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US10065742B1	Parachute deployment system using decoupled tow and release lines A parachute system includes a release that detachably couples a self-propelled projectile and parachute canopy to each other. The release detaches the two from each other in response to a triggering of the release. There is also a first path between the release and a payload where the first path includes the parachute canopy and a suspension line between the parachute canopy and the payload. At least part of the suspension line is bound such that the first path is effectively shorter than a second path. In response to the first path being drawn taut, the suspension line becomes unbound so that the first path becomes effectively longer than the second path. In response to the second path being drawn taut after the suspension line becomes unbound, the release is triggered.
US10065738B2	Tethered unmanned aerial vehicle Tethered unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV) includes at least one wing fixed to a fuselage. The wing is comprised of an airfoil shaped body capable of producing lift in response to a flow of air across a major wing surface, and can include at least one flight control surface, such as an aileron. One or more buoyancy cell is disposed within the fuselage for containing a lighter than air gas to provide positive buoyancy for the TUAV when the TUAV is disposed in air. A tether attachment structure facilitates attachment of the TUAV to a tether which is secured to an attachment point for securing the TUAV to the ground when aloft. A wind-powered generator is integrated with the TUAV and configured to generate electric power in response to the flow of air across the least one wing when the TUAV is aloft.
US10065734B2	Systems and method for automation of rotorcraft entry into autorotation and maintenance of stabilized autorotation The system is configured for automation of rotorcraft entry into autorotation. The system can provide a means to assist the flight crew of a rotorcraft in maintaining rotor speed following loss of engine power. The system can automatically adjust control positions, actuator positions or both to prevent excessive loss of rotor speed upon initial loss of engine power before the flight crew is able to react. The system uses model matching to provide axis decoupling and yaw anticipation; it includes pitch control initially to assist in preventing rotor deceleration; and it makes use of collective, pitch, roll and yaw trim functions to provide tactile cueing to the pilot to assist when the pilot is in the loop. The system can reduce workload by assisting the crew with controlling rotor speed and forward speed during stabilized autorotation.
US10065732B2	Systems and methods of tracking rotor blades A blade tracking system including a detector having one or more sensors to detect radiation from at least one field of view of the detector, the one or more sensors generating signals based on changes in incident radiation to the one or more sensors as a rotor blade passes the field of view, and a processor to determine a pass time for the rotor blade to pass through the at least one field of view based on the generated signals.
US10065730B2	Active vibration control system with non-concentric revolving masses A vibration control system for a rotor hub provides vibration attenuation in an aircraft by reducing the magnitude of rotor induced vibratory. The system can include a force generating device attached to a rotor hub which rotates along with the rotor at the rotational speed of the rotor. Vibratory shear force is generated by rotating unbalanced weights each about an axis non-concentric with the rotor hub axis at high speed to create large centrifugal forces. The rotational speed of the weights can be a multiple of the rotor rotational speed to create shear forces for canceling rotor induced vibrations. The amplitude of the generated shear force is controlled by indexing the positions of the unbalanced weights relative to each other, while the phase of the shear force is adjusted by equally phasing each weight relative to the rotor.
US10065724B2	Arrangement for sealing a propeller shaft of a marine vessel and a method of controlling the operation thereof An arrangement for sealing a propeller shaft of a marine vessel are specifically applicable in preventing oil leakage via propeller shaft sealing in cases where the draught of a marine vessel is, for some reason, reduced beyond its ordinary value.
US10065721B1	Personal watercraft footrests A personal watercraft has a hull and a deck. The hull defines at least in part a tunnel. A ride plate is connected to the hull and defines a bottom wall of the tunnel. The personal watercraft also has a motor, a jet propulsion system disposed at least in part in the tunnel, and a steering assembly. The deck has a pedestal, left and right gunnels, left and right foot-wells disposed laterally between the pedestal and their respective gunnel, and a rear platform. A straddle seat is disposed on the pedestal. Left and right footrests have left and right standing surfaces facing substantially forward and extending at least partially forward of the tunnel. The left footrest extends laterally between the pedestal and the left gunnel. The right footrest extends laterally between the pedestal and the right gunnel.
US10065712B2	Floating modular protective harbor structure and method of seasonal service extension of offshore vessels in ice-prone environments Modular structure for protecting an offshore vessel in a body of water from forces of ice features in the body of water is described. The modular protective structure comprising a protective harbor wall constructed and arranged to enclose a harbor space and to counteract the forces of ice features in the body of water. The modular protective structure also comprising a flotation support supporting the protective harbor wall. The flotation support having a capacity to position the modular protective structure at a raised position where the flotation support maintains at least a portion of the protective harbor wall above the water surface such that a harbor is established and the offshore vessel is protected from the forces of ice features in the body of water. Methods which utilize such a modular protective harbor structure are also described.
US10065710B2	Anchoring line for a floating base, comprising an elastic device The invention relates to anchoring systems for floating bases for the production of energy at sea (floating wind turbine, wave energy, floating hydraulic turbines, ETM platform, etc.) and/or for petroleum exploitation at sea, constituted by at least one anchoring line which comprises at least one portion which is constituted by cable, chain or a combination of the two and at least one elastic device.
US10065709B2	Cradle assembly for boats According to a first aspect of the invention, there is provided a cradle assembly for cradling a boat, the cradle assembly comprising: a support, comprising one or more support fenders; one or more enclosure fenders extending along opposite lengths of the support; an arrestor located at one end of the support; an open-ended enclosure for a boat being formed between the support, the one or more enclosure fenders and the arrestor, the one or more support fenders facing into the enclosure, and the open end of the open-ended enclosure being opposite the arrestor.
US10065707B1	Gear shift lever assembly A gear shift lever assembly includes a gear shift lever arm which includes a distal foot-peg end and a bifurcated proximal end and first passageway for facilitating securement of the gear shift lever arm to a gear selector spindle shaft of a motorcycle. The assembly also includes a spindle shaft mount insert sized to fit within the bifurcated ends of the gear shift lever arm. The insert has a splined aperture that matches the splines of the splines of the gear selector spindle shaft, and a second passageway having a longitudinal axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the splined aperture. The gear shift lever assembly is mountable to the gear selector spindle shaft of the motorcycle with the spindle shaft mount insert interposed between the bifurcated proximal end of the gear shift lever arm with a mounting bolt passed through the aligned first and second passageways.
US10065706B2	Bicycle component fixing structure and bicycle component assembly A bicycle component fixing structure includes at least one bracket including at least one connecting portion and at least one fixing portion. The connecting portion is connected to the bicycle component. The fixing portion extends from the connecting portion and is fixed with respect to an outer peripheral surface of a cylindrical portion having an open end. The fixing portion includes at least one inner surface that opposes an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion, and at least one outer surface that faces in the opposite direction from the inner surface. The fixing portion is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion by a pressing force that acts on the outer surface. The bracket fixes the bicycle component to the open end of the cylindrical portion, in a state in which the fixing portion is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion.
US10065690B2	Conformal suspension for unmanned ground vehicle A ground vehicle suspension system includes first and second rocker-bogie mechanisms which are respectively secured to a chassis on opposing sides of a central axis. Each rocker-bogie mechanism includes a main link on which a first and second bogie is respectively pivotally mounted. The first and second bogie each has opposing inner and outer bogie end portions. On each bogie, an inner wheel is disposed on an inner stub axle and an outer wheel is disposed on an outer stub axle. A continuous track is guided on the inner and outer wheels of the first bogie and second bogie. A resilient member extends between the first and second bogie and is attached at one end to the inner bogie end portion of the first bogie and at an opposing end to the inner bogie end portion of the second bogie.
US10065669B2	Stroller A stroller configured to support a child is provided that includes a frame, a plurality of wheels supporting the frame, a forward facing seat supported by the frame, a rearward facing seat supported by the frame, a seat back positioned to support a child reclining in the forward facing seat, and a platform positioned rearward of the forward facing seat to support a child standing on the platform.
US10065667B2	Carrier apparatus Driving wheels and non-driving wheels are installed to a lower portion of a case body. The driving wheels are driven by drive devices, respectively. A control device controls a drive operation of the drive devices. An angle sensing device senses a tilt angle of the case body about a rotational axis of the driving wheels. In a case where the tilt angle of the case body, which is sensed with the angle sensing device, is equal to or larger than a predetermined tilt angle in a state where the driving wheels contact a ground while the non-driving wheels are lifted away from the ground, the control device controls the drive devices in such a manner that the case body is held in a self-standing state with the driving wheels while keeping the non-driving wheel away from the ground.
US10065660B2	Dual cable zipline trolley transfer system This invention is a gravity powered Dual Cable Zipline Trolley Transfer System comprising, a dual cable zipline trolley and dual cable zipline transfer unit which work in conjunction of each other. The trolley comprises tandem wheels that traverse over the dual cables and are pivoted in the center to allow the trolley to pass smoothly over the transfer unit, which is suspended on support structures. Unlike the traditional zipline which has a path between two stations, this system is designed to allow the participant to travel in a continuous uninterrupted path without the need to detach from one cable to another in order to sustain the journey beyond the station. The transfer unit is lengthened to create curves both horizontal and vertical. This invention eliminates the menacing sag in the cable that occurs over distance.
US10065655B2	Method for a driver assistance system of a vehicle A method for a driver assistance system of a vehicle. The vehicle includes a steering wheel which can be moved manually between a first position and a second position. The steering wheel lies at a farther distance from a user sitting in a driver's seat of the vehicle in the second position than in the first position. In the method, a position of the steering wheel is detected and the driver assistance system is set based on the position of the steering wheel. Also disclosed is a method for a driver assistance system in which two operating elements have to be actuated simultaneously to set the driver assistance system. Also disclosed is a combination of the methods and the associated systems.
US10065651B2	Electronic device and method for determining a state of a driver Electronic devices and methods are provided in which a pressure applied, by a driver, to a seat of a moving object driven by the driver is sensed. A state of the driver is determined based on frequency characteristics with respect to a change in the pressure sensed by the sensor.
US10065650B2	Method, apparatus and program of predicting obstacle course A method, an apparatus, and a program of predicting an obstacle course, capable of appropriately predicting a course of an obstacle even under a complicated traffic environment, are provided. For this purpose, the course, which the obstacle may take, is predicted based on the position and the internal state of the obstacle, and at the time of the prediction, a plurality of courses are probabilistically predicted for at least one obstacle. When there are a plurality of obstacles, the course in which different obstacles interfere with each other is obtained from the predicted courses, which a plurality of obstacles may take, and the predictive probability of the course for which the probabilistic prediction is performed from the courses in which they interfere with each other is lowered. Probability of realizing each of a plurality of courses including the course of which predicted probability is lowered is calculated.
US10065646B2	Vehicle engine stop control device An engine stop control device is provided for a vehicle that ensures a sufficient operation frequency of coast stop operation during travel on a congested road, thereby to improve practical fuel economy. The vehicle has an engine that is capable of being restarted. A controller is configured to stop the engine automatically when the vehicle, after experiencing a travel with a vehicle speed VSP exceeding a first threshold value, decreases the speed below a CS (coast stop) start vehicle speed. The controller is further configured to set a second threshold value below the first threshold value. The controller is further configured, after starting from an engine automatic stop due to the coast stop control and when the vehicle experiences travel exceeding the second threshold value without exceeding the first threshold value, to permit the automatic engine stop due to the coast stop control at least once.
US10065642B2	Motor vehicle having a distance-related speed control system and having a lane departure warning system A motor vehicle includes a distance related speed control system, wherein if the motor vehicle is following a vehicle driving in front, a target distance from the vehicle driving in front chosen by the driver is generally set, and wherein for a distance-shortening turn signal effect time when a turn signal is set, a shortened target distance is set. The motor vehicle further has a lane departure warning system, wherein a warning that is generally activated if there is a risk of an unintentional lane departure is suppressed for a specified warning-suppressing turn signal effect time after the setting of the turn signal. The warning-suppressing turn signal effect time begins simultaneously with the distance-shortening turn signal effect time, wherein these two turn signal effect times are specified to have the same length.
US10065637B2	Method for avoiding a collision of a vehicle with an object A method for operating a driver assistance system (DAS) to avoid a collision of a vehicle with an object At least one object in the vehicle environment is detected by vehicle-mounted environmental sensors, and is evaluated in terms of risk of collision with the vehicle, an an automatic intervention into the vehicle movement is carried out depending on this evaluation. During the automatic intervention, the following steps are performed: 1) Carrying out an automatic braking of the vehicle depending on the evaluation of collision risk, and 2) permitting a steering intervention by the driver to perform an evasive steering maneuver, in reaction to which the automatic braking is terminated. The driver-initiated steering intervention must occur before a point-in-time at which the DAS has determined the collision cannot be avoided by steering.
US10065627B2	Electric vehicle power management driver control system An adaptive power management and driver control system for modifying electric vehicle drive output in real time, comprising input sensors mounted on a vehicle that measure a plurality of conditions for the vehicle from among vehicle mass, road grade, vehicle speed, vehicle acceleration, and door position, together with a digital electronic controller mounted on the vehicle that receives data from the input sensors, runs an algorithm using the data, and outputs resulting energy efficient power output commands to an electric motor for the vehicle. The sensors measure at least vehicle mass and road grade. Energy efficiency and reduced charging requirements for the batteries result for a given route for the electrically driven vehicle.
US10065621B2	Internal ventilating diaphragm—diaphragm spring brake actuator This invention is related to a diaphragm-diaphragm spring brake actuator with internal ventilation designed to decrease the actuator breakdowns used in the air brake system of heavy vehicles such as trucks lorries, trailers and busses.
US10065620B2	Electronic parking brake system in vehicle and control method thereof Disclosed herein are an electronic parking brake system and a method of controlling the same. The electronic parking brake system includes a parking brake driving part applying or releasing a parking brake of a vehicle, and a control part configured to control the parking brake driving part. The control part ends a release operation of the parking brake based on an apply time interval of the parking brake, a time interval between a release operation start point of the parking brake and a time point when arrived on a predetermined current level, and a current applied to the parking brake.
US10065614B2	System and method for variably controlling regenerative braking A system and method for variably controlling regenerative braking are provided. The system includes an imaging device that is configured to generate image information by photographing a front vehicle and a road situation and an accelerometer that is configured to sense acceleration of the front vehicle or a subject vehicle. A radar sensor is configured to sense a distance between the front vehicle and the subject vehicle. A vehicle controller is configured to recognize the acceleration of the front vehicle or the subject vehicle, the distance between the front vehicle and the subject vehicle, and whether a brake light of the front vehicle is turned on, to determine whether to actively decelerate the subject vehicle, and execute active deceleration.
US10065612B2	Vehicle low pressure brake arrangement A vehicle braking arrangement includes a braking plate and a link arm arranged to connect the braking plate to a vehicle. The braking plate is movable from a rest position to a braking position where contact is made with the ground. The braking plate is arranged for a first mode of operation, corresponding to the rest position, and a second mode of operation, corresponding to the braking position. In the first mode of operation, the braking plate has a first contact area arranged to face the ground, and in the second mode of operation, the braking plate has a second contact area arranged to face the ground. The second area exceeds the first area.
US10065606B2	Streamlined flat windscreen wiper A streamlined flat windscreen wiper for a vehicle is disclosed. The flat wiper includes a longitudinal wiper blade, at least one longitudinal stiffening member, a longitudinal member for retaining the wiper blade and the stiffening member, a longitudinal streamlined portion comprising two terminal caps and a central mounting extending between the terminal caps and being connected thereto. The mounting includes means for fixing to the stiffening member or to the member for retaining the stiffening member, and each cap includes means for guiding in translation terminal parts of the member.
US10065605B1	Multiple wiper blade system and assembly A multiple windshield wiper assembly is disclosed. The multiple windshield wiper assembly may comprise a first wiper assembly having a squeegee blade; a second wiper assembly having a scraper blade, the second wiper assembly being coupled to the first wiper assembly by a windshield wiper assembly connector; wherein the scraper blade comprises an attachment surface for engaging a wiper assembly, a scraper surface for engaging a windshield, a channel for conducting wiper fluid, a plurality of apertures for disbursement of the wiper fluid onto a windshield, and a water connection fitting for connection of the scraper blade to a vehicle water supply hose. A number of embodiments of a windshield wiper assembly connector for use in connecting one or more windshield wiper assemblies to pin-type and hookslot-type wiper arms are also disclosed.
US10065599B1	Security insert for vehicle consoles An insert for a vehicle console is provided. The insert includes a frame having first and second opposing retention flanges, each first retention flange being hingedly supported from the frame, such that each retention flange is capable of rotating away from the frame. A support strut is also provided for restraining the retention flanges from pivoting away from a position extending beyond the access opening of said vehicle console. Removal of a lockable lid connected with the frame becomes almost impossible without total destruction of the vehicle console.
US10065593B2	Curtain airbag for vehicle A curtain airbag for a vehicle may include a curtain airbag cushion divided into an upper cushion and a lower cushion, a folding portion at the upper cushion, and a door panel tether having a first end fixed to the folding portion and a second end fixed to a car body, in which when the curtain airbag inflates, a door side of the upper cushion may be pressed by the tension of the door panel tether and the upper cushion turns inward.
US10065589B2	Systems and methods for detecting a collision A method for setting activation parameters for a vehicle safety system of a subject vehicle. The method includes determining whether a collision between a subject vehicle and an object is imminent or in progress. Whether the collision will be a front small overlap collision is determined, and activation parameters of a vehicle safety system are set in a front small overlap collision mode if the collision is determined to be a front small overlap collision.
US10065583B2	Integrated power distribution, data network, and control architectures for a vehicle An integrated power distribution, data network, and control architecture for a vehicle is provided that includes nodes distributed throughout the vehicle. Each node includes power distribution (PD) and data collection and distribution (DCD) components. The PD components receive electrical power from a source external to the node and distribute and control the electrical power supplied to active and passive electrical loads that are external to the node. The PD components include an electrical power input interface configured to receive an electrical power input from a source external to the node, and one or more power control modules. Each power control module can control the electrical power supplied to one or more electrical power output interfaces that supply power to the active and passive electrical loads. The DCD components receive data from data sources external to the node and transmit data to data consumers external to the node.
US10065579B2	Scuff plate for cargo retention A scuff plate for a vehicle includes a sloped front side in physical contact with a cargo-area floor panel. The cargo-area floor panel can have a slope angle greater than zero in a downward direction and the sloped front side can have a ramp angle at least equal to the slope angle in an upward direction.
US10065578B2	Door trim coupling device for a vehicle A door trim coupling device for a vehicle with improved assemblability and detachability may include a wire provided in a closed loop form, a locking device disposed in a door trim of the vehicle, the locking device being provided to selectively wind or unwind the wire and a mounting device disposed at the door trim and configured to be engaged or disengaged from the door panel of the vehicle by winding or unwinding of the wire. The mounting device includes a guide lever including an insertion hole and a guide groove extending radially from the insertion hole and a guide block slidably coupled to the guide groove and configured to be engaged with or disengaged from the door panel along a sliding direction.
US10065565B2	Linear-travel hanger assembly A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat and a seatback. A retainer assembly is positioned in a rearward portion of the seatback. The retainer assembly includes a linear-travel hanger assembly that engages with the retainer assembly in a substantially continuous manner when in a stowed position.
US10065558B2	Illumination device for projecting light in a predetermined illumination pattern on a surface An illumination device projects light in a predetermined illumination pattern on a surface. The illumination device includes a housing having a cavity and an aperture. The illumination device includes a light module for selectively emitting the light and a screen at least partially disposed in the cavity between the light module and the aperture. The screen has at least one opening defining a base pattern configuration corresponding to the predetermined illumination pattern for aligning the light through the opening into the base pattern configuration and subsequently projecting the light through the aperture onto the surface in the predetermined illumination pattern. The illumination device includes a condensing lens disposed between the light module and the screen for collimating the light toward the screen and an objective lens arrangement disposed between the screen and the aperture for transforming the light from the base pattern configuration into the predetermined illumination pattern.
US10065550B2	Tow apparatus Tow apparatuses are described herein. For example, in one or more embodiments of the present disclosure a tow apparatus includes a platform having a plurality supports for maintaining at least one wheel of a vehicle to be towed on the platform, at least one ground interface mechanism connected to the bottom of the platform, a tongue having a first portion for attachment to a tow vehicle, a second portion attached to the platform, and a hinge between the first and second portions to allow the first portion to tilt with respect to the second portion, and a mechanism to allow the ground interface mechanism on the platform to change direction with respect to the tow vehicle.
US10065546B2	Vehicle seating assembly with manual independent thigh supports A vehicle seating assembly includes a seat base. First and second independent thigh supports are pivotally coupled to the seat base. A support rod extends below the first and second independent thigh supports and is operably coupled to each of the first and second independent thigh supports by a gasket member and a bracket. A first spring member includes a body portion in abutting contact with an underside of the first independent thigh support and includes legs engaged with the support rod. The first spring member biases the first independent thigh support to a raised position. A second spring member includes a body portion in abutting contact with an underside of the second independent thigh support and includes legs engaged with the support rod. The second spring member biases the second independent thigh support to a raised position.
US10065545B2	Foam part, in particular for a vehicle seat, and vehicle seat A foam part (5, 105, 205, 305), in particular for a vehicle seat, includes several comfort tubes (50, 150, 250, 350) facing a user. Several of the comfort tubes (50, 150, 250, 350) respectively comprise a hole (55, 155, 255, 355, 60, 160, 260, 360) or several holes (55, 155, 255, 355, 60, 160, 260, 360). At least one of the holes (55, 155, 255, 355, 60, 160, 260, 360) is embodied as a blind hole (60, 160, 260, 360).
US10065543B2	Heating and ventilation inlay for a vehicle seat The present invention is directed to a heating and ventilation inlay for a vehicle seat that is adapted to be placed in a recess in a seat cushion or backrest of the vehicle seat underneath a seat trim. The heating and ventilation inlay comprises an arrangement of layers including an air permeable heating mat having a heating conductor running on the heating mat. Underneath the heating mat an air permeable layer of spacer material is connectable to a fan or suction fan for transporting air through the heating and ventilation inlay. The heating mat and the layer of spacer material are connected to each other and form a composite that can be handled as a unitary component, by a plurality of rivets which are distributed over the area of the heating and ventilation inlay. The rivets are pierced through the heating mat and the spacer material layer.
US10065542B2	Vehicle occupant cooling system A seat for a vehicle is provided includes a padding member and at least one phase change material element supported in a passage formed within the padding member. The at least one phase change material element is supported in the passage so as to be movable between a first location in which the at least one phase change material element is spaced apart from an occupant support side of the padding member when the seat is unoccupied, and a second location in which at least a portion of the at least one phase change material element is at least level with the occupant support side of the at least one padding member when the seat is unoccupied. The at least one phase change material element is structured to absorb heat from a vehicle occupant, thereby cooling the occupant.
US10065534B1	Vehicle seats including bladders A vehicle includes a seatback defining a loading surface and operable between deployed and undeployed positions. A seat base is positioned proximate the seatback. A bladder is operable between inflated and deflated states. A valve is fluidly coupled with the bladder. Foam is positioned within the bladder. The loading surface is substantially horizontal when the bladder is deflated and the seatback is in the deployed position.
US10065523B2	Engine start and battery support module An Engine Start and Battery Support Module for a vehicle is provided that utilizes a bank of Ultra Capacitors (UCs) charged with or without running the vehicle's alternator to levels that support both engine starting assistance and hotel load support. The UCs' per-cell charge can be adjured and raided during periods of low temperatures and even higher during ultralow temperatures. The adjustment, which can be dynamic and/or automatic, increases the UC energy storage capability. Further, the release of energy from the UCs is controlled by a pulse width modulation (PWM) controller based on the DC bus voltage. The UCs can be charged either from an onboard DC/DC converter, an AC hook up, or from smartly switching the banks of UCs between parallel and serial configurations.
US10065497B2	Filling system on a motor vehicle, having at least two storage tanks for liquid or gaseous operating materials A filling system on a motor vehicle, having at least two storage tanks for operating materials, comprising a tank closure cover which closes an opening in a body of the motor vehicle and is movable from a first position that closes the opening into a second position that releases the opening, wherein at least two filling openings of the storage tanks are arranged below the tank closure cover, a filler trough that forms an enclosure of the filling opening, wherein the filler trough closes the opening in the body and is fixed to the body; and at least one filler head, wherein the filling openings are formed as a part of the filler head, the filler head defining at least two mouth-hole necks which are combined to form a common component and are integrally connected to each other, each mouth-hole neck forming a filling opening for another storage tank.
US10065494B2	Cooling apparatus for vehicle The interior of the first reservoir is open to the atmospheric air. A first liquid retaining portion and a first air retaining portion are provided in the first reservoir. The interior of the second reservoir is sealed. A second liquid retaining portion and a second air retaining portion are provided in the second reservoir. A communicating portion allows communication between the second air retaining portion and the first liquid retaining portion. The opening of the communicating portion in the first liquid retaining portion is located lower than a minimum water level of the first liquid retaining portion. The opening of the communicating portion in the second air retaining portion is located higher than a maximum water level of the first liquid retaining portion.
US10065493B2	Vehicle with electric transaxle A vehicle comprises a transaxle, a battery and a load carrying bed. The transaxle includes a casing incorporating a drive train and supporting an axle and includes an electric motor mounted on the casing to drive the axle via the drive train. The battery is provided for supplying electric power to the electric motor. The transaxle and the battery are disposed below the load carrying bed so as to overlap the load carrying bed when viewed in plan.
US10065486B2	Convertible sliding top Disclosed herein are embodiments of a convertible sliding top assembly for use with a vehicle. The convertible sliding top assembly can create an opening on the top of the vehicle by rotating a plurality of arms and folding over a soft cover. The assembly can be designed and shaped to improve aerodynamics when the vehicle is moving and prevent the buildup of water on the soft cover.
US10065482B1	Vehicle flow influencing assembly and method An exemplary vehicle flow influencing assembly includes a deflector formed together with a seal that provides a portion of a glass run for a side window of a vehicle. The deflector projects outward from the vehicle when the side window is lowered such that the deflector influences flow over an opening to a passenger compartment of the vehicle. A vehicle flow influencing assembly includes a pillar that is directly forward a side window of a vehicle, and a deflector configured to influence flow over an opening to a passenger compartment of the vehicle. The opening is provided by positioning the side window in an open position. The deflector extends longitudinally in a direction aligned with the pillar. The deflector projects outward from a primary surface of the pillar when the side window is closed and when the side window is open.
US10065468B2	Attachment plate and towing lug combination for a composite bumper beam and composite crush can assembly An attachment plate and towing lug combination for a vehicle having a crush can and a bumper beam includes a plate and a towing lug. The plate has a central portion and a flange portion. The towing lug is attached to the central portion of the plate and extends from an outer surface of the central portion of the plate. The flange portion of the plate is attachable to an end portion of the crush can. The central portion of the plate is attachable to a first side portion of the bumper beam. The towing lug extends to at least an outer surface of a second side portion of the bumper beam when the flange portion of the plate is attached to the end portion of the crush can and the central portion of the plate is attached to the first side portion of the bumper beam.
US10065465B2	Articulating coupler The present disclosure includes an articulated coupler for attachment between a towed vehicle and a towing vehicle. The articulated coupler includes a first attachment member for attachment to the towing vehicle and a second attachment member for attachment to the towed vehicle. A ball joint member extends between the first and second attachment member. The ball joint member includes a ball at a proximal end and an elongated portion at a distal end such that the elongate portion is attachable to the first attachment member and the ball is attached to the second attachment member. The ball is retained to the second attachment member with a collar. The collar may have an aperture with an elliptical shape and a surface with a concave shape for defining a pivotal range of motion. The ball joint member may be pivotal relative to the first attachment member and may be rotatable and pivotal relative to the second attachment member.
US10065464B2	Medical stimulation device providing non-regular electrical stimulation patterns for treating neurological disorders Systems and methods for stimulation of neurological tissue and generation stimulation trains with temporal patterns of stimulation, in which the interval between electrical pulses (the inter-pulse intervals) changes or varies over time. The features of the stimulation trains may be selected and arranged algorithmically to by clinical trial. These stimulation trains are generated to target a specific neurological disorder, by arranging sets of features which reduce symptoms of that neurological disorder into a pattern which is effective at reducing those symptoms while maintaining or reducing power consumption versus regular stimulation signals. Compared to conventional continuous, high rate pulse trains having regular (i.e., constant) inter-pulse intervals, the non-regular (i.e., not constant) pulse patterns or trains that embody features of the invention provide increased efficacy and/or a lower than average frequency.
US10065451B2	Driving wheel for vehicles An electrically motorized driving wheel for vehicles such as bicycles is provided. The electrically motorized wheel can include a wheel rim, a housing disposed inside and connected to the wheel rim, wherein the housing defines an installation space inside the housing, a driving force generating mechanism disposed in the installation space, and a driving force transfer mechanism connected to the driving force generating mechanism and configured to transfer a driving force generated from the driving force generating mechanism to the housing.
US10065445B2	Binding component A binding component includes ring back portions, first ring arm portions, second ring arm portions and a back part to which the ring back portions are connected. Each ring back portion, each first ring arm portion and each second ring arm portion forms an annular ring part. Each ring part includes fitting portions at places where the ring back portion and the first and second ring arm portions are connected. The fitting portions are configured to be fitted by an operation of opening and closing the first and second ring arm portions with hinge portions of the ring back portion. Each fitting portion includes at least one first fitting convex portion, at least one first fitting concave portion to engage with the first fitting convex portion, at least one second fitting convex portion and a second fitting concave portion to engage with the second fitting convex portion.
US10065442B2	Automated simultaneous multiple article sublimation printing process and apparatus A process and apparatus for sublimating images onto two or more products substantially simultaneously are disclosed. Software components are configured to receive input of a desired number of products to sublimate, and then determine a spatial arrangement of the printed images to sublimate the desired number of products substantially simultaneously. The apparatus is configured to print the images according to the spatial arrangement. The apparatus is configured, using a control, to sublimate multiple products substantially simultaneously in a single thermal cycle.
US10065439B2	Printing apparatus A printing apparatus includes a printhead on a movable carriage; an operating unit operating by a driving force of a driving source; a transmitting unit being displaced by the driving force between a position where the transmitting unit transmits the driving force to the operating unit and a non-transmitting position; a movable member arranged on a moving path of the carriage; a restricting member being displaced, in coordination with a displacement of the movable member, between a position where the displacement of the transmitting unit is restricted and a non-restricting position; and a selecting member provided between the movable member and the restricting member. The selecting member is displaced between a position where the movable member and the restricting member are coordinated with each other by the selecting member and a non-coordinating position.
US10065435B1	Selectively powering multiple microwave energy sources of a dryer for a printing system Systems and methods for selectively powering multiple microwave energy sources in a dryer of a printing system. One embodiment is a microwave dryer that includes microwave energy sources configured to generate electromagnetic energy to dry a wet colorant applied to a continuous-form print media by a printer. The microwave dryer also includes waveguides configured to transport the electromagnetic energy. The waveguides include a passageway to pass the print media through the waveguides as the print media travels along a media path. A long axis of each the waveguides are positioned in a direction along the media path, and each waveguide is coupled to a different microwave source to section the electromagnetic energy into regions that are distinct from one another in a direction across the media path. The microwave dryer further includes a controller configured to regulate a power output for each of the microwave energy sources.
US10065434B2	Printing device and control method of a printing device A printing device has a print unit that prints on roll paper; a storage compartment that holds roll paper; a paper guide that limits the position of the roll paper in the storage compartment; a paper guide sensor that outputs different detection values according to the status of the paper guide; a memory unit that stores the paper width of the roll paper; and a control unit that causes the print unit to print based on the paper width stored by the memory unit, detects the status of the paper guide based on the detection value of the paper guide sensor when triggered by a specific event, changes the paper width setting to a value indicating 58 mm if the paper guide is installed, and to a value indicating 80 mm if the paper guide is not installed.
US10065433B1	Concentric arrangement of web conditioning modules in a dryer of a print system Systems and methods for concentric arrangement of web conditioning modules in a dryer of a printing system. In one embodiment a dryer includes a drum, first rollers positioned in an arc around the drum to define a web path between an entrance of the dryer and the drum, and second rollers positioned along the arc between the first rollers and the drum that reverse the web path between the drum and an exit of the dryer. The dryer further includes first web conditioners positioned along the arc and beyond the first rollers from the drum that direct energy toward a portion of the web path that is between the entrance of the dryer and the drum. The dryer further includes second web conditioners positioned along the arc between the second rollers and the drum that direct energy toward a portion of the web path that wraps around the drum.
US10065432B2	Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus including the same An optical scanning device includes a rotating polygon mirror, a light source that irradiates first and second light beams at one side of the rotating polygon mirror and irradiates third and fourth light beams at the other side thereof, a first optical element that reflects the first light beam and allows the second light beam to pass therethrough, a second optical element that reflects the second light beam, a third optical element that allows the third and fourth light beams to pass therethrough, and a fourth optical element that reflects the fourth light beam. The second light beam is a light beam corresponding to yellow, the first, the third, and the fourth light beams are light beams corresponding to three colors other than the yellow. Between the third and fourth optical elements, a scanning lens is arranged. Between the first and second optical elements, a scanning lens is not arranged.
US10065428B2	Liquid circulation module and liquid ejection apparatus In accordance with an embodiment, a liquid circulation module comprises a liquid ejection head for ejecting liquid, a storage section connected with the liquid ejection head to store the liquid, a circulation section configured to circulate the liquid in a predetermined circulation path passing through the liquid ejection head and the storage section, a pressure detection section configured to detect pressure in the storage section, a pressure adjusting section configured to adjust pressure in the storage section, and a module controller configured to control a circulation operation of the circulation section and a pressure adjusting operation of the pressure adjusting section independently from a host controller arranged separately from the liquid circulation module and when communicating with the host controller.
