealing the bottles before opening the bag permits delivery of sterile product for use outside the bag.
US10940084B2
A bathtub (1) which comprises: —a main body (2) having side walls (22, 22a, 22b), at least one of which presents an inner surface provided with guide means (3); —supporting means (4) engaged with guide means (3) and configured for supporting at least a portion of user's body in order to allow, in use, simulating user flotation.
US10940083B2
An adjustable respirator shell, suitable for being worn on a human body trunk, includes a body, a belt and a buffer. The body includes a protrusive portion and a contact portion. The protrusive portion has an opening connecting a fluid pressure controller, and the contact portion is to contact the human body trunk. The belt, connecting the body, is to surround the human body trunk so as to fasten the adjustable respirator shell on the human body trunk. The buffer covers a circumference of the contact portion, and the contact portion contacts the human body trunk via the buffer. In addition, the buffer includes at least one cushion.
US10940082B2
A person's sleep disorders are resolved by applying low frequency vibration. Mechanical vibrators (1) present on a first side of a plate type base member (9) set the plate type base member (9) in vibration in such a way that its second surface transmits mechanical vibration. A plurality of first low frequency pulse trains (100; 101, 102, 103 . . . ) of mechanical vibration are conducted to a part of the person's body, at successive time periods (T; T1, T2, T3 . . . ). A frequency (f) of vibration in each individual pulse train (100) is maintained constant (f; fa, fb, fc . . . ) within the range of 20-50 Hz. The pressure pulses (400) of said pulse train (100) have a contact power (I) with said part of the body within the range of 40-70 dB. The constant frequencies (fa, fb, fc . . . ) of the successive pulse trains (100; 101, 102, 103 . . . ) are mutually different and change monotonously and mostly linearly. At least one second pulse train (100) is transmitted to said part of the body.
US10940080B2
A sexual stimulation method which may comprise a plurality of light sources for photostimulation of the vagina; one or more vibrators for mechanical stimulation of an area of the vagina; a handle; a controller and programmable memory for containing non-transitory instructions for modes of operation and driving the light sources and vibrators of the invention; a vaginal finger; a handle for ease of use; a keypad for user entry of commands; and a charging or programming port. The invention may also comprise sensors that sense physiologic parameters of a user and adjust sexual stimulation parameters to achieve a desired sexual stimulation effect. Blood oxygen level, temperature, pulse rate and muscle electrical activity may be sensed. The invention also may comprise a flexible covering that provides smooth sliding engagement with an area of the vagina of a user.
US10940079B2
Described herein are interactive devices that mimic a portion of a human male and a female genitalia. The male device includes a unique bead drive assembly for providing an extending and retracting motion. Also included on the male device is a massager sub-assembly able to inflate and deflate while being able to slide along a shaft of the male device. The female device includes a clamshell constrictor having an inflation mechanism that is able to provide a squeezing motion as well as being able to slide back and forth within the body of the female device. Also disclosed herein are method of communication and interaction between a pair of interactive devices or multiple interactive devices. Finally, methods of managing interactive sessions between multiple interactive devices are also described.
US10940075B2
A pressure therapy device includes a pressure chamber, an inflatable padding, a seal, and a positioning mechanism. The pressure chamber has an opening arranged for admitting the inflatable padding and a limb of a user. The inflatable padding is inflatable to enclose and fix the limb in position. The seal covers the opening, including the inflatable padding and the limb to seal the pressure chamber from ambient atmospheric pressure. A pump unit is provided to generate a non-atmospheric pressure within the pressure chamber and includes a first valve system and a piston with safety release features for preventing unsafe pressure levels.
US10940066B1
A central bed having a longitudinal bed frame and a bed section mounted to the frame for rotation about a substantially vertical axis between a home position aligned with the bed frame and an away position.
US10940063B2
A reciprocating drive motion wheelchair is provided. The wheelchair device includes a low-profile wheelchair that utilizes push bars pivotally connected to the wheelchair frame and operably connected to a crank bar, which run parallel to the ground and connects back to a crank on each wheel. An additional pair of wheels is disposed rearward of the drive wheels and prevents the wheelchair from tipping, thus allowing the user to utilize the push bars to move the wheelchair quickly and easily.
US10940062B1
The present invention pertains to a safety wheeled Athlete Transporter System Apparatus Device Medical Equipment, aimed particularly at enabling the safe, easy, quick, practical, efficient and cost effective method for transporting an injured/incapacitated Athlete/individual from a sports playing Field/Court or the like, to the sideline of a gaming area from/for a type of injury, medical evaluation, etc. This invention expedites multiple medical services and also allows less time delay in the/an underway sports game/activity. Additionally, the injured Athlete does not have to hop, skip, etc., off the playing Field/Court, potentially further injuring the already sustained injury. The invention eliminates the injured person's need to put their arms around the necks/shoulders of the team coaches or trainer's neck, to balance themselves to hop, skip, or jump to the sidelines/health tent, etc., for medical assistance/evaluations. Not a stretcher or wheelchair.
US10940060B2
A cast and bandage protector that uses a seal ring but avoids water pooling and seepage. It uses a flexible, stretchable and deformable diaphragm stretched tightly over a seal ring in order to seal the ordinarily open end of a flexible sleeve of waterproof material. The rigid seal ring flexible holder holds the flexible sleeve open and the diaphragm tightly stretches over and above it to minimize water pooling seepage and leaking about the interface of the diaphragm and the limb of the patient wearing the cast and the cast protector.
US10940057B2
A device for the jellification/absorption of a water-based fluid, said device comprising a) at least one member comprising at least one absorption material and at least one jellifying agent, and b) at least one container, wherein the at least one jellifying agent is adapted to react with the water-based fluid to form a gel; wherein the at least one member is contained within the at least one container, and wherein the at least one container is made, at least in part, of a water-soluble material. A method for the manufacture of the device and a use of the device.
US10940056B2
An absorbent article has an absorbent body obtained by mixing and accumulating fibers and high absorbent polymer particles. A wrapping sheet includes an intermediate part located on a front face side of the absorbent body and both side parts folded back to a back face side of the absorbent body from the intermediate part. Distal ends of the both side parts of the wrapping sheet are overlapped on the back face side of the absorbent body to form a connecting portion. A total weight of the high absorbent polymer particles is larger than a total weight of the fibers in the absorbent body. A content rate of the high absorbent polymer particles of the absorbent body increases stepwise or continuously from the back face side toward the front face side.
US10940055B2
The present invention generally relates to sanitary absorbent articles and in particular to disposable feminine sanitary absorbent articles that are extremely thin, highly absorbent and have superior structural integrity properties.
US10940047B2
Systems, kits, methods of manufacturing, and a sealing member for creating a sealed space are described. The sealing member can include a film layer and a first adhesive layer coupled to the film layer. The sealing member can also include a second adhesive layer coupled to the first adhesive layer. A plurality of apertures may extend through the second adhesive layer. Each aperture can expose at least a portion of the first adhesive layer through the second adhesive layer. A plurality of polymer particles may be disposed in the first adhesive layer. The polymer particles can be configured to dissolve in response to interaction with a switching solution.
US10940044B2
An in-ear noise dosimeter in the form of an earplug which senses sound in the ear canal using an eartip which has a sound delivery channel that couples sound at the end closest to the eardrum to an earplug microphone. The earplug can communicate wirelessly with a remote data collection and processing system. A dock unit for storing the earplugs when not worn can compensate for differences in unoccluded-ear versus occluded-ear responses by an acoustic compensator. An electronic compensation filter can be modified by a proximity switch in the earplug which changes state when the earplug is worn in the ear versus stored in a dock unit. The dosimeter can also have a temperature sensor for sensing human body temperature and remotely-located wireless LEDs used to alert the user of high noise dosage. Data can also be downloaded from the earplug using a reader unit.
US10940034B2
A method of treating a patient by implanting a system comprising an infusion device for injecting a substance, at least one reservoir comprising at least one compartment which accommodates and preserves the substance to be injected, and an active cooling device adapted to cool the reservoir and thereby keep the substance within said at least one compartment of the reservoir at a temperature below 37° C. The method comprises the steps of: cutting the skin, dissecting free at least one area within the patient's body, placing the infusion device and the at least one reservoir inside the patient's body along with the cooling device, such that the at least one reservoir is in fluid connection with the infusion device to supply to the infusion device the substance to be injected into the patient's body, and closing at least the skin after implantation of at least parts of the system.
US10939990B2
A laser is used to form openings within a graft material to selectively enhance permeability of a prosthesis for tissue integration therein. A feature of utilizing a laser to create the openings for tissue integration builds from its tunability. More particularly, the laser precisely places openings in any pattern and location, and on any textile that forms the graft material. Further, the power and focus of the laser is precisely adjusted to control the diameter and shape of the openings. All parameters of the openings can be controlled at will, allowing for the opportunity to selectively enhance and optimize the permeability of the graft material in a vessel.
US10939979B2
A dental bite block device includes a front wall, a flat lateral sidewall, and a concave lateral sidewall that define a longitudinal channel that extends through the device. The lateral sidewalls are connected by a crossbar, and the channel can be filled with polyvinyl siloxane (PVS) dental impression putty. When the device is positioned in the patient's mouth, the flat lateral sidewall faces the right inner check of the patient, the patient's tongue rests against the concave lateral sidewall, and the patient's upper and lower teeth rest open on the front wall. Once the PVS putty sets, it forms a solid half cylinder-shaped member that includes impressions of a plurality of the patient's upper and lower teeth, which assist to maintain the device in place. The front wall and concave sidewall further include an opening that defines a clip for a saliva ejector.
US10939976B2
Disclosed is a minimally invasive instrument with instant force feedback function, including a minimally invasive device, a sensing device, a computing device, and a warning device. The minimally invasive device may have an invasive portion, which may enter the human body to perform surgical operations. The sensing device is provided on the invasive portion of the minimally invasive device and may include a flexible conductive film, a plurality of bionic films and a plurality of liquid beads. The plurality of bionic films may be provided on a flexible conductive film. Each of the plurality of liquid beads may be covered by each of the plurality of bionic films. The computing device may be electrically connected to the flexible conductive film. The warning device may receive a warning signal and generate a warning message.
US10939964B2
Systems for detecting when catheter electrodes enter into and exit from an introducer are disclosed. In one form, a system detects a relative position of a catheter (comprising a marker band and an electrode) and an introducer (comprising a proximity sensor adapted to sense the marker band), while the catheter and introducer are in a human body. The system may comprise an electronic control unit to analyze signals from the catheter and/or the introducer, to determine whether the catheter electrode is within the introducer; and to disregard data collected from the electrode when that electrode is in the introducer. The sensor may be on the catheter and the sensed element may be on the introducer. The sensed element may comprise one or several marker bands. A marker band may be applied during the manufacture of a medical device or during its use and is any element capable of electromagnetic detection.
US10939957B2
Systems and methods for non-thermal ablation of tissue are provided. A non-implantable minimally invasive system for treatment of tissue in a body via direct current ablation is provided including a catheter, a plurality of electrodes for deployment through the catheter, a power source for applying power to the electrodes, and a fixation element for maintaining the catheter in a treatment position during treatment of the tissue. A minimally invasive method for treating tissue in a body via direct current ablation is provided including inserting a catheter into the body such that a portion of the catheter remains outside of the body, deploying a fixation element to fix the catheter in a treatment position, deploying a plurality of electrodes through the catheter, applying power to the plurality of electrodes, using the electrodes to apply a current to the tissue, and removing the catheter from the body.
US10939953B2
A surgical device includes a forceps and a blade. The forceps includes a first working jaw and a second working jaw. The blade extends along a longitudinal axis and includes a notched section. The blade is located between the first working jaw and the second working jaw. A first therapy current can be connected to the first working jaw, the second working jaw, or both so that tissue gripped between the first working jaw and the second working jaw and within the notched section can be coagulated. While the tissue is gripped between the first working jaw and the second working jaw, the blade is moveable along its longitudinal axis so that the tissue is cut with the notched section without repositioning the first working jaw, the second working jaw, or both.
US10939951B2
Disclosed is a high-frequency surgical appliance for cutting and/or coagulating biological tissue, having a high-frequency generator designed to produce a high-frequency alternating current during operation, and also a method for operating a high-frequency surgical appliance that involves a high-frequency alternating current produced by means of a high-frequency generator for of cutting and/or coagulating biological tissue. The high-frequency surgical appliance according to the invention has a power setting device that is arranged and designed to set or limit an output power of the high-frequency surgical appliance to a power value selected by a user. In addition, the high-frequency surgical appliance according to the invention has a spark control device that is arranged and designed to set or limit a spark voltage to a setpoint spark value, the spark control device also being designed to ascertain the setpoint spark value on the basis of the power value selected by a user.
US10939943B2
A bone plate has first and second sides, each with the same structure. The plate includes nodes separated by deformable bridges. Each node defines a screw hole, and wings extending laterally therefrom. The wings taper in thickness between the first and second sides. Screw holes are threaded into the nodes. The plate can be shaped to the bone by deformation at the bridges or removal of portions of the plate at bridges.
US10939942B2
A method for stabilizing a leaking implanted device capable of being hydraulically adjusted by introducing or withdrawing hydraulic fluid to/from the device, the device having an inner space for enclosing the hydraulic fluid. The method comprises at least one of the steps of introducing at least one of: a solidifying fluid, an initiator adapted to exert influence on a solidifying fluid or the hydraulic fluid, and a mixture of a solidifying fluid and an initiator, into said leaking implanted hydraulically adjustable device for solidifying the solidifying fluid or the hydraulic fluid for permanently defining the volume and/or shape of the device, and repairing a leakage, puncture or rupture of the implanted hydraulically adjustable device by the introduction of a sealing component which forms a layer on the inside of the implanted hydraulically adjustable device preventing further leakage with retained function of the device, such that the repaired implanted hydraulically adjustable device can be hydraulically adjusted by introducing or withdrawing fluid to/from the device.
US10939912B2
Systems, apparatus, and methods related to wound closure devices comprising one or more microstructures are described herein. In some embodiments, the wound closure devices include a backing and a microstructure array. The microstructure array may include a first portion, a second portion, and a bridge portion. The first portion and the second portion each include one or more microstructures configured to penetrate tissue. Additionally, the first portion and the second portion each include one or more expandable portions such that the wound closure device is configured to expand in length. The wound closure device is configured to grip tissue surrounding a wound to either close the wound or secure the tissue in place.
US10939909B2
A surgical suturing device has an elongate shaft has a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis between the proximal and distal ends. An actuator is connected to the proximal end of the elongate shaft. A circular needle applier is on the distal end of the elongate shaft. The circular needle applier has an arced needle and a needle driver operatively connected to the actuator to rotate the arced needle in a circular path. A joint is positioned between the proximal and distal ends of the elongate shaft. The joint is operatively connected to the actuator to selectively articulate the shaft. A bearing is on the shaft positioned distally of the joint. The bearing is operatively connected to the actuator to selectively rotate the circular needle applier about the longitudinal axis.
US10939908B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for loading a closing device onto a delivery device at the point of use and for using the apparatus for treating the intervertebral disc. The apparatus includes a cartridge for loading a closing device onto a delivery device at the point of use, the cartridge comprising a tab holding feature for holding one or more tabs of the closing device and a tab loading feature for loading tabs onto the delivery device. A method of treating an intervertebral disc includes the steps of loading a closing device into a delivery device at the point of use, the closing device comprising at least two tabs coupled to a connecting element, and substantially approximating a defect in the intervertebral disc using the closing device delivered by the delivery device.
US10939907B2
The present invention provides novel medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing novel medical devices. In some embodiments, the novel medical devices can include surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the surgical needles can be manufactured with one or more coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Novel methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided.
US10939905B2
A device for deploying a suture clip onto a suture can include a proximal handle portion that includes an actuation mechanism. The device can also include an outer shaft defining an inner lumen. A crimping assembly can be at least partially disposed within a distal end of the outer shaft. The crimping assembly can include a plurality of crimping members configured to receive and radially compress a suture clip. The actuating mechanism can be configured to move the plurality of crimping members radially inwardly from a first position, where the crimping members are configured to receive a suture clip, to a second position where the plurality of crimping members are configured to radially compress the suture clip, causing the suture clip to plastically deform and become secured around one or more sutures.
US10939900B2
A suture anchor includes a material having thermoplastic properties and is fixated in a hard tissue opening by liquefying at least part of this material and letting it penetrate into walls of the hard tissue opening. During the named fixation and preferably towards the end of it, the suture being held in a distal suture conduit is locked relative to the hard tissue by being clamped between the suture anchor and the wall of the hard tissue opening or by being clamped or braked through collapse of the suture conduit.
US10939899B2
An illuminated medical device, comprising a blade portion having a proximal end and a distal end, the blade portion comprising an operative portion at the distal end, a handle portion connected to the proximal end of the blade portion, the handle portion having a hollow cross-section and an open bottom end, an illumination assembly comprising at least one light source, an activation device for energizing the light source, and at least one battery for powering the light source, and an end cap assembly coupled to the open bottom end of the handle portion and accommodating the activation device and the at least one battery therein. In the illuminated medical device, a portion of the activation device extends through an opening in the end cap assembly and the at least one battery is held by the end cap assembly to overlap with the activation device and the opening in the end cap assembly.
US10939896B2
Battery-powered ultrasound scanner for veterinary applications, and operating method. Ultrasound measurements are processed to determine if an ultrasound probe is not being moved and, if it is not being moved, the average rate at which ultrasound pulses is generated, thereby reducing power consumption. The average rate at which ultrasound pulses are generated is reduced step-wise if non-movement persist but increase rapidly when movement recommences.
US10939885B2
The present invention relates to visualizing vascular structures. In order to provide further improved digital subtraction angiography, a device (10) for visualizing vascular structures is provided that comprises a data provision unit (12), a data processing module (14), and an output unit (16). The data provision unit is configured to provide a first sequence of non-contrast X-ray images of a region of interest of a patient for use as raw X-ray mask images. The data provision unit is also configured to provide a second sequence of contrast X-ray images of the region of interest of a patient for use as raw X-ray live-images. The processing unit is configured to perform a first spatial subtraction for the first sequence of non-contrast X-ray images resulting in a first sequence of spatial-subtracted mask images. The processing unit is also configured to perform a second spatial subtraction for the second sequence of contrast X-ray images resulting in a second sequence of spatial-subtracted X-ray live-images. The processing unit is further configured to perform a temporal subtraction by subtracting the spatial-subtracted mask images from the spatial-subtracted X-ray live-images resulting in a sequence of spatial-temporal subtracted X-ray live-images. The output unit is configured to output the sequence of spatial-temporal subtracted X-ray live-images.
