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US10387586B2	Method for early warning analysis of eutrophication of designed artificial water body The present invention relates a method for early warning analysis of eutrophication of a designed artificial water body, comprising: establishing a three-dimensional model of the designed artificial water according to the data corresponding to a planning scheme of the water body, wherein the three-dimensional model of the designed artificial water body comprises at least the designed artificial water body and surrounding buildings; according to the three-dimensional model of the designed artificial water body, analyzing the designed artificial water body through an ecological simulation technology to obtain at least one of the analysis results including hydrological mobility, hydraulic retention time, algal community composition of source water, designed water depth, water body surface wind field, solar radiation and temperature of the designed artificial water body; and assessing the risk of eutrophication of the designed artificial water body according to at least one of the analysis results of the ecological simulation.
US10387582B2	System and method for generating computerized models of structures using geometry extraction and reconstruction techniques Described in detail herein are systems and methods for generating computerized models of structures using geometry extraction and reconstruction techniques. The system includes a computing device coupled to a input device. The input device obtains raw data scanned by a sensor. The computing device is programmed to execute a data fusion process is applied to fuse the raw data, and a geometry extraction process is performed on the fused data to extract features such as walls, floors, ceilings, roof planes, etc. Large- and small-scale features of the structure are reconstructed using the extracted features. The large- and small-scale features are reconstructed by the system into a floor plan (contour) and/or a polyhedron corresponding to the structure. The system can also process exterior features of the structure to automatically identify condition and areas of roof damage.
US10387578B1	Utilization limiting for nested object queries Capacity utilization may be controlled by a token-based allocation of input/output capacity. Operations on nested objects may utilize capacity based on factors other than input/output capacity. A capacity utilization model may be used to scale input/output utilization associated with an operation on a nested object so that the scaled input/output utilization correlates to the computing capacity used performing the operation on the nested object. The correlation may be determined to be valid for a range of attributes associated with the operation.
US10387576B2	Document preparation with argumentation support from a deep question answering system Dynamic semantic processing of text in a word processing application with engagement of question-answering system. A user provides a text stream to a computer system via an input source. The input text stream includes a first natural language statement. The system determines that the first natural language statement includes a fact-based component expressed in natural language form. The system identifies an initial span and an alternative span of the first natural language component, based on the determining. The system engages a question-answering (QA) system by providing the initial span and the alternative span of the first natural language component to the QA system, and by receiving, in response to the providing, a set of natural language results from the QA system. The system evaluates the initial span and the alternative span of the first natural language component based on the received natural language results.
US10387566B2	Assisting with written communication style based on recipient dress style A method, computer system, and a computer program product for altering a written communication based on a dress style associated with a recipient is provided. The present invention may include receiving a plurality of visual data associated with the recipient. The present invention may also include analyzing the received plurality of visual data. The present invention may then include determining the dress style associated with the recipient based on the analyzed plurality of visual data. The present invention may further include retrieving a writing style associated with the recipient from a knowledge base based on the determined dress style. The present invention may also include generating a plurality of writing guidelines based on the retrieved writing style associated with the recipient.
US10387563B2	Parallel parsing of markup language data Parsing XML (extensible markup language) data by performing the following operations: (i) dividing the piece of markup language into a plurality of pre-parsing segments; (ii) assigning the pre-parsing segment to a pre-parsing processor thread of a plurality of pre-parsing processor threads; (iii) determining any parsing division point(s) occurring in the pre-parsing segment so that data corresponding to a single tabular record is between each consecutive pair of parsing division points; (iv) dividing the piece of language into a plurality of parsing segments defined by the parsing division points so that each parsing segment corresponds to a single tabular record; (v) assigning the parsing segment to a parsing processor thread of a plurality of parsing processor threads; and (vi) parsing to generate a parsed tabular record corresponding to the parsing segment.
US10387558B2	Provision of a separate input interface for user interaction with a spreadsheet Facilitating interaction with a spreadsheet it provided. One or more input cells of a spreadsheet displayed on a display device of a computer system are automatically detected. One or more candidate cells of the spreadsheet are presented for selection, as candidates for inclusion in an interface for display on the display device in conjunction with the spreadsheet, the one or more candidate cells including the detected one or more input cells. Based on a selection of at least one cell, of the one or more candidate cells, for inclusion in the interface, the selected at least one cell is displayed in the interface, where the selected at least one cell includes at least one input cell of the one or more candidate input cells.