US10065425B2	Printing fluid container In one example, a container for holding printing fluid includes a chamber to hold a printing fluid and an inelastic, expandable, and contractible bag occupying space in the chamber. The exterior of the bag is exposed to an interior of the chamber and an interior of the bag is sealed against the interior of the chamber and vented to the atmosphere.
US10065422B2	Printhead with narrow aspect ratio A printhead includes an aperture plate having an array of nozzles therethrough. The printhead further includes an array of jets fluidly connected to an ink supply chamber, each jet comprising a body chamber having a length:width ratio of at least 3:1. The body chamber comprises a first end, and a second end opposite the first end, the first end and the second end defining a height. Ink flows into body chamber through an inlet, and an outlet on the first end is fluidly connected to a nozzle. A diaphragm is present adjacent the second end of each body chamber in the array of jets. The body chambers are angled relative to a row of nozzles.
US10065420B2	Piezoelectric thin film, method of manufacturing the same, piezoelectric thin film manufacturing apparatus and liquid ejection head A piezoelectric thin film is manufactured by sequentially executing: a step of coating a substrate by applying a coating solution containing an organic solvent and a piezoelectric thin film precursor to form a coating layer; a step of evaporating the organic solvent from the coating layer in a windless environment to obtain a dried coating layer containing the piezoelectric thin film precursor; and a step of heating the dried coating layer to form a piezoelectric thin film from the dried coating layer containing the piezoelectric thin film precursor.
US10065417B2	Temperature uniformity across an inkjet head using piezoelectric actuation Systems and method of maintaining a uniform temperature distribution in an inkjet head. The inkjet head includes a plurality of ink channels that jet droplets of a liquid material onto a medium using piezoelectric actuators. A temperature controller includes a non-jetting pulse generator that provides non-jetting pulses to one or more of the piezoelectric actuators to generate heat. The non-jetting pulses cause the piezoelectric actuators to actuate without jetting a droplet from its corresponding ink channel.
US10065416B2	Sequencing printers In some examples, a controller of a printbar or a printhead copies firing instructions assigned, over a first network, to a plurality of shift registers, to a plurality of parallel registers and providing, over a second network, a primitive sequence including a respective firing order of each of a plurality of primitives included in the primitive sequence to the parallel registers.
US10065415B2	Correction data setting apparatus and inkjet head A first output section outputs a first parameter calculated for each nozzle in a group obtained by dividing the nozzles into groups for each certain number so that density unevenness of ink ejected from each nozzle in the group is corrected. A second output section outputs a second parameter calculated for each group so that change rate of the density unevenness between groups is corrected. A first register circuit divides first parameters for each nozzle in the group and stores the first parameters. A second register circuit divides second parameters for each group and stores the second parameters. A multiplication section sequentially multiplies the first parameters by the second parameters. A conversion section converts a multiplication value to correction data of each nozzle. A setting section sets the correction data in a memory.
US10065410B2	Apparatus for cleaning surfaces An apparatus for cleaning surfaces of a printing press has an adjusting device having a pressing element for pressing a cleaning element against the surface to be cleaned when needed. The adjusting device has a drive for moving the pressing element relative to the surface to be cleaned between a home position, in which the cleaning element is positioned at a distance from the surface to be cleaned, and a cleaning position in which the cleaning element is in contact with the surface to be cleaned or, respectively, is in the direct proximity of the surface to be cleaned. An overload safety device is configured to respond upon a critical force acting on at least one of the adjusting device or pressing element being exceeded and to move the pressing element into an overload position.
US10065403B2	Microfluidic assay assemblies and methods of manufacture In assembling a portion of a microfluidic device by conducting bonding action by contacting faces of opposed bondable materials, one comprising a flexible sheet, the method, while maintaining continual contact of the faces in a region R2 until bonding is completed, of employing repeated make-and-break-contact manufacturing protocol on a region R1 of the contacted faces of the bondable materials, thereby over time neutralizing the tendency for permanent bonds to form in the region R1, thus to enable making and breaking actuated movements of the region R1 of the flexible sheet relative to the portion of the other material that it opposes.
US10065398B2	Multi-layer biaxially oriented polymer film A multi-layer biaxially oriented polymer film comprising a core layer (CL) and at least one sealing layer (SL), said sealing layer(s) (SL) comprise(s) a propylene copolymer composition (P) having a comonomer content in the range of 3.0 to 8.0 wt.-%, the comonomers are C5 to C12 α-olefins, said propylene copolymer composition (P) comprises a polypropylene (A) and a polypropylene (B) in the weight ratio [(A)/(B)] of 20/80 to 80/20, wherein said polypropylene (A) has a comonomer content of equal or below 4.0 wt.-%, the comonomers are C5 to C12 α-olefins, and said propylene copolymer (B) has a comonomer content of 4.0 to 20.0 wt.-%, the comonomers are C5 to C12 α-olefins.
US10065392B2	Stitched multi-layer fabric A stitched multi-layer fabric including a face layer, a barrier layer disposed over the face layer, where the barrier layer is configured to inhibit fluid flow, a batting layer disposed over the barrier layer, a first yarn disposed over the batting layer, and a second yarn securing the first yarn to the batting layer, securing the face layer, the barrier layer, and the batting layer together, and forming stitch holes in the barrier layer. A melted portion of the barrier layer fills a portion of the stitch holes in the barrier layer.
US10065390B2	Insulated fiberfill An insulated fiberfill comprises a first fiber layer and a second fiber layer. The first fiber layer comprises an inner surface and multiple connecting portions arranged on the inner surface and spaced from each other. The second fiber layer is mounted on the inner surface, and comprises multiple joining portions respectively connected with the connecting portions and multiple folding portions inclined toward a same direction. Each of the folding portions is formed between two adjacent joining portions, leans against an adjacent folding portion, and covers at least one of the joining portions. Accordingly, the insulated fiberfill is beneficial for enhancing the capability of the coat and sleeping bag to keep the human body warm. Also, the fabricating steps of the coat and sleeping bag are simplified, and the fabricating time of the same is shortened.
US10065389B2	Vacuum insulation panel and refrigerator including the same Disclosed herein are a vacuum insulation panel having an improved structure which may improve durability by minimizing a folding process, and a refrigerator including the same.The vacuum insulation panel includes a core material, a first outer skin material that is arranged to form an outer surface of the core material, a second outer skin material that has a gap and forms the other outer surface of the core material, and is disposed to face the first outer skin material, and a third outer skin material that is provided to connect the first outer skin material and the second outer skin material and to be variable in accordance with the gap.
US10065383B2	Method of manufacturing a fluid-filled chamber with a tensile element A method of manufacturing a fluid-filled chamber with a tensile element includes manufacturing a tensile element and incorporating the tensile element into a chamber. A first material layer, a second material layer, and a spacing structure having a plurality of support portions and a plurality of gaps may be stacked. The material layers may be located on either side of the spacing structure or on one side of the spacing structure. A strand may be stitched through the gaps to join the material layers and to form the tensile element. The spacing structure may be removed, and the first material layer may be spaced from the second material layer such that segments of the strand extend between the material layers. The tensile element may then be secured to opposite interior surfaces of an outer barrier, and the outer barrier may be pressurized to place the strand in tension.
US10065376B2	Three-dimensional object fabrication device, three-dimensional object fabrication method, and three-dimensional object A three-dimensional object fabrication device, a three-dimensional object fabrication method, and a three-dimensional object decorated in any desired colors are provided. In the three-dimensional object, second colored regions of the layers overlap each other, and a discharged ink volume of a coloring ink per unit volume is reduced to a smaller volume in the second colored region than in a first colored region adjacent to the second colored region.
US10065370B2	Method of making a monolithic part A method of forming a monolithic aircraft part includes additively forming a first cavity, defined by a first wall of the part, additively forming a second cavity, defined by a second wall of the part, so that the first cavity and the second cavity are not in communication with each other and share a common wall portion so that the second cavity is partially contained within the first cavity. Additively forming the first cavity includes forming a first aperture, extending through the first wall, forming a second aperture, extending through the first wall, and forming a first inner surface of the first wall, defining a first shape, wherein a first object, permanently having the first shape, would not be able to be mechanically extracted from the first cavity via the first aperture or the second aperture.
US10065365B2	Particle removal device and method of using the same A particle removal device including a particle removal sticker. The particle removal sticker including a top side and a bottom side. The bottom side of the particle removal sticker includes an adhesive configured to removably adhere to a screen of an electronic device. The particle removal device also includes a sticker release liner. The sticker release liner includes a top side removably attached to the bottom side of the particle removal sticker. The sticker release liner is configured to be removed from the bottom side of the particle removal sticker to expose the adhesive and to adhere the particle removal sticker to the screen. The particle removal sticker is configured to remove particles as the particle removal sticker is removed from the screen. Other embodiments are provided.
US10065362B2	Joining method A joining method for joining together a first member in which fiber material is mixed into a first resin, and a second member that includes at least a second resin, includes abutting the first member and the second member together, and softening or melting the first resin of the first member and the second resin of the second member that are adjacent to abutting surfaces of the first member and the second member; and stirring a joint forming portion formed by the softened or melted first resin of the first member and the softened or melted second resin of the second member, and the fiber material included in the softened or melted first resin of the first member, in a direction inclined with respect to the abutting surfaces, and hardening the joint forming portion.
US10065359B2	Apparatus and method for lining a pipe An apparatus and a method for forming a lining in a pipe is disclosed. A pumpable material capable of curing is dispensed about an interior wall of a damaged section of pipe between an inflatable bladder and the pipe. The pumpable material is compressed between the bladder and the pipe and allowed to cure. An assembly for forming the lining in the pipe includes a feeding pump, a static mixer, a dispensing unit and a bladder. The pumpable material is preferably dispensed rearward of an inverting face of the bladder and the dispensing unit and the bladder move substantially in sync along the interior of the pipe.
US10065350B2	Light guide and covering element, instrument panel and method for manufacturing a decorative element A light guide and covering element, a motor vehicle instrument panel including the same, and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The light guide and covering element include a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the light guide and covering element are produced from a first transparent material. The second portion of the light guide and covering element are produced from a second opaque material. The first portion of the light guide and covering element and the second portion of the light guide and covering element are made from a single part.
US10065340B2	Device and method for cleaving A device and method for cleaving a sample includes: creating an indentation on a top surface of the sample by applying a downward force along a vertical axis, the axis arranging perpendicularly to the top surface of the sample; providing a breaking pin and arranging the breaking pin under the sample to touch the bottom surface of the sample at a position that is directly opposite from the indentation; and, applying a downward force on the sample by providing a left side and right side breaker pin wherein the downward force comprises a left-side downward force extended through the left-side breaker pin and right-side downward force through the right side breaker pin, further the pins that provide the left-side and right-side downward force are disposed on a breaker bar and arranged to be on opposite sides of a vertical axis that extends through the indentation on the top surface.
US10065335B2	Overlapping apparatus and method An apparatus for the lateral overlapping of portions which are transported in a longitudinal direction and which each comprise at least one slice cut off from a food product is provided.
US10065333B2	Universal router system This present invention describes and relates a system including a plurality of parts and features allowing the user to creatively and accurately operate a router be able to make several different cuts and create new cut designs on a piece of wood. This inventive new system includes an on board clampable on board adjustable miter gauge including an elongated slotted plate device suitably attached to a protractor on the miter gauge which guide means with suitably attached sleeve may be swung to the right or left through an arcuate slot through which a threaded means pass through and into and through a suitable opening through said opening in miter gauge thus allowing angular settings allowing for freehand lettering, pictures, mechanical lettering, wood joints and other creative cuts without the need of patterns stencils and templates.
US10065325B2	Transport tool for transporting a laboratory article A transport tool for transporting a laboratory article using a pipette of a pipetting system includes at least one plug-in sleeve, which is implemented for the releasable plugging-in of a receptacle cone of a pipette, and which can be plugged onto the receptacle cone of the pipette instead of a disposable pipette tip. In addition, the transport tool comprises an article holder having at least one holding part, which is implemented to form a support connection with a laboratory article. A connecting part connects the article holder to the plug-in sleeve, so that holding axes of the at least one article holder and the sleeve axis of the plug-in sleeve are arranged coaxially or axially-parallel to one another. The laboratory article has at least one flat, at least approximately horizontal surface. The article holder has a holding plate or a holding sleeve.
US10065319B2	Tool calibration apparatus of robot manipulator A tool calibration apparatus for a robot manipulator having a tool is disclosed. The tool calibration apparatus comprises a base, an X-axis measurement device, a Y-axis measurement device and a Z-axis measurement device. Each of the X-axis measurement device, the Y-axis measurement device and the Z-axis measurement device comprises a measuring plate and a sensor. The measuring plates of the X-axis measurement device, the Y-axis measurement device and the Z-axis measurement device move in a direction along the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis, respectively. The sensors of the X-axis measurement device, the Y-axis measurement device and the Z-axis measurement device measure a displacement of the corresponding measuring plate. According to the displacements, information of a tool center point of the tool is acquired so as to calibrate the tool center point.
US10065315B2	Method for operating a robotic device and robotic device A method for operating a robotic device with a kinematic chain of mobile components is provided. The kinematic chain includes a function-specific end-effector at one end. Sensor values are acquired by sensors of the robotic device arranged on the kinematic chain or in the environment of the kinematic chain. A force acting on the end-effector or another component of the kinematic chain, or a variable dependent thereupon, is determined in a prespecified manner based on the acquired sensor values. The force or variable determined is compared with a prespecified first safety limit value by a control mechanism of the robotic device. A characteristic of the kinematic chain or the function-specific end-effector is adapted if the force or variable determined is in a prespecified relationship to the first safety limit value in order to increase the operational safety of a robotic device and of people in the environment of the robotic device.
US10065314B2	System and method for manipulation platform A manipulation platform includes a navigation system, manipulation arm, and one or more area sensors. The navigation unit locates a position of the manipulation platform, and a manipulation arm has a device or a collection sensor. The area sensors acquire data representative of at least a portion of an area in which the manipulation platform is located. Processors determine or predict a presence of an external object within a manipulation range of the manipulation arm using the data acquired by the one or more area sensors. The processors respond to a determination of the external body being, or being predicted to be, within the manipulation range by controlling one or more of the manipulation arm or the manipulation platform.
US10065307B2	Substrate transport apparatus A substrate transport apparatus having a frame, a drive section and an articulated arm. The drive section has at least one motor module that is selectable for placement in the drive section from a number of different interchangeable motor modules. Each having a different predetermined characteristic. The articulated arm has articulated joints. The arm is connected to the drive section for articulation. The arm has a selectable configuration selectable from a number of different arm configurations each having a predetermined configuration characteristic. The selection of the arm configuration is effected by selection of the at least one motor module for placement in the drive section.
US10065303B1	Retention device for hand-held power tools A retention device for hand-held power tools. The retention device may include a first plate which may be attached to the underside of the power tool; a second plate and a third plate which may be connected to the first plate via hinges. The second and third plates may have aligned notches fit for an object such as a piece of lumber. When the second and third plates are extended, the retention device may allow the power tool to be set down on the edge of the object in an upright position. When the second and third plates are folded, the power tool may still be placed in an upright position on a flat surface.
US10065300B2	Fastener driving apparatus A fastener driving apparatus comprises a gas spring or spring, a drive mechanism, an anvil assembly, and an anvil. The drive mechanism permits transition from engagement with the gas spring, spring or anvil assembly to disengagement from the gas spring, spring or anvil assembly. The anvil and/or anvil assembly are operatively coupled to the gas spring or spring such that after the drive mechanism disengages them, the gas spring piston or the spring moves to imparts a force on the anvil to cause the anvil to move and drive a fastener. The mass of the anvil assembly is preferably greater than 50% of the total mass of the anvil assembly and gas spring moving mass. The gas spring is configured such that the pressure increase during the movement of the gas spring piston by the drive mechanism is less than 30% of the initial pressure in the gas spring.
US10065293B2	Tool, screw and system for transmitting a drive torque The present invention relates to a drive tool, a screw and a system for transmitting a drive torque. The drive tool can be guided in a receiving recess of a connecting partner, in particular in a receiving recess of the screw, and transmit the drive torque during a rotation about a central axis. The drive tool has radially outwardly projecting first projections which are wedgeshaped in cross-section and which are suitable for transmitting the drive torque to the connecting partner. The drive tool comprises a quasi-cylindrical section in which all of the surface lines in the region of the quasicylindrical section form an angle of less than 10° with the central axis, but the outer face is, at least in sections, of conical form such that the surface lines in the respective section are inclined by at least 1.5° with respect to the central axis.
US10065290B2	Combined type wheel burr brush The invention relates to a combined type wheel burr brush, consisting of a lower bottom plate, lantern rings, nylon brush units, an upper bottom plate, steel-wire brush units and the like, wherein the steel-wire brush units in II and IV areas are floating, and under a natural state, the height of the steel-wire brush units is 10 mm higher than that of the nylon brush units; when in work, the steel-wire brush units firstly contact a spoke of a back cavity of a wheel, burrs of the back cavity of the wheel can be removed powerfully when the steel-wire brush units rotate, the steel-wire brush units are continuously compressed, and when the nylon brush units also contact the spoke of the back cavity, burrs at corners can be smoothened; and when a small-size wheel is encountered, by removing the lower bottom plate, the fast locks and the lantern rings, a small-size burr brush can be formed. When the burr brush combining the steel-wire brush units with the nylon brush units of the invention is in use, not only can the efficiency of removing the burrs of the back cavity of the wheel be improved, but also the removing effect is very obvious, and meanwhile, the service life of the brush can be greatly prolonged.
US10065288B2	Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) platform for local profile control A localized chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) platform is provided. A table is configured to support a workpiece with a to-be-polished surface. A polishing pad is spaced from the table with a width less than about half that of the table. The polishing pad is configured to individually polish rough regions of hillocks or valleys on the to-be-polished surface. A slurry distribution system is configured to apply slurry to an interface between the polishing pad and the workpiece. A cleaning system is configured to clean the workpiece in situ on the table. A drying system is configured to dry the workpiece in situ on the table. A method for CMP with local profile control and a system with local profile control are also provided.
US10065284B2	Online general vehicle wheel deburring device The present invention discloses an online general vehicle wheel deburring device comprising a frame, an air cylinder, a guide rail, a servo electric cylinder and the like, wherein a vehicle wheel on a roller way is initially positioned by a sensor, a clamping cylinder clamps the vehicle wheel by using four V-shaped rollers by virtue of gears, gear racks and the guide rails IV, and the vehicle wheel is rotated in a clamping state under the action of a driving motor; the angle of a brush can be randomly adjusted by the servo electric cylinder I by virtue of the guide rail the angle of the brush can be randomly adjusted by the servo electric cylinder II by virtue of the guide rail I; the lifting height of the brush can be adjusted by the lift cylinder by virtue of the guide rail III.
US10065282B2	Skate blade sharpening system with alignment adjustment A skate blade sharpening system retains a skate blade in a sharpening position whose centerline has a first location relative to a first visual reference feature. A motor-driven rotating shaft has a wheel-mounting location for mounting a grinding wheel for sharpening operation. The shaft accepts an alignment wheel at the wheel-mounting location during an alignment, the alignment wheel having a second visual reference feature having a second location relative to a centerline of the grinding wheel when occupying the wheel-mounting location. An adjustment mechanism moves the shaft transversely during alignment to vary relative position between the wheel-mounting location and the sharpening position including an aligned position in which the centerline of the grinding wheel is aligned with the centerline of the sharpening position, the aligned position being indicated by alignment of the first visual reference feature with the second visual reference feature during alignment.
US10065275B2	Component crimping apparatus A component crimping apparatus includes a crimping tool that sucks a film-like component and presses a crimping section of the sucked film-like component against the substrate to crimp the film-like component to the substrate. The crimping tool includes a block holding portion that includes a guide member extending in one direction within a horizontal plane, first suction blocks that are provided movably along the guide member and that sucks an upper part of the crimping section of the film-like component, a second suction block that is provided movably along the guide member of the block holding portion and that sucks an upper part of a non-crimping section of the film-like component and a block fixation unit that fixes the first suction blocks and the second suction block to the guide member.
US10065274B2	Joining to aluminum A flux comprising one or more amines which is especially useful as a solder flux in soldering operations involving reactive metals such as aluminum; and a process for making aluminum surfaces solderable using the flux and conventional solders.
US10065263B2	Spot welding cap changer The invention relates to a spot welding cap changer (1) with a cap puller (2) and two cap magazines (3, 3A), the cap puller (2) having a gripper (20) with spring-loaded, pivotable jaws (21, 22), which in response to a turning and axial pulling-off movement detaches a spot welding cap (K) of a pincer spot welding head introduced into it from a shaft of the pincer welding head in such a way that it is clamped to prevent it twisting, and the cap magazines (3, 3A) holding spot welding caps respectively in a round cap carrier (31) such that they are circularly arranged in a directed and oriented manner and are respectively transported individually one after the other into an access position against a stop (32) by an advancing force (P).
US10065246B2	Laser line generator tool for a pipe machining apparatus A pipe machining apparatus according to an aspect includes a frame capable of being mounted onto a pipe, a tool carrier coupled to and movable relative to the frame, a tool support coupled to and movable with the tool carrier relative to the frame, and a laser line generator tool mounted on and movable with the tool support. The laser line generator tool is used to image a laser light onto the pipe to align with a mark(s) on the pipe which denotes a proper cut line around the pipe. The apparatus can be repositioned relative to the pipe in order to enable an operator to properly position the apparatus on the pipe prior to a cutting operation.
US10065244B2	Method for fabricating porous spherical iron-based alloy powder The present invention discloses a method for fabricating a porous spherical iron-based alloy powder, a powder thereof and a sintered body thereof. The method comprises steps: mixing an iron oxide powder and an alloying powder to form a mixed powder; spray-granulating the mixed powder to form a spherical spray-granulated powder; and placing the spherical spray-granulated powder in a reducing environment and heating it to a temperature of lower than 700° C. to obtain a porous spherical iron-based alloy powder having high flowability, high compressibility, superior sinterability and low cost.
US10065234B2	Forming machine and method for control of a forming machine A forming machine, particularly a ring-rolling machine, which includes a light section sensor, which is directed at a workpiece disposed in a work region of the forming machine, can work precisely while having a simple mechanical-engineering structure. The light section sensor may be directed at a forming region in which the working tool acts in forming manner.
US10065233B2	Method for manufacturing cap A method for manufacturing a cap, which can insert a sheet member easily into a predetermined position of an upper part inside a cap body, without causing deformation to the sheet member or the cap body. The sheet member does not separate when a container is brought to reduced pressure. An annular protruding portion protruding on a lower surface side is formed in an annular flat region of a sheet member of an inside plug. After or at the same time that the sheet member is inserted into and installed at a predetermined position within a cap body, the annular protruding portion is pressed axially toward a top panel wall and deformed so as to become close to a flat shape, to enlarge the outer diameter of the sheet member. The inside plug is thereby held to be inseparable from inside a skirt wall and to be axially movable.
US10065230B2	Methods of forming hollow extruded vehicle frame component for subassembly attachment A frame component of a vehicle, such as a header beam that couples between the A-pillars of a vehicle frame, includes an extruded hollow member having top and bottom exterior walls and side walls that together enclose an elongated internal volume of the hollow member. A pair of interior walls extends along the internal volume separating outer load sections adjacent to the side walls from a central attachment section. The outer load sections are void of apertures for supporting continuous load paths. A formation on the bottom exterior wall protrudes into the internal volume in the central attachment section. The formation includes an inset surface angled, located, and otherwise configured for attaching a subassembly to the frame component.
US10065229B2	Method for producing highly dimensionally accurate half-shells and apparatus for producing a half-shell The invention relates to a method for producing highly dimensionally accurate half-shells from a tailored blank, wherein, in a first die, with optional use of at least one hold-down means, the half-shell is subjected to pre-shaping by deep drawing, wherein the first die has at least one punch, a die base, a die rest surface and a jacket region, and wherein the pre-shaped half-shell is subsequently subjected to final shaping in a second die, in particular in a calibration tool. The object of specifying a method which simplifies the production of highly dimensionally accurate half-shells is achieved in that, before the deep drawing, the blank is tailored by cutting, taking into consideration the desired final shape of the pre-shaped and/or finally shaped half-shell, with a positive dimensional deviation in the predefined tolerance range, the die base of the first die is moved relative to the die rest surface, the blank is clamped between the die base and the punch of the first die, and the blank is deep-drawn in a guided manner.
US10065224B2	Compositions and methods for cleaning contaminated solids and liquids The present invention relates to compositions and methods for the remediation of contaminated solids and liquids. In particular, embodiments of the present invention relate to the bioremediation of solids and liquids by a composition comprising a biocatalyst or mixture of biocatalysts. The present invention also relates to methods for producing the bioremediation compositions and methods for applying the bioremediation compositions to contaminated sites, including treatment, storage, and disposal facilities, as well as various contaminated water sources, such as aquifers and reservoirs.
US10065222B2	Cleaning systems and methods for semiconductor substrate storage articles Provided are methods and systems for cleaning various semiconductor substrate storage articles, in particular, FOUP doors. The FOUP doors and other similar articles often have openings that may get contaminated with cleaning liquids if not covered. The described cleaning system includes contact points for engaging the article and covering these openings. The contact points may be also used for supporting the article and for pressurizing the openings in the article with a gas. The gas may be supplied through one or more contact points. It prevents liquids from getting into the openings if even the openings are not completely sealed. The pressurization may be maintained through the entire wet portion of the cleaning process. The article may be rotated within the cleaning system while cleaning and/or other liquids or gases are dispensed through a set of spraying nozzles. Spraying nozzles may move to enhance cleaning of the article.
US10065217B2	Scraping device and scraping method using robot A scraping device and a scraping method, by which a scraping process using a robot can be automated, and workload of an operator can be significantly reduced. The scraping device includes a robot which grips or holds a scraping tool, and a robot controller which controls the robot. The robot is a multi-joint robot having six axes, and has a robot arm and a robot hand attached to a front end of the robot arm. The scraping tool is gripped or held by the robot hand. The scraping tool has a cutting edge and a vibrator which vibrates the cutting edge at high velocity, and the robot hand grips the scraping tool while the cutting edge is vibrated at high velocity.
US10065202B2	Apparatus and methods for spraying a cosmetic composition A hand-held apparatus for the application of a sunless tanning composition to the skin of a user. The apparatus includes: a housing, the housing enclosing: an air mover, a nozzle, and a reservoir. The reservoir and nozzle are in operable gaseous connection with the air mover such that in use, a composition in the reservoir is expelled through the nozzle to form a spray. The apparatus is useful in methods for spraying a tanning composition onto the skin of an individual.
US10065199B2	Foaming cartridge Foaming cartridge for use with a foam pump, refill unit or foam dispenser includes a housing and a foaming stage disposed within the housing. The foaming stage includes two or more mix media located within the foaming stage. At least two of the mix media are sponges and the sponges have different porosities.
US10065195B1	Apparatus and method for harvesting vegetation byproduct through regulated flow of carbon dioxide and mechanical agitation An apparatus and method for harvesting vegetation material byproduct enables regulated flow of carbon dioxide and mechanical agitation to create flash frozen vegetation material byproduct, followed by selective collection of the byproducts based on size and composition. An apparatus frame and a pivotally mounted extraction assembly mount frame provide structural support. An extraction assembly includes a container that is carried by the extraction assembly mount frame. The container contains the vegetation material. A carbon dioxide vessel contains a carbon dioxide that flash freezes the vegetation material. A conveyor and a size adjustable nozzle regulate flow rate and quantity of carbon dioxide flowing from a carbon dioxide vessel to the container. An agitation motor mechanically engages the flash frozen material in the container. A classifier having a classifier mesh with multiple mesh openings is carried by the container. The classifier segregates the agitated byproduct, which is captured by a collection pan.
US10065193B2	Processing of grains and the like Methods for processing of grains and the like and products produced by such processing, the invention in preferred embodiments subjects whole grains or portions of grains to rapid pressure and directional changes in a high velocity fluid stream to instantaneously vary forces acting thereon. Flours of reduced particle sizes having low starch value damage result, the present processing also permitting uniform blending of additives such as during comminution of the grains. Processed grains according to the invention are resistant to spoilage and clumping. Whole grain flours and white flours can be produced according to the invention. Bran, germ and endosperm of grains can also be separated.
US10065192B2	Machine frame for a roll press A machine frame (1) for a roll press. This machine frame has an axial frame (2) for absorbing axial forces developing due to the operation and at least two radial frames (3) for absorbing radial forces developing due to the operation. The elements (36) of the radial frame (3), which absorb the radial forces, are mounted elastically in the machine frame (1).
US10065191B2	Twin roller crusher The invention relates to a dual-roller crusher (1) with rollers (2, 3) rotatably mounted in a crusher housing and are driven by a motor so as to counter-rotate synchronously about respective parallel center axes, crusher teeth (6, 7) being mounted on the outer surfaces of the rollers (2, 3), every crusher tooth (6, 7) of a roller (2, 3) of the pair of rollers being fittable into a respective pocket (8, 9) in the outer surface of the other roller (2, 3) of the pair of rollers such that, during rotation of the rollers (2, 3), each crusher tooth (6, 7) engages in the respective pocket (8, 9).
US10065190B2	Multi-well tray and rack therefore System, apparatuses, and methods for performing automated reagent-based analysis are provided. Also provided are methods for automated attachment of a cap to a reaction receptacle, and automated removal of a cap from a capped reaction receptacle.
US10065187B2	Centrifugal platform and device for rapid analysis of oilfield fluids A method of evaluating an asphaltene inhibitor includes providing a centrifugal microfluidic system including: a disc mounted to rotate about an axis; a microfluidic device mounted on the disc, the device having sample, solvent, inhibitor, and precipitant reservoirs and an analysis chamber in fluid communication with the sample, solvent, inhibitor, and precipitant reservoirs; and an optical detection system coupled to the analysis chamber and configured to measure the optical transmission of fluid in the analysis chamber. The method includes filling the sample, solvent, inhibitor, and precipitant reservoirs, respectively, with a sample, solvent, inhibitor, and precipitant; rotating the disc to generate centrifugal force to cause the sample, solvent, inhibitor, and precipitant to travel radially outward to the analysis chamber; and measuring the optical transmission of a mixture of the sample, solvent, inhibitor, and precipitant in the analysis chamber as a function of radial distance of the analysis chamber.
US10065185B2	Microfluidic cartridge The technology described herein generally relates to microfluidic cartridges configured to amplify and detect polynucleotides extracted from multiple biological samples in parallel. The technology includes a microfluidic substrate, comprising: a plurality of sample lanes, wherein each of the plurality of sample lanes comprises a microfluidic network having, in fluid communication with one another: an inlet; a first valve and a second valve; a first channel leading from the inlet, via the first valve, to a reaction chamber; and a second channel leading from the reaction chamber, via the second valve, to a vent.
US10065182B2	Method of water purification The present invention relates to a water-purifying composite material, especially a water-purifying composite material for use in the photocatalytic destruction of pollutants in water. The water-purifying composite materials of the invention are uniquely formed by growing crystals of photocatalytic metal compounds in situ within interlayer regions or pores within an aluminosilcate mineral structure, to thereby provide highly catalytic species for use in oxidative photocatalytic water treatments.
US10065172B2	Modification of layered double hydroxides The present invention relates to a process for modifying a layered double hydroxide (LDH), the process comprising, a. providing a water-wet layered double hydroxide of formula: [Mz+1-xM′y+x(OH)2]a+(Xn−)a/r.bH2O (1) wherein M and M′ are metal cations, z=1 or 2; y=3 or 4, x is 0.1 to 1, preferably x<1, more preferably x=0.1-0.9, b is 0 to 10, X is an anion, r is 1 to 3, n is the charge on the anion X and a is determined by x, y and z, preferably a=z(1−x)+xy−2; b. maintaining the layered double hydroxide water-wet, and c. contacting the water-wet layered double hydroxide with at least one solvent, the solvent being miscible with water and preferably having a solvent polarity (P′) in the range 3.8 to 9, as well as to a layered double hydroxide prepared according to that process.
US10065164B2	Method for completely emptying a catalytic reactor The present invention provides a method for emptying a reactor containing at least one bed of spent catalyst particles, wherein the reactor comprises at least one dump tube that opens into the reactor. The method comprises the steps of: (a) causing a portion of the bed of spent catalyst particles to flow out of the reactor via the dump tube; and (b) expelling the remainder of the spent catalyst particles from the reactor by driving the remainder of the spent catalyst particles toward the opening of the dump tube using a removable device comprising at least one rotary brush fixed to the end of an articulated arm introduced into the reactor via the dump tube.
US10065146B2	Method and apparatus for winding a filter element A filter apparatus and method utilize a filter element, defining a longitudinal axis and an axial end thereof, and having a central winding structure and a length of fluted filter material wound about the winding structure with the flutes of the media oriented to provide for filtration of fluid passing axially through the filter element. An edge of filter media defines the axial end of the filter element when the media is wound about the winding structure. An axial end of the winding structure is disposed adjacent the axial end of the filter element. A winding feature extends substantially axially outward from the axial end of the winding structure to a distal end of the winding feature. The filter media is wrapped about the winding structure such that the axial end of the filter element is disposed substantially flush with the distal end of the winding feature.
US10065139B2	Filter module having a plurality of replaceable hollow-fiber bundles in an end-face plate A filter module has hollow fibers which are combined into fiber bundles having end face pottings. The pottings of the fiber bundles are received into a common end disk.
US10065137B2	Device for separating and removing material to be sieved from a flowing liquid contaminated with material to be sieved A device for separating and removing material to be sieved from flowing liquid includes a screen forming a sieve surface and fixed to a frame with grate bars arranged beside one another and separated from each other. At least one cleaning rake with numerous cleaning prongs can be in a conveying direction along the screen via a drive. When the cleaning prongs pass the screen, they engage at least in sections between adjacent grate bars to remove the material to be sieved and held back by the screen, thereby conveying it towards a discharge. The cleaning prongs may be configured to be movable laterally back and forth with regard to the conveying direction and with regard to the screen.