US10939884B2
A radiation emitting device includes a radiation source unit that irradiates a subject with radiation, a camera that captures an image of the subject to acquire a captured image of the subject, and a monitor that displays the captured image. A control device controls at least one of the inclination or the rotation angle of the monitor on the basis of at least one of the direction of the radiation source unit, the inclination of a radiation detector, and the rotation angle of the radiation detector, or the display content of the monitor.
US10939873B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to a wearable system including one or more wearable acquisition devices. Each acquisition device includes a sensor to capture samples of a biomedical signal and circuitry to process the samples for transmission to a mobile device. The samples are encoded for transmission and decoded at the mobile device to reconstruct the biomedical signal and, based on the reconstructed biomedical signal, provide output through a user interface of the mobile device. The wearable system includes at least an acquisition device for capturing an electro-cardiogram signal (ECG). Other biomedical signals, such as a photoplethysmograph (PPG) signal, may also be captured. The wearable system may comprise a Body Area Network (BAN).
US10939870B2
A patient worn sensor assembly for detecting, recording, and communicating patient vital signs includes several structural features that can provide increased signal quality, reduction in signal noise, increased patient comfort, increased reliability, and increased adhesion to a patient's skin. The patient worn sensor can track vital sign information such as blood pressure, body temperature, respiratory rate, blood oxygenation, heart rhythm (via ECG), heart rate, blood glucose level, and hydration (bio-impedance) levels. The sensor can also track and record additional information about patients, including patient movement, activity, and sleep patterns.
US10939857B2
A blood glucose sensing device includes a substrate, multiple three-dimensionally (3D) printed electrode leads comprising graphene arranged on or over the substrate, and glucose monitoring chemistry arranged in or on (e.g., adsorbed in) at least one of the 3D printed electrode leads. An end portion of a counter electrode lead may partially surround an end portion of a working electrode lead, and a reference lead may be further provided, Optionally, the 3D printed electrode leads may include a thermoplastic material, such as an aliphatic polyester. The glucose monitoring chemistry may include an enzyme.
US10939841B2
A wearable electrocardiography monitoring ensemble is provided. A first receptacle is defined in a wearable garment by two horizontal bands placed across the wearable garment. A second receptacle is defined by two further horizontal bands positioned across the wearable garment under the first receptacle. A first electrode assembly is positioned within the first receptacle and includes a backing with an electrical connection having an electrode on one end of the electrical connection and terminated at the other end of the electrical connection to connect with a monitor recorder. A second electrode assembly is positioned within the second receptacle and includes a backing with an electrical connection having an electrode on one end of the electrical connection and terminated at the other end of the electrical connection to connect with a further monitor recorder, wherein the first and second electrodes are aligned longitudinally in the wearable garment.
US10939836B2
A modular light panel includes a transparent base substrate, an array of light sources, at least one environment sensor unit mounted on the base substrate, and a transparent protecting layer encapsulating the light sources and the environment sensor unit(s). The refractive index of the transparent protecting layer is equal or less than that of the base substrate. The modular light panel might also include a wireless communication module.
US10939832B2
A device for measuring blood pressure and for indicating the presence of atrial fibrillation, includes an inflatable cuff, a pump, at least one pressure sensor for measuring the pressure inside the cuff, a pressure relief valve for deflating the cuff, and a control unit for controlling the pump and the valve. A calculating unit determines the presence or absence of atrial fibrillation on the basis of pressure variation sensed by the sensor. The calculating unit is adapted to independently determine the presence of atrial fibrillation on the basis of at least one, preferably two sequences, of pulse beats. The control unit is configured to maintain the pressure in a predefined range or to restore the pressure to a predefined range for an additional sequence, and to determine the presence of atrial fibrillation only if the calculating unit determines the presence of atrial fibrillation during a first and/or preceding sequence.
US10939827B2
A measuring apparatus (1), for the contactless determination of a temperature (T) of an object (100), e.g., of a human, has an infrared camera (10) with a focus (11). A calibrating device (30) is connected to the infrared camera (10) via a data link. The calibrating device (30) has an outer shell (31) with an emissivity on the outside similar to that of the object (100). A temperature sensor (34) is arranged in the outer shell (31). Moreover, a method for contactless determination of a temperature (T) of an object (100) with the measuring apparatus (1) as well as a method for the operation of the measuring apparatus are provided.
US10939816B2
A microscope, comprising an observation beam path that renders an eye to be examined observable, a wavefront measuring device for measuring the refraction of the eye to be examined, an OCT device comprising an OCT illumination beam path, by means of which OCT illumination radiation can be focused as an OCT spot into the eye to be examined, and a control unit that is supplied with at least one measurement value of the wave front measuring device, is provided, wherein the control unit sets the beam diameter and/or the beam shape of the OCT spot on the basis of the at least one supplied measurement value.
US10939809B2
An endoscope includes a grasp section. The grasp section includes: a first surface adjacent, in the longitudinal axis, to a surface where the bending operation knob is provided, a protruding portion radially outwardly protruding to the longitudinal axis at a position adjacent to the first surface around the longitudinal axis, a first inclined surface provided on the protruding portion at a side adjacent to the first surface and inclined to the first surface, and a second inclined surface which is provided, on the protruding portion, at a side opposite to the first inclined surface across the protruding portion, and which is inclined to the first surface.
US10939808B2
A probe includes an articulating member with at least two vertebrae elements sequentially arranged along a long axis of the elongate ultrasound imaging probe. The articulating member includes pivots located between the at least two vertebrae elements. The pivots are disposed off-center relative to the at least two vertebrae elements. The pivots are spatially oriented to provide a pivot point for a different articulation direction of a vertebra element. The probe further includes a plurality of guides, including at least one guide for each of the respective different pivot directions. The probe further includes an actuator with a set of controls, each control configured to actuate a different pair of the plurality of guides for controlling opposing articulation directions, wherein the actuator reduces stress induced on at least one of a pushed guide or a non-activated guide, wherein the stress is induced in response to the actuator pulling a guide.
US10939802B2
An optical device may include an optical fiber having a fixed end and a free end; a first actuator positioned at a actuator position between the fixed end and the free end and configured to apply a first force on the actuator position of the optical fiber such that a movement of the free end of the optical fiber in a first direction is caused, wherein the first direction is orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the optical fiber; and a deformable rod disposed adjacent to the optical fiber, and having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is connected to a first rod position of the optical fiber and the second end is connected to a second rod position of the optical fiber.
US10939790B2
A central vacuum cleaner having an outer shell, a suction chamber located inside the outer shell, a suction chamber inlet comprising a fluid passage through the outer shell into the suction chamber, a suction motor inside the outer shell and having a suction motor inlet in fluid communication with the suction chamber and configured to generate a flow of air from the suction chamber inlet to the suction chamber and into the suction motor inlet, an electronic control unit receiver, and an electronic control unit configured to selectively operatively connect to the electronic control unit receiver, and when so connected, control operation of the suction motor, the electronic control unit being selectively removable from the electronic control unit receiver and the suction motor without disassembling the outer shell.
US10939785B2
A transfer apparatus for receiving the chair seat of a wheelchair and supporting the chair seat in the base of a washing enclosure. The transfer apparatus has a chair support member including a chair support track section that can be positioned in the washing enclosure base, a bridge portion with a bridge track section that is movably mounted to the chair support member. The transfer apparatus includes a lock system usable to secure the bridge portion in an in-use position and engaged with the wheelchair. A first lock inhibits rotational motion of the bridge portion. The first lock includes a retractable locking member that is biased to an extended, locking position. A second lock is usable to prevent longitudinal separation of the bridge portion and the wheelchair. The first and second lock can be automatically engaged when the bridge portion is moved to the in-use position.
US10939784B2
A food processing container includes a food processing chamber and a cover assembly with a latch mechanism operable between latched and unlatched positions. The latch mechanism includes a first magnetic member disposed therein. An interlock assembly is disposed outside of and adjacent to the food processing chamber and includes a sealed cavity with a plunger member moveable disposed within the sealed cavity. The plunger is operable between at-rest and actuated positions within the sealed cavity and includes upper and lower magnetic members disposed at opposite ends of the plunger member. The plunger member moves to the actuated position as the latch mechanism moves to the latched position due to a repulsion force between the first magnetic member and the upper magnetic member, and further wherein the lower magnetic member moves into the lower portion of the sealed cavity as the latch mechanism moves to the latched position.
US10939777B2
Disclosed is an artificial tree having a plurality of electrified tree sections that couple together to provide power and/or command signals to devices connected thereto. One or more tree sections may have a trunk portion, one or more electrical connectors having a plurality of terminals, branches, a light string, and an electrical distribution system located at least partially within the trunk portion. A first tree section may be configured to couple to a second tree section such that an electrical connector of the first tree section is in electrical connection with an electrical connector of the second tree section, thereby mechanically and electrically connecting the first tree section to the second tree section such that power and/or the control data are transmitted to the second tree section. Further, each trunk segment may include an axial electrical connector that permits adjacent trunk segments to connect in a plurality of radial orientations relative to each other.
US10939775B2
A modular framing system comprises plastic components that each comprise a single article having unitary construction and which are connectable to form various sized SEG frames. Four unitarily molded corner frame connections each include protrusions receivable by at least four side rails, each of which may be unitarily extruded with a constant profile along the respective lengths of the side rails. The interconnected corner frame connections and side rails define a continuous conduit about the quadrilateral frame for receiving therein respective edges of the tensionable textile. For use with larger tensionable textiles, additional side rails and T-frame connections may be utilized, with each of the T-frame connections comprising a single molded article having unitary construction. At least the frame connections (both corner frame connections and T-frame connections) may be reused for frames of other sizes.
US10939772B2
A pillow system includes a pillow assembly and a pillow and pillow cover assembly, the pillow assembly having a base attached to a pillow having an opening, the pillow formed of a first foam material, and the base formed of a second foam material, and wherein the first foam material is more rigid than the second foam material. The pillow and pillow cover assembly includes a pillow cover formed of a stretchy fabric material capable of stretching into the opening of the pillow during use.
US10939770B2
A sofa bed including a support structure configured to be placed on the floor, a main seat base arranged on the support structure, a front foldable leg rest fixed to the structure by a first articulation, and a cushioned flexible body that covers the main base and the leg rest is disclosed herein. The first articulation includes parallel mechanisms configured to provide a movement on a vertical plane with a combined movement of folding and a forward motion of the leg rest, the leg rest includes at least one lower leg, the cushioned flexible body includes machined parts and an upper layer with a greater elasticity than the rest of the cushioned body in an area that coincides with the first articulation. The sofa bed further includes foldable support elements located under the cushioned body in an area coinciding with the at least one machined part.
US10939769B1
A headrest angle adjuster includes a first fixing member, a second fixing member, a gear, a flexible member, a floating positioning member, and an engaging member. The gear is configured on the first fixing member which is hinged to the second fixing member; one end of the floating positioning member is movably sleeved on the gear, a driving hole is provided on the floating positioning member, a locking hole is provided on the first fixing member, the engaging member is located in the driving hole and the locking hole, and the floating positioning member swings and pushes the engaging member to move toward a narrower end of the locking hole, thereby guiding the engaging member to engage with the gear. The headrest can be positioned at any angle, and the adjustment is silent to improve user experience.
US10939767B2
A locker includes a pair of spaced-apart upstanding sidewalls and at least one compartment defined between the upstanding sidewalls. A horizontal member extends at least partially between the sidewalls. An inductive charger is carried by the horizontal member and located such that an electronic device placed on the horizontal member may be charged by the charger. A visible indicia is disposed on the horizontal member indicating the location of the inductive charger; and an illuminated indicia is disposed on the horizontal member to indicate charging of the device.
US10939763B2
A recliner (1), including a reclining surface (2) and a substructure (3) that can be set on a base and supports the reclining surface (2), the substructure (3) including at least one stand (4) and at least one spring element (5) that is positioned between the stand (4) and the reclining surface (2), the reclining surface (2) being mounted on the spring element (5), the spring element (5) elastically pretensioning the reclining surface (2) in the direction (6) leading away from the stand (4), and the reclining surface (2), when unloaded, being held in an elastically pretensioned manner by a limiting element (7) of the recliner (1).
US10939757B1
A table includes a frame, a table top coupled to an upper portion of the frame, and a plurality of stools coupled to legs of the frame. The stools are swingable relative to the frame from a retracted-storage position to an extended use-position. The stools are arranged to engage with a surface beneath the table in the extended-use position to support a user of the table relative to the table top. The stools are arranged substantially within a perimeter of the table top in the retracted-storage position for access around the table.
US10939756B2
The present application provides, in one embodiment, a modular shelf system having spaced apart upright subassemblies that each include a first and second removable support standard recessed within. The system further provides at least one shelf fixture configured to be removably mounted to at least one of the support standards in each of a first and second upright subassemblies selected. The shelf may receive retail product trays via snap-fit fasteners. And, a variably configurable hanger bar may support the modular shelf system.
US10939753B2
Embodiments of the invention include an apparatus for positioning an electronic display. The apparatus can be combined with an existing work surface to provide a multi-position workstation. In some cases the apparatus includes a mounting portion configured to support an electronic display and a keyboard. The mounting portion may be movable with respect to the work surface between multiple positions, including for example, a sitting position and a standing position. Methods for positioning an electronic display and a keyboard are also included.
US10939751B1
A table includes a tabletop and a leg assembly to support the tabletop. The leg assembly includes first and second supports each movably connected with the table top. The leg assembly also includes an adjustable bar disposed substantially perpendicular to a height direction of the leg assembly. The adjustable bar has a first end connected with the first support and a second end connected with the second support such that changing a length of the adjustable bar changes a height of the leg assembly.
US10939746B2
A rotatable hook assembly is disclosed, which has a twist handle rotationally coupled to a bag hook for holding bag handles. The assembly may have a lockable attachment such as a cup holder.
US10939742B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for virtual facial makeup simulation through virtual makeup removal and virtual makeup add-ons, virtual end effects and simulated textures. In one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method for virtually removing facial makeup, the method comprising providing a facial image of a user with makeups being applied thereto, locating facial landmarks from the facial image of the user in one or more regions, decomposing some regions into first channels which are fed to histogram matching to obtain a first image without makeup in that region and transferring other regions into color channels which are fed into histogram matching under different lighting conditions to obtain a second image without makeup in that region, and combining the images to form a resultant image with makeups removed in the facial regions. The disclosure also provides systems and methods for virtually generating output effects on an input image having a face, for creating dynamic texturing to a lip region of a facial image, for a virtual eye makeup add-on that may include multiple layers, a makeup recommendation system based on a trained neural network model, a method for providing a virtual makeup tutorial, a method for fast facial detection and landmark tracking which may also reduce lag associated with fast movement and to reduce shaking from lack of movement, a method of adjusting brightness and of calibrating a color and a method for advanced landmark location and feature detection using a Gaussian mixture model.
US10939739B2
A nail polish application apparatus, comprising a mounting element comprising a capsule compartment adapted to receive one or more capsules containing a nail polish fluid wherein the mounting element is moveable by actuator(s) in longitudinal axis crossing a nail polish applying space and in lateral axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and is rotatable by the actuator(s) around the longitudinal axis, a pressure applying element adapted to apply pressure on a body portion of the capsule(s) installed in the capsule compartment wherein the body portion defines a reservoir containing a nail polish fluid, the pressure builds an internal pressure in the reservoir forcing extrusion of the nail polish fluid to a nail polish applying element integrated with the capsule(s), sensor(s) adapted to generate sensory data depicting the nail polish applying space and a control unit adapted to operate the actuator(s) and the pressure according to analysis of the sensory data.
US10939736B2
A maternity bag with a bag body defining an outer surface and a changing mat configured to be detachable from the outer surface of the body. The changing mat is optionally made of a same material as the bag body and/or has the same texture or color as the outer surface of the bag body, and is dimensioned to at least partially wrap around the outer surface of the bag body so as to be fully integrated and indistinguishable. The function and the look of the changing mat is concealed as it is integrated to the bag when attached. A method for changing babies using the bag is also provided. The changing mat being wrapped around the bag, it reinforces the body's structure and liberates space inside the bag. The invention provides an elegant and stylishly fashionable look to the bag. The invention also concerns the changing mat configured to be affixed to a diaper bag.
US10939730B2
A shoe friction control apparatus set that enables a user to specifically individually select a specific slide capability for one or more of their shoes from a plurality of different specific slide capacities. In various embodiments, the present disclosure enables a bowler to make a specific individual selection for the shoe on the bowler's slide foot. In various embodiments, the present disclosure enables a bowler to make this specific individual selection for the shoe on the bowler's other, non-slide, plant or kicker foot.
US10939727B2
An article includes a cushioning assembly which has a first bladder element forming a first fluid chamber, and a second bladder element within the first bladder element and forming a second fluid chamber sealed from and within the first fluid chamber. The first bladder element includes an inner surface having a first feature. The second bladder element includes an outer surface having a second feature. The first feature interfits with the second feature such that a first area of the inner surface of the first bladder element is aligned with a first area of the outer surface of the second bladder element at a bonded interface. The second bladder element is exposed to the first fluid chamber away from the bonded interface. A method of manufacturing the article includes interfitting the first feature with the second feature and bonding at the bonded interface.
US10939721B2
A helmet body includes an outer shell and an energy management liner with an outer shell lower edge extending between the inner surface and the outer surface of the outer shell. At least two shoulder pad recesses are positioned at a lower edge of the outer shell on a respective left and right sides of the helmet. The energy management liner is adjacent to the inner surface of the outer shell and includes at least two shoulder pads formed of a foamed energy management material. Each of the at least two shoulder pads is received into one of the at least two shoulder pad recesses on the respective left or right side of the helmet, each shoulder pad extending from inside of the outer shell to across at least a majority of a width of the lower edge of the outer shell.
US10939713B2
Personal protective devices have a carrying bag, such as a purse, and a separate bullet resistant vest or penetration resistant (to stab wounds) vest comprises at least one neck sling and at least one torso strap. The bullet/penetration resistant vest is dimensioned to removably fit within the carrying bag. The carrying bags are configured to provide a “ready state” wherein a bullet resistant shield and neck sling are within the carrying bag while at least a connector attached to the end of a deployable torso strap(s) is outside of the carrying bag. The carrying bag has at least one slot designed to allow the torso strap(s) to be pre-fed from the interior of the carrying bag to a position exterior of the carrying bag. In this “ready state”, the majority of the torso strap is maintained within the interior of the carrying bag. The neck sling and torso straps are deployable to secure the vest to a wearer's torso in the deployed position.