US10387556B2	Displaying supplemental information about selected e-book objects Display of supplemental information about selected e-book object. A method identifies relationships between objects of a plurality of objects presented in an electronic book. The plurality of objects include character and non-character objects presented in the electronic book. The method selects a first object, of the plurality of objects, presented on a display of an electronic device as part of presenting the electronic book on the display. A determination is made as to which of the identified relationships is between the first object and one or more second objects of the electronic book and has been presented in displayed portions of the electronic book. This determination indicates at least one relationship of the identified relationships. The method displays supplemental information about the selected first object, the supplemental information including one or more depictions of the indicated at least one relationship.
US10387555B2	Content management systems and methods A method includes presenting a list of current projects in a dashboard interface, upon a successful login from a first user; allowing the first user to create or upload an asset once the user selects a project from the list of current projects and is presented with the list of all assets in the project; notifying all users associated with the project with a first notification that the first user uploaded an asset; receiving comments to the asset from a second user via an asset viewer and then sending out a second notification to all users associated with the project; processing changes made by the first user to the asset via the asset viewer based on the comments from the second user on the asset and then sending out a third notification to all users associated with the project; and sharing the asset with clients once the second user sends approval.
US10387548B2	Systems and methods for transcript processing The technology relates to systems and methods for transcribing audio of a meeting. Upon transcribing the audio, the systems and methods can parse different portions of the prescribed audio so that they may attribute the different portions to a particular speaker. These transcribed portions that are attributed to a particular speaker are made available for viewing and interacting using a graphical user interface.
US10387546B1	Web browsing A method for grouping of multiple tabs in a web browser includes displaying a plurality of tabs by the web browser. Each tab has separate webpage content associated therewith. Two or more webpages are grouped into at least one category based on semantics of corresponding webpage content. Two or more tabs associated with the two or more grouped webpages are merged into a single tab. The single tab represents the grouped webpages. An aggregated view of contents associated with the grouped webpages is generated and displayed in a single browser window associated with the single tab. The aggregated view has two or more portions. Each portion of the aggregated view concurrently displays content of a corresponding grouped webpage.
US10387536B2	Computerized data-aware agent systems for retrieving data to serve a dialog between human user and computerized system A system and method for data gathering system, comprising a data-aware knowledge base storing knowledge on relative costs of obtaining various data items; and a data retrieval decision-making processor operative, when an individual data element is sought to be retrieved, to determine whether or not to retrieve the data element by comparing at least one parameter representing need for the data element, also termed herein a utility value, with at least one parameter, retrieved from the data-aware knowledge base, which represents relative cost of obtaining the data element.
US10387535B2	System and method for selectively displaying web page elements Systems and methods are disclosed for selectively displaying content corresponding to web page elements. A web page element can comprise one or more DIV tags that may be used to encapsulate and identify other elements and information. The first name and the first address of the element are stored. In a receiving operation, a display request to visibly display the element, is received. A received display request identifies the first name or the first address, or both, of the element. In response to receiving the display request, content associated with the first address, and at least a portion of the content comprising the identified element are retrieved. The content to obtain the identified element is parsed, and the identified element is subsequently displayed. The displayed content be altered or adjusted based identification of a second element.
US10387529B2	Paraphrasing text in a webpage The present invention may be a method, a system, and/or a computer program product. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for paraphrasing, on a client computer, text in a webpage, the method comprising the following: transferring a request for a webpage including a plurality of passages of text to a server; receiving the webpage from the server in response to the request; judging whether or not the received webpage has text which is a subject of paraphrase; in a case where the judgment is positive, paraphrasing the text; and displaying, on a display, the webpage including the paraphrased text. Another embodiment of the present invention provides a method for updating on a server, text in a webpage, the method comprising the following: receiving, from each of the devices, a set of URLs of a webpage, a location path of text which is a subject of paraphrase in the webpage, and paraphrased text; and replacing text in the webpage with text among the received text.