US10065136B2	Rotary drum with screen for processing food An apparatus for separating liquid from food product includes a rotable drum mounted in a frame. The ends of the drum are comprised of rigid structural material, and each includes a sealing band. An inlet at the first end receives food product and liquid. Food product solids, with less water than received, are discharged from an outlet at the second end. One or more helical flights extend between the ends. The flights have an outer edge, and a flexible mesh screen is wrapped about and intermittently supported by the outer edge. The ends of the screen are held in the sealing bands, and the longitudinal edges of the screen are held by a seal extending between the sealing bands. Liquid can pass through the screen and food product is retained in the drum by the screen, and moved to the outlet by the flights.
US10065132B2	Membrane-based washing and deacidification of oils Membrane-based method of washing and deacidification of oils, wherein a stream of oil is conveyed from an oil reservoir along one side of porous hydrophobic membrane, and washing aqueous solution is conveyed along another side of this membrane. The membranes form hollow fibers, and their total surface area and porosity are large enough for efficient removal of fatty acids, water, ions and hydrophilic organic impurities from oil. Membrane pore size is small enough, so that hydrodynamic mixing of oil and aqueous solution does not take place. Additional stabilization of oil/water meniscus in the pores is achieved by transmembrane pressure difference.
US10065107B2	Constrained puzzle A constrained puzzle device including a housing formed with a radial crescent gutter; one or more slots providing an opening from an outer edge of the housing toward a centerline of the housing; a cartridge wheel nested within the slot and rotatably coupled to the housing, the cartridge wheel having multiple channels passing therethrough. The constrained puzzle device further includes one or more dials rotatably coupled with the housing, the dials configured with structures extending at least partially over the crescent gutter to create one or more pocket regions. Puzzle objects can be disposed within a channel of the cartridge wheel and the slot of the housing, or within the crescent gutter of the housing and a pocket formed by at least one arm member of the dial. The puzzle objects can be moved around in the constrained puzzle device as a user rotates the dials and/or the cartridge wheels.
US10065102B2	Sliding board, fastening device for shoes and a snowboard equipment comprising said sliding board and said fastening device The present invention relates to, a sliding board, the structure of which comprises at least one lower layer, at least one upper layer, a core, at least one rail delimiting a groove with a top opening for receiving and guiding an anchoring component for a shoe fastening baseplate, wherein it comprises at least one serrated bar separate and spaced apart from the groove of the rail and designed to interact with at least one peripheral toothed sector mounted on the lower surface of the baseplate with a view to preventing its longitudinal translational movement, and to, a fastening device designed to equip said sliding board and a snowboard equipment comprising said sliding board and said device.
US10065100B2	Information processing device, storage medium, and information processing method An information processing apparatus includes circuitry that analyzes a motion of a user by determining a start time and an end time of a motion session from characteristics of motion data regarding the motion of the user. The motion data is indicative of a type of sports-related motion performed by the user.
US10065098B2	Reactive-mobility training appliance including a punching bag A training appliance for practicing combat sports, contact sports or grappling sports, includes a punching bag having an envelope including a closing wall forming a bottom wall at the lower end thereof, and a second closing wall at the top end. The appliance includes a horizontal base for supporting the bag on the ground, that can be immobilized on the ground and on which the punching bag rests, by the wall thereof. A mechanical connection is established between the base and the wall, authorizing the pivoting movement of the bag around the point of contact between the wall and the sole. The bag also includes at least one unit for returning the same to the vertical position.
US10065097B2	Basketball shooting instruction device A basketball shooting instruction device for use on a ground surface is provided with a feet positioning assembly, a support pole fixedly connected to a foundation juncture of the feet positioning assembly, and a shot box positioned on an upper end of the support pole.
US10065095B2	Apparatus, system and method for playing an object toss game An object toss game has a ball connected to an elastic cord. The ball has a surface with fasteners. Two board assemblies are positioned at a distance apart. Pads are arranged on a top panel of each board assembly. Players toss the ball toward a pad on the board to remove the pad from the top panel. The ball then bounces from the top panel to remove the pad from the top panel. The first player to remove the pads from a board positioned opposite to the player wins the game. Alternately, players take turns tossing darts at regions on the board assemblies that are assigned points.
US10065094B2	Golf club head A golf club head may include a body and a sole plate. The body may include a hosel portion, a front strike face, a crown and a sole. The sole may include a floor and sidewalls extending from the floor to the crown. The sole may include weight ports for receiving weighted slugs. The sole plate may be rotatably mounted to the sole, wherein the sole plate is rotatable, while remaining mounted to the sole, between a cover position in which the sole plate covers each of the weight ports and at least one access position in which each and every weighted port is accessible for removal or insertion of a weighted slug.
US10065093B2	Cat's claw golf tool with tread cleaning A golf tool for cleaning a cleat or spike may include a top surface, a pair of opposing side surfaces connected to the top surface, a bottom surface opposing the top surface, a front surface connecting to the top surface, the bottom surface and the side surfaces, and a back surface connecting to the top surface, the bottom surface and the side surfaces. The bottom surface may be connected to at least three cleaning fingers to simultaneously clean three cleats of a golf shoe. The front surface may be connected to a finger projection having a flexible cleaning cylinder.
US10065091B2	Slidable weight assembly A golf club head comprising a channel or a pair of parallel rails and a slidable weight assembly that can be removably fixed at any point within the channel or to the rails is disclosed herein. The slidable weight assembly preferably comprises a weight portion and base that can be turned 45 to 90 degrees to reversibly fix the slidable weight assembly within the channel or to the rails.
US10065090B2	Advanced hybrid iron type golf club The present invention is a unique advanced hybrid iron type golf club having a curved face. The golf club incorporates the discovery of unique relationships among key club head engineering variables such as volume, blade length, heel blade length section, Zcg, front-to-back dimension, and club moment arm.
US10065088B2	Golf club having double-walled striking face A golf club head having a golf club head body and an inner wall structure. The club head body includes a back portion, a striking face, a sole, and a topline. The inner wall structure is at least partially in contact with a rear surface of the striking face. The inner wall structure also has a fixed end and an unfixed end. The golf club head is also configured such that the portion of the inner wall structure in contact with the rear surface of the striking face may slide against one another. The golf club head may also include a sole channel, and the fixed end of the inner wall structure may be attached to either a front edge or back edge of the sole channel.
US10065083B2	Golf club head A golf club head is described having a body defining an interior cavity and comprising a heel portion, a toe portion, and a sole portion positioned at a bottom portion of the golf club head, and a crown positioned at a top portion. The body has a forward portion and a rearward portion. A face is positioned at the forward portion of the body. The face has a center face location and includes a center face characteristic time. An off-center location on the face is located at about −40 mm in a heel direction away from the center face location. The off-center location has an off-center characteristic time of at least 80% of the center face characteristic time.
US10065079B2	Golf ball Golf ball having a core and a cover of one or more layers, the core being formed of a material molded under heat from a rubber composition including a base rubber, an organic peroxide, and water and/or a metal monocarboxylate. Defining the tan δ slope as (tan δ10−tan δ1)/(10%−1%), where tan δ1 and tan δ10 are the loss tangents at dynamic strains of, respectively, 1% and 10% when the loss tangents of the core center and the core surface are measured at −12° C. and 15 Hz, the difference between the tan δ slopes at the core surface and the core center is larger than 0.002. Because a core material which undergoes little decrease in resilience over time and experiences little energy loss can be obtained, the golf ball maintains a good rebound, has a reduced spin rate and thus is able to achieve an increased distance.
US10065071B1	Exercise chair An exercise chair that is operable to engage a user's core muscle groups in order to maintain a desired position thereof. The exercise chair includes a base having a plurality of legs. A seat member is rotatably secured to the base. A first mounting plate is secured to the bottom of the seat member. A second mounting plate is secured to the first mounting plate. The second mounting plate is ring-shaped and undulated in form having at least two peak section and at least two valley sections. A wheel assembly is superposed the base and includes wheels configured to engage the second mounting plate and traverse therealong. A mount having a shaft coupled thereto rotatably couples the seat member with the base. In a first position of the exercise chair, the wheels of the wheel assembly are engaged with the at least two peak sections.
US10065065B2	Exercise suit with integrated weights An exercise suit with integrated weights includes a shirt portion and a pants portion that are constructed from a lightweight elastomeric material. A plurality of soft weights are disposed along the shirt and pants portions at locations adjacent to the major muscle groups of the suit wearer. Each of the weights can be permanently secured along the inside facing surface of the shirt and pants, and conform to the shape and movement of the suit wearer. The suit also includes a fitness monitor having a heartbeat sensor, timer and display.
US10065058B2	Tolerance ring in external energy absorber An external energy absorber may include a hub having a line associated therewith, the line including a first end directly or indirectly attached to the hub and a second end opposite the first end attached to a user, an energy absorbing arrangement directly or indirectly attached to the hub, the energy absorbing arrangement comprising an outer ring directly or indirectly attached to the hub, an inner ring directly or indirectly attached to a housing, and at least one energy absorbing member positioned between the outer ring and the inner ring, wherein the at least one energy absorbing member is configured to generate friction between the outer ring and the inner ring upon rotation of the hub, and the housing configured to hold the hub and energy absorbing arrangement.
US10065052B2	Skincare compositions This invention relates to skincare compositions, in particular compositions effective in the treatment of acne vulgaris, and to methods of treatment of the skin that involve the application of such compositions, wherein the compositions comprise salicylic acid or a salt thereof in combination with at 2 actives selected from the group consisting of lactic acid or a salt thereof; glycyrrhizinic acid or a salt or derivative thereof; bisabolol; cetylhydroxyproline palmitamide; allantoin; niacinamide; and epilobium angustifolium extract.
US10065046B2	Conductive biopolymer implant for enhancing tissue repair and regeneration using electromagnetic fields Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to the field of tissue repair and regeneration. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to medical devices, materials or constructs, such as conductive biocompatible polymers having one or more networks of metal nanowires that enhance tissue repair and regeneration using electromagnetic fields.
US10065044B2	Molded headers for implantable signal generators, and associated systems and methods Molded headers, implantable signal generators having molded headers, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. An implantable signal generator in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a can having a shell and a battery positioned at least partially within the shell. An output terminal can be operably coupled to the battery and positioned to provide electrical power to a signal delivery device. A pre-molded header having a plurality of openings can be coupled to the can, and the output terminal can be positioned at least partially within an individual opening.
US10065043B2	Modulate pacing rate to increase the percentage of effective ventricular capture during atrial fibrillation The present disclosure pertains to cardiac pacing methods and systems, and, more particularly, to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). In particular, the present disclosure pertains to determining whether a patient is experiencing atrial fibrillation (AF). If the patient is experiencing AF, the efficacy of CRT is determined. A signal is sensed in response to a ventricular pacing stimulus. Through signal processing, a number of features are parsed from the signal and a determination is made as to whether the ventricular pacing stimulus evoked a response from the ventricle.
US10065039B2	Controlling charge flow in the electrical stimulation of tissue Systems of techniques for controlling charge flow during the electrical stimulation of tissue. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a charge setting describing an amount of charge that is to flow during a stimulation pulse that electrically stimulates a tissue, and generating and delivering the stimulation pulse in a manner such that an amount of charge delivered to the tissue during the stimulation pulse accords with the charge setting.
US10065035B2	Flexible protocol for an implanted prosthesis The present application discloses systems and methods for transmitting configuration between a command module and a stimulation module of a hearing prosthesis. In accordance with at least some embodiments of the disclosed systems and methods, a hearing prosthesis determines that a block of configuration data is queued for transmission. In response to this determination, the hearing prosthesis divides the amount of queued configuration data into a plurality of configuration data fragments and transmits the data fragments separately. In some embodiments, the command module appends each configuration data fragment to a different packet of stimulation commands and transmits to the stimulation module appended stimulation packets.
US10065017B2	Catheter with catheter tip and related methods An elongate catheter tip may be coupled to an elongate catheter body adjacent a distal end of the catheter body. To couple a catheter tip to a catheter body, a proximal portion of the catheter tip may (1) be disposed between a first elongate member and an second elongate member and (2) be subsequently fused to the second elongate member and the first elongate member. The resulting catheter and catheter tip may, among other functions, facilitate the measurement of differences in fluid pressure and/or facilitate the delivery of fluid or medical devices during a medical procedure.
US10065016B2	Systems and methods for reducing or preventing backflow in a delivery system Systems and methods are disclosed herein that generally involve CED devices with various features for reducing or preventing backflow. In some embodiments, CED devices include a tissue-receiving space disposed proximal to a distal fluid outlet. Tissue can be compressed into or pinched/pinned by the tissue-receiving space as the device is inserted into a target region of a patient, thereby forming a seal that reduces or prevents proximal backflow of fluid ejected from the outlet beyond the tissue-receiving space. In some embodiments, CED devices include a bullet-shaped nose proximal to a distal fluid outlet. The bullet-shaped nose forms a good seal with surrounding tissue and helps reduce or prevent backflow of infused fluid.
US10065013B2	Selective amplification of an acoustic signal The present subject matter relates to systems and methods for selectively amplifying an acoustic signal in a closed environment. In an implementation, a plurality of acoustic signals may be received from within the closed environment. Frequency ranges corresponding to each acoustic signal may be obtained and compared to determine presence of at least one individual in the closed environment. Acoustic signals pertaining to the at least one individual may be analysed to detect occurrence of a physiological event. Based on the analysis, the acoustic signal may be recognized as a target signal, and the target signal may be amplified in the closed environment. Further, an interfering signal may be generated to cancel other acoustic signals within the closed environment.
US10065011B2	Gas supply mask apparatus A gas supply mask apparatus allows a mask wearer to inhale a gas such as oxygen gas such that air in a mask main body does not much mix in the gas approaching substantially lower ends and the vicinities of the nostrils of the mask wearer in the mask main body. In this gas supply mask apparatus, a gas introduction opening for introducing a gas such as oxygen gas and water vapor into the mask main body includes a first gas introduction opening capable of introducing the gas in, e.g., a bundle-like state into the mask main body, and a second gas introduction opening capable of introducing the second gas into the mask main body so as to surround, in a substantially ring-like state, the above-mentioned, first gas in a bundle-like state introduced into the mask main body from the first gas introduction opening.
US10064996B2	Drug delivery device A drug delivery device for administering a drug is presented having a body, at least one electrical unit and a port for electrically contacting the electrical unit, an adapter for attaching an injection needle to the drug delivery device, a safety mechanism arranged to prevent contacting the electrical unit whilst an injection needle is in fluid communication with the drug delivery device and arranged to prevent establishing a fluid communication while the electrical unit is contactable.
US10064993B2	Dispensing fluid from an infusion pump system Some embodiments of a medical infusion pump system include a pump device having a flexible pushrod that can adjust from a curved configuration to a generally straight configuration. The flexible pushrod is part of a drive system of the pump device so that the flexible pushrod can be controllably and incrementally advanced toward a medicine reservoir to incrementally dispense the medicine therein. In particular embodiments, the flexible pushrod may comprise an anti-rotation mechanism, an anti-torsion mechanism, or a combination thereof.
US10064991B2	Infusion line systems An IV line identification system to enable ready identification of an IV line and its associated fluid source and output and to enable distinguishing the IV line from other IV lines and their fluid sources and outputs. The IV line identification system includes a first light source and a second light source communicatively coupled to one another via a wireless connection. The light sources are configured such that when one is activated so as to generate a light signal, the other is automatically activated to generate a corresponding light signal. Each light source may be placed on opposite ends of an IV line to enable ready identification of each end of the same IV line.
US10064988B2	Biological fluid filters with port for optimized flow distribution Devices for the removal of cells or other particles from a biological fluid are disclosed. The devices include a removal medium housed within a chamber of a housing. The devices include inlet and outlet ports carried by the walls. One or both of the ports includes a flow path portion having a chamber-communicating portion that has a cross-section that is larger than the cross-section of an adjacent flow path portion.
US10064985B2	Precision blood fluid removal therapy based on patient monitoring Methods for monitoring patient parameters and blood fluid removal system parameters include identifying those system parameters that result in improved patient parameters or in worsened patent parameters. By comparing the patient's current parameters to past parameters in response to system parameters or changes in system parameters, a blood fluid removal system may be able to avoid future use of parameters that may harm the patient and may be able to learn which parameters are likely to be most effective in treating the patient in a blood fluid removal session.
US10064982B2	PDLLA stent coating An amorphous PDLLA stent coating for drug delivery is disclosed.
US10064981B2	Catheter with drug coating A composition and methods for improved delivery of a therapeutic agent to a stenosed vessel wall.
US10064972B2	Injectable, biodegradable bone cements and methods of making and using same Compositions of, methods of making, and methods of using alkaline earth phosphate bone cements are disclosed. A bone cement composition includes a powder comprising a basic source of calcium, magnesium, or strontium, a setting solution comprising H3PO4 and a buffer, and a biocompatible polymer that is incorporated into the setting solution. The powder is mixed with the setting solution to form a bone cement paste that either (a) sets into a hardened mass, or (b) is irradiated with electromagnetic radiation to form dry powders, the dry powders then being mixed with a second setting solution to form a radiation-assisted bone cement paste that sets into a hardened mass.
US10064969B2	Lamp-based aroma diffuser using an aroma capsule A lamp-based aroma diffuser using an aroma capsule is disclosed to include a lamp housing, a hollow light-transmissive shade mounted in the lamp housing, a holder member mounted in the lamp housing, a heat conduction device mounted in the holder member, a heating element kept in contact with the bottom wall of the heat conduction device, a light-emitting device, and a power supply device-incorporated PC board for driving the heating element to heat the heat conduction device and a replaceable aroma diffuser in the heat conduction device and the light-emitting device to emit color light through the hollow light-transmissive shade and the lamp housing.
US10064967B2	Adjustable ultraviolet LED sterilization automatic enclosure A sterilization enclosure includes a main body defining a volume and having a movable component configured to move between an access position to allow access to the volume and a restricted position to at least partially enclose the volume. The sterilization enclosure further includes a light source located in the volume and configured to emit light having a frequency that injures pathogens. The sterilization enclosure further includes a switch coupled to the movable component and configured to be in a closed position to allow power to flow to the light source to cause the light source to emit the light into the volume when the movable component is in the closed position.
US10064956B2	Benzoic acid, benzoic acid derivatives and heteroaryl carboxylic acid conjugates of hydromorphone, prodrugs, methods of making and use thereof The presently described technology provides compositions comprising aryl carboxylic acids chemically conjugated to hydromorphone (4,5-α-epoxy-3-hydroxy-17-methyl morphinan-6-one) to form novel prodrugs/compositions of hydromorphone. The hydromorphone prodrugs of the present technology have decreased side effects and decreased potential for abuse compared to unconjugated hydromorphone. The present technology also provides methods of treating patients, pharmaceutical kits and methods of synthesizing conjugates of the present technology.
US10064941B2	Compositions and methods to modulate cell activity The present invention provides methods and compositions for the remote control of cell function based on the use of radiofrequency waves to excite nanoparticles targeted to specific cell types. The nanoparticles may be applied to the target cell extracellularly and/or expressed intracellularly. The cell type of interest expresses a temperature sensitive channel wherein excitation of the nanoparticles results in a localized temperature increase that is transduced into a cellular response. Such cellular responses may include, for example, increases in gene expression resulting in production of one or more physiologically active proteins. The expression of such proteins can be used to treat a variety of different inherited or acquired diseases or disorders in a subject. Accordingly, the invention provides a generic approach for treatment of any disease associated with a protein deficiency.
US10064936B2	Mixed allergen compositions and methods for using the same Mixed allergen compositions of two or more different allergens are provided. In some instances, the mixed allergen compositions include: a nut allergen; an animal allergen; and at least one of: a non-nut plant allergen; a biotic agent; and a vitamin. Also provided are methods of administering the mixed allergen compositions to a subject. The mixed allergen compositions find use in a variety of applications, including health maintenance, immune balance, gut balance, immune support, health improvement and therapeutic applications.
US10064935B2	Human cytomegalovirus RNA vaccines The disclosure describes HCMV ribonucleic acid (RNA) vaccines, as well as methods of using the vaccines and compositions comprising the vaccines.
US10064929B2	Peptides and combination of peptides for use in immunotherapy against breast cancer and other cancers The present invention relates to peptides, proteins, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated T-cell peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that can for example serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses, or to stimulate T cells ex vivo and transfer into patients. Peptides bound to molecules of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), or peptides as such, can also be targets of antibodies, soluble T-cell receptors, and other binding molecules.
US10064927B2	Allogeneic tumor cell vaccination The present invention relates to cancer immunotherapy, specifically to allogeneic tumor cell vaccines. According to some embodiments, the invention provides novel cell lines useful as therapeutic cell vaccine compositions. The invention further provides advantageous screening methods and means for identifying patients amenable for treatment with partially Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) matched allogeneic cell vaccines. Therapeutic compositions and methods for use in proliferative disorders are further provided.
US10064924B2	Immunotherapy against several tumors of the blood, such as acute myeloid leukemia (AML) The present invention relates to peptides, nucleic acids and cells for use in immunotherapeutic methods. In particular, the present invention relates to the immunotherapy of cancer. The present invention furthermore relates to tumor-associated cytotoxic T cell (CTL) peptide epitopes, alone or in combination with other tumor-associated peptides that serve as active pharmaceutical ingredients of vaccine compositions that stimulate anti-tumor immune responses. The present invention relates to several novel peptide sequences and their variants derived from HLA class I and HLA class II molecules of human tumor cells that can be used in vaccine compositions for eliciting anti-tumor immune responses.
US10064921B2	Botulinum toxin treatments of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders Methods for preventing or treating neuropsychiatric disorder and/or a neurological disorder including a neurological disorder mediated by the thalamus. Neuropsychiatric disorders and/or a neurological disorders, including a thalamically mediated disorder can be treated by peripheral administration of a botulinum toxin to or to the vicinity of a trigeminal sensory nerve, thereby preventing or treating a neurological disorder and/or a neuropsychiatric disorder.
US10064919B2	Therapeutic method of inducing mitochondrial biogenesis to treat skin and muscle pathologies A method of inducing mitochondrial biogenesis in a mammal is provided. The method comprises the step of administering to the mammal an interleukin-15 or nucleic acid encoding an interleukin-15 to the mammal.
US10064914B2	Mitochondrial-derived peptide MOTS3 regulates metabolism and cell survival MOTS3 is a novel polypeptide. Methods of treating diseases such as diabetes, obesity, fatty liver, and cancer using MOTS3 and pharmaceutical compositions thereof are disclosed herein.
US10064912B2	Optically-based stimulation of target cells and modifications thereto Stimulation of target cells using light, e.g., in vivo or in vitro, is implemented using a variety of methods and devices. One example involves a vector for delivering a light-activated molecule comprising a nucleic acid sequence that codes for light-activated molecule. The light-activated molecule includes a modification to a location near the all-trans retinal Schiff base, e.g., to extends the duration time of the open state. Other aspects and embodiments are directed to systems, methods, kits, compositions of matter and molecules for ion channels or pumps or for controlling currents in a cell (e.g., in in vivo and in vitro environments).
US10064911B2	Peptides for treating cancer The present invention relates to peptides for inhibiting angiogenesis. The present invention also relates to methods of inhibiting angiogenesis and methods of treating disorders associated with VEGF-induced vascular permeability using the peptides of the invention.
US10064903B2	Lactic acid bacterium, drug, food or drink, and feed which contain the lactic acid bacterium The Lactobacillus paracasei MCC1849 (NITE BP-01633) strain, which has a high IL-12 production-promoting action, is used as an ingredient of a drug, food or drink, or feed used for promotion of IL-12 production, immunostimulation, antivirus, or the like.
US10064901B2	Compositions and methods Disclosed herein are therapeutic compositions containing non-pathogenic, germination-competent bacterial spores, for the prevention, control, and treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, disorders and conditions and for general nutritional health.
US10064900B2	Methods of populating a gastrointestinal tract Methods and compositions for populating the gastrointestinal tract of a subject are described. Methods include administering to a subject a therapeutic composition comprising a purified population of spore-forming bacteria produced by providing a fecal material and subjecting the material to a treatment step resulting in purification of spore-forming bacteria. Methods include administering an amount effective to engraft and/or augment in the gastrointestinal tract in order to treat or prevent a dysbiosis in the mammalian subject.
US10064898B2	Listeria-based adjuvants This invention provides methods and compositions for using Listeria monocytogenes as an adjuvant for enhancing immune responses in a subject.
US10064897B2	Treating a bacterial skin infection with a whole, leech saliva extract Methods are also provided for isolating and using a whole-saliva leech extract in the treatment of a bacterial skin infection. The methods can include feeding a phagostimulatory agent to a leech; inducing a regurgitation in the leech, the inducing including placing the leech in an environment having a temperature of less than about 0° C.; and, collecting an unrefined, whole saliva in the regurgitation of the cooled leech. The methods can include revitalizing the leech by warming it at a temperature ranging from about 5° C. to about 40° C. Stable, lyophilized, whole-saliva extracts of a leech are also provided, the extract having a stable activity when stored for use at a temperature below about −20° C., the extract maintaining at least 70% of the activity for at least 6 months. The extracts can be used to treat solid tumors, treat liquid tumors, treat diabetes, treat a viral disease, treat a parasitic disease, treat an antibacterial disease, or serve as an anti-oxidant.
US10064876B2	Bile acid receptor agonism for treating addiction Compositions and methods for treating addiction in a subject are disclosed. In particular, compositions and methods for treating addiction to a dopaminergic psychostimulant are disclosed. In some embodiments, addiction is treated by agonizing bile acid receptors in the subject. For example, in some embodiments, the method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a bile acid receptor agonist. In some embodiments, the method comprises surgically diverting bile acids in the subject in a manner suitable to increase circulating bile acids in the subject.
US10064873B2	Compounds and compositions for treating HIV with derivatives of Betulin The present invention relates to compounds characterized by having a structure according to the following Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Compounds of the present invention are useful for the treatment or prevention of HIV.
US10064869B2	MTH1 inhibitors for treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune conditions A compound of formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for use in the treatment of autoimmune diseases and inflammatory conditions.
US10064863B2	Formulations of 3-(5-amino-2-methyl-4-oxo-4H-quinazolin-3-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione Pharmaceutical compositions and single unit dosage forms of Compound A (3-(5-amino-2-methyl-4-oxo-4H-quinazolin-3-yl)-piperidine-2,6-dione), or an enantiomer or a mixture of enantiomers thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, hydrate, co-crystal, clathrate, or polymorph thereof, are provided herein. Also provided are methods of treating, managing, or preventing cancer using the dosage forms described herein.
US10064856B2	Pharmaceutical compositions Methods and compositions are provided which comprise effective amounts of an analgesic to treat a subject, including reducing or eliminating an adverse effect associated with the analgesic.
US10064849B2	Pharmaceutical compositions for direct systemic introduction The invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions for direct systemic introduction, are also known as DSI pharmaceutical compositions, for used as human veterinary pharmaceutical compositions. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for direct system introduction comprising bovine gelatin, mannitol, an optional surfactant, an optional flavorant, and an active pharmaceutical ingredient. A DSI pharmaceutical composition of the invention has a disintegration time of 7 seconds or less in deionized water maintained at 37.0° C.±0.5° C. The invention also relates to a method of delivering an active pharmaceutical ingredient to an animal comprising the step of placing a DSI pharmaceutical composition of the invention into a mucosal cavity of an animal to be treated with the active pharmaceutical ingredient and to the corresponding methods of treatment.
US10064844B2	Pharmaceutical compositions comprising an aromatse inhibitors The present invention relates to low-dose pharmaceutical compositions comprising the aromatase inhibitor 4,4′-[fluoro-(1-H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)methylene]bisbenzonitrile, as the active ingredient in a suitable carrier. The present invention also relates to a process for their preparation and to their use as medicaments.
US10064832B2	Kartogenin-conjugated chitosan particles with improved sustained release property and biocombatibility, and use thereof The present invention relates to kartogenin-conjugated chitosan particles with an improved sustained release property and biocompatibility. Effects of increases in biocompatibility, chondrogenic differentiation efficiency and retention time in the joints were confirmed by using kartogenin-chitosan microparticles or kartogenin-chitosan nanoparticles of the present invention, and thus targeted treatment, in the prevention or treatment of bone diseases, is enabled through a more fundamental approach.
US10064829B2	Probiotic liquid food products for infants Provided are heat-processed or heat-processible health food products beneficially affecting the consumer's intestinal microbial balance. The food products are particularly liquid-based products which comprise a probiotic component capable of resisting heat and humidity.
US10064823B2	Nanoparticulate compositions for targeted delivery of acid labile, lipophilic prodrugs of cancer chemotherapeutics and their preparation In one embodiment, the present application discloses synthetic LDL nanoparticles comprising mixtures of components selected from the group consisting of phospholipids, triglycerides, cholesterol ester and free cholesterol; optionally further comprising an agent selected from the group consisting of natural antioxidants, ubiquinol and vitamin E, and methods for preparing the synthetic nanoparticles. The disclosed synthetic LDL nanoparticles are capable of selectively delivering lipophilic drugs and prodrugs to cellular targets expressing LDL receptors after intra venous injection.
US10064817B2	Compositions comprising azelastine and methods of use thereof The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising azelastine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof including azelastine hydrochloride, and optionally one or more additional active agents. Preferred such compositions further comprise one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers or excipients that reduce the amount of post-nasal drip, and/or that minimize or mask the unpleasant bitter taste associated with post-nasal drip, of the compositions into the oral cavity, upon intranasal or ocular administration of the compositions. Especially effective excipients used in the compositions of the present invention are hypromellose as a viscosity modifier and sucralose as a taste-masking agent. The invention also provides methods of treating or preventing certain disorders, or symptomatic relief therefrom, by administering the compositions of the invention to a patient, e.g., for the symptomatic relief of allergic rhinitis, non-allergic vasomotor rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, as well as other disorders.
US10064807B2	Mascara composition and method Cationically-charged particulates and compositions containing the cationically-charged particulates for application to keratinous materials are provided. Methods of preparing the cationically-charged particulates are also disclosed.
US10064801B2	RNA complexes that inhibit melanin production In certain aspects, provided herein are RNA complexes (e.g., asymmetric RNA complexes, such as asiRNAs and lasiRNAs) that inhibit tyrosinase expression and are therefore useful for reducing melanin production and for treating pigmentation-related disorders associated with excessive melanin production, such as melasma and age spots.
US10064799B2	Shaping keratin fibres using carbonate ester A method for shaping keratin fibers comprising: providing a crosslinking composition, wherein the crosslinking composition comprises: an active agent, wherein the active agent is a carbonate ester; a cosmetically acceptable carrier; and applying the crosslinking composition to keratin fibers, mechanically shaping the keratin fibers with an appliance at a temperature of from about 50° C. to about 250° C. Also a related composition, use, kit and process.
US10064796B2	Skin tightening compositions The present disclosure relates to cosmetic compositions that provide immediate skin-tightening and long-lasting improvements to the skin for the treatment of, for example, eye bags, facial wrinkles, and other age-related skin imperfections. The compositions comprise: (a) a first film former potassium silicate; (b) at least one second film former; (c) at least one polyvalent silicate thickener; (d) at least one anionic associative polymeric thickener; (e) at least one plasticizer; and (f) optionally at least one cosmetic powder.
US10064795B2	Atomizing spray for grip enhancement Provided by the invention are systems for applying antiperspirant grip enhancement compositions to a selected skin treatment area. Application of the antiperspirant grip enhancement composition is accomplished by forming the composition into a mist or spray using an atomizing spray dispenser.
US10064790B2	Hair care solid granules that sustain essential oils and or plant herbal extracts that emulsify in water creating therapeutic solution A hair care product comprising 100% plant derived, biodegradable solid granules that sustain beneficial essential oils or herbal extracts that emulsify in water to create an emulsified therapeutic solution is disclosed. The hair care product improves over existing liquids in that its solid granule form is completely plant derived and biodegradable and can sustain essential oils and antioxidants without the requirement of chemical preservatives, and can be packaged in eco-friendly water soluble film and compostable paper. It improves over existing solid forms in that it is a 100% water soluble granule that emulsifies easily in water to form an easy to use liquid product.
US10064783B2	Collapsible personal wheeled conveyance having a selectively adjustable width A collapsible personal wheeled conveyance comprises a first and second collapsible side frame, each having ground-contacting wheels, and at least one adjustable crossbar configured to physically connect the two collapsible side frames, the adjustable crossbar(s) having a selectively adjustable length. The adjustable crossbar(s) may be lockable or non-lockable. One or more of the adjustable crossbars may comprise seat-supporting adjustable crossbars. A seat can be configured to move laterally along such a seat-supporting adjustable crossbar to permit selective adjustment of the lateral position of this seat with respect to the side frames. One or more locking mechanisms can serve to lock the seat at a particular position. By one approach the aforementioned seat-supporting adjustable crossbar can include spacing indicia to visually indicate when the seat is centrally located between the first and second collapsible side frames for a particular selected length of the seat-supporting adjustable crossbars.
US10064779B2	Walking assistance apparatus and method of controlling the same Disclosed herein are a walking assistance apparatus including a drive portion capable of adjusting tension of a fixing portion, and a method of controlling the same. The walking assistance apparatus includes a support portion which applies assist power to assist walking to a human body, a fixing portion which is arranged at one end of the support portion to enclose the human body and fixes the support portion on the human body, a drive portion including at least one motor which adjusts tension of the fixing portion, and a control portion which adjusts a driving direction of the at least one motor during rotation of the support portion in order to prevent the fixing portion from rotating by assist power applied through the support portion.