US10939708B1
An underwire for use in a brassiere, and the associated brassiere, the underwire including a generally arcuate base member having a first end, a central segment, and a second end, and a spiral boning member fixedly attached to the base member, where the spiral boning member has a greater flexibility than a flexibility of the base member.
US10939707B2
The present disclosure provides an aerosol delivery device. In various implementations, the aerosol delivery device comprises a control body having an outer housing, an electrical energy source located within the housing, a control component operatively connected to the electrical energy source, a heating assembly operatively connected to the control component, and an aerosol source member that includes an aerosol generating component configured to be positioned proximate the heating assembly. The heating assembly comprises a series of heating members, and each heating member is independent and distinct and configured to heat a segment of the aerosol source member.
US10939705B2
Provided herein is a portable aerosol device including, in some embodiments, a mouthpiece, a cartridge, and a shell configured for inserting the cartridge into the shell. Regarding the cartridge, the cartridge can include a tank configured to hold a vaporizable material, a wick and a heating element for vaporizing the material, an air path to the wick and the heating element, an aerosol path from the wick and the heating element, and a battery configured to power the portable aerosol device. The air and aerosol paths can be at least partially positioned in a space between the tank and the battery. Regarding the shell, the shell can include an air intake hole, a viewing window, a closed end, and an insertion opening.
US10939704B2
An aerosol-generating article is provided, including an aerosol-generating substrate including tobacco; and a capacitor including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a dielectric material disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the dielectric material including a porous substrate material and a liquid sorbed into the porous substrate material. There is also provided an aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating article in combination with an aerosol-generating device.
US10939694B2
A drink water treatment composition comprises a first edible, water-soluble salt that has a weight, e.g., between about 15% and about 25% by weight of the composition, and a second edible, water-soluble salt that has a weight, e.g., between about 65% and about 75% by weight of the composition and in admixture with the first edible, water-soluble salt. The composition can also include a third edible, water-soluble salt that has a weight, e.g., between about 5% and about 10% by weight of the composition and in admixture with the first and second edible, water-soluble salts. The mixture of edible, water-soluble salts is packaged in an effective amount to be mixed and dissolved in a reference amount of drinking water to re-mineralize the drinking water for human ingestion.
US10939691B2
Feeding equine animals involves obtaining an equine feed combined with a yeast fermentation product such as a Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product, and feeding the feed to the equine animal such that ingestion causes the equine animal to improve performance, including a mitigated inflammatory response or an increased immune in function. The feed may contain about 0.1 to 1.0 percent of the yeast fermentation product by weight of the feed. A formulated feed ration for the equine animal may include grain- and forage-based feed and a Saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation product in an amount of about 5 grams to about 40 grams per head per day.
US10939690B2
A method for producing a collagenous material in particle form, includes: extracting a collagen- and fat-containing animal raw material using an aqueous extraction solution; optionally separating at least one part of the aqueous phase from the extraction residue; separating the extraction residue into a collagenous solid phase, an aqueous phase, and a fat phase; mixing at least one part of the collagenous solid phase with at least one part of the aqueous phase; at least partly drying the mixed phases; and comminuting the dried phases in order to obtain the collagenous material in particle form.
US10939689B2
The proposed apparatus relates to equipment for producing confectionery products and can be used at public catering and commercial enterprises for preparing candy floss. It includes a housing, a base with an electric motor having a shaft, a spinning head, a shell having a cover and propeller, and a diffusor secured on the base and having vertically bent vanes on its internal surface. The propeller is attached to the spinning head mounted on the shaft. The apparatus is equipped with rubberized supports for an extractor arranged on the housing. The diffusor has air intake openings in its lower part. The shell is made in the form of a ring having longitudinal slots. A spiral tubular heating element abuts the inside of the ring. The slots may repeat the shape of coils of the heating element. The proposed design makes it possible to considerably increase productivity of the apparatus.
US10939681B2
The present invention provides a compound having excellent control efficacy against pests, especially Lepidoptera pests. A compound represented by formula (1) has excellent control efficacy against pests, especially Lepidoptera pests.
US10939679B2
The present invention relates to methods for inhibiting the growth of microbes on live plants using compositions comprising a carboxylic acid of Formula (I) or salt thereof: wherein R is H, Ph, Ar, or a C1-C60 alkyl. The present invention also relates to live plant products contacted with compositions comprising a carboxylic acid of Formula (I) or salt thereof.
US10939667B2
A guide dog apparatus comprises a form fitting guide dog harness, an extensible and rotatable human guiding handle, and a single point attachment mechanism connecting the dog harness and human guiding handle. The harness includes a dorsal panel and a ventral panel. A user handle is connected to an attachment member that is mounted to the dorsal panel of the harness and which includes a clamping gudgeon that retains a pintle attached to the handle in a desired orientation. The apparatus positively couples linear guiding forces in the ventral, dorsal, cranial, and caudal directions. The guiding handle attachment positively couples rotational guiding forces about the vertical dorsoventral axis and the horizontal anteroposterior axis. Freedom of rotation is provided about the lateral horizontal left-right axis. The user is able to laterally adjust the distance between grip and the harness.
US10939651B1
A soybean cultivar designated 83011212 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 83011212, to the plants of soybean cultivar 83011212, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 83011212, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 83011212. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 83011212. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 83011212, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 83011212 with another soybean cultivar.
US10939642B1
A novel maize variety designated X13N274 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13N274 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13N274 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety X13N274, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13N274 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13N274 and methods of using maize variety X13N274 are disclosed.
US10939622B2
Provided is a horticultural container including a body, a base extending from a bottom of the body, and an upper rim extending from a top of the body. The upper rim has a tag slot extending therethrough for receiving a tag and a chamfer radially outwardly spaced from and adjacent to the tag slot for receiving ears of the tag when the tag is in the tag slot. In this way, the tag is received in the tag slot and chamfer to secure the tag to hinder or prevent unauthorized removal of the tag.
US10939616B2
Aspects hereof relate to a mower having a first portion and a second portion that is movable relative to the first portion to adjust a cutting height of the mower. The adjustment of the second portion may be facilitated, for example, by a height adjustment mechanism.
US10939609B2
An agricultural implement system that includes a depth adjustment system that couples to a row unit and adjusts a depth of an opener relative to a soil surface. The depth adjustment system includes a cam that rotates about an axis. A cam follower contacts the cam and adjusts a position of a packer wheel to adjust the depth of the opener.
US10939605B2
A controller for a work machine includes a steering control circuit, a memory, and a speed control circuit. The steering control circuit is configured to control a steering of the work machine to change a steering angle based on a travel route. The memory is to store a threshold angle. The speed control circuit is configured to control a speed of the work machine if the steering angle is equal to or larger than the threshold angle and if the steering control circuit does not control the steering.
US10939603B2
A seed planting unit of an agricultural implement may include a wheel support arm having an upper portion and a lower portion. A wheel may be rotatably supported by the lower portion of the wheel support arm, the wheel configured to contact the soil surface to define a penetration depth setting for a ground engaging tool relative to the soil surface. A depth stop member may be provided in operative association with one of the support structure or the wheel support arm. A depth adjustment member may be selectively movable relative to the other of the support structure or the wheel support arm to vary a relative position between the depth adjustment member and the depth stop member. The depth stop member may selectively abut one of the plurality of steps when the wheel is contacting the soil surface to set the penetration depth setting for the ground engaging tool.
US10945356B2
Cooking exhaust systems for use with a cooktop appliance are provided herein. An exhaust system may include a casing, an image monitor, and an air handler. The casing may define an air inlet and an air outlet above the cooktop appliance. The image monitor may be supported on the casing. The air handler may be mounted within the casing in fluid communication between the air inlet and the air outlet to motivate an airflow therethrough. The air outlet may define an airflow curtain path extending outward from the casing in front of the image monitor.
US10945342B2
A fastening assembly includes a fastening member and an operating member movably sheathed on the fastening member. The fastening member includes a threaded part and a mating part connected to the threaded part. The operating member includes a snap-fitting part corresponding to the mating part.
US10945325B2
A luminaire for a workstation, including a tunable light source, a control circuit in association with the luminaire configured to automatically modulate a spectral power distribution of the tunable light source in a response to a changeable ambient lighting condition and an operator interface in communication with the control circuit, where the operator interface is configured to allow a workstation occupant to activate and deactivate the response.
US10945320B1
A light-emitting diode (LED) driver circuit includes a DC-to-AC inverter that provides a primary AC voltage to the primary winding of an output transformer via a resonant tank circuit. The transformer has at least one secondary winding. An AC output voltage from the secondary winding is rectified to generate a DC voltage, which is applied to a load having a plurality of LEDs. An overshoot control circuit electrically connected in parallel with the primary winding of the transformer prevents the DC voltage applied to the load from exceeding the forward bias of the LEDs during startup conditions until the resonant tank circuit is stabilized. The overshoot control circuit includes a first diode and a first capacitor and further includes a second diode and a second capacitor. The first and second capacitors absorb energy during alternate half cycles of the primary AC voltage until the resonant tank circuit is stabilized.
US10945317B1
A five color temperature switching circuit includes a power supply, an LED driver, a first LED light, a second LED light, a third LED light, a first diode, a second diode, a third diode, a fourth diode, and a switch. The switch has twelve connecting ports. The switch has five regulating stages corresponding to the twelve connecting ports. Thus, the five color temperature switching circuit is provided with three LED lights with three different color temperature values, four diodes, and the switch, such that the lamp provides an illuminating function with five color temperature values.
US10945315B2
An LED control system is provided for connection to an LED lighting system via a power line to control the LED lighting system using commands formed by manipulation of frequency and amplitude of a signal transmitted over the power line. The signal may be for example a wave or a sequence of pulses. The signal may be provided in superposition with line power or the line power may be formed as the signal.
US10945301B2
Disclosed herein are a method for transmitting and receiving a signal based on a channel aggregation transmission in a wireless local access network system and devices supporting the same. Particularly, disclosed herein are a method for transmitting and receiving a signal comprising a training field based on a channel aggregation transmission in a wireless local access network system and operation of devices supporting the same.
US10945300B2
The invention describes a method for dynamic switching between a control plane data transmission and user plane data transmission avoiding the Detach and consecutive re-attach procedure or TAU procedure. In particular the decision for switch between the different transmission schemes is based on various criteria like the size of the data packet or on total amount of data, etc.
US10945296B2
In one embodiment, a parent device in an unaligned wireless network may determine a superframe comprising a header timeslot followed by a plurality of sub timeslots. The parent device may transmit, to a plurality of child devices in the unaligned wireless network, a beacon during the header timeslot, wherein the beacon comprises i) synchronization information used by the plurality of child devices to synchronize to the header timeslot and ii) reservation information that indicates one or more reserved sub timeslots of the plurality of sub timeslots. The parent device may receive, from a particular child device of the plurality of child devices, a message during a particular sub timeslot of the plurality of sub timeslots that is different than the one or more reserved sub timeslots.
US10945293B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station, configuration information for a two-step random access procedure. The UE may determine a frequency hopping space for transmitting a payload of a two-step random access channel of the two-step random access procedure. The UE may encode the payload into one or more codewords. The UE may map the one or more codewords to a plurality of resource units of the frequency hopping space. The UE may transmit the one or more codewords to the base station on the plurality of resource units of the frequency hopping space. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10945285B2
A communication system comprising one or more wireless stations programmed to await for an authorizing signal to initiate wireless communications with a network controller or access point. The network controller maintains identification information in different queues, and polls stations from those queues. The wireless station identification information may be moved between the different queues in response to wireless station activity. Between polling, each mobile station aggregates data for the next opportunity to transmit. Multi-polling may be employed such that more than a single station is polled at a time. Polling is accomplished by polling one of the more stations from each queue having the effect that stations in one queue are polled more often than those in another queue. If a lesser active station becomes active, it may be moved into the shorter queue and consequently will be polled more often.
US10945281B2
Facilitating improved performance of multiple downlink control channels in advanced networks (e.g., 4G, 5G, 6G, and beyond) is provided herein. Operations of a system can comprise scheduling multiple data traffic channels for a user equipment device. Scheduling the multiple data channels can comprise scheduling a first data traffic channel of the multiple data traffic channels based on a legacy scheduling procedure and scheduling a second data traffic channel of the multiple data traffic channels based on an iterative procedure. The operations can also comprise transmitting, to the user equipment device, first information via multiple downlink control channels and transmitting, to the user equipment device, second information via the multiple data traffic channels.
US10945277B2
A user equipment (UE) receives control signaling in a scheduling bandwidth part (BWP). The control signaling indicates switching from a first active BWP to a second active BWP or switching from a first active BWP pair to a second active BWP pair for the UE. The control signaling aligns with a time unit boundary, such as a slot boundary, that is associated with the scheduling BWP. In the event that a scheduled BWP for a UE has a different numerology than a scheduling BWP that is currently active for the UE, the UE could switch from the scheduling BWP to the scheduled BWP based on a control signaling monitoring periodicity of the scheduled BWP.
US10945273B2
For example, a first Enhanced Directional Multi-Gigabit (DMG) (EDMG) station (STA) may be configured to exchange first and second Beam Refinement Protocol (BRP) setup frames with a second EDMG STA to initiate a BRP Transmit Sector Sweep (TXSS) over an aggregated channel bandwidth including an aggregation of a primary channel and a secondary channel in a frequency band above 45 GHz; during the BRP TXSS, transmit a plurality of BRP frames to the second EDMG STA over the primary channel and the secondary channel according to an EDMG control mode; determine a transmit beamforming configuration over the aggregated channel bandwidth based on BRP feedback from the second EDMG STA; and transmit an EDMG Physical Layer (PHY) Protocol Data Unit (PPDU) to the second EDMG STA over the aggregated channel bandwidth based on the transmit beamforming configuration.
US10945252B2
Provided is a scheduling information transmission/reception method and apparatus for an NR system in a wireless communication system. A method for receiving, by a terminal, scheduling information for data transmission or reception in a wireless communication system according to one aspect of the present invention may comprise the steps of: receiving, from a base station, information indicating a first physical resource supporting a first subcarrier spacing within a time interval and a second physical resource supporting a second subcarrier spacing within the time interval; receiving at least one of first scheduling information for the first physical resource and second scheduling information for the second physical resource; and performing the data transmission or reception on the basis of the at least one of the first scheduling information and the second scheduling information.
US10945250B2
A wireless communication method of a wireless communication apparatus for supporting a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs) including receiving a first downlink signal corresponding to a first RAT and a second downlink signal corresponding to a second RAT from a base station through a first frequency band, decoding the first downlink signal, detecting the second downlink signal based on a result of decoding of the first downlink signal, and decoding the detected second downlink signal to acquire data included in the second downlink signal may be provided.
US10945248B2
The present invention is designed so that communication can be carried out adequately even when the bandwidth to use is limited to partial reduced bandwidths in a system bandwidth. According to an example of the present invention, a user terminal, in which the bandwidth to use is limited to a partial reduced bandwidth in a system bandwidth, has an acquiring section that acquires EPDCCH (Enhanced PDCCH) configuration information based on information that is reported from a radio base station without using a PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel), and a receiving section that detects a user terminal-specific search space (USS: UE-specific Search Space) of an EPDCCH based on the EPDCCH configuration information.
US10945243B2
A grant-free transmission mode may be used to communicate small traffic transmissions to reduce overhead and latency. The grant-free transmission mode may be used in downlink and uplink data channels of a wireless network. In the downlink channel, a base station transmits packets to a group of UEs in a search space without communicating any transmission code assignments to the UEs. The UEs receive the downlink packets using blind detection. In the uplink channel, UEs transmit packets in an access space using assigned access codes which are either independently derived by the UEs or otherwise communicated by the base station using a slow-signaling channel. Hence, the grant-free transmission mode allows mobile devices to make small traffic transmissions without waiting for uplink grant requests.
US10945242B2
An uplink information transmission method, a base station, and user equipment are disclosed. The uplink information transmission method includes: sending, by UE, first uplink information on a first frequency resource of a first subframe set; and sending, by the UE, second uplink information on a second frequency resource of a second subframe set, where the first frequency resource and the second frequency resource are frequency resources included in two different narrowbands; a radio frame in which a subframe in the first subframe set is located is different from a radio frame in which a subframe in the second subframe set is located, and any subframe included in the first subframe set and any subframe included in the second subframe set belong to different radio frames.
US10945241B2
The invention aims to perform UL transmission in an appropriate manner even when using short transmission time intervals (TTIs). A user terminal includes a transmission section that performs the UL transmission using at least one of a plurality of TTIs contained in one subframe of existing systems, and a control section that controls allocation of an UL signal and/or an UL channel. The TTI is constituted of an even number of symbols of the existing system. The control section allocates an uplink control channel on the basis of the TTI.
US10945237B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) in a wireless communication system is provided. A narrowband internet-of-things (NB-IoT) user equipment (UE) configures a set of resource units with at least one tone for uplink transmission in NB-IoT, transmits the PUSCH by using the set of resource units, and transmits the DM-RS used for demodulating the PUSCH by a network in the set of resource units.
US10945233B2
A paging method, a paging device, and system are described. A mobility management network element (MME) obtains location information of user equipment (UE) in a non-3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) network, where the UE already accesses the non-3GPP network. The MME receives a downlink data notification message, where the downlink data notification message carries an identifier of the UE. The MME pages the UE according to the location information of the UE in the non-3GPP network. In some implementations, a paging range may be determined according to the location information of the UE in the non-3GPP network, and a paging message does not need to be sent to all base stations in a registration area of the UE.
US10945231B1
Techniques for improved wireless ranging are provided. A first communication from a first device is received at a first access point. A predefined minimum distance is determined for the first access point, where the predefined minimum distance corresponds to a distance at which the vertical location of the first access point causes inaccurate location estimations. A first distance of the first device from the first access point is estimated. Upon determining that the first distance of the first device is below the predefined minimum distance, fine timing measurement (FTM) requests from the first device are declined.