US10387528B2	Search results integrated with interactive conversation service interface A search service returns one or more search results identified based on a search query received from a user. At least one search result includes a reference to an interactive conversation service. A search result user interface support manager generates a search results user interface page including an interactive conversation user interface to the interactive conversation service identified by the reference. The assembled search results user interface page is returned to the user such that the user can interact with the one or more search results including the interactive conversation service user interface. The interactive conversation service user interface may present a contextualized response that is generated based on the query or the one or more search results.
US10387523B2	Smart content pre-loading on client devices A method for smart preloading of content resources on client devices is provided. The method includes operations for presenting an interface running on a client device that includes a plurality of content indicators associated with a plurality of content items. The method includes an operation for selectively preloading into a cache of the client device a resource associated with a content item if the content item has a level of engagement that is greater than that of other content items. According to this embodiment, the level of engagement is a measurement of interaction to the content items by other users associated with the user by, for example, a social network. The method further includes retrieving and using the resource for presenting the content item via the interface such that the content item is presented in less time than if the resource were not preloaded to the cache based on the level of engagement.
US10387519B2	Method and system for automatic generation of personalized applications Disclosed is a system, method, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium for creating personalized instantiations of an app. User input is accepted to create, by a computing device, a personalized instantiation of an app, the app comprising a home screen, the creating of the personalized instantiation occurring by generating a deep linked shortcut on the home screen of the app that links into the app with parameters to configure the app into the personalized instantiation of the app. A display is generated for displaying, on the computing device, the personalized instantiation of the app so that the personalized instantiation of the app can be launched as configured with the parameters.
US10387509B2	Behavior influenced search ranking A system and method for behavior influenced search ranking may include obtaining, via a network interface, a search term from a user device. An initial result including a first group of the user profiles may be generated based on user profiles from a social network in relation to the search term, the user profiles stored in a profile database. A rank of each of the first group of the user profiles may be determined based, at least in part, on interactions from an activity database corresponding to the first group of the user profiles, the activity database storing information indicative of activities related to the social network, the activities including the interactions. The user device may display a second group of the user profiles, including at least some of the first group of the user profiles, according to the rank of the first group of the user profiles.
US10387504B1	Determining whether a user in a social network is an authority on a topic A method involving obtaining a first plurality of topic groups (TGs), each having a membership of accounts, identifying a first plurality of accounts as authorities for an expertise topic, obtaining a second plurality of TGs with a number of accounts as members, wherein the first plurality of TGs comprises the second plurality of TGs, identifying a first frequent account which is a member in at least one of the second plurality of TGs, adding the first frequent account to the authorities of the expertise topic to obtain a second plurality of accounts as the authorities of the expertise topic, determining a third plurality of TGs in which a second number of accounts from the second plurality of accounts are members, determining that another frequent account is a member in one of the third plurality of TGs, and obtaining a ranking of accounts that are an authority on the expertise topic.
US10387498B2	Polymorphic configuration management for shared authorization or authentication protocols Provided is a process including: receiving, from a first service-provider computer system, via a network, with an identity-provider computer system, a request to authenticate a user computing device; forming, with the identity-provider computer system, a first reply-configuration specification from a first plurality of configuration components; determining, with the identity-provider computer system, whether to provide authentication; forming, with the identity-provider computer system, based on the first reply-configuration specification, a reply to the request, the reply including a result of the authentication determination; and sending, with the identity-provider computer system, the reply.
US10387496B2	Storing graph data in a relational database Embodiments include methods, systems and computer program products for storing graph data for a directed graph in a relational database. Aspects include creating a plurality of relational tables for the graph data, using a processor on a computer, the plurality of relational tables including adjacency tables and attribute tables. Each row of the attribute tables is dedicated to a subject of the graph data in the dataset and stores a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) object corresponding to the subject. Each row of the adjacency tables includes a hashtable containing properties and values of the subject for that row.
US10387493B2	Methods for converting an XML artifact into a topic map instance and devices thereof The present invention provides a method and system for converting an XML artifact into a Topic Map instance. The method includes consolidating, by a schema consolidation module, an XML schema of the XML artifact; extracting, by an extracting module, a topic map model from the consolidated XML schema; and generating, by a converter, the topic map instance from the topic map model and the xml artifact.