US10064765B2	Wearing article A wearing article including cover sheets used to cover front and rear ends of a liquid-absorbent structure and improved to alleviate undesirable irritation due to such cover sheets potentially experienced by the wearer. A diaper includes front and rear waist members and a liquid-absorbent structure by which the front and rear waist members are connected. The liquid-absorbent structure has front and rear ends overlapping the front and rear waist members, and front and rear cover sheets are laminated on these front and rear ends to cover them. The front and rear cover sheets are formed with bonded regions adapted to be bonded to the liquid-absorbent structure or the front and rear waist members, outside non-bonded regions lying outboard of the bonded regions and inside non-bonded regions lying inboard of the bonded regions. The inside non-bonded regions are respectively folded back along fold lines toward the wearer's body to form turnbacks.
US10064762B2	Disposable diaper A disposable diaper, having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, an absorbent main body having an absorbent body, a back waist part located on one end of the absorbent main body, and an abdominal waist part located on another end of the absorbent body, the absorbent body having side parts in the lateral direction provided with a pair of embossed lines formed by embossing from a skin side of the absorbent body, and the embossed lines each including a protrusion point, protruding inward in the lateral direction, located in a center of the disposable diaper in the longitudinal direction in a midsection of the disposable diaper or on a back waist part side with respect to the center, and a back line, linear or curved outward, extending outward in the lateral direction from the protrusion point, as a starting point, toward the back waist part in the longitudinal direction.
US10064756B2	System and method for providing radiation having annular profile A system includes a focusing element configured to receive electromagnetic radiation coaxially and to focus the electromagnetic radiation to generate focused radiation. The system also includes a refracting element having an associated focal plane. The refracting element is configured to receive the focused radiation, and to refract the focused radiation to produce refracted radiation having an annular pattern at the focal plane. The system also includes a slit lamp having a receiving element to receive the refracted radiation.
US10064743B2	Implantable orthopedic device component selection instrument and methods The present invention provides tools and methods designed to aid in the placement of artificial facet joints at virtually all spinal levels. One aspect of the present invention is a measurement tool for installing an artificial cephalad facet joint including a fixation measurement element and a support arm element. This measurement tool assists in the selection and/or configuration of an artificial cephalad facet joint for implantation in a patient. Another aspect is a measurement tool for installing a caudad facet joint including a stem element and a trial caudad bearing surface element. This measurement tool assists in the selection and/or configuration of a caudad facet joint for implantation in a patient. Yet another aspect is a measurement tool holder including a measurement surface connected to a holder element. This tool holder assists in determining the measurements obtained with the caudad facet joint measurement tool.
US10064741B2	Clamping device for affixing a stop plate to an interbody implant A system for affixing a stop plate to an interbody implant. The system includes a clamping device, a stop plate, and an inserter tool. The clamping device includes a body, a first clamping portion attached to the body including a stepped seat and a guide slot, and a second clamping portion attached to the body by a spring. Compressing the spring moves the second clamping portion away from the first clamping portion and expanding the spring moves the second clamping portion toward the first clamping portion.
US10064738B2	Bi-directional fixating/locking transvertebral body screw/intervertebral cage stand-alone constructs having a central screw locking lever, and pliers and devices for spinal fusion A bi-directional fixating transvertebral (BDFT) screw/cage apparatus including an intervertebral cage for maintaining disc height, and a method of inserting the same is provided. The intervertebral cage includes a first internal screw guide and a second internal screw guide, a first screw member and a second screw member, and a central screw locking lever coupled to the intervertebral cage, wherein the central screw locking lever prevents the first screw member and the second screw from pulling-out of the first internal screw guide and the second internal screw guide. The central screw locking lever includes a rotatable handle and stem portion, or a screw locking horizontal bracket. A pliers device for inserting and removing the bi-directional fixating transvertebral (BDFT) screw/cage apparatus, a posterior cervical and lumbar facet joint staple, and a staple gun for a posterior cervical and lumbar facet joint staple also are provided.
US10064737B2	Implant device for osseous integration An implant device for osseous integration includes a plurality of connection bars and at least one frame bar. These connection bars are connected with each other to form a three-dimensional (3D) grid structure. The frame bar is connected with at least two of the connection bars to define at least one edge of the 3D grid structure. Wherein, the frame bar has a diameter substantially greater than that of these connection bars.
US10064732B2	Artificial knee joint The present invention provides an artificial joint, including a femur connecting device, a tibia connecting device, and a receiving device, wherein the femur connecting device is connected and fixed with the receiving device and the tibia connecting device via a fixing member unparallel to a joint-twisting axis, and wherein cushion member receives the femur connecting device via a pivot-receiving surface and receives the tibia connecting device via a twist-receiving surface, thereby providing an durable and reliable artificial joint.
US10064728B2	Methods of fusing a sacroiliac joint with a threaded joint fixation screw having a plurality of openings therein A method of fusing a sacroiliac joint including delivering a joint fixation screw into engagement with the sacroiliac joint, the screw having either: 1) a body including helical spiral threads, an anti-migration surface feature including at least one ridge extending distally from the proximal end at least partially the length, and a plurality of openings extending into the body; or 2) a body including a hollow interior, helical spiral threads and a plurality of openings extending into the hollow interior, wherein the helical spiral threads have a thread cross-section including: a height extending between a connection point with the body and a radial termination, a first thickness at the radial termination extending between opposite thread walls, and a second thickness located between the connection point and the radial termination extending between opposite thread walls, the first thickness being substantially greater the second thickness.
US10064719B2	Transcatheter valve prosthesis A system for implanting a heart valve includes a radially self-expandable tubular body having an inflow end and an outflow end and a projection extending from a side surface of the tubular body toward the inflow end. The system further includes a valve disposed within and attached to the tubular body, and may include fabric that forms a pouch between the tubular body and the projection.
US10064706B2	Orthodontic appliance An orthodontic appliance has a post attached to a first upper tooth, and a button with a recess attached to a second upper tooth. An elongated arm has an eye at one end through which the post is inserted to allow the elongated arm to rotate about the post, and a tip at the other end for removable insertion into the recess of the button. The length of the elongated arm is selectable to maintain a desired spacing between the first and second upper teeth (e.g., by cutting the tip of the elongated arm). An elastic extends from either the post or button to an attachment point on the patient's lower dental arch to exert a force between the patient's maxilla and mandible.
US10064699B2	Dental scaler A dental scaler apparatus includes a low power transformer that is timed to the operating frequency of a detachable scaler insert connected to the handle of the scaler apparatus by selectively connecting corresponding banks of parallel adjustment capacitors by engaging corresponding switches coupled to each of the adjustment capacitors.
US10064698B2	Dental drill head A dental drill head, constituted of a head housing, a wind wheel, and bearings, the head housing being constituted of a head housing cover and a head housing cavity, and the wind wheel being constituted of a wind wheel shaft and wind wheel blades. An anti-suck-back device is configured between the head housing cover and a wind wheel shaft end part to which the wind wheel shaft corresponds. The present invention, which adopts the aforementioned technical scheme, firstly makes it possible to reduce the intake in of contaminants when suck-back is taking place as the impeller is braked; and secondly, while there is still a positive pressure inside the head, the rubber head covering uses elastic force to brake the impeller and completely prevents the intake of contaminants. Moreover, the structure is simple and costs are low. Since the pressing area is reduced and the cavity is arranged between the rubber layers and the head covering, the teeth are less susceptible to touching the pressing portion. Even when the teeth do happen to touch the pressing portion, the cavity is so arranged that the teeth still will not touch the brake disc, thus avoiding any effect on the rotational speed; arranging the rubber ring inside the annular slot both prevents suck-back and automatically adjusts the dynamic balance, which is a double advantage and also lowers costs.
US10064684B2	Operation-mode indicating system for body support apparatus, and body support apparatus In an operation-mode indicating system, a first light emitting device is located within a peripheral visual field of an operator and is controllably connected to a controller. The peripheral visual field is defined around a center visual field of the operator while the operator is looking at a predetermined site. A body support apparatus is capable of performing an operation to the predetermined site. The controller controls the first light emitting device to emit first light in a first operation mode of the body support apparatus and second light in a second operation mode of the body support apparatus. The first light and the second light are visually distinguishable from each other.
US10064682B2	Collision avoidance during controlled movement of image capturing device and manipulatable device movable arms A system and method for movement control includes a controller coupled to a computer-assisted surgical device having a first movable arm coupled to a manipulatable device having a working end and a second movable arm coupled to an image capturing device. The controller is configured to receive first configurations for the first movable arm; receive second configurations for the second movable arm; receive a plurality of images of the working end from the image capturing device; determine a position and an orientation of the working end; determine a first movable arm position and trajectory for the first movable arm; determine a second movable arm position and trajectory for the second movable arm; determine whether motion of the movable arms will result in an undesirable relationship between the movable arms; and send a movement command to the first or second movable arm to avoid the undesirable relationship.
US10064676B2	Medical apparatus A medical apparatus includes a first clamp portion; a pivot shaft; a second clamp portion rotatable around the pivot shaft, and movable between an opened position in which the second clamp portion is distant from the first clamp portion, and a closed position in which the second clamp portion is adjacent to the first clamp portion; and an electrode member provided on the second clamp portion, and opposed to the first clamp portion, the electrode member forming a clearance in cooperation with the first clamp portion in the closed position, the clearance in a second position distant from the pivot shaft being smaller than the clearance in a first position adjacent to the pivot shaft, to adjust holding pressure.
US10064675B2	Multi-mode electrosurgical apparatus A multi-mode electrosurgical apparatus for use in cold plasma applications, electrosurgical cutting, electrosurgical coagulation and mechanical cutting is provided. The electrosurgical apparatus includes a housing having a passage extending therethrough, an electrically conducting tube being disposed in the passage of the housing; an insulating outer tube disposed around the electrically conducting tube coupled to the housing, the electrically conducting tube being movable along a longitudinal axis of the housing and outer tube; an electrically conducting blade coupled to the distal end of the electrically conducting tube, and a transformer assembly disposed on a proximal end of the housing, the transformer assembly including a first transformer and a first switch for selectively coupling the first transformer and an external second transformer to the electrically conducting tube for providing electrosurgical energy thereto.
US10064674B2	Methods of modulating nerves of the hepatic plexus According to some embodiments, a method of treating a subject having diabetes or symptoms associated with diabetes is provided. The method includes delivering a neuromodulation catheter within a vessel (e.g., hepatic artery) having surrounding nerves that innervate the liver (e.g., sympathetic nerves of the hepatic plexus). The method may also include modulating (e.g., disrupting, ablating, stimulating) the nerves by mechanical compression, energy delivery, or fluid delivery.
US10064673B2	Osseous tissue delivery device A mixing and delivery device for osseous tissue and method of use is provided. A kit for use by a medical professional is also provided.
US10064669B2	Expanding spinal anchor An anchor for a pedicle screw having an anchor body comprising a proximal end, a proximal portion, a distal portion, and a distal end, and a through-hole through the anchor body from the proximal end to the distal end. The through-hole defines a long axis of the anchor, and is provided with undersized female threads in the proximal portion and a reduced inner diameter in the distal portion. The reduced inner diameter causes expansion of at least the distal portion of the anchor body when a screw is inserted into the through-hole. The anchor is further provided with a plurality of ridges on an exterior surface of the anchor body, the ridges configured to reduce the likelihood of pullout when the anchor is inserted into a vertebra and a screw is inserted into the through-hole.
US10064666B2	Polyaxial bone plate and locking assembly A cervical plate and one or more locking assemblies that help prevent screw backout without impinging on therapeutically valuable settling of the screws. In some cases, the locking assembly is configured to be permanently attached to the plate, to be securely but efficiently locked, to be readily unlocked for revision surgery, and/or to reduce the possibility of operator error in installation by providing simplified visible and tactile indicia of the locked and unlocked positions.
US10064662B2	Minimally invasive screw extension assembly A screw extension assembly for use in minimally invasive spinal surgery, the assembly has an inner slotted shaft and an outer shaft, a rod reducer and a removable nut. The combination when assembled is configured to move a spinal fixation rod into a slotted rod receiving spinal implant where it is seated and affixed thereto. The screw extension assembly further has a locking knob rotationally coupled to a proximal end of the outer shaft, wherein the inner shaft has one or more cam grooves and the locking knob has a pin extending into and guided by said cam groove causing the outer shaft to translate longitudinally upon rotation of the locking knob relative to the inner shaft toward an engaged position locking the deflectable legs in the coupled position to the slotted rod receiving implant.
US10064654B2	Flexible maxillo-mandibular fixation device A system for achieving maxillo-mandibular fixation includes a bone fixation device including a bone fixation body formed from a plurality of links. The links define corresponding crests and valleys so as to impart flexibility into the bone fixation body. Thus, the bone fixation body can be aligned with the dental arch of the mandible and maxilla as necessary, and subsequently fastened to the underlying bone. Each bone fixation device includes at least one securement location on the fixation body that can attach to a securement device, such that the securement device fixes or stabilizes the mandible and the maxilla with respect to each other.
US10064644B2	Selective tissue removal tool for use in medical applications and methods for making and using The present disclosure relates generally to the field of tissue removal and more particularly to methods and devices for use in medical applications involving selective tissue removal. One exemplary method includes the steps of providing a tissue cutting instrument capable of distinguishing between target tissue to be removed and non-target tissue, urging the instrument against the target tissue and the non-target tissue, and allowing the instrument to cut the target tissue while automatically avoiding cutting of non-target tissue. Various tools for carrying out this method are also described.
US10064642B2	Surgical instrument for dissecting tissue A surgical instrument includes an end effector supported on a distal end of an elongated shaft, a clamping rod, and a measurement mechanism. The clamping rod extends through the elongated shaft and is operatively associated with the end effector to transition the first and second jaw members between open and clamped positions. The measurement mechanism includes a cylinder, a biasing member, and a locking member. The biasing member is disposed within the cylinder and is disposed over a proximal end of the clamping member distal to a piston disposed at a proximal end of the clamping rod. The cylinder is operatively associated with a moveable handle such that as the moveable handle is moved towards an actuated position, the cylinder is moved proximally such that the biasing member urges the clamping rod proximally to move the first and second jaw members towards the clamped position.
US10064640B2	Surgical device, in particular for minimally invasive surgery A surgical device with a shaft having a distal end to which a surgical instrument is mountable and a proximal end equipped for handling the instrument, wherein the shaft is hollow and the surgical instrument is mountable on inserts that are longitudinally movable in the shaft parallel to the longitudinal axis and that are diametrically opposed to each other. The shaft comprises outer and inner tubes rotatable in opposite directions with respect to the longitudinal axis, and the inserts are coupled to the outer and inner tubes to convert rotational movement of the tubes into longitudinal movement of the inserts.
US10064632B2	System and technique for accessing extra articular lesions or abnormalities or intra osseous lesions or bone marrow lesions A technique for accessing extra articular lesions or abnormalities or intra osseous lesions or abnormalities or bone marrow lesions or all has the step of utilizing an intra articular localizing pinning member to determine a location of the lesion or abnormality wherein the utilization of the localizing pinning member includes the step of inserting the localizing pinning member through cartilage or subchondral bone into the lesion or abnormality to locate or stabilize or both creating a first entry access. The localizing pinning member enters the bony lesion or abnormality penetrating at least into or through the lesion or abnormality to set the localizing pinning member to the desired depth.
US10064631B2	Bone implants and cutting apparatuses and methods Implant devices and cutting clamp apparatuses and methods for creating the implants for insertion into a patient's joint to restore anatomic length and assist in final positioning of the bones following removal of cartilage and/or bone in preparation for fusion. A first implant is a biplanar implant having a shape to mimic the normal anatomical shape of the bones the implant is configured to mate with. The first implant may be cut using a cutting clamp and jig having the anatomical shape of the bones the implant will be inserted within or between. A second implant is a cylindrical piece of bone having a convex end and a concave end for mating with bones reamed to have the opposite mating surfaces. The second implant is created using cup and cone reamers having dimensions corresponding to the size of the patient's bones. Surgical methods for inserting the implants within a patient.
US10064629B2	Bone perforator A surgeon can place a bone perforator in contact with a bone, and can hammer on the bone perforator. The hammering can drive teeth on the bone perforator into the bone, thereby creating a perforation in the bone. The surgeon can pry or break the bone along the perforation, can access tissue beneath the bone as needed, and can replace the bone along the perforation. In some examples, the bone perforator is formed as a bendable sheet having teeth in a fixed, single-file pattern, with a hammerable surface opposite the teeth. In other examples, the bone perforator has repositionable teeth.
US10064628B2	Medical device for modification of left atrial appendage and related systems and methods Devices, methods and systems are provided for occluding an opening within the tissue of a body, such as a left atrial appendage. In one embodiment, a medical device includes an anchor portion and an occluder portion. The anchor portion includes frame segments, each anchor frame segment extending between a first end and a second end such that the second end of each anchor frame segment is coupled to an anchor hub. The occluder portion includes a hub that defines an axis. The occluder portion includes multiple occluder frame segments that extend between a proximal end and a distal end such that the proximal end of the occluder frame segments are pivotably coupled to the hub and the distal end of the occluder frame segments are pivotably coupled to the first end of the anchor frame segments.
US10064624B2	End effector with implantable layer An end effector for stapling patient tissue is disclosed. The end effector comprises a frame comprising a proximal end and a distal end, a plurality of staples, a firing system configured to implant the staples into the patient tissue, an implantable layer comprising a tissue-contacting surface and a support surface, and an array of securement members extending above and below the support surface of the implantable layer. The securement members are detached from the frame concurrently with the firing system being actuated to implant the staples.
US10064611B2	Methods and devices for vein harvesting A vein harvesting device. The vein harvesting device includes a retractor and a drive shaft. The retractor includes an elongated portion defining a longitudinal axis, and supports a first engagement structure including a plurality of first tines. The drive shaft includes an elongated portion, and is movable along the longitudinal axis with respect to the retractor such that the elongated portion of the drive shaft contacts the first engagement structure causing the plurality of first tines to move about the longitudinal axis from a first position to a second position.
US10064609B2	Method of collecting one or more tissue specimens A method of collecting one or more tissue specimens in a tissue biopsy system includes: providing a housing with a releasable proximal housing portion having an input port, a vacuum port, an interior, and a tissue specimen retaining member within the interior interposed between the input port and the vacuum port, the interior being in fluid communication with the inner lumen of an elongated tissue cutter, the tissue specimen retaining member having a plurality of openings configured to retain the one or more tissue specimens and to pass fluid and debris; inserting the proximal end of the elongated cutting member through the input port of the releasable proximal housing portion to position the proximal end in the interior above the plurality of openings of the tissue specimen retaining member; applying a vacuum to the vacuum port; and cutting a tissue specimen from a tissue site with the elongated tissue cutter.
US10064603B2	Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, method of controlling ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, and storage medium having the method recorded thereon An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus is provided, including a touch display which displays a graphical user interface (GUI) including a plurality of input buttons and receives an input of a user; and a controller which detects an input posture of the user and sets a display mode of the GUI based on the detected input posture. The GUI has a first display mode and a second display mode, and the first display mode and the second display mode are modes in which locations of at least one of the plurality of input buttons included in the GUI are differently displayed.
US10064601B2	Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, image processing apparatus, and image processing method An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment include a transmitter/receiver, a signal processor, and an image generator. The transmitter/receiver causes an ultrasonic probe to transmit on each scanning line at least three ultrasonic pulses, the three ultrasonic pulses being: a first ultrasonic pulse including at least one frequency component and being transmitted with a first phase; a second ultrasonic pulse including the frequency component and being transmitted with a second phase different from the first phase by 180 degrees; and a third ultrasonic pulse including the frequency component and being transmitted with a third phase different from the first phase and the second phase by 90 degrees and generates a plurality of reception signals corresponding to the respective ultrasonic pulses. The signal processor combines the plurality of the reception signals and generates a composite signal. The image generator generates ultrasonic image data.
US10064595B2	System for coregistration of optical coherence tomography and angiographic X-ray image data A system comprises a catheter including a lens, for acquiring optical coherence tomography images within the vessel of interest as the catheter is being retracted from the vessel in the presence of contrast agent. An X-ray imaging system interface receives a first set of X-ray images of an anatomical region including the vessel of interest containing the catheter. The first set of X-ray images are acquired at points corresponding to the particular points within a heart cycle, while the catheter is stationary in the vessel, in response to a heart electrical activity representative signal and in the absence of contrast agent. An image data processor associates the received X-ray images and corresponding optical coherence tomography image data derived at corresponding time points within respective acquisition heart cycles.
US10064592B2	Computed tomographic mammography apparatus A mammographic CT apparatus includes: a gantry, including a front face plate having an insertion opening for inserting a breast into an accommodation portion; a radiation tube disposed within the gantry; a sensing device disposed within the gantry so as to face the radiation tube, to detect radiation which has been emitted from the radiation tube and been transmitted through the accommodation portion; a driving unit to rotate the radiation tube and the sensing device around a rotation axis set in the normal direction of the insertion opening, at the same angular speed and same direction; and a collimator configured to rotate around the rotation axis synchronously with the radiation tube and sensing device. The collimator is disposed near the accommodation portion, and an irradiation region of radiation emitted from the radiation tube is restricted such that a breast inserted to the accommodation portion is irradiated to the tip.
US10064582B2	Noninvasive determination of cardiac health and other functional states and trends for human physiological systems This document describes assessment of human physiological systems. Various noninvasive sensors can be used to detect vitals and other parameters and combined with mathematical models to assess the functional state of physiological systems. Conventional techniques can use invasive sensors to monitor cardiac pressures and volumes, along with pressure transit to quantify cardiovascular health. While known to be effective these invasive techniques often require surgery and are resource intensive limiting their use to cases where the risks and costs are of clear immediate benefit. In contrast, noninvasive health monitors present little if any risk and are easy to use. Further, the techniques described herein can determine trends in a person's cardiovascular health. With these trends, a person can know if the effort they expend to improve heart health actually makes a difference. Further, negative trends can be found that can spur people to improve their health or get medical attention.
US10064577B1	Multi-level pinch dynamometer or gauge, a kit of components, and methods of making and using same A multi-level pinch dynamometer or gauge which measures pinch strength. A 5-position mechanism provides quick insert and removal of a bottom pinch plate from a multi-position rack. The digital model gauge head displays strength readings, calculated results, and user demographics.
US10064569B2	Displacement feedback device and method for sensing or therapy delivery probes A device, system and method for accessing internal tissue include a probe (108) disposed on a distal end portion of a medical device and configured to be inserted into a body along a trajectory path. A sensor (102) is mounted on a displacement tracker portion (104) of the medical device which is disposed on a proximal end portion of the device. The sensor is configured to measure a distance parallel to the probe between the displacement tracker portion and a tissue surface such that a position of the probe is determinable relative to the tissue surface upon advance or retraction of the probe along the trajectory path.
US10064566B2	Electrocardiography monitoring system and method Systems and methods for electrocardiography monitoring use multiple capacitive sensors in order to determine reliable measurements of electrophysiological information of a patient. Relative coupling strength and/or reliability is used to select dynamically which sensors to use in order to determine, in particular, an electrocardiogram of the patient.
US10064559B2	Identification of the dominant nostril using thermal measurements Brain activity, and in particular which hemisphere is relatively more effective, is correlated with the dominant nostril (i.e., the nostril through which most of the air is exhaled when breathing through the nose). Thus, identifying which of the nostrils is dominant may have various applications. Described herein are systems and methods for identifying the dominant nostril. In one embodiment, a system includes at least one inward-facing head-mounted thermal camera (CAM) and a computer. The at least one CAM does not occlude any of the user's mouth and nostrils and is used to take thermal measurements of first and second regions below the right and left nostrils (THROI1 and THROI2, respectively). The computer identifies the dominant nostril based on THROI1 and THROI2. Optionally, the computer detects, utilizing THROI1 and THROI2, the three-dimensional (3D) shape of the exhale stream from at least one of the nostrils.
US10064549B2	Binocular en face optical coherence tomography imaging Binocular en face OCT imaging during ophthalmic surgery may be performed with an OCT scanning controller that interfaces to an OCT scanner used with a surgical microscope. The OCT scanner may generate left and right sample beams, and receive left and right measurement beams, respectively, to generate left and right scan data. The OCT scanning controller may process the left and right scan data to generate left and right en face images for respective viewing from binoculars in the surgical microscope to obtain an intraoperative stereoscopic en face view of interior portions of the eye.
US10064546B2	Ophthalmic analysis apparatus and ophthalmic analysis program An ophthalmic analysis apparatus is the ophthalmic analysis apparatus for obtaining analysis results of tomography images of a subject eye acquired at different dates by ophthalmic optical coherence tomography and outputting statistical information formed based on time-series data of the analysis results, and includes instruction receiving means for receiving selection instructions to select an analytical region on a subject eye from an examiner, and control means for respectively acquiring analysis results in the analytical region selected by the instruction receiving means with respect to tomography images acquired at the different dates and outputting the statistical information.
US10064544B2	Endoscopic capsule and endoscopic system A closed-loop endoscopic capsule including a sensor recording biological information reflecting the inner condition of a gastrointestinal tract, an expander which is inflatable and holds the endoscopic capsule in the gastrointestinal tract, a medication releaser releasing medication for treatment, and a controller for processing the recorded biological information to generate control signals for the expander and the releaser. An endoscopic system that includes the endoscopic capsule, an external station for data processing, and a mobile device for human-machine interaction.
US10064538B2	Dish washer A dish washer according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a cabinet which forms a dish washing space; a door which opens and closes an opened front surface of the cabinet; wherein door includes an out plate which is made of metal plate material and forms the front surface of the door and at least a portion of appearance of a peripheral surface of the door by being bent the front surface, an operating unit which is formed on the peripheral surface of the door so that a user operates by touch, a PCB assembly which is in close contact with a rear surface of the operating unit and on which a plurality of touch sensors detecting displacement of the operating unit are mounted, a mounting bracket which is mounted to be fixed to an inside surface of the out plate, and an elastic member which is mounted on the mounting bracket and presses and supports the PCB assembly to the a rear surface of the operating unit.
US10064535B2	All-in-one scrubbing tool with hook for substrate attachment An all-in-one cleaning device, e.g., such as may be used in cleaning the inside of a shower. The device may provide the ability to dispense a cleaning composition carried within the device itself. The device may include a container housing including an internal reservoir for holding a cleaning composition, and a wall defining a scrubbing side of the container housing. The wall may include a dispensing orifice through which the cleaning composition is dispensed. A hook may be provided extending from the container housing, which is engageable with a substrate (e.g., a scrubbing pad) positioned over the wall defining the scrubbing side of the container housing. An end of the substrate may be held in place over the wall by the hook. Another end of the substrate may be held in place by a hook and loop attachment structure.
US10064531B2	Floor cleaning machine A floor cleaning machine having a movable adjustment element, a suction foot, a cleaning head and a drive. The adjustment element is coupled to the cleaning head, the suction foot and the drive. The drive is configured to move the adjustment element between a first position, in which the cleaning head and suction foot are raised, a second position, in which the cleaning head is raised and the suction foot is lowered, and a third position in which the cleaning head and suction foot are lowered.
US10064526B2	Toilet seat sheet The toilet seat sheet includes a sheet body, an opening formed at a central section of the sheet body, and a separation portion configured to be separated from an inner edge of the opening. The separation portion includes a breaking connection that connects the separation portion to the sheet body, the breaking connection being arranged on a right obliquely rear side and/or a left obliquely rear side of the inner edge of the opening. Further, a rear side edge of the separation portion 3 includes a right side outwardly curved section 321 that protrudes right obliquely rearward and a left side outwardly curved section 322 that protrudes left obliquely rearward. The right side outwardly curved section 321 and the left side outwardly curved section 322 are arranged side by side.
US10064525B2	Dispenser of towels wetted with hand sanitizer A device for dispensing towels comprises a container, a sepearet area and a chamber. The container, such a bottle contains liquid, such a hand sanitizer. Then a separate area provides for housing a plurality of dry compressed towels, in the form of tablets. The chamber receives the dry compressed towels and the liquid. A trigger mechanism provides for selectively introducing at least one dry compressed towel and liquid into the chamber. Actuation of the trigger mechanism causes the dry compressed towel to enter the chamber and to be exposed to the liquid so as to be moistened or wetted, thereby being decompressed or expanding. The user can then retrieve the ready to use towel from the chamber.
US10064524B2	Dispenser system for disposable wipes A disposable wipes dispenser system includes a case that houses a disposable wipes container and a cover that is mounted to a mounting hole disposed within a mounting surface. The case engages the cover from below the mounting surface, and the disposable wipes are accessible from above the mounting hole when the case is engaged with to the cover.
US10064513B2	Mixed beverage unit The invention relates to a beverage unit for producing a beverage. The beverage unit comprises a first provisioning module for providing a first liquid and a second provisioning module for providing a second liquid that contains alcohol. The beverage unit further comprises a taste module for providing additives, wherein the taste module is configured to receive a first capsule, which contains the additives for a portion of a first beverage. Furthermore, the beverage unit comprises a control module configured to determine parameters for producing the first beverage, wherein the parameters indicate a first amount of the first liquid and a second amount of the second liquid. The control module is further configured to bring about that the first amount of the first liquid is provided by the first provisioning module, and to bring about that the second amount of the second liquid is provided by the second provisioning module. Furthermore, the control module is configured to bring about that the first amount of the first liquid and the second amount of the second liquid are mixed with the additives from the first capsule in order to produce the portion of the first beverage.
US10064507B1	Spill proof disposable cup The present disclosure describes a security ring mated to a cup lid of a disposable cup for a spill-proof purpose. The security ring, when engaged with the paired cup lid, provides a seal for the disposable cup as well as inseparableness from each other in the event the disposable cup is toppled or falls from a high ground. The engagement in the first embodiment of the present disclosure between the security ring and the cup lid arises from a secure reception of one or more interlocking members on the cup lid by one or more corresponding retaining members on the security ring. The engagement in the second embodiment involves a hitching member and a receiving member on the security ring capable of latching up therein at a plurality of locations so as to accommodate the cup lid having a plurality of heights and shapes.
US10064506B2	Sealing mechanism for beverage container An openable and closeable lid assembly is provided for a beverage container. The lid assembly comprises a lid housing, an actuator and a seal. The lid housing has an upper surface with a drink aperture and an actuator aperture extending therethrough. The actuator extends through the actuator aperture and is positionable in an open position, where liquid can pass through the drink aperture, and a closed position, where the drink aperture is closed. A seal is provided adjacent the actuator aperture. The seal seals against the actuator and the lid housing to prevent liquid from escaping out the actuator aperture.
US10064497B2	Adjustable toilet footrest assembly An adjustable toilet footrest assembly has a main footrest and a height-adjusting accessory, wherein the height-adjusting accessory is removably attachable to the top of the main footrest and wherein the height-adjusting accessory is nestable to the underside of the main footrest when not in use.
US10064486B1	Pull-out basket for kitchen cupboard A pull-out basket for kitchen cupboard, having a basket and two sliding rail structures on which the two sliding rail structures are mounted; each of the sliding rail structures contains a fixed slot; a middle section of the fixed slot is mounted with a hydraulic damper; an outer side of the second sliding gear rack is provided with a position limiting guiding slot; the position limiting guiding slot is connected with a first sliding gear rack through a gear; the first sliding gear rack is mounted with a sliding slot; the hydraulic damper has a cylinder; an end of the cylinder is connected with a piston rod; the piston rod and a tensile resilient member is connected with a connection block; the connection block is connected with a locking block; a hanging hook is connected onto the sliding slot.
US10064480B2	Process for producing an overmolded brush strip A process for producing a brush strip 1, comprises the steps of arranging a plurality of aligned monofilament fibers 2 transversely in a sinusoidal configuration to form a body portion 3 with fibers arranged in parallel and two looped ends 4a, 4b; applying at least one row of stitching 5 across the body portion towards one end, wherein the stitching is such as loop around groups of fibers to divide the body portion 3 into separate bundles; overmolding the stitched end of the bundles with a thermoplastic polymeric material 6; and trimming the non-overmolded end of the body portion 2 to create tufts of bristles 7.
US10064476B2	Articulated front accessible backpack Backpacks and systems which have at least a portion which is accessible from the front of a wearer. In one illustrative embodiment, a backpack system in accordance with the present invention includes a back portion with shoulder straps. A swing-around portion is formed as a storage compartment that is secured to the back portion in a carrying position. An articulated frame is secured to the back portion and the swing-around portion and allows a user wearing the backpack to pivot the swing around portion around the user's side and access the contents therein. A securing latch is used to secure the articulating frame to retain the swing-around portion in the carrying position. The entire storage compartment of the pack may be a swing-around portion, or the pack may include multiple storage compartments that are either fixed to the back portion or function as swing-around portions.
US10064474B2	Makeup case A makeup case system is presented that helps to keep two paired makeups together. As one example, a lipstick case is presented having a cover and a base. A holder is positioned in an exterior surface of the lipstick case, that when viewed from above or below is semi-circular in shape. The holder is sized and shaped to receive a pencil, such as a lip liner pencil or eyeliner pencil or brush, therein. The holder includes lips that extend past a centerline or maximum diameter of the pencil. A pencil is inserted into the holder by providing sufficient force to deflect the opposing lips thereby allowing the pencil to reside within the semi-circular holder while being frictionally held therein. The pencil is similarly removed by providing sufficient force to overcome this frictional engagement thereby allowing the pencil to be removed from the holder.
US10064460B2	Frictional stabilization of band and securement mechanism A band is disclosed which attaches to a portable electronic device. The band includes a flexible length of material which forms a loop into which a pin is inserted. In one embodiment, the loop has an insert with a protrusion therein. The protrusion frictionally contacts the pin. In another embodiment the pin includes an elastomeric surface. The elastomeric surface may include O-rings between two pin portions such that the amount of the elastomeric surface extending beyond the pin may be adjusted. In another embodiment, the elastomeric surface includes a sleeve on the pin.