US10945230B2
A wireless network gateway redirects a wireless client device to a wireless network hotspot device. The wireless network gateway includes a hotspot location determining component, a client location determining component, a redirecting component and a communication component. The hotspot location determining component determines the location of the wireless network hotspot device. The client location determining component determines the location of the wireless client device. The redirecting component generates a redirection instruction based on the location of the wireless network hotspot device and the location of the wireless client device. The communication component transmits the redirection instruction to the wireless client device to instruct the wireless client device to redirect to the wireless network hotspot device.
US10945227B2
Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to configuring a measurement gap. A network device obtains information about a first frequency region and a second frequency region. The first frequency region is being used for transmitting a first synchronization signal from a serving cell managed by the network device, and the second frequency region is used for transmitting a second synchronization signal from a neighbor cell of the serving cell. Then, the network device determines a configuration for a measurement gap based on the first and second frequency regions, and transmits the configuration for the measurement gap to the terminal device.
US10945210B2
In accordance with a first aspect of the present disclosure, a control system for a radio frequency (RF) communication device is provided, the system comprising: a communication controller configured to control an RF communication of the RF communication device; a detector configured to detect the presence of an external communication device and to initiate a wake-up of the communication controller in dependence on said presence; wherein the detector is configured to detect said presence by detecting a first load on an RF interface of the RF communication device, said first load resulting from a first transmitted RF pulse; and wherein the detector is configured to initiate said wake-up if a difference between the first load and a reference load is above a high threshold, and to perform a presence verification if the difference between the first load and the reference load is between a low threshold and the high threshold. In accordance with further aspects of the present disclosure, a corresponding method for controlling a radio frequency (RF) communication device is conceived, and a corresponding computer program is provided.
US10945197B2
An electronic device and method are disclosed herein. The electronic device includes a communication module, a display, a memory and a processor which implements the method. The method includes receiving access point (AP) information from at least one AP through the communication module, generating an AP list including an AP communicatively connectable with the electronic device based on the received AP information, storing the AP list in the memory, identifying a state of the electronic device, determining an arrangement criterion for arranging a display order of Aps included in the AP list based on state information about the electronic device, and controlling the display to arrange the AP list according to the determined arrangement criterion.
US10945196B2
A communication method, a terminal device and a network device are provided. The communication method includes: a terminal device transmits a predetermined uplink sequence, the uplink sequence is used for indicating that the terminal device has a demand for determining a target network device; the terminal device receives a first downlink message transmitted by a network system according to the uplink sequence; and when the first downlink message is used for identifying a first network device, the terminal device determines that the target network device is the first network device according to the first downlink message, the first network device is determined by the network system according to location information of the terminal device.
US10945192B2
A wireless network device, for use within a wireless network, comprising: a processor; a memory; and an interface for receiving and transmitting data; wherein the wireless network device is adapted to: determine a first cost associated with communication between the wireless network device and a client device to which the wireless network device is connectable; determine a second cost associated with communication between the client device and a further wireless network device to which the client device is connectable; determine whether the first cost or the second cost is the lower cost; and if the second cost is the lower cost, the wireless network device is adapted to guide the client device to communicate with the further network device.
US10945189B1
The disclosed technology provides a system and method for evaluating candidate wireless sites within path search rings around centerpoints or new potential sites based on a portfolio of centerpoints, a portfolio of candidate sites, a variable radius of the path search rings, and a variable number of target candidates or paths sought within each path search ring, where the system and method computes radio path properties between the centerpoints and candidate sites and visually depicts bounding rings around centerpoints based on whether the target number of viable candidates or paths exist within the path search ring.
US10945188B2
Methods and systems are presented in this disclosure that enable mobile devices without access to an active network connection (e.g. cellular, satellite or Internet network) to communicate between each other by sending and receiving data packets (e.g. text, location, or image) through a mesh of connected devices. A mobile device receives a request to send a packet having an identifier of a recipient device. Based on the identifier, the mobile device determines whether the recipient device is in a list of mobile devices within a wireless range of the mobile device. Based on the determination, the mobile device includes the packet into an outgoing queue having packets for forwarding. The mobile device establishes one or more connections with one or more mobile devices in the list, and forwards one or more packets from the outgoing queue to the one or more mobile devices using the one or more connections.
US10945177B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide an electronic apparatus and a method for wireless communication. The electronic apparatus can include processing circuitry. The processing circuitry can send one or more packet data unit (PDU) session release requests to a wireless communication network system to request a PDU session release procedure. In an embodiment, a timer is used for the one or more PDU session release requests. The processing circuitry can determine whether a network response is received from the wireless communication network system before the timer expires and whether a number of times that the timer expires reaches a predetermined number of times. The processing circuitry can locally release the PDU session when the network response is not received and the number of times that the timer expires reaches the predefined number of times.
US10945175B2
In accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform at least receiving, by a network device of a communication network, information providing an indication to connect to a network node of the communication network using a Random Access Channel (RACH)-less) signaling procedure; determining that connecting to the network node using the RACH-less signaling procedure has failed; and based on the RACH-less signaling procedure failing, using at least one alternative signaling procedure for connecting to the network node using uplink (UL) resources from RACH-less procedure. Further, in accordance with example embodiments of the invention there is at least a method and apparatus to perform based on a RACH-less signaling procedure from a network device failing to connect to a network node, receiving, by the network node, at least one alternative signaling procedure from the network device for the connecting; and establishing a connection with the network device based on the at least one alternative signaling procedure from the network device using the UL resources from RACH-less procedure.
US10945170B2
A communication method for a mobile terminal and a mobile terminal, where the communication method includes detecting whether the mobile terminal uses a call service, obtaining a state of an access control circuit when the mobile terminal uses the call service, and selecting a process of network quality monitoring based on the obtained state of the access control circuit, where the process of network quality monitoring includes stopping network quality monitoring, or stopping reporting a network quality monitoring result to a network side. Hence, the network side can process the call service of the mobile terminal based on the process of network quality monitoring performed by the mobile terminal to avoid a before-ringing inter-system handover and improve user experience.
US10945164B2
The invention relates to a method (20) in a base station (2, 3) of a communication system (1) for making a handover decision, the communication system 1 comprising a user equipment (4, 5). The method (20) comprises the steps of: performing (21) a first type of mobility mechanism for the user equipment (4, 5), and upon the first type of mobility mechanism fulfilling a criterion: configuring (22) a second type of mobility mechanism for the user equipment 4, 5, and making (23) a handover decision for the user equipment (4, 5) based on the second type of mobility mechanism. The invention also relates to a base station, computer programs and computer program products.
US10945163B2
A method and subscriber unit provide mission critical talkgroup service while minimizing truncation and delay when at least one member talkgroup radio is on a Broadband LTE (Long Term Evolution) system. A dual-mode subscriber unit preferably obtains LMR coverage map data to predict the entry point and remaining duration for when the subscriber unit will operate in the backup LTE system. The subscriber unit falls back to the LTE system when the subscriber unit is out of the coverage area of the LMR system. Because the subscriber unit set the connected state prior to using the LTE network and continuously optimizes RRC mode parameters, audio truncation and call delay are greatly reduced without draining the battery of the subscriber unit.
US10945162B2
A user equipment (UE) device is scheduled to transmit an uplink data transmission to its serving base station. The uplink data transmission includes a special subframe that has a different subframe structure than a subframe structure used by at least one other UE device being served by the serving base station. For example, the special subframe includes a blanked portion of the first symbol of the special subframe and a higher Reference Signal symbol density when compared to the subframe structure used by other UE devices. A target base station receives and decodes the uplink data transmission, utilizing the features of the special subframe to acquire and estimate the uplink channel between the UE device and the target base station. After decoding the uplink data transmission, the UE device is handed over from the serving base station to the target base station.
US10945149B1
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive control signaling that configures a channel measurement resource and an interference measurement resource within a same time interval. The UE may transmit a measurement report that indicates a signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) measurement that is generated based on measuring the channel measurement resource and the interference measurement resource. In some cases, the UE may receive a quasi co-location (QCL) relationship indicator that indicates a QCL relationship for the interference measurement resource or the channel measurement resource. The UE may measure the channel measurement resource and the interference measurement resource in accordance with the QCL relationship.
US10945147B2
This disclosure pertains to a terminal for a Radio Access Network, the terminal being adapted for transmitting a measurement report on received reference signaling. The measurement report is based on one report type out of a set of possible report types, the terminal determining the report type of the measurement report based on a measurement report type indication in a downlink control information message received by the terminal. There are also disclosed further related methods and devices.
US10945145B2
An example method may include a processing system including at least one processor determining a final weight set comprising weight factors to apply to each of a plurality of performance indicators for a predictive model associated with a target performance indicator using a genetic algorithm. The method may further include the processing system gathering a first plurality of measurements of the plurality of performance indicators for at least a portion of a cellular network, applying the predictive model to the first plurality of measurements of the plurality of performance indicators to generate a prediction for the target performance indicator, and adjusting at least one aspect of the cellular network in response to the prediction.
US10945138B2
In accordance with one or more embodiments, a communication device includes an antenna array configured to receive first millimeter wave (MMW) signals from a remote device in a millimeter wave (MMW) frequency band and to transmit second millimeter wave (MMW) signals to the remote device in the MMW frequency band. A base transceiver station is configured to generate a consolidated steering matrix in accordance in a radio frequency (RF) band based on a consolidated feedback matrix in accordance with the RF band, wherein the MMW frequency band is above the RF band. A remote radio head is configured to: process the first MMW wave signals received from the remote device to recover an original feedback matrix in accordance with the MMW frequency band; convert the original feedback matrix in accordance with the MMW frequency band to the consolidated feedback matrix in accordance with the RF band; convert the consolidated steering matrix to a converted steering matrix that facilitates the transmission of the second MMW signals to the remote device in the MMW frequency band, and is further configured to generate the second MMW signals in accordance with the converted steering matrix.
US10945137B2
A communication system is a communication system provided in a mobile body and including an acquirer configured to acquire a destination of the mobile body, and a communicator configured to communicate with a communication device outside the mobile body using an antenna, in which the communicator is configured to increase directivity of the antenna in a direction from a position of the mobile body to the destination when the destination is acquired by the acquirer.
US10945136B2
A mobile telecommunications system anchor base station for a mobile telecommunications system is described. The mobile telecommunications system has at least one anchor cell and at least one slave cell which is associated with the anchor cell. The anchor base station has a circuitry which is configured to transmit system information based on beam information.
US10945134B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide method and devices for signaling transmission in unlicensed band. The method comprising determining a signal transmission pattern, which defines time and frequency resources for transmitting at least one signal in a first frequency band; signaling, via a second frequency band, the signal transmission pattern to a first device; and transmitting the at least one signal via the first frequency band, to the first device, according to the signal transmission pattern; wherein a transmission of one of the at least one signal is skipped if time and frequency resource for the transmission defined by the signal transmission pattern is detected as busy. Corresponding methods and devices for receiving a signal which is transmitted using above method are also disclosed.
US10945129B2
Techniques are described herein that are capable of implementing a context-aware digital personal assistant (DPA) that supports multiple accounts and/or facilitating interaction among digital personal assistants. For example, a user may be signed-in with accounts of a DPA. Content from content streams associated with the respective accounts may be selectively combined based on at least the user's context. In another example, users who are signed-in with accounts of a DPA may share a user experience provided by the DPA. Content from content streams associated with the respective accounts may be selectively combined based on at least one or more of the users' context. In yet another example, a first DPA associated with a first user may be caused to perform an operation on behalf of a second DPA associated with a second user or to delegate the operation to the second DPA.
US10945122B2
A wireless communication device (330) and method therein for performing positioning related measurement during idle mode in a wireless communication networks (300) are disclosed. The wireless communication device (330) is capable of wireless communication with at least a first network node (320) in a first cell (310). The wireless communication device (330) obtains information on a specific configuration associated with positioning measurements to be performed in idle mode. The wireless communication device (330) performs positioning related measurements based on the obtained information and provides (430) the positioning related measurements to the first network node.
US10945115B1
Disclosed herein are crisis management systems and methods thereof. The crisis management methods may include registering a group of users for access to a crisis management system; receiving, by crisis management system, an indication of a crisis event at a physical location from at least one user of the group of users, the crisis event caused by an aggressor; determining, by crisis management system, a location of the aggressor; creating, by crisis management system, a secure communication channel between the group of users; denying access, by crisis management system, to the secure communication channel to the aggressor; and notifying, by crisis management system, the group of users of the location of the aggressor.
US10945100B2
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine a capability of the UE relating to a carrier configuration of the UE, wherein the carrier configuration relates to carriers of at least two different numerologies; and transmit information identifying the capability, wherein the information identifying the capability identifies a bandwidth or number of carriers that is supported for carriers of a first numerology and one or more scaling values associated with one or more numerologies other than the first numerology. A base station may receive information identifying a capability of a UE relating to a carrier configuration of the UE, wherein the carrier configuration relates to carriers of at least two different numerologies; and determine a configuration for communication with the UE based at least in part on the information identifying the capability. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10945099B2
A method and a user equipment as well as a method and a radio network node for multimedia broadcast service are disclosed. The radio network node sends, on a physical downlink control channel of the carrier, downlink control information using a multicast network identifier. The downlink control information includes a bit indicating whether or not at least two emergency notifications are broadcast on the carrier, and a notification relating to a change of a multicast channel of the carrier. The user equipment receives, on a physical downlink control channel of the carrier, downlink control information using a multicast network identifier. The user equipment behaves as if at least two fields relating to indication of said at least two emergency notifications are set to one in a paging message for the user equipment, when the bit is set to one.
US10945090B1
A method performed by an audio system within a room that includes a first loudspeaker that has a first beamforming array and a second loudspeaker that has a second beamforming array. The method obtains a sound program as several input audio channels. The method performs a beamforming algorithm based on the input audio channels to cause each of the arrays to produce a front beam pattern and a side beam pattern when the loudspeakers are close to an object within the room, where the front beam patterns are directed away from the object and the side beam patterns are directed towards the object and the beam patterns contain different portions of the sound program. The method performs a cross-talk cancellation (XTC) algorithm based on a subset of the input audio channels to produce several XTC output signals for driving the arrays when the loudspeakers are far away from the object.
US10945085B2
An apparatus, including an external component of a medical device configured to generate a magnetic flux that removably retains, via a resulting magnetic retention force, the external component to a recipient thereof, wherein the external component is configured to enable the adjustment of the generated magnetic flux so as to vary the resulting magnetic retention force.
US10945080B2
An audio analysis and processing system with a processor configured with an audio array input thread connected to a plurality of audio input channels each corresponding to an audio input sensor. An audio input sensor may be positionally related to a position of other audio input sensors and a source input thread may be configured to be connected to a microphone audio input channel. An audio output thread may be configured to be connected to a speaker output channel and a beamformer thread may be responsive to the audio array input thread. A beam analysis and selection thread may be connected to an output of the beamformer thread and a mixer thread may have a first input connected to an output of the source input thread and a second input connected to an output of the beam analysis and selection thread and may have an output connected to the audio output thread. The audio input channel may be connected to the personal communication device. The microphone audio input channel may be connected to the personal communication device. The processor may include a line output thread configured to connect to an audio output channel. An audio information interface may be provided to connect signals representing audio to the processor.
US10945079B2
A hearing system is adapted to be worn by a user and configured to capture sound in an environment of the user and comprises a) a sensor array comprising M transducers for providing M electric input signals representing said sound and having a known geometrical configuration relative to each other; b) a detector unit for detecting movements over time of the hearing system, and providing location data of said sensor array at different points in time t, t=1, . . . , N; c) a first processor for receiving said electric input signals and—in case said sound comprises sound from a localized sound source S—for extracting sensor array configuration specific data τij of said sensor array indicative of differences between a time of arrival of sound from said localized sound source S at said respective input transducers, at said different points in time t, t=1, . . . , N; and d) a second processor configured to estimate data indicative of a location of said localized sound source S relative to the user based on corresponding values of said location data and said sensor array configuration data at said different points in time t, t=1, . . . , N.
US10945077B2
An electroacoustic transducer includes an armature that is mounted for deflection between magnets where an elongated portion of the armature includes a protrusion on opposite sides thereof for limiting the deflection of the armature. The protrusions are arranged transversely with respect to the elongated portion of the armature. Among other advantages, deflection of the armature is limited to provide improved shock performance. In one example, the protrusions are located within a magnet zone of the electroacoustic transducer.
US10945057B2
Improvements in a motorized microphone rail system for a musical instrument and more particularly for a percussion instrument such as a drum, marimba or similar musical instrument. The microphone system includes a vibration isolation system. A vertical or horizontal tracking system bridges across supports of a drum or marimba in a vertical or horizontal tracking system. One or more microphones are supported on the first bridging structure. The microphone(s) are positional with a drive screw that is powered by a motor. The microphone can be moved along the supporting rail to alter the sound based upon the phasing of the sound wave between the drum heads or the sound producing elements. Electronic drive and control for operating a motor that positions the microphone is also disclosed.
US10945053B2
Provided are a method and device for processing a service crossing the master node, which relate to the communications field, and solve a problem of a resource conflict caused by the service crossing the master node in the OBTN. The method comprises: when assigning a bandwidth for a service requested by each node within the present DBA period, a master node selects a processing strategy; the master node eliminates, according to the selected processing strategy, a resource conflict caused by the service crossing the master node, and assigns a bandwidth to the service requested by each node. The technical solution provided by the present disclosure is applicable to the OBTN, thereby implementing highly reliable OBTN resource scheduling.
US10945050B2
A broadcast signal transmission method is disclosed. The broadcast signal transmission method according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: processing video data and audio data; encoding a broadcast service component, including the video data and audio data, and service layer signaling (SLS) information on the broadcast service component on the basis of a delivery protocol; subjecting the broadcast service component, the SLS information, and service list table (SLT) information to IP packetization; and subjecting the broadcast service component, the SLS information, and the SLT information to physical layer processing.
US10945047B1
Systems and methods are described herein for selective playback of portions of audio at normal speed during a fast-forward operation. Upon receiving a command to perform a fast-forward operation, a current playback position is identified, as well as a plurality of portions of audio of the content item that will be subject to the fast-forward operation. A subset of the audio portions that will be subject to the fast-forward operation are selected. The fast-forward operation is initiated, and video of the content item is played back at the increased speed while the selected portions of audio of the content item are played back at normal speed.