US10387488B2	User configurable radio Playlists comprising media objects can be modified by adding personalized supplemental media objects that can provide a customized entertainment experience. As an example, an application can overlay a playlist on a consumer's device and can call a user-configurable rules engine that can select a supplemental media object (e.g., a pre-recorded and/or dynamically synthesized media file) that is to be played with the media objects. In one example, the supplemental media object can be associated with a user-selected voice personality and can be streamed from a network storage device via a communication network coupled to the consumer device.
US10387486B2	Display information generating device, information management system, display information generating method, and recording medium When image information is transmitted from a first communication device, a server acquires a storyboard ID, a user ID, a photographing date/time, and the like contained in the image information. Furthermore, the server compares the storyboard ID and the user ID with the storyboard ID and the user ID in the storyboard information, specifies the registration destination of the image registration information corresponding to the image information, and registers them. Furthermore, the server generates a layout screen on which the images are displayed in chronological order based on the image registration information and the layout information.
US10387485B2	Cognitive image search refinement A method, computer program product, and system includes a processor(s) monitoring, via an image capture device communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, visual focus of a user to identify a focal point of a user on an area of an image of at least one object displayed in a graphical user interface communicatively coupled to the one or more processors. The processor(s) derives shape geometry of the object, creating a three-dimensional model. The processor(s) obtains, via the image capture device, a physical gesture by the user. The processor(s) performs a contextual analysis of the physical gesture to determine an application of the physical gesture to a portion of the object depicted in the area of the image. The processor(s) formulates search criteria, based on determining the application and the area. The processor(s) execute a search based on the search criteria and display by a search result.
US10387483B2	Method and system for providing a federated wide area motion imagery collection service This disclosure relates to WAMI discovery, specifically including: issuing a first request to a WAMI federated collection service (FCS) to retrieve WAMI collection metadata, the WAMI FCS being in communication with a WAMI collection service (CS), each WAMI CSs being in communication with a location where WAMI data is stored; receiving a response in a first format from the WAMI FCS; translating the received WAMI collection metadata from the first format into another format; issuing a second request to the WAMI FCS to access WAMI data in the other format; and retrieving in response to the second request, the WAMI data in the other format from the location that corresponds to a network link.
US10387461B2	Techniques for suggesting electronic messages based on user activity and other context A computer-implemented technique can include detecting an initiation of composing an electronic message by a user, obtaining contextual information for the electronic message from a source external to a text of the electronic message, obtaining a first suggestion for the text of the electronic message based on the contextual information, detecting an operating condition indicative of a user activity during which the user is likely to experience difficulty in typing, in response to detecting the operating condition, obtaining a second suggestion for the electronic message based on the contextual information, the second suggestion being more detailed than the first suggestion, and outputting one of the first and second suggestions depending on one or more other conditions.
US10387460B2	Method and apparatus for processing text information The present application relates to a A method for processing text information is provided, the method including: obtaining text information and extracting text characters contained in the text information; extracting, from the text characters, target characters satisfying a predetermined rule; calculating a filtering index of the text information according to the target characters; and when the filtering index meets a predetermined condition, executing an operation corresponding to the predetermined condition on the text information. In addition, an apparatus for processing text information is further provided. The method and apparatus for processing text information can improve the accuracy and efficiency of filtering out junk text information.
US10387458B2	System and method for searching for, collecting and generating mold spore data for mold reports using climate codes A system is disclosed for obtaining historical mold spore data. The system may have a computer with a processor. At least one database may be used which contains information correlating subregion codes of a geographic area with ones of predetermined climate classification codes associated with each of the subregion codes. The database further may have available historical mold spore data for the subregion codes and be configured to receive an input indicating a target subregion code that identifies an area falling within the geographic area; to identify a specific one of the codes that is associated with the target subregion code; and to obtain portions of the stored historical mold spore data which is associated with ones of the subregion codes falling within the geographic area that have the specific one of the codes associated therewith.
