US10967413B2
A forming device that forms a metal pipe by heating and expanding a metal pipe material includes: a pair of an upper die and a lower die between which the metal pipe material is heated and expanded; upper electrodes and lower electrodes that sandwich both end parts of the metal pipe material therebetween from upper and lower sides to heat the metal pipe material; and a busbar that is connected only to either the upper electrodes or the lower electrodes to supply electric power from a power supply.
US10967409B2
The invention relates to a device and a method for cooling a roll. The roll concerned can be a roller in a roll stand or a measuring roll. The device comprises a cooling shell having a cross section in the shape of a section of a circular arc, for covering a surface region of the roll (200), wherein, in the region of an edge of the cooling shell, a bearing is formed with a pivot joint (120) with an axis of rotation running perpendicular to the circular arc-shaped cross-section, for pivoting the cooling shell about the axis of rotation. According to the invention, in order to ensure that the size of the cooling gap during the rolling operation or during the operation of a measuring roll is always autonomously optimally set, the bearing has a degree of freedom in radial direction r with respect to the circular arc-shaped cross-section of the cooling shell, such that the cooling shell is mounted in the bearing in such a way as to be freely movable in the radial direction.
US10967408B2
A rodder assembly to be moved through an underground conduit includes a tube adapted to receive fluid under pressure. In some embodiments the rodder assembly includes at least one rigid rod, and a nozzle is attached to the tube to discharge fluid from the tube.
US10967404B2
The present invention discloses a novel XRF analyzer capable of simultaneously identifying the presence of a marking composition in a plurality of objects by modulating/varying the intensity of the excitation beam on the different objects and measuring the secondary radiation thereof. The XRF analyzer comprises a radiation emitter assembly adapted for emitting at least one X-Ray or Gamma-Ray excitation radiation beam having a spatial intensity distribution for simultaneously irradiating the plurality of objects; a radiation detector for detecting secondary radiation X-Ray signals arriving from a plurality of objects in response to irradiation of the objects by X-Ray or Gamma-Ray radiation, and providing data indicative of spatial intensity distribution of the detected data X-Ray signals on the plurality of objects; and a signal reading processor in communication with the detector, the processor being adapted for receiving and processing the detected response X-Ray signals to verify presence of the marking composition included at least one surface of each object of the plurality objects.
US10967401B2
Screening members, screening assemblies, methods for fabricating screening members and assemblies and methods for screening materials are provided for vibratory screening machines that incorporate the use of injection molded materials. Use of injection molded screen elements provide, inter alia, for: varying screening surface configurations; fast and relatively simple screen assembly fabrication; and a combination of outstanding screen assembly mechanical and electrical properties, including toughness, wear and chemical resistance. Embodiments of the present invention use a thermoplastic injection molded material.
US10967390B2
A showerhead system with a normally open, temperature controlled first water valve coupled between a hot water source supply inlet and a purge outlet. The first water valve is configured to move from its normally open position to a closed position to restrict water passing from the hot water source supply inlet to the purge outlet when the temperature controlled water valve reaches a predetermined temperature. In a first mode, the first water valve purges water from the hot water source supply inlet through the purge outlet until the thermal actuator reaches the predetermined temperature. In a second mode, the first water valve blocks water entering the first water valve from passing through the purge outlet toward the showerhead outlet. In an optional third mode, a normally closed, manual second water valve is open and passes water through the showerhead outlet.
US10967388B2
A centrifugal separator for separating a liquid phase from crankcase gases of an internal combustion engine includes a separation chamber, a rotor shaft, a rotor inside the separation chamber, an inlet for crankcase gases, a gas outlet, and a liquid outlet for separated liquid phase. The centrifugal separator also includes a liquid outlet chamber, a check valve, and a rotating member. The liquid outlet chamber forms an individual chamber and is arranged in fluid communication with the separation chamber via a liquid passage. The rotating member is connected to the rotor shaft and is arranged inside the liquid outlet chamber. The liquid outlet forms an outlet of the liquid outlet chamber. The check valve is arranged in the liquid outlet.
US10967387B2
A 3-dimensional PDMS cell sorter having multiple passages in a PDMS layer that follow the same path in a DEP separation region and that are in fluid communication with each other within that region. The passages may differ in width transverse to the flow direction within the passages. Flat plates may sandwich the PDMS layer; each plate may have a planar electrode used to generate a DEP field within a sample fluid flowed within the passages. The DEP field may concentrate target cells or particulates within one of the passages within the DEP separation region. The passages may diverge after the DEP-separation region, leaving one passage with a high concentration of target cells or particulates. Techniques for manufacturing such structures, as well as other micro-fluidic structures, are also provided.
US10967385B2
A method for making a shell plate that is mountable to a shell of a grinding mill for grinding ore, said shell plate includes a shell plate body having a first portion including a fixing surface for fixing the shell plate body to the shell and a second portion including a wear surface facing toward interior of the grinding mill, said first portion and said second portion forming a continuous shell plate body, the second portion includes polyurethane such that the wear surface is made of polyurethane.
US10967382B2
A vertical roller mill includes a housing, a chute that supplies materials to be grinded to a center portion of the housing, a grinder that is provided below the chute and grinds the materials to be grinded, an exhaust pipe that is provided above the grinder, a transport mechanism that forms an air flow for transporting, to the exhaust pipe, grinded materials grinded by the grinder, and a flow-constricting flow path provided between the grinder and the exhaust pipe and narrows a flow path area for the air flow, in which the flow-constricting flow path is formed between a first flow-constricting ring provided in the center portion of the housing and a second flow-constricting ring provided to protrude from the housing toward the center portion of the housing.
US10967370B2
The present disclosure provides a microfluidic device (1) comprising at least one flow channel (21) connecting an inlet opening (22) with an outlet opening (23), and an array of wells (24) in fluid communication with the flow channel (21), wherein the flow channel (21) comprises an inlet portion (211) at the inlet opening (22), an outlet portion (212) at the outlet opening (23), and a middle portion (213) between the inlet portion (211) and the outlet portion (212), wherein at least the middle portion (213) comprises the array of wells (24) and is provided with a hydrophilic surface, and the flow channel (21) further comprises a transition area (214) provided at least between the middle portion (213) and the outlet portion (212), which transition area (214) is constituted by providing a hydrophobic surface. Furthermore, a method for manufacturing such a microfluidic device is also provided.
US10967369B2
The present invention relates to a pillar structure for a biochip and includes a substrate which has a plate-shaped structure, and pillar members, each of which has one side detachably coupled to the substrate and the other side on which a sample is disposed.
US10967367B2
Provided is a method of cleaning a collection of resin beads, wherein the method comprises bringing the collection of resin beads into contact with an aqueous solution, wherein the aqueous solution comprises one or more dissolved amine compounds, wherein the collection of resin beads comprises polymer that comprises attached carboxylic acid groups or sulfonic acid groups or a mixture thereof.
US10967357B2
A mercury sorbent and method for enhancing mercury removal performance of activated carbon from flue gas by the addition of non-halogen ammonium-containing compounds are provided herein.
US10967338B2
A system for analyzing a biological sample may include at least one sample acquisition stage comprising a sample acquisition device for acquiring the biological sample from a sample source; a droplet generator device for forming a droplet wrapped in an immiscible carrier fluid, wherein the wrapped droplet comprises at least the biological sample and a reagent, the droplet generator configured to receive the biological sample transferred from the sample acquisition device; a collection vessel for collecting the wrapped sample droplet from the droplet generator, the vessel configured to contain a carrier fluid for receiving and protecting the sample droplet; and an analysis system for analyzing the wrapped sample droplet and detecting products of a polymerase chain reaction.
US10967337B2
Attrition mills and propeller shaft assemblies therefor are described having features for enhanced installation and maintenance. Some embodiments include propellers having enhanced material processing characteristics.
US10967334B2
A mixing device for mixing exhaust gas from a combustion engine of a vehicle with a solution for lowering the content of nitrogen oxides in the exhaust gas includes a casing with an exhaust inlet, an exhaust outlet, and a corner region in which an exhaust gas flow is diverted toward the exhaust outlet. The corner region has an opening for a dosing unit. A flow guide is arranged within the casing. The flow guide is configured to divide a total of the exhaust gas flow into a first exhaust gas stream and a second exhaust gas stream. A gap for the second exhaust gas stream is formed between the flow guide and a side wall of the casing. In the side wall the opening for the dosing unit is located. An end region of the flow guide is arranged upstream of the opening for the dosing unit.
US10967331B2
There is provided a hollow fiber membrane for vacuum membrane distillation having a maximum tensile strength of a ≥3.5 MPa and a liquid entry pressure (LEP) of ≥3.0 bar, wherein the hollow fiber membrane is a single layer hollow fiber membrane comprising a wall with a thickness of ≤150 μm and a cross-section comprising two open cell layers with an array of interconnected pores and a macrovoid layer between the two open cell layers. The hollow fiber has improved mechanical strength and vacuum membrane distillation flux.
US10967327B2
A spray drying system for drying wastewater to be dried includes: an exhaust as introduction line for introducing the exhaust gas discharged from an exhaust gas generation source, the exhaust gas introduction line being connected to a plurality of exhaust gas ducts for allowing the exhaust gas to flow through; and at least one spray drying device connected to the exhaust gas introduction line and configured to bring the exhaust gas introduced from the exhaust gas introduction line into contact with the wastewater. The number of spray drying device is smaller than the number of the plurality of exhaust gas ducts.
US10967321B2
An air filter clog detector that provides a simpler and reliable method of determining clogging level of air filters using a grayscale or color light sensor. An example air filter clog detector includes a light source (e.g., light emitting diode (LED)), light detector, and circuitry (e.g., micro-processor controller). The light source is configured to emit light toward an air filter. The light detector is configured to measure a color of light reflected by the air filter. The circuitry is configured to determine whether the air filter is clogged based on the color of light reflected by the air filter. To prevent the air filter clog detector from becoming dirty, the detector can be positioned on the downstream side of the air filter.
US10967320B2
Pulse jet air cleaner systems, components and methods are described. The features relate to air cleaner housings that include a cartridge receiving section. Features described relate to a possible two-stage construction, a possible pulse jet accumulator section, pulse jet equipment for cleaning a filter cartridge positioned within the air cleaner; possible evacuation valve arrangements for projection of dust from the air cleaners; and other example features. Methods of assembly and use are also provided.
US10967316B2
Disclosed is a compact separation system suitable for separating components of a multiphase fluid stream. The compact separation system utilizes a cylindrical cyclone in conjunction with a filtration system. The filtration system incorporates filtration media having at least one of the following characteristics: hydrophilic-oleophobic characteristics or oleophilic-hydrophobic characteristics. The separation system is configured to substantially preclude gas under-carrying into the liquid conduit lines.
US10967315B2
Disclosed are improved polymer materials. Also disclosed are fine fiber materials that can be made from the improved polymeric materials in the form of microfiber and nanofiber structures. The microfiber and nanofiber structures can be used in a variety of useful applications including the formation of filter materials.
US10967310B2
Liquid filter assemblies, features, components and methods are described. In general, a liquid filter cartridge is provided which includes features that help ensure that when the assembly is serviced, the cartridge positioned within the assembly is a proper one, in proper sealing orientation, for appropriate use. Features that can be used to provide for this include: a seal on the filter cartridge that defines a seal pattern non-orthogonal to a plane perpendicular to a central axis of the filter cartridge; and, a member of a projection/receiver arrangement on the filter cartridge which is orientated to engage a portion of a liquid filter assembly, for example a liquid flow collar, to allow sealing when the cartridge is a properly positioned cartridge and a properly configured cartridge. Assembly features are described. Also, a flexible radial projection arrangement providing snap-fit interaction between a cartridge and housing is provided. Methods of assembly and use as described.
US10967309B2
Disclosed herein is a water purifying system, including: a raw water tank configured to store raw water; a filter unit configured to include a plurality of filtration modules for purifying the raw water and a plurality of valves for feeding or cutting off the raw water; a raw water pump configured to feed the raw water from the raw water tank to the filter unit; and a backwash module configured to feed backwash water to the filter unit, in which some of permeate water permeated by the filter unit is fed to the backwash module to be used as the backwash water and a feed pressure of the backwash water is fed by the raw water pump.
US10967303B2
A water treatment filter backwash process control system, comprising a control system that receives filter level data and filter backwash turbidity data. The control system having a filter level set point, wherein the filter level set point corresponds to a desired filter media bed expansion. The control system having a filter backwash turbidity set point, wherein the control system controls the filter backwash process by, while monitoring the filter backwash turbidity, sending one or more output signals that are used to control a backwash inlet liquid flow in order to maintain a desired media bed expansion, and stop the backwash inlet liquid flow when the filter backwash turbidity set point is reached.
US10967295B2
Methods for making high-purity LiFSI salts and intermediate products using one, the other, or both of a reactive-solvent removal/replacement method and an LiFSI purification method. In some embodiments, the reactive-solvent removal/replacement method includes using non-reactive anhydrous organic solvents to remove and/or replace one or more reactive solvents in a crude LiFSI. In some embodiments, the LiFSI purification method includes using anhydrous organic solvents to remove impurities, such as synthesis impurities, from a crude LiFSI. In some embodiments, crude LiFSI can be made using an aqueous-based neutralization process. LiFSI salts and products made using methods of the disclosure are also described, as are uses of such salts and products and electrochemical devices that include such salts and products.
US10967287B2
A bobble for bottle neck apparatus and method providing a sleeve for a bottle neck which holds a contoured brace having a nipple which protrudes through a slit in the sleeve, whereby a spring is connected on one end to the nipple of the contoured brace and on the other end to a bobble figurine representing one of a range of symbols, persons, holidays, events, sports teams, logos, and the like, such that the bobble figurine is held extended from the bottle neck and can move about by the flexing of the spring. The bobble figurine is removable and substitutable.
US10967276B2
A system, method, and computer program product for collaborative online gaming, including at least one of providing a central repository master browser system; providing an experience calibrated match-making service; providing a dynamic multiplayer server component auto deployment and aggregation system; providing a lobby centric simultaneous and collaborative client game play launching feature; and providing a video game screen over-layer technology giving users access to a control interface while inside a video game being played.
US10967272B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to rewarding users of an electronic game for real-world physical activity. Further aspects relate to altering virtual items based upon physical activity. An electronic game may comprise or otherwise relate to an online world (such as a “Virtual World”). Users may be represented through customized graphical representations, such as avatars. An account of a user (or entity) may be associated a “virtual region.” A threshold level of real-world physical activity may result in obtaining a reward that may be associated with a virtual item. A reward may be configured to result in: (1) altering visual appearance of a virtual item within a virtual region; (2) altering a virtual characteristic of a virtual item, such that the first user may engage in at least one additional virtual activity using that virtual item; and/or (3) acquiring a new virtual item for a virtual region.
US10967271B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to rewarding users of an electronic game for real-world physical activity. Further aspects relate to altering virtual items based upon physical activity. An electronic game may comprise or otherwise relate to an online world (such as a “Virtual World”). Users may be represented through customized graphical representations, such as avatars. An account of a user (or entity) may be associated a “virtual region.” A threshold level of real-world physical activity may result in obtaining a reward that may be associated with a virtual item. A reward may be configured to result in: (1) altering visual appearance of a virtual item within a virtual region; (2) altering a virtual characteristic of a virtual item, such that the first user may engage in at least one additional virtual activity using that virtual item; and/or (3) acquiring a new virtual item for a virtual region.
US10967262B2
When an acquisition unit acquires image data of a game being played on another information processing apparatus, a display processing unit displays, using the acquired image data, an image of game play. A participation processing unit allows a user to join the game being played on the other information processing apparatus, and an execution unit activates game software after it is determined that the user joins the game. While the execution unit is activating the game software, the display processing unit continues to display the image of the game play.
US10967259B1
Authoritative management of application state can be provided for a large number of participants using a set of application servers. Each participant in an active session will communicate with only a specific application server, where that server will have authority over the state information for that participant. When input is received from a participant, the input is passed to the authoritative server for processing. The authoritative server performs a simulation based on the input as of the time indicated by respective timestamps, enabling the server to utilize rewind and replay semantics to enable events performed in the past on various clients to be accurately simulated on the authoritative server, dramatically reducing the perceived latency. Results of the simulation are sent to the other application servers having authority over the state information for other participants in the session for updating the state for those participants.
US10967255B2
A system for providing a virtual reality system is disclosed. In particular, the system provides a game-simulation hybrid that provides a massive online virtual world and accompanying network based around user profiles, events, activities, challenges, virtual lifestyle, and advertising. The system enables users to actively participate in live events or activities occurring in locations remote from the users by rendering digital versions of the live events or activities via applications executing on the computing devices of the users. The digital versions of the live events may be rendered within the virtual world and the system may enable users to interact in the virtual world in meaningful ways. For example, the system may enable users to communicate with other users during the rendering of the live events or activities, participate in the rendered live events with other users, interact with and purchase various rendered goods and services, among other functionality.
US10967252B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to a games controller for controlling electronic games, input device for a computer program and a trigger mechanism therefor. The trigger mechanism comprises a trigger body having a plurality of walls defining an internal chamber. The plurality of walls include a base wall and an orifice defined in the base wall. A detent is detachably mounted on the trigger body. The detent is at least partially received in the orifice and the detent is rotatable with respect to the trigger body. The detent comprises at least one abutment surface which is eccentrically arranged with respect to the rotational axis of the detent.
US10967249B2
The present invention provides a gaining device for playing a game of laser tag. The gaining device includes a controller configured to control and coordinate functions between various components thereof. The gaining device includes an aiming unit configured to generate infrared light signals and a receiver configured to detect the generated infrared light signals. The gaining device includes a targeting unit configured to generate a vibration when the receiver in the targeting unit detects infrared light signals. The gaining device further includes one or more lights configured to indicate one or more states of the aiming unit and targeting unit. The controller is configured to engage the aiming unit and targeting unit in a stealth mode in which the one or more lights are switched off.
US10967248B2
Methods and systems that facilitate generating and presenting a crossword puzzle. Methods include obtaining, from a content source, a plurality of data items. Using the plurality of data items, a dictionary of clue-word pairs are generated. A crossword layout is generated using a random crossword layout generator. The generated crossword layout is input to a model that outputs a likelihood that the input crossword layout results in a valid crossword. If the likelihood that the crossword layout results in a valid crossword puzzle satisfies a first threshold, a plurality of words in a set of clue-word pairs from among the plurality of clue-word pairs is inserted into the crossword layout. If the plurality of words inserted into the crossword layout results in a valid crossword puzzle, the crossword puzzle is provided to a user on a user device using the set of clue-word pairs.
US10967241B2
A match creation and management method and system are described, according to various implementations. In an implementation, a match is customized based on match information in response to a first selection from a user device. In response to a second selection from the user device, a match profile is configured associated with a plurality of players. For each of the plurality of players, a golf handicap index may be retrieved (e.g., from a third party source), where the golf handicap index is associated with each of the plurality of players. The golf handicap index may then be used at least in part to calculate a course handicap associated with each of the plurality of players. The course handicap may be used to allocate a plurality of stroke holes for each of the plurality of players. An electronic match scorecard may be generated comprising at least in part a plurality of scores associated with the plurality of players and the match information, wherein the electronic match scorecard is displayed within a first interface of the user device.
US10967240B2
A system for refereeing a sports match including a portable processing device for compiling data associated with the sports match and eyeglasses including data display means for displaying the data associated with the sports match to a wearer of the eyeglasses.
US10967239B2
Improved pitching machines capable of providing accurate, repeatable, and various pitches for training or simulation purposes (e.g., batting and catching). The pitching machine of the present invention may be operable to deliver pitches that each have a different predetermined trajectory, location, velocity (speed to target), and rotational velocity with repeatable precision and accuracy. Additionally, the pitching machine may be programmable and capable of simulating a pitch sequence, as thrown by a pitcher in a game situation, which provides a novel and effective tool for training batters.
US10967237B2
A multipurpose exercise device having a base that rests on a support surface and a user platform upon which the user stands. The lower end of a perpendicular support post is mounted to the base to axially pivot thereon and the upper end of the post is pivotally mounted to the lower surface of the user platform. The user platform pivots with the support post in a horizontal plane parallel to the support surface and pivots on the support post in a vertical plane perpendicular to the horizontal support surface. Resistance elements are provided having one end mounted to the support post and the other end mounted to the base to control the velocity and angle of pivot of the user platform in the horizontal plane. Preferably, a plurality of resistance elements are provided having one end mounted to the base and the other end mounted to the user platform to control the velocity and angle of pivot of the user platform in the vertical plane. In use, the user stands on the user platform and performs exercise motions to propel the user platform to pivot in the horizontal plane and the vertical plane. The user platform may include various type foot mounts to simulate sports activities such as skiing and snowboarding.
US10967234B2
A shaft for a putter includes decorative sheaths that may beautify the shaft while retaining lightweight stiffness and avoiding breaking the sheaths.
US10967232B2
Described herein are embodiments of golf club heads having a balance of the following parameters: a low and back club head center of gravity position, a high moment of inertia, a large Ixy product of inertia, and low aerodynamic drag. Methods of manufacturing the embodiments of golf club heads having a balance of club head center of gravity position, moment of inertia, product of inertia, and aerodynamic drag are also described herein.
US10967229B2
A sports ball comprises a plurality of interlocking panels covered by an outer layer. Each of the interlocking panels includes a plurality of recesses. The outer layer includes a plurality of distinct surface irregularities, each of the surface irregularities aligned with one of the plurality of recesses.
US10967226B2
In a golf ball having a two-layer core consisting of an inner core layer and an outer core layer, one or more intermediate layer, and a cover serving as an outermost layer, the inner core layer and outer core layer are each formed primarily of a base rubber, the inner core layer has a diameter of at least 19 mm, the intermediate layer and the cover are each formed primarily of a resin material, and the overall core has a specific hardness profile. The golf ball has a high initial velocity while holding down the spin rate on full shots with a driver or long iron, thus enabling a good distance to be achieved. The ball also has a high controllability in the short game.
US10967224B2
A functional training rig kit includes a box and a plurality of components adapted to fit within the box. At least some of the components and the box include elements by which the components are adapted to be attached to the outside of the box to provide at least one functional training rig attached to the outside of the box.
US10967219B2
An exercise device is disclosed which is safe to use, resists muscle adaptation, incorporates multiple methods of resistance, can quickly and easily switch between exercise modes to provide the user with the most optimal exercise routine and the least amount of hassle, and can otherwise remove the limitations of prior art machines. The exercise device can be utilized by the user to perform rowing exercises targeting cardiovascular training, high intensity training, strength training, muscle-building training and core building. Moreover, the exercise device is easy to use, will have multiple methods of operation, can quickly and easily switch between these methods of operation, and will not limit the user in the types of exercises to be performed.
US10967213B2
An exercising assisting and support assembly includes a body having a bottom surface, a top surface, a first lateral side, a second lateral side, a first end and a second end. The body is elongated from the first end to the second end and a cross-section of the body has a trapezoidal shape. The body has a length from the first end to the second end is between 24.0 inches and 48.0 inches and a height from the bottom surface to the top surface being at least 12.0 inches and less than 16.0 inches. The bottom surface has a width from the first lateral side to the second lateral side between 16.0 inches and 20.0 inches and the top surface has a width from the first lateral side to the second lateral side at least equal to 4.0 inches and no greater than 10.0 inches.
US10967203B1
The oxygen delivery device is a portable structure. The oxygen delivery device contains a plurality of oxygen canisters. The plurality of oxygen canisters contain oxygen under pressure. The oxygen delivery device stores the plurality of oxygen canisters. The oxygen delivery device dispenses the oxygen contained in the plurality of oxygen canisters. The oxygen delivery device comprises a housing, a distribution apparatus and the plurality of oxygen canisters. The housing contains the plurality of oxygen canisters and the distribution apparatus. The housing: a) stores the plurality of oxygen canisters; and, b) forms a fluidic connection between the plurality of oxygen canisters and the distribution apparatus. The distribution apparatus delivers the oxygen received from the plurality of oxygen canisters for consumption.
US10967200B2
A method for delivering radiation treatment may include defining a preliminary trajectory including a plurality of control points. Each control point may be associated with position parameters of a gantry and a couch. The method may also include generating a treatment plan based on the preliminary trajectory by optimizing an intensity and position parameters of a collimator and MLC leaves for each control point. The method may also include decomposing the treatment plan into a delivery trajectory including the plurality of control points. Each of the plurality of control points may be further associated with the optimized intensity, the optimized position parameters of the collimator and the MLC leaves, an output rate, and a motion parameter of each of the gantry, the couch, the collimator, and the MLC leaves. The method may further include instructing a radiation delivery device to deliver the treatment plan according to the delivery trajectory.
US10967199B2
Described here are systems and methods for knowledge-based brachytherapy planning. These systems and methods are capable of automatically generating treatment plans for prostate brachytherapy in clinically relevant times. Primitive features computed from anatomical contours of the target organ are used to retrieve a template plan from a database. The template plan is then adjusted in a stochastic search algorithm.
US10967195B2
The invention relates to a hyperthermia system for treating a patient, comprising an RF power unit, one or more RF antenna's connected to the RF power unit for generating a focused three-dimensional RF field, a controller for adjusting the RF power source and/or the one or more RF antenna's for steering the focused three-dimensional RF field; a sensor for sensing a parameter representative of the focused three-dimensional RF field; a communication environment for inputting data from the said sensor and/or additional information provided by the patient, said communication environment being capable of generating trigger signals to the controller for in use steering the focused three-dimensional RF filed in real time. The invention further relates to a method for generation a focused three-dimensional RF field.
US10967192B2
A wearable article for receiving and retaining a charger for charging a medical device implanted into a patient includes a coil-assembly cavity and first and second controller cavities defined between first and second major surfaces of a body of the wearable article. The coil-assembly cavity is configured to retain a coil assembly of the charger, and the first and second controller cavities are each configured to receive at least a portion of a controller of the charger. A controller slit is defined along the first major surface and is open to both the first and second controller cavities. The first controller cavity is configured to receive at least a portion of the controller with a user interface of the controller extending or observable through the controller slit or disposed in the second controller cavity.
US10967183B2
Systems, devices, and methods for neurostimulation using a combination of implantable and external devices to treat pain are disclosed.
US10967181B2
A method is disclosed for predicting the stimulation effect of cortical neurons in response to extracellular electrical stimulation. The method comprising the steps of defining an electrode configuration, defining a reconstructed neuronal cell type, wherein the reconstructed neuronal cell is characteristic of the physical and electrical properties of a neuronal cell, computing an electric field potential at the reconstructed neuronal cell, computing an effective transmembrane current of an arborization of the reconstructed neuronal cell, and determining a probability of activation of the reconstructed neuronal cell. A method for inducing an electrical stimulation effect on a cortical column is also disclosed. In an embodiment, the predicted network response of a cortical column is used to configure one or more electrodes to induce cortical stimulation.
US10967174B2
A lead wire associated with a pacemaker, implantable cardiac defibrillator or other cardiac electric signal source is provided with a protector tube overlying at least a portion of the lead wire. In one embodiment, this protector tube is provided as a sheath tube portion of a sheath assembly along with a valve body. The valve body of the sheath assembly is fracturable and removable away from the sheath tube, leaving the sheath tube upon the lead wire as a protector tube. In other embodiments, a separate protector tube is provided and fed over the lead wire and through a sheath assembly until placed where desired. A grommet and/or plug can be provided at a proximal end of the protector tube for anchoring of the protector tube in a desired location and for plugging the protector tube, while also accommodating the lead wire passing therethrough.
US10967166B2
Embodiments of the invention include a breast nipple areola complex tattoo stencil comprising first, second and third stencil sections. The first stencil section defines an areola area. The second stencil section defines a nipple area and tubercle areas. One or more registration elements on the first and/or second stencil sections enable registration of the second stencil section to the first stencil section. The third stencil section defines one or both of a nipple shading area and a nipple highlight area. One or more registration elements on the third and/or second stencil sections enable registration of the third stencil section to the second stencil section.
US10967165B2
Embodiments of the invention include methods of tissue/wound treatment and associated devices and systems, including devices for breaching bio-films contained in and around wounds, devices for maximizing moisture vapor transmission rate, and tissue dressings with added barrier features for permeable surfaces.
US10967163B1
A soft tip applicator attaches to a syringe for spreading expressed liquid from the syringe onto a surface, such as skin. A detachable hollow microneedle assembly supports transdermal injection of syringe contents.
US10967161B2
A device includes a container for accommodating a medicament, a pressure route and a valve. The pressure route, disposed in the container, includes an extending pathway, a pressure-route inlet connected with a connecting port, and a pressure-route outlet extending toward a container bottom. The valve includes a first through hole connecting spatially the pressure-route inlet and outlet, and a valve body dividing the extending pathway into a pressure-in pathway and a pressure-out pathway. The device can convey the medicament such as a hemostatic agent more stably and smoothly to effectively avoid blocking upon a field of vision of an endoscope by the disturbed medicament while hitting a target tissue. Thereupon, the medicament can be provided more precisely, continuity of an endoscopic surgery can be improved, efficiency of hemostasis can be enhanced, and also surgery time can be substantially shortened.
US10967159B2
A catheter system and method of dilating first and second anatomies includes a guide catheter extending along a longitudinal axis that has a breakaway distal end portion with a conduit in communication with the lumen. The conduit is configured to guide a dilation catheter at a first predetermined angle relative to the longitudinal axis and a second predetermined angle relative to the longitudinal axis for respectively dilating the first and second anatomies. The breakaway distal end portion includes first and second guide segments at least partially defining the conduit and respectively extending the first and predetermined angles to first and second distal openings. The second guide segment is removably connected to the first guide segment for selectively guiding the dilation catheter along the second predetermined angle when connected and along the first predetermined angle when disconnected.
US10967148B2
A guide wire control device and methods of use are described herein. A novel method for optimizing a guide wire for a patient is described. The method includes steps of scanning a patient's anatomy and then fabricating, or selecting, a guide wire with optimal geometry for a particular patient and/or procedure. The guide wire may optionally be secured to a guide wire control device for improved control during transcatheter surgical procedures.
US10967137B2
An infusion pump assembly includes a locking tab and a pump barrel inside a pump barrel housing, where the pump barrel accommodates a reservoir assembly. The reservoir assembly includes a reservoir and a plunger rod. The infusion pump assembly also includes a locking disc at a terminus of the pump barrel. The locking disc includes a clearance hole for the plunger rod. The locking disc also includes at least one locking tab notch in close proximity with the locking tab. The locking tab is in moveable engagement with the locking tab notch, and the reservoir moves the locking tab from a locked position to an unlocked position when the plunger rod is inserted through clearance hole. The locking disc rotates upon torque being applied to the reservoir assembly, the locking disc rotating from a non-loaded position to a loaded position with respect to the plunger rod and a drive screw.
US10967118B2
An automatic injection device has an insertion needle configured to be inserted into a patient and a drug container which contains a pharmaceutical product. The drug container includes a stopper. The automatic injection device also has a fluid path which fluidly connects the drug container to the insertion needle. The automatic injection device further has a drive system configured to cause parallel linear movement of the stopper to force the pharmaceutical product into the fluid path. The drive system has a driving element and a movable element. The automatic injection device additionally has electronics configured to provide a signal to the drive system to move the stopper and have means for sensing the stopper position. The movable element has an outer magnet at least partially surrounding the drug container and an inner magnet inside the drug container.