US10945041B1
Devices, systems, and methods are provided for language-agnostic subtitle drift detection and localization. A method may include extracting audio from video, dividing the audio into overlapping blocks, and determining the probabilities of overlapping portions of the blocks, the probabilities indicating a presence of voice data represented by the audio in the blocks. The method may generate machine blocks using overlapping portions of blocks where voice data is present, and may map the machine blocks to corresponding blocks indicating that subtitles are available for the video. For mapped blocks, the method may include determining features such as when subtitles are available without voice audio, when voice audio is available without subtitles, and when voice audio and subtitles both are available. Using the features, the method may include determining the probability that the video includes subtitle drift, and the method may include analyzing the video to localize where the subtitle drift occurs.
US10945040B1
The present disclosure relates to methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media for generating a topic visual element for a portion of a digital video based on audio content and visual content of the digital video. For example, the disclosed systems can generate a map between words of the audio content and their corresponding timestamps from the digital video and then modify the map by associating importance weights with one or more of the words. Further, the disclosed systems can generate an additional map by associating words embedded in one or more video frames of the visual content with their corresponding timestamps. Based on these maps, the disclosed systems can identify a topic for a portion of the digital video (e.g., a portion currently previewed on a computing device), generate a topic visual element that includes the topic, and provide the topic visual element for display on a computing device.
US10945037B2
Techniques for real-time DVR programming employ secure instant message protocol in a DVR environment. An embodiment sends an instant message to the DVR which causes the DVR to open a new secure connection with the service provider for synchronizing data on the DVR with updated programming data from the service provider. Another embodiment uses an already established connection with an instant message server for synchronizing data on the DVR with updated programming data from the service provider.
US10945032B2
A method and a system for remotely controlling a smart television based on a mobile terminal and the mobile terminal are disclosed. The method includes: detecting a state of the smart television every predetermined time interval by the mobile terminal, and receiving a command input from a user to acquire a type of an audience watching the smart television; determining whether a current playing time, a playing content and a playing duration conform to conditions preset by a user, when the audience watching the smart television is a minor; and detecting whether the smart television is in a turned-on state when the audience watching the smart television is an older person.
US10945024B2
One or more processors receive a plurality of original video streams, generate a guide video stream that includes each of the original video streams resized and arranged such that all of the original video streams are simultaneously visible and playing on the guide video stream, and display the guide video stream on a display device. The one or more processors further provide an interactive user interface on the display device in conjunction with the guide video stream to thereby allow a user of the set-top box to select one of the original video streams shown playing on the guide video stream for full screen playback. In response to the user selecting a particular original video stream for full screen playback, the one or more processors play full screen on the display device the particular original video stream as selected by the user.
US10945021B2
A receiving method of receiving a first data unit in which data making up an encoded stream is stored and the first data unit stores a plurality of second data units. The receiving method includes: receiving the first data unit, first time information indicating a presentation time of the first data unit, second time information indicating, together with the first time information, a presentation time or a decoding time of each of the plurality of second data units, and identification information; calculating the presentation time or the decoding time of each of the plurality of second data units using the first time information and the second time information; and correcting the presentation time or the decoding time of each of the plurality of second data units based on the identification information.
US10945020B2
Provided are an electronic apparatus and a method of operating the same. The electronic apparatus includes: a buffer configured to receive one or more first frames corresponding to a first stream and one or more second frames corresponding to a second stream; and a controller configured to identify the one or more second frames and control the buffer to output the identified one or more second frames, in response to a playback switch event, wherein the controller is configured to identify the one or more second frames based on a time stamp value of the one or more second frames distinguished from a time stamp value of the one or more first frames or a second flag added to the one or more second frames and distinguished from a first flag added to the one or more first frames.
US10945016B2
A method and apparatus are provided for gathering analytics. In an embodiment, a method includes monitoring interactions of multiple users related to at least one of: multiple base content and multiple supplemental content. The supplemental content is associated with one or more products or services identified in the base content. The method also includes obtaining interaction information associated with the interactions. The method also includes selecting specified supplemental content to present to a specified user based on (i) the interaction information and (ii) specified base content presented to the specified user. The method also includes sending the specified base content and the specified supplemental content to an endpoint associated with the specified user.
US10945009B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to perform media device asset qualification are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an asset quality evaluator to identify candidate media device assets obtained from a media device that identify media. The example apparatus further includes an asset grader to grade the candidate media device assets based on calculating a valid hash count corresponding to a number of matches between a first one of the candidate media device assets compared to a second one of the candidate media device assets using a hash table, and identify the first one of the candidate media device assets as a reference media device asset, the first one having a higher grade compared to grades of other candidate media device assets. The example apparatus further includes an asset loader to generate a validation report including the identification of the reference media device asset.
US10945002B2
System and methods for multimedia playback are provided. A terminal device may obtain a playback identifier of a multimedia playback device. The terminal device may send an association request to a server based on the playback identifier. The association request may enable the server to establish an association between a terminal device and the multimedia playback device. The terminal device may receive a plurality of candidate options pushed by the server. The plurality of candidate options may be pushed to the terminal device associated with the multimedia playback device when the server detects that a preset time point arrives after the multimedia playback device plays back a first media resource. The terminal device may obtain a target option selected from the plurality of candidate options. The terminal device may feedback the target option to the server to enable the server to determine a second media resource to be played back by the multimedia playback device.
US10945000B2
There is provided a file generation apparatus and a file generation method as well as a reproduction apparatus and a reproduction method by which a file in which quality information of a depth-related image at least including a depth image is efficiently stored can be managed. An MPD file generation unit generates an MPD file. The MPD file is a management file that manages a file in which quality information representative of quality of a plurality of depth-related images including at least a depth image is disposed in a form divided in a plurality of tracks or subsamples and the management file in which a correspondence relationship between the respective tracks and associationID that specifies the depth-related images is described. The present disclosure can be applied when a segment file and an MPD file of a video content are distributed, for example, in a method that complies with MPEG-DASH.
US10944992B2
A method for encoding a packet in a broadcasting system supporting an Internet Protocol (IP)-based multimedia service is provided. The method includes dividing a data stream into data payloads, generating a Motion Picture Expert Group (MPEG) Media Transport (MMT) packet by adding a first header to each of the data payloads, and generating a source packet by adding an MMT packet header to the MMT packet and performing Forward Error Correction (FEC) encoding on the header-added MMT packet. The MMT packet header includes type information of the MMT packet.
US10944986B2
Methods and systems for determining motion vectors in a motion estimation process of a video encoder
Methods and systems for determining motion vectors in a motion estimation process of a video encoder are provided. Embodiments of the present invention provide a solution for the problem of unnecessary cost function evaluations, found when combining the successive elimination method with a predetermined list of candidate motion vectors search ordering. In order to solve this problem, embodiments of the present invention provide an adaptive scan ordering of block matching candidates within a search area. Advantageously, embodiments of the present invention will only evaluate necessary cost functions, without impacting rate-distortion.
US10944984B2
A video encoder and video decoder are configured to encode and decode blocks of video data using affine motion prediction. Affine motion prediction may include predicting control point motion vectors using an affine advanced motion vector prediction (AMVP) motion vector predictor list. The video encoder and video decoder may be configured to construct the affine AMVP motion vector predictor list of candidate control point motion vectors for the block of video data, wherein the affine AMVP motion vector predictor list includes one or more affine motion vector predictors that have all control point motion vectors equal to a designated motion vector.
US10944983B2
A method and apparatus for motion information coding not only uses the Merge index to indicate the selected Merge candidate, but also refines partial motion information of the selected Merge candidate. An encoder derives a Merge candidate set based on the motion information associated with neighboring blocks. The encoder selects a target Merge candidate from the Merge candidate set and signal a Merge index corresponding to the target Merge candidate. The encoder then predicts a part of the current motion information based on partial motion information associated with the target Merge candidate to generate coded motion information.
US10944979B2
An encoded bitstream of entropy encoded video data is received by a video decoder. The encoded bitstream represents syntax elements of a sequence of coding blocks. The sequence of coding blocks is recovered by processing a bin sequences associated with each coding block in a processing pipeline, wherein a defined amount of time is allocated to process each coding block in the processing pipeline. The encoded bitstream is arithmetically decoded to produce each bin sequence. The arithmetic decoder is time-wise decoupled from the processing pipeline by storing a plurality of the bin sequences in a buffer memory.
US10944976B2
A method of encoding and decoding video data is described. According to an aspect of an invention, luma and chroma components may have separate quadtree plus binary tree (QTBT) structures and a scaling parameter for a chroma coding block is determined based on one or more properties of a luma component.
US10944967B2
Embodiments of the disclosure provide methods, apparatus and computer programs for adaptive loop filtering in an encoder and in a decoder. One method, performed in an encoder, comprises: determining filter parameters for a plurality of filters to be used in encoding a frame or slice; determining respective activity values for each of a plurality of blocks in the frame or slice, wherein each block comprises a plurality of pixels; determining respective quantization parameters for each of the plurality of blocks; selecting, for each of the plurality of blocks, a filter from the plurality of determined filters based on the respective activity value and the respective quantization parameter; and applying the filter parameters for the respective selected filters to the plurality of blocks.
US10944965B2
Provided is a method that de-multiplexes a bit stream to extract intra prediction mode information and residual signals, restores an intra prediction mode of a current prediction unit using the intra prediction information and intra prediction modes of prediction units adjacent to the current prediction unit, generates reference pixels using one or more available reference pixel if there exist unavailable reference pixels of the prediction unit, adaptively filters the reference pixels based on the restored intra prediction mode, generates a prediction block using the restored intra prediction mode and the reference pixels, decodes the residual signal to generating a residual block, and generates a reconstructed block using the prediction block and the residual block. Accordingly, additional bits resulted from increase of a number of intra prediction mode are effectively reduced. Also, an image compression ratio can be improved by generating a prediction block similar to an original block.
US10944959B2
A spatial indexing system receives a video that is a sequence of frames depicting an environment, such as a floor of a construction site, and performs a spatial indexing process to automatically identify the spatial locations at which each of the images were captured. The spatial indexing system also generates an immersive model of the environment and provides a visualization interface that allows a user to view each of the images at its corresponding location within the model.
US10944957B2
A head-mounted device (HMD) is configured to perform depth detection with a stereo camera pair comprising a first camera and a second camera, both of which are configured to detect/capture visible light and IR light. The fields of view for both of the cameras overlap to form an overlapping field of view. The HMD also includes an IR dot-pattern illuminator that is mounted on the HMD with the cameras and that is configured to emit an IR dot-pattern illumination. The IR dot-pattern illuminator emits a dot-pattern illumination that spans at least a part of the overlapping field of view. The IR dot-pattern illumination adds texture to objects in the environment and enables the HMD to determine depth for those objects, even if they have textureless/smooth surfaces.
US10944955B2
A multiple viewpoint image capturing system includes: a plurality of cameras that capture videos in a predetermined space from different positions; a circumstance sensing unit that senses at least one of circumstances of the respective cameras and circumstances of the predetermined space, and outputs the sensed circumstances in a form of capturing circumstance information; and an event detector that detects a predetermined event based on the capturing circumstance information, determines whether to perform camera calibration in a case of detecting the predetermined event, and outputs camera calibration information that indicates the camera calibration to be performed in a case of determining that the camera calibration is to be performed.
US10944954B2
According to at least one aspect, a system is provided. The system comprises a rotation device configured to rotate an object about an axis; a plurality of imaging sensors configured to image the object and comprising two imaging sensors that are disposed a fixed distance apart; and a computing device configured to: control the plurality of imaging sensors to capture a first set of images of the object in a first position; control the rotation device to rotate the object from the first position to a second position; control the plurality of imaging sensors to capture a second set of images of the object in the second position; generate a 3-dimensional (3D) model of the object using the first and second sets of images; and identify a scale of the 3D model of the object using the fixed distance.
US10944948B2
There is provided a signal processor including correction circuitry configured to correct a signal for each color input to the signal processor and to output the corrected signal for each color, first conversion circuitry configured to receive the corrected signal for each color, to perform first image processing on each corrected signal for each color, and to generate a first signal having a first color gamut for each color, second conversion circuitry configured to receive the corrected signal for each color, to perform second image processing on each corrected signal for each color, and to generate a second signal having a second color gamut for each color, where the signal processor outputs a first image data having a first color gamut and a second image data having a second color gamut from same corrected signals for each color.
US10944937B2
A TV panel mount, characterized by including: a wall chassis; a mounting base slidably connected to the wall chassis; a mounting bracket assembled with the mounting base for mounting a TV panel, where the wall chassis is provided with parallel slide rails, and the mounting base includes a slidable frame having an inner side to be attached to an outer side of each of the slide rails; and an adjustment member mounted in the slidable frame to adjust the friction between the slidable frame and the slide rail so that the slidable frame can slide or be fixed along an extension direction of the slide rail.
US10944933B2
A photoelectric conversion apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit, a transistor configured to process a signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion unit, and an analog-to-digital conversion circuit. The apparatus further includes a first semiconductor substrate on which the photoelectric conversion units and the transistors of the plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged, a second semiconductor substrate on which a plurality of circuit blocks is two-dimensionally arranged, a bonding portion configured to electrically connect the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate, and a wiring arranged between the first semiconductor substrate and the bonding portion. The wiring is connected to the transistors of the plurality of pixels and configured to supply a control signal to the transistors of the plurality of pixels.
US10944931B2
A solid state imaging device as an embodiment includes: a plurality of pixels each including at least one photoelectric conversion unit and an amplification transistor having a first input node electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion unit, a first primary node, and a second primary node; a transistor having a second input node, a third primary node, and a fourth primary node and having the same polarity as the amplification transistor; at least one signal line to which the first primary node of each of the plurality of pixels is electrically connected; and a current source electrically connected to the signal line, and a power source voltage is applied to the third primary node, the fourth primary node and the second primary node are electrically connected to each other, and the first primary node and the second input node are electrically connected to each other.
US10944911B2
Methods and integrated circuits to process image data from single or multiple digital overlap (DOL) wide dynamic range (WDR) sensors, in which first received pixel data associated with a first exposure of a sensor image is stored in a DDR memory circuit, second received pixel data associated with a second exposure of the image is stored in the first buffer, third received pixel data associated with a third exposure of the image is stored in a second buffer, and fourth received pixel data associated with a fourth exposure of the image is provided to a merge circuit, and merged pixel data is stored in a dynamically partitioned line buffer for processing by an image pipeline circuit to facilitate interfacing multiple DOL WDR sensors in an interleaved fashion.
US10944909B2
An actuator is provided with: the fixed part being formed by arranging either a coil part or a magnet part on a base member on the external peripheral side of the driven part; a movable part having a frame-like holding member for arranging and holding the other of the coil part or the magnet part on the base-member-side surface on the external peripheral side of the driven part; and a support part for inclinably supporting the movable part in relation to the fixed part, the support part being disposed on the base member. The holding member has, on the surface on the opposite side from the base member and farther inward than the arrangement area of either the coil part or the magnet part, a mounting surface part on which a first capturing module and a second capturing module are mounted as driven parts.
US10944908B2
Various embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus and a method for controlling a plurality of cameras in an electronic device. Herein, the electronic device comprises: a first camera; a second camera set to have an angle of view included in an angle of view of the first camera; a display; and a processor, wherein the processor may be configured to display, on the display, a first image acquired through the first camera of the plurality of cameras; detect information corresponding to the second camera from the first image; activate the second camera, when it is determined to activate the second camera on the basis of the information corresponding to the second camera; and display, on the display, at least one image corresponding to activation of the first camera and the second camera. Other embodiments are also possible.
US10944907B2
Methods and devices are described for image or video capture while in a manual mode. In some aspects, a device includes one or more processors. The device also includes a memory coupled to the one or more processors. The memory includes instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, causes the device to generate a first image frame of a scene using manual mode settings and generate a second image frame of the scene using automatic mode settings different from the manual mode settings.
US10944903B2
An electronic device able to adjust for large differences in skin tones and colors in images acquired includes a first camera module for acquiring a first image, a second camera module for acquiring a depth map, and a processor. The processor analyzes the first image and the depth map, and determines whether a face is detected only by the second camera module and not by the first camera module. If any such face is detected, the processor controls the first camera module to focus on the area of the face detected by the second camera module and acquire a second and further images after light-metering the semi-detected face.
US10944899B2
An image processing device uses a first image captured by a first lens with an unknown focal length and a second image captured by a second lens with a known focal length to calculate the focal length of the first lens.
US10944896B2
An imaging method is provided that includes: (i) providing a microscope having a lens and an autofocusing camera positioned adjacent to the microscope; (ii) positioning an illumination source adjacent to the microscope; (iii) moving a sample to a predefined offset position and illuminating the sample; (iv) acquiring an image of the illuminated sample via the autofocusing camera; and (v) utilizing a convolution neural network to identify an in-focus position of the sample. The convolution neural network may further include an input layer, output layer, and at least one hidden layer situated between the input and output layers. The hidden layer(s) may be selected from a group consisting of a convolution layer, pooling layer, normalization layer, fully connected layer, and a combination thereof. The convolution neural network may be trained to accurately define the weight to be applied to the layer(s). The illumination source may be a single-LED, dual-LED, LED array, Köhler illumination, and a combination thereof. The convolution neural network may advantageously predict the in-focus position of the acquired image without axial scanning and may be a multi-domain convolution neural network, which may receive input(s) selected from spatial features, Fourier transform of the acquired image, autocorrelation of the acquired image.
US10944892B2
The invention relates to a housing part 81 for a camera housing 7, in particular for use in the automobile sector, having an outer-side housing shell 912 and an inner-side housing shell 911 and an associated production method. The outer-side housing shell 912 is produced from a synthetic material and the inner-side housing shell 911 is produced from a material that is more capable of conducting heat than the synthetic material of the outer-side housing shell 912. The outer-side housing shell 912 is connected respectively directly to the inner-side housing shell 911 via all the opposite-lying surface regions of the outer-side housing shell 912 and the inner-side housing shell 911.
US10944882B2
An example scanner assembly includes a housing formed with corners to allow an image sensor line to align cornerwise. An example scanner apparatus may include a plurality of scanner assemblies with an image sensor line oblique to the media advance direction.
US10944880B2
An information processing system includes an information processing apparatus that selects between transferring data and obtaining data, and controls transferring data or obtaining data based on the selection. The system also includes a server that stores data transferred from the information processing apparatus, and controls transferring data to the information processing apparatus based on a request for transferring data received from the information processing apparatus.