US10064458B2	Band with folded seam for an electronic device A wearable band formed from two or more pieces of material is disclosed. The wearable band may include a first material having a thinned portion formed on an inner surface and adjacent an end of the first material, and a second material positioned adjacent to the first material. The second material may include a thinned portion formed on an inner surface and adjacent an end of the second material. The wearable band may also include a coupling component configured to couple the first material to the second material. The thinned portion of the first material may be folded onto itself, and the thinned portion of the second material may be folded onto itself.
US10064454B2	Polyamide resin composition for slide fasteners, slide fastener component, and slide fastener provided with same Provided is a polyamide resin composition that is suitable as a material for slide fastener parts having good strength after being dyed. A polyamide resin composition for a slide fastener, comprising a polyamide resin and reinforcing fibers, wherein a total mass of the polyamide resin and the reinforcing fibers is 90% by mass or more of the composition; wherein a proportion of an aromatic polyamide having a melting point of from 200 to 250° C. in the polyamide resin is more than 70% by mass; and wherein a content of the reinforcing fibers in the total mass of the polyamide resin and the reinforcing fibers is from 45 to 70% by mass.
US10064445B2	Plastic footwear with inner liner and outer liner of woven or non woven fabric A pressure injected plastic footwear is provided characterized in that comprising double liner made of fabric, one on the inside part and one on the outside part; both liners may be identical or different and provide the footwear with special characteristics such as being fire retardant, antifungal, anti-mold and hermetic to moisture and liquid water as well as thermal insulating.
US10064444B2	Helmet with cheek-embedded microphone The invention relates to a protective helmet which is provided with communication equipment, the helmet comprises one or more microphones that are embedded next to cheeks of the wearer in one or more layers of material that are located between a helmet shell and said wearer's cheeks, wherein each of said one or more microphones is connected directly or indirectly to said communication equipment by means of a connection element, each of said connection elements being also embedded respectively within slots that are made within one or more of said layers.
US10064442B2	Hood for removal of a driver's helmet A protective hood designed to be worn under a racing driver's helmet and to help in taking off the helmet of said driver under all circumstances, said hood it has at least one removal member secured to the top of the hood and having dimensions such that its free ends extend downwards and are accessible from outside said integral helmet when the latter is worn over said hood, and a holding member secured to each side face of the hood in order to keep the free ends of said removal member in position against the hood and substantially symmetrical with respect to the vertical sagittal plane of said hood.
US10064438B2	Exercise tights A way to provide an exercise garment that, without hampering athletic performance, for example by limiting movement, frees a wearer from having to check or worry about rearward appearance.
US10064434B2	Electronic smoking device with heater power control An electronic smoking device comprises a housing accommodating a battery (10) as an electric power source powering an electrically heatable atomizer comprising an electric heater (22) and adapted to atomize a liquid supplied from a reservoir to provide an aerosol exiting from the atomizer. The heater (22) of the atomizer is controlled by means of control electronics (14). A puff detector (18) indicates an aerosol inhaling puff to the control electronics (14). The control electronics (14) operates, for a puff, the heater (22) of the atomizer with a pre-determined level of electric power. Preferably, the electronic smoking device comprises a voltage sensor (34) measuring the battery voltage, wherein the control electronics (14) distributes the pre-determined level of electric power, for a puff, by pulse width modulation, based on the battery voltage measured by the voltage sensor (34).
US10064433B2	Atomizer and electronic cigarette having same An exemplary atomizer includes an atomizing assembly and a liquid supply. The liquid supply includes a connection end. The atomizing assembly is detachably connected to the connection end. The connection end defines at least one liquid outlet, through which the tobacco liquid flows into the atomizing assembly. The atomizing assembly further includes a sealing element and an elastic element. The sealing element is configured for sealing the liquid outlet when in a first position, and the elastic element abuts against the sealing element. When the atomizing assembly is connected with the liquid supply, the atomizing assembly is configured for driving the sealing element to move to a second position where the liquid outlet is opened. When the atomizing assembly is detached from the liquid supply, the atomizing assembly is configured for driving the sealing element to return to the first position where the sealing element seals the liquid outlet.
US10064427B2	System and method for transferring rod-shaped articles and arrangement and method for retaining rod-shaped articles in a conveyor band The system for transferring rod-shaped articles comprises a reservoir for holding a plurality of rod-shaped articles and a conveyor band comprising a seat adapted to receive a rod-shaped article from the reservoir. The system further comprises a speed compensator for compensating a speed variation of a portion of the conveyor band such that a speed of another portion of the conveyor band is kept constant. There is also provided an arrangement for retaining rod-shaped articles in a conveyor band. The arrangement comprises a conveyor wheel, wherein the seat is guidable in the conveyor band around the conveyor wheel and comprises an offset conveyor band arranged in parallel and at a distance to the conveyor band along a section of the conveyor band.
US10064424B2	Food movement and control within a container for food preparation An apparatus and method for controlling the movement of a food product in a container is described. The apparatus can be cleanable, portable, and fully automated. It can include a main container for holding the food product and one or more other containers for holding a substance, such as liquid. The main container can be moved between the one or more other containers so that the food product is immersed in the substance (e.g., liquid) in the one or more other containers. Any of the containers can be heated to heat the food product. This movement of the main container can be used run fully automated cycles (e.g., sprouting, rinsing, soaking, cooking, cleaning, etc.) that do not require user interaction.
US10064417B2	Milk filtration devices and methods for filtering A method of cleaning mother's milk, involving ex vivo contacting mother's milk having an initial concentration of an antidepressant therein with a solid substrate (preferably a porous substrate) adapted to remove the antidepressant from the milk to produce a cleansed milk product having a reduced concentration of the antidepressant.
US10064414B2	Injecting machine for injecting brine into meat pieces A machine for injecting brine into meat pieces includes a conveyor having a support surface for conveying meat pieces in a forward step by step movement, each step having a predetermined length, first and second injection heads consecutively arranged over the conveyor relative to the forward direction, each injection head having an array of injection needles covering a whole width of the conveyor support surface. A length of the conveyor support surface corresponds to the predetermined length of the steps of the conveyor step by step movement, head driving device for alternately reciprocating the injection heads between an upper position, enabling the meat pieces to pass under the injection heads, and a lower position, where the injection needles are stuck into the meat pieces located under the injection heads, and brine supplying device supplying brine to the injection needles at least when the injection heads are at their lower position.
US10064407B2	Insect repellent composition and method of use The present invention is concerned with an insect repellent composition and a method of using the same to repel insects over an extended period of time. The compositions of the invention include natural insect repellents and can provide a prolongation of complete protection times to a 12 hour minimum thereby enabling a once daily dosage regime if required.
US10064405B2	Simulated environment for transcatheter heart valve repair An apparatus for applying liquid pressure to resected tissue may include a fixture, a papillary assembly coupled to the fixture and having first and second spaced apart papillary attachment elements, and a resected mitral valve attached to the fixture. The fixture may have a first chamber, a second chamber, and an internal panel extending between the first and second chambers. The resected mitral valve may be attached to the internal panel and may have a posterior leaflet, an anterior leaflet, and tendinae chordae. The tendinae chordae may each be attached at a first end to the posterior leaflet or the anterior leaflet and at a second end to one of the papillary attachment elements. A first group of the tendinae chordae may be attached to the first papillary attachment element, and a second group of the tendinae chordae may be attached to the second papillary attachment element.
US10064392B1	Method and apparatus for determining metabolic characteristics of experimental animals A method for electronically determining a metabolic characteristic of an experimental animal in a living space is disclosed. The method includes confirming that a temperature in a living space is within a predefined range that consists of temperatures near or within a metabolic thermoneutral zone of the experimental animal, capturing at least one infrared image of at least one experimental animal in a band of infrared radiation that is within the range of from about 3 μm to about 14 μm in wavelength, identifying at least one data set of the at least one infrared image that corresponds to a tail of the experimental animal, processing the at least one data set of the at least one infrared image to evaluate a temperature of the tail of the experimental animal, and determining the metabolic characteristic based at least in part on the evaluated tail temperature.
US10064383B1	Litter lift A litter lift that eliminates the need to bend over to clean out kitty litter by bringing the kitty litter up to a height that it can be easily changed. The litter lift is configured as a scissor lift and has two upper crossbars upon which a litter pan removably nests.
US10064373B1	Cotton cultivar UA 107 A novel cotton cultivar, designated UA 107, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of cotton cultivar UA 107, to the plants and plant parts of cotton UA 107 and to methods for producing a cotton plant produced by crossing the cultivar UA 107 with itself or another cotton variety. The invention also relates to methods of using cotton cultivar UA 107 and products derived therefrom. The invention also relates to methods for producing a cotton plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic cotton plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid cotton seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar UA 107 with another cotton cultivar.
US10064370B1	Soybean variety 01064806 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064806. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064806. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064806 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064806 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10064362B1	Soybean variety 5PPBF43 A novel soybean variety, designated 5PPBF43 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety 5PPBF43, cells from soybean variety 5PPBF43, plants of soybean 5PPBF43, and plant parts of soybean variety 5PPBF43. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety 5PPBF43 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety 5PPBF43, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety 5PPBF43, and methods of characterizing soybean variety 5PPBF43. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety 5PPBF43 are further provided.
US10064356B2	Soybean variety 01064137 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064137. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064137. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064137 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064137 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US10064349B1	Apparatus for stabilizing irrigation towers A stabilizing apparatus for stabilizing a mobile irrigation tower of a pivot irrigation system includes a pair of outrigger arms which extend from opposite sides of the irrigation tower. The outrigger arms are able to move between an extended position and a retracted position. The distal ends of the out rigger arms present ground engaging elements adapted for low friction passage across a farm ground surface. When the outrigger arms are in the extended position, the ground engaging element of each arm is in contact with or at least in close proximity to the farm ground surface at a location which is spaced transversely away from the irrigation tower. If the outrigger arms are in the extended position and if the irrigation system is subjected to a high velocity wind, the ground engaging elements will engage the farm ground surface and resist overturning movement of the irrigation tower.
US10064348B1	Landscape border system A landscape bordering system is presented herein. In particular, the system is installed on the border or edges of lawn or grass, next to an adjacent sidewalk, walkway, paver, pavement, driveway, patio, fence, etc. The border includes a body defining a substantially flat top surface and an interior portion. A mounting assembly may be disposed on the interior of the body allowing for additional modules, such as sprinklers or lights, to be selectively installed therein. Additional features include a channel continuously disposed longitudinally along an outer exposed side of the top surface of the body. The channel may be disposed substantially proximate to a front edge of the top surface (e.g., adjacent to the edge of the grass or lawn). In this manner, a user may decide to spray, pour, or dispense an amount of herbicide or other chemical into the channel along the length of the border.
US10064345B2	Culture medium for plant cultivation There is provided a medium for plant cultivation comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer chip. An ethylene content of ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer included in the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer chip is preferably 20 to 60 mol %. In addition, a water content in the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer chip is preferably 20 to 300 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass of the ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer. As a result, it is possible to provide a medium for plant cultivation, which is capable of being used instead of the soil or rock wools, and with which it is possible to sufficiently grow crop plants, to have excellent recyclability, to facilitate a process for disposal the medium, and to have a small environmental burden.
US10064343B2	Submersible foliage planter and method of using same A submersible foliage planter includes a growing medium; and a container including an inner pouch of fine porous material which encloses the growing medium therein and an outer pouch of course porous material which encloses the inner pouch therein, wherein the coarse porous material has an average pore size larger than that of the fine porous material, the fine porous material and course porous material are permeable by water and by a root system of an aquatic plant, and the course porous material is water insoluble.
US10064338B2	Baler and method of baling A baler apparatus includes a baling chamber including at least one adjustable wall for adjusting compression of a body of bale material. A reciprocating plunger is operable to compress the bale material and a binding device binds the compressed material to form a bale by use of twine loops. An adjustment mechanism increases as a length of outer twine loops when binding the bale relative to the inner twine loops, to reduce compression within part of the body of bale material and avoid twine breakage that can otherwise occur as a bale is ejected from the baler.
US10064332B1	Monitor for slip clutches A system and method for detecting a malfunction in a harvesting machine includes a sensor for mounting to the harvesting machine. The sensor is configured to measure a magnitude of a mechanical wave produced in the harvesting machine, and output a signal based on the magnitude. A controller receives the signal from the sensor. The controller is configured to process the signal and generate an alarm signal when a threshold is exceeded. An alarm unit is configured to receive the alarm signal from the controller when the threshold value is exceeded, and output an alarm to alert the operator of the malfunction. The malfunction can be a slipped clutch caused by a jammed condition, or other anomaly that generates a mechanical wave. The mechanical wave can be a sound wave or mechanical vibration traveling through one or more parts of the harvesting machine.
US10064325B2	Systems and methods for handling fluid for application to agricultural fields A fluid dispensing apparatus includes a container defining an interior space for holding a fluid. The container is configured to separate the fluid into a liquid and a vapor such that at least a portion of the vapor is disposed above the liquid. The container includes a sidewall and a top wall connected to the sidewall. A fluid inlet and a fluid outlet are disposed in the sidewall. A plurality of vapor valves are releasably connected to the top wall. The top wall includes a plurality of recesses and a plurality of passageways connecting the plurality of recesses to at least one outlet in the top wall. Each of the plurality of vapor valves is disposed within one of the plurality of recesses, and the plurality of vapor valves is configured to regulate the flow of fluid through the plurality of passageways and exhaust vapor disposed above the liquid.
US10070559B2	Energy storage system case and energy storage system including the same Provided are an energy storage system case and an energy storage system including the same. An energy storage system case includes: a body unit including a battery accommodating unit configured to accommodate a plurality of batteries, and a control module mounting unit on both sides of which control modules are configured to be mounted to control charge/discharge of a plurality of batteries; a casing cover coupled to the body unit; and a heat-dissipation unit located opposite the casing cover and coupled to the control module mounting unit to dissipate heat generated by a first control module among the control modules to an outside thereof.
US10070558B2	Immersion cooled electronic assemblies An immersion cooled electronics arrangement includes a sealed housing, a coolant contained within the sealed housing, and an electronic device disposed within the sealed housing. The sealed housing has a variable-volume alterable between at least a first volume and a second volume in response to changes in pressure within the sealed housing to reduce the rate of pressure change in the sealed housing over time from heating of the coolant.
US10070554B2	Flexible chassis interface device An apparatus including a frame forming an interface device configured for connection to a test chassis, and at least one interface connector coupled to the frame, the at least one interface connector corresponding to connectors of a unit under test, the interface device being configured for insertion through one or more sealable apertures of an environmentally protective chassis that houses the test chassis, and coupling to an interface device seating surface of the environmentally protective chassis without any intervening environmental interface or environmental interface plane located between the interface device seating surface and the test chassis, wherein the frame forming the interface device includes a first end plate configured with electrical connectors and mechanical attachment members configured to align and attach a circuit card to the interface device.
US10070550B2	Fixing device for circuit board and electronic apparatus comprising the same A fixing device for a circuit board and an electronic apparatus including the fixing device, related to the display field, and can be applied for the fixation of circuit boards with different sizes and structures onto a component to be fixed. The fixing device for a circuit board includes: a holding portion, used to hold a circuit board and including a containing space and a top portion including an opening allowing the circuit board to pass through the opening and to be inserted in the containing space; and a fixing portion, connected with the bottom portion of the holding portion and configured to fix on the display device. Also, an electronic apparatus including at least one fixing device for a circuit board is disclosed.
US10070548B2	Circuit board housing assembly A circuit board housing assembly includes a housing; a circuit board having an opening attached to the housing; and a board removal tool having a holding member, a rivet and a pin. The holding member has an aperture corresponding to the opening and the rivet is inserted in the opening and the aperture. The rivet has a head with a proximal end and a distal end and a central axis, the head has an internal passage extending parallel to the central axis from the proximal end to the distal end, and the distal end is mechanically connected to legs extending distally from the head and having an internal surface facing the central axis. When the pin is inserted into the internal passage along a direction from the proximal end towards the distal end, the pin applies force to the internal surface of the at least two legs in a direction perpendicular to the central axis.
US10070547B2	Control of electric field effects in a printed circuit board assembly using embedded nickel-metal composite materials A printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) controls an electrically-initiated device (EID) in an electric field. The PCBA includes a conductive layer, a dielectric layer, and a trans-conductive layer (TCL). The conductive layer of the PCBA designated protected areas. An electrical current with a predetermined current density is impressed in the conductive layer when the PCBA is in the electric field. The TCL is a nickel-metal composite metamaterial positioned between the conductive and dielectric layers and configured to change in shape or thickness in the electric field such that the impressed current is steered away from the conductive layer and into the dielectric layer to prevent premature activation of the EID. A system includes an outer housing, power supply, an EID such as a sonobuoy or medical device, and the PCBA, all of which are encapsulated in the housing. A method is also disclosed for manufacturing the PCBA.
US10070546B1	Bendable display apparatus and supporting device A bendable display apparatus includes a carrying plate, two supporting devices disposed on an inner side of the carrying plate, and a bendable display mounted on an outer side of the carrying plate. Each supporting device includes a hinge module and two buffering modules respectively arranged on two opposite sides of the hinge module. Each buffering module includes an internal connecting member fixed on the hinge module, an external connecting member fixed on the carrying plate and slidably disposed on the internal connecting member, a driving member driven by a spiral track of the hinge module, and a transmitting member driven by the driving member for moving the external connecting member. When the hinge modules are bent, each supporting device is a curved structure and arranged inside of the bendable display, and each external connecting member slides relative to the corresponding internal connecting member toward the hinge module.
US10070541B2	Display device and method of assembling it A display device includes a display module, a rear cover that covers the rear surface of the display module, a main circuit board placed in an internal space formed between the rear cover and the rear surface of the display module, flexible wiring members that mutually connects the display module and the main circuit board, and a male screw having a head exposed to the outside of the rear cover, the male screw passing through the rear cover and engaging a female screw formed in the main circuit board. The main circuit board is fixed to the rear cover with the male screw in a state in which the main circuit board is not fixed to the display module.
US10070536B2	Manufacturing method of circuit board structure Provided is a manufacturing method of a circuit board structure including steps as below. A glass film is provided on an electrostatic chuck (E-chuck). A dicing process is performed, such that at least one slit is formed in the glass film. A plurality of first conductive vias are formed in the glass film. A first circuit layer is formed on the glass film. A polymer layer is formed on the first circuit layer. The polymer layer covers surfaces of the first circuit layer and the glass film. A plurality of second conductive vias are formed in the polymer layer. A second circuit layer is formed on the polymer layer, such that a first circuit board structure is formed. A singulation process is performed, such that the first circuit board structure is divided into a plurality of second circuit board structures.
US10070534B2	Tool for cutting the isthmuses of printed circuit boards A tool for cutting the isthmuses in slots of a plate comprising PCBs includes: a base plate, a spindle having a shank and a cutting tip, a spindle support fixed to the base plate and revolvingly supporting the spindle, a head fixed to the base plate and provided with a through hole wherein the shank of the spindle is disposed, a guide mounted on the head and provided with a through hole wherein the cutting tip of the spindle is disposed, in such manner that a portion of the cutting tip of the spindle protrudes from the guide, the guide having a guide rib disposed in alignment with the cutting tip of the spindle and suitable for being inserted into the holes of the plate comprising the PCBs to guide a relative movement of the plate comprising the PCBs with respect to the tool.
US10070527B2	Semiconductor device When a nut housing member is inserted from a first opening portion into a case (terminal housing area) in a semiconductor device, first and second protrusions of the nut housing member slide on and pass through the first and second opening portions. Ultimately, the nut housing member is housed in the case (terminal housing area), with the first protrusion being in contact with a lower end of the second opening portion and the second protrusion being in contact with a lower end of the first opening portion. Even if the nut housing member is not inserted in parallel with the terminal housing area, the forefront does not hit against a first beam. Therefore, the nut housing member is inserted stably and housed reliably in the terminal housing area of the case, and the assemblability of the nut housing member with respect to the case is improved.
US10070526B2	Connector with structures for bi-lateral decoupling of a hardware interface Techniques and mechanisms to provide a connector for securing to a first printed circuit board (PCB). In an embodiment, the connector is configured to receive a second PCB, where a first hardware interface of the connector includes conductors to facilitate bilateral decoupling from (and coupling to) respective hardware interfaces of the first PCB and the second PCB. A first conductor of the first hardware interface includes a first portion configured to move, relative to a housing structure of the connector, in response to the connector receiving a portion of a device which comprises the second PCB. A second portion of the first conductor is configured to be brought into contact with a conductive pad of the device. In another embodiment, the connector includes housing structures configured to move relative to one another while the connector is secured to the first PCB.
US10070525B2	Internal to internal coaxial via transition structures in package substrates Methods/structures of forming package structures are described. Those methods/structures may include forming a first sub-laminated board comprising a first horseshoe structure that is disposed on a top surface of a first outer ground structure, forming a second sub-laminated board comprising a second horseshoe structure disposed on a second outer ground structure, wherein the second sub-laminated board comprises a stripline trace on a top surface of the second sub-laminated board, and laminating the first sub-laminated board to the second sub-laminated board, wherein the first and second horseshoe structures are in contact with each other during the lamination process.
US10070521B2	Surface-treated copper foil This surface-treated copper foil is characterized in that the amount of adhesion of Si on the copper foil surface is from 3.1 to 300 μg/dm2, and the amount of adhesion of N on the copper foil surface is from 2.5 to 690 μg/dm2. The objective of the present invention is to obtain a copper foil having improved peel strength in providing a copper foil for a flexible printed substrate (FPC), in which a copper foil is laminated to a liquid crystal polymer (LCP) suitable for high-frequency applications.
US10070520B2	Magnetic particle embedded flex or printed flex for magnetic tray or electro-magnetic carrier In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing a magnetic particle embedded flexible substrate, a printed flexible substrate for a magnetic tray, or an electro-magnetic carrier for magnetized or ferromagnetic flexible substrates. For instance, in accordance with one embodiment, there are means disclosed for fabricating a flexible substrate having one or more electrical interconnects to couple with leads of an electrical device; integrating magnetic particles or ferromagnetic particles into the flexible substrate; supporting the flexible substrate with a carrier plate during one or more manufacturing processes for the flexible substrate, in which the flexible substrate is held flat against the carrier plate by an attractive magnetic force between the magnetic particles or ferromagnetic particles integrated with the flexible substrate and a complementary magnetic attraction of the carrier plate; and removing the flexible substrate from the carrier plate subsequent to completion of the one or more manufacturing processes for the flexible substrate. Other related embodiments are disclosed.
US10070517B2	Three-dimensional circuit structure An electronic component (11) is embedded in an end portion of a surface (P1) and an end portion of a surface (P2) adjacent to each other in a three-dimensional base (2). The portion of an electrode (21) exposed from the surface (P1) and an electrode (101) of a packaged IC (41) are connected to each other via a wiring line (201). The portion of the electrode (21) exposed from the surface (P2) and an electrode (25) of an electronic component (15) are connected to each other via a wiring line (202). Accordingly, it is possible to realize a three-dimensional circuit structure requiring no wiring line spanning over or along an end portion thereof.
US10070507B2	Method and apparatus for determining a target light intensity from a phase-control signal A dimmable ballast circuit for a compact fluorescent lamp controls the intensity of a lamp tube in response to a phase-control voltage received from a dimmer switch. The ballast circuit comprises a phase-control-to-DC converter circuit that receives the phase-control voltage, which is characterized by a duty cycle defining a target intensity of the lamp tube, and generates a DC voltage representative of the duty cycle of the phase-control voltage. Changes in the duty cycle of the phase-control voltage that are below a threshold amount are filtered out by the converter circuit, while intentional changes in the duty cycle of the phase-control voltage are reflected in changes in the target intensity level and thereby the intensity level of the lamp tube.
US10070497B2	Smart lighting system and control method thereof The present disclosure discloses a smart lighting system and a control method for the smart lighting system. The smart lighting system includes: an environment acquisition module being configured to acquire environment information and at least one lighting module, and where the environment acquisition module includes: a color detection unit configured to acquire color information in an environment; an auxiliary detection unit configured to acquire auxiliary information in the environment, wherein the environment information is determined by using the color information and/or the auxiliary information; an operational unit and a control unit configured to determine a control signal according to the environment information; and where the at least one lighting module includes: a driving unit configured to determine a driving signal according to the control signal; and at least one light source configured to receive the driving signal and emit light according to the driving signal.
US10070494B1	Dimming switch device and methods for determining user operation events thereof A dimming switch device includes a key switch having a switching element controlled to be open-circuit or closed-circuit, a rectifying diode to rectify input AC voltages according to the state of the switching element, a power state coupling circuit, a controller, and a driving circuit. The key switch and the power state coupling circuit together generate a signal to inform the controller whether the switching element is open-circuit or closed-circuit through a pair of power lines that transmit both the signal and the power required by the dimming switch device and an electric load driven by the driving circuit. Methods for determining user operation events over the dimming switch device are also provided as routines like: reset, one-click, N-click, so that a lamp load can be turned on and off and adjust brightness according to the user operation events.
US10070488B2	Power converter between halogen transformer and LED Control circuits (1) bring power converters (4) in different modes in response to detection results. The power converters (4) exchange possibly rectified first voltage/current signals with electronic halogen transformers (2) and supply second voltage/current signals to light emitting diode circuits (5). The first current signals have, in different modes, different amplitudes. The different amplitudes have different constant values and/or different derivative values. As a result, the first current signal has become a relatively varying first current signal. Then, the halogen transformers (2) no longer experience problems that occur when smaller amounts of power need to be provided than designed to. The detections may comprise polarity detections of and/or zero-crossing detections in the first voltage signals. The halogen transformers (2) comprise self-oscillating switched mode power supplies designed to provide first amounts of power at their outputs. The light emitting diode circuits 5) are designed to consume second amounts of power smaller than the first amounts.
US10070477B1	Modification of non-guaranteed bit rate (non-GBR) bearers through wireless repeater chains into guaranteed bit rate (GBR) bearers through the wireless repeater chains A wireless communication network modifies a non-Guaranteed Bit Rate (non-GBR) bearer through a wireless repeater chain into a Guaranteed Bit Rate (GBR) bearer. A wireless access node exchanges user data with User Equipment (UE) over the non-GBR bearer through the wireless repeater chain. The wireless node monitors latency of the user data exchange over the non-GBR bearer through the wireless repeater chain. When the latency of the non-GBR bearer through the wireless repeater chain exceeds a latency threshold, the wireless node transfers a bearer modification request for the UE to a core packet network. The wireless node receives a bearer modification instruction for the UE from the core packet network to modify the non-GBR bearer into a GBR bearer. In response, the wireless node modifies the non-GBR bearer into the GBR bearer and exchanges user data with the UE over the GBR bearer through the wireless repeater chain.
US10070474B2	Link selection for device-to-device communications The disclosure generally relates to negotiating a best device-to-device (D2D) radio access technology (RAT) to use in a D2D connection. In particular, two wireless devices that correspond to potential D2D peers may exchange respective radio configurations according to a D2D coexistence protocol to mutually negotiate the “best” RAT to use in the D2D connection, wherein the exchanged radio configurations may comprise at least radio capabilities and coexistence states (e.g., in-device and/or cross-device coexistence states) associated with the respective wireless devices. The potential D2D peers may then negotiate one or more compatible RATs that are available to use in the D2D connection according to at least the radio capabilities and the in-device and cross-device coexistence states exchanged therebetween. As such, the two wireless devices may then establish one or more D2D connections using the negotiated compatible RAT(s).
US10070470B2	Environment control device providing a Wi-Fi hotspot for accessing the Internet An environment control device (ECD) providing a Wi-Fi hotspot for accessing the Internet. The ECD comprises a communication module with a Wi-Fi hotspot functionality for establishing a Wi-Fi hotspot at the ECD, and a mesh client functionality for communicating over a mesh network. The communication module provides for exchanging environmental data with at least another ECD, over one of the Wi-Fi hotspot or mesh network. It also provides for receiving upstream Internet data from at least one user terminal over the Wi-Fi hotspot, and forwarding the upstream Internet data to another ECD over the mesh network. It further provides for receiving downstream Internet data from another ECD over the mesh network, and forwarding the downstream Internet data to the at least one user terminal over the Wi-Fi hotspot. The ECD providing the Wi-Fi hotspot for accessing the Internet may be a daisy-chained ECD controlled by a master ECD.
US10070458B2	Resource request and allocation for uplink multi-user communication In wireless communications for multi-users, an access point may generate a trigger frame, which may include a trigger indication. The trigger indication may indicate whether a second trigger frame will be transmitted during a time interval. The trigger indication may use a single bit. The trigger frame may also include resource allocation for one or more stations. When the access point transmits the trigger frame, the station(s) may transmit an uplink frame(s) in response to the trigger frame. The access point may transmit a second trigger frame in the time interval. In response to the second trigger frame, the station(s) may transmit additional uplink frame(s) to the access point. The station(s) may save the resource allocation included in the trigger frame and utilize the same resource allocation for the uplink frame(s) and the additional uplink frame(s). Other methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US10070453B2	Radio base station apparatus and scheduling method A radio base station apparatus has a multimode antenna providing multiple antenna configurations, an acquisition unit configured to acquire channel information of user equipment and at least one of location information of the user equipment and phase difference information between antenna ports of signals transmitted from the user equipment, and a determination unit configured to determine scheduling for the user equipment together with an antenna configuration to be allocated to the user equipment, based upon the acquired information.
US10070445B2	Access point, wireless communication method, and program An access point includes: detection means detecting radar signal; detection notification means notifying other access point of radar signal detection; assessment means assessing whether to own authority to determine channel used among access points; determination means determining channel used among access points when detection means detects radar signal or when other access point notifies of radar signal detection, when owning authority; channel notification means notifying other access point of the channel determined by determination means; and change means changing the channel used between other access point to either the channel determined by determination means or to a channel notified from other access point. When a plurality of access points detect radar signal, entire system is operable through new channel.
US10070437B2	Methods for using a detector to monitor and detect channel occupancy Methods for using a detector to monitor and detect channel occupancy are disclosed. The detector resides on a station within a network using a framed format having a periodic time structure. When non-cooperative transmissions are detected by the network, the detector assesses the availability of a backup channel enabling migration of the network. The backup channel serves to allow the network to migrate transparently when the current channel becomes unavailable. The backup channel, however, could be occupied by another network that results in the migrating network interfering with the network already using the backup channel. Thus, the detector detects active transmission sources on the backup channel to determine whether the backup channel is occupied. Methods for using the detector include scheduling detection intervals asynchronously. The asynchronous detection uses offsets from a reference point within a frame.
US10070435B2	Method and apparatus for joint random access control and resource allocation in wireless communication systems The present disclosure relates to a method for joint random access control and resource allocation in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus using the same. A method for joint random access control and resource allocation in a wireless communication system includes estimating the total number of Machine Type Communication (MTC) devices, and determining at least one of an access control probability and an amount of resources to be allocated in a next frame depending on an amount of resources required to satisfy a random access delay requirement, by considering access control and resource allocation based on the total number of random access MTC devices.
US10070432B1	Wireless devices and systems including examples of configuration modes for baseband units and remote radio heads Examples described herein include systems and methods which include wireless devices and systems with examples of configuration modes for baseband units (BBU) and remote radio heads (RRH). For example, a computing system including a BBU and a RRH may receive a configuration mode selection including information indicative of a configuration mode for respective processing units of the BBU and the RRH. The computing system allocates the respective processing units to perform wireless processing stages associated with a wireless protocol. The BBU and/or the RRH may generate an output data stream based on the mixing of coefficient data with input data at the BBU and/or the RRH. Examples of systems and methods described herein may facilitate the processing of data for 5G wireless communications in a power-efficient and time-efficient manner.
US10070431B2	LTE operation in small cells using dynamic shared spectrum Systems, methods, and apparatus may be used to provide assistance for connection procedures in a hierarchical network where macro cells may be operating in licensed spectrum while small cells may be operating in dynamic and shared spectrums, such as TVWS. This may be done, for example, to allow an LTE system performing carrier aggregation (CA) to reconfigure itself to change from a supplementary cell (SuppCell) in one dynamic and shared spectrum channel to a SuppCell in another dynamic and shared spectrum channel.
US10070425B2	Multi-subframe grant with scheduling of both data and control channels A method implemented in a wireless device includes receiving an uplink grant from a network node indicating to the wireless device at least one data subframe and at least one control subframe. The at least one data subframe is one where the wireless device is scheduled to transmit a channel for carrying a data stream and optional control data, and the at least one control subframe is one where the wireless device is scheduled to transmit a channel for carrying control data only. The method further includes transmitting in at least one of the at least one data subframe and the at least one control subframe indicated by the uplink grant.
US10070424B2	Channel state information request/feedback method and apparatus Methods and apparatuses are provided for Channel State Information (CSI) feedback. An Uplink (UL) grant is received from a Node B. Information included in the UL grant is identified. If the information is mapped to at least one DownLink (DL) Component Carrier (CC) based on configuration information relating to at least one set including the at least one DL CC, at least one CSI corresponding to the at least one DL CC is generated. The generated at least one CSI is transmitted to the Node B.
US10070421B2	Base station and user terminal for determining device-to-device (D2D) discovery parameters including resource pool information used for D2D discovery A user terminal is configured to execute processes of: receiving control information from a serving cell, the control information transmitted by a dedicated signaling to the user terminal, wherein the control information requests acquisition of device-to-device discovery parameters included in a system information block of different frequency than the serving cell, and the device-to-device discovery parameters include resource pool information used to device-to-device discovery; acquiring the device-to-device discovery parameters from a neighbor cell belonging to the different frequency designated by the control information; determining whether a valid period of the control information expires; and transmitting a message to the serving cell as long as within the valid period, the message including the device-to-device discovery parameters and an identifier of the different frequency.