US10967117B2
An automated insertion assembly includes a first dermal perforation assembly configured to releasably engage a first subdermal device. A first actuation assembly is configured to drive the first dermal perforation assembly into a user's skin to a first depth and drive the first subdermal device into the user's skin to a second depth. The second depth is greater than the first depth.
US10967114B2
A dialysis machine has a blood circuit, a blood pump, a dialyzer, a venous pressure sensor, a substituate line, and a control unit. The control unit can operate the blood pump in a first operating mode and in a special operating mode, and start the special operating mode after a trigger event. In the special operating mode, a blood pump conveying rate is controlled via a default value or regulated to a desired value, with the default or desired value being derived from a value determined before the started special mode or corresponding to the value. The presence of an obstacle is polled before the special mode, and depending on the presence thereof, the start of the special mode is blocked or delayed and/or the selection of the default value or the desired value on the presence of the obstacle differs from the selection without the presence of the obstacle.
US10967113B2
A dialysate-extracting apparatus in which a collecting port can be disinfected with no disinfecting work to be performed by a worker. A dialysate-extracting apparatus includes a dialysate-extracting device having an introduction port and a discharge port each of which is connected to the flow route for liquid and allows the liquid to flow therethrough, and a collecting port from which the liquid flowing in the flow route is collectable; and an opening-and-closing device that is movable between a closing position where the opening-and-closing device covers the collecting port of the dialysate-extracting device and an opening position where the opening-and-closing device 6 opens the collecting port. The dialysate-extracting apparatus further includes an ultraviolet-applying device attached to the opening-and-closing device and that is capable of applying ultraviolet rays to the collecting port when the opening-and-closing device is at the closing position.
US10967111B2
A blood treatment filter includes a housing having a first resin sheet and a second resin sheet, a filter member disposed in the housing, a peripheral edge molded body formed on a peripheral edge portion of the filter member and having an inner peripheral portion joined to an outer peripheral end edge of a filtering material, and a connection sheet extending outward from the peripheral edge molded body and connected to the housing.
US10967108B2
A low-profile reduced pressure treatment apparatus and system are provided. The apparatus includes a moldable conduit holder, a conduit through the conduit holder, and a flexible base. The conduit holder has first and second bulkhead surfaces, a convex top surface, and a bottom surface adapted to conform to a tissue contact region adjacent to a tissue site. An end of the conduit is substantially flush with the first bulkhead surface and a longitudinal axis of the conduit is substantially perpendicular to the first and second bulkhead surfaces. The base is connected on a first side to the bottom surface of the conduit holder, and extends beyond the first bulkhead surface to form an overlay zone adjacent the first bulkhead surface. An adhesive is disposed on a second side of the flexible base to secure the flexible base to the tissue contact region.
US10967106B2
A portable system for subatmospheric pressure therapy in connection with healing a surgical wound, including a wound dressing dimensioned for positioning relative to a wound bed of a subject and a subatmospheric pressure mechanism dimensioned to be carried or worn by the subject. The subatmospheric pressure mechanism includes a housing having a control unit adapted to draw a vacuum and a canister associated with the housing. The canister has a collection bag disposed therein, which is in fluid communication with the wound dressing to receive exudates from the wound bed. The collection bag is adapted to expand upon receipt of the fluids and has means to release gas from within the collection bag in connection with operation of the control unit. With this arrangement, the canister is attitude independent, i.e., the canister may be positioned on edge, on its side or on its end etc. while still maintaining operation of the control unit. The collection bag may include a hydrophobic vent or material for releasing the gases. In another embodiment, the collection bag comprises a gas permeable material. The collection bag may include one of pleats or bellows.
US10967104B2
A stent system comprising zero or more inner stents inserted into an outer stent. The inner stents and outer stent are separated and/or encapsulated by a protein-based material of a protein matrix and/or a set biocoacervate, each comprising one or more biocompatible proteins and one or more biocompatible solvents. The protein-based material may also include one or more carbohydrates and one or more pharmacologically active agents.
US10967097B1
A novel hydrogel wound dressing therapy and methods for making the same. The novel methods comprise forming two biopolymers, chitosan and hyaluronic acid, together into a wound dressing with inherent ability to enhance wound closure. The novel composition of the subject invention comprises cross-linked chitosan/hyaluronic acid hydrogels manufactured according to the methods disclosed having a specific cross-link density that results in a swelling ratio of 20 to 100. Hydrogels manufactured in accordance with the method of the invention dramatically increase healing rates and greatly improves outcomes of wound injuries.
US10967095B2
A method for preparing a wound dressing including forming a first solution by mixing a zinc solution with a Tragacanth solution, immersing a substrate in the first solution, forming a second solution by adjusting pH of the first solution containing the substrate, forming a modified substrate by synthesizing a plurality of ZnO nanoparticles with a particle size between 55 nm and 70 nm on the substrate by applying ultrasound radiation to the second solution, and forming a plurality of Ammoniacum nanocapsules with a particle size between 20 nm and 80 nm on the modified substrate.
US10967094B2
The present disclosure provides for and includes improved devices and methods for the production of Purified Hydrogen Peroxide Gas (PHPG) that is substantially non-hydrated and substantially free of ozone.
US10967091B2
A scent dispenser may comprise a vial retaining mechanism, a heating element, vial sensor, and a controller. The vial retaining mechanism includes a vial coupling that removeably retains a vial containing a scented solution. The includes a wick extending from a cavity of the vial through an opening of a neck of the vial. The heating element is shaped to receive and heat the wick of the vial. The vial sensor includes an array of sensor pads that are arranged in alignment with the vial retained by the vial coupling. The controller is electrically coupled to the heating element and electrically coupled to the array of sensor pads. The controller regulates a temperature level of the heating element, and receives signals from the array of sensor pads and processing the signals to determine a fluid level of the vial.
US10967082B2
A method of limiting the spread of the norovirus within a cruise ship comprising: identifying a surface within a common area of a cruise ship that passengers are likely to touch; and applying a silane quaternary ammonium ion or salt thereof to the surface. The common area can be an elevator and the surface an elevator button. The common area can be a stairway and the surface a handrail. The common area can be a casino. The common area can be a dining room. The common area can be a walkway and the surface a handrail. The silane quaternary ammonium ion or salt thereof can be 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium ion, 3-(trimethoxysilyl)propyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium chloride, 3-(trihydroxysilyl)propyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium ion, or 3-(trihydroxysilyl)propyldimethyloctadecyl ammonium chloride. Applying the silane quaternary ammonium ion or salt thereof to the surface comprises applying a solution including the silane quaternary ammonium ion or salt thereof and a solvent.
US10967063B2
A substantially surface active agent-free and foam adjuvant-free composition which includes a hydrophobic solvent, a wax and a propellant. A substantially surface active agent-free and foam adjuvant-free composition, further comprising, a tetracycline antibiotic, or one or more other active agents. A method of treatment, using a substantially surface active agent-free and substantially foam adjuvant-free composition.
US10967059B2
Pro-toothpaste compositions formulated to receive a volume of allergen solution to provide toothpastes that exhibit efficacy for oral mucosal immunotherapy (OMIT) and acceptable consumer and product stability properties, along with kits of pro-toothpaste, allergen/extracts of allergens, and optionally compounding means and/or specialized toothbrushes are provided. Toothpastes suitable and effective for OMIT and methods for managing allergic symptoms and for reducing risk of allergy in people without symptoms employing the pro-toothpastes, toothpastes and kits of the invention are also disclosed.
US10967054B2
Provided is a method of treating a cancer in an individual using activated T cells or PBMCs induced by antigen presenting cells (such as dendritic cells) loaded with a plurality of tumor antigen peptides. The method may further comprise administration of the antigen presenting cells loaded with the plurality of tumor antigen peptides to the individual. The methods may be used singly or in combination with an immune checkpoint inhibitor. Also provided are precision therapy methods customized for the individual using neoantigen peptides or based on the mutation load in the tumor of the individual, methods of preparing the activated T cells, methods of monitoring the treatment, methods of cloning tumor-specific T cell receptors, an isolated population of cells comprising the activated T cells, and compositions and kits useful for cancer immunotherapy.
US10967052B1
A method for treating dyslexia or reading developmental disorder (RDD) in a patient in need thereof comprises administering botulinum toxin to the patient. The botulinum toxin may be administered by subcutaneous or intradermal injection. The subcutaneous or intradermal injection may be administered to and/or around the vicinity of a trigeminal nerve, a cervical nerve, a thoracic nerve, a lumbar nerve, and/or a sacral nerve of the patient. In infants or toddlers—from about birth to 5 years old, botulinum toxin is used to prevent or minimize damage to the developing brain that would result in dyslexia; in older children and adult patients with dyslexia, botulinum toxin will be used to reduce or eliminate their symptoms.
US10967051B2
Provided herein are oral pharmaceutical compositions containing a GLP-1 analogue and/or insulin for treating and reducing the incidence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), hepatic steatosis, and sequelae thereof, and methods of utilizing same.
US10967033B2
Disclosed are compositions containing: a) Phaseolus vulgaris extract; b) Cynara scolymus extract; c) Echinacea angustifolia extract; d) Vitis vinifera extract and optionally e) Panax ginseng extract, mixed with suitable excipients.
US10967032B2
The present invention relates to a hypertension treatment. More particularly, the present invention relates to combination of four herbs' extract including 95% ethanolic extract of U. rhynchophylla (UR95), 95% ethanolic extract of P. thomsonii (PT95), 95% ethanolic extract of P. notoginseng (PN95), and 50% ethanolic extract of A. orientale (AO50) in particular range of ratio (known as F1 ratio), and all the raw herbs were then extracted in total by using 50% ethanol (known as F1-2) for use in a medicament for treating hypertension and hypertension-related complications and a composition thereof.
US10967029B2
This invention provides a method of using extract of Cistanche tubulosa. The extract was used to prevent, slow down, or treat an eye disease caused by oxidative stress. The method includes administrating to a subject in need a therapeutically effective amount of the extract of Cistanche tubulosa to prevent, slow down, or treat an eye disease caused by oxidative stress.
US10967022B2
A botanical extract for use in skin care, wherein the botanical extract is at least an extract from the testa of the seed of Anacardium occidentale L.
US10967021B2
The present invention provides a new use or method of use of a thylakoid extract, for oral route of administration, and a composition comprising the thylakoid extract in adjunction with an acceptable carrier for oral administration. Besides the pharmaceutical use, the thylakoid extract enters the composition of food or food supplements, or medication for its innocuity and its capacity to provide a diet enriched in anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds. Therefore, in accordance with the present invention is provided the use of athylakoid extract in the making of an oral composition for treating preventing a disease or disorder involving the formation of reactive oxygen species or inflammation. Also is provided a method for treating or preventing a disease or disorder involving the formation of reactive oxygen species inflammation in an individual, which comprises the step of orality administering an effective dose of a thylakoid extact. Further is provided an oral composition comprising a thylakoid extract and a vehicle for oral ingestion or oral administration. An oral composition comprising purified thylakoids and a carrier for oral ingestion or oral administration, with the proviso that the carrier does not essentially consists of water, physiological saline or propylene glycol is also provided as food or a food supplement, or as a peliet, or encapsulated granules or powder. The carrier may be present in an amount of 0.01% to 95% (w/w) of the total composition. The purified thylakoids are present in an amount which achieves a dosage of 0.1 to 10 mg per Kg of a subject's body weight.
US10967015B2
A method for treating a tumor by administering to a subject in need of such treatment an effective amount for treating the tumor of a Poxviridae decapping deficient mutant virus. Also disclosed are mutant Poxviridae and pharmaceutical formulations for use in the method.
US10967014B2
The invention relates to pneumoviral virions comprising a viral genome that has a mutation in a gene coding for a protein that is essential for infectivity of the pneumovirus, whereby the mutation causes a virus produced from only the viral genome to lack infectivity, and whereby the virion comprises the protein in a form and in an amount that is required for infectivity of the virion. The invention also relates to methods for producing the pneumoviral virions and for using the virions in the treatment or prevention of pneumoviral infection and disease. A preferred pneumoviral virion is a virion of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in which preferably the gene for the G attachment protein is inactivated and complemented in trans.
US10967008B2
The present invention relates to methods for the preparation of compositions comprising adipose tissue-derived secretions, for example those derived from bovine adipose tissue, and the use of such compositions in the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for topical use. The invention also relates to the use of adipose tissue-derived secretions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for the topical treatment of a non-inflammatory condition, for example the treatment of a skin condition, and for the stimulation of hair growth in a subject by topical application. The invention also relates to the use of adipose tissue-derived secretions and pharmaceutical compositions thereof for the topical treatment of acne.
US10966996B2
Disclosed is a Glechoma longituba (Nakai) Kupr. extract, specifically compounds I and II, a preparation method for same, and a use thereof in preparing a medicament for blood glucose decease, blood lipids decrease, weight loss, and kidney disease treatment or a method for treatment of said diseases, and a composition containing the extract.
US10966993B2
An injectable pharmaceutical composition of a sulfonylurea drug and a preparation method thereof were described. The pharmaceutical composition contains a sulfonylurea drug, a cyclodextrin and an additive.
US10966986B2
The present invention features improved Compounds, especially (I) methods of identifying patients having Cancer using biomarkers (e.g., PDE3A, SLFN12 and/or CREB3L1) that correlate with drug sensitivity and consequently treating a stratified patient population with an agent of the invention (e.g., Compounds 1-6 disclosed herein).
US10966984B2
This invention is in the area of improved compounds, compositions and methods of transiently protecting healthy cells, and in particular hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC) as well as renal cells, from damage associated with DNA damaging chemotherapeutic agents. In one aspect, improved protection of healthy cells is disclosed using disclosed compounds that act as highly selective and short, transiently-acting cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK 4/6) inhibitors when administered to subjects undergoing DNA damaging chemotherapeutic regimens for the treatment of proliferative disorders.
US10966981B2
The present disclosure relates to a method for inhibiting Fatty Acid Synthase (FASN) with a FASN inhibitor, methods for treating cancer and viral infections with a FASN inhibitor, and compounds and compositions inhibiting FASN.
US10966971B2
The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions of pomalidomide comprising pomalidomide and binder or filler at amount of at most 89% weight percent of total weight of the composition and process for the preparation of such compositions.
US10966970B2
A fused tricyclic compound and use thereof as a medicament, in particular as a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of hepatitis B. Specifically, a compound having Formula (I) or a stereoisomer, a tautomer, an N-oxide, a solvate, a metabolite, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof, wherein each variate is as defined in specification. The compound also includes a Formula (I) or a stereoisomer, a tautomer, an N-oxide, a solvate, a metabolite, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a prodrug thereof as a medicament, especially as a medicament for the treatment and/or prevention of hepatitis B.
US10966968B2
In various embodiments, the present invention provides methods of treating and/or preventing cardiovascular-related disease and, in particular, a method of reducing triglycerides in a subject on rosiglitazone therapy, the method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutical composition comprising eicosapentaenoic acid or a derivative thereof.
US10966964B2
The present invention provides a method for preparing a pharmaceutical composition containing a pyrrolo-fused six-membered heterocyclic compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Specifically, the invention provides a preparation method of a pharmaceutical composition, the method containing: mixing 5-(2-diethylamino-ethyl)-2-(5-fluoro-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-indol-3-ylidene-methyl)-3-methyl-1,5,6,7-tetrahydro-pyrrolo[3,2-c]pyridin-4-one or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof with at least one filler, and then granulating the mixture. The pharmaceutical composition of the invention features a rapid dissolution and good stability.
US10966963B2
Described herein are tetrahydro-pyrido[3,4-b]indol-1-yl compounds with estrogen receptor modulation activity or function having the Formula I structure: and stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and with the substituents and structural features described herein. Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the Formula I compounds, as well as methods of using such estrogen receptor modulators, alone and in combination with other therapeutic agents, for treating diseases or conditions that are mediated or dependent upon estrogen receptors.
US10966961B2
The present invention is directed to pyrazole derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and the use of the compounds or the compositions in the treatment of various diseases.
US10966958B2
Provided is a composition for use in treating a skin condition, the composition comprising: (a) a first component comprising a substituted or unsubstituted diindolylmethane compound; and (b) a second component comprising a substituted or unsubstituted retinoid compound.
US10966952B2
Polymorphic forms of tetrahydro-N,N-dimethyl-2,2-diphenyl-3-furanmethanamine hydrochloride (ANAVEX2-73) and a metabolite of tetrahydro-N,N-dimethyl-2,2-diphenyl-3-furanmethanamine hydrochloride (ANAVEX2-73) are disclosed and characterized. Compositions and method for treatment of Alzheimer's disease that includes the polymorphic forms and metabolite of tetrahydro-N,N-dimethyl-2,2-diphenyl-3-furanmethanamine hydrochloride (ANAVEX2-73).
US10966949B2
The invention describes pharmaceutical, dietary and/or food compositions, preferably dietary supplements, exerting the ability to activate the endogenous antioxidant system by feeding essential micronutrients to both the one carbon cycle and the trans-sulfuration pathway so to achieve effective oxy-redox homeostasis together with an improved energy balance and healthy processes of cell growth and differentiation including DNA methylation and epigenetic regulation. The invention further relates to the use of the aforementioned compositions to decrease homocysteine levels and for the support to menopause, pregnancy and reproductive competence and for the prevention and/or treatment of diabetes, celiac disease, neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) or Neurodevelopmental Disorders.
US10966941B2
Dosage forms, drug delivery systems, and methods related to sustained release of dextromethorphan or improved therapeutic effects are disclosed. Typically, bupropion or a related compound is orally administered to a human being to be treated with, or being treated with, dextromethorphan.
US10966930B2
The present invention concerns pharmaceutical formulations of ARN-509, which can be administered to a mammal, in particular a human, suffering from an androgen receptor (AR)-related disease or condition, in particular cancer, more in particular prostate cancer, including but not limited to castration-resistant prostate cancer, metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer, chemotherapy-naive metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer, biochemically relapsed hormone sensitive prostate cancer, or high-risk, non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. In one aspect, these formulations comprise a solid dispersion of ARN-509, a poly(meth)acrylate copolymer and HPMCAS. In one aspect, the solid dispersion of ARN-509, a poly(meth)acrylate copolymer and HPMCAS is obtainable, in particular is obtained, by melt-extruding a mixture comprising ARN-509, a poly(meth)acrylate copolymer and HPMCAS and optionally subsequently milling said melt-extruded mixture. In one aspect, the solid dispersion of ARN-509, a poly(meth)acrylate copolymer and HPMCAS is obtainable, in particular is obtained, by spray drying a mixture comprising ARN-509, a poly(meth)acrylate copolymer and HPMCAS in a suitable solvent.
US10966928B2
The present invention in general relates to a pharmaceutical dosage form comprising one or more granules, and a method for manufacturing thereof. The granules of the dosage form are prepared via the extrusion/spheronization technique using partially hydrolysed polyvinyl alcohol. These granules have the advantage that a high drug load can be contained therein.
US10966920B2
An effervescent tablet that exhibits rapid disintegration is disclosed. The effervescent tablet includes an effervescent agent that includes an acid and a base, a crystalline sugar binder selected from the group consisting of crystalline dextrose, crystalline sucrose, crystalline fructose, and combinations thereof, the crystalline sugar binder being essentially free of excipients, a sweetener that includes at least one of Stevia and Monk fruit, a flavor agent that includes a gum Arabic carrier, and optionally a lubricant derived from rice hulls (e.g., a multi-component integral lubricant).
US10966919B2
Disclosed is the use of partially purified extracellular metabolite isolated from Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856 to prevent skin aging. More specifically the invention discloses the anti-collagenase, anti-elastase, anti-glycation activity and enhancement of TGF-β, epidermal growth factor and hyaluronic acid expression in human dermal fibroblasts, of extracellular metabolites isolated from Bacillus coagulans MTCC 5856.
US10966912B2
The present invention belongs to the fields of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, and concerns on the one hand a medicament for the inhibition of and refers also on the cosmetic, non-therapeutic use for the treatment of hyperpigmentation, particularly induced by sun light radiation, preferably induced by visible light radiation.
US10966909B2
A composition of matter includes one or more functionalized vinylbenzyl components of the formula covalently connected to one or more R functional components; the one or more R functional groups selected from a group including one or more hydroxyl methyl (—CHOH—) moieties and/or derivatives thereof, one or more ethoxy (—CH2—CH2—O—) moieties and/or derivatives thereof, end one or more benzene (C6H6) and/or derivatives thereof; and ether links that connect the functionalized vinylbenzyl components and the R functional components.
US10966901B2
A massage system includes a chair type massage machine that performs a massage on a person to be treated, a head mounted display (head worn type display device) that is worn on a head portion of the person to be treated, and a controller, which, when the massage is being performed by the massage machine on the person to be treated, makes a video image, including a moving image of a virtual practitioner performing the massage, be displayed on the head mounted display.
US10966898B2
An elongate hollow tube having two or more fidgets molded onto or attached to an outside surface of said tube is described. The tube can be slipped over a smooth elongated base object, such as a pencil or similar object, to provide manipulatives for students.
US10966894B2
A leg support exoskeleton is strapped on as a wearable device to support its user during squatting and/or lunging. The exoskeleton includes a knee joint connected to a first link and a second link, which is configured to allow flexion and extension motion between the first link and the second link. A force generator has a first end that is rotatable connected to the first link. A constraining mechanism is connected to the second link and has at least two operational positions. In a first operational position, the second end of the force generator engages the constraining mechanism, where the first link and the second link flex relative to each other. In a second operational position, the second end of the force generator does not engage the constraining mechanism; the first link and the second link are free to flex and extend relative to each other.
US10966884B2
Absorbent cores comprising a core wrap which comprises a liquid permeable substrate layer, the core containing from about 87% to about 100% of superabsorbent polymer and having a funnel-shaped swelling chamber. The area of the core is at least twice the area of the swelling chamber, and the core contains a water responsive immobilizing agent to immobilize the superabsorbent polymer prior to water insult. The funnel-shaped swelling chamber is a portion of the absorbent core containing superabsorbent polymer and delimited by continuous permanent seals. Two permanent continuous seals form first opposing funnel wall segments, wherein first opposing funnel wall segments collectively comprise a first chamber angle about 20° to about 120°, the first chamber angle being the sum of angles formed by each first opposing wall segment with respect to the longitudinal axis.
US10966883B2
An absorbent cores includes absorbent material enclosed a core wrap which comprises a liquid permeable substrate layer. The core contains from about 87% to about 100% of superabsorbent polymer and a tube-shaped swelling chamber having a length to width aspect ratio of less than or equal to about 5:1. The area of the core is at least twice the area of the swelling chamber, and the core contains a water responsive immobilizing agent to immobilize the superabsorbent polymer prior to water insult. The tube-shaped swelling chamber is a portion of the absorbent core containing superabsorbent polymer that is delimited by a plurality of continuous permanent seals that each join together overlapping portions of the core wrap and prevent superabsorbent polymer from moving across the seals.
US10966874B2
The present disclosure relates to absorbent article's chassis that may comprise one or more pluralities of tightly spaced (less than 4 mm, less than 3 mm, less than 2 mm, and less than 1 mm) and/or low decitex (less than 300, less than 200, less than 100 dtex) and/or low strain (less than 300%, less than 200%, less than 100%) elastics to deliver low pressure less than 1 psi (according to the conditions defined by the Pressure-Under-Strand Test in the Method below) under the elastics. The elastics in the chassis may be oriented parallel or transverse to the longitudinal axis.
US10966869B2
A wound care bandage for treating a wound is provided. The bandage includes an SIS layer to be placed on the wound surface and a cover to be placed over the wound. The bandage further includes a structure to provide a vacuum space. A method for promoting wound healing is further provided. The method includes applying the above-mentioned wound care bandage to the wound and creating a vacuum in the vacuum space to draw blood controllably from the wound into the SIS layer.
US10966867B2
A push-in earplug including an elongate core and outer layer is disclosed. The outer layer includes a sound attenuating portion having a first average density and a stem portion having a second average density, and the second average density is greater than the first average density.
US10966865B2
The present disclosure provides a femtosecond laser docking apparatus that includes a suction cone, with an upper frusto-conical portion and lower spherical portion, and a suction ring, with a mechanical stop and at least one contact and sealing surface. The mechanical stop engages the spherical portion of the suction cone to prevent it from being lowered further toward an eye, in a z-direction, beyond the mechanical stop. This disclosure provides a system for femtosecond laser ophthalmic surgery that includes a suction cone, with an upper frusto-conical portion and lower spherical portion, and a suction ring. This disclosure further provides a method for docking a femtosecond laser that includes positioning a suction ring on an eye, lowering a suction cone toward the eye until it engages the mechanical stop of the suction ring, and applying suction to seal the suction cone to the suction ring by a contact and sealing surface.
US10966864B2
Apparatus and method for interfacing an ophthalmic surgical laser system with a patient's eye using a single-piece patient interface (PI). The PI includes a hollow shell, with an applanation lens and a flexible skirt at its lower end. Through channels are formed around the applanation lens to connect the spaces above and below the lens. When the PI is coupled to the laser system and the eye, the upper rim of the shell forms a seal with the laser system and the flexible skirt forms a seal with the eye. A vacuum is applied to the interior of the shell via a vacuum port on the laser system, and the vacuum is communicated to the space enclosed by the applanation lens, the skirt and the eye through the channels around the lens. A magnetic mechanism is also provided to hold the PI shell to the laser system.
US10966861B2
An interactive enthalpy exchange system for infant care includes a pouch for receiving an infant, and a heat source arranged in the pouch. The heat source includes a first heat source and a second heat source different from the first heat source. Control circuitry is operatively coupled to the heat source, the control circuitry configured to control interactive enthalpy between the first heat source and the second heat source to maintain a temperature within the pouch at a prescribed temperature.
US10966859B2
A force distribution apparatus and method are presented. Various embodiments of the disclosed apparatus include a plurality of layers configured and oriented to be deployed on a subject in a manner that disperses forces and lowers peak pressures experienced by the subject when resting on a surface, which tends to minimize risks of deformation and local ischemia. An innovative combination of novel construction methods and material selections produce an apparatus that possesses an inherent three-dimensional shape despite being built from essentially flat components, while also retaining an ability to effectively distribute forces and reduce pressures.
US10966857B2
The present wrist brace includes an advantageous lacing configuration that provides a cast-like compression on a patient's forearm, wrist, and hand. Pulling the lacing mechanism equilibrates lace tension along the length of the wrist brace in a way that applies consistent compression to the patient's forearm and wrist.
US10966855B2
An orthosis comprises a first portion which comprises a polymer reinforced with a plurality of first fibres, and a second portion which is disposed around at least a section of a peripheral edge of the orthosis which comprises a polymer reinforced with a plurality of second fibres. The first portion has a higher tensile strength and is harder than the second portion.
US10966854B1
A brace assists a user in regaining muscle mass during the back to work phase of joint injury recovery. The brace uses a resistance band that is attached to the upper arm and the lower arm of the brace. Proximate the arms' juncture point, a pair of gears is attached, one gear per arm with a gap between the gears. The gears rotate in lockstep with their respective arm. A variation piece has two sets of teeth, each set gearably mating with one of the gears so that rotation of the gears causes the variation piece to linearly extend and counter-rotation causes the variation piece to retract. A medial portion of the band is received by the variation piece so that as variation piece extends, it places additional tension on the band, which tension placement is reduced with variation piece retraction.
US10966851B2
An orthopedic device comprises a main body defining an outer surface and a cuff extending from an end portion of the main body with frictional material disposed on an inner surface of the first cuff. A hinge is connected to the main body and terminates along the main body short of the cuff. The cuff is arranged to fold over the outer surface of the main body in a disengaged configuration, such that the outer surface of the first cuff is adjacently against the outer surface of the main body.
US10966842B2
Devices and methods for the removal of bone implant tips from within a bony structure in a body. The device or method includes a shaft with an internal grasping feature capable of being inserted while remaining in an un-expanded, un-deployed state. This permits a surgeon or operator to insert the device while in a small profile state, avoiding or reducing damage to adjacent bone tissue during insertion. Upon insertion of the shaft to the proper position within a patient's bone, the grasping feature may then be expanded or deployed from the distal end of the shaft by a surgeon or operator using an actuator in a handle attached to the proximal end of the shaft. Following deployment, the grasping feature may be used to manipulate and/or remove a bone implant tip from a patient's bone tissue. Embodiments of the grasping feature include one or more hooks, wires, articulating fingers, and/or net-based designs formed of metal, polymer, composite, or a combination thereof. The grasping feature may also include an adhesive-based design formed of bone cement, protein-based glue, or other adhesive material with the purpose of grasping or manipulating a bone implant tip within bone tissue.
US10966840B2
A method of delivering a fusion cage to an intervertebral disc space bounded by adjacent vertebral endplates, comprising the step of delivering the fusion cage into the disc space without contacting its teeth to the vertebral endplates during delivery, wherein a sheath is interposed between a cage surface and the endplates to prevent contact therebetween during delivery.
US10966833B2
An intracranial prosthesis comprised of a flat body having an interior ultrasound-compatible window and means about the outer portion capable of engaging a plurality of diagnostic instruments and/or intracranial delivery systems so that a practicing medical professional can monitor certain parameters of a patient or deliver therapeutic agents to the patient while using an ultrasound-monitoring device to image the patient's brain. The prosthesis is designed to allow for the continuous, uninterrupted, simultaneous monitoring of a number of parameters of a patient's brain at the patient's bedside.
US10966812B2
An embolic protection and filtration device (EFD) that is deployable within the aortic arch of a patient to prevent emboli from entering the coronary arteries. The device includes a collapsible tubular chassis having enlarged opposing end portions and a midsection of smaller radial dimension. A filtration membrane is disposed at least on upstream and midsection portions of the chassis and is configured to filter and shunt large emboli down the descending aorta and away from the coronary arteries. A retrieval device is provided for retrieving the EFD from within the patient. The retrieval device automatically compensates for elongation of the EFD as the EFD is radially contracted such that the EFD is not moved or drug along the aorta as it is collapsed and retracted into a retrieval catheter.
US10966804B2
A connecting element, a base unit and a cleaning head for use in an oral care appliance are disclosed. The connecting element is configured to engage operatively with the cleaning head and the base unit to form a first connection and a second connection respectively.
US10966799B1
A stable affixation system for dental implantation includes a fixation tray having, for rapid placement, a housing defining a chamber whose inner surface is configured to house a flowable or malleable material (configured to harden) and be placed over one or more teeth during guided dental implantation surgery. A mechanism for urging the material against the teeth may comprise side walls having an inwardly directed extra flexible arm extension or an inwardly directed step. A lock mechanism may comprise a wedge positioned over the fixation tray to reduce or eliminate freedom of movement of the tray. For rapid removal, the system may include mechanisms (for example an element rotating inside the tray) for applying force on the tray and material and for ensuring that the material adheres more strongly to the tray than to the teeth. The system is sturdy enough to withstand forces including from various angles and leverage.