US10944879B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming portion configured to form an image on a sheet; and an operating portion including a display screen which includes at least numeric keys, a start key configured to cause the image forming portion to start image formation, and a stop key configured to stop the image formation by the image forming portion, and including a hardware key provided on a back side of the display screen and configured to start a maintenance mode of the image forming apparatus.
US10944868B2
A contact center interface is provided by co-operation between a search engine and a contact center. A search query entered by a user into the search engine is passed to the contact center and the contact center determines from the search terms an appropriate skillset to deal with that user query, returning to the search engine a link enabling the user to initiate a direct communications session to a live agent or queue having that skillset expertise, thereby bypassing interactive voice response sessions which are normally required to ascertain the nature of a query. By providing multiple search options to the user, the user is empowered to select the best skillset, and the accuracy of future searches can be improved.
US10944867B1
Implementations are directed to using an assistant to initiate automated telephone calls with entities. Some implementations identify an item of interest, identify a group of entities associated with the item, and initiate the calls with the entities. During a given call with a given entity, the assistant can request a status update regarding the item, and determine a temporal delay before initiating another call with the given entity to request a further status update regarding the item based on information received responsive to the request. Other implementations receive a request to perform an action on behalf of a user, identify a group of entities that can perform the action, and initiate a given call with a given entity. During the given call, the assistant can initiate an additional call with an additional entity, and generate notification(s), for the user, based on result(s) of the given call and/or the additional call.
US10944858B2
A computer implemented method include detecting a location of a wireless device, receiving an identification of a property proximate the detected location, receiving an associated property restriction as a function of the detected location of the device, applying an indication of the restriction to the property, and providing a display indicating the property and the associated restriction via the device.
US10944855B2
Apparatus for constructing a digital telephone message including a message defining unit, configured for allowing a sender to define a message for sending to a recipient, and a response defining unit, configured for allowing the sender to predefine a recipient response, and to include the predefined recipient response in the message for activation at the recipient. Apparatus for receiving a digital telephone message, the message including an activatable sender-defined response, the apparatus including a receiving unit for receiving the message, a notification unit for notifying a recipient of the arrival of the message, and a response activation unit for displaying the sender-defined response, and associating the sender-defined response with a user action for providing user input to send the response. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
US10944854B2
An electronic device includes: a device body defining an accommodating space therein; a camera module arranged on the device body, and configured to be positioned to be a first orientation and a second orientation, the camera module being configured to be located at the accommodating space of the device body and have a first photographing range at the first orientation, and to have a second photographing range at the second orientation; and an adjusting module arranged on the device body, and configured to drive the camera module at the first orientation to move outwards from the accommodating space, to move at least a part of the camera module outside the device body, and further to allow the camera module to be inclined to the second orientation.
US10944853B2
According to certain embodiments, an electronic device may include a housing, a slidable body; a driver including: a drive motor, a rotatable drive shaft for the drive motor, and a nut frame including a latch projection, protruding in a direction of the slidable body, and a slide hinge disposed on the slidable body and coupled to the driver, wherein the slide hinge includes: a slide plate coupled to the slidable body, and a locker including a latch groove, into which the latch protrusion is inserted, wherein, when the latch projection is inserted into the latch groove, the slidable body is moved by the driver, and wherein the slide plate defines an escape area configured to receive at least a portion of the nut frame and/or the latch protrusion, when an external impact causes the latch protrusion to separate from the latch groove.
US10944851B2
A method of traffic reduction in a mesh computing system (400), the mesh computing system (400) comprising hosts located on edge nodes of the mesh computing system (400) and a central registry located outside the mesh computing system (400), the central registry holding the images. The method comprises, at a first host located at a first edge node, receiving (920) a request from a client for an image, sending (930) a request for the image to at least one other host of the mesh computing system (400). When the first host receives (940) notification that at least a second host holds the image, the first host downloads (960) the image from the second host to the first host. The first host creates (970) a container from the image. A host at a node (636; 700) and a mesh computing system (400) are also provided.
US10944849B2
Techniques for synchronizing a network device to selectively operate according to a selectable operation policy. A system utilizing such techniques can a self-configuring network device operation coordination system and a self-configuring network device operation management system. A method utilizing such techniques can include synchronizing a network device to selectively operate according to a first operation policy and a second operation policy in providing network service access.
US10944847B2
Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for selectively accessing content from a content pool. A method includes receiving content for a content-pool from a content contributor. A method includes determining one or more access settings for the content, the one or more access settings determining how the content is displayed. A method includes providing the content to a presenter according to the one or more access settings.
US10944843B2
A method includes receiving, by a first computing device, a data access request from a client device, where the first computing device is aware of geographical locations of other computing devices, and where the data access request includes a client geographical location header and a redirection count header. When the redirection count header is higher than a redirection count threshold, the method includes processing the data access request. When the redirection count header is lower than the redirection count threshold, the method includes determining an optimal computing device to process the data access request. When the optimal computing device is geographically closer to the first computing device than the client device, the method includes, proxying the data access request to the optimal computing device. When the optimal computing device is geographically closer to the client device, the method includes sending a redirect response to the client device.
US10944842B2
The described technology is directed towards repurposing expired cached data when no unexpired data is available. Cached, unexpired data is used in response to a request when such data exists. If such data does not exist, e.g., at a front-end data service, then an attempt to obtain the requested data from another (e.g., back-end data service) is made. If the attempt is unsuccessful, and expired cached data exists, the expired cached data is returned in response to the request, e.g., instead of returning an error. A back-end data service may similarly return expired cached data when the back-end data service is unable to obtain unexpired requested data elsewhere. An emergency mode may be entered in which data, whether expired or not, is returned from a cache when such data exists, such as when an attempt to obtain the data elsewhere is known in advance to be futile.
US10944840B2
Disclosed herein are a mobile apparatus which is configured for enabling multimedia content which is being output on the mobile apparatus to be output via a predetermined multimedia apparatus when the mobile apparatus is connected to a home network, a display apparatus, and a multimedia output method using the same. The multimedia content may include at least one of a picture, music, video, and text. The mobile apparatus includes: an output unit configured to output the multimedia content; and a controller configured to output, if the mobile apparatus enters a predetermined area, the multimedia content being output on the output unit via the predetermined external apparatus.
US10944832B2
A communication system, method, and components are described. Specifically, a communication system having one or more Back-to-Back User Agents (B2BUAs) therein is described. The communication system also includes an RFC 4579 conference focus. Mechanisms are described which enable User Agents (UAs) to subscribe to conference state events and create ad-hoc conferences even though the conference focus is operating in a B2BUA environment.
US10944828B2
A system for enabling access to resources in a setting so that a number of requesters can efficiently access limited resources. The system may be implemented as a custom set of devices integrated in a setting, or may be retrofitted into existing equipment in some settings. A user interface is available to each potential requester that can be used to submit a request to access a resource. A server is configured to receive requests and use a variety of information to manage those requests and provide a notification via the user interfaces of when and where a user should proceed to in order to access a resource. The server also implements one or more techniques or procedures for managing the flow of traffic through the setting and to the resources to ease congestion and improve flow and access.
US10944825B2
To support information sharing between terminals existing within a short distance from each other while a burden on a server administrator is prevented from increasing or decreased. An information sharing support server includes a server data transmission and reception control unit which recognizes identifiers of sending terminals associated with identifiers of originating terminals (STEP 446, STEP 466), recognizes identifiers of terminals associated with the relevant identifiers of the sending terminals (STEP 448, STEP 450, STEP 468), and transmits data to the relevant terminals (STEP 452, STEP 470).
US10944816B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: obtaining from a plurality of computing environments computing environment characterizing data; obtaining application parameter data defined by an application provider, the application parameter data specifying attributes of an application component group defining an application, wherein the application parameter data includes group membership specifying data that specifies that certain application components are to be deployed as a group in a common computing environment; determining, in dependence on data of the computing environment characterizing data and data of the application parameter data, a set of computing environments for deployment of the application component group, and a placement ratio for the application component group.
US10944814B1
Independent scheduling of resources may be performed for distributed data processing programs. When a request is received that causes the performance of a distributed data processing program, a plan to perform the distributed data processing program may be generated. Different resources may be obtained to perform different portions of the distributed data processing program according to different portions of the generated plan. A result of the request may be provided to a user. In some embodiments, resources obtained for different portions of the distributed data processing program may be returned for use by other programs.
US10944813B2
Aspects of the disclosed subject matter are directed to facilitating peer-to-peer data exchange in a common domain. In accordance with one embodiment, a method is provided for obtaining content from one or more peers that are connected to the domain. The method includes registering a peer with a super-peer when a connection to the domain is established. Then, the connecting peer obtains data that describes various network conditions and identifies chunks of content available from other peers. In downloading content from other peers, heuristics are applied to select between available chunks that are potentially encoded at different bitrates. The heuristics account for the network conditions between peers and balance the potential need to quickly access content with the desire to obtain high quality content.
US10944804B1
Disclosed are various embodiments for fragmentation of time-associated streaming data. A producer application receives a stream of time-associated data. The producer application then generates a first fragment of the stream of time-associated data and assigns a first unique fragment identifier and a first timestamp to the first fragment. The producer application sends the first fragment via a network using an application-layer protocol to an endpoint. The producer application receives at least one acknowledgement for the first fragment from the endpoint via the network using the application-layer protocol.
US10944800B1
Certain aspects of the disclosure are directed to queuing data communications in a data communications network. According to a specific example, a user-data communication addressed to a client among a plurality of remotely-situated client entities, may be placed in a queue. The client entities may be configured and arranged to interface with a data communications server providing data communications services on a subscription basis. A virtual assistant session may be initiated, in which a dynamic series of inquiries may be presented to address the user-data communication while the position is maintained in the queue. The user-data communication may be terminated and removed from the queue in response to an indication that the user-data communication was addressed during the virtual assistant session, or routed via the data communications server in response to an indication that the user-data communication was not addressed during the virtual assistant session.
US10944797B2
A network device receives a first message that includes an identifier (ID) of a first User Plane Function (UPF), serving a first device, in a wireless network, where the first message invites a second device to engage in a session with the first device and where the first UPF supports packet routing and forwarding within the wireless network. The network device extracts the ID of the first UPF from the first message and determines a closest media resource function (MRF) to the first UPF, where the MRF processes and routes media streams between devices. The network device assigns the determined MRF as an anchor, in a network path between the first device and the second device, for processing and routing of media streamed between the first device and the second device.
US10944792B2
Methods and systems for protecting a secured network are presented. For example, one or more packet security gateways may be associated with a security policy management server. At each packet security gateway, a dynamic security policy may be received from the security policy management server, packets associated with a network protected by the packet security gateway may be received, and at least one of multiple packet transformation functions specified by the dynamic security policy may be performed on the packets.
US10944790B2
A computer-implemented method for deterring scams including: monitoring by a cognitive engine agent incoming messages for scam messages; receiving by a messaging server an incoming message having a sender of the incoming message; identifying by the cognitive engine agent the incoming message as a scam message; and replying by the cognitive engine agent in cooperation with the message server to the scam message by initiating a message conversation with the sender of the scam message, the message conversation including one or more reply messages to the sender of the scam message replying to the scam message and any subsequent scam messages from the sender of the scam message with each reply message being an intelligent, interactive message using natural unscripted language to appear as if the one or more reply messages was written by a human and is responsive to a content of a scam embodied in the scam message.
US10944785B2
A method, system, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for include receiving a first version of content from a resource, generating a first lightweight fingerprint for the first version of the content, receiving a second version of the content from the same resource, generating a second lightweight fingerprint for the second version of the content, comparing the first lightweight fingerprint to the second lightweight fingerprint to determine changes to a non-injectable section of the content and potentially-injected sections of the content between the first version and the second version, and determining the content to include potentially malicious elements responsive to determining that the non-injectable section of the content have remained substantially static between the first version and the second version and determining that potentially-injected sections of the content has substantially changed between the first version and the second version.
US10944778B1
A method and system for implementing risk-based cyber security. Specifically, the disclosed method and system entail evaluating risk as a decision threshold for conducting cyber security assessments of system images within cloud computing environments. Further, the disclosed method and system pivot on intelligence pertaining to the latest cyber threats and/or vulnerabilities found worldwide.
US10944777B2
The present disclosure relates a system, method, and computer program for detecting anomalous user network activity based on multiple data sources. The system extracts user event data for n days from multiple data sources to create a baseline behavior model that reflects the user's daily volume and type of IT events. In creating the model, the system addresses data heterogeneity in multi-source logs by categorizing raw events into meta events. Thus, baseline behavior model captures the user's daily meta-event pattern and volume of IT meta events over n days. The model is created using a dimension reduction technique. The system detects any anomalous pattern and volume changes in a user's IT behavior on day n by comparing user meta-event activity on day n to the baseline behavior model. A score normalization scheme allows identification of a global threshold to flag current anomalous activity in the user population.
US10944774B2
Aspects of the present disclosure include a system comprising a machine-readable storage medium storing at least one program and computer-implemented methods for detecting anomalies in revisions to a web document. Consistent with some embodiments, a method includes publishing, at a network-based content publication platform, a web document comprising a plurality of distinct elements generated using data received from a computing device of a user. The method further includes accessing an updated web document that was generated based on modifications to the published web document made by the user. The method further includes generating one or more anomaly scores based on a comparison of the updated web document to the published web document, and determining whether to allow publication of the updated web document based on a result of a comparison of the anomaly score to a threshold anomaly score.
US10944773B2
A method for monitoring network activity includes initiating a training phase by a machine learning (ML) server. Data associated with normal network traffic through the ML server during the training phase is collected. A classification model is generated based on the collected data. The ML server switches the training phase to an active phase. An outbound request is received during the active phase. Whether the outbound request is an anomalous request is determined based on the classification model.
US10944769B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with performing intrusion detection on load balanced network traffic are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a load balancer host, an encrypted data packet from a remote computer. A certificate established between the remote computer and a destination service being accessed by the remote computer is used by the load balancer host to decrypt the encrypted data packet to create an unencrypted data packet. The unencrypted data packet is routed to an intrusion detection system at the load balancer host. The intrusion detection system is controlled to execute intrusion detection upon the unencrypted data packet. A secure connection is established with the destination computing node. The unencrypted data packet is re-encrypted and transmitted over the network using the secure connection to the destination computing node.
US10944760B2
An identification, authentication and authorization method in a laboratory system is presented. The system comprises at least one laboratory device. The method comprises receiving identification data identifying a user; receiving identity confirmation data to authenticate the user; and generating authentication data upon successful authentication of the user. The authentication data is configured to enable authentication of the user based on only the identification data during a validity time period without repeated receipt of the identity confirmation data. The method further comprises receiving the identification data by an identification unit; validating the authentication data corresponding to the identification data comprising the step of verifying non-expiry of the validity time period; and granting authorization to the user for the laboratory device upon successful validation of the authentication data.
US10944752B2
A computing system includes a processor and a data store coupled to the processor. The computing system provides access to electronic content stored in the data store. A user interface component receives an indication of an external user with which to share an item of electronic content. A link generation component is generates a link to share the item of electronic content. An access control component receives a request from a requestor to access the item of electronic content using the link, and responsively verify an identity of a requestor. The user interface component provides access to the item of electronic content to the requestor if the identity was verified and receives a user input indicative of an external account binding request. The access control component determines if the requestor has authenticated with the external account and selectively binds the link to the external account if the user authenticates with the external account.
US10944749B1
Techniques are described relating to the detection of personal information that may be sent to parties outside of an organization. Techniques may include comparing portions of emails to several file templates to calculate a document exposure score. The document exposure score may indicate an overall similarity based upon the presence of a number of common items such as graphics, words, form fields, etc. When the document exposure score for a particular sent email is greater than a threshold value, the sent email may be re-routed and quarantined instead of being transmitted outside of the organization's local network. A secondary determination may also be performed that identifies personal information when a matching file template is not initially found and, if so, adds a new file template to a template database to improve the performance and accuracy of the system over time.
US10944742B2
A secure storage apparatus on a mobile device for securing user-access to a mobile application is provided. The secure storage may include, an electronic representation of a mobile token pin selected and inputted when authenticating a user for a first time and an OTP seed, stored in the secure storage. The secure storage may be a secure portion of memory on the mobile device only accessible and visible to the mobile application upon receipt of the mobile token pin. When the mobile token pin is inputted into the mobile application on the mobile device, the mobile application may be configured to transmit the mobile token pin to an authentication server for verification. In response to the verification, the OTP seed may be released from the secure storage and activate an OTP application associated with the mobile application to generate, transparent to the user, an OTP.
US10944737B2
Techniques are disclosed relating to tokenized account information with integrated authentication. In some embodiments, a shared secret key is used for tokenization and authentication. In some embodiments, a payment device stores an encrypted version of the secret key and decrypts the secret key based on a user-provided password. In some embodiments, the payment device uses the secret key and a moving factor to generate a limited-use password. In some embodiments, the payment device uses the limited-use password to modify a first identifier of an account of the user. In some embodiments, the authentication system retrieves a stored version of the secret key and a copy of the account number using a second identifier. In some embodiments, the authentication system generates the limited-use password based on the stored secret key and a moving factor, de-tokenizes the modified first identifier, and compares the result with the retrieved copy of the account number.
US10944733B2
A method may include determining, by a first network device, a type of control channel to open across a transport in a software-defined network (SDN). The method may also include establishing the control channel with a control device via a control plane that is separate from a data plane. The method may further include advertising first security association parameters to the control device via the control channel. The method may include receiving, from the control device via the control channel, second security association parameters associated with a second network device. The method may also include establishing a data plane connection with the second network device using the second security association parameters.
US10944728B2
A surgical hub is configured to transmit generator data associated with a surgical procedure from a generator of the surgical hub to a cloud-based system. The surgical hub comprises a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to: receive generator data; encrypt the generator data; generate a message authentication code based on the generator data; generate a datagram comprising: the encrypted generator data, the generated message authentication code, a source identifier and a destination identifier; and transmit the datagram to the cloud-based system. The datagram allows for the cloud-based system to: decrypt the encrypted generator data; verify the integrity of the generator data based on the message authentication code; authenticate the surgical hub as the source of the datagram; and validate a transmission path followed by the datagram between the surgical hub and the cloud based system.