US10070409B2	Cluster tracking system Described in detail herein are systems and methods for tracking clusters of user devices within a facility. In exemplary embodiments, a plurality of network devices are distributed within a facility. The network devices may receive connection data indicating probing by at least one of a plurality of user devices within the facility. A processing unit may be coupled to the network devices and the processing unit may extract location data from the connection data received by the network devices. The location data may indicate the location of the user devices with respect in the facility. The processing unit may determine a projected path for the plurality of user devices based on the location data. The processing unit may generate a response based on then projected path of the plurality of user device.
US10070408B2	Application registration methods and apparatuses Provided are application registration methods and apparatuses. In a registration method, a Common Services Entity in an Infrastructure Node (IN-CSE) receives a first registration request from an Application Entity (AE) of a Machine-to-Machine/Man Service Provider (M2M SP), wherein the first registration request carries a binding relationship between an identifier of a CSE in a User Equipment (UE) and an M2M External Identifier (M2M-Ext-ID) of the UE; the IN-CSE sends a second registration request to an underlying Network Services Entity (NSE); and the IN-CSE receives a first registration response from the NSE, wherein the first registration response is a response message corresponding to the second registration request.
US10070404B2	Synchronization signal sending method, synchronization signal receiving method, and related apparatuses Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a synchronization signal sending method, including: determining, by a transmit end device, a first signal, where the transmit end device operates in a serving cell, the first signal includes a first synchronization sequence, the first synchronization sequence is a sequence obtained after a special ZC sequence is cyclically shifted by a first quantity of digits and then dot multiplication or conjugate multiplication is performed on the cyclically shifted special ZC sequence and a characteristic sequence, the special ZC sequence is a ZC sequence with a root index being +1 or −1, and the characteristic sequence and/or the first quantity of digits are/is corresponding to a cell identity of the serving cell. In the synchronization signal sending method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, signal synchronization can be implemented in an M2M technology by using the ZC sequence.
US10070399B2	Physical random access channel enhanced transmission method, network device, and terminal A physical random access channel enhanced transmission method, a network device, and a terminal are disclosed, where implementation of the terminal is used as an example, and the terminal includes: a processor, configured to determine level information of physical random access channel PRACH enhanced transmission; and to determine a first characteristic parameter that is of PRACH enhanced transmission and that is related to the determined level information of PRACH enhanced transmission, where the first characteristic parameter includes transmit power and a preamble format; and a transmitter, configured to perform PRACH enhanced sending according to the first characteristic parameter determined by the processor.
US10070398B2	Radio power mode switching In one implementation, radio power mode switching includes comparing a time zone associated with a current location of a client device with a country code associated with a current location of an access point, where the client device is connected to the access point, and switching a first radio power mode of the client device to a second radio power mode of the client device based on the comparison of the time zone and the country code.
US10070397B2	Combined open loop/closed loop (CQI-based) uplink transmit power control with interference mitigation for E-UTRA A combined open loop and closed loop (channel quality indicator (CQI)-based) transmit power control (TPC) scheme with interference mitigation for a long term evolution (LTE) wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is disclosed. The transmit power of the WTRU is derived based on a target signal-to-interference noise ratio (SINR) and a pathloss value. The pathloss value pertains to the downlink signal from a serving evolved Node-B (eNodeB) and includes shadowing. An interference and noise value of the serving eNodeB is included in the transmit power derivation, along with an offset constant value to adjust for downlink (DL) reference signal power and actual transmit power. A weighting factor is also used based on the availability of CQI feedback.
US10070396B2	Method and arrangement for inter-cell interference coordination Network node and method therein for inter cell interference coordination. A method in a network node comprises estimating spatial properties of a radio channel between a base station and at least part of an underlay/neighboring cell based on information about spatial properties of a radio channel between the base station and a respective at least one user equipment (UE) located in a region associated with inter cell interference in relation to the underlay/neighboring cell. A transmission is adapted to a UE, served by the base station in a reduced power subframe, based on a correlation between the spatial properties of the radio channel and estimated spatial properties of a radio channel between the base station and the UE. The method enables control of interference subjected towards the underlay/neighboring cell, caused by downlink transmission to the UE.
US10070394B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting information about available power of terminal in mobile communication system A method and apparatus are provided for transmitting power headroom information by a terminal in a mobile communication system. The method includes receiving, by the terminal, information on an allocated uplink transmission resource; determining whether a path loss has changed more than a threshold, after transmitting last power headroom information, when the terminal has the allocated transmission resource; if the path loss has changed more than the threshold when the terminal has the allocated transmission resource, determining a transmission of the power headroom information; and transmitting an uplink packet including the power headroom information using the allocated uplink transmission resource.
US10070389B2	Relay apparatus A relay apparatus for data relay between multiple communication lines includes a sleep relay unit, a start-up determination unit and a communication block unit. The sleep relay unit relays a sleep instruction that instructs a designated apparatus to transition to a sleep mode. The start-up determination unit determines whether or not a start-up apparatus, which is an apparatus other than the designated apparatus and is in a normal mode, exists in a designated communication line, which is a communication line connected to the designated apparatus. Communication that uses the designated communication line is blocked by the communication block unit when it is determined that the start-up apparatus does not exist in the designated communication line.
US10070386B2	Device for wireless network and computer readable recording medium including communication method thereof An upper node and a lower node which communicate with each other in a wireless network, and a computer readable recording medium including a program for executing a communication method thereof, are provided. The upper node determines priorities of the plurality of lower nodes and transmits a beacon message including information on the priorities determined by the upper node to the plurality of lower nodes, and the plurality of lower nodes determine priorities based on the beacon message received from the upper node. The upper node transmits first data to the plurality of lower nodes in a first period of an active period in an indirect data transmission method, and the plurality of lower nodes transmit second data to the upper node based on the determined priorities in a second period of the active period, in which the lower nodes communicate with the upper node, in a direct data transmission method. Accordingly, waste of battery power in the lower node can be prevented.
US10070368B2	Communication relaying apparatus, communication relaying system, method, and computer program product According to one embodiment, a communication relaying apparatus directly or indirectly relays communication between a base transceiver station and a mobile communication terminal. The communication relaying apparatus includes a determiner and an interrupter. The determiner determines whether an uplink signal is received from the mobile communication terminal through a wireless communication antenna. The interrupter interrupts, when the determiner determines that the uplink signal is not received, a transmission path of the uplink signal to the base transceiver station side.
US10070366B2	System, method, and apparatus for offloading wireless devices In accordance with particular embodiments, a method for offloading a wireless device is disclosed. The method comprises identifying a second best cell. The second best cell provides the wireless device with a second wireless signal that has a first signal characteristic that is less than a corresponding first signal characteristic of a first wireless signal provided by a serving cell. The method also includes offloading the wireless device from the serving cell to the second best cell despite the first signal characteristic of the first wireless signal of the serving cell being better than the first signal characteristic of the second wireless signal of the second best cell.
US10070354B2	Noise floor degradation detection for co-located radios Noise floor degradation detection may be provided. First, an incremental packet loss rate for a secondary radio may be calculated that indicates an impact on packet reception on the secondary radio due to transmissions by a primary radio. The secondary radio and the primary radio may comprise an access point. Next, it may be determined that the incremental packet loss rate is greater than a predetermined value. A configuration of the access point may be changed in response to determining that the incremental packet loss rate is greater than the predetermined value.
US10070346B2	Method and apparatus for employing an indication of stored temporary information during redirection A method for employing an indication of stored temporary information during redirection may include receiving a temporary stored information indicator from a mobile terminal indicating that the mobile terminal stores a system information container comprising temporary information, and determining whether to replace the temporary information with non-temporary information based on reception of the temporary stored information indicator. Alternatively, the method may include receiving a system information container for at least one target cell, storing the system information container, and generating a temporary stored information indicator at a mobile terminal indicating that the mobile terminal stores the system information container comprising temporary information. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.
US10070343B2	Mobile device traffic management Mobile device traffic management is disclosed. Information including a traffic management policy to be applied to data transferred between a mobile device and a node is received from a device management server. The device management server determines the traffic management policy based at least in part on roaming state information received from the mobile device. Data transferred between the mobile device and the node is processed based at least in part on the traffic management policy.
US10070333B2	Measurement method for channel state information, user equipment and base station Embodiments of the present invention provide a measurement method for channel state information, user equipment and a base station. The measurement method includes: selecting one or more coordinated transmission points for coordinated multipoint transmission by the base station for user equipment; and independently configuring a measurement subset used for channel state information feedback for each base station and each coordinated transmission point, so that the user equipment performs measurement according to the measurement subset. With the embodiments of the present invention, channel state information feedback configuration is performed to each cell or transmission point participated in coordination, and a unified structural design for feedback information may be used, so that channel feedback information for multiple transmission points or multiple cells can serve for not only transmission of a single cell, but also transmission of multiple cells.
US10070328B2	Predictive network traffic management Predictive network traffic management in a computer network. Information relating to events likely to have an adverse impact on network traffic, based on predefined parameters of network performance, is collected from the Internet. Details that may be used to predict network traffic density is extracted from the collected events information, and a predicted traffic density, based on the details is generated. Based on the predicted network traffic density, a traffic pattern is generated. A best-matching traffic pattern template to the generated traffic pattern is identified in a store of traffic pattern templates. Based on the best-matching traffic pattern template, bandwidth on the network is provisioned via an SDN controller.
US10070327B2	Centralized channel coding and shaping for a multi-node RAN A system may be configured to determine radio frequency (“RF”) transmission error types associated with a group of channels. Each channel may be associated with a particular remote radio node (“RRN”), of a group of RRNs, and a user device. The system may further modify subsequent RF communications between the RRNs and the user device, on a per-channel basis, and based on the determined transmission error types associated with each channel.
US10070319B2	Advanced dynamic channel assignment A device for assigning radio channels to radio transceiver devices. The device comprises an interface configured to receive two or more radio communication values, each associated with a radio transceiver device. The device comprises a processor configured to calculate an ordering of two or more radio transceiver devices based on radio communication values and build, according to the ordering, one or more rooted tree representing assignment of available radio channels to first radio transceiver devices according to the ordering. A branch of the rooted tree is selected according to a cost function value calculated along each branch. The processor is configured to assign the available radio channels to the radio transceiver devices according to the selected branch.
US10070314B2	Authentication using dynamic verbal questions based on social and geospatial history An approach is provided for authenticating a user. Geolocations are collected during a first time period and social media interactions are collected during a second time period. Historical data is polled which indicates (1) geolocations whose timestamps indicate locations of a person authorized to access the device within the first time period and (2) social media interactions whose timestamps indicate interactions of the person within the second time period. A question is generated to be relevant to a social media interaction and/or a geolocation included in the historical data. The voice of the user who provided an answer to the question is verified as matching a voice of the person authorized to access the device. The answer is determined to be correct. Based on the matching voices and the answer being correct, the user is authenticated and access to the device by the user is granted.
US10070304B2	Method for reporting capability information and dual mode user equipment adapted thereto A system and a method that reports capability information regarding a dual mode User Equipment (UE) are provided. The UE supports Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD). The UE capability transmitting method includes receiving a message requesting UE capability information from an evolved Node B (eNB), generating first capability information and second capability information according to the UE capability information requesting message, and transmitting UE capability information including the first and second capability information to the eNB. The first capability information comprises FDD capability information applicable to an FDD mode or TDD capability information applicable to a TDD mode. The second capability information comprises capability information applicable to both the FDD mode and the TDD mode. The system and method can allow a dual mode UE to efficiently report its capability information.
US10070297B2	Peer-to-peer emergency communication using public broadcasting A method for emergency communication includes encoding a message for visual display including a message to field and a message from field. The visual display is revealed to a reading device in communication with a broadcast center, which stores the visual display. The messages are decoded and sorted from visual displays at the broadcast center. On an index channel, a time and channel number for when a message body of the message will be broadcast on a message channel is broadcasted. The message body is broadcasted on the message channel.
US10070287B2	Method and apparatus for energy adaptive resource allocation in energy harvesting network A method and apparatus for energy adaptive resource allocation in energy harvesting network are provided. The method includes: allocating, by an energy adaptive resource allocation apparatus, non-competition slots of a next frame to at least one first wireless communication device whose energy queue state exceeds a predetermined threshold value among wireless communication devices succeeded in data transmission; and allocating, by the energy adaptive resource allocation apparatus, competition slots of the same number as that of at least one third wireless communication device expected to attempt data transmission to the next frame in consideration of a harvested energy amount and an average energy harvesting rate of at least one second wireless communication device.
US10070267B2	Systems, methods, and apparatus for reverse geocoding Some embodiments described herein relate to reverse geocoding using, for example, real estate parcel data. In some embodiments one or more location records can be received, for example, from a location record database associated with a real estate mapping service. Each location record can identify or otherwise be uniquely associated with a closed shape, such as a two-dimensional polygon, circle, or other boundary that can, for example, define the metes and bounds of a real estate parcel. Geolocation data that represents a location of a mobile communication device can also be received. The geolocation data can map to a location within a shape and the location record associated with that shape can be selected. When the selected location record corresponds to a residential location, household data can be associated with that location record and/or the mobile communication device.
US10070264B2	Automated WLAN radio map construction method and system An automated WLAN radio map construction method and system is provided. The automated WLAN radio map construction method includes: collecting WLAN fingerprints obtained by mobile device in an indoor space, machine-learning a learning model which is generated based on a state diagram in which divided areas of an indoor map are expressed by location states, arranging the collected WLAN fingerprints in corresponding location states, and storing a result of the arranging. Accordingly, collection locations of WLAN fingerprints collected in a plurality of unspecific smartphones without reference location information such as GPS signals can be automatically labeled.
US10070249B2	Cell phone emergency mode for location in rubble Mobile phones, phone systems, and emergency location systems are described with features that assist rescue teams in locating survivors in a disaster situation where a phone user and their mobile phone are buried under rubble. To enable the phone's battery charge to last longer, an emergency power conservation mode (E-mode) is activated by either receiving a command from an external source via RF transmission, or by noticing a rapid reduction in signal strength from a tower without changing the phone's physical location. Transmissions are also made by the phone from time to time indicating the user's health condition including providing an indication of life. Portable RF devices may be deployed at grid positions to locate mobile phones by triangulation based on signals received from mobile phones while battery charge still exists for the mobile phones immediately following the disaster.
US10070239B2	Efficient personalization of head-related transfer functions for improved virtual spatial audio A Head-Related Transfer Function. The Head-Related Transfer Function includes listener-specific and general components. The listener-specific component includes listener-specific, vertical variations in the Head-Related Transfer Function. The general component includes non-listener-specific, lateral variations in the Head-Related Transfer Function.
US10070235B2	Impression-taking pad and a method for taking an impression of an ear canal This invention relates to an impression-taking pad (10) for taking an impression (20) of an ear canal (30) by an impression-taking material, having a lateral end (el) to be arranged away from a tympanic membrane (35) in said ear canal (30); and a medial end (em) to be arranged proximate to said tympanic membrane (35). The impression-taking pad (10) comprises an outer body (2) tapering from said lateral end (el) to said medial end (em). The impression-taking pad (10) further comprises an inner body (3) for releasable engagement with a tool (11, 12) for visual inspection of the ear canal (30), the inner body (3) being configured to support insertion of the impression-taking pad (10) in the ear canal (30) by the tool (11, 12). The impression-taking pad (10) comprises a duct (5) at least partially defined by the inner body (3), forming at least part of an optical path for visual inspection of the ear canal (30); wherein the optical path further comprises an inspection window (6), closing said duct (5), configured to support inspection of the ear canal (30) during the insertion of the impression-taking pad (10) in the ear canal (30); The impression-taking pad (10) is further configured to form an integral part of said impression (20). The present invention also relates to a method of taking an impression by the above defined impression-taking pad (10); as well as to a correlated impression-taking system comprising an aptly modified tool (11, 12) to cooperate with such an impression-taking pad (10).
US10070225B1	Vehicle entertainment system A vehicle entertainment system includes a headphones device and a vehicle headrest. The headphones device includes a first speaker disposed in a first speaker housing, a second speaker disposed in a second speaker housing, and a headband connecting the first speaker housing to the second speaker housing. The vehicle headrest includes a recessed channel shaped and dimensioned to receive the headband, the first speaker housing, and the second speaker housing.
US10070224B1	Crosstalk cancellation for bone conduction transducers Embodiments relate to crosstalk cancellation to reduce crosstalk vibrations during use of multiple bone conduction transducers. A system, for example, a head-mounted display (HMD) for providing audio to a user, uses vibration sensors to detect vibrations caused by the bone conduction transducers. In particular, a vibration sensor may generate an error signal representing residual vibrations due to crosstalk at a given ear region of the user. The system uses estimated transfer functions for noise propagation paths through the user's head to generate an anti-crosstalk signal. In response to the anti-crosstalk signal, a bone conduction transducer transmits anti-crosstalk vibrations that reduce the error signal at the given ear region.
US10070218B2	Class D amplifier chip with duty ratio limiting functions and the device thereof The present invention discloses a class D amplifier chip with duty ratio limiting functions and the device thereof, a class D amplifier chip includes triangle wave modules, PWM modulation modules, duty ratio detection modules and logic control modules, the input differential audio signals and triangle wave signals generated by the triangle wave module are converted into low voltage pulsed PWM signals through the PWM modulation module, then gets driving processed and generates high voltage pulses; the duty ratio detection module real-time detects the duty ratio of PWM signals, when the logic control module decides the duty ratio of the PWM signals is larger than the preset maximum value, the PWM module is controlled to stop working, equals to close the audio output of the class D amplifier device; which limits the amplitude of the output audio signals, avoids burning the speaker due to an overlarge amplitude.
US10070217B2	Speaker apparatus A speaker apparatus includes first acoustic drivers that respectively output first acoustic signals, and an acoustic coupler having acoustic passages. The acoustic passages respectively include inlets, and an outlet of the acoustic passages is common. The first acoustic signals output from the first acoustic drivers are respectively inlet into the inlets, the first acoustic signals inlet into the inlets are guided to the common outlet, the first acoustic signals are combined at the common outlet to generate a second acoustic signal, and the second acoustic signal is output. Lengths of the acoustic passages from the inlets to the common outlet are identical to each other.
US10070215B2	Managing connections of a user device Systems, methods, and computer-readable medium are provided for managing connections of user devices. For example, two source devices may be configured to maintain a data stream with one another. The data stream may enable the two source devices to identify one or more connections between each other and at least a third device. In response to receiving an event that indicates content to be provided to the third device, the data stream may be used by the source devices to configure their network connections with the third device.
US10070214B2	Vibration isolation in a bone conduction device A bone conduction device, including a bone fixture adapted to be fixed to bone, a vibratory element adapted to be attached to the bone fixture and configured to vibrate in response to sound signals, and a vibration isolator adapted to be disposed between the vibratory element and the bone.
US10070201B2	Recognition of images within a video based on a stored representation One embodiment described herein may take the form of a system or method for detecting an image within a video component of a multimedia presentation on a distribution system. In general, the system or method may analyze one or more frames of a video component of a presentation to detect the presence of an image within the one or more frames that matches or approximates one or more images stored in a searchable database. Once detected, the system or method may compare one or more features of the potentially matching image with the collection of images. If the potential image matches or approximates an image within the searchable database, the system or method may provide a selectable link within the multimedia presentation that links the detected image with associated information concerning the image. Such information may be presented on a display device to the viewer of the presentation.
US10070200B2	Targeted television advertising based on profiles linked to multiple online devices A profile provider: (i) associates a primary online device (OD1) with a set-top box (STB); (ii) a location of OD1 at some point in time is estimated to be “near” the STB, thereby establishing a STB proxy location; (iii) one or more secondary online devices (OD2s) are observed to be located “near” the STB proxy location and are associated with the STB; and (iv) a television advertisement is selected to be directed to the STB, which selection is based at least in part on profile information linked to one of the associated OD2s. The method can be particularly advantageous in situations wherein: the STB is not connected to any computer network; the STB is not ever connected to the same local area network as OD1 or OD2; or television service (used by the STB) and online access (used by OD1 and OD2s) are provided by different service providers.
US10070199B2	Transmission method, reception method, transmission apparatus, and reception apparatus A transmission method includes: generating one or more frames for content transfer, each of the frames containing one or more second transfer units, each of the second transfer units being placed at a head within each of the frames and containing one or more first transfer units, each of the first transfer units containing one or more Internet Protocol (IP) packets, each of the first transfer units positioned at a head within each of the frames containing reference clock information indicating time used for reproduction of the content that uses the IP packets in a reception apparatus; and transmitting the one or more frames by broadcast.
US10070190B2	News production system with dynamic character generator output In one aspect, an example method involves: accessing, by a computing device, data associated with an election; using, by a computing device, the accessed data to determine a status associated with a voting option of the election; using, by the computing device, the determined status as a basis to select a content storage-location from among multiple content storage-locations, wherein each of the multiple content storage-locations corresponds with a respective content placeholder of a content template; and storing, by the computing device, in the selected content storage-location, (i) a content item associated with the voting option or (ii) a reference to the content item.
US10070170B2	Content annotation tool A content annotation tool is disclosed. In a configuration, a portion of a movie may be obtained from a database. Entities, such as an actor, background music, text, etc. may be automatically identified in the movie. A user, such as a content producer, may associate and/or provide supplemental content for an identified entity to the database. A selection of one or more automatically identified entities may be received. A database entry may be generated that links the identified entity with the supplemental content. The selected automatically identified one or more entities and//or supplemental content associated therewith may be presented to an end user.
US10070163B2	Uninterrupted playback of video streams using lower quality cached files Disclosed are various embodiments for facilitating uninterrupted playback of video streams using lower quality cached files. A video file corresponding to an entirety of a video content feature encoded at a first quality may be obtained from another client on a local network. A video stream corresponding to the video content feature encoded at a second quality higher than the first quality is then obtained. The video stream is rendered for playback on a display. In response to detecting an unavailability of the video stream at a particular time in the video content feature, the video file is rendered for playback on the display in place of the video stream and commences at the particular time in the video content feature. The video file may then be sent to yet another client on the local network.
US10070159B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving additional information in a broadcast communication system A method for receiving additional information from a device in a broadcast communication system is provided. The method includes receiving broadcast information provided from a broadcast service provider over a broadcast channel, extracting application information from the broadcast information, acquiring location information for the additional information associated with a broadcast content from the application information, and transmitting the location information for the additional information to a peer device for displaying the additional information.
US10070156B2	Video quality of experience based on video quality estimation Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate an analysis and control of video quality of experience (VQoE) of services delivered to one or more client devices. A content version segment may be selected for delivery to a client device based upon an estimation of the video quality experienced by the client device and the bandwidth available for delivering content to the client device. Video quality estimation may be based upon information associated with the encoding of a media stream coupled with one or more parameters of the client device receiving the media stream. Video quality estimation for one or more client devices may be aggregated and displayed to a service operator and/or may be used to inform content selection decisions in an adaptive bit-rate delivery method.
US10070154B2	Client-server communication for live filtering in a camera view Provided are mechanisms and processes for performing live filtering in a camera view via client-server communication. In one example, a first video frame in a raw video stream is transmitted from a client device to a server. The client device receives a filter processing message associated with the first video frame that includes filter data for applying a filter to the first video frame. A processor at the client device creates a filtered video stream by applying the filter to a second video frame that occurs in the video stream later than the first video frame.
US10070151B2	Digital television transmitting/receiver and method of processing data in digital television transmitter/receiver A digital television (DTV) transmitter and a method of coding data in the DTV transmitter method are disclosed. A pre-processor pre-processes the enhanced data by coding the enhanced data for forward error correction (FEC) and expanding the FEC-coded enhanced data. A data formatter generates one or more groups of enhanced data packets, each enhanced data packet including the pre-processed enhanced data. And, a packet multiplexer generates at least one burst of enhanced data by multiplexing the one or more groups of enhanced data packets. Herein, each burst of enhanced data includes at least one group of enhanced data packets. The DTV transmitter may further include a scheduler which generates first and second control signals to control operations of the data formatter and the packet multiplexer, respectively.
US10070146B2	Picture decoding device, picture decoding method and picture decoding program In a picture coding device for coding picture signals including a brightness signal and a color-difference signal in a block unit using intra-prediction and coding information regarding an intra-prediction mode, when aspect ratios of pixels of the brightness signal and the color-difference signal are different from each other, a bitstream generator converts a mode number of a first intra-color-difference prediction mode used when the aspect ratios are equal to each other into a scaled mode number and derives a second intra-color-difference prediction mode used when the aspect ratios are different from each other.
US10070144B2	Video encoding apparatus, video decoding apparatus, video encoding method, and video decoding method A video encoding apparatus appends decoding delay correction information and display delay correction information to encoded video data in order to ensure that even when one or more pictures that are later in encoding order in the video data than a first picture that may potentially be spliced to a trailing end of other encoded video data have been discarded, the first picture and subsequent pictures in the encoded video data can be continuously decoded and displayed by a video decoding apparatus. The video decoding apparatus corrects the decoding delay and display delay of the first picture and its subsequent pictures by using the decoding delay correction information and display delay correction information.
US10070141B2	Method and apparatus for providing prediction mode scalability In an encoding process, video data are represented as a bitstream of a quantized base layer and at least two enhancement layers, with each picture in each layer identified by a start code. The base layer, plus a number of enhancement layers capable of being transmitted by the communication channel's bandwidth, are transmitted on the communication channel.
US10070129B2	Image coding apparatus, image coding method, image decoding apparatus, image decoding method, and program An image coding apparatus configured to divide an image into one or more slices each including a plurality of blocks and to code each slice on a block-by-block basis includes a first coding unit configured to code blocks included in a first portion of the slice, and a second coding unit configured to code blocks included in a second portion of the slice, wherein, when the second coding unit codes an initial block in the second portion, the second coding unit codes the initial included in the second portion by referring to a first quantization parameter provided to the slice as an initial value and referred to by the first coding unit when the first coding units codes the initial block in the first portion.
US10070127B2	Method and apparatus for arithmetic coding and termination The present invention provides arithmetic encoder and decoder, and methods implemented therein for termination of arithmetic coding. The arithmetic encoder first determines whether a bin value indicates termination of arithmetic encoding. If the bin value is determined not indicating termination of arithmetic encoding, no bit is written in a bitstream indicative of the bin value so determined. If the bin value is determined indicating termination of arithmetic encoding, a stop bit is written in the bitstream. The arithmetic decoder determines whether or not the end of a coded slice has been reached, based on a number of bits in the bitstream. More specifically, the arithmetic decoder makes a determination, based on a number of bits preceding a stop bit located in a last byte in the bitstream.
US10070120B2	Optical see-through display calibration Disclosed are a system, apparatus, and method for calibrating an optical see-through display (OSD). The OSD virtual display size is estimated as a starting point for determining an eye to camera distance. In response to determining the eye to camera distance and comparing the result with a measured eye to camera distance an updated display size may be determined. A user's head movement may be tracked in order to determine when a visual alignment based calibration routine is complete. When a user is not viewing a calibration target a request is sent to prompt the user to realign the OSD. When a user is still after a period of alignment with the OSD, the alignment and calibration procedure may be assumed as complete. A buffer may receive calibration values from before and after the calibration procedure is complete and the values may be averaged or filtered for accuracy.
US10070110B2	Automatic white balance According to examples of the present disclosure, a method and apparatus for automatic white balance may be provided. A white region for performing automatic white balance may be obtained by a front end device of a video monitoring system. At least one cluster may be generated by clustering statistical points within the white region of a to-be-detected image by the front end device. The cluster may be determined as a target cluster and statistical points within the target cluster may be determined as white points by the front end device when the number of statistical points within the cluster is greater than a preset threshold. And a white balance gain of the to-be-detected image may be determined by the front end device based on the target cluster.
US10070109B2	Highlight recovery in images Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to highlight recovery of a high-resolution image using a single low-resolution image captured at a lower exposure. An example apparatus includes a hue target circuit that receives an input image at a high-resolution including at least one pixel with a clipped color channel. For example, the input image is a Blue sky image with a pixel having clipped Blue channel. The hue target circuit also receives a set of candidate hue maps having a pixel resolution lower than the high-resolution of the input image. The hue target circuit generates a target hue value for the at least one pixel using the pixel information of the set of candidate hue maps. The apparatus also includes a hue recovery circuit that generates a recovered version of the input image by adjusting hue information of the clipped color channel based on the generated target hue.
US10070106B2	Optical system designs for generation of light fields using spatial light modulators In described examples, a method of creating multiple light images uses spatially-separated light sources, arranged in an array, operated in multiplexed fashion, for driving a spatial light modulator. Each of the light sources is time-sequenced to direct light at the spatial light modulator during a time interval. The spatial light modulator is synchronized with the light sources and controlled to produce a desired image during each time interval. The resulting images are received by an optical lens system to provide light images along an image plane. Alternately, the optical lens system focuses the modulated light images on a hogel plane to produce a light field. The pixel count of the spatial light modulator is effectively multiplied by the number of light sources.
US10070094B2	Screen related adaptation of higher order ambisonic (HOA) content Systems and techniques for rendering audio data are generally disclosed. An example device for rendering a higher order ambition (HOA) audio signal includes a memory configured to store the HOA audio signal, and one or more processors coupled to the memory. The one or more processors are configured to perform a loudness compensation process as part of generating an effect matrix. The one or more processors are further configured to render the HOA audio signal based on the effect matrix.
US10070092B2	Directional remote control based on ranging A remote control (RC) has two ultra-wideband tags arranged along the axis of the RC at a known distance “d” from each other. An appliance to be controlled can use a UWB anchor to ping the tags and determine the distance to each tag. The distances are then subtracted and if the difference substantially equals the known distance “d”, this represents an indication that the RC is pointed directly at the appliance, and the appliance accordingly will execute commands from the RC. Otherwise, the appliance ignores the RC commands.
US10070091B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method and manufacturing apparatus An image processing apparatus having a plurality of Bayer arrays each including 4 pixels sharing a common electrode connected to a vertical signal line wherein: each of the pixels has a pixel electrode connected to a horizontal signal line; and the location of each of the horizontal signal lines and the location of each of the pixel electrodes each connected to one of the horizontal signal lines are determined so that the locations in a neighboring Bayer array are a mirror image of counterpart locations in another Bayer array adjacent to the neighboring Bayer array.
US10070089B2	Inverting amplifier, integrator, sample hold circuit, ad converter, image sensor, and imaging apparatus An inverting amplifier includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a PMOS transistor, another PMOS transistor, an NMOS transistor, another NMOS transistor, and a clamp circuit. The PMOS transistors are connected in series between a supply voltage and an output terminal. The NMOS transistors are connected in series between a ground voltage and the output terminal. The clamp circuit is connected to the gate of the other PMOS transistor and the gate of the other NMOS transistor. The clamp circuit includes a switch, a capacitor, another switch, and another capacitor. At least one of the gate of the PMOS transistor and the gate of the NMOS transistor is connected to the input terminal.
US10070086B2	Solid-state imaging device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic device The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device capable of receiving light entering a gap between pixel regions of imaging units by the pixel region when a plurality of imaging units is arranged, a method of manufacturing the same, and an electronic device. A CMOS image sensor includes a pixel region formed of a plurality of pixels. A convex lens is provided for each of a plurality of CMOS image sensors. A plurality of CMOS image sensors is arranged on a supporting substrate. The present disclosure is applicable to a solid-state imaging device and the like in which a plurality of CMOS image sensors is arranged on the supporting substrate, for example.
US10070083B2	Image sensor, optoelectronic system comprising said image sensor, and method for manufacturing said image sensor The invention relates to an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels operatively connected to a control unit that includes a readout circuit, characterized in that it comprises a monolithic three-dimensional integrated circuit comprising an upper level and a lower level; wherein each pixel comprises: a photosensitive element arranged in said upper level and comprising a photosensitizing layer associated to a transport layer; an active device arranged in said lower level and operatively coupled to the photosensitive element; and a first intermediate terminal and an output terminal circuitally connected, respectively, to the photosensitive element and to the readout circuit; wherein the image sensor further comprises a dark current suppressing circuit; and wherein the control unit is configured to, upon readout of a pixel, circuitally connect the first intermediate terminal of said pixel with its output terminal through the dark current suppressing circuit. The invention also relates to an optoelectronic system comprising said image sensor and to a method of manufacturing said image sensor.
US10070080B2	Multi-directional, multi-spectral star tracker with a common aperture and common camera An optical star tracker system including a single common aperture, a single light-redirecting element, a single imaging sensor and an image processor, wherein the light-redirecting element receives incident light rays from a plurality of objects and forms images of the objects distorted at angles indicative of the multiple directions of the incident light rays from the objects depending on an orientation at which the incident light rays originated from the objects.
US10070075B2	Method and system for providing scene data in a video stream Methods of and systems for providing temperature data in a video stream are provided. The method includes receiving a video stream having a plurality of video frames with a first frame rate and receiving temperature data including a temperature map associated with the video stream and having a plurality of temperature frames with a second frame rate, which can be slower than the first frame rate. To interlace the temperature data, a subset of temperature frames in the plurality of temperature frames can be extracted. The method further includes transmitting each temperature frame in the subset of temperature frames with the plurality of video frames in a data stream.
US10070071B2	Method of imaging a machine environment and machine system implementing same Imaging a machine environment includes receiving image data from imaging devices on a machine, and comparing a calibration feature in an image defined by the image data with a virtual reference feature in a stored calibration model. A plurality of images are stitched together based on an error between the calibration feature and the virtual reference feature, to produce a composite image of the machine environment. Related setup control logic and strategy, and hardware configurations are disclosed.
US10070069B2	Method and device for determining a contour, at least in regions, of at least one additively manufactured component layer The invention relates to a method for the determination, at least in regions, of a contour of at least one additively manufactured component layer, in which a contour line of the component layer is traveled over, at least in regions, by a laser beam, and a time exposure of the traveled contour line is produced by a camera system. The invention further relates to a device for the determination, at least in regions, of a contour of at least one additively manufactured component layer. For this purpose, the device comprises at least one laser system, by which a contour line of the component layer can be traveled over, at least in regions, by a laser beam, and a camera system, which is designed to produce a time exposure of the contour line traveled over by the laser beam.