US10966793B2
In order to provide a simple device for positioning sterile instruments, particularly puncture needles, injection needles or surgical probes, with respect to a patient (P), where said device comprises a sheath (3) at least the inside of which is sterile and which at least partially encompasses a sterile instrument (2), as well as at least one gas-tight feedthrough provided on said sheath (3), it is suggested that the sterile instrument (2) has at least one sterile instrument holder (2′) and that, by moving the instrument holder (2′) outside of the sheath (3), said instrument may be moved in a controlled manner in at least two spatial directions.
US10966769B2
A device for mixing and dispensing a paste, such as bone cement, comprises a housing (H) with a feeding mechanism (53), and a cylinder (51) for mixing a powder component and a liquid component forming the paste. A piston assembly includes a paste feeding member (57) located in the cylinder, and a tubular member (54). A mixing member (55) is located in the cylinder (51), and a mixing rod (52) extends within the tubular member (54) of the piston assembly. The mixing rod (52) is movable in the tubular member (54) of the piston assembly. The tubular member (54) is provided with external engagement means (T) by which the paste feeding member (57) is movable within the cylinder (51) in a feeding direction. The feeding movement is operated by the feeding mechanism.
US10966760B2
A spinal construct includes a coupling member including a first mating surface engageable with an existing fastener implant. The existing fastener implant being connected with an existing spinal rod implant. A connector is engageable with the existing fastener implant and has a rod extending therefrom. A locking member is engageable with a second mating surface of the coupling member. Systems, surgical instruments, implants and methods are disclosed.
US10966757B2
A vertebral assist device for monitoring, supporting, stabilizing, and adjusting vertebrae. An embodiment of the vertebral assist device includes: a plurality of vertebral support sections, each of the plurality of vertebral support sections configured to support a respective vertebra of a patient; an actuating system for interconnecting each adjacent pair of the plurality of vertebral support sections, the actuating system dynamically controlling an alignment of the plurality of vertebral support sections; and a control system for actively monitoring the alignment of the plurality of vertebral support sections and for directing the actuating system to dynamically adjust the alignment of the plurality of vertebral support sections until an alignment goal is achieved.
US10966755B2
An implant delivery device (100) includes a casing (110); and inner and outer tube driving members (150, 160), an inner tube (120), an intermediate tube (130), an outer tube (140) and an air-evacuation locking assembly (170), each at least partially accommodated in the casing (110). The three tubes are sequentially nested in one another, and first, second and third spaces are formed between neighbouring tubes. The inner tube driving member (150) has a proximal end that is sealingly fixed to a proximal end of the inner tube (120), and the outer tube driving member (160) is sealingly fixed to a proximal end of the outer tube (140). The intermediate tube (130) has a proximal end that is sealingly fixed to the inner tube driving member (150), and the intermediate tube extends through and is sealingly connected to the outer tube driving member (160). The air-evacuation locking assembly (170) is detachably coupled to the inner tube driving member (150). The inner tube driving member (150) and the air-evacuation locking assembly (170) are provided with first and second air-evacuation channels (A, B), respectively. When the air-evacuation locking assembly (170) is coupled to the inner tube driving member (150), the second air-evacuation channel (B) is brought into communication with the second and third spaces via the first air-evacuation channel (A) and the first space. The inner tube driving member (150) is coupled to the casing (110) by the air-evacuation locking assembly (170). When the air-evacuation locking assembly (170) is disconnected from the inner tube driving member (150), the inner tube driving member (150) remains in slidable connection with the casing (110).
US10966753B2
Catheter-based delivery systems for delivery and retrieval of a leadless pacemaker include features to facilitate improved manipulation of the catheter and improved capture and docking functionality of leadless pacemakers. Such functionality includes mechanisms directed to deflecting and locking a deflectable catheter, maintaining tension on a retrieval feature, protection from anti-rotation, and improved docking cap and drive gear assemblies.
US10966749B2
A treatment method and medical device are disclosed for cutting a substance inside a body lumen. The medical device for cutting substances inside a body lumen, the medical device including a rotatable tubular drive shaft; a treatment member connected to a distal side of the drive shaft; an elongated tube extending through the drive shaft; and a bearing member connecting a distal side of the treatment member and the elongated tube.
US10966748B2
An endoscopic snare device (10, 100, 100′) includes a pair of bowed, resiliently deformable, snare wires (12, 14) with bow shaped memory, a mesh (20) attached to mid-portions (16, 18) and distal portions (22, 24) of the snare wires (12, 14) for a mesh length (A) that is less than the snare length (L), a bowed, resiliently deformable, support wire (116) extending in a plane out of the plane of the snare wires (12, 14), and a pair of bowed, resiliently deformable, incising wires (112, 114) side by side with the snare wires (12, 14). The support wire (116) is electrically insulated. A mouth cord or wire (46) extends from one snare wire (12), through the support wire (116), and to the other snare wire (14).
US10966741B2
The present disclosure relates to an arthroscopic resection device. The device includes an outer member including a hub, an inner member including a hub, the inner member housed within the outer member, a tube coupled to the outer member, and means for allowing longitudinal movement of the outer member relative to the inner member, the means coupled to the tube. A method of tissue repair and other arthroscopic resection devices are also disclosed.
US10966740B2
A device for use in performing minimally invasive surgery. A system for performing minimally invasive surgery comprising the device according to the present invention. A method for performing minimally invasive surgery.
US10966739B2
The application relates to a medical instrument with a hollow shaft, at the proximal end a handle is arranged, and at the distal end a tool with two jaw parts is arranged, of which at least one jaw part is pivotable, wherein the distal end is configured as a tool tip that can be deflected, and the tool tip is rotatable, wherein the rotation of the tool tip is effected via a first actuation element which is operatively connected at the proximal end to the handle, and wherein the deflection of the tool tip is effected via a second actuation element which is operatively connected to the handle, and wherein the at least one pivotable jaw part is adjustable between a closed position and an open position via a pull/push element. The pull/push element is mounted eccentrically in the tool tip and parallel to the longitudinal axis.
US10966737B2
Described herein is a shock wave device for the treatment of vascular occlusions. The shock wave device includes an outer covering and an inner member inner connected at a distal end of the device. First and second conductive wires extend along the length of the device within the volume between the outer covering and the inner member. A conductive emitter band circumscribes the ends of the first and second wires to form a first spark gap between the end of the first wire and the emitter band and a second spark gap between the end of the second wire and the emitter band. When the volume is filled with conductive fluid and a high voltage pulse is applied across the first and second wires, first and second shock waves can be initiated from the first and second spark gaps.
US10966729B1
A pneumatic physiotherapy apparatus with optimized compression, including a wrap and a controller. The wrap includes an outer wrap and an inner airbag set; the controller can be fixedly connected to, detachably connected to, or separately connected to the outer wrap; the inner airbag set includes the first airbag and the second airbag that are interconnected and overlapped; the controller contains an inflating motor and an integrated control board that are electrically connected. The inflating motor that is controlled by the integrated control board inflates the second airbag first and then the first airbag to achieve the overlapped compression between the second airbag and the first airbag. Therefore, the user can use the pneumatic physiotherapy apparatus with optimized compression to promote blood flow, improve blood circulation, prevent deep vein thrombosis and other diseases, and improve user experience in the treatment areas.
US10966728B2
A non-occlusive device is provided that includes a coilable section and a docking section. The coilable section is configured to become coiled into a coil when deployed from a microcatheter within a vascular malformation. The coil is shaped so as to define a sequence of concentric loops. The coil is configured to bridge a neck of the vascular malformation so as to at least partially cover an orifice of the vascular malformation, when in use. The docking section is configured to be deployed from the microcatheter within the vascular malformation. The docking section is configured to, when in use, perform one or more functions selected from the group consisting of: anchoring the device within the vascular malformation, stabilizing the device within the vascular malformation, assisting with positioning of the device within the vascular malformation, and intertwining detachable coils delivered to the vascular malformation. Other embodiments are also described.
US10966725B2
Described here are devices, systems and methods for closing the left atrial appendage. Some of the methods described here utilize one or more guide members having alignment members to aid in positioning of a closure device. In general, these methods include advancing a first guide having a first alignment member into the left atrial appendage, advancing a second guide, having a second alignment member, into the pericardial space, aligning the first and second alignment members, advancing a left atrial appendage closure device into the pericardial space and adjacent to the left atrial appendage, and closing the left atrial appendage with the closure device. In these variations, the closure device typically has an elongate body having a proximal end and a distal end, and a closure element at least partially housed within the elongate body. The closure element comprises a loop defining a continuous aperture therethrough.
US10966724B2
A surgical stapling assembly comprising a staple cartridge, a sled movable during a firing stroke between a proximal unfired position and a distal fired position, and a plurality of staples removably stored within the staple cartridge is disclosed. The staples are configured to be ejected from the staple cartridge by the sled. Each staple comprises a proximal staple leg comprising a proximal piercing tip, a distal staple leg comprising a distal piercing tip, and an integral staple driver base portion. The proximal staple leg and the distal staple leg extend from the integral staple driver base portion. The integral staple driver base portion comprises a body portion, a ramp surface configured to be contacted by the sled, and a starter guide feature configured to assist sled driving contact between the sled and the ramp surface.
US10966716B2
The present disclosure is directed to an endoscopic surgical stapler having an articulation locking mechanism that functions to prevent straightening of a tool assembly of the surgical stapler when the surgical stapler is fired with the tool assembly in an articulated position. In embodiments, a mounting assembly supports a notched member on a proximal end of the tool assembly and the notched member defines a series of notches. An articulation member supported adjacent to the mounting assembly includes a locking member defining protrusions or teeth that are movable from a first unlocked position spaced from the notches of the mounting assembly to a second locked position received within the notches to lock the tool assembly in one of a plurality of articulated positions. In embodiments, the locking member is biased towards the unlocked position by a biasing member and is urged toward and retained in the locked position via engagement with a drive assembly of the surgical stapler.
US10966714B2
A surgical circular fastener apparatus includes an elongated body defining a longitudinal axis and having proximal and distal ends, a fastener cartridge disposed adjacent the distal end of the body, an anvil retainer releasably mounted relative to the fastener cartridge; and a manually operably release configured to move between a first position corresponding to a secured condition of the anvil retainer relative to the fastener cartridge and a second position corresponding to a release condition of the anvil retainer relative to the fastener cartridge.
US10966713B2
Stapling assemblies for use with a surgical stapler and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. Three dimensional adjuncts for use with a surgical stapling assembly and methods for manufacturing the same are also provided.
US10966709B2
Disclosed herein are minimally invasive systems and methods for intravascularly accessing the heart and performing a transcatheter repair of a heart valve by inserting a suture as an artificial chordae into a heart valve leaflet. In various embodiments, such systems and methods can be employed in other heart valve repair procedures such an edge to edge repair to coapt leaflets by inserting one or more sutures that retain the leaflets in a coapted positioned or inserting a suture to repair a tear in a leaflet, for example.
US10966707B2
A wound closure device includes a shaft, a needle, and a housing. The needle includes a first leg portion coupled to a distal end of the shaft, a curved portion, and a second leg portion including a needled end portion terminating at a needle tip. The housing includes a first channel slidingly engaged with the elongated body of the shaft and a second channel slidingly engageable with the second leg portion of the needle. The second channel terminates at an opening defined within a notched section defined in a proximal portion of the housing. The needle is movable to a covered position in which the needle tip is disposed within the second channel of the housing, an advanced position in which the needle tip is disposed distal to the housing, and a retracted position in which the needle tip is disposed within the notched section of the housing.
US10966705B2
A knotless tissue repair assembly for attachment of tissue to bone includes an anchoring implant with a length of suture threaded therethrough. The implant is preferably a soft flexible three-dimensional structure. The implant may be actuated from a first elongate low profile shape into a second short radially expanded shape having a larger diameter than the hole through which it was placed. The suture extends through the anchor, through a tissue to be secured, and back through a designated suture-binding region or passageway within the anchor enabling the suture to be secured therein and without the need for a physician to tie a knot. Further tension applied to a suture leg approximates the tissue to the anchor until a desired tension or distance between the tissue and anchor is achieved.
US10966704B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for performing soft tissue repair by delivering a suture through the soft tissue and underlying bone at two or more fixation points that can be spaced apart from each other and connected by the suture on the surface of the soft tissue. The two or more fixation points and the suture connected there between can be a continuous strand of suture, which can form a stitching assembly that can provide sufficient fixation in the bone and minimize disruption to the soft tissue and bone. In an example, the suture can be delivered into the bone using one or more implants that can catch the suture to drive the suture through the tissue and into the bone. The one or more implants can include structural features to aid in securing the suture to the implant. In an example, the suture can include structural features or be formed of a material to aid in fixation of the suture in the bone.
US10966701B2
Improved methods and devices for performing an endoscopic surgery including a system for performing minimally invasive procedures including a flexible catheter having a working space expanding system positioned at a distal portion, the working space expanding system movable from a non-expanded insertion position to an expanded position forming an expanded region to expand the working space within the body lumen. A tissue retractor having an inner member positioned within an outer guide member has a plurality of closed loops at a distal portion forming a petal-like structure. The loops are positioned in a collapsed position within the outer guide member and are movable to an expanded position when exposed from the outer guide member.
US10966699B2
One exemplary aspect comprises an illuminated surgical retractor that comprises a blade portion having a top surface and a bottom surface, and having a proximal end and a distal end, the blade portion comprising an operative portion at the distal end, a saddle portion at the proximal end, and a barrel portion connecting the operative portion and the saddle portion; a handle portion connected to the saddle portion; and an illumination assembly. Other aspects will be apparent from the description, drawings, and claims.
US10966696B2
Methods and systems for closing an opening or defect in tissue, closing a lumen or tubular structure, cinching or remodeling a cavity or repairing a valve preferably utilizing a purse string or elastic device. The preferred devices and methods are directed toward catheter-based percutaneous, transvascular techniques used to facilitate placement of the devices within lumens, such as blood vessels, or on or within the heart to perform structural defect repair, such as valvular or ventricular remodeling. In some methods, the catheter is positioned within the right ventricle, wherein the myocardial wall or left ventricle may be accessed through the septal wall to position a device configured to permit reshaping of the ventricle. The device may include a line or a plurality of anchors interconnected by a line. In one arrangement, the line is a coiled member.
US10966694B2
A primary sample holder for imaging, gross pathology, or histological correlations of a biological sample includes an enclosure having a first side wall, a second side wall, and a bottom wall; a plurality of slots provided at predetermined intervals along the first and second side walls; and a grid recessed within the bottom wall. The grid includes a hole bisected by a central panel and at least one axial panel that intersects the central panel along a length thereof. The biological sample received by the primary sample holder is configured to be aligned with the central panel of the grid to align the biological sample along an accepted internal orientation line (e.g., the anterior-posterior commissure line in the brain). The slots are configured to receive a cutting device to cut the biological sample into slices of uniform thickness containing a region of interest based on histological and imaging findings.
US10966693B2
A method of evaluating an image indicating a potential presence of a cancer lesion at a location within a prostate of a patient by transmitting light from an optical probe toward a location, receiving fluorescence spectra by the optical probe from the location, and generating a visual display of a diagnosis classification so as to confirm or contradict the existence of the cancer lesion at the location.
US10966689B2
Disclosed is a method for predicting an in vivo concentration of an analyte, including: estimating an in vivo intrinsic spectrum of the analyte; and predicting the in vivo concentration of the analyte by using a concentration predicting algorithm based on the estimated in vivo intrinsic spectrum and an in vivo spectrum obtained during a section in which the in vivo concentration of the analyte is not substantially changed.
US10966688B2
A method for fusion of live ultrasound imagery with computed tomography (CT) scan images or magnetic resonance images, the method comprising steps of acquiring a series of CT scan images or magnetic resonance images, acquiring a series of ultrasound images, applying a manual registration process on a computing device to register each of the CT scan images or magnetic resonance images with corresponding ultrasound images, and displaying on a display associated with the computing device the live ultrasound imagery and corresponding CT scan images or magnetic resonance images.
US10966685B2
A method of providing an ultrasound elastography image that includes inducing a shear wave by transmitting a first ultrasound signal pushing an object to the object, transmitting a second ultrasound signal tracing the shear wave to the object to receive a response signal to the second ultrasound signal from the object; acquiring an elastography image of the object, based on the response signal, and providing the elastography image of the object and transmission position information of the first ultrasound signal.
US10966673B2
Provided are an X-ray imaging apparatus, an X-ray detector, and an X-ray imaging system. The X-ray imaging apparatus includes: an X-ray radiation device configured to emit X-rays; a receptor into which a first X-ray detector configured to detect the emitted X-rays is inserted; an X-ray detector sensing interface configured to detect whether the first X-ray detector has been inserted into the receptor, acquire first identification information of the first X-ray detector inserted into the receptor, and generate first position information indicating that the first X-ray detector has been inserted into the receptor; an output interface configured to output information about the first X-ray detector; and a controller configured to control the output interface to output the first position information and the first identification information, wherein the first identification information is identification information set by a workstation of an X-ray imaging system including the X-ray imaging apparatus.
US10966667B2
A method for predicting a future dental situation for a patient. Acquiring historical data including at least: previous time point and context parameter values. Acquiring at a time point all the data related to the current dental situation, including at least: the current time point, context parameter values at the current time point, statistical analysis of the historical data and the current data, so as to predict, at a future time point, at least one future dental situation for the current patient. Depending on the future dental situation, (re)evaluation of the benefit of an orthodontic treatment. Steps may include creating a three-dimensional digital reference model, acquiring at least one two-dimensional image, analysing each updated image and creation, searching, for each updated image, and collecting data relative to the updated reference model and relative to the orthodontic appliance.
US10966656B2
An electric conductive fiber structure includes an electric conductive resin containing electric conductive polymer(s), the electric conductive resin being filled in gaps between single fibers included in a fiber structure, the electric conductive fiber structure having 15% or more area ratio of the electric conductive resin present in an area of 15 to 30 μm from a surface when a cross section in a thickness direction of the fiber structure is observed.
US10966650B2
Methods and systems are provided for detecting arrhythmias in cardiac activity is provided. The method and systems are under control of one or more processors configured with specific executable instructions. The method and systems obtain a far field cardiac activity (CA) signal that includes a series of beats, the CA signal including paced events. The method and systems identify the paced events in the CA signals. The method and systems determine a score based on an amount of paced events and adjust at least one parameter of an atrial fibrillation (AF) detection process based on the score.
US10966645B2
A device for taking a sample of liquid by capillarity, including a channel for flow of the liquid delimited by two internal walls of the device between which a channel bottom extends, the distance separating the two internal walls decreasing in the direction of the channel bottom, the channel extending between a first collecting end, open onto outside of the device and configured to receive the liquid, and a second end, to enable the liquid to flow by capillarity along the channel bottom from the first end towards the second end. The channel includes, at the second end, a blocking structure to block the flow of liquid in the channel from the first end towards the second end.
US10966644B2
Devices, systems, methods and kits for releasably mounting a medical device on the body or skin of a user are provided. Embodiments include a holder or mounting unit or structure that retains a medical device in a fixed position on a body part of a user or host, such as on the surface of the skin, and/or provides physical and/or electrical coupling to one or more additional components which may be operatively positioned above and/or below the surface of the skin.
US10966643B1
Systems and devices of the present disclosure provide automated detection and tracking of carbon monoxide inhalation through non-invasive optical spectroscopy. A wearable device includes a light source coupled to the base and directing light towards a subject and a photodetector coupled to the base to receive light emitted by the light source through or reflected the subject. The light source emits light at a wavelength spectrum corresponding to a carboxyhemoglobin absorption spectrum and an oxyhemoglobin absorption spectrum. Biometric circuitry is coupled to the photodetector to receive a signal from the photodetector and process the signal to determine an intensity of the wavelengths present in the light received at the photodetector. The intensity of the wavelengths is indicative of a level of carbon monoxide inhalation associated with the subject.
US10966640B2
A system for a healthcare provider to administer a portable interactive hearing assessment is provided. The system allows the healthcare provider to administer the hearing assessment in a way that accurately detects hearing loss and provides recommendations for seeking further assistance from qualified hearing health specialists and/or an ENT physician. The system includes a hearing test device, and a processor that receives and processes a pressure test result associated with each of the patient's ear from a tympanometer and the patient's response to one or more pure tone frequencies transmitted by the hearing test device. The processor may also provide a report and recommendation based on received pressure test result and the determined hearing results, and demonstrate effects of any hearing loss to a person accompanying the patient so that the accompanying person understands a scope of the patient's hearing loss.
US10966638B2
The invention relates to a system of analyzing and quantifying a user's posture and gait, characterized in that it includes a pair 10 of soles 11, 12 each provided with an electronic box 100, 101, 102, each box comprising: an inertial platform, a data processing module 120, 121, 122, a data storage module 130, 131, 132, a means of communication 140, 141, 142, a power source 150.
US10966633B2
The present disclosure includes a body-worn alcohol detection device. The device includes a housing comprising an electronics module and an alcohol detection module. The device further comprises a strap for securing the housing to a limb of the user. The electronics module includes a processor and a communication module, and the alcohol detection module includes an alcohol detection sensor, a sample collection device and a biometric camera for capturing an image of the inside of the user's mouth.
US10966627B2
A powered surgical cutting and stapling instrument is disclosed. The instrument includes at least one sensor to measure at least one parameter associated with the instrument, at least one processor, and a memory operatively associated with the processor. The memory includes machine executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to monitor the at least one sensor over a predetermined time period and determine a rate of change of the measured parameter.
US10966614B2
A method for intraoral scanning, including introducing an intraoral scanner (IOS) head into an oral cavity, acquiring an image of a field of view (FOV), processing the acquired FOV image and adjusting at least one image acquisition parameter based on said processing, and an intraoral scanner (IOS) including an IOS head including at least one imager imaging a field of view (FOV), at least on light emitter that illuminates said FOV and circuitry that controls said imager and/or said light emitter.
US10966613B2
An apparatus can be provided which can include a laser arrangement which can be configured to provide a laser radiation, and can include an optical cavity. The optical cavity can include a dispersive optical first arrangement which can be configured to receive and disperse at least one first electro-magnetic radiation so as to provide at least one second electro-magnetic radiation. Such cavity can also include an active optical modulator second arrangement which can be configured to receive and modulate the at least one second radiation so as to provide at least one third electro-magnetic radiation. The optical cavity can further include a dispersive optical third arrangement which can be configured to receive and disperse at least one third electro-magnetic radiation so as to provide at least one fourth electro-magnetic radiation. For example, actions by the first, second and third arrangements can cause a spectral filtering of the fourth electro-magnetic radiation(s) relative to the first electro-magnetic radiation(s). The laser radiation can be associated with the fourth radiation(s), and a wavelength of the laser radiation can be controlled by the spectral filtering caused by the actions by the first, second and third arrangements.
US10966609B2
An integrated system for the monitoring and treating diabetes is provided, including an integrated receiver/hand-held medicament injection pen, including electronics, for use with a continuous glucose sensor. In some embodiments, the receiver is configured to receive continuous glucose sensor data, to calculate a medicament therapy (e.g., via the integrated system electronics) and to automatically set a bolus dose of the integrated hand-held medicament injection pen, whereby the user can manually inject the bolus dose of medicament into the host. In some embodiments, the integrated receiver and hand-held medicament injection pen are integrally formed, while in other embodiments they are detachably connected and communicated via mutually engaging electrical contacts and/or via wireless communication.
US10966606B1
A system and method for measuring the head position and postural sway of a subject is disclosed herein. The system generally includes a head position detection device, a postural sway detection device, and a data processing device operatively coupled to the head position detection device and the postural sway detection device. During the execution of the method, the position of the head of the subject is measured using the head position detection device, and the postural sway of the subject is measured using the postural sway detection device. Also, during the execution of the method, it is determined whether the subject is displacing his or her head over a prescribed range by comparing the head position information determined by using the head position measurement device to a predetermined head displacement range.
US10966592B2
A three-dimensional endoscope comprises a video signal input portion to which a first video signal is obtained by a first imaging system and a second video signal is obtained by a second imaging system are inputted. A video signal identification portion that identifies a two-dimensional video signal and a three-dimensional video signal are obtained from the video signal input portion. An image condition detection portion that when the video signal identification portion has detected the two-dimensional video signal, analyzes a display area of a two-dimensional image to detect a foggy region. An image combining portion that, when the image condition detection portion has detected a foggy region in a video of at least one of the first imaging system and the second imaging system, combines both of the first video signal and the second video signal to generate a composite image in which fogginess of the foggy region being eliminated.
US10966589B2
Debris pans and debris pan assemblies are provided. A debris pan includes a bin with an open end for receiving debris and a closed interior for containing debris. A plurality of baffles protrude from a floor of the closed interior, and the plurality of baffles may be configured to slow debris flow inside the closed interior. A debris pan assembly includes a bin, a yoke attached to the bin, and an elongated shaft attached to the yoke. The debris pan assembly also includes a latch on the bin that is selectively pivotable between a first position and a second position. The first position of the latch is configured to engage the yoke such that the bin and the yoke are rigidly positioned relative to one another. The second position of the latch is configured to disengage the yoke from the bin.
US10966579B2
Methods and apparatus for cleaning a surface with a cleaning device having a body with a handle, a connector, and one or more cleaning heads that are removably attached to the cleaning device. Each cleaning head include a lower surface arranged to contact a surface to be cleaned and a dirt collection chamber permanently attached to the cleaning head. The cleaning head may include a support structure to support the dirt collection chamber and a cleaning sheet. The cleaning head also may include a suction nozzle. At least a portion of the dirt collection chamber may be made of a filter material.
US10966578B2
A holding arrangement for holding a tissue roll in a dispenser, to a dispenser and a method is disclosed. The holding mechanism comprises a holding mechanism for holding a tissue roll in a first tissue roll position; wherein the holding mechanism comprises a first holding element for engaging a first end of an axle of the tissue roll and a second holding element for engaging a second end of the axle of the tissue roll; a diameter sensor; and a shift mechanism adapted for shifting the holding mechanism, in particular the first and second holding elements, from a hold position to a release position and vice versa; wherein a distance between the first holding element and the second holding element in the release position is larger than a distance between the first holding element and the second holding element in the hold position.
US10966576B2
A bath tub 100 for neonatal bathing including a backrest 112 that provides support for the baby at an inclined position, and a seat 152 to cooperate with the backrest 112 to flex the baby's hips to suppress the baby's urge to sit up or squirm. Embodiments may include side supports 136, 138 and/or stabilizer ribs 166, 168 to resist baby rotation about the seat 152. The tub 100 may be structured to reduce leverage to the baby to resist baby's turning over during a bath. A drain path 180 is desirably provided to maintain thermal equilibrium in the water during a bath. A system 240 may include a plurality of bathing accessories and a disposable sterile liner 264 to permit reuse of the tub 100, and/or an optional storage bag 268 to store the tub 100, and even a system 240, at a convenient location.
US10966574B2
A multi-function draining basket for kitchen sink: includes a basket body, having a pair of supporting rods oppositely extended from the basket body adapted to be rested on two opposite edge portions of a kitchen sink, and at least a clamping panel pivotally secured on the basket body for clamping or holding a kitchen-waste bag on the clamping panel.
US10966572B2
Surfaces suitable for cutting boards, cheese boards or other food preparation activities. In certain embodiments, the surfaces are wood that has been subjected to torrefaction. In certain embodiments, the surfaces are substantially planar, and include one or more pegs that have antimicrobial activity.
US10966566B2
Pumping and foaming device (100) comprising a pumping and foaming unit (102) rotatable around a shaft (130) by driving means (104), the pumping and foaming unit (102) comprising a pumping element (110) whose rotation pumps both air and fluid and mixes them; the pumping and foaming unit (102) further comprising a foaming element (120) whose relative rotation in a foaming chamber (121) drives the mixture of air and fluid coming from the pumping element (110) under a certain level of shear stress which allows this mixture to be foamed.
US10966562B2
A machine which contains a housing (14) having a placement surface for the beverage container (13), wherein a removable brewing container (8) having a drain stub (19) and having a drain valve (10) that can be electrically or electromagnetically opened and closed is arranged in the housing (14). The actual brewing process is automatically controlled by a control unit (11). The water is pumped by a vibrating armature pump (16) through a heating system (15) and through a water outlet in the cover (4) having an integrated temperature sensor (24) through the cover (5) into the brewing container (8). A pressure sensor (12) ensures that the water is not heated above the pressure-dependent current boiling point. The control unit (11) can be programmed by means of a control panel (7) on the housing, for at least the brewing temperature, the brewing duration, and the start of a brewing cycle. Furthermore, a radio interface and an associated antenna (9) are present, for the communication of the control unit (11) with a smartphone by means of an established communication standard such as WIFI or Bluetooth, or with a computer or laptop via the internet, such that the machine can be remotely operated.
US10966560B2
A fully automated cooking system achieves unmanned and fully automated meal cooking through a mobile transport device, multiple cooking devices, multiple heating devices and other peripheral devices. The mobile transport device uses a circulating conveyor belt to form a cyclic travel path, along which a feeding station area, a heating station area, a discharging station area and a cleaning station area are defined. Each station area is provided with corresponding equipment, such as feeding device, heating device and cleaning device. Each cooking device includes a swivel mechanism disposed on the circulating conveyor belt, and a heating container coupled to the swivel mechanism. The heating container can stir the ingredients when heated and pour out food when cooking is complete. The heating device can be an electric heating device or a fuel gas heating device for heating the heating container to cook food, thereby achieving fully automated cooking.
US10966557B1
An eating utensil organizer is provided having a base providing a lower support surface adapted to provide a stabilized surface for placement on a table or high chair tray. The housing forms an outer perimeter, and a vertical housing support connects the housing to the base. A plurality of utensil supports each connect a utensil to the outer perimeter in a cantilevered fashion. The lower support surface may include an attachment mechanism such as a suction cup or a weighted ballast. A rotatable hinge allows the housing to rotate radially relative to the base in a manner adapted to allow access to each of said utensil supports. Each utensil support is tethered between the housing and a utensil to a length sufficiently short such as to prevent the utensil from hitting a floor if dropped from a table top or high chair.
US10966547B2
A refrigerator has an open front, an air curtain system having at least one upper air egress having an outer edge and at least one lower air-recovery ingress. The air curtain system is adapted to produce a substantially vertical air curtain over at least part of the open front of the refrigerator. The refrigerator has a plurality of shelves between the egress and the ingress a plurality of shelves between the egress and the ingress including a first shelf that has an aerofoil positioned in front of it, the first shelf being located in the upper half of the open front of refrigerator. The refrigerator also includes a second shelf that does not have an aerofoil positioned in front of it, the second shelf being located below the first shelf.
US10966541B2
A protective cover for weight training benches structured and arranged to permit a user to place and remove the cover from on the bench thereby protecting users from germs such as bacteria, sweat, that are transferred to the bench when in use.
US10966534B2
On an article of furniture, a bearing assembly is disposed between an elongate central structure and a seat, which permits rotation between the seat and the base. A tablet is provided, which is connected to a tablet arm with a first cylindrical member, and the tablet arm is connected to the elongate central structure of the base with a second cylindrical member. The second cylindrical member is disposed around the elongate central structure with a flange at the upper end thereof. The bottom of the seat has a lobed friction bushing disposed such that the flange of the second cylindrical member contacts the lobed friction bushing and frictionally resists rotation of the tablet arm as the seat rotates 360 degrees relative to the base, leading the tablet to follow the seat as it rotates. A lobed friction bushing is also provided.