US10387457B2	Grid-based analysis of geospatial trajectories Described herein is a framework for analyzing geospatial trajectory data. In accordance with one aspect, a grid model of a geographical area of interest is generated in response to a user event. The grid model includes a grid having a plurality of rows and columns of cells, in which the cells may be identified by unique cell numbers. Geospatial trajectory data of users may be mapped to the cells in the grid to generate mapped data with unique cell numbers associated to the geospatial trajectory data. The mapped data may further be analyzed to identify cell transitions based on the mapped data. Identifying the cell transitions includes determining cell density sequences and cell dwell-time sequences of the users. The cell density and cell dwell-time sequences may further be analyzed to perform a similarity analysis. Results of the similarity analysis may be presented to the end-user device of a user.
US10387446B2	Merging multiple point-in-time copies into a merged point-in-time copy Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for merging multiple point-in-time copies into a merged point-in-time copy. A repository maintains a full copy of the source data and point-in-time copies at point-in-times of the source data. Each of the point-in-time copies have change information indicating changed data in the source data that changed between the point-in-time of the point-in-time copy and a subsequent point-in-time and changed point-in-time data comprising data in the source data as of the point-in-time of the point-in-time copy indicated in the change information as changed. At least two selected of the point-in-time copies in the repository are merged into a merged point-in-time copy by: forming merged change information in the merged point-in-time copy indicating changed data indicated in change information for the selected point-in-time copies; and forming merged changed data in the merged point-in-time copy from the changed data in the selected point-in-time copies.
US10387443B2	Exporting and importing database containers A computer-implemented method for exporting a database container from a database includes exporting database container metadata including artifact definitions in the metadata along with the actual metadata content to a database management system, exporting the database container including the database objects deployed therein to the database management system. The exporting of the database container includes exporting dependencies and structures of the database objects deployed therein, but not the actual content of the database objects. In some instances, however, exporting of the database container can include exporting the actual content of the database objects in response to user request. The method further includes packing the exported database container metadata and the exported database container in an archive. The data in the archive can be unpacked in substantially reverse order to import the database container into another database.
US10387440B2	Generic data staging and loading using enhanced metadata and associated method A system and method is disclosed for providing data staging and loading through a master data management (MDM) system coupled with one or more business entities. The system is operable to invoke batch data loading of data associated with one or more source systems associated with the one or more business entities, into an input staging area. The system is further operable to load the data from the input staging area into a master repository and subsequently load the data from the master repository into an output staging area.
US10387424B2	Efficiency for real-time data processing A computer-implemented method includes receiving a data stream and dividing the data stream into one or more data artefacts for one or more time intervals. The computer-implemented method further includes generating one or more contexts. Each of the one or more contexts are for at least one of the one or more time intervals. The computer-implemented method further includes storing each of the one or more data artefacts in shared storage. The shared storage is accessible for each of the one or more contexts. The computer-implemented method further includes, for each context of the one or more contexts: determining a dependency for the context; monitoring the context for a completion of said dependency; and responsive to the completion, releasing the dependency. The computer-implemented further includes removing those of the one or more data artefacts that do not belong to the dependency for any of the one or more contexts.
US10387419B2	Method and system for managing databases having records with missing values The method includes selecting a target record from a dataset, the target record including a missing value, partitioning records of the dataset into at least two groups including co-related data, the partitioned records including records having a value for a same field as the missing value in the target record, predicting the missing value based on a relationship between fields in each of the at least two groups associated with the partitioned records, and setting the missing value of the target record to the predicted value.
US10387413B2	Search result evaluation system, navigation system and search result evaluation method Provided is a search result evaluation system connected with a search device and that evaluates search results of the search device, the search result evaluation system including: a search unit that transmits a search query to the search device; and an evaluation unit that, if the evaluation unit receives search results from the search device, determines whether specifications of the search device have been modified, by evaluating the received search results, wherein, if the evaluation unit determines that the specifications of the search device have been modified, the evaluation unit outputs an anomaly signal to notify a manager of the search result evaluation system that the specifications of the search device have been modified.
US10387412B1	Incremental Z-score calculation for big data or streamed data using components The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computing system program products for incrementally calculating Z-score for Big Data or streamed data. Embodiments of the invention include incrementally calculating one or more components of a Z-score for a modified computation subset based on one or more components of a Z-score calculated for a pre-modified computation subset and then calculating a Z-score for a selected data element in the modified computation subset based on one or more of the incrementally calculated components. Incrementally calculating Z-score avoids visiting all data elements in the modified computation subset and performing redundant computations thereby increasing calculation efficiency, saving computing resources and reducing computing system's power consumption.