US10070064B2	Display control device including display control section that causes display data to be displayed in first and second regions og display, and controlling method of image capturing sensor and display A display control device controls an image capturing sensor and a display. The display control device has an image data generation section and a display control section. The image data generation section generates first display data and second display data. The display control section outputs the first and second display data, the first display data that is outputted at first intervals having a first time length varying between “a” and “b” so as to be displayed on a first display region of the display within a first horizontal synchronization period having the first time length varying between “a” and “b”, and the second display data that is outputted at second intervals having a second time length of “a” so as to be displayed on the second display region of the display within a second horizontal synchronization period having the second time length of “a”.
US10070055B2	Devices and methods for optically multiplexed imaging Devices and methods for multiplexed imaging are provided. In one embodiment, an imaging device can simultaneously direct light of a same spectrum from each of a plurality of image channels onto an image sensor to create a multiplexed image on the sensor. Each image channel can collect light from different portions of an extended field of view or from the same portion with different perspectives. The device can also include one or more encoders to encode light from the channels prior to detection. The devices and methods described herein can also include disambiguating a captured multiplexed image to create images for each of the plurality of image channels. Disambiguated images can cover the extended field of view at a high spatial resolution despite using only a single small format image sensor, or can produce stereo or 3D images having the full resolution of the sensor.
US10070053B2	Method and camera for determining an image adjustment parameter The present invention relates to a method and a camera for determining an image adjustment parameter. The method includes receiving a plurality of images representing an image view, detecting from the plurality of images events of a specific event type, identifying a location within the image view where the event of the specific type is present, determining a presence value of each of the identified locations, and determining an image adjustment parameter based on data from an adjustment location within the image view. The adjustment location is determined based on the presence value in each location of a plurality of locations within the image view.
US10070046B2	Information processing device, recording medium, and information processing method A non-transitory computer readable storage device includes a storage medium having a downloaded application stored therein. The downloaded application has instructions that when executed by processing circuitry configure the processing circuitry to receive sensor data from a sensor. The sensor is attached to a person or attached to an item used by the person. The processing circuitry also analyzes a motion pattern in the sensor data to identify a predetermined event in the motion pattern, the predetermined event captured in an image or series of images by an image capture device.
US10070033B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium An information processing apparatus that controls an image capturing apparatus configured to obtain a captured image by capturing a target includes a plurality of interface units each configured to receive an operation signal for the image capturing apparatus and a control unit configured to perform, when a first operation signal is received via a first interface unit of the plurality of interface units, exclusive control of not accepting a second operation signal received via the second interface unit. The control unit determines, in accordance with the type of the first operation signal, a period in which exclusive control is performed against the second operation signal.
US10070029B2	Light emission control device including accumulator unit, method of controlling the same, and storage medium, as well as image pickup apparatus A light emission control device capable of preventing an increase in time required to shut down an image pickup apparatus when powering it off and preventing degradation of the durability of an accumulator unit. A light emission control device of a camera controls light emission of an LED that illuminates an object in photographing by supplying electric current from a capacitor. A charge controller controls the charge voltage of the capacitor to a first voltage threshold value for photographing. When the camera is shifted to a predetermined state except photographing, the charge controller controls the charge voltage to a second voltage threshold value which is lower than the first voltage threshold value by causing electric charges to be discharged from the capacitor.
US10070027B2	Camera apparatus A camera apparatus comprising an image pickup device, a lens cover which has an end plate comprising a first plate with a through hole and a second plate positioned in the through hole, and a lens which is covered by the lens cover and converges light from an object to the image pickup device, the light passing through the end plate. A plurality of light sources are arranged to surround the lens in the lens cover and a light shielding member is arranged between the lens and the light sources, and bridges a gap between the first plate and the second plate.
US10070024B2	Arrangement for supporting a monitoring camera and a method for assembling the arrangement An arrangement for supporting a monitoring camera is provided. The arrangement comprising: an arm (102), a ball (104) associated with a free end (106) of the arm (102) and comprising a first (108) and a second (110) ball segment, a body (112) having an ball socket (114) accommodating the ball (104), an arm opening (116) arranged in the ball socket (114) and an abutment opening (118), wherein the arm (102) extends from the ball socket (114) through the arm opening (116), and wherein the first (108) and second (110) ball segments are connectible to the free end (106) of the arm (102) by insertion of the free end (106) of the arm (102) into the ball socket (114) through the arm opening (116) and insertion of the first (108) and second (110) ball segments into the ball socket (114) through the abutment opening (118). A method (400) for assembling the arrangement (100) for supporting a monitoring camera is further provided.
US10070023B2	Camera apparatus for a motor vehicle A camera apparatus for a motor vehicle includes a carrier housing which is disposed on a moveable vehicle part, and a camera module coupled to the carrier housing. The camera module includes a drive unit and a camera unit, wherein the drive unit is coupled to the camera unit and the drive unit is also coupled to a control mechanism. The camera unit is supported in the carrier housing such that it can rotate about a camera rotational axis, and can be rotated within an adjustment range, wherein the camera module forms at least a section of a handle extending along the camera rotational axis, with which a sensor mechanism, designed for sensing a proximity to the handle and/or for detecting an actuation of the handle, is coupled.
US10070015B2	Image reading apparatus, image reading method and storage medium for shading correction accounting for dark current influence An image reading apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an image sensor to read a document; a movement unit configured to relatively move the document and the image sensor by using a motor as a drive source; an output unit configured to output data of a plurality of colors based on accumulated light-receiving signals by accumulating the light-receiving signals from the image sensor for each color in order for each line in a direction of the movement based on an encoder pulse output from an encoder in accordance with rotation of the motor; and a correction unit configured to perform shading correction for each piece of data of the plurality of colors output by the output unit by using a correction value to correct influence on data of the plurality of colors due to a dark current in the image sensor based on shading data.
US10070014B2	Print data processing method and apparatus reducing ink applied in erosion region among white-plate data A white-plate graphic erosion process is performed on print data subjected to a RIP process in the following procedure. First, an erosion candidate region which is a candidate for a region in which a white-plate graphic is eroded is determined. Then, a region to be applied with an ink of a color other than white is determined. Then, an application target region is determined. Then, a region other than a region obtained by an erosion process out of the application target region is determined to be an erosion allowed region. Then, a region included in the colored region and the erosion allowed region out of the erosion candidate region is determined to be an erosion target region. Finally, the values of data of pixels included in the erosion target region among white-plate data are rewritten such that the amount of white ink applied to the pixels is reduced.
US10070010B2	Shade correcting image reading by biasing force of a color reference body in the document width direction An image reading device, which may be incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes an image reader, a color reference body, a biasing body, a reading gap forming device, and a driving device. The image reader reads an image of an original document. The color reference body has a white reference face to position facing the image reader within a predetermined range in a document width direction. The biasing body biases the color reference body to the image reader. The reading gap forming device forms a reading gap while receiving a biasing force from the biasing body on the outside of the predetermined range. The driving device has a force drive transmission body engaged with a center of the color reference body in the document width direction and drives the color reference body in the document width direction at the center via the force drive transmission body.
US10070001B2	Document reading apparatus, method for controlling document reading apparatus, and storage medium Conventionally, a user cannot give an instruction not to include predetermined information such as a date and time or a reception number in a file name of an image file. A method for controlling a document reading apparatus including a reading unit configured to read an image of a document to generate image data includes receiving an instruction not to set predetermined information as a file name of the image data generated by the reading unit, and, in a case where the instruction is received in the receiving, setting a file name not including the predetermined information.
US10069996B2	System and method for utilizing digital micromirror devices to split and recombine a signal image to enable heat dissipation In an example embodiment, an image processing system can be implemented, which includes a printing surface and a prism that splits light from an input light source into two parallel light beams indicative of a signal image. Two or more DMDs (Digital Micromirror Devices) can be utilized, wherein the two parallel light beams are directed to the DMDs for image processing, such that as the two parallel light beams are reflected out onto the printing surface, the two parallel light beams are recombined into a single image, thereby enabling heat dissipation while “stitching” said output of said at least two digital micromirror devices to a usable video path.
US10069992B2	Method for establishing a position of a media object on a flatbed surface of a printer A method for printing a digital image on a media object lying on a flatbed surface of a printer, the printer comprising a print head for ejecting recording material on the media object, a camera system connected to the control unit and positioned above the flatbed surface, and a control unit for storing a digital image and controlling the printing of the digital image on the media object, the media object having a contour as seen from a point of view of the camera system towards the flatbed surface, a first point having a position on the contour at a particular height with respect to the flatbed surface, and a second point being one of a point of normal projection of the first point on the flatbed surface and a point having another position on the contour than the first point, the second point being at the same height as the particular height of the first point, and the control unit storing a distance between the first point and the second point, the method comprising the steps of capturing a camera image of the flatbed surface by means of the camera system, determining a first image position in the camera image corresponding to the first point, determining a second image position in the camera image corresponding to the second point, deriving an actual position of the first point by means of the position of the camera system, the first image position, the second image position and the stored distance, and printing the digital image on the media object by ejecting recording material on the media object while taking into account the derived actual position of the first point on the flatbed surface.
US10069989B2	Human body detecting device A disclosed human body detecting device includes a human body detector configured to detect a human body, and an electric power supply status switching part configured to switch a first shifting mode to a second shifting mode when the human body detecting device is not operated, and the human body detector continuously detects the human body for a predetermined time. The first shifting mode indicates a first status shifting to a second status based on a first condition in which the human body is detected by the human body detector, the second status representing electric energy consumption less than electric energy consumption of the first status, and the second shifting mode indicates the first status shifting to the second status based on a second condition other than the first condition.
US10069973B2	Agent-initiated automated co-browse Co-browsing sessions provide a way for one party to see exactly what is being displayed on another party's computer or similar device. Co-browsing is particularly useful to an agent to help a customer solve a problem on a computer. Contact centers may determine portions of a co-browsing session that have been successful, capture the associated inputs, and have them play back to future customers. The agent may then be relieved from portions of the co-browsing interaction that are predictable and provide manual inputs having less predictability. The instructions for the automated co-browsing portions may be executed by the agent's device, the customer's device, and/or a server and may appear to the customer to be originating from the agent.
US10069968B2	Automatic number identification validation in a collaboration conference system Systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, are provided herein for collaboration conferencing with multiple participants over a communications network, and more specifically for utilizing a received Automatic Number Identification (ANI) value to validate an identification of a user of the collaboration system. In general, the ANI is a value associated with a telephone call or other communication of a telecommunications network that identifies the originating telephone number. For example, a telephone call placed from a communication device (such as a telephone at a person's home) may include the telephone number associated with the communication device, such as the ten-digit telephone number of the device. The ANI value may be obtained by one or more networking devices to determine the originating device or number of the communication.
US10069966B2	Multi-party conversation analyzer and logger In one aspect, the present invention facilitates the investigation of networks of criminals, by gathering associations between phone numbers, the names of persons reached at those phone numbers, and voice print data. In another aspect the invention automatically detects phone calls from a prison where the voiceprint of the person called matches the voiceprint of a past inmate. In another aspect the invention detects identity scams in prisons, by monitoring for known voice characteristics of likely imposters on phone calls made by prisoners. In another aspect, the invention automatically does speech-to-text conversion of phone numbers spoken within a predetermined time of detecting data indicative of a three-way call event while monitoring a phone call from a prison inmate. In another aspect, the invention automatically thwarts attempts of prison inmates to use re-dialing services. In another aspect, the invention automatically tags audio data retrieved from a database, by steganographically encoding into the audio data the identity of the official retrieving the audio data.
US10069962B1	Near field communication (NFC) enhanced computing systems Technologies are disclosed herein for utilizing near field communication (“NFC”) to improve the security, performance, and configuration of computing systems. In particular, NFC can be utilized to power an NFC-equipped server computer on or off, to log directly into an operating system executing on the NFC-equipped server computer, to stream firmware debugging data from an NFC-equipped server computer to an NFC-equipped mobile device, to initiate the update or recovery of firmware, to provide hardware inventory data, or to pair hardware devices. Firmware debugging data can also be streamed from a firmware to an NFC-equipped mobile device. NFC can also be utilized to disable functionality provided by a mobile device while the device is in motion, such as when a user of the mobile device is operating a motor vehicle.
US10069959B2	Method and information system for informing a driver of a vehicle regarding the availability of a communication link In a method for informing a driver of a vehicle regarding the availability of a communication link of the vehicle to an external communication unit, a first service category and a second service category are provided which utilize the communication link, the availability of the communication link is checked for both service categories, and the result of the availability check is displayed graphically to the vehicle driver in one symbol for both service categories.
US10069956B2	Apparatus, method, and program product for performing an action in response to a movement Apparatuses, methods, and program products are disclosed for performing an action in response to a movement. One apparatus includes a sensor, a processor, and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The code is executable by the processor to detect, by use of the sensor, movement of one or more facial parts of a user. The sensor is positioned in an ear canal of the user. The code is executable by the processor to perform a predetermined action in response to detecting the movement of the one or more facial parts.
US10069955B2	Cloud-based contacts management Various embodiments disclosed herein provide for a system for managing and adding contacts. A first mobile device can display an image that can be recorded by a second mobile device. Similarly, the first mobile device can record an image displayed by the second mobile device. The image data from each mobile device can be transmitted to a cloud based contact management system, which can match the images to contact information associated with each mobile device. The contact management system can then push the contact details of each mobile device to the other mobile device, and/or link social media accounts associated with each mobile device. The contact management system can also store connection records that represent an ongoing authorization to push contact information changes from each user to the other, respectively.
US10069948B2	Method, apparatus, and system for acquiring media service parameter indication A method, an apparatus and a system for acquiring media service parameter indication are disclosed. In an embodiment the method includes acquiring, by a gateway GPRS support node (GGSN) or a packet data network gateway (PGW), a media service flow configuration parameter indication, wherein the media service flow configuration parameter indication comprises at least one of the following: a data packet sequence number, a current connection status, media information, or media play time and sending, by the GGSN or the PGW, the media service flow configuration parameter indication to a serving GPRS support node (SGSN) or a serving gateway (SGW). The method further includes sending, by the SGSN or the SGW, the media service flow configuration parameter indication to a radio access network (RAN) and acquiring, by the RAN, the media service flow configuration parameter indication.
US10069947B2	Method and apparatus for processing data packet based on parallel protocol stack instances A method and an apparatus for processing a data packet based on parallel protocol stack instances, where lower-layer protocol processing is performed, using a first protocol stack instance. An associated second protocol stack instance is determined using a target socket after the target socket that is needed to perform upper-layer protocol processing on the data packet is determined, and the upper-layer protocol processing is performed, using the target socket and the second protocol stack instance. The second protocol stack instance that performs the upper-layer protocol processing is determined using the target socket, and hence, a technical problem that protocol processing cannot be performed on a data packet because a protocol stack instance specified by an application (APP) conflicts with a protocol stack instance specified by a network adapter is resolved.
US10069941B2	Scalable event-based notifications Embodiments are directed to a cluster of nodes configured to run one or more services. A gateway on each node is configured to provide communication between the node and clients. The gateways manage filters designated by the clients, wherein the filters are named based upon a naming format used to name the services. The gateways receive configuration updates broadcast by a failover manager. The configuration updates comprise service endpoint changes for services running on the nodes. The gateways provide notifications to clients when a filter name matches at least a portion of a service name in a configuration update. The configuration updates identify a configuration version, and the gateways may provide notifications with endpoint information from more than one configuration update version. Notifications may be configured to be sent only when the endpoint for a primary replica of a service has changed.
US10069939B2	Establishing a virtual tunnel between two computers A system transfers data via a communication session between a client application and a server application, where the client application runs on a first network and the server application runs on a second network. The system includes a proxy having a socket to the client application. The proxy converts data between a local protocol run on the first network to a non-local protocol. An agent creates a socket to the server application. The agent converts data between a local protocol run on the second network and the non-local protocol. A server is in communication with the proxy and the agent. The server contains a message queue dedicated to the communication session. The message queue stores data transmitted during the communication session.
US10069934B2	Data-driven adaptive communications in user-facing applications In some implementations, a system adaptively adapts engagement between a user and an application based on prior user interactions and context data associated with the user. A performance category for which performance is tracked for a user of the application is initially identified. Context data indicating a current context of the user is received from a client device associated with the user. One or more responsiveness scores indicating actions of the user with respect to the performance category following the previous communications through the application are determined. A communication is then selected from among communications of multiple types based on the context data for the user and the one or more responsiveness scores for the user. A time to provide the communication to the user is determined based on the context data. The selected communication is finally provided for output by the client device at the determined time.
US10069928B1	Translating requests/responses between communication channels having different protocols Client applications that use an open session connection on a unidirectional communication channel, including a plurality of requests, can have such requests aggregated and transformed into individual requests for transmission over a bidirectional communication channel. In at least one embodiment of a proxy disclosed herein, an RPC stream is transformed into multiple individual HTTP requests. By using individual HTTP requests, such requests can be handled easily by existing HTTP infrastructure, such as proxies and HTTP servers. In another embodiment, a plurality of RPC requests can be embedded within an individual HTTP request so as to ensure that the RPC requests are not modified.
US10069926B2	Criteria-based data push Embodiments relate to criteria-based data push. An aspect includes receiving, by a criteria request server, a data push request from a user, the data push request specifying criteria for particular data to be pushed and a user device to receive the particular data. Another aspect includes forwarding the data push request to an incoming data monitor. Another aspect includes monitoring, by the incoming data monitor, incoming data received from one or more content providers. Yet another aspect includes, based on detecting the particular data that is specified by the data push request in the incoming data by the incoming data monitor, pushing the particular data to the user device.
US10069925B2	Server device and information processing method A server device includes an acquisition unit which acquires contextual information of a client device; a Web site specification unit which specifies a Web site according to the contextual information; a temporary storage unit which temporarily stores Web content that is acquired from the Web site; a communication unit which transmits the Web content that is stored in the temporary storage unit to the client device; and a control unit which controls operations of the entire server device.
US10069921B1	Cloud system for controlling outdoor grill with mobile application A cloud computing system for use in remote cooking can receive a first input from a computing system indicating that an electronically-controlled appliance is permitted to communicate with a cloud computing platform. The computer system generates a notification that is to be sent to a software application, where the software application is configured to control functions of the electronically-controlled appliance. The computer system transmits the generated notification to the software application, where the generated notification indicates that the cloud computing platform is communicably connected to the electronically-controlled appliance. The computer system then receives a second input from the software application indicating that specified functions are to be performed on the electronically-controlled appliance, and transmits instructions to the electronically-controlled appliance to perform the specified functions. These functions are then interpreted and carried out by a hardware controller on the electronically-controlled appliance.
US10069913B2	Maintaining state synchronization of an application between computing devices as well as maintaining state synchronization of common information between different applications without requiring periodic synchronization A method, system and computer program product for maintaining state synchronization of an application between computing devices and maintaining state synchronization of common information between different applications. A server receives a request from a client device to access a shared state scope. A shared state scope is a data store that physically resides on the server, where the data store stores state information. The state information stored in these scopes can be shared among multiple instances of an application residing on multiple client devices. Furthermore, the state information may include common information that is shared among different applications. Upon the server providing access to the requested scope, the server receives an update to the state information stored within the requested scope from the requesting client device. The server then notifies other client devices regarding the update to the state information that have access to the shared state scope.
US10069911B2	System and method for prioritization of data backup and recovery traffic using QoS tagging Disclosed are systems, methods and computer program products for prioritization of data backup and recovery traffic using quality of service (QoS) tagging. An example method includes specifying Quality of Service (QoS) requirements for different types of network traffic, including QoS requirements for one or more data backup or recovery tasks, wherein the QoS requirements correspond to a network transmission priority level of the network traffic; receiving a data backup or recovery task, by a backup application; analyzing the data backup or recovery task, by the backup application, to determine its QoS requirements, based on the specified QoS requirements for data backup or recovery tasks; applying one or more QoS tags to data packets associated with the data backup or recovery task, by the backup application, based on the determined QoS requirements; and assigning a network transmission priority level to the data packets, based on its QoS tags.
US10069910B2	Storage and application controller for mirroring and switchover of applications in a plurality of cloud locations via a plurality of configurable security protocols A storage and application controller that is coupled to a plurality of storage and application execution clouds is maintained. The storage and application controller transmits, via a first communications protocol, an application to a first storage and application execution cloud. The storage and application controller transmits, via a second communications protocol, a copy of the application to a second storage and application execution cloud. In response to a compromise of the first communications protocol, execution of the application is stopped and replaced via execution of the copy of the application.
US10069900B2	Systems and methods for adaptive thresholding using maximum concentration intervals Aspects provide a generic and adaptive approach to adaptive thresholding by using a maximum concentration interval of data to determine one or more adaptive thresholds for any type of operational metric. The generated adaptive thresholds and operational metrics may be used to calculate or otherwise perform a statistical analysis that provides a confidence-level for any changes detected in the operational metric behavior.
US10069896B2	Data transfer via a data storage drive Transferring data from a first data storage drive of a first data storage library to a first computer system that is connected to a second data storage drive of a second data storage library. A data transfer request for transferring data accessible by the first data storage drive to the first computer system is received. A network connection is initiated between the first and the second data storage drive. An access to the requested data is initiated by the first data storage drive. A transfer of the requested data from the first to the second data storage drive via the network connection is initiated. A transfer of the requested data from the second data storage drive to the first computer system is initiated.
US10069892B2	Versatile information management system and method thereof A versatile information management system allows users to configure web page configuration, navigation system, database tables, and personal searchable pads, and can be configured as a static web site, a dynamic web site, a versatile data entry system, a real-time information sharing system, a training and leaning system, an investigative discovery system, and a versatile electronic binder. The system is implemented with global editing capability, unique data validating methods, data archival methods, interactive search and data-feeding functions, standard sorting methods, local and global search features, and phrase constructing functions.
US10069890B2	Wireless video performance self-monitoring and alert system Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate a self-monitoring of the performance of a wireless video service that is provided by a customer premise equipment (CPE) device. A CPE device such as an access point may periodically or continuously retrieve wireless video performance parameters associated with one or more devices receiving a wireless video service from the CPE device and/or one or more wireless links used by the CPE device to deliver wireless video services. The CPE device may consolidate retrieved parameters into a wireless video performance index and may compare the wireless video performance index to a threshold range. If the video performance index lies outside of the threshold range, the CPE device may output an alert to a device controlled by a content provider. The alert may provide a notification of an issue with the delivery of wireless video services by the CPE device.
US10069879B2	Method for operating application providing group call service using mobile voice over internet protocol Disclosed is a method for operating an application providing a group call service using mobile voice over internet protocol (mVoIP). According to one embodiment, a request signal for a group call is received, and regardless of participation in the corresponding the group call, meta information for the group chat room corresponding to the group call can be received from a server. The meta information can comprise at least the group call connection status for each member of the group chat room.
US10069873B2	Virtual area based telephony communications A persistent virtual area that supports establishment of respective presences of communicants operating respective network nodes connected to the virtual area even after all network nodes have disconnected from the virtual area is maintained. A presence in the virtual area is established for a user of a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) terminal device. Transmission of data associated with the virtual area to the PSTN terminal device.
US10069867B2	Method and apparatus for determining privacy policy for devices based on brain wave information An approach is provided for processing sensor data to determine an identification of at least one object. The approach involves determining brain wave data associated with at least one user during an exposure of the at least one object to at least one user. The approach also involves processing the brain wave information to determine a sensitivity information of the at least one user to the at least one object. The approach further involves causing a configuration of one or more privacy policies of at least one device based, at least in part, on the sensitivity information.
US10069855B1	Automated security analysis of software libraries A method for identifying security vulnerabilities in a third party software component includes generating a test application for the third party software component. The test application is generated such that every externally accessible data path in the third party component is called. The test application and the third party software component are analyzed using a static application security testing (SAST) code analyzer. One or more test results are obtained from the SAST code analyzer. The one or more test results are used to identify security vulnerabilities in the third party component.
US10069844B2	Virtual network function (VNF) hardware trust in a network function virtualization (NFV) software defined network (SDN) A Network Function Virtualization (NFV) Software Defined Network (SDN) maintains hardware trusted communications. A source trust controller and a target trust controller establish hardware trust with a trust server. The trust server exchanges information with the source trust controller that indicates the hardware trust for a target vSW. The source trust controller exchanges the information with the source vSW that indicates the hardware trust for the target vSW. The source vSW receives a Virtual Data Unit (VDU) from the source VNF for delivery to the target VNF over the target vSW, and before transfer, the source vSW verifies hardware trust of the target vSW based on the HT information. Responsive to the hardware trust verification, the source vSW transfers the VDU for the delivery to the target vSW. The target vSW transfers the VDU to the target VNF.
US10069840B2	Security determination A method and system for determining user security is provided. The method includes registering a first user associated with a service provider system by retrieving identification information for the first user and a first user communication device. In response, Internet of things (IOT) devices belonging to the first user are detected. A second user associated with the service provider system is registered by retrieving identification information for the second user and a second user communication device. In response, IOT devices belonging to the second user are detected. A request for a service provided by the service provider system is received from the first user via the first user communication device belonging to the first user.
US10069839B2	Determine approximate current time on a client using secure protocol metadata Establishing secure connections from a computing device to secure servers when the computing device starts with an incorrect system clock time that would ordinarily prohibit connection to the secure servers. A method includes attempting to access a plurality of secure servers. The method further includes, from each of the servers in the plurality of secure servers, receiving one or more certificates from the secure servers and metadata which includes a specification of time. The method further includes preventing secure applications from sending sensitive data to the plurality of secure servers until a system time has been approximated. The method further includes, from the secure specifications of time, approximating a current system time. The method further includes accessing another secure server using the approximated current system time and using the approximated current system time to validate a certificate from the other server.
US10069827B2	Extending authentication and authorization capabilities of an application without code changes A generic approach to extending the authentication and authorization capabilities of a client-server application (e.g., a VPN) without any code changes. To this end, the application is augmented with an authentication mechanism comprising a pair of cooperating components: an authentication agent that is associated with (and hooks into) the client-side of the application, and an authentication server that is associated with the server-side. In operation, the authentication server issues commands to the authentication agent to acquire all required data from the user, device or host environment, and the authentication agent (hooked into the VPN client) scrapes requests originating from the authentication server and injects (e.g., by auto-fill) the appropriate responses into the VPN client UI for transmission back through the VPN server and to the authentication server. The commands and responses are communicated using a challenge-response protocol (e.g., RADIUS) implemented by the VPN client-server.
US10069822B2	Authenticated network time for mobile device smart cards A mobile device sends a network attach request to a network node, and receives an authentication challenge from the network node, where the authentication challenge includes an authentication token, a random number, and a time variable associated with a current time at the network node. A microprocessor smart card of the mobile device retrieves the time variable from the authentication challenge, and starts a clock counter based on the retrieved time variable. The microprocessor smart card uses a current time represented by the clock counter to perform time expiration validation tests on certificates during Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) authentication or on authentication tokens during token-based authentication.
US10069817B2	Secure file transfer with secure SSH key authentication An application having an application architecture including an application programming interface (API) client capable of automatically retrieving a passphrase from a secure passphrase vault based on a user authentication ID used to access the application is provided. The passphrase is used to access a secure file transfer protocol (SFTP) authentication key via an API server communicatively connected to the API client. The SFTP authentication key is used to authenticate an SFTP file transfer request from the application to an intended file recipient.
US10069805B1	Polymorphic one time pad matrix The present invention provides a simple and efficient cipher and key generation and selection capability from a predetermined, randomly changing, fixed size matrix (N) of ciphers and keys resulting in a very high-order approximation (Nr,c→∞) of a true One Time Pad for encryption solutions such as the CipherLoc Polymorphic Key Progression Algorithmic Cipher Engine. The ciphers are randomly selected from a pool of user supplied ciphers, FIPS 140-2 or other certified ciphers and the keys are produced from various methods for generating a key that includes reading a data stream from a network or a Cryptographic Pseudo Random Number Generator (CPRNG)/Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) or a Predetermined Cryptographic Key Generator (PCKG) or any combination of all. Ciphers and generated keys are randomly paired and stored in a volatile matrix for use by an encryption solution. When used with the CipherLoc Polymorphic Key Progression Algorithmic (PKPA) Cipher Engine, the OTP Matrix is a method of accomplishing the generation of the key and the selection and association of a suitable cipher with that key, for each sub-message, such that not only key space and equivalent keys (isomorphs) become important, but, the number of keys are also important, thus increasing the effective size of the key space in each sub-message.
US10069802B2	Method for securely configuring customer premise equipment A method for securely configuring a customer premise equipment in a network. The network including a configuration server, a DHCP server, and the customer premise equipment. The method includes receiving a request from the customer premise equipment for leasing an Internet Protocol (IP) address to the customer premise equipment. The method further includes embedding at least a portion of a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the customer premise equipment into the IP address leased to the customer premise equipment. The method includes leasing the IP address to the customer premise equipment. Further, the method enables authentication of customer premise equipment, before providing configuration to the customer premise equipment. The method includes use of characteristic attributes of the customer premise equipment to generate cryptographic keys for secure connection. Moreover, the method includes establishing a secure connection between the configuration server and the customer premise equipment for transfer of a configuration file and a set of encryption keys. The configuration file and the set of encryption keys are used to securely configure the customer premise equipment.
US10069798B2	Passport-controlled firewall A method, and associated system and computer program product, for modifying rules in a firewall infrastructure are described. A unit of deployment including application code and a signed passport is received at a requestor module on a server. The passport includes a heart-beat time-out interval, a firewall rule, and a first application hash value. A trigger signal within the heart-beat time-out interval is generated. The application code is hashed, resulting in a second application hash value. In response to authenticating the passport and determining the first and second application hash values as being equal, the signed passport and trigger signal are transmitted to a border control agent of the firewall; the firewall rule is continuously confirmed within a time interval shorter than the heart-beat time-out interval; and the firewall is modified according to the firewall rule.
US10069796B2	Apparatus and method for providing controlling service for IoT security The present invention provides a technology for controlling an IoT gateway command control based packet, preemptively blocking information leakage by detecting/blocking command not allowed through a DB updated by automatically learning new commands recognized based thereon in real-time, determining whether they correspond to each other through search/comparison in each pattern DB corresponding thereto and selectively processing the corresponding packet according to the determined result, generating a session table based on the processed result and determining whether there is an abnormal act by checking a predetermined item, and blocking access to IoT server of abnormal packet by performing a policy according to packet blocking rule management flow.
US10069795B2	Message receipt through firewall Examples disclosed herein relate to unwrap a message received from a remote management service in a first device and to provide the message to a second device. Examples include a first message received in a first device from a remote management service through a firewall, which is unwrapped into a second message. The second message is provided to its destination. In examples, the second message is received in the first device and unwrapped into a third message. The third message is provided to a second device.
US10069792B2	Geolocation via internet protocol Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for extracting information associated with one networking transmission protocol, such as Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), based on information associated with a different networking transmission protocol, such as Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv4). More specifically, when resolving an IP address for a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) through which a content file may be obtained, the system may base the resolved URL on attributes of an IPv4 address extracted from an IPv6 address for a machine associated with the request. In one particular example, a geographic location of a requested computing device or machine may be determined or estimated based on an IPv4 address extracted from an IPv6 address associated with the request.
US10069790B2	Direct transmission of data between applications in a multi-tenant environment Overhead of sending data from one application to another by doing input and output processing can be costly. The present invention provides a method of transmitting data with a low overhead between applications in a multi-tenant runtime environment. The multi-tenant runtime detects a connection between tenants, and then performs low-overhead data transmission mechanisms by cloning data from one tenant space to another tenant space, while keeping the data isolated for two tenants.
US10069774B2	Roaming between various link services and messengers and alternative roaming for telephone connection Systems and methods are provided for facilitating communication between two or more incompatible communication application. A first request is transmitted from a first communication application to open a communication channel with a conference server. The conference server includes a program for facilitating communication between incompatible communication applications. After receiving the first request transmitted by the first electronic device, the server establishing a communication channel with the first electronic device operating a first communication application and establishes a second communication channel with a second electronic device operating a second communication application. The conference server then facilitates communication between the first communication channel and the second communication channel, e.g., by converting communication signals sent through the first communication application into communication signals compatible with the second communication application and vice versa.
US10069770B1	Providing data messaging support by intercepting and processing received short message service (SMS) messages at a customer support service A message receiving, intercepting and processing method and corresponding application and device may provide receiving a message at a message processing server, pre-processing the message to determine a particular contextual classification associated with a word included in the message and assigning the message to a predefined message bucket that has a number of automated responses. The method may also include identifying an automated response to the message that includes contextual information that is based on the parsed word from the message and processing the message to determine whether to generate the automated response and transmit the automated response to an end user device based on a confidence score.
US10069762B1	Group based multicast in networks Group based multicasts may be provided. First, a request may be received. The request may comprise a receiver tag, a request source identifier, and a request multicast group identifier. Next, a source tag corresponding to the request source identifier may be obtained and then it may be determined that a group corresponding to the receiver tag is allowed to access content from a source corresponding to the obtained source tag. In response to determining that the group corresponding to the receiver tag is allowed to access content from the source corresponding to the obtained source tag, content may be received from the source at a multicast group corresponding to the request multicast group identifier. The content may then be forwarded to a receiver corresponding to the request.
US10069760B2	Method for provisioning a customized cloud stack Method for an automatic provisioning of a customized cloud stack comprising a customized infrastructure of servers, software and services, by using a number of domain specific languages, model-to-model transformations and code generators, wherein a first domain specific language is used to define a model of software and services to be provisioned on particular hosting units that are defined by a user, wherein the hosting units are mapped to a general model of the infrastructure of the customized cloud stack by an execution engine; and wherein the general model is generated by a second domain specific language, transformed by the execution engine and mapped to a model conforming to a metamodel of a third domain specific language which is used to provision the infrastructure according to the particular hosting units defined by the first domain specific language; wherein files for initialization of a particular server within the infrastructure of servers are generated by particular code generators according to the model defined by the third domain specific language and weaved into userdata for specifying particular software and services, wherein the userdata are passed when particular servers are started and wherein particular code generators are used to produce consumers of services generated by the third domain specific language for provisioning the infrastructure of the customized cloud stack as specified in respective hosting units.