US10966527B2
A seating arrangement includes a base member, and an integrally formed support member coupled to the base member and supporting a seat moveable from an upright position to a reclined position, wherein a first portion of the support member positioned rearwardly of the base member is bendable such that an upper layer of the first portion is put in tension, and wherein a second portion of the support member positioned forwardly of the base member is bendable such that a lower layer of the second portion is put in tension, wherein the upper layer of the first portion and the lower layer of the second portion are reinforced with at least one tensile substrate.
US10966525B2
A semi-full access and full access face frame for a cabinet box is provided, together with a method for making and assembling cabinet boxes. In a semi-full access face frame, the vertical stiles are rotated ninety degrees compared to a traditional face frame. In a full access face frame the vertical stiles and the horizontal rails are rotated ninety degrees compared to a traditional face frame.
US10966495B2
A charity box device is provided which counts the acts of charity and the dollar amounts inserted by the users of the device by inserting coins into the coin counter. The device then relays the total counts of acts of charity and dollar amounts to a remote database, which may be on a website that is accessible for the user from any computer or internet device. The total amounts may also be obtained and displayed by the device.
US10966493B2
A charm keeper assembly that includes a first and a second clasp member disposed at respective free ends of a strand member and a charm keeper body having a keeper body thickness and independently disposed adjacent to a clasp member and having a spring-loaded charm retention member at least partially housed within the keeper body. The charm retention member includes a retention surface spanning upwardly in a transverse direction away from an outer surface of the charm keeper body to a terminal end defining a keeper offset length when the spring-loaded charm retention member is in a fully extended position along a retention member translation path. The assembly also includes at least one charm member defining a lumen with a lumen diameter having a maximum length less than the offset length and the keeper body thickness, combined, when the charm retention member is in the fully extended position.
US10966488B2
A shoe accessory system and methods can include: an accessory connector having a male accessory mount and a female accessory mount: the male accessory mount including a base, a protrusion mounted above the base, an outwardly protruding lip extending from the protrusion, the outwardly protruding lip having a slope extending down toward an abutment, and the female accessory mount having inwardly extending flanges, the inwardly extending flanges extend in toward a center of the female accessory mount, the inwardly extending flanges spaced apart allowing the protrusion to fit therebetween; a shoe affixed to the male accessory mount; and an accessory affixable to the female accessory mount for allowing the accessory to be placed over the male accessory mount, pressed down, and twisted to lock the accessory onto the shoe.
US10966486B2
A convertible shoe may include a sole and a plurality of interchangeable heel portions, each selectively attachable to the sole. The heel portions may each include a mounting surface configured to interface with a heel receiver of the sole. The heel receiver may include a fixed hook and a movable hook, with the movable hook being operable by an actuator coupled to a bottom surface of the sole. In some examples, an upper is secured to the sole of the shoe by one or more clamping plates. In some examples, the sole of the shoe is configured to be biased into a default bend corresponding to a high-heeled state even when a low heel is attached to the heel receiver.
US10966484B2
The present invention relates to a shoe sole including a first base component, at least one second top component connected to the first base component, as well as at least one third intermediate component, interposed between the first base component and the second top component.
US10966482B2
An article of footwear is provided and includes an upper having a bottom surface and a length and a sole secured to the bottom surface of the upper and including a midsole and an outsole, the outsole including a peripheral stabilizing member extending outwardly from the upper along a periphery of the upper from a medial side to a lateral side of the upper, the peripheral stabilizing member having a width and a length that are each at least 20% of the length of the upper.
US10966481B2
A charging system can include provisions for providing power to various systems or components associated with the article of footwear. A charging system may include a charging device dimensioned to be used with one or more articles of footwear, where the articles of footwear can include different sizes. In some cases, the charging system can be used to facilitate the transfer of power to components in a motorized tensioning system.
US10966479B2
The present technology relates generally to protective helmets with non-linearly deforming members. Helmets configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can comprise, for example, an inner layer, an outer layer, a space between the inner layer and the outer layer, and an interface layer disposed in the space. The interface layer comprises a plurality of filaments, each having a height, a longitudinal axis along the height, a first end proximal to the inner layer, and a second end proximal to the outer layer. The filaments are sized and shaped to span the space between the inner layer and the outer layer. The filaments are configured to deform non-linearly in response to an external incident force on the helmet.
US10966477B2
A puffer jacket configured to provide improved temperature regulation through graduated venting. In one embodiment, the jacket includes a back panel with baffles and insulation arranged to provide reduced insulation and increased venting of heat and humidity toward the center of the back. The back panel may include an alternating arrangement of insulation baffles (containing insulation) and vent baffles (free of insulation). The insulation baffles and vent baffles may be formed by joining inner and outer layers of fabric with laterally extending lines of stitching. The lines of stitching may follow paths selected to progressively change the relative size of the vent baffles and the insulation baffles toward the center of the back. For example, the lines of stitching may give the insulation baffles a somewhat hourglass shape shortening toward the center of the back resulting in increasingly greater venting of heat and humidity toward the center of the back.
US10966469B2
An apparatus including a first surface configured to attach the apparatus to a second surface of another object, and a plurality of elongated nanofibers. Each nanofiber has one end connected to the first surface and an opposite end extending away from the first surface. The plurality of elongated nanofibers is configured to adhere to the second surface by nanoadhesion when brought into contact with the second surface.
US10966467B2
An e-vapor apparatus may include a pod assembly and a dispensing body configured to receive the pod assembly. A vaporizer may be disposed in the pod assembly and/or the dispensing body. The pod assembly may include a vapor precursor compartment, a device compartment, and a vapor channel extending from the device compartment and traversing the vapor precursor compartment. The pod assembly is a smart pod configured to receive, store, and transmit information that can be communicated with the dispensing body and/or another electronic device. The proximal portion of the dispensing body includes a vapor passage and a through-hole. The vapor passage may extend from an end surface of the proximal portion to a side wall of the through-hole. The through-hole is configured to receive the pod assembly such that the vapor channel of the pod assembly is aligned with the vapor passage of the dispensing body.
US10966463B2
This invention is an e-cigarette phone case and battery that allows for powering a filter component of an e-cigarette while also recharging the battery component of the e-cigarette. This invention may also be used with powering the filter component and the battery component of a vape pen or other similar nicotine or non-nicotine delivery devise. This invention may also be used for recharging a phone or other mobile electronic communication device secured within the case.
US10966459B2
An electrically heated smoking system for receiving an aerosol-forming substrate. includes at least one heating element for heating the substrate to form an aerosol, a power supply for supplying power to the heating element, electrical hardware connected to the power supply and the heating element, and an interface for establishing a communications link with a host. The communications link can be a USB link and the host can be a personal computer.
US10966453B2
A flavouring component (43) for a smoking article (50) comprising a rod (33) of flavouring material (17). The flavouring material (17) comprises a carrier material (15) and flavouring particles (14) adhered to the carrier material (15) by means of a binder (13). The flavouring material (17) is formed by passing the carrier material (15) through a mixture (12) comprising the binder (13) and the flavouring particles (14). Also disclosed is a smoking article (50) including such a flavouring component (43), and an apparatus (10) and method for manufacturing such a flavouring component (43).
US10966440B2
The present invention relates to high pressure processing (HPP) methods of and containers for preparation of food products such as solid or semi-solid foods, beverages and food supplements containing high-pressure sensitive probiotics and other high-pressure sensitive substances, which maintain their viability, biological activity and other beneficial properties in the prepared food product. The present invention also relates to pasteurized food products containing biologically active high-pressure sensitive probiotics, other high-pressure sensitive substances, or their combinations.
US10966437B2
The disclosure relates to isolated microorganisms—including novel strains of the microorganisms—microbial consortia, and compositions comprising the same. Furthermore, the disclosure teaches methods of utilizing the described microorganisms, microbial consortia, and compositions comprising the same, in methods for modulating the production and yield of milk and milk components in ruminants. In particular aspects, the disclosure provides methods of increasing desirable components of milk in ruminants. Furthermore, the disclosure provides for methods of modulating the rumen microbiome.
US10966431B2
A refreshment towel with applied solution is an apparatus consisting of a carrying agent, most likely a high quality cotton towel or towelette, that has been saturated with an aqueous solution comprised of various ingredients. The resulting saturated towel can be rubbed on a user's skin such that the aqueous solution that has been absorbed by the towel is transferred. The aqueous solution is compounded specifically to provide cooling, insect repellant, sun protection, freshness, cleansing and other uses. More specifically, the aqueous solution is specially formulated so that desired sensory results take place when the towel comes in contact with the skin.
US10966427B2
The present invention provides a compound represented by formula (1), which has an excellent control efficacy against weeds, and is thus useful as an active ingredient for herbicidal composition.
US10966421B2
The claimed subject matter comprises a device to collect and preserve cells comprising of: (1) a collection container comprised of a tube having an open end and a closed end, a closure in the open end of the tube, a vacuum drawn to a predetermined level inside the container; and (2) compounds including an anticoagulant agent and a fixative agent, wherein the compounds are in a sufficient amount to preserve said cells' original morphology and antigenic sites without significant dilution of said cells, and thereby allowing said cells to be directly analyzed by a flow cytometer without further treatment. The claimed subject matter further comprises of a method of making a collection device for cells comprising of: (1) providing a tube having an open end and a closed end; (2) preloading compounds including: an anticoagulant agent, and a fixative agent into the tube, wherein the compounds are in a sufficient amount to preserve the cells' original morphology and antigenic sites without significant dilution of the cells, and thereby allowing the cells to be directly analyzed by a flow cytometer without further treatment; (3) inserting a closure into the open end of the tube; and (4) drawing a vacuum inside the tube to a predetermined level to form the collection device.
US10966420B2
In some implementations, an insect trap includes a plurality of individual cells, with each of the cells being configured to trap very few, and in some instances a single flying insect. Each cell defines a cavity and may be provided with an independently operable door to selectively close the cavity. One or more sensors may sense the presence of an insect to be trapped.
US10966417B1
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to a fishing reel attached to a fishing rod. The disclosed reel has no spool, but instead includes a canister that stores fishing line in an orderly free state via a crank attached to pinch rollers. The fishing line moves to storage by passing through the pinch rollers into the canister. The line entering storage curls to left or right dependent only on line memory, and stacks against the outer walls and to the rear in an orderly fashion. Further, the line is also capable of being extracted from the canister when the pinch rollers are opened. For example, the inertia of a fishing lure thrown by a fishing rod extracts free line from the canister at the same velocity as the moving lure. As a result, synchronization of the lure and fishing line occurs regardless of wind conditions. The problem of line backlash is eliminated. In addition, the free state of the fishing line eliminates the problem of line twist since the line memory chooses the direction of curl in the canister independently.
US10966406B2
A cat litter box mat having a planar upper layer which overlaps and covers a planar lower layer. In some embodiments, the planar upper layer includes a pair of planar upper layers. The planar upper layers are connected to the planar lower layer. A plurality of openings are formed through the upper layers and these openings increase in area from a lower surface of each upper layer to an upper surface of the upper layers. Connecting members are provided for joining additional mats placed adjacent one another.
US10966394B1
A novel maize variety designated 85919248 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 85919248 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 85919248 through backcrossing or genetic transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are described. Maize variety 85919248, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety 85919248 are provided. Methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety 85919248 and methods of using maize variety 85919248 are disclosed.
US10966389B2
According to the invention, there is provided a novel romaine lettuce cultivar, designated Valencia. Valencia is described as a vigorous romaine cultivar and recommended for the main lettuce growing regions of California and Arizona. This invention thus relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar Valencia, to the plants of lettuce cultivar Valencia, to plant parts of lettuce cultivar Valencia, to methods for producing a lettuce cultivar by crossing the lettuce cultivar Valencia with another lettuce cultivar, and to methods for producing a lettuce cultivar containing in its genetic material one or more backcross conversion traits or transgenes and to the backcross conversion lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods.
US10966372B1
A cover for a round bale feeder having a top wall joined to an uppermost edge of a side wall by a perimeter weld. A pocket, sized and shaped to hold a strap for a ratchet-strap assembly, is formed in a lowermost edged of the side wall. At least one access hole is formed into the pocket to allow access to the ratchet-strap assembly, and in some embodiments, two or more additional access holes allow the strap to be more easily positioned inside the pocket. The cover is sized and shaped so as to cover a ring-style or a cradle-style feeder holding a round bale, with the side wall extending downwards to cover a side of the bale feeder such that the pocket is positioned below the round bale to protect the bale from environmental moisture. An optional flap covering the access hole is present in some embodiments.
US10966365B2
A hydraulically-foldable agricultural machine frame includes a hydraulic cylinder assembly that connects and pivots two lateral parts of the hydraulically-foldable agricultural machine frame relative to one another, wherein unrestricted pivoting or folding of the lateral parts is prevented by movement of the hydraulic cylinder assembly only being guided or delimited laterally.
US10966362B2
An auxiliary tool assembly for an agricultural implement is configured to support a finishing tool(s) at a location at or adjacent to the aft end of the implement. The auxiliary tool assembly includes a support arm extending lengthwise between a proximal end and a distal end, with the proximal end of the support arm being pivotally coupled to a portion of the implement at or adjacent to its aft end so that the tool assembly is pivotable relative to the implement between a work position and a transport position. In addition, the finishing tool(s) is configured to be coupled to or otherwise supported relative to the ground by the support arm at a location between its proximal and distal ends. Moreover, the auxiliary tool assembly includes one or more surface-engaging wheels coupled to the distal end of the support arm.
US10973161B2
An electronic component removal device comprising a cutting wire routed through a cutting region configured to receive an electronic component coupled to a substrate. The electronic component removal device can also include a leading actuator coupled to a leading end of the cutting wire to cause movement of the cutting wire in a cutting direction at a cutting speed. The electronic component removal device can further include a trailing resistance device coupled to a trailing end of the cutting wire to resist movement of the cutting wire in the cutting direction with a variable resistance. In addition, the electronic component removal device can include a leading tension sensor to sense a leading tension in the cutting wire between the cutting region and the leading actuator. The trailing resistance device can resist movement of the cutting wire with a resistance that varies based on the leading tension in the cutting wire.
US10973160B2
A component mounting station is divided into two component mounting areas in a board conveyance direction according to the size of circuit boards used in two types of production that are performed in order, and the area in which a backup pin is arranged on a backup plate is divided into two pin arrangement areas corresponding to the two component mounting areas. The quantity of backup pins necessary to support the component mounting board are arranged in a predetermined arrangement pattern, the circuit boards transported using the conveyor are stopped in the component mounting areas according to the type of component mounting board produced, the backup plate is lifted up, and the circuit boards are clamped by the clamp member, and the circuit boards supported by the backup pins in the pin arrangement areas are positioned below the circuit boards, and components are mounted on the circuit boards.
US10973151B2
A vapor chamber that includes a casing, a pillar in an internal space of the casing and that supports the casing from an inside thereof, a working fluid in the internal space of the casing, and recessed portions in at least a portion of a main external surface of the casing.
US10973149B2
A streamlined air baffle for efficiently directing air flow from a fan unit to a heat sink is disclosed. The streamlined air baffle has a top cover plate and a pair of side walls. The side walls are connected to the top cover plate. The top cover plate and one end of the side walls define an inlet. A curved surface of the top cover plate defines the outlet with the opposite ends of the side walls. The cross section area of the outlet is smaller than the cross section area of the inlet.
US10973139B1
A flexible modularized system is configured to support graphics processing unit (GPU) cards of different dimensions. The system includes a riser bracket with attachment features for being coupled to a printed circuit board (PCB). The system further includes a fixing plate that is coupled to the riser bracket and which includes a plurality of adjustable holes. The system also includes a moving plate that is adjustably coupled to the fixing plate. The moving plate is movable between a plurality of positions. The moving plate has a first end that includes at least one latch, which engages the first adjustable hole in a first position and the second adjustable hole in a second position. The moving plate has a second end that is configured to secure in place one of the GPU cards relative to the PCB.
US10973134B2
A voice-activated electronic device including a first portion with a first internal surface having a first attachment structure, and a second portion with a second internal surface having a second attachment structure. The first and second internal surfaces have compatible shapes that permit the first and second portions to be moved from a separated position to a joined position, where when the first portion and the second portion are in the joined position the first and second internal surfaces form a nested arrangement. The first and second attachment structures form a secure but separable connection to one another when the first and second portions are in the joined position. The first and second portions are configured to be joined securely and separated through manual human manipulation of one or both of the first portion and the second portion to move the first and second portions between separated and joined positions.
US10973127B2
A voltage regulator module includes a first circuit board assembly, a second circuit board assembly and a magnetic core assembly. The first circuit board assembly includes a first printed circuit board. The second circuit board assembly includes a second printed circuit board, at least one output capacitor, a plurality of ball grid arrays and at least one bonding pad. The second printed circuit board includes a first surface and a second surface. The plurality of ball grid arrays are disposed on the second surface of the second printed circuit board. The at least one bonding pad is arranged beside the first surface of the second printed circuit board. The magnetic core assembly is arranged between the first circuit board assembly and the second circuit board assembly and electrically connected with the at least one bonding pad. The at least one output capacitor is embedded within the second circuit board assembly.
US10973126B2
An integrated circuit includes a nexus and a first, a second, a third, and a fourth circuit board. Each of the first and second circuit boards is coupled to opposing sides of the nexus, and each of the third and fourth circuit boards is coupled to opposing sides of the second circuit board. The integrated circuit is transitionable between a first, open configuration, in which the first, second, third and fourth circuit boards and the nexus are substantially coplanar, and a second configuration, in which the first, second, third and fourth circuit boards and the nexus are coupled to one another to define a cavity therein.
US10973102B2
The control device for the luminaire of a vehicle has an operating power input (401) for receiving operating power, an illumination output (402) for supplying illumination power to one or more light sources (403), and a power converter (404) coupled between said operating power input (401) and said illumination output (402) for converting received operating power into illumination power, which is directed outside. The power converter (404) has a control connection (405). The control device has a control data connection (406) for transmitting control data, and a controller circuit (407) coupled between said control data connection (406) and said control connection (405). The control device has a control power input (408) separate from said operating power input (401) for receiving control power to said controller circuit (407) independently of said operating power, as well as a galvanic isolation (409) between said control circuit (407) and said power converter (407). The coupling from the controller circuit (407) to said control connection (405) passes through said galvanic isolation (409).
US10973098B1
A LED backlight driving circuit includes a plurality of driving integrated circuits coupled to a data transmission line and a plurality of selecting circuits respectively connected to the plurality of driving integrated circuits. In an addressing mode, the plurality of selecting circuits are used to select one driving integrated circuit from the plurality of driving integrated circuits to set an address. The plurality of driving integrated circuits can set addresses via input/output pins connected to LEDs. So a number of pins of the driving integrated circuit can be equal to or less than 4, which will rise a yield of the LED backlight driving circuit setting in a PCB or in a glass board.
US10973093B2
A lighting control system for controlling a cumulative light emitted by a lighting fixture may comprise a light-emitting diode (LED) driver comprising an output for conducting an output current, and a control module electrically coupled to the output of the LED driver for receiving the output current. The LED driver may regulate the magnitude of the output current towards a target current, and may be characterized by a low-end intensity. The control module may be coupled to a first LED light source of the LED light sources. The control module may receive a command including a requested intensity and control the magnitude of a first LED current through the first LED light source. The control module may control the cumulative light output of the lighting fixture below the low-end intensity of the LED driver by diverting a portion of the output current away from the first LED light source.
US10973090B2
An induction heating power supply apparatus includes a smoothing section to smooth pulsating current of DC power output from a DC power supply section, and an inverter to convert the DC power smoothed by the smoothing section to AC power. The smoothing section includes a pair of bus bars connected to the inverter and a capacitor connected to the pair of bus bars. Each of the bus bars has an external surface extending in a current flow direction, the external surface including a flat face having a larger surface dimension than another face of the external surface in a direction perpendicular to the current flow direction. The bus bars are arranged in a layered manner such that the flat faces of the bus bars are opposed to each other and such that an insulator is sandwiched between the flat faces of the bus bars.
US10973087B2
The present invention relates to an e-cigarette with a plurality of heating components. The e-cigarette with a plurality of heating components is designed in the present invention, where the plurality of heating components are disposed in the atomization core, so that the e-cigarette produces more aerosol and meets user requirements; in addition, a plurality of liquid inlet holes are disposed in the atomization core, so that the e-liquid comes into contact fully with the heating components. This prevents the heating components from scorching due to insufficient e-liquid.
US10973084B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for wireless communication, and more particularly, to design principles for extending Internet of Things (IoT) (e.g., narrowband IoT (NB-IoT), machine type communication(s) (MTC), etc.) into an unlicensed radio frequency (RF) band spectrum. In certain aspects, the method generally includes determining an interlace structure of tones, within an unlicensed radio frequency (RF) spectrum, available to a wireless node for communication, and communicating based on the interlace structure. In some aspects, the communicating involves hopping between tones within the interlace structure during different communication intervals.
US10973080B2
A communication method according to one embodiment comprises starting, by a first radio communication apparatus, transmission using a plurality of time and frequency resources which is allocated in order to transmit data to a second radio communication apparatus and is arranged in a time direction. The second radio communication apparatus starts monitoring in the plurality of time and frequency resources in order to receive the data from the first radio communication apparatus. The first radio communication apparatus transmits last data and last identification information indicating transmission of the last data to the second radio communication apparatus, at transmitting the last data to be transmitted to the second radio communication apparatus.
US10973071B2
There is provided a method, comprising: at least partially controlling, by a network node, transmissions in a plural of radio access technologies, RATs, each RAT being capable of providing at least one communication link to a same user equipment; deciding to transmit a packet to the user equipment at least via a first RAT; requesting a transmission of the packet additionally via at least one other RAT; determining capability information corresponding to the requested transmission of the packet via the at least one other RAT; determining transmission setup for the packet to be transmitted via the first RAT based on the capability information, wherein the transmission set-up defines at least the number of transmissions to be performed for the packet by the first RAT; and instructing the transmission of the packet via the first RAT according to the determined transmission level.
US10973058B2
In accordance with some embodiments, a method is provided. The method includes accessing a predefined numeric sequence at an application processor. The method further includes receiving, from a sensor of the sensor system, a verification sequence having a predetermined quantity of repetitions of the predefined numeric sequence. The method further includes correlating the verification sequence with the predefined numeric sequence. The method further includes counting a quantity of correlations between the predefined numeric sequence and the verification sequence. The method further includes adjusting a parameter of the sensor or the application processor in response to the predetermined quantity of repetitions not equaling the quantity of correlations.
US10973056B2
The disclosure relates to a communication technique and a system thereof that fuses a 5G communication system for supporting higher data rate after a 4G system. The disclosure is enabled to be applied to intelligent services (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail, security and safety related services, etc.) based on 5G communication technology and IoT related technology. A method for performing a random access by a terminal is provided. The method includes receiving information for performing a random access from a base station (BS), determining a frequency band to perform the random access among a first frequency band and a second frequency band based on the information for performing the random access, and transmitting a first random access preamble to the BS on the determined frequency band.
US10973055B2
The method includes generating a preamble sequence at a transmitter, where the transmitter is capable of generating a first type of preamble sequence and a second type of preamble sequence. The transmitter transmits a request message to a receiver to request network resources, where the request message including the preamble sequence. The transmitter receives a feedback message from the receiver. The transmitter controls the network data traffic based on the feedback message. The method further includes receiving, a receiver, a signal from the transmitter, the signal including the preamble sequence. The receiver detects the preamble sequence within the signal, where the receiver is capable of detecting a first type of preamble sequence and a second type of preamble sequence. The receiver identifies a request message within the signal based on the detected preamble sequence, and controls the network data traffic based on the identified request message.
US10973052B2
A data unit (e.g., a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU)) is detected at a first wireless device that is a member of a basic service set (BSS). The data unit was sent on a channel from a second wireless device that is a member of an overlapping basic service set (OBSS). When the first wireless device ignores the data unit and obtains a transmit opportunity for the channel according to a spatial reuse procedure, then the first wireless device is prohibited from transmitting a frame to a device that is a member of the OBSS during the time interval associated with the transmit opportunity.
US10973049B2
The present invention provides a method for random access executed at user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving configuration information from a base station, the configuration information indicating an anchor carrier and/or one or a plurality of non-anchor carriers supporting a random access; selecting a carrier from the anchor carrier and/or the one or plurality of non-anchor carriers supporting a random access as a random access carrier according to the configuration information; and performing a random access by using the random access carrier. The present invention further provides a method for a random access executed at a base station, corresponding UE, and a corresponding base station.
US10973044B1
The apparatus determines, for a CC, an active TCI state of at least one of a CORESET of a PDCCH when the CORESET is configured on the CC or a PDSCH. In addition, the apparatus determines, based on the determined active TCI state, a default beam on the CC for transmitting at least one of a PUCCH or SRS. Further, the apparatus transmits at least one of the PUCCH or the SRS through the determined default beam on the CC.
US10973043B2
A method includes: receiving, by a first terminal device, a first downlink control channel on a third time-frequency resource; and based on the first downlink control channel and on a first time-frequency resource, sending, by the first terminal device, a first uplink message or receiving a first downlink message, where transmission directions of the first uplink message and a second downlink message are different, and the second downlink message is a message that the network device schedules a second terminal device to receive on a second time-frequency resource; transmission directions of the first downlink message and a second uplink message are different, and the second uplink message is a message that the network device schedules the second terminal device to send on the second time-frequency resource; and the first time-frequency resource and the second time-frequency resource include a same time domain resource and a same frequency domain resource.
US10973041B2
Provided are a resource selection method for a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) operation of a terminal in a wireless communication system, and a terminal using the method. The method comprises: monitoring physical sidelink control channels (PSCCHs) for other terminals in a first subframe; and transmitting, in a second subframe, a V2X message by using a resource which is not overlapped with a resource scheduled by the PSCCH for another terminal.
US10973039B2
A method for data transmission and a terminal are provided. The method includes the following. An acknowledgment message for indicating successful data reception is generated in response to first downlink data received by a terminal. The acknowledgment message is transmitted via a preset channel resource when a channel resource occupancy priority of the acknowledgment message is higher than a channel resource occupancy priority of second downlink data to be received by the terminal.
US10973032B2
To facilitate disturbance measurements within a WLAN network, a portable measuring device is introduced. The portable measuring device comprises at least a casing, one or more interfaces to detachably connect an external device to the portable measuring device, a processor placed in the casing, one or more antennas, two simultaneously operating radios placed in the casing, one or more power sources placed in the casing, and a power switch.
US10973025B1
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for allocating bandwidth in a wireless network comprising an aggregated uplink carrier formed from a plurality of contiguous uplink component carriers. In some embodiments, a base station allocates bandwidth for UE (User Equipment devices) transmissions within the aggregated uplink carrier during an upcoming TTI (Transmission Time Interval), wherein for the upcoming TTI, the aggregated uplink carrier has an enhanced subframe format with an enhanced PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) region that maps to a continuous frequency range extending across one or more frequency boundaries between one or more of the plurality of uplink component carriers.
US10973022B1
Mitigating interference between access nodes in a wireless network includes determining interference caused to uplink signals received at a first access node by downlink signals transmitted from a second access node, and adjusting a guard period of a special subframe utilized by one or both of access nodes based on determining the interference, by switching special subframe formats to include a longer guard period. Overall interference is mitigated based on mutually-experienced propagation delay, and channel reciprocity. Adjustments are associated with known distances between access nodes.
US10973016B2
A method for receiving downlink control information (DCI) in a communication system is provided. The method includes identifying a starting resource block of the allocated resource associated with an active bandwidth part based on a starting resource block associated with the initial bandwidth part and a scaling parameter, when a size for the DCI of DCI format 1_0 in a user equipment (UE) specific search space (USS) is derived from a size of the initial bandwidth part and the DCI of DCI format 1_0 is applied to the active bandwidth part, and identifying a length of contiguously allocated resource blocks of the allocated resource associated with the active bandwidth part based on a length contiguously allocated resource blocks associated with the initial bandwidth part and the scaling parameter.
US10973014B2
Systems, apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for MulteFire (MF) and/or Narrowband (NB)-Internet of Things (IoT) operation in unlicensed spectrum. Disclosed embodiments include NB physical channel signaling, and in particular, support and optimization for generating and transmitting and/or receiving NB Physical Uplink Shared Channel (NPUSCH) format 1 and NPUSCH format 2 messages. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US10973009B2
The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a CSI reporting method, a CSI receiving method, and an apparatus, to resolve a technical problem that PUCCH resource overheads are relatively large during CSI reporting. In embodiments of the present invention, at least two PUCCH resources are configured for each downlink carrier group. CSI that needs to be reported in one uplink subframe may be obtained, and a format of a corresponding PUCCH resource is determined according to the to-be-reported CSI. For example, the determined format is referred to as a first format. Then, all of the to-be-reported CSI is reported after being added to a first first-format PUCCH resource.
US10973007B2
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. A wireless device may have different capabilities for downlink preemption and uplink preemption. A base station may assign a first radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) for downlink preemption and a second RNTI for uplink preemption. The wireless device may receive downlink control information indicating, based on the first RNTI or the second RNTI, a downlink preemption or an uplink preemption.
US10973004B2
Exemplary embodiments provide a method and apparatus for transmitting data through a device-to-device (D2D) communication between user equipments (UEs), the method including: generating, at a first UE, first D2D data, the first D2D data corresponding to a transport block (TB) unit; and transmitting, from the first UE to a second UE, the first D2D data through at least one D2D communication resource, the at least one D2D communication resource being based on a sub-RPT (sub-resource pattern for transmission). An RPT defined in a D2D resource pool is configured based on the sub-RPT, and the sub-RPT indicates the at least one D2D communication resource for the transmission of the first D2D data among at least two D2D communication candidate resources.
US10972995B2
A service layer entity may register to another service layer entity and proactively request to gain access to the local services hosted by the registrar entity. A registrar entity may accept a registree entity's registration request but only grant access of its partial services to the registree entity. If a registree entity does not need to proactively request the services within its registration request message, the registrar entity decides what services may be needed by the registree entity and grants access of those services to the registree entity.
US10972994B2
An aspect of the present disclosure includes methods, systems, and computer-readable media for receiving a first timing reference signal and a second timing reference signal at a local device, wherein the second timing reference signal includes an internal timing reference, receiving a timing indication from a remote device, calculating a timing offset from at least one of a propagation delay, the timing indication, or the first timing reference signal, adjusting the internal timing reference based on the timing offset, and transmitting a message based on the internal timing reference.
US10972993B2
Logic to “loosely” manage synch frame transmissions in a synch network via the devices synched to the network that implement the logic. Logic may distributedly adjust the frequency of attempting synch frame transmissions without estimating the size of the neighborhood. Logic in devices of a synch network to let each device maintain a Transmission Window (TW). Logic to determine the frequency of attempting synch frame transmissions based upon the TW. Logic to increase TW if the device detects a synch frame transmission. Logic to decrease TW if the device successfully transmits a synch frame. Logic to balance power consumption and discovery timing by adjusting the decrease in TW responsive to a synch transmission in relation to the increase in TW responsive to detection of a synch transmitted by another device.