US10387403B2	Data filtering using a plurality of hardware accelerators Techniques are provided for data filtering using hardware accelerators. An apparatus comprises a processor, a memory and a plurality of hardware accelerators. The processor is configured to stream data from the memory to a first one of the hardware accelerators and to receive filtered data from a second one of the hardware accelerators. The plurality of hardware accelerators are configured to filter the streamed data utilizing at least one bit vector partitioned across the plurality of hardware accelerators. The hardware accelerators may be field-programmable gate arrays.
US10387399B1	Efficient database journaling using non-volatile system memory A database system may implement efficient database journaling using non-volatile system memory. An update to a database may be received, and log records indicating the update may be generated. A non-volatile portion of the system memory may be directly accessed to store the generated log records such that in the event of a failure of the database, the log records may be still maintained. Log records stored to the non-volatile portion of the system memory may be identified as durably persisted, in some embodiments. Log records may be identified and sent to block-based storage, in some embodiments. Recovery from a database system failure, in some embodiments, by obtaining log records from the non-volatile portion of system memory.
US10387398B2	Continuous database page flusher Execution of a page flusher is initiated in an in-memory database system in which pages are loaded into memory and which has associated physical disk storage. Thereafter, the page flusher identifies pages that were last modified outside a pre-defined time window. The page flusher then flushes the identified modified pages to the physical disk storage.
US10387395B2	Parallelized execution of window operator A window operator can be processed according to a variety of techniques that introduce parallelism. Window function sub-results can be calculated separately on different nodes. Overall superior performance can result. Skewness in input data can be accounted for by controlling a degree of parallelism at nodes.
US10387388B2	Database schema for efficient data assessment A computing system may create a database schema representing tables for data assessment, organization identification (ID), rule ID, data source ID, and data assessment ID. The data assessment table may include a first field representing an organization ID, a second field representing a rule ID, a third field representing a data source ID, wherein the fields correspond to a records in the organization ID table, rule ID table and data source ID table, respectively. The data assessment table may also include a fourth field representing a match status indicating whether a record in data assessment ID table matches a record of a data source associated with the third field, a fifth field representing a data assessment record ID and corresponding to a record in data assessment record ID table, and a sixth field configured as a column family and representing a field of the business object.
US10387386B2	Automatic attribute structural variation detection for not only structured query language database Methods and a system are provided. A method includes automatically detecting, by an attribute structural variation detector, attribute structural variations in record schemas of a database lacking schema enforcement. The automatically detecting step includes encoding, by an encoder, nodes in the record schemas based on respective updated node labels to obtain a plurality of codes. The automatically detecting step further includes clustering, by a clusterer, the plurality of codes into one of a used category and an unused category. The used category and the unused category respectively consist of any of the plurality of codes used or unused to update a child label. The automatically detecting step also includes, when an intersection set formed from the used and unused categories has at least one member, retrieving, by the attribute structural variation detector, the at least one member as a structural variation between at least two of the record schemas.
US10387383B2	Systems and methods for providing access to a data file stored at a data storage system Systems and methods disclosed herein provide access to a data file stored at a remote data storage system. A user device can send a file access request, via a user interface provided by the remote storage server, to the application server to access a data file stored at the remote storage server. The application server can then optionally identify a relevant application for accessing the data file, and send, to the remote server, a metadata-and-content request relating to the data file. The metadata-and-content request includes version information of a previously cached version of the data file cached at the application server. When the cached version is not the latest version, the application server receives the latest version of the data file from the remote storage server. The latest version of the data file is then presented, via the relevant application on the application server, to the user device.
US10387381B1	Data management using an open standard file system interface to a storage gateway Data management using an open standard file system interface to a storage gateway is described. A system uses an open standard file system interface to instruct a storage gateway to create a directory, create a file for the directory, write information to the file, and store, based on the information written to the file, data to storage associated with the storage gateway.