US10069755B1	Systems and methods for priority-based allocation of network bandwidth A transmission control device for allocating a determined amount of bandwidth for processing a priority class of data messages is provided. A processor is configured to retrieve message volume data. The processor is further configured to determine a projected peak amount of messages received per second based on the message volume data. The processor is also configured to determine a peak bandwidth demand for the priority class of data messages based upon the projected peak amount of messages received per second. The processor is further configured to configure the router to allocate the determined amount of bandwidth to the priority class of data messages.
US10069753B2	Relationship-based resource-contention analysis system and method Contention for a resource in a computer system resource is managed by measuring a resource performance metric and, for each of a selected plurality of clients (for example, virtual machines), a client performance metric. For each of the selected clients, a relationship measure, such as correlation, is determined as a function of the resource performance metric and the respective client performance metric. A degree of resource contention effect is determined for each of the selected clients as a function of the respective relationship measure, and a resource-related action is taken according to the respective relationship measures. Clients may include virtualized components contending for storage. Example metrics include functions of I/O operation counts, latency or throughput measurements, pending I/O request counts, I/O throughput relative to I/O latency, a degree of change of the respective clients' I/O behavior, etc. Possible actions include changing resource allocations, access throttling, and reporting, etc.
US10069736B2	Optimized in-network retransmission for information-centric networking protocols One embodiment includes receiving a notification at a communications network node; determining a lowest cost path for implementing a next hop for the notification; determining a best alternate path for the next hop; comparing a cost of the best alternate path with a value stored in a notification header field; updating the header field value to equal the cost of the best alternate path if the cost of the best alternate path is less than the header field value; and forwarding the notification along the lowest cost path. Some embodiments include receiving a NACK at the node; comparing a cost of the best alternate path with a NACK header field value; and retransmitting the notification along the best alternate path if the NACK header field value is greater than or equal to the cost of the best alternate path.
US10069735B2	Method for data communication with reduced overhead in a real-time capable Ethernet data network In order that in a real-time capable Ethernet data network protocol the cycle time of the transmission cycles in a real-time capable Ethernet data network can be shortened, according to the invention a plurality of slaves (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5) is combined into a sum frame group (SG) and a slave (S2, S4) of the sum frame group (SG) is specified as collector node (SK) and all other slaves (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5) of the sum frame group (SK) transmit their data in each case with a collective data packet (DPS1, DPS2, DPS3, DPS4, DPS5) to the collector node (SK) transmit, the collector node (SK) inserts the data of the other slaves (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5) of the sum frame group (SG) into a sum frame data packet (DPSR) and the collector node (SK) transmits the sum frame data packet (DPSR) to the master (M).
US10069734B1	Congestion avoidance in multipath routed flows using virtual output queue statistics Disclosed are techniques regarding interfaces, each configured to output network packets. The techniques can regard a memory for storing multipath groups, virtual output queues, and a histogram table for storing statistical information associated with network packets to be output by interfaces. The techniques can include generating a shared-interface list including a member that represents a union of interfaces of at least some of the multipath groups, wherein the multipath groups of the member share at least one of the interfaces. The techniques can include associating the histogram table with the member. The techniques can include collecting the statistical information pertaining to network packets indicated by information stored in one of the virtual output queues, populating the histogram table with the statistical information, and determining that one of the interfaces is congested based on the statistical information.
US10069730B2	Systems and methods for predictive delivery of high bit-rate content for playback The present disclosure provides for systems and methods for predictive delivery of high bit-rate content. The disclosed systems and methods provide an adaptive-bit-rate streaming (ABS) system with more robust information, thereby allowing more intelligent pre-caching of the media content. By providing greater information to the ABS system, the disclosed systems are able to foresee higher bit-rate segments that require greater attention, allowing the system to use such information to improve the playback experience.
US10069728B2	Signaling-less dynamic call setup and teardown by utilizing observed session state information Signaling-less call setup and teardown by employing observed Quality of Experience (QoE) and resource demands. A system provides an environment for supersonic treatment of observed QoE and Quality of Service (QoS) demands for mobile applications. Specifically, a monitoring component is employed to determine session state information associated with a traffic flow, which includes observed QoE and resource demand data. The session state information is stored in a shared memory location and can be analyzed to modify and/or create a network policy for the traffic flow. The network policy is applied to one or more traffic flows to minimize signaling exchanges between a communication network and a mobile station.
US10069708B2	Monitoring through S-BFD (seamless bidirectional forwarding detection) In one embodiment, a method includes assigning a discriminator to a target in communication with a reflector at a network device, identifying at the reflector, a packet comprising the discriminator, the packet transmitted from an initiator in a seamless bidirectional forwarding detection (S-BFD) session, and transmitting a response packet from the reflector to the initiator. The response packet includes information for the target obtained by the reflector through monitoring of the target. The target may comprise a plurality of entities. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
US10069706B1	Method and system for implementing a network analysis tool for endpoints deployments According to an embodiment of the present invention, an automated computer implemented method and system for network analysis for endpoint deployment comprises determining whether a Quality of Service (“QoS”) analysis based on a QoS allocation data meets a first predetermined threshold for the location; if the QoS analysis does not meet the first predetermined threshold, calculating a minimum required bandwidth and increasing link capacity to at least the minimum required bandwidth or modifying an operation mode; determining whether a bandwidth analysis meets a second predetermined threshold for the location; if the bandwidth analysis does not meet the second predetermined threshold, calculating a minimum required bandwidth and increasing link capacity to at least the minimum required bandwidth; and providing analysis results to a user interface.
US10069697B2	Routing actions to user devices based on a user graph A routing system is described herein for intelligently routing actions directed to any one of a collection of user devices that are associated with a user. In operation, the routing system receives a request from a source entity to perform an action. The routing system determines a mode of carrying out the action that involves use of one or more user devices, selected from the collection of user devices. It then instructs the selected user device(s) to carry out the action. In this manner of operation, requests that are directed to an individual user device are no longer necessarily carried out by that individual user device. The routing system chooses the user device(s) to carry out the action based on current context information together with relationship information extracted from a user graph.
US10069689B1	Cache based on dynamic device clustering Systems and methods are provided for increasing the overall network performance experienced by a group of devices by forming a dynamic and collaborative cluster of computing devices. In particular, the computing devices within the cluster collectively may identify and leverage the current capabilities of each of the individual members of the cluster to respond efficiently to network resource requests from computing devices inside or outside the cluster. As such, various embodiments provide for a dynamic cluster of computing devices that tailor the responsibilities of the members of the cluster to the current capabilities, capacities, and state of these computing devices. In particular, devices in the cluster may participate dynamically in the cluster to ensure that a device in the cluster that is currently most suited to performing a task is the device selected to perform that task.
US10069677B2	Systems and methods to collect logs from multiple nodes in a cluster of load balancers The systems and methods of the present solution are directed to collecting log information from multiple nodes in a multi-nodal cluster. Generally, a logging process runs to collect log information from multiple nodes in a multi-nodal cluster, e.g., a cluster of appliances. The logging process collects the log information and merges the collected log information to create a coherent unified log. The logging process may run on a node designated for the purpose. The designated node may be internal or external to the cluster. The logging process determines a topology for the cluster, establishes a communication channel with each active intermediary device identified in the topology, collects log entries from each active intermediary device, each log entry comprising information on network traffic traversing the respective intermediary device, and merges the collected log entries into a unified cluster log comprising information on network traffic traversing the cluster.
US10069675B2	Method for operating a distributed computing system and a distributed computing system A method for operating a distributed computing system including a plurality of nodes connected in a general network topological sequential manner includes storing a first message on a first node; removing the first message from the first node only if an N-level acknowledgement message is received by the first node indicating that a second message based on the data of the first message was successfully received by a second node on a second level, wherein the difference between the values for the first and second level is a predefined value N; and saving a node state of at least the second node or a third node on a level higher than the first level before sending out an acknowledgement message to a node on a level below if an outgoing message towards the second node is generated based on the node state.
US10069673B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for conducting adaptive event rate monitoring According to one aspect, the disclosed subject matter describes herein a method for conducting adaptive event rate monitoring, the method including detecting an occurrence of network events during a span of time defined by a convergence time period and incrementing a counter value for each of a plurality of monitoring segments included in the convergence time period based on when each of the network events are detected within the convergence time period. The method further includes determining a convergence time rate based on counter values associated with each of the monitoring segments included in the convergence time period and calculating an adaptive per-second event rate using the determined convergence time rate.
US10069671B2	Method and apparatus for processing abnormality of application proxy client A processing method and apparatus for an application proxy client are provided. The method includes determining, on a terminal, that an application proxy client is uninstalled; and sending an uninstallation indication message from the terminal to a proxy server corresponding to the application proxy client, where the uninstallation indication message indicates that the application proxy client has been uninstalled from the terminal.
US10069665B2	Method and device for transmitting and receiving signal by using modulation techniques in wireless communication system Disclosed is a method and device for transmitting and receiving a signal by using modulation techniques in a wireless communication system. The method according to the present invention includes: selecting one of QAM and improved QAM according to at least one predefined criterion; encoding information bits to be transmitted according to a first encoding scheme and mapping encoded information bits to QAM symbols when the QAM is selected; encoding information bits to be transmitted according to a second encoding scheme and mapping encoded information bits to improved QAM symbols when the improved QAM is selected; and transmitting the QAM symbols or the improved QAM symbols through a given resource region.
US10069655B2	Half-rate integrating decision feedback equalization with current steering Apparatuses and method relating to DFE include a decision feedback equalizer with first and second integrating summers configured to receive an input differential signal. A bias current circuit is configured to alternate biasing of the first and second integrating summers. The first and second integrating summers alternately integrate, during clock signal phases of a clock signal and its complement, for transconductance of the input differential signal to a first output differential signal and a second output differential signal, respectively. The first and second integrating summers alternately drive, during other clock signal phases of the clock signal and its complement, residual voltages of the first output differential signal and the second output differential signal, respectively, to a same voltage level. A first clock signal and a second clock signal are out of phase with respect to one another for interleaving the first output differential signal and the second output differential signal.
US10069651B2	Radio communication system that feeds back channel state information (CSI) The present invention is designed so that it is possible to feed back channel state information (CSI) that is suitable for downlink communication in which 3D beams are used. The radio communication method of the present invention is a radio communication method to allow a radio base station to carry out downlink communication with a user terminal by using a 3D beam that is formed with a horizontal beam having directivity in a horizontal plane and a vertical beam having directivity in a vertical plane, and has the steps in which the radio base station transmits a plurality of measurement reference signals that are pre-coded using different precoding weights between a plurality of vertical beams, and the user terminal transmits channel state information that is generated based on the plurality of measurement reference signals, to the radio base station.
US10069632B2	Remote image signing Methods, systems, and computer readable media can be operable to facilitate the remote signing of images created at a signing client. An image can be output from a signing client to a remote signing server, and the signing server can identify, from information carried by the image, one or more signatures needed by the image and/or encoding algorithm(s) to be applied to the image. The signing server can encode the image using the requested encoding algorithm(s) and/or can add requested signature(s) to the image, and the signing server can output the signed image to one or more designated targets.
US10069631B2	Fault-tolerant aggregation of encrypted data in a star network One embodiment provides a system that facilitates encrypted-domain aggregation of data in a star network. During operation, the system receives a set of ciphertexts, representing respective encrypted polynomial shares, of an input value from each participant in a plurality of participants. Each ciphertext in the set of ciphertexts is associated with a specific participant in the plurality of participants. The system computes an encrypted partial value for each participant by aggregating in the encrypted-domain a respective ciphertext associated with that participant received from the plurality of participants and sends a message comprising the encrypted partial value to that participant. This encrypted partial value is encrypted based on a public key of a corresponding participant. The system receives a decrypted partial value from each participant and computes a target value based on a set of decrypted partial values received from a set of participants in the plurality of participants.
US10069627B2	Devices and methods for facilitating generation of cryptographic keys from a biometric Electronic devices are adapted to generate cryptographic keys from one or more biometrics. According to one examples, an electronic device can obtain a non-encoded bit string associated with biometric information for an individual. The non-encoded bit string can be treated as if it were encoded and a decoding operation may be applied to the bit string, resulting in a modified bit string. One or more cryptographic keys can then be generated based at least in part on the modified bit string. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included.
US10069621B2	Offset value correction device and offset value correction method for correcting offset value in received signal A baseband filter unit inputs a received signal including a sine wave at least in a portion of the received signal. A differentiator differentiates the received signal. A first correlator correlates the received signal differentiated and a cosine waveform. An acquisition unit acquires a value of the received signal as an offset value, at a time estimated based on a result of correlation in the first correlator and at a time when the received signal includes a sine waveform. A correction unit corrects the received signal in accordance with the offset value acquired in the acquisition unit.
US10069616B2	User equipment and method Some techniques are disclosed for determining downlink control information for use in each cell in carrier aggregation using a FDD cell and a TDD cell together. One aspect of the present invention relates to user equipment, comprising: a transmission and reception unit configured to transmit and receive a radio channel to/from a base station via multiple cells configured for carrier aggregation in accordance with a frequency division duplex (FDD) mode and a time division duplex (TDD) mode; a cell management unit configured to manage the multiple cells; and a communication control unit configured to determine whether a duplex mode applied to a primary cell in the multiple cells is either the FDD mode or the TDD mode and receive and demodulate downlink control information compliant with the determined duplex mode for each carrier aggregation implemented cell.
US10069614B2	Method and apparatus for sending and receiving channel quality indicators (CQIs) A method and apparatus for sending and receiving channel quality indicators (CQIs) is disclosed. A CQI may be periodically sent or received. A CQI may also be sent or received upon request by a network.
US10069613B2	Method and apparatus for scheduling uplink transmissions with reduced latency A method and apparatus schedule uplink transmissions with reduced latency. A first downlink transmission can be received at a device in a first downlink TTI of a first duration in a first downlink subframe. A second downlink transmission can be received in a second downlink TTI of a second duration in a second downlink subframe. The first downlink TTI and second downlink TTI may not overlap. A first HARQ-ACK feedback and a first HARQ-ACK PUCCH resource can be determined in response to receiving the first downlink transmission in the first downlink TTI. The first HARQ-ACK PUCCH resource can be mapped to REs in a first uplink TTI of a third duration in a first uplink subframe. A second HARQ-ACK feedback and a second HARQ-ACK PUCCH resource can be determined in response to receiving the second downlink transmission in the second downlink TTI. The second HARQ-ACK PUCCH resource can be mapped to REs in a second uplink TTI of a fourth duration in the first uplink subframe. The first UL TTI can include a temporal portion that overlaps the second UL TTI. The first HARQ-ACK PUCCH resource or the second HARQ-ACK PUCCH resource can be selected based on at least the determined second HARQ-ACK feedback. A signal can be transmitted in response to the determined first HARQ-ACK feedback and second HARQ-ACK feedback on the selected HARQ-ACK PUCCH resource on the overlapped portion of first uplink TTI and second uplink TTI in the first uplink subframe.
US10069602B2	Transmission control protocol proxy in long term evolution radio access network A system, a method, a device, and a computer program product for transmission of data packets between a user device and a server. A transmission control protocol proxy component for establishing a communication link between the user device and the server in accordance with a transmission control protocol for transmission of a data packet between the user device and the server is provided. The data packet is transmitted utilizing the transmission control protocol.
US10069593B2	Bandwidth selection method of wireless fidelity technology and access point AP Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a bandwidth selection method of a WiFi technology and an AP, and in the method, the AP obtains a negotiation bandwidth negotiated by the AP and a station STA. The method includes receiving, by the AP, a data transmission request of the STA, obtaining, by the AP, a transmission bandwidth upper limit of the STA, and delivering, by the AP, a first MCS to the STA if the transmission bandwidth upper limit is less than the negotiation bandwidth, where the first MCS is less than an MCS that corresponds to the negotiation bandwidth and that is in a correspondence between a bandwidth and an MCS, and is greater than or equal to an MCS that corresponds to the transmission bandwidth upper limit and that is in the correspondence between a bandwidth and an MCS.
US10069588B2	Transmitting apparatus and mapping method thereof A transmitting apparatus is disclosed. The transmitting apparatus includes an encoder to perform channel encoding with respect to bits and generate a codeword, an interleaver to interleave the codeword, and a modulator to map the interleaved codeword onto a non-uniform constellation according to a modulation scheme, and the constellation may include constellation points defined based on various tables according to the modulation scheme.
US10069579B2	Proximate communication with a target device Systems and methods may use proximate communication to retrieve information pertaining to a target device. In one example, the method may include detecting the target device within a vicinity of a user device, receiving an information request response communication including information pertaining to the target device, and receiving an operation request response communication including information pertaining to a performed operation.
US10069573B2	Optical ising-model solver using quantum annealing A method implemented by an optical circuit, including beam splitter, phase shifters and cross-phase modulators, for solving Ising-model using quantum annealing discretizes a continuous time-dependent Hamiltonian function over a time period T, into a plurality of smaller portions; implements each of said smaller portions with a non-linear optical medium, and iterates over said smaller portions to output a solution of the Ising Hamiltonian problem, using the optical components.
US10069566B2	Structure of photoelectric conversion assembly having a circuit board embedded within the concave portion of an optical bench A photoelectric conversion assembly is proposed. The photoelectric conversion module comprises three parts, photoelectric conversion module, a printed circuit board (PCB) and a hybrid cable. The photoelectric conversion module comprises an interposer, at least one optical element configured on the interposer, and an optical bench for the printed circuit board and the interposer configured thereon. Electrical wires are used for coupling to the printed circuit board. An optical ferrule is used for engaging with the photoelectric conversion module and an optical fiber component. A plug is used for electrically connecting the printed circuit board. A first lens array is configured under the interposer. A mirror is configured under the first lens array. A second lens array is configured left side of the mirror.
US10069565B2	Satellite system using optical gateways and onboard processing Described herein are ground based subsystems, and related methods, for use in transmitting an optical feeder uplink beam to a satellite that is configured to receive the optical feeder uplink beam and in dependence thereon produce and transmit a plurality of RF service downlink beams within a specified RF frequency range to service terminals. Also described herein are space based subsystems of a satellite, and related methods, for use in transmitting a plurality of RF service downlink beams within a specified RF frequency range to service terminals. Beneficially certain embodiments eliminate the satellite to perform any RF frequency conversions upstream of a channelizer of the space based forward link subsystem on the satellite. Also described herein is space segment return link equipment, and related methods, for use in transmitting an optical feeder downlink beam to a ground based subsystem, as well as ground based return link equipment thereof.
US10069562B2	Optical circulator for free space optical communication A free space optical communication system transmits and receives optical signals in a colorless manner using an optical circulator. The system installs the optical circulator with a single mode (SM) fiber at port 1, a double clad (DC) fiber at port 2, and a multimode (MM) fiber at port 3. The system injects a first optical signal into a core of the SM fiber. The system then routes the first optical signal at port 1, using the optical circulator, into a SM core of the DC fiber via Port 2. Further, the system injects a second optical signal into a first cladding of the DC fiber. The system then routes the second optical signal at port 2, using the optical circulator, into the MM fiber via Port 3.
US10069557B2	Communication method and device Embodiments of the present invention provide a communication method and a device, and relate to the communications field, to implement communication between a relay terminal and a remote terminal of a different communication group. The method includes: receiving, by a first terminal, a first message sent by a second terminal; when it is determined that the second terminal selects the first terminal as a relay terminal, acquiring group information corresponding to a communication group; and communicating with the second terminal according to the group information. The method embodiment is used to implement communication.
US10069555B2	System and method for beam management A first apparatus may communicate with a user equipment through a first active beam. The first apparatus may determine that beam tracking is to be performed with the UE, including identifying a new beam for communication between the UE and the apparatus. The first apparatus may perform beam tracking with the UE based on the determination that beam tracking is to be performed. The first apparatus may communicate with the UE through a second active beam based on the beam tracking.
US10069551B2	Electronic device and method of performing wireless communication using beamforming thereof Various embodiments of the present disclosure provide an electronic device and a method of performing wireless communication using beamforming provided. The electronic device for performing wireless communication using beamforming includes: a communication unit for communicating signals with a correspondent node; a memory for storing a beamforming setup table; and a controller for: identifying identification information regarding the correspondent node based on at least one of schedule information, a reception packet and a transmission packet; identifying beamforming setup information corresponding to the identification information identified regarding the correspondent node, from the beamforming setup table; and establishing a beamforming link with the correspondent node based on the beamforming setup information, to communicate data via the link. The disclosure is not limited to the embodiments. The embodiments can be modified to other examples.
US10069550B2	Method and apparatus for generating and reporting feedback information in mobile communication system Disclosed are: a communication technique for fusing, with IoT technology, a 5G communication system for supporting a data transmission rate higher than that of a 4 G system and subsequent systems; and a system thereof. The present disclosure can be applied to an intelligent service (for example, smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, security and safety-related service and the like) based on 5G communication technology and IoT related technology. The present disclosure presents a method by which a base station determines the approximate location of a terminal on the basis of a reception power report, and sets a codebook subset on the basis of the approximate location of the terminal so as to reduce a channel state report burden.
US10069535B2	Apparatus and methods for launching electromagnetic waves having a certain electric field structure Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, receiving a signal, and launching, according to the signal, an electromagnetic wave along a transmission medium, where the electromagnetic wave propagates along the transmission medium without requiring an electrical return path, and where the electromagnetic wave has a phase delay profile that is dependent on an azimuth angle about an axis of the transmission medium. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US10069533B2	Methods and systems for reducing crosstalk using sequential non-linear vectoring In one example embodiment, a method includes determining a first set of first lines and a second set of second lines in a system, obtaining input signals to be transmitted over the first set of first lines and the second set of second lines, determining a vectoring matrix, processing, within the first set, the incoming signals for the first lines in parallel based on the vectoring matrix, processing, within the second set, the input signals for the second lines in parallel based on the vectoring matrix and processing the first set and the second set sequentially based on the vectoring matrix, the processing the second set being based on at least a portion of the processing the incoming signals for the first lines.
US10069529B2	Portable charging case module Provided herein is a portable charging case module. The portable charging case module includes a case part and an auxiliary battery part. The case part includes a body configured such that an accommodation recess is formed in the front thereof to be detachably combined with a terminal, a charging coil provided in the body and configured to wirelessly charge the terminal, and a first terminal unit formed in the rear of the body and configured to be electrically or data-wise connected to the terminal. The auxiliary battery part is detachably combined with the rear of the case part, and includes a second terminal unit configured to be electrically connected to the first terminal unit in the front of the auxiliary battery part facing the rear of the case part, and a connection port configured such that a connector connected to an external power source is inserted thereinto.
US10069525B2	Flexible multi-channel wireless audio receiver system A flexible multi-channel diversity wireless audio receiver system for routing, processing, and combining multiple radio frequency (RF) signals containing audio signals received on respective antennas is provided. The wireless audio receiver system provides flexible routing of multiple RF signals in different selectable modes, and low latency uninterrupted reception of signals in harsh RF environments by combining multiple RF signals to maximize signal-to-noise ratio. The audio output may be generated in an uninterrupted fashion and mitigate multipath fading, interference, and asymmetrical noise issues. Received RF signals may also be cascaded by the wireless audio receiver system to allow daisy chaining.
US10069523B2	Power amplification module A power amplification module includes a first input terminal arranged to receive a first transmission signal in a first frequency band, a second input terminal arranged to receive a second transmission signal in a second frequency band higher than the first frequency band, a first amplification circuit that amplifies the first transmission signal, a second amplification circuit that amplifies the second transmission signal, a first filter circuit located between the first input terminal and the first amplification circuit, and a second filter circuit located between the second input terminal and the second amplification circuit. The first filter circuit is a low-pass filter that allows the first frequency band to pass therethrough and that attenuates a harmonic of the first transmission signal and the second transmission signal. The second filter circuit is a high-pass filter that allows the second frequency band to pass therethrough and that attenuates the first transmission signal.
US10069517B2	Convolutional decoder and method of decoding convolutional codes A convolutional decoder includes a first storage, a second storage, a branch metric processor to determine branch metrics for transitions of states from a start step to a last step according to input bit streams, an ACS processor to select maximum likelihood path metrics to determine a survival path according to the branch metrics and to update states of the start step to the first storage and the second storage alternately based on the selection of the maximum likelihood path metrics, and a trace back logic to selectively trace back the survival path based on the states of the start step stored in a selected storage among the first storage and the second storage.
US10069491B2	Power-on reset circuit and under-voltage lockout circuit comprising the same An UVLO circuit according to an aspect of the present invention includes: a power-on reset (POR) circuit generating an output based on a first current that flows according to an increase of a power supply voltage and not operating in a normal state of the power supply voltage; and a logic operation unit generating a reset signal according to an output of the POR circuit and an output based on a result of comparison between a sense voltage that corresponds to the power supply voltage and a predetermined reference voltage.
US10069487B1	Delay chain having Schmitt triggers A disclosed delay circuit includes a plurality of Schmitt triggers that are serially coupled. A first Schmitt trigger of the plurality of Schmitt triggers is configured to receive an input signal. An output control circuit is coupled to receive output signals of two or more Schmitt triggers of the plurality of Schmitt triggers, the output control circuit configured to select a signal from one of the one or more Schmitt triggers as an output signal. The output signal is a delayed version of the input signal.
US10069481B2	State change stabilization in a phase shifter/attenuator circuit An electronic system that includes a digitally selectable phase shifter circuit and an insertion loss fine adjustment circuit such that the system as a whole exhibits little or no change in insertion loss when changing phase state, and/or a digitally selectable attenuator circuit and a phase fine adjustment circuit such that the system as a whole exhibits little or no effect on phase when changing attenuation state. Included are methods for selecting adjustment control words for such circuits.
US10069478B2	Acoustic wave filter, duplexer, and module An acoustic wave filter includes: one or more series resonators connected in series between an input terminal and an output terminal; and parallel resonators connected in parallel between the input terminal and the output terminal and formed of piezoelectric thin film resonators, wherein each of at least two resonators of the parallel resonators includes an additional film having island-shaped patterns or aperture patterns formed at equal pitch intervals in a resonance region in which a lower electrode and an upper electrode face each other across a piezoelectric film, and a pitch interval of the island-shaped patterns or the aperture patterns in the additional film included in one of the at least two resonators differs from a pitch interval of the island-shaped patterns or the aperture patterns in the additional film included in another one of the at least two resonators.
US10069475B2	Bulk-acoustic wave filter device A bulk-acoustic wave filter device includes: a lower electrode layer disposed on the substrate; a bonding part disposed on the lower electrode layer, at an edge of the substrate; a ground part spaced apart from the bonding part; and a flow suppressing part disposed between the bonding part and the ground part, and offset with respect to the bonding part and the ground part.
US10069473B2	Piezoelectric resonator and method for manufacturing the same A piezoelectric resonator that includes a single crystal Si layer, a piezoelectric thin film formed from aluminum nitride and provided on the single crystal Si layer, and first and second electrodes provided so as to sandwich the piezoelectric thin film. An element excluding nitrogen and aluminum is doped into the piezoelectric thin film formed from aluminum nitride, and a synthetic acoustic velocity of portions of the piezoelectric resonator other than the single crystal Si layer substantially coincide with the acoustic velocity of the single crystal Si layer.
US10069467B1	Apparatus for quantized linear amplification with nonlinear amplifiers An apparatus for quantized linear amplification with nonlinear amplifiers that performs a linear amplification of variable-envelope single carrier (SC) or multi-carrier (MC) bandpass signals, based on sampled and quantized versions of its complex envelope, where the quantizer generates Nb bits that are mapped into Nm≤Nb polar components, in which the quantized symbol can be decomposed, that are modulated as Nm constant or quasi constant envelope signals and where each one is amplified by a nonlinear amplifier.
US10069466B2	Direct substrate to solder bump connection for thermal management in flip chip amplifiers Solder bumps are placed in direct contact with the silicon substrate of an amplifier integrated circuit having a flip chip configuration. A plurality of amplifier transistor arrays generate waste heat that promotes thermal run away of the amplifier if not directed out of the integrated circuit. The waste heat flows through the thermally conductive silicon substrate and out the solder bump to a heat-sinking plane of an interposer connected to the amplifier integrated circuit via the solder bumps.
US10069461B2	Doherty amplifier According an embodiment, a Doherty amplifier includes a carrier amplifier, a peak amplifier, a first line and a second line. The carrier amplifier amplifies a signal and outputs a first output signal. The peak amplifier amplifies the signal and outputs a second output signal. The first line is connected to the carrier amplifier. The second line includes a first end connected to the peak amplifier and a second end connected to the first line. A characteristic impedance of the first end is lower than a characteristic impedance of the second end.
US10069456B2	Methods for loading battery storage compartments into a solar canopy support structure The present application provides methods for loading and unloading high capacity storage equipment to a solar power canopy. The methods and structures may include horizontal support members have mechanisms to engage corresponding mechanisms on a compartment housing the high capacity storage equipment. The mechanisms may include plates, flanged surfaces, rails, tracks, hook assemblies, and ridges. The methods and structures may include a superstructure that is coupled to an moves with respect to the solar power canopy frame. The superstructure may pivot and/or rotate to allow loading and unloading. The methods and structures also may include cabinets or cubicles sized to receive one or more compartments housing the high capacity storage equipment.
US10069449B2	Method for reliable control of high rotor pole switched reluctance machine A system and method for reliable control of a high rotor pole switched reluctance machine (HRSRM) utilizing a sensorless reliable control system. The method comprising: energizing at least one of the plurality of stator phases; measuring a first current value and time taken by the first current value to reach a first peak value or preset threshold value of current; determining a self-inductance value; measuring a second current value and time taken by an adjacent un-energized stator phase to reach a second peak value of current; determining a mutual inductance value; and estimating a rotor position utilizing the self-inductance and mutual inductance values; and controlling the HRSRM based on the estimated rotor position.
US10069434B2	Power supply system capable of switching control power source of power control module A power supply system includes a power conversion circuit, a conversion control circuit, an auxiliary power module, an electricity supply module and a power supply control circuit. The power conversion circuit converts an input power into an output power used as an output of the power supply system. The conversion control circuit is arranged for controlling an operation of the power conversion circuit according to a control power. The auxiliary power module is arranged for selectively outputting a first electrical power to the conversion control circuit. The electricity supply module is arranged for providing a second electrical power. The power supply control circuit is coupled to the auxiliary power module and the electricity supply module, and arranged for referring to at least the second electrical power to determine whether to provide the first electrical power or the second electrical power as the control power for the conversion control circuit.
US10069433B2	Power converter A power converter is provided which includes at least a first and a second magnetic device equipped with coils and an electrical circuit equipped with a conductor disposed on an imaginary plane, defined between the first and second magnetic devices. Magnetic fluxes are emitted from the coils of the first and second magnetic devices, vectors of components which are oriented in directions of axes of turns of conductors of the coils are defined as a first and a second vector, and the first and second magnetic devices are disposed so that an inner product of vectors derived by projecting the first and second vectors on the imaginary plane will be positive. This minimizes electrical noise generated in the electrical circuit.
US10069430B2	Modular converter with multilevel submodules One aspect of the disclosure includes a submodule topology for a modular multilevel converter. The submodule topology includes two electronic switches connected together with a first series connection terminal connecting the electronic switches in series, the series connected switches being connected in parallel with two capacitors connected together with a second series connection terminal connecting the capacitors in series. A bidirectional electronic switch connects the first series connection terminal with the second series connected terminal. An output voltage is obtained across the first series connected terminal and a common terminal formed by the parallel connection of the series connected switches with the series connected capacitors.
US10069428B2	Power supply systems and feedback through a transformer A power converter circuit includes a transformer. The transformer includes a primary winding and a secondary winding. A primary circuit is coupled to the primary winding. A secondary circuit is coupled to the secondary winding. The primary circuit and the secondary circuit are referenced to different ground voltage potentials that may vary with respect to each other. During operation, the primary circuit controls input of energy to the primary winding of the transformer. The secondary circuit receives the energy through the secondary winding and uses it to produce an output voltage to power a load. The secondary circuit receives and/or generates state information at one of multiple different levels. The secondary circuit controls a flow of current through the secondary winding to convey the state information as feedback to the primary circuit. The primary circuit analyzes a voltage at a node of the primary winding to receive the feedback.
US10069424B2	Systems and methods for voltage control and current control of power conversion systems with multiple operation modes System and method for regulating a power conversion system. A system controller for regulating a power conversion system includes an operation-mode-selection component and a driving component. The operation-mode-selection component is configured to receive a first signal related to an output load of the power conversion system and a second signal related to an input signal received by the power conversion system and output a mode-selection signal based on at least information associated with the first signal and the second signal. The driving component is configured to receive the mode-selection signal and generate a drive signal based on at least information associated with the mode-selection signal, the driving signal corresponding to a switching frequency.
US10069417B2	Power conversion device with integrated discrete inductor A switching regulator may include an inductor housing, a board, and one or more electrical components. The inductor housing may house an inductor and one or more wires. The board may include one or more board traces and one or more solder pads. The electrical components may include one or more chips, capacitors, voltage sources, and/or other electrical components. The inductor housing may be attached to the board to create a space between the inductor housing and the board. The space may be created underneath the inductor housing and above the board. One or more electrical components may be attached to the board. One or more electrical components may be disposed within the space.
US10069416B2	Buck-boost converter controller A controller for a DC-DC converter includes a state machine and a plurality of drivers for controlling switches in the DC-DC converter, where each state in the state machine determines a state of the drivers, and a plurality of timers, where each state in the state machine, other than a passive state, has an associated timer for the state of the drivers.

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