US10972990B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment may receive a communication that includes system information, wherein the system information includes information associated with identifying a set of resources that carry synchronization communications, wherein the set of resources is included in a set of potential resources on which synchronization communications can be carried; and perform, based at least in part on a rate matching rule, de-rate matching associated with receiving the system information, wherein the rate matching rule is a rule associated with performing de-rate matching with respect to the set of potential resources. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10972976B2
A station wake-up method including: sending, by a radio access point, a work time extension indication message to wake-up modules of n stations in associated stations, where a station includes a wake-up module and a communications module, the wake-up modules of the n stations are in an awake state, n is an integer greater than or equal to 1, and the work time extension indication message is used for instructing the wake-up modules of the n stations to add a new awake window after a current awake window; and sending, by the radio access point, a wake-up message to a wake-up module of at least one of the n stations, where the wake-up message is used for instructing the station to wake up a corresponding communications module, and the wake-up message is sent in a current awake window or a new awake window of the at least one station.
US10972953B2
A UE determines a set of RATs available in accordance with a first subscriber identity associated with a first network and a second subscriber identity associated with a second network. When the set includes a first RAT accessing a base station in the first network, a second RAT accessing a base station in the second network, and a third RAT accessing an access point of a WLAN, the UE selects, in a first performance configuration, the first RAT to establish a first call under the first subscriber identity. The UE further communicates, under the first subscriber identity, with a first IMS server of the first network through the first RAT to establish the first call. The UE maintains, under the second subscriber identity, a connection with a second IMS server of the second network through the first RAT or the third RAT when the first call is active.
US10972948B2
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for random access skip configuration. One method includes receiving a handover command message from a first cell, wherein: the handover command message includes first information that indicates a configuration of a second cell, random access channel resources on the second cell, and a first reference signals associated with the second cell; each of the first reference signals is associated with a random access channel resource; second information indicates skip configurations and second reference signals are associated with the second cell; and each of the second reference signals is associated with a random access skip configuration. The method includes receiving a first set of downlink reference signals and a second set of downlink reference signals. The method includes, selecting a first downlink reference signal and determining whether to perform a random access procedure.
US10972946B2
A user equipment (UE) transmits a packet data network (PDN) connectivity request message to a mobility management entity (MME), receives a PDN connectivity accept message, and establishes a PDN connection with a second local gateway (LGW) in accordance with the PDN connectivity accept message. Thus, it is possible to provide a communication system and the like for a purpose of implementing the optimal communication control for enabling the UE to continue communication by switching a previously established PDN connection to a new PDN connection using a more optimal gateway.
US10972944B2
According to some embodiments, a method for use in a user equipment of performing cell reselection to a cell providing multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) comprises: receiving a system information message comprising an indication of whether one or more carrier frequencies support MBMS carrier type or further enhanced MBMS (FeMBMS) carrier type; selecting, based on a capability of the user equipment and the carrier type of the one or more carrier frequencies, a carrier frequency for cell reselection; and camping on the selected carrier frequency. In particular embodiments, the system information message further comprises, for each of the one or more carrier frequencies, an indication of a percentage (e.g., 100%, 80%, etc.) of available multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) subframes in each radio frame.
US10972940B2
A timer for processing data blocks is proposed for a receiver of a mobile communications system. If the timer is not running, the timer is started based a data block. The data block has a sequence number higher than a sequence number of another data block that was first expected to be received. If the timer is stopped or expires, the timer is based on a highest sequence number of a data block among data blocks that cannot be delivered to a higher entity. The timer can be used to prevent a stall condition in mobile communications.
US10972931B2
The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Disclosed is a method of operating a device in a communication system. The method includes: configuring a threshold parameter for data transmission/reception based on at least one of an application characteristic, a network utilization, and a network speed; and controlling data transmission/reception with a network based on the threshold parameter The threshold parameter is relevant to at least one of an amount of data, which can be received by the proxy device and an amount of data which can be transmitted by the proxy device.
US10972926B2
Apparatus and methods are provided to for RRM measurement in the new radio (NR) access system. In one novel aspect, multiple transmission (TX) beams are measured by a user equipment (UE) with multiple receiving (RX) beams, stores the measured TX-RX pair in a measurement matrix, and calculates a consolidation measurement for each cell based on a consolidation rule. In one embodiment, the consolidation rule indicates generating a RX consolidated vector by consolidating all RX beams with the same TX beam ID, and subsequently, generating the consolidation measurement for the cell based on the RX consolidated vector. In another embodiment, the measurement matrix is layer-3 filtered and consolidated. In yet another embodiment, the UE sends a measurement report, either contains the consolidated measurement or the measurement vector, to the NR network based on the consolidation measurement. In one embodiment, the network performs consolidation on the received measurement vector.
US10972925B2
Techniques are described for wireless communication. A first method includes measuring, by a first device, a condition of a wireless channel; and generating at least one channel side information feedback message based on the measured condition of the wireless channel. The at least one channel side information feedback message provides information on a relationship of a set of parameters, including a data rate parameter, an error probability parameter, and at least one of a deadline parameter or a transmission link parameter. A second method includes measuring, by a first device, interference on a wireless channel; identifying an interfering device for the wireless channel based on the measurement; and generating a channel side information feedback message based on the measured interference on the wireless channel. The channel side information feedback message indicates the interfering device for the wireless channel and a correlation of interference from the interfering device with time or frequency.
US10972923B2
An information processing method and device are provided. The information processing method includes: obtaining link state information of a target link; determining whether link exception exists in the target link or not according to the link state information; and when the link exception is determined to exist in the target link, transmitting link exception indication information to a primary node, wherein the link exception indication information is used to indicate to the primary node that the link exception exists in the target link.
US10972918B2
A method for a mobile network, which mobile network is formed of cells. The method includes determining a weight factor between two cells of the mobile network, which determination of the weight factor includes calculating a distance factor between the cells, calculating an angle factor between the cells, and calculating the weight factor between the cells with an exponential function of the distance factor and the angle factor. The weight factors between the cells may be used for determining network parameters of a mobile network.
US10972914B2
An image sharing method is implemented on a first electronic device having a touchscreen includes establishing, by the first electronic device, a first wireless link with a second electronic device by using a short-range wireless communications technology. The method further includes sending, by the first electronic device, face feature information to the second electronic device over the first wireless link. The method further includes receiving, by the first electronic device, a matching result sent by the second electronic device. When the first electronic device determines that the matching result is matching success information, the method further includes sending, by the first electronic device, an image (for example, a photo or a video) corresponding to the face feature information to the second electronic device.
US10972912B1
A method and system for establishing two-way trust between a short-range communication device and a hub device. The method includes: obtaining, from a hub device, a digitally signed request for determining whether the hub device is a trusted communication device for a short-range communication device and a cryptographic key generated by the short-range communication device; generating a response to the request; encrypting the response to the request by using the cryptographic key provided by the short-range communication device, so that the encrypted response can be decrypted only by the short-range communication device; and providing the encrypted response to the hub device. The short-range communication device may decrypt the response and determine whether the hub device is the trusted communication device based on information indicated in the response.
US10972904B2
A method in an access node of a Mobile network. The method comprises: maintaining, by the access node, device administration data pertaining to a mobile electronic device, the device administration data including at least one statistic pertaining to traffic to and from the mobile electronic device, and at least one rule for controlling an operation of the mobile electronic device; updating, by the access node, the at least one statistic based on the traffic to and from the mobile electronic device; enforcing, by the access node, the at least one rule based on the at least one statistic; and synchronizing, by the access node, the device administration data pertaining to the mobile electronic device with corresponding second device administration data maintained by a second access node of the Mobile network.
US10972903B2
A method is provided of installing a subscription profile, taken out with an operator of a mobile telecommunications network, on a mobile communication terminal containing an embedded module for subscriber identification. This method can include sending a domain name resolution request to a domain name server, this request including an identifier of a network server, and receiving, in response to this request, a response message containing a network address of the network server allowing the triggering of the loading of the profile. The subscription profile can then be loaded into the embedded module from a supply server of the network. A mobile terminal, a supply server and a domain name server can be configured to implement this method.
US10972902B1
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify an ongoing operation associated with a file of a universal integrated circuit card coupled to the UE. The UE may identify a request to access the file during the ongoing operation. The UE may suspend the request to access the file during the ongoing operation. The UE may process the request to access the file after completion of the ongoing operation. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US10972898B2
An embodiment of the present invention relates to an operator management system in a first administrative domain for supporting a user roaming from the first administrative domain to a second administrative domain within a network architecture. The network architecture comprises a collection of interconnected network functions deployed in a control plane and a user plane, and the interconnected NFs comprise at least core network control plane functions and a core network user plane function. The OMS in the first administrative domain is configured to generate and issue to an OMS in the second administrative domain, a roaming management request for roaming a user from the first administrative domain to the second administrative domain, over an inter-operator management interface, and configured to instruct the OMS in the second administrative domain to configure the second administrative domain based on the roaming management request to support the user roaming.
US10972895B2
A wireless communication apparatus/system/method utilizing directional data transmission over a communication (e.g., mmW) band and propagating discovery assistance (DA) request and responses to neighboring stations (e.g., in its BSS or in the surrounding area) and performing cooperative discovery with other BSS to increasing network efficiency. Discovery assistance requests include a discovery assistance element and a DMG capability element of the first neighboring station, which is propagated to other stations in the BSS of AP/PCP station.
US10972894B2
A wireless pairing system includes an emitting terminal and a receiving terminal, the emitting terminal includes an emitting terminal storage unit, a traversal unit, a pairing unit and an emitting terminal wireless transceiver. The receiving terminal includes a receiving terminal storage unit, a detecting unit, a coupling receiver and a receiving terminal wireless transceiver. The emitting terminal transmits matching requests in priority to receiving terminals having been paired in history record. The receiving terminal in priority gets the matching request sent by the emitting terminal having been paired with at last time, thereby pairing cycles can be effectively shortened, and pairing efficiency of the mitting terminal and the receiving terminal can be effectively improved.
US10972890B2
A power receiving apparatus includes a power receiving unit configured to wirelessly receive power from a power transmission apparatus, a communication unit configured to perform communication based on a standard of Near Field Communication (NFC), a detection unit configured to detect the power transmission apparatus, and a control unit configured to control the communication unit not to perform the communication based on the standard of NFC based on detection of the power transmission apparatus by the detection unit, wherein the power receiving unit receives power after the control unit controls the communication unit not to perform communication based on the standard of NFC.
US10972888B2
IOT device-based messaging communications systems and methods are disclosed herein. An example system includes an Internet-of-things backend system comprising IOT devices that implement proximity and physical web discovery services and implement a modified short-range wireless communication protocol stack for communicating with communication devices at a kernel level; and each of the communication devices being configured to with receive messages from the Internet-of-things backend system over a short-range wireless connection, the messages are presented to the communication devices without an application being installed on the communication devices, the modified short-range wireless communication protocol stack being configured based on a short-range wireless protocol that is active on the each of the communication devices.
US10972885B2
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable instructions for a short range communication apparatus, when executed by a processor of the short range communication apparatus, may cause the short range communication apparatus to perform: receiving connection information from an image forming apparatus via a short range wireless communication established between a short range communication interface and the image forming apparatus; and storing the received connection information in a memory, sending the connection information, portable-program-identification information, and an executing instruction to the portable apparatus via the wireless interface, the portable-program-identification information being information for identifying the portable program, the executing instruction being an instruction for the portable program to establish the second wireless communication with the image forming apparatus using the connection information.
US10972884B2
A method includes receiving, through the user interface of a user device of a user, a request for a ride from the user; assigning a driver to provide the ride for the user; according to one or more application rules associated with the request for the ride, providing the driver with access to information uniquely identifying the user or a rider.
US10972883B2
A terminal and a data transmission method in an Internet of vehicles are provided. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a terminal determines at least one first carrier carrying first service data, and further sends to a network device a data volume of the first service data carried on the at least one first carrier, so that the network device can allocate a first transmission resource to the at least one first carrier according to the data volume of the first service data carried on the at least one first carrier.
US10972878B2
A method for providing a multimedia service based on unicast, according to the present invention, comprises the steps of: packetizing multimedia data; when a terminal accesses the multimedia service, determining a mode for transmitting the multimedia data to the terminal; generating a signaling message including information on the determined mode, and transmitting the signaling message to the terminal; and transmitting first data among the packetized multimedia data to the terminal on the basis of the determined mode.
US10972876B2
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described for providing local broadcasts for group calls. A user equipment (UE) may request a group call, and either a base station or a local server dedicated to the base station may determine whether to allow the group call based at least in part on an assessed level of interest for the group call. If the group call occurs, the UE may perform one or more aspects of user plane processing for the broadcast data—such as setting Internet protocol (IP) addresses in IP packets, encryption, compression, or media formatting—and may transmit the broadcast data to the base station. The base station may then transmit the broadcast data to one or more interested UEs via one or more multicast transmissions without routing the broadcast data through other network nodes, which may reduce latency and provide other benefits.
US10972872B2
A body-worn tracking device (BWTD) includes a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) device, a cellular communication unit, at least one processor, and at least one memory device. The at least one memory device includes instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to determine whether the BWTD is located on board an aircraft. Execution of the instructions further causes the at least one processor to, responsive to determining that the BWTD is located on board the aircraft: disable the GNSS device and the cellular communication unit; and temporarily refrain from generating an alert that indicates a current location of the BWTD cannot be determined.
US10972871B2
Techniques for controlling updating of information stored on a device, the information including information of a first type and information of a second type. The techniques include determining, using at least one processor, when a first item of information of the first type and a second item of information of the second type are to be updated, wherein the second item of information is to be updated more frequently than the first item of information; and causing the device to update the first and second items of information in accordance with the determination at least in part by wirelessly communicating with at least one other device.
US10972865B1
Systems and methods for determining hardware requirements for a wireless network event are disclosed. In embodiments, a method comprises obtaining, by a computing device, social user data over a period of time from a plurality of mobile devices associated with a social event at a location; obtaining, by the computing device, bandwidth usage data for each of the plurality of mobile devices based on the social user data; obtaining, by the computing device, crowd density and traffic pattern data related to the social event; determining, by the computing device, participant movement data for the social event based on the crowd density and traffic pattern data; deriving, by the computing device, a social bandwidth density model based on the bandwidth usage data and the participant movement data; and determining, by the computing device, bandwidth requirements within a geo-spatial boundary associated with the social event from the social bandwidth density model.
US10972858B2
A method for processing an audio signal in accordance with a room impulse response is described. The audio signal is separately processed with an early part and a late reverberation of the room impulse response, and the processed early part of the audio signal and the reverberated signal are combined. A transition from the early part to the late reverberation in the room impulse response is reached when a correlation measure reaches a threshold, the threshold being set dependent on the correlation measure for a selected one of the early reflections in the early part of the room impulse response.
US10972847B2
Embodiments relate generally to hearing protection devices which incorporate a calibration mode which allows the user to perform a calibration test to determine an individualized hearing threshold. Embodiments of the device may also comprise a normal mode to prevent input signals greater than the individualized hearing threshold from being transmitted to the user's ear canal. In addition, embodiments may comprise a normal mode configured to limit input signals to less than or equal to a standard industry threshold in the case no calibration test has been completed by the user. This may increase user comfort and prevent hearing damage.
US10972843B2
The present invention provides a light guide body for a microphone that radiates light from a small number of light sources toward a surrounding of a microphone with a uniform quantity of light. The light guide body for the microphone that guides light from one or more light sources which emit light in accordance with operating a state of a microphone unit of the microphone. The light guide body has a plate shape and comprises one or more incident surfaces on which light from the light source is incident, and one or more grooves, each of which includes a reflecting surface that reflects light incident on the incident surface.
US10972842B2
Aspects of the technology described herein relate to ultrasound circuits that employ a differential ultrasonic transducer element, such as a differential micromachined ultrasonic transducer (MUT) element. The differential ultrasonic transducer element may be coupled to an integrated circuit that is configured to operate the differential ultrasonic transducer element in one or more modes of operation, such as a differential receive mode, a differential transmit mode, a single-ended receive mode, and a single-ended transmit mode.
US10972840B2
A speaker includes a circuit board, a peripheral wall, a diaphragm, at least one support member and at least one piezoelectric actuator. The peripheral wall is located on a surface of the circuit board. The diaphragm has an outer boundary attached to the peripheral wall. The diaphragm, the peripheral wall and the circuit board collectively form a chamber. The at least one support member protrudes from the surface of the circuit board and is located within the chamber. The at least one piezoelectric actuator is located on a top of the at least one support member and electrically driven to cause a vibration of the diaphragm under applied electrical bias.
US10972827B2
Custom in-ear monitors (headsets, headphones, earbuds, hearing aids) having improved audio fidelity characteristics and improved manufacturability are constructed by designing a virtual three-dimensional model housing including sound and vent tubes, and equipment mounting receptacles and clips; and fabricating the housing substantially simultaneously or all-in-one-go using, e.g., a 3D printer. The sound and vent tubes comprise features such as inflection points and profile variations that are impossible to construct using traditional subtractive manufacturing processes.
US10972821B2
A MEMS microphone system comprises a transducer die having a pierce-less diaphragm and a motion sensor suspended from the diaphragm. The system further comprises a housing and the diaphragm divided a volume inside the housing into a front volume and a back volume. The motion sensor suspended from the diaphragm is located in the back volume having a gas pressure that is substantially equal or lower than an ambient pressure.
US10972818B2
A mounting tool includes a female member and a male member. The female member has first and second engagement grooves that arc inclined such that a distance therebetween increases toward one side, and a female-side locking projection disposed adjacent to the first engagement groove and protruding to a side of the second engagement groove. The male member has first and second rail portions that are simultaneously fittable into the first and second engagement grooves, and a male-side locking projection disposed adjacent to the first rail portion. The male-side locking projection is disposed so as to interfere with the female-side engagement protrusion while the first and second rail portions that are being fitted into the first and second engagement grooves move in an intermediate axis direction, and so as not to interfere with the female-side locking projection while the second rail portion is being slid along the second engagement groove.
US10972811B2
An image processing device that includes a highlight extracted video creation unit that creates a highlight extracted video based on extraction of a highlight from each video file of a plurality of video files and a highlight extracted video storage unit that stores the highlight extracted video as one data file.
US10972806B1
Method of generating customized graphics based on location information includes processor receiving location information including location of first client device. Processor causes a status interface to be displayed on the first client device that includes locations that are within a predetermined distance from the first client device. Processor receives a selection from the first client device of the first location via the status interface and stores the first location in a location database associated with the first user. Location database includes: locations previously selected by the first client device via the status interface, locations associated with media content items received from the first client device, or locations associated with the location information received from the first client device. Processor generates a country selectable item, a city selectable item, and timeline selectable items and causes passport interface to be displayed on the first client device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10972805B2
Systems and procedures which allow for the placement of advertisements in an optimized manner are presented. Systems may be provided which may be configured to optimize a media plan (either automatically or manually, or a combinations of both) using demographic vectors, and may display the optimization results in a quantifiable manner using terms and numbers.
US10972800B2
An apparatus caused to: in respect of video imagery of an event at which one or more commenting users are present and have submitted comments, a location of the or each of the one or more commenting users visible in the video imagery; based on a current view of the video imagery provided for display to a user and at least one comment having location information associated therewith indicative of one or more of (i) the location, at the time of making the comment, of the commenting user who submitted the comment at the event, (ii) a location, at the event, specified by the commenting user who submitted the comment at the event; provide for display of the comment overlaid over the current view of the video imagery, the comment displayed in the current view of the video imagery at a position that corresponds to the location information.
US10972796B2
A digital television includes a memory storing one or more applications; an interface to receive control signals; a display; and a controller to display an application execution screen of an application among the one or more applications, in response to receiving, via the interface, a first control signal, display a first menu including one or more icons related to the first control signal, in response to receiving, via the interface, a second control signal selecting an adding menu icon in the first menu, and receiving a third control signal selecting an icon included in the one or more icons in the first menu, display the selected icon and a left direction key and a right direction key around the selected icon with a second menu, and in response to receiving, via the interface, a fourth control signal, add the selected icon to the second menu.
US10972791B1
The present disclosure discloses a digital television, an electronic device, and control methods thereof. The digital television includes an expansion interface, a controller and a voltage converter. The controller is connected to the expansion interface, and is connected to an external electronic device through the expansion interface. The expansion interface is connected to the voltage converter, and the controller is configured to control the voltage converter to supply power to the external electronic device through the expansion interface. The controller is further configured to control the external electronic device to be turned on or turned off and communicate with the external electronic device through the expansion interface.
US10972788B1
An input video stream of video content may be encoded and transmitted from a provider to an intermediary, which decodes and edits the video content, and then re-encodes and transmits the video content to end viewers via an output video stream. When re-encoding the video content, the intermediary may determine to selectively re-use and/or not re-use input motion vectors from the input video stream, for example based on an amount of distortion associated with editing of the video content. In some examples, input motion vectors may be re-used for re-encoding of certain portions (e.g., frames, parts of frames, etc.) of the output video stream and not re-used for re-encoding of other portions of the output video stream.
US10972786B2
A computing system compares various reference fingerprints each representing a reference media stream broadcast on a different respective known channel, and the computing system determines that a plurality of the reference fingerprints match each other, thus defining a multi-match group of the matching reference fingerprints. In response, the computing system identifies a fingerprint feature that could define a distinction between the reference fingerprints, and the computing system resolves the multi-match based on the identified feature, thereby determining the channel carrying the media stream being rendered by the media presentation device. And the server then takes channel-specific action based on the determined channel.
US10972785B1
A method including, at a media content server, receiving a pre-modified live digital audio stream, modifying the pre-modified live digital audio stream to produce a live digital audio stream, at a time-shifted media server, storing the pre-modified live digital audio stream, at an alternative content server, identifying and storing respective alternative content start/stop tags, at a client device, receiving the live digital audio stream, in response to a playback command by a user, transmitting a time-shifted digital audio stream request, in response to the time-shifted digital audio stream request, the time-shifted media server streaming the time-shifted digital audio stream, the client device, identifying an upcoming alternative content period, in response to determining that the upcoming alternative content period is within a pre-determined timing threshold, transmitting an alternative content request, receiving a second alternative content, ceasing to output the time-shifted digital audio stream, and outputting the second alternative content.
US10972784B2
Example techniques relate to a loss of control of a playback queue. An example implementation involves a playback device receiving, from a native controller, an instruction to add audio tracks to a queue, where, in a first mode associated with the native controller, the playback device is configured to play back from the queue. While the audio tracks are in the queue, the playback device receives, from a media player application associated with a particular wireless protocol, an instruction to play back a media item. In response, the playback device is configured to play back in a second mode associated with the particular wireless protocol, where, in the second mode, the queue is not in use. While playing back the media item, the playback device detects a loss of control by the media player application and configures the playback device to play back in the first mode.
US10972782B2
A communication apparatus is provided which acquires content held by an external apparatus based on information related to the content that is received from another communication apparatus and plays back the content. The communication apparatus further receives playback control information about the content from the other communication apparatus. Upon detecting a disconnection of a communication path between the communication apparatus and the other communication apparatus, the communication apparatus performs control in such a manner that a notification based on the disconnection of the communication path is issued to a user.
US10972781B2
A wideband receiver system comprises a wideband analog-to-digital converter (ADC) module and a digital frontend (DFE) module. The wideband ADC is configured to concurrently digitize a band of frequencies comprising a plurality of desired channels and a plurality of undesired channels. The DFE module is coupled to the digital in-phase and quadrature signals. The DFE module is configured to select the plurality of desired channels from the digitized band of frequencies, and generate an intermediate frequency (IF) signal comprising the selected plurality of desired channels and having a bandwidth that is less than a bandwidth of the band of frequencies, where the generation comprises frequency shifting of the selected plurality of desired channels. The IF signal may be a digital signal and the DFE is configured to output the IF signal via a serial or parallel interface.
US10972779B2
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method including initiating a creation of a personalized channel responsive to equipment of a user requesting to create the personalized channel, providing a search request to equipment of a content provider for content for the personalized channel according to the request, retrieving content from the content provider according to the search request as retrieved content, classifying the content for the personalized channel according to the content of the retrieved content to generate classified content according to a content type and a content source of the retrieved content, sequencing the classified content to generate sequenced content, assigning the sequenced content to a time slot in a schedule of the personalized channel as ready-for-broadcast content, and delivering the ready-for-broadcast content to the personalized channel according to the time slot in the schedule. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10972770B2
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for data encryption. A server communicating data with a client can determine a level of data encryption on the data that the server is capable of handling according to resources available to the server. A level of data encryption can include a type of encryption and a strength of the type of data encryption. The server can receive a level of data encryption on the data that the client is capable of handling according to resources available to the client. The server can identify a level of data encryption with which the server and the client agree to proceed, according to the determined level of data encryption and the received level of data encryption. The server, following a predefined interval, can identify an updated level of data encryption with which the server and the client agree to proceed.
US10972763B2
A media system replaces content in a first sequence of media content. The media system presents the first sequence of media content to an end-user and generates a fingerprint of the sequence of media content. The fingerprint is for comparison with a plurality of reference fingerprints so as to identify the first sequence of media content and determine a reference position within the first sequence of media content. The media system sends a request for a replacement sequence of content to a content replacement system, and receives replacement media content selected based on the identified first sequence of media content. The media system presents the replacement media content to the end-user instead of the first sequence of media content. Presenting the replacement media content begins at a position in the first sequence of media content that is determined based on the reference position.
US10972755B2
A method and apparatus of video coding are disclosed. In the encoding side, video data are received, where a GDR (Gradual Decoding Refresh) picture type is supported by the encoding device. A syntax structure including a first syntax in NAL (Network Access Layer) unit header is generated, where an NAL unit type indicated by the first syntax comprises the GDR picture type. Encoded video data including the syntax structure from the video data are generated. A corresponding method and apparatus for the decoding side are also disclosed.
US10972751B2
A video encoding apparatus that predictive-encodes an encoding target image included in an encoding target video. The apparatus includes a prediction device that predicts the encoding target image with reference to a previously-encoded picture as a reference picture and determines first reference information which indicates a first reference region as a reference destination; a second reference information determination device that determines, from reference information used when the first reference region was predictive-encoded, second reference information which indicates a second reference region as another reference destination for the encoding target image; and a predicted image generation device that generates a predicted image based on the second reference information, or both the first reference information and the second reference information.
US10972742B2
The present invention is related to video coding and decoding, in particular HEVC RExt that define a palette coding mode dedicated to the coding of screen contents. In improved palette coding modes according to the invention, when building a palette, each time a new pixel is added to the class a palette entry defines, the palette entry is modified to take the means value of the pixels belonging to such class. In other improved palette coding modes, a built palette is post-processed to substitute a palette entry with a close entry of a palette predictor PRED. In yet other embodiments, palette coding modes having different threshold values to drive the building of their respective palettes are successively tested to use the best one in terms of rate-distortion criterion.
US10972735B2
Innovations in use of chroma quantization parameter (“QP”) offsets when determining a control parameter for deblock filtering. For example, as part of encoding, an encoder sets a picture-level chroma QP offset and slice-level chroma QP offset for encoding of a slice of a picture. The encoder also performs deblock filtering of at least part of the slice, where derivation of a control parameter considers only the picture-level chroma QP offset. The encoder outputs at least part of a bitstream including the encoded content. As part of decoding, a corresponding decoder sets a picture-level chroma QP offset and a slice-level chroma QP offset for decoding of a slice of a picture, but derivation of a control parameter for deblock filtering considers only the picture-level chroma QP offset.
US10972728B2
Chroma enhancement filtering may be used in high dynamic range (HDR) video. A video coding device may identify a characteristic within a picture of a video signal. The characteristic may include a spatial region, a color, a luminance, or an edge direction. The video coding device may determine a sample set that includes one or more samples associated with the characteristic. The video coding device may generate a cross-plane filter based on the characteristic and the sample set. The cross-plane filter may include a high pass filter. The video coding device may apply the cross-plane filter to a luma plane component of a sample in the sample set to determine an offset. The video coding device may add the offset to a reconstructed chroma plane component of the sample that corresponds to the luma plane component.
US10972725B2
A decoding method and a decoder for decoding a current block of a video is provided, wherein the decoding method comprises: determining a set of Most Probable Modes (MPMs) for the current block. When at least one condition is satisfied, the set of MPMs includes a Planar mode, a DC mode, a Vertical mode, a Horizontal mode, an intra prediction mode corresponding to a value of the Vertical mode with a first offset, and an intra prediction mode corresponding to the value of the Vertical mode with a second offset. The decoding method further includes obtaining a MPM flag and an MPM index for the current block from a bitstream of the video, and obtaining an intra prediction mode for the current block for reconstructing the current block.
US10972718B2
To allow an observer wearing stereoscopic equipment to perceive a stereo image and an observer not wearing stereoscopic equipment to perceive a clear image. Based on an original image, an image containing phase-modulated components a and an image containing phase-modulated components b are generated. The image containing phase-modulated components a and the image containing phase-modulated components b are for one who sees the original image or a subject represented by the original image and the image containing phase-modulated components a with one eye and sees the original image or the subject and the image containing phase-modulated components b with the other eye to perceive a stereo image, and one who sees the original image or the subject, the image containing phase-modulated components a, and the image containing phase-modulated components b with the same eye(s) to perceive the original image. The phase-modulated components a are generated by shifting the phase of spatial frequency components of the original image by a first phase, and the phase-modulated components b are generated by shifting the phase of the spatial frequency components of the original image by a second phase being a different phase than the first phase.
US10972712B2
An image merging method using viewpoint transformation and a system therefor are provided. The method includes obtaining images captured by a plurality of cameras included in the camera system, performing viewpoint transformation for each of the images using a depth map for the images, and merging the images, the viewpoint transformation of which is performed.
US10972708B2
An apparatus and method for compensating for color separation of an image in a holographic head-up display (HUD), caused by a change in characteristics such as a temperature or wavelength of a laser projector. An apparatus (200) for compensating for color separation of an image in a HUD includes a GPU (100); a video signal inputter (110); a temperature sensor (120); a controller (130); a memory (135); a panel driving unit (140) for outputting an image to a panel (160); a laser diode driving unit (150) for driving R, G, and B laser diodes (151), (152), and (153); a lens (70), and a screen (180). Accordingly, an image, the quality of which is degraded due to color separation of an image, may be improved.
US10972707B2
An endoscope includes an optical module, the optical module including an optical element including a light emitting surface, an external electrode being disposed, out of a first region and a second region obtained by dividing the light emitting surface substantially in half, only in the first region, a wiring board including a first main surface where the optical element and a bonding electrode are disposed, a bonding wire connecting the external electrode and the bonding electrode to each other, a ferrule into which the optical fiber is inserted, a frame including an upper plate where the ferrule is disposed, including a side plate fixed to the first main surface, including an inner section housing the optical element and a side surface including an opening, and a transparent resin disposed in the inner section, wherein the upper plate is inclined at a predetermined inclination angle to the first main surface.
US10972695B2
An image sensor may include an array of image pixels. The image pixel pixels may be arranged in columns and rows. Each column of image pixels may be coupled to column readout circuitry via respective column lines. The column readout circuitry may include amplifier circuitry, a first source follower stage, and a second source follower stage. The first and second source follower stages may be interposed between the amplifier circuitry and a sampling capacitor. A switch may be interposed between the first and second source follower stages. The second source follower transistor may be configured to provide an intermediate sampling voltage to the sampling capacitor. The first source follower transistor may be configured to provide a final sampling voltage to the sampling capacitor. In such a manner, kickback from sampling signals using readout circuitry may be reduced.