US10944723B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses enable deploying and executing a security policy on endpoints in a network. In an embodiment, a security orchestrator determines a set of endpoints in a network and determines transformed endpoints from the determined set of endpoints through an endpoint transformation process. The security orchestrator determines a connectivity vector for at least a first transformed endpoint and a second transformed endpoint, where the connectivity vector includes properties associated with the corresponding transformed endpoint. Using the properties from the connectivity vector of the first transformed endpoint, a security policy is generated and deployed to the first transformed endpoint. Based on a comparison of the connectivity vectors of the first and second transformed endpoints indicating a similarity between the first and second transformed endpoints, the security policy is further deployed to the second transformed endpoint.
US10944718B2
An anti-cracking method and system for a cloud host, as well as a terminal device are provided according to the disclosure. The method includes: obtaining system logs of the cloud host; determining an IP which fails to log in the cloud host according to the system logs as a suspicious IP; tracking and determining the suspicious IP to be an attacker IP according to the number of times of consecutive login failure of the suspicious IP; and adding a first blocking rule to firewall settings of the cloud host; wherein the first blocking rule instructs to block a login operation of the attacker IP during a first preset blocking time. With the anti-cracking method for a cloud host of the disclosure, the brute-force cracking can be prevented proactively in a timely manner with only very few system resources occupied.
US10944698B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that provides for obtaining network parameter data from an eNodeB and a content delivery network server of a wireless network, determining a predicted network condition for a group of end user devices to receive an over-the-top video service in a coverage area of the eNodeB according to the network parameter data, and providing access to prediction information representative of the predicted network condition. The providing the access to the prediction information representative of the predicted network condition enables a video client of an end user device in the coverage area to provide a request for a video chunk to a video server according to buffer information and the predicted network condition Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10944678B2
A method for assisting in multipoint data flow control in a wireless communication system having a number, n+1, where n≥1, of wireless-transmission points. The method comprises obtaining, for each of the wireless-transmission points, a round trip time of a present sampling period for data travelling to a user equipment via a respective wireless-transmission point and an acknowledge message travelling back. A round trip time skew is computed for the present sampling period for individual wireless-transmission points. The round trip time skew is a difference between the obtained round trip time of a respective wireless-transmission point and a reference value. A reference round trip time value is provided for each wireless-transmission point in dependence of the round trip time skews. A rate control signal is generated, for each of the wireless-transmission points, in dependence of a respective reference round trip time value. Corresponding arrangements are also disclosed.
US10944674B2
A network with consistent hashing for packets across multi-stage lookups in the network is provided. The network members include a first network member configured to receive a packet and form a hash result from information from the packet. The first network member is further configured to look up the hash result in a first indexed table to determine a network member for routing the packet from the first network member towards a second network member of the network. The second network member is configured to receive the packet through the network and determine the hash result, and the second network member is further configured to look up the hash result in an second indexed table to determine a nexthop network member for routing the packet from the second network member, wherein the first network member and the second network member are implemented in hardware, firmware, one or more processors executing software, or combination thereof.
US10944671B2
A method for network communication is provided. The method includes assigning a first network port identifier for return communication to a packet that originates on a node of the network device and determining whether the packet has a destination internal or external to the network device. The method includes translating the first network port identifier for return communication to a second network port identifier that is within a range of network port identifiers specific to the node, responsive to determining the packet has the external destination, and sending the packet from the node of the network device to the external destination, with the packet having the second network port identifier for return communication.
US10944670B2
Systems and methods for supporting SMP connectivity checks across virtual router in a high performance computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, SMA model enhancements allow for the possibility to send a packet (i.e., SMP) that is addressed to a local router port. The SMA where the packet is addressed can receive the packet, and then apply a new attribute that defines that the requested information is on a remote node (e.g., connected by a physical link across subnets). In accordance with an embodiment, the SMA can operate as a proxy (receives a SMP and sends another request), or the SMA can modify the original packet and send it on as an inter-subnet packet.
US10944669B1
A mesh network protocol, comprising: receiving a packet from a sender, identifying the sender, a prior sender, a flood mode, a time-to-live, and a sequence identifier; marking the recipient as critical if during a full flood period, the recipient is the same as the prior sender, and marking the recipient as non-critical if no packet is received with the recipient the same as the prior sender; rebroadcasting the packet, modified by updating sender with the recipient, and sender as prior sender, decrementing the time to live until expiration, and, the identity of the recipient is different from the identity of the prior sender in full flood mode; or the identity of the recipient is different from the prior sender, and the recipient is critical, in partial flood mode.
US10944668B2
There is provided a system that includes a local cloud radio access network (RAN), and a remote cloud RAN. The local cloud RAN processes latency-sensitive applications, and the remote cloud RAN processes latency-tolerant applications. User traffic is appropriately routed to the correct cloud RAN based on the application. User equipment (UE) has no knowledge of which network is being used for processing, i.e., this network processing split is done in a manner that is transparent to the UE, e.g., by dynamically selecting a different access point name for local vs. remote processing. The processing split of the RAN between the local cloud RAN and the remote cloud RAN is done in a dynamic manner depending on the number of devices requiring low latency support. This allows the local cloud RAN to be very compact and low-cost since it does not have to process the latency-tolerant traffic.
US10944663B2
Aspects of categorizing MAC address randomization include obtaining probe data for a plurality of time intervals. A likelihood measure of a specified OS type and version belonging to each of a plurality of MAC address randomization categories is determined and the specified OS type and version is categorized based on the likelihood measure.
US10944661B2
In one embodiment, a service in a network samples application traffic throughputs for a set of applications present in a network. The service generates a throughput model based on the sampled application throughputs for the set of applications. The service performs anomaly detection on wireless throughput measurements from the network by comparing the wireless throughput measurements to the generated throughput model. The service sends an anomaly detection notification based on a determination that the wireless throughput measurements from the network are anomalous.
US10944659B2
Disclosed are techniques for receiving reference radio frequency (RF) signals for positioning estimation. In an aspect, a receiver device receives, from a transmission point, a reference RF signal on a wireless channel receives, from a positioning entity, an indication that the reference RF signal serves as a source for a quasi-collocation (QCL) type(s) for positioning reference RF signals received by the receiver device from the transmission point on the wireless channel, measures an average delay, a delay spread, or both the average delay and the delay spread of the reference RF signal based on the QCL type(s), receives, from the transmission point, a positioning reference RF signal on the wireless channel, and identifies a time of arrival (ToA) of the positioning reference RF signal based on the measured average delay, the delay spread, or both the average delay and the delay spread of the reference RF signal.
US10944644B2
Technologies for managing Function-as-a-Service function requests based on thermal and power awareness include an edge entity device having a circuitry to receive, from an edge device, a request to execute a function in an edge network environment having a plurality of edge entities. The circuitry is also to evaluate thermal and power criteria associated with the request and determine, as a function of a predicted thermal output over a specified time period relative to thermal and power criteria, whether to execute the function. In response to a determination by the circuitry to not execute the function, the circuitry is to select an edge entity of a plurality of edge entities that is able to satisfy the thermal and power criteria. The circuitry is further to forward the request to the selected edge entity.
US10944638B1
Disclosed are various examples for Internet of Things (IoT) device discovery and configuration. In some embodiments, an IoT template is generated based on IoT capabilities for an IoT type. An IoT device discovery command is transmitted from a management service to a gateway enrolled with the management service. The IoT device discovery command includes the IoT template and instructions for the respective gateway to transmit an IoT device discovery message using the IoT protocol. A list of IoT devices is received from the gateway. The list of IoT devices corresponds to the IoT protocol and the IoT type. An enrollment of an IoT device is performed. The enrollment includes transmitting an IoT device enrollment command that instructs the respective gateway to permit communication with the IoT device.
US10944636B2
A method, a computer-readable medium, and a device for dynamically identifying criticality of services and data sources. Service-related metrics are received from all IoT network elements in a network. The service-related metrics are parsed to extrapolate a network topology. From the topology, a set of critical service delivery points are determined based on data extracted from the service-related metrics. The critical service delivery points may be monitored for service interruptions and alerts may be generated in response to interruptions. Additionally the extrapolated network topology may be compared to a previously recorded topology of the network, and based on the delta, alerts may be generated when the delta meets a threshold.
US10944633B2
A disclosed example of autonomously configuring a virtual network and a physical network in a physical rack includes generating network topologies of hosts based on physical network connection information indicative of physical network connections between the hosts and a top-of-rack switch in the physical rack; determining whether implementing the network topologies of the hosts concurrently in the physical rack is valid based on evaluating the network topologies relative to a network topology validation rule; when implementing the network topologies of the hosts concurrently in the physical rack is valid: configuring a virtual distributed switch in a first one of the hosts based on one of the network topologies; and configuring the top-of-rack switch in communication with the first host based on the one of the network topologies.
US10944630B2
The present technology is directed to an automated end to end network migration process from on-premise to cloud-based management platforms and visa-versa. The disclosed technology describes an enhanced plug and play (PnP) software agent operationally coupled to a device and capable of interacting with a PnP service hosted on a target management platform to thereby initiate the migration process. The PnP service on the target management platform upon receiving a migration request from the device PnP agent, maps the requesting device onto a client profile existing on the target management platform and identifies therefrom the associated default controller for the device. Subsequently, the device is directed to acquire and boot up on a new software image compatible with the target management platform and following a conversion of its existing configuration into a version compatible with the new software image, the device is migrated to the associated default controller.
US10944629B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method in which first performance data and second performance data are obtained for a first virtual machine and a second virtual machine on a network, the performance data is analyzed, performance of the first virtual machine is predicted, and a performance trend for the first virtual machine is determined. Performance of the second virtual machine is predicted in accordance with analyzing of the second performance data and a potential transfer of execution of an application from the first virtual machine to the second virtual machine. Execution of the application is transferred to the second virtual machine after determining an expected improvement in execution of the application relative to the first virtual machine. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10944615B2
Provided are a control apparatus, device and method for a wireless communication system, a signal processing apparatus and method for a mobile terminal, a mobile terminal and a wireless communication system. The control apparatus comprises: a control circuit, wherein the control circuit is configured to make a plurality of the wireless communication devices send, to a mobile terminal, a plurality of synchronous sequence signals which are different from each other. According to the control apparatus, device and method, the signal processing apparatus and method, the mobile terminal and the wireless communication system in the present disclosure, the influence of a large-carrier frequency offset on the performance of a timing synchronization system can be effectively suppressed and eliminated.
US10944612B2
A method includes receiving an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) signal comprising a plurality of Doppler-shifted OFDM subcarriers and determining frequency-shift data corresponding to the plurality of Doppler-shifted OFDM subcarriers. The determining includes calculating frequency-shift data for each Doppler-shifted OFDM subcarrier of the plurality of Doppler-shifted OFDM subcarriers, thereby yielding a plurality of subcarrier-specific frequency-shift values and calculating an average of the plurality of subcarrier-specific frequency-shift values. The method further includes frequency shifting each subcarrier of the plurality of Doppler-shifted OFDM subcarriers by a value based on the determined frequency-shift data multiplied by a frequency index of each subcarrier.
US10944608B2
Disclosed are a method for transmitting and receiving, between a terminal and a base station, a control channel including control information, and a device for supporting the same. Particularly, disclosed in the present invention are: a method for transmitting and receiving a control channel, if a subcarrier spacing or fast Fourier transform (FFT) size of the control channel including control information is different from the subcarrier spacing or FFT size of a data channel including data; and a device for supporting the same.
US10944596B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for radio resource management (RRM) measurement and channel estimation. The method can include receiving first reference signals of a first system in a wireless communication network at a user equipment (UE), receiving second reference signals of a second system in the wireless communication network at the UE, receiving a quasi-co-location (QCL) configuration from one of the first system and the second system, the QCL configuration indicating the first reference signals and the second reference signals are quasi-co-located (QCLed) or co-located, and performing an RRM measurement and/or a channel estimation based on a combination of the QCLed first reference signals and second reference signals.
US10944591B2
An apparatus is provided that includes a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that in response to execution by the processor cause the apparatus to at least perform a number of operations. The apparatus is caused to receive time information over a packet-switched computer network, with the time information including a current standard time, time-zone offset and timestamps that define a predetermined timeframe. The apparatus is caused to calculate a current local time from the current standard time and time-zone offset, and including an adjustment of the current local time in instances in which the timestamps indicate that the current standard time is within the predetermined timeframe. And the apparatus is caused to cause a clock to be set to the current local time.
US10944590B2
Example methods are provided for a first endpoint to communicate with a second endpoint over a public network, the second endpoint being in a private network. The method may comprise detecting a chunk of data directly from an application executing on the first endpoint. The virtual adapter may emulate a transport protocol task offload to bypass transport protocol processing by a protocol stack of the first endpoint. The method may comprise processing the chunk of data to generate a chunk of processed data for transfer through a tunnel connecting the virtual adapter over the public network with a gateway associated with the private network and sending the chunk of processed data through a tunnel in a plurality of tunnel segments, wherein the gateway is configured to perform transport protocol processing to generate a plurality of transport protocol segments from the chunk of processed data for transfer to the second endpoint.
US10944587B2
Event processing associated with a smart device is disclosed, including: receiving an indication of an event detected by a function module associated with a smart device; determining, based at least in part on event registration information, that an event message is to be sent to a cloud device; and sending the event message to the cloud device. Event processing associated with a smart device also includes: receiving an indication of an event detected by a first function module associated with a smart device; determining, based at least in part on event registration information, that a control message is to be sent to a second function module associated with the smart device; and sending the control message to the second function module associated with the smart device.
US10944584B1
Mass-manufactured cables suitable for large communication centers may convert from differential PAM4 interface signaling to parallel single-ended NRZ transit signaling at 53.125 GBd to provide bidirectional data rates up to 800 Gbps and beyond. One illustrative cable embodiment includes: electrical conductors connected between a first connector and a second connector, each adapted to fit into an Ethernet port of a corresponding host device to receive an electrical input signal to the cable conveying an outbound data stream from the host device and to provide an electrical output signal from the cable conveying an inbound data stream to that host device. The electrical input and output signals employ differential PAM4 modulation to convey the inbound and outbound data streams. Each of the first and second connectors includes transceivers to perform clock and data recovery on the electrical input signal to extract and re-modulate the outbound data stream for transit via the electrical conductors as respective pairs of electrical transit signals employing single-ended NRZ modulation.
US10944578B2
A computer-implemented method includes: verifying, by a trusted server, an identity of a first terminal; determining that the verification is a success; based on determining that the verification is a success, determining, using a remote attestation protocol, that the first terminal is in a trusted state; and based on determining that the first terminal is in the trusted state, issuing a digital certificate including a trusted identifier to the first terminal, in which the digital certificate is usable by a second terminal to verify the identity of the first terminal.
US10944573B1
Devices or systems such as aerial vehicles may determine that they are located within a common locality based on data captured during an event, such as the emission of light, sound or other matter or energy. Where sensors associated with such devices or systems are each determined to have captured data associated with the event, the devices or systems may be determined to have been located within a common locality during the event. The locality may be defined with respect to the data or the devices or systems, e.g., a range associated with the data or the event, on any basis. A relative distance between the devices or systems may be determined based on the data captured during the event. Additionally, where two or more devices or systems are determined to have been located within a common locality, data exchanged therebetween may be trusted by each of such devices or systems.
US10944569B2
Technology for matching “consequential-meaning hash key values” based on a sender-side text message and a corresponding receiver-side text message. In some embodiments, the hash key values will be based on a breakdown of the text into certain selected parts-of-speech categories.
US10944567B2
Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for communicating and sharing blockchain data. One of the methods includes sending, by a consensus node of a blockchain network, current state information associated with a current block of a blockchain to a trusted node with proof of authority outside of the blockchain network; sending a hash value to the trusted node for retrieving an account state stored in the historic state tree; receiving the account state in response to sending the hash value; and verifying that the account state is part of the blockchain based on the hash value.
US10944557B2
A method is provided for securely activating or deactivating functionality in a data processing system. The method includes determining to activate or deactivate a selected functional block of a plurality of functional blocks in the data processing system. An authentication key and a unique identifier are provided to a key derivation function of a function control circuit to produce a derived key value. The key derivation function is iteratively input with a sequence of function set identifiers, where each function set identifier is for identifying one or more of the functional blocks. Each function set identifier is paired with a previously derived key value from a previous iteration. A final iteration of the key derivation function provides a verification key for verifying the authenticity of the derived key value corresponding to the selected functional block to be activated or deactivated.
US10944553B2
An improved coherent communication scheme is provided. The coherent communication scheme encodes both classical and quantum information simultaneously using isolated groups of states: classical information is represented by different groups and can be decoded deterministically; and quantum information is represented by highly overlapped states within the same group, thus guaranteeing security. Decoding includes projecting the detection results at the receiver to one of the distinguishable encoding groups first, which allows the classical information to be read out, and then generating a quantum key from the residual randomness. This communications scheme enables simultaneous classical communication and QKD over the same communication channel using the same transmitter and receiver, opening the door to operate QKD in the background of classical communication and at negligible costs.
US10944536B2
A transmission device of the disclosure includes: a clock signal transmitting circuit that outputs a clock signal onto a clock signal line; a data signal transmitting circuit that outputs a data signal onto a data signal line; and a blanking controller that controls the clock signal transmitting circuit to output a predetermined blanking signal, in place of the clock signal, from the clock signal transmitting circuit to the clock signal line in synchronization with a blanking period of the data signal.
US10944531B2
A method for sending a wireless local area network packet structure is provided, and the method comprises: determining a packet structure, where the packet structure comprises an HE-SIGA and an HE-SIGB, the HE-SIGA comprises an indication information, and if a current transmission mode is a full bandwidth MU-MIMO transmission, the indication information is used to indicate a number of scheduled users, or if the current transmission mode is other transmission mode, the indication information is used to indicate a number of symbols in the HE-SIGB; and sending the packet structure.
US10944527B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and device for multi-antenna transmission in UE and base station. The user equipment first receives a first radio signal at first, then receives a first signaling. The first radio signal is transmitted by K antenna port groups, and the antenna port group includes a positive integer number of antenna port(s), and the first antenna port group is one of the K antenna port groups. The first signaling is used to determine a first time resource pool, at least one first antenna virtualization vector and the second antenna virtualization vector is associated with the first antenna port group. The invention effectively reduces signaling overhead of wireless resource dynamic scheduling of a massive MIMO system.
US10944526B2
A transmitting method includes: configuring a frame using a plurality of orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, by allocating time resources and frequency resources to a plurality of transmission data; and transmitting the frame, wherein the frame includes a first period in which a preamble which includes information on a frame configuration of the frame is transmitted, and a second period in which the plurality of transmission data are transmitted by at least one of time division and frequency division, and among the plurality of OFDM symbols, OFDM symbols included in the second period include pilot symbols arranged along a time axis with a predetermined spacing therebetween, and a predetermined number of data symbols.