US10972693B2
An image sensor and an image processing system including the same are provided. The image sensor includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixels each connected to one of first through m-th column lines to output a pixel signal, where “m” is an integer of at least 2; analog-to-digital converters each configured to receive the pixel signal corresponding to one of the first through m-th column lines, to compare the pixel signal with a ramp signal, and to convert the pixel signal to a digital pixel signal; and a blocking circuit connected to an input terminal of at least one of the analog-to-digital converters to block an influence of an operation of others among the analog-to-digital converters.
US10972687B2
An image sensor including a photodiode, a first doped region, a second doped region, a first storage node, a second storage node, a first vertical transfer gate, and a second vertical transfer gate is presented. The photodiode is disposed in a semiconductor material to convert image light to an electric signal. The first doped region and the second doped region are disposed in the semiconductor material between a first side of the semiconductor material and the photodiode. The first doped region is positioned between the first storage node and the second storage node while the second doped region is positioned between the second storage node and the first doped region. The vertical transfer gates are coupled between the photodiode to transfer the electric signal from the photodiode to a respective one of the storage nodes in response to a signal.
US10972676B2
An image processing method and an electronic device are provided. The method includes: obtaining a plurality of first images; obtaining first depth information; generating a second image according to the plurality of first images; identifying a subject and a background of the second image according to the first depth information; determining whether the subject of the second image needs to be optimized; when the subject of the second image needs to be optimized, optimizing the subject of the second image, generating an output image according to the background and the optimized subject, and outputting the output image; and when the subject of the second image does not need to be optimized, generating the output image according to the background and the subject and outputting the output image.
US10972662B2
The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for providing a camera service by an electronic device. The electronic device may include a camera, a memory, and at least one processor, the processor configured to control the electronic device to: receive a camera shooting request; display a preview image of an external object obtained through the camera using first area information based on a first shooting mode in response to the shooting request; receive an input corresponding to a second shooting mode in the first shooting mode; and display the preview using second area information corresponding to the second shooting mode in response to the input.
US10972661B2
Multiple images may be combined to obtain a composite image. Individual images may be obtained with different camera sensors and/or at different time instances. In order to obtain the composite image source images may be aligned in order to produce a seamless stitch. Source images may be characterized by a region of overlap. A disparity measure may be determined for pixels along a border region between the source images. A warp transformation may be determined using a refinement process configured to determine displacement of pixels of the border region based on the disparity. Pixel displacement at a given location may be constrained to direction configured tangential to an epipolar line corresponding to the location. The warp transformation may be propagated to pixels of the image. Spatial and/or temporal smoothing may be applied. In order to obtain refined solution, the warp transformation may be determined at multiple spatial scales.
US10972660B2
An imaging device that is capable of having a fisheye lens attached to a main body, and that is capable of shooting digital images, comprising, an image sensor on which photometric domains and/or AF region are arranged, a lens communication circuit that performs communication with a lens that has been attached and acquires lens information, and a processor that detects whether or not a lens that has been attached is a circular fisheye lens based on the lens information, and, if it has been determined that the lens is a circular fisheye lens, restricts the photometric domains and/or AF regions based on an image circle of the circular fisheye lens.
US10972645B1
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a dual camera module including: a first camera module having a first optical axis; a second camera module having a second optical axis aligned with respect to the first optical axis and a second extension part extending in a direction crossing the second optical axis; a fixing member having a first accommodation part accommodating the first camera module, a second accommodation part accommodating the second camera module, and a second fixing part coupled to the second extension part; and a second adhesive part connecting the second extension part with the second fixing part to fix the second camera module to the fixing member.
US10972633B2
An image forming apparatus that dynamically and suitably switches login processing between a user who selects an icon and a user who is identified by reading of a card. The image forming apparatus searches user information of a user who logs in by selecting a user icon displayed on a display unit and a user who logs in using a card, and performs the login processing on a searched user.
US10972621B2
A printer includes: a restriction unit that is in a rotation allowing state in which opening of a scanner unit from a closed state is allowed when a panel unit is in a first posture and is in a restriction state in which opening of the scanner unit from the closed state is restricted when the panel unit is tilted from the first posture to a second posture; and a posture holding unit that is in a tiltable state in which the posture of the panel unit is tilted from the first posture to the second posture when the scanner unit is in a closed state and is in a posture holding state in which the posture of the panel unit is held in the first posture when the scanner unit is rotated from the closed state in an opening direction.
US10972609B2
Provided are a call deflection and response system and method, wherein a voice call from a caller device is received, a skill group is determined to resolve an issue associated with the call, and a callback or a text response to the issue is provided to the caller device, providing a context-based personalized response. A caller leaves a detailed voicemail explaining an issue needing resolution, which is electronically transcribed and then run through a classifier to determine concepts and intents associated with the call. Based on the concepts and intents, responsibility for the call and associated files are transferred to a particular skill group on a response system for resolution. A response entity from the appropriate skill group determines and provides an issue response via callback or text message to the caller device, e.g., to the caller's mobile phone.
US10972602B1
In one example, a processing system including at least one processor may obtain a call request from a calling device to a destination device, identify a caller category associated with the calling device, and forward the call request to the destination device with an indicator of the caller category, where the indicator of the caller category is to cause the destination device to present at least one of: a first ringtone that is associated with the caller category or a first vibration pattern that is associated with the caller category.
US10972598B2
A bone conduction headset includes a support member having a U-shape, a pair of bone conduction speakers respectively provided to a first end of the support member and a second end of the support member, the second end being opposite to the first end, a microphone coupled to the first end, and a mute switch provided to either the first end or the second end, and configured to perform a control to lower volume on the pair of bone conduction speakers.
US10972595B2
A base station for an audio headset system is provided which is able to communicate with a remote device. The base station is configured to be convertible such that it facilitates communication with remote devices over a range of different communication protocols, in accordance with varying user preference.
US10972594B2
The present disclosure relates to a casing assembly and a terminal. The casing assembly includes a rear casing and a decorative member. The rear casing has a front surface and a rear surface opposite the front surface. The rear casing defines a mounting hole extending through the front surface and the rear surface. The decorative member is disposed in the mounting hole and coupled to the rear casing. The decorative member covers the mounting hole and extends out of the rear surface.
US10972588B2
An improved core network that can monitor micro-level issues, identify specific services of specific nodes that may be causing an outage, and perform targeted node failovers in a manner that does not cause unnecessary disruptions in service is described herein. For example, the improved core network can include a failover and isolation server (FIS) system. The FIS system can obtain service-specific KPIs from the various nodes in the core network. The FIS can then compare the obtained KPI values of the respective service with corresponding threshold values. If any KPI value exceeds a corresponding threshold value, the FIS may preliminarily determine that the service of the node associated with the KPI value is responsible for a service outage. The FIS can initiate a failover operation, which causes the node to re-route any received requests corresponding to the service potentially responsible for the service outage to a redundant node.
US10972586B2
A computer-implemented method for deploying a plurality of data conversion flow between a first application in a first system to a second application in a second system, without restarting the plurality of data conversation flow, is provided. The computer-implemented method may further include providing a plurality of modifiable data conversation that identifies a plurality of input parameters, a plurality of data formats, a plurality of data description, a plurality of conversation routines, a plurality of paths of the conversion routines, and a plurality of output information that determines routes of converted data for the first application. The computer-implemented method may further include converting the plurality of modifiable data conversion to form a data input from the first application to the second application. The computer-implemented method may further include providing an application interface for transmitting the plurality of modifiable data to the second application, without restarting the data conversion flow.
US10972579B2
Adaptive scheduling of compute functions in a fog network is described herein. An example method includes synchronizing kernel and hypervisor scheduling of applications used to control one or more edge devices using a global schedule, wherein the global schedule comprises timeslots for applications, and adapting the timeslots in real-time or near real-time based on application-based time related feedback that is indicative of time delays.
US10972562B2
An information processing system that generates commentary, the commentary including first commentary generated based on behavior information corresponding to a behavior of a user and second commentary associated with the first commentary; and outputs the commentary to be available to other users.
US10972552B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide a system and method used for allowing a path selection or reselection (hereby (re)selection). In some embodiments data packets for a session between a UE and an application system (AS) can utilize a pre-established user plane path between the AS and an access node (AN) which serves the UE. This can allow for faster session set-up times as a new user plane (UP) path need not be established for every new session if existing UP paths can be utilized. Some embodiments allow an application aware (re)selection of the user plane.
US10972547B2
Systems and methods consistent with the disclosure receive as an input content selected from a previous communications session with a first user, receive an input selecting a second user different from the first user, identify an object in the selected content to determine information descriptive for the selected content, initiate a new communications session with the second user, and transmit a message to the second user, including the descriptive information for the selected content.
US10972546B2
An image processing system includes: an application server installed on a network; an image processing device installed on a local network connected to the network; a relay server, installed on the local network, that relays communication between the image processing device and the application server; and a connection mediation server, installed on the network, that transmits a connection request to the relay server to cause the relay server to connect to the application server. The connection mediation server includes a request accepting circuit, and a connection request circuit, the relay server includes a connection establishment circuit, and in a case where a communication request is accepted, the connection request circuit transmits the connection request to the relay server, and in a case where a new communication request is accepted, the connection request circuit does not transmit the connection request to the relay server.
US10972540B2
Provided are a method, system and program for requesting storage performance models for a configuration pattern of storage resources to deploy at a client computing environment. A determination is made of a new configuration pattern of storage resources to deploy. A request is sent to a service provider with information on the new configuration pattern. A result set is received from the service provider having at least one provided configuration pattern having a degree of similarity to the new configuration pattern and a storage performance model for each of the provided configuration patterns. Each of the storage performance models indicate workload and performance characteristics for one of the provided configuration patterns. One of the provided configuration patterns is selected from the result set and the storage performance model for the selected configuration pattern is used to model performance at the client.
US10972538B2
A method and system for synchronizing components of heterogeneous systems. A request is made to a host computer for a latest version of a client component pertaining to client code identified in a previously received communication. An object representing a latest version of a client component pertaining to client code is retrieved from one or more loadable modules at a host computer. The host computer includes a host component. The host component is host software configured to be executed in the host computer. A host component binary is built with a set of additional components bound to the host component binary. An encoding generated during compilation of the additional components transforms the client component into the object with an array populated with data of the client component. The object is built during link time into the one or loadable modules tightly bound with the host component binary.
US10972532B2
A system, method and program product for controlling allocation of user assignments to server systems managed by a shared resource manager of a service provider. User request parameters are received from a first user for identifying a desired server resource. User assignment alternatives are calculated based on migration of user assignments of a second user to make the desired server resource available to the first user. User migration parameters are received from the second user that identify conditions for migrating the current user assignment of the second user from a first server to a second server in accordance with one of the user assignment alternatives. A new configuration of user assignments of the first user and the second user are calculated and communicated to the shared resource manager based on the first user and the second user accepting a user assignment alternative. The server systems are reconfigured in accordance with the new configuration of user assignments.
US10972531B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for populating an information interface based upon social media data. For example, users may post, share, and/or discuss various information through social media sources. Accordingly, social media data may be obtained from such social media sources. The social media data may be grouped into sets of social media data based upon temporal information. Within the sets of social media data, social media entries may be clustered into topic clusters (e.g., a royal wedding topic cluster, a plane crash topic cluster, etc.). Event summaries may be generated for respective topic clusters. The event summaries may be used to populate timeslots of an information interface, such as a calendar or timeline, to create annotated timeslots. In this way, the information interface may provide users with an interactive view of events over a time period, such as a year-in-review, based upon social media data.
US10972528B2
A client device provides to a user, in an application associated with a social-networking service provided by a server system, a link to a page associated with a third-party service provider. The third-party service provider is distinct from the social-networking service. In response to user selection of the link, the page is loaded within the application. The page includes script for calling one or more application programming interfaces (APIs) of the server system. The client device calls the one or more APIs to obtain information associated with the user from the server system. The client device displays the page within the application, and uses the information associated with the user to conduct a transaction with the third-party service provider through the page.
US10972527B2
A method for transmitting broadcast signals, includes encapsulating input packets including Internet Protocol (IP) packets or Transport Stream (TS) packets into link layer packets in a link layer, wherein each header of the link layer packets including a base header having packet type information representing a type of the input packets in a payload of each link layer packet and payload configuration information, and for a first link layer packet including a single packet, a base header of the first link layer packet includes header mode information having a value representing that an additional header for the single packet is present following the base header; encapsulating the link layer packets including the first link layer packet, a second link layer packet, and a third link layer packet into data packets carried by a Data Pipe (DP) in a physical layer; and transmitting a broadcast signal including the data packets.
US10972519B2
Real-time video streaming is essential in many types of systems. A system for streaming real-time video provides a low-latency solution allows systems and humans to respond to real-time events as they occur. Client application platforms, such as HTML5, may be used for web development; however, support for real-time video is very limited. The system provides the ability to stream real-time video from an originating video source to an HTML5 web application with low latency. A real-time video server includes a relay service configured to receive a video stream from a video source, a fragmented video generator configured to convert the video stream into a file-based video compression format including a plurality of video fragments, and a streaming service configured to transmit the fragmented video file to a video client for real-time playback.
US10972514B2
A communication session is established between a first communication device and a second communication device. The communication session comprises a first dialog between an application server and the first communication device. The first communication device uses a first network address in the first dialog. In response to an event, such as a first network interface failing, a SIP INVITE with replaces header message is received by the application server with a second address of the first communication device. In response to receiving the SIP INVITE with replaces header message from the first communication device with a second address of the first communication device, the first dialog between the application server and the first device is reestablished using the second network address.
US10972511B2
Digital signage techniques are disclosed that utilize streaming technology to deliver digital signage content to digital signage display devices. In some examples, a method may include rendering a digital signage content frame by frame, capturing an image of each rendered frame, transforming the captured image of each rendered frame into a video frame of a video stream, and delivering the video stream to at least one remote display device. The captured image may be an image of a portion of the rendered frame. The display devices that receive the video stream may render the video stream using a streaming media player.
US10972507B2
Disclosed systems and methods include receiving, by a browser application, a web application data including a trusted source rule having a web application user identifier (ID) unique to a user of the web application, and upon determining by the browser application of a violation of the trusted source rule, transmitting a rule violation report, with the web application user ID, to a data processing system for analysis to determine a malicious manipulation of the browser application, and receiving at the user device, from the data processing system, an alert of malicious manipulation of the browser application, corresponding to the rule violation report.
US10972497B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for recovering an infected endpoint may include receiving an acoustic signal having an embedded command for executing a security application at the infected endpoint, decoding the acoustic signal to obtain the embedded command, and executing the embedded command to start a security application at the infected endpoint, where the security application is operable to mitigate the infected endpoint. Various other methods, systems and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10972493B2
Techniques for automatically grouping malware based on artifacts are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for automatically grouping malware based on artifacts includes receiving a plurality of samples for performing automated malware analysis to generate log files based on the automated malware analysis; processing the log files to extract features associated with malware; clustering the plurality of samples based on the extracted features; and performing an action based on the clustering output.
US10972492B2
Systems and methods are provided for data security. A server system provides data security using one or more processor devices, one or more communication interfaces, and one or more memory devices including computer-executable instructions. Those instructions case the one or more processor devices to: monitor one or more requests or activities of a computing device and compare the monitored one or more requests or activities with a database of predetermined characteristics to determine whether the monitored one or more requests or activities indicates that the computing device (i) accessed or attempted to access sequentially more than A data files or objects in less than a predetermined period of time, where A is a positive integer greater than two, and (ii) downloaded X data files or objects, where X is a positive integer greater than two. The monitored one or more requests or activities is determined suspicious when the comparing determines that (i) and (ii) are true, which causes a response to hinder the monitored one or more requests or activities.
US10972485B2
In a threat management platform, a number of endpoints log events in an event data recorder. A local agent filters this data and feeds a filtered data stream to a central threat management facility. The central threat management facility can locally or globally tune filtering by local agents based on the current data stream, and can query local event data recorders for additional information where necessary or helpful in threat detection or forensic analysis. The central threat management facility also stores and deploys a number of security tools such as a web-based user interface supported by machine learning models to identify potential threats requiring human intervention and other models to provide human-readable context for evaluating potential threats.
US10972475B1
A node of a network receives account access information (AAI) for an account that a user has with a system. The node causes a first record to be added to a distributed ledger that is used for managing access to the account, wherein the first record includes the AAI or an encrypted storage identifier that identifies a storage location for the AAI. The node determines a likelihood that the account is being accessed by the user based on the AAI and/or historical AAI for one or more accounts, that include the account, that are used to access the system. The node causes a second record that includes a value representing the likelihood to be added to the distributed ledger. The node causes one or more other nodes of the network to be alerted that the first record and the second record have been added to the distributed ledger.
US10972471B2
A system, method and program product for authenticating a device. An authentication service is provided having: a data management system for periodically collecting and storing signature data from each of a set of registered devices, wherein the signature data includes a plurality of data points, and wherein at least one of the data points includes a device usage characteristic; a system for obtaining a temporal signature state (TSS) vector of a device in response to a transaction request from the device, wherein the TSS vector includes values for a selected subset of the data points forming the signature data; and an authenticator for comparing the TSS vector of the device with stored signature data in order to authenticate the device.
US10972466B2
An information integration system may include a set of integration services embodied on one or more server machines in a computing environment. The set of integration services may include connectors communicatively connected to disparate information systems. The connectors may be configured for integrating data stored in the disparate information systems utilizing a common model employed by the set of integration services. The common model may overlay, augment, integrate, or otherwise utilize a content management interoperability services data model and may include common property definitions and a common security model. The common security model may include permissions particularly defined for use by the set of integration services. These common property definitions and permissions may be uniquely defined and utilized by the information integration system.
US10972464B2
A network system that can easily augment security is provided. The network system includes an information device included in an internal network connected to an external network, the information device transmitting specific information including its own identification information and device information provided in advance, in conformity with a predefined protocol; and a management unit that monitors the internal network, and collects the specific information from the information device in conformity with the predefined protocol. The management unit collects specific information from an unknown information device, notifies a user of an authorization request for the unknown information device on the basis of the collected specific information, and determines whether or not to authorize access of the unknown information device to the internal network, in accordance with a response from the user to the authorization request.
US10972461B2
Managing network communications is provided. An indication that a network device has been added to a local network is received. In response to receiving the indication that the network device been added to the local network, metrics corresponding to the network device added to the local network are detected. A device fingerprint corresponding to the network device added to the local network is generated based on the detected metrics.
US10972458B1
Disclosed herein are embodiments of systems, methods, and products comprises a server, which receives a request from a user's electronic client device. The server determines the authentication level of the request. If the authentication level satisfies a threshold, the server may route the request to a call center computing system; otherwise, the server authenticates the user based on the authentication level. Specifically, the server presents one or more security challenges corresponding to the authentication level and authorizes the user if the user correctly answers the security challenges. The server may receive a second request from the same user who has been authorized for the first authentication level. If the authentication level of the second request is higher, the server may present more security challenges on the second level; if the authentication level is lower, the server directly allows the access of the requested services.
US10972454B2
Aspects of subject technology provide systems and methods for generation and distribution of a stable identifier associated with multiple aliases of a user account. The stable identifier may be provided to various electronic devices by a server, responsive to requests associated with communications to those devices from one of the associated aliases. In this way, messaging applications can utilize the stable identifier to merge conversations from a single user having multiple aliases, and secure access to a secure device can be provided to an authorized user, even if the authorized user attempts access from an unauthorized account alias.
US10972448B2
Technologies for transferring ownership of a compute device include a data broker device to receive a provenance verification key of the compute device from a manufacturer device, receive attestation data of the compute device, and verify a provenance of the compute device based on the attestation data. The attestation data is indicative of one or more security attributes of the compute device. The data broker device updates a block chain with an acknowledgment of an assignment of the compute device to the data broker device, wherein the block chain identifies each transaction associated with ownership of the compute device.
US10972447B2
A processor may receive a request to authenticate an endpoint device associated with a media streaming session, the media streaming session delivered to the endpoint device via a cellular access network, generate an authentication key, and transmit the authentication key to the endpoint device via a short message service message. The processor may further receive a calculated response from the endpoint device, the calculated response based upon the authentication key and a seed key of the endpoint device, determine whether the calculated response matches an expected response based upon the authentication key and the seed key, and authenticate the endpoint device based upon whether the calculated response matches the expected response.
US10972445B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to dynamic crypto key management for mobility in a cloud environment. A computing platform may receive a request to generate a new tenant master key and a new server recovery key. Subsequently, the computing platform may send to a cloud-based key vault server, the new tenant master key and the new server recovery key. The computing platform may send to a tenant database, the encrypted server recovery key. As a result, the computing platform may provision the enrollment servers with the encrypted server recovery key. In some embodiments, the enrollment servers are configured to manage enrollment of policy-managed devices in a policy enforcement scheme and to authenticate with the key update service based on the encrypted server recovery key.
US10972442B1
A first line card of a first network device may receive packets to be transmitted to a second line card of a second network device. The first line card may predict an earliest satisfaction time for satisfaction of a first packet quantity threshold of one or more packet quantity thresholds. The first line card may transmit the packets to the second line card. The first line card may determine whether a quantity of transmitted packets transmitted by the first line card satisfies the first packet quantity threshold. Based on whether the quantity of transmitted packets satisfies the one or more of the one or more packet quantity thresholds, the first line card may perform one or more actions related to modifying a security key, or may perform one or more other actions related to monitoring transmission of the packets.
US10972441B2
In some implementations, a scheme for data communication in an automobile includes generating a cleartext message to be transmitted to a second ECU, generating a pseudo-random counter by applying a pseudorandom function to a counter value that is incremented for each cleartext message generated by the ECU; combining the cleartext message and the pseudo-random counter to create a randomized message; selecting from a plurality of available cryptography techniques, a selected cryptography technique; applying to the randomized message, the selected cryptography technique to create a ciphertext; and transmitting to the second ECU over the CAN bus, the ciphertext.
US10972438B2
A method and a corresponding terminal for an encrypted call, to resolve disadvantages of an encrypted call that is implemented relying on a key management center (KMC) and network reconstruction, and reduce costs. The method includes establishing, by a first terminal, a circuit switched call with a second terminal, determining, by the first terminal using the circuit switched call, a key for performing an encrypted call with the second terminal, and performing, by the first terminal, an encrypted call with the second terminal using the key.
US10972437B2
A firewall is described that is integrated in an input stage of a packet processing pipeline so that it recognizes and has access to internal information regarding the different services, such as conduit, intranet, Internet, local vs WAN, applications, and security zones, of a communication network, such as an adaptive private network (APN). The integrated firewall is able to dynamically access the service type, respond to the service type, and adjust the service type based on conditions in the network. Since application awareness and security functions are integrated, customers can set security policies on software applications. The integrated firewall also provides automatic detection of applications, classifies applications based on domain names, steers traffic to services according to software applications, reports on software applications in passthrough traffic, and provides analysis of traffic that does not match a software application so that a user can investigate and define custom applications.
US10972430B2
At a network device configured to control access to a network, a client device authentication request is received from a client device. The request includes identity credentials and a temporary media access control (MAC) address of the client device. The client device is successfully authenticated based on the identity credentials. After authentication, a new MAC address is established in the client device. A data frame is received from at the network device. It is determined whether the client device is using the new MAC address based on the received data frame. If it is determined that the client device is using the new MAC address, the client device is permitted access the network.
US10972429B2
A method may include receiving an outbound communication directed to one or more recipient addresses from a communications infrastructure hosting the true address for the user. A server or similar intermediary may generate an alias address for each recipient address in an outbound communication so that each recipient may communicate with the true address using a unique reply channel. A discrete security state may be assigned as a security attribute to each such alias address. The discrete security state, which can be controlled by the user and stored, e.g., at the intermediate server, establishes rules for controlling communications from one of the recipient addresses through the communications infrastructure to the true address via one of the alias addresses. Once an alias and a security state are assigned in this manner to facilitate handling of responsive communications, the outbound communication may be forwarded to recipient addresses through the communication network.
US10972427B1
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, embodiments that include obtaining a first data pool of different types of data. The different types of data include a first group of IPv4 addresses. Further embodiments include selecting a first portion of the first group of IPv4 addresses using artificial intelligence techniques and storing the first portion of the first group of IPv4 addresses in a first table of IPv4 addresses. Additional embodiments can include assigning a first IPv4 address in the first table to a first computing device in response to determining the first IPv4 address in the first table is not currently being used. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10972416B2
Systems, devices, and techniques described herein are directed to network based personal number blocking. In particular, the systems, devices, and techniques can be implemented in networks including user equipment (UE) associated with native numbers and alias numbers, and can include blocking native numbers or alias numbers. Further, users can access a user profile or an application via a UE to assign personal number blocking (PNB) preferences to the various native numbers and alias numbers. Indications of such PNB can be transmitted from a UE to a network device to update a user profile in a central repository or database. If a user activates another UE or otherwise associates additional native numbers or alias numbers, the PNB can be seamlessly applied to the new device or numbers.
US10972413B2
The present inventions relate systems and methods for monitoring and managing electronic messages in one or more computer networks. More particularly, the systems and methods of the present invention provide a substantially global or unified approach to messaging management within one or more computer networks that allows network administrators or other authorized users to define and identify electronic messages of interest within the network and store selected messages such that they can be retrieved and examined in connection with an audit or other inquiry.
US10972412B2
A system, comprising: at least one hardware processor; at least one executable software module that, when executed by the hardware processor, performs operations comprising: detecting a first event associated with a contact; in response to detecting the first event: collecting environment data associated with the first event; selecting a first of a plurality of actions based at least in part on the environment data; and performing the first action.
US10972401B1
A marine propulsion system includes a first controller area network (CAN) bus communicatively connecting two or more devices to facilitate communication of CAN messages therebetween. The system further includes a helm controller (HCM) associated with the propulsion device and having an HCM CAN transceiver to facilitate receipt and transmission of CAN messages by the HCM on the first CAN bus. The HCM is configured to receive a silence CAN message via the first CAN bus and then determine whether the silence CAN message is directed to itself. If so, then the HCM will cease transmitting any CAN message on the first CAN bus and/or cease CAN-related diagnostics in response to the silence CAN message so as to reduce traffic on the CAN bus.
US10972389B2
A method, computer system, and computer program product for selecting a next-hop component for a packet from a group in a service function chain (SFC) enabled domain. The method may include receiving a request for selecting a next-hop component for a packet from a group in an SFC-enabled domain. The method may include collecting a delay measurement for packets of each of the plurality of components from a measurement agent in the SFC-enabled domain. The method may include selecting at least one component from the plurality of components based on the delay measurement for packets of each of the plurality of components. The method may include returning an indicator indicating at least one component.
US10972386B2
Techniques are disclosed for scalable virtualization of tenants and subtenants on a virtualized computing infrastructure. In one example, a first controller for the virtualized computing infrastructure configures underlay network segments in the virtualized computing infrastructure by configuring respective Virtual Extensible Local Area Network (VXLAN) segments of a plurality of VXLAN segments of a VXLAN in a switch fabric comprising network switches. Each VXLAN segment provides underlay network connectivity among a different subset of host computing devices of the virtualized computing infrastructure to enable orchestration of multiple tenants in the VXLAN. A second controller for a first subset of the host computing devices has underlay network connectivity through operation of a first VXLAN segment. The second controller configures overlay networks in the first subset of the host computing devices to enable orchestration of multiple subtenants in the first subset of the host computing devices.
US10972383B2
A method for managing traffic in a network. The method includes receiving an overlay frame comprising a header portion and obtaining, from the header portion, a first label and a second label. The method further includes generating an expanded label comprising the first label and the second label, making a first determination that an overlay network table comprises an entry for the expanded label, and based on the first determination, processing the overlay frame using the entry.
US10972381B2
In one embodiment, in-band operations data (e.g., In-situ Operations, Administration, Maintenance and/or other operations data) is added to Seamless Bidirectional Forwarding (S-BFD) packets. In one embodiment, a S-BFD packet received by a node includes a BFD discriminator and operations data. Reactive processing is identified based on the BFD discriminator. The S-BFD packet and the operations data (e.g., in an operations data field in a header of the received S-BFD packet, in an IOAM Type-Length-Value (TLV), etc.) is processed according to the identified reactive function. Examples of these reactive actions include, but are not limited to, determining a result based on processing of said particular operations data by the local node or a remote analytics server, and sending a response packet including unprocessed and/or a result of the processed operations data (e.g., performance, loss, jitter, an indication of compliance with a service level agreement, and/or another data measurement or result).
US10972379B2
Embodiments herein disclose methods for selecting one or more paths for routing application traffic based on application performance metrics for hosted applications. In an embodiment, to select the best path, the available paths can be monitored to understand the performance of specific applications through those paths. Subsequently, the performance data is used to derive an application link score (ALS) for any given combination of application and path. The ALS is then be used to determine the best path for a given application.
US10972371B2
Technologies for monitoring network traffic include a computing device that monitors network traffic at a graphics processing unit (GPU) of the computing device. The computing device manages computing resources of the computing device based on results of the monitored network traffic. The computing resources may include one or more virtual machines to process network traffic that is to be monitored at the GPU the computing device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10972369B1
Describe herein are techniques for providing cloud-based discovery. For example, a device may be configured to provide device registration and de-registration notifications to a cloud-based discovery service. The cloud-based discovery service may be configured to respond to discovery request by identifying registered devices that meet the criteria of the discovery request. The cloud-based discovery service may also be configured to provide endpoint information associated with registered devices in response to the discovery request, such that a device is able to utilize the endpoint information to connect with one or more of the registered devices.
US10972361B2
An information handling system for managing equipment in a datacenter includes a display, a wireless communication interface, and an imaging system configured to capture image data from within a field of view of the imaging system. The information handling system shows the image data on the display, and provides an augmented reality overlay on the display over the image data. The augmented reality overlay locates an element of datacenter equipment that needs to be serviced. The information handling system further determines that the element is within the field of view, establishes a wireless communication link with the element via the wireless communication interface in response to determining that the element is within the field of view, and receives an instruction to service the element from a remote service system in response to establishing the wireless communication link.
US10972343B2
A configurable device for use in a solution architecture includes computing resources. The configurable device further includes a computing resources state manager. The computing resources state manager obtains an out-of-band modification to the computing resources. The computing resources state manager, in response to obtaining the out-of-band modification, generates an out-of-band configuration based on the out-of-band modification. The computing resources state manager further, in response to obtaining the out-of-band modification, updates restoration information for the computing resources based on the out-of-band configuration.
US10972341B2
Systems and methods for stretching a subnet that do not require level 2 (L2) communications to be handled are provided. A user may gradually migrate VMs or applications instead of migrating an entire subnet at one time, may fail-over specific VMs without failing-over an entire subnet or renumbering IP addresses, may deploy applications to the cloud without the need to create a VPN, or may enable hybrid network connectivity without modifying routes or (re)configuring edge routers, among other benefits. The domains over which the subnet are stretched include a virtual gateway which is associated with the layer-3 (L3) addresses of the other domains. L3 communications within the domain are routed within that domain, and L3 communications within the subnet in another domain are intercepted by the local gateway, are passed to the remote gateway of the other domain, and are forwarded to the destination while leveraging L3 communications.
US10972339B2
A CPE device may include a plurality of CPE modules implemented in hardware. The plurality of CPE modules may include a first module and a second module. The first module and the second module may be arrangeable in a stacked configuration. The first module may include a first interconnection interface component disposed on a top surface of the first module. The second module may include a second interconnection interface component disposed on a bottom surface of the second module. The second interconnection interface component may be configured to complementarily couple to the first interconnection interface component when the first module and the second module are arranged in the stacked configuration.
US10972333B2
A method of real-time processing of network events, wherein an event comprises a plurality of attributes. The method comprises maintaining counters, including counters indicating numbers of occurrences and co-occurrences of instances of specific attributes of received network events, maintaining a record of instances of specific attributes of recent events, receiving a first event, increasing respective counters based on the instances of attributes of the first event. The method further comprises calculating relation measure scores between a first instance of the first attribute of the first event and instances of the first attribute of events recently received. The relation measure score depends on a number of co-occurrences in which the first instance of the first attribute and a second instance of the first attribute were received within the measurement window, the total number of occurrences of the first instance and the total number of occurrences of the second instance. The method also comprises identifying a group of events as related based on their relation measure scores and creating incident information based on the identified group of events.
US10972325B2
Disclosed is a technique related to a method and apparatus for generating a preamble and a data frame for wireless communication, and to a synchronization estimation method using the preamble. According to the technique, a method for generating a frame for wireless communication is disclosed, wherein the method comprises: a step of generating a modified sequence using a first base sequence for synchronization estimation; and a step of allocating the first base sequence and the modified sequence to the frequency domain of a first timeslot to generate a preamble. The modified sequence includes a complex conjugated sequence of the first base sequence or a sequence having a code different from that of the first base sequence.
US10972320B2
This application provides a reference signal communication method and communication apparatus. The method includes determining a resource block offset of a frequency domain position of a phase tracking reference signal (PTRS) based on a frequency domain density of the PTRS, an identifier of a terminal device, and a first bandwidth, in accordance with a ratio of the first bandwidth to the frequency domain density of the PTRS being a non-integer. The first bandwidth is a bandwidth scheduled by a network device for the terminal device. The method further includes sending or receiving the PTRS based on the resource block offset of the frequency domain position of the PTRS.
US10972318B2
A data stream processing device includes a plurality of data providing units, a plurality of processing units, and control circuitry. The data providing units are configured to output data values received via a plurality of data inputs, respectively. The processing units are configured to generate data outputs based on the data values, respectively. The control circuitry includes a mode selection input and is configured to simultaneously provide data values of different data streams to the data inputs of the data providing units, respectively, in response to the mode selection input receiving a signal indicating a first mode, and simultaneously provide a plurality of successive groups of data values of one of the data streams to the data inputs of the data providing units, respectively, in response to the mode selection input not receiving the signal indicating the first mode.
US10972315B2
A signal estimator for an OFDM radio receiver is configured to generate a signal power estimate for a reference signal received on a subcarrier from a plurality of OFDM subcarriers. The signal estimator generates a first channel estimate as a first function of a first set of one or more unfiltered reference-signal channel estimates, where the first set includes an unfiltered reference-signal channel estimate. It generates a second channel estimate as a second function of a second set of one or more unfiltered reference-signal channel estimates, where the second set has no unfiltered reference-signal channel estimate in common with the first set. The signal estimator then generates the signal power estimate by multiplying the first channel estimate with the second channel estimate, such that the generated signal power estimate does not increase with the absolute square of any of the unfiltered reference-signal channel estimates in the first and second sets.
US10972306B2
A building management system includes a building system interface (24) configured to access a building system (20); an event service module (26) configured to access event data in the building system through the building system interface (24); a knowledge base (12) providing a model of the building system, the model including semantic descriptions of the event data, the semantic descriptions of the event data being arranged in an ontology; a semantic service module (30) in communication with the knowledge base (12); and a user interface (14) in communication with the semantic service module (30) and the event service module (26), the user interface (14) generating a user request to create an event filter having a filter criterion and report event data matching the filter criterion.
US10972297B2
Aspects of the disclosure relate to implementing and using a data processing system with a machine learning engine to provide automated collaboration assistance functions. A computing platform may receive, from a teleconference hosting computer system, a content stream associated with a teleconference. Responsive to receiving the content stream associated with the teleconference, the computing platform may generate, based on a machine learning dataset, real-time transcript data comprising a real-time textual transcript of the teleconference. The computing platform may receive a request for a summary of the teleconference. Responsive to receiving the request for the summary of the teleconference, the computing platform may generate, based on the real-time transcript data comprising the real-time textual transcript of the teleconference, a summary report of the teleconference. Based on generating the summary report of the teleconference, the computing platform may send the summary report of the teleconference to one or more recipient devices.
US10972294B2
Techniques for allowing access based online charging in cases of multiple user agents (multi-UAs) scenarios where the instances are registered to different telephony application servers (TASs) are discussed herein. For example, a user device may support a native number and multiple virtual numbers linked via a user account. When servicing a call, the user device may determine a served number to service the call from. If the served number is not the native number but a virtual number, the native-line server may handle the call session, but the online charging session will be handled by the virtual-line server. The native-line server may use session initiation protocol (SIP) information to send updated information for charging parameters to the virtual-line server including network access transfer for accuracy in online charging logic.
US10972290B2
In embodiments, an authentication server interfaces between a user device with a self-signed certificate and a verifying computer that accepts a user name and password. The user device generates a self-signed certificate signed by a private key on the user device. The self-signed certificate is transmitted to a verifying party computer over a network. The verifying party stores the self-signed certificate with user identification data, including at least one of a user name, user address, user email, user phone number, user tax identification (ID), user social security number and user financial account number. In subsequent communications, the verifying party receives a certificate chain including the self-signed certificate, and matches that with the user identification data stored in a database.
US10972288B2
A request to add tags (e.g., labels, key-value pairs, or metadata) to resources can be digitally signed by the entity making the request, such that the source can be verified and an authorization determination made for each tag. For a request involving multiple services (or entities) that can each add tags, any tag added by a service can be included in the request and digitally signed by that service. Each service processing the request can also digitally sign the request before forwarding, so that each service signs a version of the request, which includes elements signed by other services earlier in the request chain. When the request is received to a tagging service, the service ensures that every tag was digitally signed by the appropriate authorized entity or service, and validates the signatures to ensure that no data was modified or omitted, before adding the tags to the designated resource(s).
US10972287B2
A method for tracking multiple classes of records in a single blockchain is disclosed, the method comprising: by the administrative node computer, receiving, from a first node computer, a request for a class identifier for a certain class, the request including an address identifier associated with the first node computer; generating the class identifier; creating an association between the class identifier and the address identifier; receiving a data element from the first node computer, the data element including the address identifier, the class identifier, and record update information; verifying that the class identifier is associated with the address identifier; verifying that the record update information is permitted according to the class identifier; and creating, a block for a blockchain, the block including the data element. Class identifiers can used for each record entry to distinguish between classes within the blockchain.
US10972285B2
In a distributed system, data is shared between three or more electronic devices. The first device generates and signs an object that includes the data. A second device receives the signed object and determines whether the signed object is valid. If valid, the second device will generate a validated signed object and send it to a third device. The third device will validate the object by determining whether the object includes valid signatures of both the first and second devices.
US10972282B2
A blockchain of transactions may be used for various purposes and may be later accessed by interested parties for ledger verification. One example method of operation may include one or more of monitoring one or more applications to identify application events, identifying one or more application events, determining a hash of a log message payload associated with the application events and logging the hash of the log message payload in a blockchain.
US10972273B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for securing authorization tokens using client instance specific secrets. Tokens are valid for service requests only if time constraints and additional security constraints are met by additional information stored in the token in hashed form. A required comparison of a timestamp in a client service request header to the current server time limits the useful token life, e.g., to a few minutes. The service request header also includes data generated based on a secret previously assigned to a specific client instance. The secret may be generated by the server according to a public/private key scheme and sent to a particular client instance only once, e.g., during initial device registration. The secret may be omitted from service requests for public information. Service request headers may include device identifiers, so that service requests from known rogue clients may be ignored.
US10972254B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for using first and second nodes in a network-connected interactive environment. User content is obtained via a client computing device and rendered onto the first and second node such that secondary content thereof is stored onto other media. This facilitates regeneration and other orderly migration of a particular node transplanted to another environment.
US10972253B2
A virtual enigma cipher system is described herein that allows for symmetric encryption and decryption of data. During encryption, a plurality of wheels representing sequences of data are used to encrypt a message. The plurality of wheels includes at least one dynamic wheel, which is generated based on a password, and a plurality of static wheels. During encryption, the unencrypted message is iterated from beginning to end. During each step of iteration, the encrypted payload value for a particular position is determined by performing an exclusive or (XOR) operation between the value of the unencrypted message at the position, and the values of the wheels at their respective wheel pointer positions. The particular position is then incremented, as are the wheel pointer positions, and iteration continues until the entire unencrypted message has been encrypted as part of the encrypted payload. Padding data and the message length are appended to the encrypted payload. During decryption, the steps are reversed.
US10972249B1
A system and method for data sampler drift compensation in a SerDes receiver. Off-data values are received at a drift compensation engine from a plurality of data value selectors coupled to one of a plurality of data sampler pairs of a speculative Decision Feedback Equalizer (DFE) of a SerDes receiver. A drift compensation value for each of the data samplers is generated by the drift compensation engine based upon the off-data values received from each of the plurality of data value selectors and, a sampling level of each of the data samplers of the plurality of data sampler pairs of the DFE is adjusted based upon the drift compensation value from the drift compensation engine.
US10972239B2
According to one embodiment of the present specification, a method for determining a beam to be used by a terminal for communication in an mmWave communication system can be provided. Here, the method for determining a beam to be used by a terminal for communication may comprise the steps of: receiving a CSI-RS from a base station; reporting a preferred primary beam to the base station on the basis of the received CSI-RS; receiving secondary beam information from the base station on the basis of the preferred primary beam; reporting a preferred secondary beam from among the secondary beam information to the base station; and receiving a setting of a CSI-RS resource from the base station on the basis of the preferred secondary beam. Here, the secondary beam information may include the preferred primary beam and at least one secondary beam to which QCL is applied.
US10972235B2
Methods, systems, and devices for offloading traffic flows without service disruption are disclosed herein. User equipment (UE) is configured to receive an indication that a current packet data network (PDN) connection can be optimized. The current PDN connection is established over a first PDN gateway (PGW). The UE requests connection over a new PDN connection to a same type of service as the current PDN connection without releasing the connection over the first PGW. The UE routes new traffic flows over a second PGW corresponding to the new PDN connection and routes old traffic flows over the first PGW.
US10972234B2
A network node device includes a radio transceiver configured to receive a data sequence from a plurality of user equipments (UEs) over first and second sets of resource elements, wherein the first set of resource elements is mapped non-orthogonally and the second set is mapped orthogonally. The network node device further comprises a processor configured to determine channel vectors based at least in part on the data sequence received over the first set of resource elements or over the second set of resource elements, and to utilize the data sequence as received over the second set of resource elements to associate the determined channel vectors with each of the plurality of UEs.
US10972228B2
A base station device including: a transmitter configured to transmit a transport block that includes a plurality of code block groups; and a receiver configured to receive a confirmation signal which indicates that one or more code block groups of the plurality of code block groups has not been successfully received, wherein the transmitter transmits a control signal when the receiver receives the confirmation signal, and the control signal comprises first information that indicates the one or more code block groups to be retransmitted and second information that indicates data is combined with the one or more code block groups being retransmitted and earlier received one or more code block groups stored in a buffer.
US10972215B2
A communication system in which probabilistic signal shaping and FEC coding are jointly applied in a manner that enables the use of substantially any constellation template, e.g., a template in which the constellation symbols include a constellation symbol of zero amplitude and/or are arranged in an asymmetric manner. In an example embodiment, the transmitter's electronic encoder can be configured to apply two different respective shaping codes to the information bits and to the corresponding parity bits. The resulting shaped streams can then be appropriately multiplexed and transmitted over the optical communication channel to realize a significant shaping gain. Advantageously, the constellation template(s), two distribution matchers, and FEC code can be flexibly selected and/or adapted to achieve nearly optimal system operation under substantially arbitrary (e.g., arbitrarily bad) channel conditions.
US10972210B2
In a transmission scheme wherein multi-slot packet transmissions to a remote station can be terminated by an acknowledgment signal from the remote station, code symbols can be efficiently packed over the multi-slot packet so that the remote station can easily decode the data payload of the multi-slot packet by decoding only a portion of the multi-slot packet. Hence, the remote station can signal for the early termination of the multi-slot packet transmission, which thereby increases the data throughput of the system.
US10972196B1
A first communication device generates and transmits a first trigger frame. One or more trigger type information fields of the first trigger frame are set to a first one or more respective values that indicates the first trigger frame is for: i) a multi-user (MU) ranging measurement procedure, and ii) causing multiple second communication devices to simultaneously transmit first null data packets (NDPs) as part of a first MU transmission associated with the MU ranging measurement procedure. The first communication device generates and transmits a second trigger frame. One or more trigger type information fields of the second trigger frame are set to a second one or more respective values that indicates the second trigger frame is for i) an MU ranging measurement procedure, and ii) causing the multiple second communication devices to simultaneously transmit feedback packets to the first communication device as part of a second MU transmission associated with the MU ranging measurement procedure.
US10972185B2
An active optical cable (AOC) is disclosed. According to the present disclosure, an AOC, when connected to a network equipment, generates, changes or deletes and then transmits new information necessary for the a network equipment to recognize and operate the AOC itself, and thereby enabling a data center provided with the AOC and the network equipment to perform data communication smoothly without failure.
US10972174B2
A digital repeater system for repeating RF signals comprises: a receiving section for receiving an RF input signal, the RF input signal comprising at least one frequency band including a multiplicity of subbands associated with a multiplicity of communication channels; and at least one transmitting section for transmitting the RF output signal. The receiving section is constituted to digitize the RF input signal to obtain a digital input signal and to isolate, within the digital input signal, the multiplicity of subbands from each other to obtain a multiplicity of digital subband signals. The at least one transmitting section is constituted to combine the digital subband signals to obtain a digital output signal and to convert the digital output signal to an RF output signal. In addition, the receiving section comprises a power profile estimation unit for determining a power estimate for each digital subband signal associated with the multiplicity of subbands and a muting device for muting a digital subband signal of a particular subband based on the power estimate. In this way a digital repeater system for repeating RF signals is provided which allows for a detection of unused portions of a frequency band in order to improve the performance of the overall system.
US10972173B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a wireless communication device constituting a wireless mesh network that transmits information through multi-hop communication comprises a communication section configured to transmit a message addressed to a wireless communication device different from its own wireless communication device through broadcast communication on a first frequency channel; and a control section configured to change a communication channel of the communication section from the first frequency channel to a second frequency channel for communication of a response signal responding to the message after the message is transmitted by the communication section.
US10972169B2
The method for feedback of channel quality information in a wireless communication system, according to one embodiment of the present invention, is performed by a terminal and comprises the steps of: receiving feedback configuration information, including information on disjoint segmentation indicating the indexes of channel or beam quality-related parameters for broadcast or multicast services, from a base station; and according to the information on disjoint segmentation in the feedback configuration information, encoding the index of a channel or beam quality-related parameter to be reported and transmitting same to the base station, wherein the disjoint segmentation includes multiple subsets which do not overlap and which have different lengths, and the index of the channel or beam quality-related parameter, which is transmitted to the base station, may indicate a predetermined value in one subset among the multiple subsets.
US10972166B2
The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a method comprises: transmitting the number of antenna panels equipped at a user equipment (UE), transmitting the number of panel groups (PGs), transmitting PG information indicating which antenna panel is grouped into which PG, transmitting the number of coherent PGs (CPGs), and transmitting CPG information indicating which PG is grouped into which CPG.
US10972164B2
A method, provided by the present disclosure, of transmitting a reference signal by means of a base station in a wireless communication system using a plurality of antenna ports comprises the steps of: mapping wireless resources, for transmitting a reference signal, to a plurality of antenna ports for transmitting the reference signal; and using the wireless resources and transmitting the reference signal to a terminal through the mapped antenna ports. The step of mapping to the antenna ports is characterized by being executed on the basis of a combination of a first mapping pattern between the wireless resources and the antenna ports and a second mapping pattern between the wireless resources and the antenna ports.
US10972151B2
Radio-frequency transmission and reception circuitry is adapted for use with a high-quality-factor antenna. On the transmission side, control circuitry is provided to maintain resonance at the transmission frequency. On the reception side, multiple receive paths are independently controllable for temporal and amplitude alignment.
US10972145B1
A communication device has a controller that selects one of a second antenna and at least one alternate second antenna for concurrent transmission with a first antenna. The controller monitors concurrent communication activity of the first and the second transmitter. Based on the concurrent communication activity, the controller identifies respective transmit power limits associated with intermodulation distortion (IMD) for the first antenna transmitting at the first transmit frequency and one of the second antenna and the at least one alternate second antenna transmitting at the second transmit frequency and having respective antenna isolation levels to the first antenna. The controller identifies, available total radiated power (TRP), respectively, for the second antenna and the at least one alternate second antenna and connects the second transmitter to one of the second antenna and the at least one alternate second antenna having the highest available TRP to optimize communication performance.
US10972143B2
An information processing device is an information processing device (a DCM or a processing device) that is provided in a vehicle mounted with communication equipment or is provided in an external device (a center server) configured to perform communication with the communication equipment, and includes a storage unit configured to store association information in which equipment identification information unique to a DCM and vehicle identification information unique to an authorized vehicle mounted with the DCM are associated. With this configuration, it is possible to determine whether or not the DCM is mounted in an authorized vehicle using the stored association information, for example, by comparing the vehicle identification information of the authorized vehicle associated with the equipment identification information unique to the DCM with received vehicle identification information. For this reason, it is possible to specify the authorized vehicle mounted with the DCM.
US10972141B2
A method for estimating arrival time based on noise cancellation includes transmitting, with a transmit terminal, an ultra-wideband pulse sequence; performing power sampling on a received ultra-wideband signal; averaging a power sampling sequence; carrying out a calculation to obtain a noise mean vector; using a sum-of-rank method to obtain a rank of a power mean column vector; setting a decision threshold; and performing time-of-arrival (TOA) estimation.
US10972139B1
Examples described herein include methods, devices, and systems which may compensate input data for nonlinear power amplifier noise to generate compensated input data. In compensating the noise, during an uplink transmission time interval (TTI), a switch path is activated to provide amplified input data to a receiver stage including a recurrent neural network (RNN). The RNN may calculate an error representative of the noise based partly on the input signal to be transmitted and a feedback signal to generate filter coefficient data associated with the power amplifier noise. The feedback signal is provided, after processing through the receiver, to the RNN. During an uplink TTI, the amplified input data may also be transmitted as the RF wireless transmission via an RF antenna. During a downlink TTI, the switch path may be deactivated and the receiver stage may receive an additional RF wireless transmission to be processed in the receiver stage.
US10972136B2
The embodiments of the application provides a polar code rate matching method and apparatus. The method includes: obtaining, by a communications device, to-be-encoded information; determining, by the communications device, a to-be-used rate matching manner based on the code rate, a code rate threshold, a target code length, and a target code length threshold, where the rate matching manner is a puncturing manner or a shortening manner; and rate matching, by the communications device based on the determined rate matching manner, a polar code of the to-be-encoded information.
US10972135B2
An apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving a Forward Error Correction (FEC) packet in a mobile communication system are provided. In the FEC packet transmission method, an FEC packet transmission apparatus transmits an FEC delivery block to an FEC packet reception apparatus. The FEC delivery block includes N payloads. Each of the N payloads includes a payload header. Each payload header included in each of C payloads among the N payloads includes packet oriented header information and an FEC delivery block oriented header information fragment. The packet oriented header information is applied to a related payload, and the FEC delivery block oriented header information fragment is generated by fragmenting FEC delivery block oriented header information applied to the N payloads.
US10972129B2
A check node update processor of the low density parity check (LDPC) code decoder includes: an approximate first minimum (AFM) condition check unit which checks whether a predetermined specific condition is satisfied, and a check node determining unit which sets an approximate minimum value as a size of an entire check node output when it is determined that the specific condition is satisfied as a checking result in the AFM condition check unit and calculates a first minimum value as a true minimum value and sets a second minimum value as an approximate minimum value when it is determined that the specific condition is not satisfied to determine a size of the check node output.
US10972128B2
The present technology relates to a data processing device and a data processing method so that an LDPC code with a good bit error rate is provided. An LDPC encoder encodes by an LDPC code whose code length is 16200 bits and code rate is 8/15. The LDPC code includes information bits and parity bits. A parity check matrix H includes an information matrix part corresponding to the information bits of the LDPC code and a parity matrix part corresponding to the parity bits. The information matrix part of the parity check matrix H is represented by a parity check matrix initial value table that indicates a position of an element 1 of the information matrix part for each 360 columns. The present technology is applicable to a case in which LDPC encoding and LDPC decoding are performed.
US10972124B2
A decoding device is used to securely send corresponding data gathered from multiple underground sources to multiple users. The device comprises a signal receiving port connected to multiple bandwidth filters and further connected to internet access points that are assigned to end users for secure data access. The invention facilitates allowing the signal and data being transmitted through the formation of the earth to reach end users located nearby and significant distances away from the source of the transmission. A system and method utilizing the decoding device is provided.
US10972120B1
A method for operating an ADC includes storing a sampled input charge on a capacitance of a sample-and-hold circuit including a DAC. The sampled input charge is stored using a first reference signal coupled to the DAC and a second signal. The sampled input charge has a value based on a first digital code. The method includes converting a second digital code to an analog signal on the first node using the DAC, the sampled input charge, and the first reference signal. The second digital code is one least-significant bit different from the first digital code. The method includes generating a monotonicity indicator indicating whether an output analog signal of the DAC is monotonic in response to a transition of a digital input of the DAC from the first digital code to the second digital code based on a comparison of the analog signal to the second signal.
US10972119B1
An analog-to-digital converter (ADC) including input circuitry to receive an input analog signal having an analog signal level. Sampling circuitry couples to the input circuitry and includes first and second capacitor circuits to sample the received input analog signal. The first and second capacitor circuits exhibit a relative charge imbalance as a result of the sampling that corresponds to the analog signal level. Regulated charge sharing circuitry regulates charge sharing transfers during multiple charge sharing transfer sequences with the first and second capacitor circuits. A digital output generates multiple bit values based on the charge sharing transfer sequences.
US10972118B1
A successive-approximation ADC includes an input capacitance coupled to a first node and configured to store a sampled input charge based on an input analog signal during a first phase of an analog-to-digital conversion. A gain tuning capacitance configured to store a first portion of the sampled input charge during a second phase of the analog-to-digital conversion. A charge-redistribution DAC includes a conversion capacitance configured to store a second portion of the sampled input charge during the second phase and configured to use the second portion, a remaining portion of the sampled input charge, and a reference voltage to provide an analog signal on the first node corresponding to a digital output code approximating the input analog signal at an end of the third phase. The gain tuning capacitance sequesters the first portion of the sampled input charge from the charge-redistribution DAC during the third phase.
US10972114B1
Repetitive waveforms are processed to produce an averaged replica of the waveforms by first determining a stream of digital samples, with random time shifts of waveform starts relative to the samples. A mutual arrangement of a trigger signal and a following sample over a succession of sampling periods, enables k sections coinciding with segments [k·T/K, (k+1)·T/K]. K is determined and a distance D between the trigger signal and the following sample is calculated. Second, values of the samples are transformed so that waveforms represented by the samples, are shifted in time by D in relation to the sample positions. The mutual positions of the delayed waveforms and the sampling clock along multiple axes, exactly repeats so that values of the produced samples along the axes coincide. The discreet time delays before averaging avoid frequency component distortions in resulting replicas of the waveforms.
US10972113B1
Systems with object detection capabilities may include a radio detection and ranging (RADAR) system. The RADAR system or other portions of the systems may include analog-to-digital converter circuitry. The analog-to-digital converter circuitry may be implemented as pipeline analog-to-digital converter circuitry having multiple stages. Each stage may include multiplying digital-to-analog converter circuitry having a sampling network and amplifier circuitry. The amplifier circuitry may be shared be shared between multiple stages. The amplifier circuitry may include cascodes for switching between different input pairs from corresponding sampling networks in corresponding stages. The amplifier circuitry may generate amplifier outputs for a first sampling network while the other sampling network performs sampling operations. This may minimize non-amplification time for the amplifier circuitry reduce power consumption in the converter circuitry. The amplifier circuitry may also include shorting switches that bring the amplifier output to a common mode voltage to more improve output slew characteristics.
US10972112B1
Embodiments described herein relate to a 50%-duty-cycle consecutive integer frequency divider and a phase-locked loop circuit having the frequency divider. The frequency divider includes a consecutive integer frequency divider module having a non-50%-duty-cycle, wherein the module receives a clock signal CLK and an input control signal CB and outputs a consecutive frequency division clock signal CLK1 comprising a non-50% duty cycle; a D flip-flop module for receiving the clock signal CLK and the consecutive frequency division clock signal CLK1 and outputting at least one clock signal CLKx; and a logic OR gate module for receiving the consecutive frequency division clock signal CLK1 and the at least one clock signal CLKx, and outputting an output clock signal CLKout comprising a 50% duty cycle.
US10972099B2
A capacitive touch system including a drive end, a capacitive touch sensing device and a detection end is provided. The drive end inputs a modulated drive signal into an input channel of the capacitive sensing device, wherein the modulated drive signal includes a plurality of driving frequencies. The detection end detects a detection signal of an output channel of the capacitive sensing device and generates a two-dimensional detection vector corresponding to each of the driving frequencies. The capacitive touch system includes a touch panel or a touch keyboard.
US10972096B2
An electronic switch that includes a signal path with a first terminal side of the signal path including cascoded transistors in the signal path. When the switch is in an off state, the gate of one of the cascoded transistors is biased at an intermediate voltage different from the voltage applied to the gate of the other of the cascoded transistors. In one embodiment, having the gate of one of the cascoded transistors biased at an intermediate voltage in an off state may reduce leakage current into a signal terminal of the switch. The electronic switch includes an injection shunting device (e.g. such as a transistor) connected to a node of the signal path. In one embodiment, the injection shunting device prevents the voltage of the node from reaching a specific voltage level due to leakage current when the switch is in an off state.
US10972089B2
A semiconductor device includes a power semiconductor switching element including a characteristic test terminal, and a control circuit configured to control an operation of the power semiconductor switching element. The power semiconductor switching element and the control circuit are formed in a same chip. The control circuit includes a gate voltage generation circuit configured to generate a current limit gate voltage for restricting an overcurrent flowing in the power semiconductor switching element in a desired range when an abnormality occurs, based on a characteristic of the power semiconductor switching element which is measured in advance by applying a voltage to the characteristic test terminal.
US10972088B1
This disclosure is directed to circuits and techniques for detecting or responding to temperature of a power switch based on paired measurements of current and voltage. A driver circuit for a power switch may be configured to perform a current measurement and a voltage measurement associated with a temperature-dependent circuit element and control the power switch based at least in part on the current measurement and the voltage measurement. In some examples, the current and voltage measurements may be used to determine the temperature of the power switch.
US10972084B1
A circuit for transferring a n-bit phase value between circuits includes a system clock input, a n-bit phase value generator coupled to the system clock input generating a phase value output, and an edge output indicating the phase output value is valid, a latching clock delay circuit having an input coupled to the system clock input, an input coupled to the edge output, a variable phase delay circuit coupled to the phase value output, a delay adder having a first input coupled to the phase value output, a second input coupled to a delay offset signal, and an output coupled to the control input of the variable phase delay circuit, and a phase flip-flop having a data input coupled to the output of the variable phase delay circuit, a clock input coupled to a latching clock output of the variable output clock delay circuit and a Phase Out output.
US10972074B2
The disclosure relates to solid state relay circuit for switching an electrical load. The solid state relay circuit may include a relay transistor; and a driver circuit comprising a constant current source. The driver circuit is configured and arranged to switchably operate the relay transistor, and the relay transistor is configured and arranged to switchably operate the electrical load.
US10972065B2
Some embodiments of the invention are directed to enabling a user to easily identify the frequency range(s) at which sound masking occurs, and addressing the masking, if desired. In this respect, the extent to which a first stem is masked by one or more second stems in a frequency range may depend not only on the absolute value of the energy of the second stem(s) in the frequency range, but also on the relative energy of the first stem with respect to the second stem(s) in the frequency range. Accordingly, some embodiments are directed to modeling sound masking as a function of the energy of the stem being masked and of the relative energy of the masked stem with respect to the masking stem(s) in the frequency range, such as by modeling sound masking as loudness loss, a value indicative of the reduction in loudness of a stem of interest caused by the presence of one or more other stems in a frequency range.
US10972063B2
Amplifier systems for measuring a wide range of current are provided herein. In certain embodiments, an amplifier system includes a controllable sensing circuit, a first amplifier including an output configured to drive a device under test (DUT) through the controllable sensing circuit, and a second amplifier including an input coupled to the controllable sensing circuit and operable to generate a measurement signal indicating an amount of measured current of the DUT. The amplifier system further includes a control circuit operable to control a configuration or mode of the controllable sensing circuit suitable for a particular type of DUT.
US10972058B2
In accordance with aspects of the present invention, embodiments of a photodiode circuit. A photodiode circuit according to some embodiments includes a transimpedance amplifier; a resistor coupled across the transimpedance amplifier; and an amplifier stage coupled to receive an output from the transimpedance amplifier, wherein the photodiode circuit provides dynamic range across a current range of the photodiode circuit. In some embodiments, the transimpedance amplifier includes a receive signal strength indicator that provides a DC current signal to a tail of a first amplifier stage, the tail providing a current that is adaptively related to the DC current. In some embodiments, the resistor is a shielded resistor. In some embodiments, the adaptive current sink includes a plurality of switchable parallel current sinks.
US10972055B2
Integrated Doherty power amplifiers are provided herein. In certain implementations, a Doherty power amplifier includes a carrier amplification stage that generates a carrier signal, a peaking amplification stage that generates a peaking signal, and an antenna structure that combines the carrier signal and the peaking signal. The antenna structure radiates a transmit wave in which the carrier signal and the peaking signal are combined with a phase shift.
US10972043B2
A Silver Lining solar transfer module incorporates roof solar photovoltaic cells in a cased layer sandwiched between two water-handling layers. The bottom waste heat layer contains heat transfer pipes tuned for absorbing heat from the bottom of the photovoltaic layer and to dissipate heat into cool water pumped through the transfer pipes from ground level. The top cascade layer uses a casing transparent to solar radiation at the wavelengths used by the solar photovoltaic cells and containing a cascade of relatively cool water pumped from ground level, absorbing heat from the photovoltaic layer. The Silver Lining module is installed with a vertical slant, so that water is gravity fed from the top edge to the bottom edge in the waste heat layer and cascade layer. Fire sprinklers are incorporated into the plumbing of a system of Silver Lining solar transfer modules and provide protection to the roof in fire emergencies.