US10944522B2
An orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) frame tone allocation includes a 256 tone payload consisting of 228 data and pilot tones and 28 null tones. The 28 null tones consist of guard tones and at least one direct current (DC) tone. In one example, the 256 tone payload consists of 224 data tones, 4 common pilot tones, and 28 null tones. In another example, the 256 tone payload consists of 222 data tones, 6 common pilot tones, and 28 null tones. In yet another example, the 256 tone payload may consist of 220 data tones, 8 common pilot tones, and 28 null tones. The OFDMA frame may be a downlink OFDMA frame or an uplink OFDMA frame.
US10944515B2
An example implementation includes determining, by a user device, that the user device is a low-latency mode user device; receiving a downlink data block in downlink subframe n; determining a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for the data block; determining, by the low-latency mode user device, an uplink subframe n+k at a HARQ feedback offset of k subframes from subframe n, and one or more uplink HARQ resources for the uplink subframe n+k reserved for the HARQ feedback from the low-latency mode user device; and transmitting, by the low-latency mode user device, the HARQ feedback via subframe n+k and the one or more uplink HARQ resources.
US10944510B2
A user equipment, according to one embodiment of the present invention, monitors candidates of a control channel which schedules system information in a configured specific CORESET based on a PBCH signal, obtains the system information scheduled by the control channel, and obtain a only part of entire parameters for configuring the specific CORESET from the PBCH signal. In this case, the user equipment can monitor the candidates of the control channel by assuming that remaining parameters for configuring the specific CORESET not obtained through the PBCH signal are fixed as follows a size of 1 REG bundle is fixed to 6 REGs, a CCE-to-REG mapping type is fixed to interleaving, a row size of an interleaver for interleaving is fixed to 2, and a precoder granularity which is a unit of the same precoding assumption is fixed to 1 REG bundle.
US10944508B2
This application provides a data processing method and a communications device. The data processing method includes: determining, by a first communications device, NCB, based on a size of the circular buffer of the communications device and an information processing capability of a second communications device; and obtaining, by the first communications device, a second encoded bit segment from a first encoded bit segment having a length of NCB. According to the data processing method and the communications device provided in this application, decoding complexity of the communications device can be reduced and communication reliability can be improved.
US10944504B2
A communication system in which a constellation employing partially anti-symmetric amplitude labels is used to transmit probabilistically shaped amplitudes such that said amplitudes are also used to determine the signs applied thereto for transmission. In an example embodiment, a data transmitter is configured to use a suitable logic function (e.g., an XOR function) to place the parity generated by an FEC code into a selected amplitude bit while using the partially anti-symmetric amplitude labels to avoid placing the parity into the sign bits of the transmitted constellation symbols. In some embodiments, the FEC code can be a low-density parity-check code. Some embodiments are compatible with layered FEC coding, e.g., employing an outer FEC code and an inner FEC code. In some embodiments, FEC coding may be optional. Some embodiments can advantageously be used in communication systems relying on DMT modulation, such as the systems providing DSL access over copper wiring.
US10944503B2
A network coding system. A packet decoding engine receives a number of received packets. A packet repository is coupled to the decoding engine to temporarily store the received packets. The packet decoding engine is configured to generate a decoding matrix by forming a sub-matrix by selecting columns of a network code matrix that have indices that are the same as the indices of the encoded packets that correspond to the selected received packets. The packet decoding engine is also configured to invert the sub-matrix to form the decoding matrix and multiply the received packet matrix by the decoding matrix to generate a recovered matrix where each column corresponds to a decoded packet.
US10944497B2
A method for controlling inter-cell interference due to sounding reference symbol (SRS) transmission of an inter-cell terminal to which a base station belongs by the base station in a wireless communication system can comprise the steps of: receiving, from an adjacent base station, information relating to a physical resource region causing interference in adjacent cells due to SRS transmission of a terminal, identifier information of the terminal and transmission beam identifier information of the terminal; and allocating a different uplink channel or allocating an SRS corresponding to a transmission beam identifier other than the transmission beam identifier of the terminal to the physical resource region of the terminal.
US10944489B2
An active antenna system includes: a plurality of antennas; a plurality of switches respectively connected to the antennas, the switches being configured to switch between transmission signal lines and reception signal lines to perform Time Division Duplex; a plurality of transmitter-receivers respectively connected to the transmission signal lines and the reception signal lines; a calibration transmitter connected to the transmission signal lines; a calibration receiver connected to the reception signal lines; and a control unit configured to carry out, during a receiving time of the Time Division Duplex, reception calibration of each of the transmitter-receivers based on a signal transmitted by the calibration transmitter and received by the transmitter-receivers, and, during a transition time from reception to transmission, carry out transmission calibration of each of the transmitter-receivers based on a signal transmitted by the transmitter-receivers and received by the calibration receiver.
US10944472B2
Disclosed embodiments include a small form-factor pluggable (SFP) optical transceiver having optical time domain reflectometer functionality. A monitor processor is included in the transceiver to report link status and failure information to a cloud-based monitoring application. When a fiber optic link is established, the monitor processor remains idle to reduce power consumption by the transceiver. Upon failure of the link, the monitor processor sends a failure report to the monitoring application which can use the data to alert operators to presence and location of optical fiber breaks in the network.
US10944471B2
A satellite communications system includes both LEO and MEO satellites, a gateway node (GN) which includes a MEO-GN modem and a LEO-GN modem, and a user terminal (UT) which includes a MEO-UT modem and a LEO-UT modem. The MEO-GN modem transmits data communications to the UT via the MEO satellites. The MEO-UT modem receives the data communications from the MEO-GN modem. The MEO UT modem forwards control messages regarding the data communications received from the MEO-GN modem, via a control message tunnel, to the MEO-GN modem. Via the control message tunnel, (i) the MEO-UT modem provides the control messages to the UT-LEO modem, (ii) the LEO-UT modem transmits the control messages to the LEO-GN modem via the LEO satellites, and (iii) the LEO-GN modem provides the control messages to the MEO-GN modem.
US10944447B1
One example discloses a multi-channel near-field electromagnetic induction (NFEMI) device, including: a sub-channel controller configured to be coupled to a near-field magnetic antenna (H-field) and a near-field electric antenna (E-field) and configured to receive a message to be transmitted to a second near-field device in a near-field body-network through the near-field electric and magnetic antennas; wherein the sub-channel controller is configured to divide a narrow-band near-field channel into a set of sub-channels; and wherein the sub-channel controller is configured to calculate a signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) for each sub-channel and select a sub-channel, from the set of sub-channels, for transmission of the message that has a higher SNR than another sub-channel in the set of sub-channels.
US10944444B2
A digital predistortion (DPD) system includes an input configured to receive a DPD input signal. In some embodiments, a non-linear datapath is coupled to the input, where the non-linear datapath includes a plurality of parallel datapath elements each coupled to the input. By way of example, each of the plurality of parallel datapath elements is configured to add a different inverse non-linear component to the DPD input signal corresponding to a non-linear component of an amplifier. In various examples, a first combiner combines an output of each of the plurality of datapath elements to generate a first predistortion signal. In some embodiments, the DPD system further includes a linear datapath coupled to the input in parallel with the non-linear datapath to generate a second predistortion signal. In addition, a second combiner combines the first predistortion signal and the second predistortion signal to generate a DPD output signal.
US10944442B1
In an embodiment, a receiver included in a communications system includes a channel extractor configured to segregate a received signal into a plurality of channel signals, wherein the plurality of channel signals includes a plurality of data signals; a plurality of phase shifters electrically coupled to the channel extractor and configured to decode each data signal of the plurality of data signals with a respective phase; and a plurality of time delay filters electrically coupled to the plurality of phase shifters and configured to decode each data signal of the plurality of data signals with a respective time delay, wherein the plurality of time delay filters outputs each subset of the plurality of data signals in a respective channel of the plurality of channels.
US10944439B2
A recyclable logistics apparatus which can provide empty and full signals and a method for processing the empty and full signals, belong to the logistics field. The recyclable logistics apparatus at least comprises a bottom (1), a top cover (2), a foldable side panel (3) and a wireless beacon unit (4) for transmitting a broadcast frame outwards; a trigger switch (5) is provided on the bottom (1), the top cover (2) or the side panel (3); when the side panel (3) of the recyclable logistics apparatus is folded, the trigger switch (5) is in a first trigger state and generates a first electrical signal, and the wireless beacon unit (4) transmits an empty signal outwards according to the first electrical signal; when the side panel (3) of the recyclable logistics apparatus is upright, the trigger switch (5) is in a second trigger state and generates a second electrical signal, and the wireless beacon unit (4) transmits a full signal outwards according to the second electrical signal. As respective recyclable logistics apparatus is changed to the folded state and the upright state, an empty signal and a full signal are generated correspondingly and automatically, which significantly reduces the workload and time for performing statistics about using states of recyclable logistics apparatuses.
US10944437B2
We disclose multiband receivers for millimeter-wave devices, which may have reduced size and/or reduced power consumption. One multiband receiver comprises a first band path comprising a first passive mixer configured to receive a first input RF signal having a first frequency and to be driven by a first local oscillator signal having a frequency about ⅔ the first frequency; a second band path comprising a second passive mixer configured to receive a second input RF signal having a second frequency and to be driven by a second local oscillator signal having a frequency about ⅔ the second frequency; and a base band path comprising a third passive mixer configured to receive intermediate RF signals during a duty cycle and to be driven by a third local oscillator signal having a frequency about ⅓ the first frequency or about ⅓ the second frequency during the duty cycle.
US10944431B2
The present technology relates to a data processing device and a data processing method, which are capable of securing excellent communication quality in data transmission using an LDPC code. In group-wise interleave, an LDPC code in which a code length N is 16200 bits and an encoding rate r is 10/15 or 12/15 is interleaved in units of bit groups of 360 bits. In group-wise deinterleave, a sequence of the LDPC code that has undergone the group-wise interleave is restored to an original sequence. For example, the present technology can be applied to a technique of performing data transmission using an LDPC code.
US10944430B2
Multiple data permutation operations in respective different dimensions are used to provide an overall effective data permutation using smaller blocks of data in each permutation than would be used in directly implementing the overall permutation in a single permutation operation. Data that has been permuted in one permutation operation is block interleaved, and the interleaved data is then permuted in a subsequent permutation operation. A matrix transpose is one example of block interleaving that could be applied between permutation operations.
US10944429B1
A data accessing method using data protection with aid of a parity check matrix having partial sequential information, and associated apparatus such as memory device, memory controller, and decoding circuit thereof are provided. The data accessing method may include: in response to a read request, starting receiving protected data corresponding to the read request from predetermined storage space; generating the parity check matrix; performing syndrome calculation based on the parity check matrix according to a codeword to generate and output a syndrome for the codeword; performing error detection according to the syndrome to generate and output a decoding result signal, and performing error location decoding according to the syndrome to generate and output an error location; performing error correction of the codeword, to correct an error at the error location of the codeword; and performing further processing according to the one or more codewords obtained from the protected data.
US10944416B2
This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatus for a digital-to-analog (DAC) converter, that can be part of a variable capacitor and/or a match network. The DAC can include a digital input, an analog output, N contributors (e.g., switched capacitors), and an interconnect topology connecting the N contributors, generating a sum of their contributions (e.g., sum of capacitances), and providing the sum to the analog output. The N contributors can form a sub-binary sequence when their contributions to the sum are ordered by average contribution. Also, the gap size between a maximum contribution of one contributor, and a minimum contribution of a subsequent contributor, is less than D, where D is less than or equal to two time a maximum contribution of the first or smallest of the N contributors.
US10944407B1
A transmitter circuit for use in a source synchronous type interface includes a flip-flop having a data input configured to receive serial data, a clock input configured to receive a source clock and a data output coupled to a data line. A first multiplexer has a first input configured to receive the source clock, a second input configured to receive a phase shifted clock (shifted by ninety degrees from the source clock), and a clock output coupled to a clock line. A control circuit operates to control selection by the first multiplexer of the source clock as a transmit clock sent over the clock line for a delay on clock at destination implementation. Alternatively, the control circuit causes selection by the first multiplexer of the phase shifted clock as the transmit clock sent over the clock line if the system is configured for a delay on clock at source implementation.
US10944401B1
A clock gating cell includes an input logic/latch circuit, a keeper logic/signal generating circuit, and an output driver. The input logic/latch circuit generates an internal enable signal based on first and second input enable signals, and generates a first internal signal provided to a first node based on the internal enable signal and an input clock signal. The keeper logic/signal generating circuit is connected between the first node and a second node, includes a feedback path feeding back the first internal signal, generates a second internal signal provided to the second node based on the first internal signal and the input clock signal, and includes first and second paths discharging the second node. The first and second paths are different. The second path is connected to the feedback path. The output driver generates an output clock signal based on the second internal signal.
US10944389B2
A processing system for an input device comprises drive circuitry configured to generate a fixed voltage for a common voltage electrode of the input device during a display update period, and generate a sensing signal for the common voltage electrode during an input sensing period, the sensing signal having a duty cycle and a mean value, wherein the duty cycle minimizes a difference between the fixed voltage and the mean value. An input device comprises one or more common voltage electrodes and a coupled processing system. The processing system is configured to drive the one or more common voltage electrodes with a fixed voltage during a display update period, and a sensing signal during an input sensing period. The sensing signal has a duty cycle and a mean value, the duty cycle configured to minimize a difference between the mean value and the fixed voltage.
US10944379B2
An integrated radio frequency (RF) circuit combines complementary features of passive devices and acoustic filters and includes a first die, a second die, and a third die. The first die includes a substrate having one or more passive devices. The second die includes a first acoustic filter. The second die is stacked and coupled to a first surface of the first die. The third die includes a second acoustic filter. The third die is stacked and coupled to a second surface opposite the first surface of the first die.
US10944376B2
An LC resonator includes a laminate body including dielectric layers that are laminated in a lamination direction. The LC resonator includes a first capacitor, a second capacitor, and an inductor connected between the first capacitor and the second capacitor. A first end of the inductor is isolated in a direct current from a ground node by the first capacitor. A second end of the inductor is isolated in a direct current from the ground node by the second capacitor.
US10944373B2
A lumped element directional coupler having an asymmetrical structure. The lumped element directional coupler can be integrated while being compact by using lumped elements, instead of transmission lines, have broadband characteristics through the lumped elements being asymmetrically arranged, and further increase bandwidth by additionally providing a negative capacitor element or, more particularly, a negative capacitor element having loss.
US10944349B2
The present disclosure discloses a multi-inverter electric motor controller, which solves the technical problem that the existing inverter with silicon-based devices cannot accurately modulate high-frequency currents. The multi-inverter electric motor controller comprises a primary inverter and one or more secondary inverters, where the primary inverter and the secondary inverters connect in parallel to a same electrical motor, the primary inverter employs silicon-material power electronic devices, the secondary inverters employ wide-bandgap semiconductor power electronic devices, and the switching frequency of the primary inverter is less than the switching frequencies of the secondary inverters. According to the present disclosure, the existing inverter with silicon-based devices and the inverters with wide-bandgap semiconductor devices are connected in parallel, and can complete the fine control of the harmonic waves of high-frequency currents.
US10944346B2
A device for estimating inductances of an electric machine having a salient-pole rotor is presented. The device comprises a processing system that controls stator voltages to constitute a balanced multi-phase alternating voltage when the rotor is stationary. The processing system estimates a position of the rotor based on a negative sequence component of stator currents. To estimate the quadrature-axis inductance, the processing system controls direct-axis current to be direct current and quadrature-axis voltage to be alternating voltage. The quadrature-axis inductance is estimated based on the quadrature-axis alternating voltage and on quadrature-axis alternating current. To estimate the direct-axis inductance, the processing system controls direct-axis voltage to be alternating voltage and the quadrature-axis voltage to be zero. The direct-axis inductance is estimated based on the direct-axis alternating voltage and on direct-axis alternating current.
US10944333B2
A power supply unit for an IED for LV or MV electric power applications characterized in that it comprises: a power transformer stage, which is operatively coupled to a feeding conductor to harvest electric power from said feeding conductor; a first storage stage, which is electrically connected to said power transformer stage to store electric energy; a first step-down conversion stage, which is electrically connectable/disconnectable to/from said first storage stage; a switching stage adapted to electrically connect/disconnect said first step-down conversion stage with/from said first storage stage; and a second storage stage, which is electrically connected to said first step-down conversion stage to store electric energy.
US10944330B1
A system includes a primary field effect transistor (FET) coupled to a primary winding on a primary side of an alternating current-to-direct current (AC-DC) converter. The system also includes a gate driver, coupled to the primary FET, that is to, in response to a signal received from a startup controller of the AC-DC converter, turn on the primary FET. The gate driver includes a voltage bias p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (VBP) buffer coupled between an external supply voltage and a VBP portion of driving chain circuitry, the driving chain circuitry to drive a gate of the primary FET. The gate driver also includes a voltage bias n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor (VBN) buffer coupled between a VBN regulator, which generates an internal supply voltage, and a VBN portion of the driving chain circuitry.
US10944329B2
Resonant converters may be operated according to selected working modes to achieve voltage doubler or non-voltage doubler functions. Embodiments may be based on two-phase resonant converters. Embodiments may implement primary side switching, secondary side switching, or both, to achieve the selected working modes and voltage doubler and non-voltage doubler function. Embodiments are suitable for applications requiring wide input and output voltage ranges, such as low-voltage charging circuits for personal electronic devices, and high voltage charging circuits for electric vehicles.
US10944326B2
A method for autonomous systems comprising the steps of using a feedback circuit to provide power to an autonomous system, wherein the feedback circuit is configured to alternate between a first and second sources of power depending on availability of power; creating a delay in the circuit by electrically coupling the circuit to a comparator, a one-shot signal, and a low pass filter, wherein the delay is configured to last for a specified amount of time, and wherein the delay will prevent the power from uncontrolled back and forth oscillation between the first and second power sources.
US10944324B2
In an embodiment, a method for operating a voltage step-down switched mode power supply includes delivering an output voltage with an output stage having a power transistor that is cyclically made conducting by a first control signal. In PWM mode, the method includes generating an error voltage based on the output voltage and a reference voltage, and applying a first delay on a first control signal. The first delay is determined so as to reduce a difference between the error voltage and the reference voltage.