US10972039B2
The invention provides a device (10) and a method for controlling an electric machine (1). The method comprises the steps of: providing (S01) a desired torque value (54) for a torque to be exerted by the electric machine (1); determining (S02) a fault signal (51) which indicates a fault state of the electric machine (1); determining (S03) a current rotor angle value (56) of the electric machine (1); determining (S04) a fault state operating point (62; 62′) on the basis of the desired torque value (54) provided, the determined fault signal (51) and the determined current rotor angle value (56); and shifting or moving (S05) an operating point, at which the electric machine (1) is operated, from a normal state operating point (61) to the determined fault state operating point (62; 62′).
US10972037B2
A motor control apparatus and method for a vehicle. A motor includes windings respectively including coils. Inverters supply electric power to one of the windings to drive the motor. Controllers control the inverters to control the operation of the motor. The windings, the inverters and the controllers are set as a plurality of power supply lines respectively including a winding, an inverter and a controller. One of the power supply lines, in which at least one of the winding, the inverter or the controller has malfunctioned, is determined as having malfunctioned. Electric power that has been supplied via the power supply line determined as having malfunctioned is controlled to supplement power of another power supply line. Redundancy is obtained in the operation of a variety of motors provided in the vehicle, and the vehicle travels reliably.
US10972033B2
A motor control device including: a power supply voltage detection unit configured to detect a power supply voltage; a rotational angular velocity detection unit configured to detect a rotational angular velocity of the motor; a command value calculation unit configured to calculate a q-axis and d-axis current command values; a gain computation unit configured to compute, based on an upper limit value of power supply current supplied from a power supply to the motor, the power supply voltage, the rotational angular velocity, the q-axis current command value, and the d-axis current command value, a limit gain reducing the power supply current to the upper limit value or lower by limiting the q-axis current command value and the d-axis current command value; and a driving circuit configured to drive the motor, based on the q-axis current command value and the d-axis current command value limited by the limit gain.
US10972027B2
A DC motor including a continuous rotation rotor; a first inductor characterized by first parameters; a second inductor characterized by second parameters; a voltage supply unit; a measurement unit for detecting time instants when a first induced voltage in the first inductor equals a second induced voltage in the second inductor; and a control unit for controlling the application of drive voltage pulses to the inductors. The rotor faces first the second inductor before facing the first inductor when being rotated. At least one of the second parameters is selected different from a corresponding parameter of the first parameters such that a maximum induced voltage in the first inductor is greater than a maximum induced voltage in the second inductor. The control unit is arranged to trigger each of the drive voltage pulses after a detection of an equal induced voltage in the first and second inductors.
US10972024B1
A motor driving device includes a PWM signal generating unit, a control unit, a driving unit, a floating point selecting unit and a BEMF detecting unit. The PWM signal generating unit generates an input PWM signal having a duty cycle according to a rotation speed command. The control unit generates a driving signal having multiple phases and an output PWM signal. The floating point selection unit selects a floating phase of the motor that is not turned off, and the BEMF detecting unit receives detects the BEMF of the floating phase during ON times or OFF times of the output PWM signal, so as to output a commutation signal in response to zero crossing events occurring in the BEMF. The control unit controls the BEMF detecting unit to detect the BEMF of the floating phase under the ON times or the OFF times of the output PWM signal.
US10972016B2
A power conversion system including a first converter configured to convert an input voltage into a plurality of discrete voltages. A second converter configured to convert the plurality of discrete voltages into a plurality of modulated voltages. Each modulated voltage of the plurality of modulated voltages comprises two voltage levels equal, respectively, to two of the discrete voltages of the plurality of discrete voltages. A selection unit configured to alternatively output each modulated voltage of the plurality of modulated voltages across a pair of output terminals.
US10972013B2
A switching power supply device includes a switching transistor, a sense resistor, a transformer, an optocoupler, and a current limiting feedback circuit. The switching transistor is controlled to be turned on and turned off. The sense resistor is configured to generate a sense voltage when the switching transistor is turned-on. The transformer includes a primary winding to which an input voltage is applied when the switching transistor is turned-on, a secondary winding is configured to supply an output voltage to a load, and an auxiliary winding that is configured to detect the output voltage. The optocoupler is configured to generate first and second optocoupler currents corresponding to the output voltage. The current limiting feedback circuit is configured to generate first, second, and third feedback currents using a voltage of the auxiliary winding, the first, second, and third feedback currents being in inverse proportion to the output voltage.
US10972005B2
A charge pump circuit that suppresses low boost efficiency is provided. The charge pump circuit 100 of the invention includes a main pump circuit CPn_M and a gate controlling pump circuit CPn_G controlling the main pump circuit CPn_M. The main pump circuit has the same basic configuration as the controlling pump circuit, which are both KER-type pump circuits. The controlling pump circuit controls the operation of a transistor of the main pump circuit after the main pump circuit is boosted, so that reverse current will not flow from the main pump circuit to the forward section of the pump circuit.
US10972003B2
The charge pump is provided, which comprises a power supply circuit and a frequency control circuit. The power supply circuit comprises at least one electric energy storage element, and charges the at least one electric energy storage element for producing a supply voltage. The frequency control circuit is coupled to the at least one electric energy storage element, and outputs an operating signal to the power supply circuit. The frequency control circuit adjusts, an operating frequency of the operating signal in according to the electricity stored in the at least one electric energy storage element for controlling charging of the at least one electric energy storage element to increase the electricity of the at least one electric energy storage element.
US10972000B2
The invention relates to a supply system for a plurality of loads connected in parallel to a direct current supply bus. The supply system includes a DC supply bus and a plurality of supply lines connected in parallel to the supply bus and supplying the said loads. The supply system includes uncoupling and damping means that is adapted to decrease the unipolar signals travelling within the supply system while the loads are being supplied. The uncoupling and damping means includes at least one inductance arranged in series in at least one of the supply lines. Protective means (are also provided for protection in the event of a fault.
US10971994B2
The application discloses an arrangement of switches for a voltage source converter cell, the voltage source converter cell having two AC terminals, wherein the arrangement of switches forms a number of parallel series circuits (branches, current paths), wherein the switches in each of the series circuits paths are being controlled by external signals to alter a conductivity status of the switches between an “ON”-state and an “OFF”-state. The external signals are generated by one or more control units, and the two AC terminals are each connected to subsets of the series circuits of the switches. The control units comprises failure detection means, the failure detection means being adapted to determine a defective switch in the series circuits by predetermined conditions. The control units are further configured to output a control signal to alter a conductivity condition of each of the switches in the series circuits in such a manner, that a short circuit between the two AC terminals is created, if one of the switches is determined as being defective according to the predetermined conditions.
US10971988B2
Described herein are latching devices where relative speed of movement between members is in part controlled or reduced via eddy current formation and in part controlled or relative motion stopped via a latch arrangement. Various embodiments are described, one being use of a conductive member; at least one magnetic field and a latch member that, prior to latching, moves independently to the at least one conductive member. A kinematic relationship exists between the conductive member and at least one magnetic field that enables the conductive member to move at a different speed relative to the magnetic field on application of an energizing force, thereby inducing an eddy current drag force by relative movement of the conductive member in the magnetic field. The eddy current drag force resulting causes movement of the conductive member causing the conductive member to engage the latch member thereby halting movement between the at least one conductive member and the at least one latch member.
US10971984B2
A linear vibration motor includes a fixed portion, a movable portion, and a suspension portion; the fixed portion further includes an outer frame, a coil set, a conductive sheet set, a connecting circuit and a terminal; the movable portion includes a bracket, a primary magnet set, at least a secondary magnet set; the suspension portion includes a pair of elastic members connected to the fixed portion and the movable portion, and provides a restoring force when the movable portion is displaced; the coil set and the primary magnet set provide a driving force to drive the movable portion to generate vibration; the conductive sheet set and the secondary magnet set provide damping when the movable portion moves.
US10971983B2
The present invention relates to the technical field of electronic products, and provides a linear vibration motor. The linear vibration motor comprises a motor housing, a stator, a vibrator, and two elastic supports for suspending the vibrator within the motor housing, for supporting the vibrator and for providing elastic restoring forces, wherein the elastic supports are located at two ends of the vibrator in a vibration direction respectively. Each of the elastic supports is made up of a plurality of elastic sheets whose one ends are fixedly connected in sequence, which are arranged side by side and which have C-shaped openings respectively. Each of the elastic supports comprises a first connection point fixedly connected to the vibrator and a second connection point fixedly connected to the inner wall of the motor housing. Therefore, the polarization phenomenon of a vibration block is reduced when the vibration feedback to a user's touch operation is realized, the noise is reduced, and the stability and the reliability of the entire linear vibration motor are improved.
US10971977B2
Provided is a stator for a rotary electric machine which can suppress the mechanical effects of thermal expansion and contraction of a fixing member for fixing a temperature detector, on a temperature detection element. The stator for a rotary electric machine includes a stator coil, a temperature detection unit including a temperature detection element, a protection member extending in a longitudinal direction to cover the temperature detection unit, and a fixing member serving as a positioning mechanism for the temperature detection unit with respect to a stator coil. The fixing member includes a clamp portion for fixing the protection member, and the clamp portion clamps the protection member at a position where the clamp portion does not overlap the temperature detection element in a longitudinal direction of the protection member.
US10971964B2
A stator for a multiphase electric motor includes a plurality of laminates stacked to form a cylindrical stator core having a plurality of longitudinal slots; a plurality of electrical conductors grouped into a plurality of discrete electrical circuits, each of the plurality of the electrical conductors forming a plurality of coils in the slots spaced about the stator core, and each of the coils having a pair of leads; a plurality of bus cables, each of the plurality of bus cables having a mechanical connection to the pluralities of coils at ends of the slots; and wherein one of the leads from each of the coils is electrically connected to one of the plurality of bus cables.
US10971960B2
A cuff support attached to an axial end surface of a stator core including an annular yoke, a plurality of teeth, and a plurality of slots formed between the teeth includes: an annular plate making contact with the yoke; a plurality of ribs projecting toward an inner peripheral side of the annular plate so as to correspond to the teeth; and a plurality of spaces formed between the ribs so as to correspond to the slots. The cuff support is made of an elastic member. The ribs are being apart from the axial end surface of the stator core from roots of the ribs toward tip ends of the ribs. When a coil is wound around the teeth and the ribs so as to pass through the slots and the spaces, the ribs are brought into pressure contact with the coil due to an elastic force.
US10971959B2
This invention relates to a stator for an axial flux electromagnetic machine, with the stator forming a ring (1) having two substantially circular faces (1a, 1b) connected by a thickness comprising windings (3) regularly distributed in the ring (1). Each winding (3) is carried by a unit portion (4) having a core (5) around which the winding (3) is wound. The unit portions (4) are arranged concentrically edge-to-edge with respect to one another and have securing means (12, 12a, 14) with a support member (6) which is part or not of a casing housing the ring (1) carried either by axial and lateral faces of each unit portion (4) edge-to-edge or by at least one upper or lower face of with each unit portion being part of a substantially circular face.
US10971955B2
Provided are an apparatus and method for performing foreign object detection in a wireless power transfer system. The present specification discloses a method comprising receiving a digital ping from the wireless power transmitter; transmitting an identification and configuration packets to the wireless power transmitter; transmitting a foreign object detection (FOD) state packet which indicates a reference Q factor of the wireless power receiver to the wireless power transmitter; and receiving wireless power through magnetic coupling from the wireless power transmitter based on the foreign object detection result of the wireless power transmitter using the reference Q factor. Irrespective of individual characteristics of a wireless power receiver, accuracy and reliability of detecting a foreign object may be improved.
US10971952B2
The present invention improves charging efficiency in a wireless power transfer device. A wireless power transfer device wirelessly transfers power by using inductive coupling to a charging target device placed in the vicinity of a charging pad. The wireless power transfer device includes an amplifier for performing power amplification, a series resonant circuit constituted by a resonant capacitor and a power transfer coil, and a foreign material detection unit for detecting a non-charging device, which is not a charging target, placed in the vicinity of the charging pad. The foreign material detection unit is constituted by a pick-up coil, bandpass filters, detector circuits and a control circuit. The foreign material detection unit detects an IC card which is the non-charging device by a signal component emitted through inductive coupling with the power transfer coil from the device placed in the vicinity of the charging pad when transferring power.
US10971949B2
A method for performing energy management for a building includes generating a stack of energy loads representative of a plurality of building energy loads. The energy loads are prioritized from highest priority energy loads to lowest priority energy loads. The prioritized energy loads are then compared to a building power threshold. The lowest priority energy loads are shed until a sum of remaining energy loads is equal to or less than the building power threshold. The remaining energy loads are serviced. The processes of prioritizing the energy loads, comparing the prioritized energy loads to a building power threshold, and shedding the lowest priority energy loads is repeated in response to changes in circumstances affecting the building.
US10971944B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a wireless charging apparatus and a method, in which a reception unit can charge even when an inner coil of the reception unit and an inner coil of a transmission unit are not positioned in parallel. An embodiment of the present invention provides a wireless charging apparatus and a method including: a transmission unit that includes a first coil that generates a magnetic field when power is applied; a reception unit that includes a second coil, and that charges a battery using induced current that is induced in the second coil when the magnetic field of the first coil is generated; a position sensing unit that measures position information for the first coil and the second coil; and a conversion unit that converts a direction of the magnetic field according to the position information for the first coil and the second coil.
US10971941B2
A charging circuit for an electrical energy storage system having electrical energy storage units. The charging circuit includes a first input and a second input for electrically connecting to an energy source, a first output and a second output, and first pole connections and second pole connections. The pole connections are connected in an electrically conductive manner to corresponding pole connections of the electrical energy storage units. In addition, the charging circuit includes first switches, second switches, and third switches.
US10971939B2
A cell balancing system includes sensing circuitry configured to sense a cell voltage of each of a plurality of cells of a battery. Cell balancing circuitry is configured to balance each of the plurality of cells in response to a respective cell balancing command for each of the plurality of cells. A comparison circuit configured to compare the sensed cell voltages for each of the plurality of cells to an adaptive threshold voltage. The comparison circuit generates a respective cell state for each of the plurality of cells to indicate a state of the respective cell voltage for each of the plurality of cells relative to the adaptive threshold voltage. A controller is configured to set the respective cell balancing command for each of the plurality of cells and to adjust the adaptive threshold voltage based on an evaluation of the cell states for the plurality of cells.
US10971935B2
A power generation system including a controller area network (CAN) bus and a first power source having a first electrical generator, a first controller connected to the CAN bus, and a first resistor. The power generation system also includes a second power source having a second electrical generator, a second controller connected to the CAN bus, a second resistor, and a user-activated switch. The user-activated switch is movable between a first position, so that the second resistor acts as a terminating resistor to signify another end of the CAN bus and a second position so that the second resistor is prevented from acting as a terminating resistor.
US10971932B2
Methods, apparatus, and systems are disclosed herein for power modulation control of power grids using end-use loads. At the beginning of a coordination period typically lasting a few minutes, a population of end-use loads (water heaters, air conditioners, plug-in electric vehicles, etc.) is interrogated for their willingness to participate in power modulation by undergoing state transitions from on to off, or off to on. Distribution system flexibilities are calculated from the sums of device powers within distribution systems. Area flexibilities are calculated from the sums of device powers within areas. Thresholds for various devices to change state in response to inter-area oscillation damping or frequency regulation are derived from these flexibilities. Two power functions are monitored in real-time and compared with the device thresholds to trigger state changes which then remain locked throughout the remainder of the coordination period, then the devices are released from the lockout state.
US10971931B2
A method tests the configuration of an aggregated DERs system using distributed asset managers in a decentralized hardware-in-the-loop (“HIL”) scheme. The managers contain the model of the asset they are meant to control. The method programs an asset manager with a model of a DERs asset. A plurality of asset managers are connected to a central controller. The plurality of asset managers are also connected to a simplified hardware-in-the-loop platform. The simplified HIL platform is configured to solve a network model, a load model, a non-controllable asset model, and a grid model. The method tests the DERs system control structure by using: (a) the simplified HIL platform to solve the network model, the load model, the non-controllable asset model, and the grid model, and (b) the asset manager to solve the model of the DERs asset, without any simulation between the central controller and the distributed asset managers.
US10971919B2
The invention relates to an electronic circuit-breaker for a load (RL) that can be connected to a low-voltage dc-voltage network, the circuit-breaker consisting of assemblies provided between input terminals and the load and said assemblies comprising a voltage monitoring unit (TVS1, R1), a current monitoring unit (Shunt, OPV), semiconductor switch units (MOSFET) and controllers (uC) associated therewith. According to the invention, a series circuit consisting of a TVS diode (TVS1) and a resistor (R1) is connected to the input terminals, the resistor having a connection to a first connector (1) of a microcontroller (uC) and the resultant voltage drop at the resistor providing the microcontroller with an overvoltage identification signal if a breakdown voltage is reached at the TVS diode as a result of an overvoltage. A second connector (2) of the microcontroller has a connection to a first semiconductor switch unit (MOSFET), the first semiconductor switch unit being in series, as an elongate switch, with the load (RL), and the microcontroller disabling the switch in the event of an overvoltage detection signal. A shunt acting as a current monitoring unit is in series with the load, the voltage drop at the shunt being analysed by the microcontroller via a third connector (3) and if an overcurrent which exceeds a threshold value is identified, the load is switched off by means of the first semiconductor switch unit. In addition, a MOS-gated thyristor (MGT) is connected between the input terminals, the control input of said thyristor having a connection to a fourth connector (4) of the microcontroller, such that the MOS-gated thyristor can be activated in the event of an overvoltage identification signal.
US10971905B2
A switchgear enclosure includes an exterior housing. A plurality of compartments within the exterior housing includes at least a first switching device compartment, a bus compartment, and a first cable compartment. A plurality of interior partitions arranged to subdivide the exterior housing into the plurality of compartments includes at least a first partition between the first switching device compartment and the first cable compartment, and a second partition between the bus compartment and the first cable compartment. An exhaust system includes a vent path structure arranged within the exterior housing to at least partially surround the bus compartment and the first cable compartment, a channel formed between the vent path structure and the exterior housing, and a first vent device in the first partition. The first vent device is configured to fluidically connect the first switching device compartment to the channel via the vent path structure.
US10971899B2
A housing 10 is provided with a groove V1a into which an electrode 3b of a laser oscillation element 30a and an electrode 3a of a laser oscillation element 30b are inserted. Inside the groove V1a, there exists a conductive layer 12 configured to electrically connect the electrode 3b of the laser oscillation element 30a and the electrode 3a of the laser oscillation element 30b.
US10971898B2
Disclosed herein is a system comprising: an optical system with a focal plane; an apparatus at the focal plane; a filter; wherein the apparatus comprises an array of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) on a first substrate and an array of detectors on a second substrate, the detectors configured to detect laser beams that are emitted by the VCSELs and backscattered by an object; wherein the first substrate is mounted to the second substrate and is configured to allow the laser beams that are emitted by the VCSELs and backscattered by the object to transmit through the first substrate and reach the detectors; wherein the filter is configured to prevent light other than the laser beams from passing.
US10971896B2
There is provided assemblies for combining a group of laser sources into a combined laser beam. There is further provided a blue diode laser array that combines the laser beams from an assembly of blue laser diodes. There are provided laser processing operations and applications using the combined blue laser beams from the laser diode arrays and modules.
US10971892B2
An emitter package can include: a body having a bottom member, side members extending from the bottom member, and a top surface, wherein the body defines a cavity formed into the top surface and located between the bottom member and side members; the cavity having top side walls extending from the top surface to optic shelves, middle side walls extending from the optic shelves to contact shelves, and bottom side walls extending from the contact shelves to a base surface; electrical conductive pads on the base surface in the cavity; emitter chips on the electrical conductive pads, each emitter chip having one or more light emitters; shelf contact pads on the contact shelves; and electrical connector wires connected to and extending between the emitter chips and the shelf contact pads.
US10971889B2
Systems, devices, and methods for narrow waveband laser diodes are described. The conventional coating on the output facet of a laser diode is replaced with a notch filter coating that is reflective of wavelengths within a narrow waveband around the nominal output wavelength of the laser diode and transmissive of other wavelengths. The notch filter coating ensures the laser diode will lase at the nominal wavelength and not lase for wavelengths outside of the narrow waveband. The notch-filtered laser diode provides a narrow waveband output that is matched to the playback wavelength of at least one hologram in a transparent combiner of a wearable heads-up display, and thereby reduces or eliminates display aberrations that can result from wavelength sensitivity of the playback properties of the hologram.
US10971885B2
A modular and scalable high-power fiber laser system is configurable to generate 1 kW or more of laser output, and includes one or more separable pump modules separately disposed from each other, each pump module including a plurality of fiber-coupled component pump sources optically combined by one or more fiber-based pump module pump combiners, each pump module providing one or more pump module fiber outputs, and a gain module separately disposed from the one or more separable pump modules and including one or more gain module pump fiber inputs optically coupled to corresponding ones of the pump module fiber outputs, and including a gain fiber optically coupled to the one or more gain module pump fiber inputs, the gain fiber configured to generate a gain module fiber output power scalable in relation to the number and power of said pump module fiber outputs coupled to the gain fiber.
US10971882B2
A light source module includes a light source configured to emit a first light beam, a first optical element having a first surface on which the first light beam is incident along a first direction, the first surface including a first region on which at least a portion of the first light beam is incident, and a second surface from which the first light beam is emitted, and a second optical element on which the first light beam having emitted from the first optical element is incident. The first light beam has a first width along a second direction and a second width along a third direction. The first width is greater than the second width. The first region has a protruding shape in a first cutting plane including the first and second directions, and has a recessed shape in a second cutting plane including the first and third directions. The second surface has a protruding shape in the first and second cutting planes.
US10971881B2
A laser pulse includes a flat top shape. Another aspects provides a method and system for creating laser pulse amplification with a flat top and/or square shape, by only using phase modulation. In yet another aspect, a method and system create a flat top and/or square-shaped laser pulse in a reversible manner such that the stretched spectrum can be recompressed to their original duration with essentially no loss of pulse energy. A further aspect includes a method of making a fixed optic capable to creating flat top or square pulse amplification.
US10971877B2
A platform for connecting busbars has a loading unit having a blind hole on a docking surface for receiving a connecting rod, an action unit used for impacting the loading unit or a busbar to push the connecting rod into a pre-hole on the busbar, a limit unit used for stopping the busbar from moving along its length direction, and a support unit used for supporting the action unit and the limit unit. The connecting rod is assembled to the first busbar by the action unit combined the loading unit and then the connecting rod already assembled to the first busbar is assembled to the second busar by the action unit.
US10971869B2
A device for protecting a plug-in connection between a first power plug of an electric appliance and a switchable power socket. The switchable power socket has a socket for receiving the first power plug and a second power plug for coupling the switchable power socket to an electrical mains. The device has a wall which, when the device is installed, at least partially surrounds the switchable power socket with the first power plug plugged therein. The wall is formed with a plug-side recess in which the second power plug at least partially penetrates the wall. The wall covers the first power plug at least partially, when the device is installed, in order to prevent the first power plug from being pulled out of the socket. A sensor detects whether or not the wall surrounds the switchable power socket and informs a control unit that controls the electrical device.
US10971862B2
When a swaging portion (71) of one shell (60) is swaged to a cable (5), even in a case where a main body (42) of the other shell (40) receives tensile force through a sandwiching portion (43) sandwiched between the swaging portion (71) and the cable (5), the risk of pulling the main body (42) of the other shell itself is reduced, and deformation and damage of the other shell (40) are prevented. A cable connector includes a housing (20) configured to hold one end of a cable (5) and a first shell (60) and a second shell (40) including main bodies covering at least a portion of the housing (20). The first shell (60) has a swaging portion (71) to be swaged to the cable (50). The second shell (40) has a sandwiching portion (43) to be swaged together with the cable by the swaging portion (71) with the sandwiching portion being sandwiched between the swaging portion (71) and the cable. The sandwiching portion (43) and the main body (42) of the second shell are connected to each other through an extendable extra length portion (47) at least in an axial direction.
US10971857B2
A tool 202 for extracting a cable plug 112 from a socket 203 including a cable remover portion 206 which actuates and disconnects the cable plug 112 is described and claimed. Various implementations include a user statically or dynamically actuating and gripping the plug 112 and mechanically or frictionally gripping, or both, the plug 112. In one implementation, the cable remover portion 206 includes a ball detent 302 and catch tabs 320 which actuate the cable clip 208 and catch the cable head 210 so that the plug 112 is mechanically gripped. In another implementation, a translational ramp 800 is supported in the cable remover portion 206 so that a user dynamically moves the ramp 800, which actuates the cable clip 208 and the force of the ramp 800 and cable remover 206 together frictionally grips the plug 112.
US10971851B2
The present invention aims to miniaturize a housing. Disclosed is a connector including a female housing (10) having a terminal accommodating chamber (11) formed therein, a first terminal fitting (24) inserted into the terminal accommodating chamber (11), an elastically displaceable lock arm (12) formed in the female housing (10), an accommodating recess (14) formed in the female housing (10) and communicating with a deflection space (13) of the lock arm (12), a terminal holding member (41) mounted in the accommodating recess (14), and a pair of second terminal fittings (58) connected to a twisted pair wire (59) and attached to the terminal holding member (41).
US10971850B2
A movable connector including a stationary housing for fixing to a substrate, a movable housing capable of moving relative to the stationary housing, and a restriction fitting that has been integrated with the stationary housing. The restriction fitting includes a counterpart engagement portion. The counterpart engagement portion is configured to abut an engagement portion that is part of the movable housing from a connector upward direction so as to enable the engagement portion to be restrained in a restraint space that is a predetermined region. The counterpart engagement portion forms a through-pass section to permit the engagement portion to pass into the restraint space from outside.
US10971845B2
A rectangular impact-resistant elastic connector includes an upper contact part, first and second side plates, first and second S-shaped lift force arms and a bottom plate, wherein the first and second side plates are connected with the bottom plate, the first S-shaped lift force arm has an end connected with the upper contact part and an end connected with one end of the first side plate, and the second S-shaped lift force arm has an end suspended below the upper contact part and an end connected with one end of the second side plate. The S-shaped lift force arm structures having the advantage of greater elasticity over other force arm structures under the same unit size are used to provide an elastic force, so that the size of the connector is reduced. The side plates protect the force arms, thus, improving the overall impact resistance of the connector.
US10971840B2
An electrical connector including an insulating body and a plurality of terminals disposed in the insulating body is provided. At least one of the terminals has a first section and a pair of second sections. The second sections structurally extend and branch out from the first section. On a plane where the terminals are located, orthogonal projections of the second sections are misaligned and do not overlap with each other.
US10971835B2
An electrical connector is mounted on a circuit board and used to mate with a mating member. The electrical connector includes: a body made of a wave-absorbing material, the body having an upper surface, a lower surface and at least one first accommodating groove; and at least one ground terminal accommodated in the first accommodating groove. An upper end of the ground terminal is exposed to the upper surface and is in electrical contact with the mating member, and a lower end of the ground terminal is exposed to the lower surface and is electrically connected with the circuit board.
US10971828B2
An insulation-displacement connector including two cutting and connecting blades, each one provided with a section for inserting and centering of a cable, a cutting edge which extends from the section for centering and insertion, a base, and an arm for joining each blade to the base; where the cutting edges are inclined along the entire extension of the edges such that they cross one another, and where the cutting and connecting blades are not joined together at an end of the blades opposite to the joining end of the sections, but rather are joined to the arms such that the blades may be separated from one another according to a transverse direction.
US10971819B2
An antenna system for transducing radio-frequency energy includes: a first antenna sub-system comprising a plurality of radiators and a ground conductor, each of the plurality of radiators being sized and shaped to transduce millimeter-wave energy between first wireless signals and first electrical current signals; and a second antenna sub-system comprising a first radiator configured to transduce sub-6 GHz energy between second wireless signals and second electrical current signals, wherein the first radiator comprises the ground conductor.
US10971818B2
An apparatus is provided for transmission of RF signals between a transmitter and a receiver. The apparatus includes a transmitter comprising a first retroreflector having a first array of sub-wavelength retroreflective elements at one end of an open cavity for transmitting RF seed signals. The apparatus also includes a receiver comprising a second retroreflector having a second array of sub-wavelength retroreflective elements at an opposite end of the open cavity for receiving the transmitted seed signal, the transmitted RF seed signals being in form of a beam directed toward the receiver.
US10971805B2
A wrist-worn electronic device configured to transmit and receive wireless signals in two frequency bands comprises a bezel loop antenna, first and second signal processing elements, a diplexer, and a tuning element. The bezel loop antenna has a first impedance and is configured to wirelessly receive first and second electronic signals simultaneously. The first and second signal processing elements process the first electronic signal having a frequency in a first frequency band and the second electronic signal having a frequency in a second frequency band. The diplexer is configured to receive the first and second electronic signals and output the first electronic signal to the first signal processing element and the second electronic signal to the second signal processing element. The tuning element has a second impedance causing the bezel loop antenna to wirelessly receive electronic signals in the first frequency band and electronic signals in the second frequency band.
US10971804B2
Wireless wearable devices having self-steering antennas are disclosed. A disclosed example wearable device includes an antenna to be communicatively coupled to a wireless data transceiver of a base station. The disclosed example wearable device also includes a steering mount coupled to the antenna, where the steering mount is to adjust an orientation of the antenna towards a wireless coverage zone associated with the wireless data transceiver based on a movement of the wearable device.
US10971803B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first omnidirectional antenna for coupling to a first radio to establish a first macro cell and a second omnidirectional antenna for coupling to a second radio to establish a second macro cell. The first and second omnidirectional antennas are configured for concurrent 5 GHz radio operation while maintaining at least 40 dB of isolation between the first and second omnidirectional antennas. An antenna system and network device are also disclosed herein.
US10971793B2
A deployable structure for use in establishing a reflectarray antenna is provided that includes a flexible reflectarray and a deployment structure that includes an endless pantograph for deploying the flexible reflectarray from a folded, undeployed state towards a deployed state in which the flexible reflectarray is substantially planar. In a particular embodiment, the deployment structure includes a plurality of tapes that engage the endless pantograph and are used to establish a positional relationship between the deployed reflectarray and another component of the reflectarray antenna.
US10971772B2
A storage module stores electrical energy. The storage module has a first storage cell and a second storage cell, each having a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The storage module includes a contact bridge, which connects one terminal of the first storage cell to one terminal of the second storage cell in an electrically conductive manner. The contact bridge is designed to reduce an electrical resistance between the electrically connected terminals of the first storage cell and of the second storage cell with rising temperature.
US10971757B2
The present invention discloses a Lithium ion battery and an electrolyte thereof, the electrolyte comprising an organic solvent, a lithium salt and an additive. The additive comprises a cyclic fluoro carbonate (A), a cyclic phosphazene (B), a cyclic sulfate and a lithium fluoro oxalate borate (D). The lithium fluoro oxalate borate (D) has following formula: Compared with the prior art, the electrolyte of the present invention may form a stable CEI and SEI film on the surface of positive and negative electrodes, protect the interface between positive and negative electrodes, improve the acidic atmosphere of Lithium ion battery electrolyte, and reduce the damage effect of HF on the interface between positive and negative electrodes, while reducing low temperature resistance of lithium-ion battery, improving cycle life, high temperature storage performance, safety performance and rate capability of lithium-ion battery.