US10387379B2	State extrapolation for automated and semi-automated crawling architecture A system for automated acquisition of content from an application includes a link extraction controller that receives an identification of a target state of the application directly reachable from an intermediate state and a specification of a user interface element of the intermediate state actuated by a user to arrive at the target state. After navigating to the intermediate state in an executing instance of the application and extracting a tree of user interface widgets, the link extraction controller identifies widget sub-trees that have at least a threshold level of commonality with a reference widget sub-tree that includes the specified user interface element. The link extraction controller adds states, including the target state, reachable by user actuation of the identified widget sub-trees to a state list. A scraper module extracts text and metadata from each of the states in the state list for storage in a data store.
US10387372B2	Value-based differential data A proposed modification to a record of a base data structure is identified, the records of the base data structure sorted by primary key. A type of modification of the proposed modification is identified. A record is added to a differential data structure of the type, the differential data structure record describing the proposed modification. A record is added to a delta data structure sorted by the primary key, the delta data structure record including the primary key value of the record, the type of the proposed modification, and a pointer to the record added to the differential data structure. Data can be fetched using the delta data structure to apply modifications to a set of records requested in the fetch and generate a modified set of records to be returned in a response to the request.
US10387358B2	Multi-PCIe socket NIC OS interface A plurality of Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) endpoints of a multi-socket network interface device are attached to a host for exchanging ingress traffic and egress traffic. An operating system of the host includes a bonding/teaming module having a plurality of network interfaces. The bonding/teaming module is configured to select one of the endpoints for the egress traffic. The network interface device has a hardware bond module configured to steer the ingress traffic to designated ones of the endpoints.
US10387357B2	Field-programmable gate array configuration circuit, radio-frequency unit and magnetic resonance system In a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) configuration circuit, and a radio-frequency unit and a magnetic resonance system having a configuration circuit, the configuration circuit has at least two FPGA modules, each FPGA module being individually connected to a bus; at least two storage devices, each storage device storing a configuration file; one of the at least two FPGA modules being connected to the at least two storage devices separately, and an input end, connected separately to the at least two storage devices. A selection signal is provided for selecting one of the at least two storage devices. The FPGA module connected to the at least two storage devices reads a configuration file stored in a storage device selected on the basis of the selection signal, and sends, via the bus, the configuration file that has been read to the FPGA module other than the FPGA module connected to the at least two storage devices.
US10387354B2	Superimposing butterfly network controls for pattern combinations A multilayer butterfly network is shown that is operable to transform and align a plurality of fields from an input to an output data stream. Many transformations are possible with such a network which may include separate control of each multiplexer. This invention supports a limited set of multiplexer control signals, which enables a similarly limited set of data transformations. This limited capability is offset by the reduced complexity of the multiplexor control circuits. This invention used precalculated inputs and simple combinatorial logic to generate control signals for the butterfly network. Controls are independent for each layer and therefore are dependent only on the input and output patterns. Controls for the layers can be calculated in parallel.
US10387350B1	Configurable sponge function engine A configurable sponge function engine. The configurable engine includes a register having bitrate and capacity sections, each having a variable size, where a sum of the bitrate and capacity sizes is fixed. A controller generates a bitrate size indication. A configurable message processor receives an input message from an input bus, receives the size indication, fragments the input message into fragmented blocks of a size specified by the size indication, and converts the blocks to a bus width of the bitrate and capacity sizes. An iterative calculator receives the blocks, performs iterative processing operations on the blocks, and stores a result of each operation in the register overwriting a previous register value. An output adaptor receives a value stored in the register after the block corresponding to the end of the input message is processed and outputs the register value converted to have an output bus width.
US10387341B2	Apparatuses and methods for asymmetric input/output interface for a memory Apparatuses and methods for asymmetric input output interfaces for memory are disclosed. An example apparatus may include a receiver and a transmitter. The receiver may be configured to receive first data signals having a first voltage swing and having a first slew rate. The transmitter may be configured to provide second data signals having a second voltage swing and having a second slew rate, wherein the first and second voltage swings are different, and wherein the first and second slew rates are different.
US10387337B2	Portable storage device with charge reservoir for higher current operations An apparatus includes a communication interface, a controller, and a power section. The communication interface is configured to receive power from an external host to the apparatus. The controller is configured to limit a current drawn by the communication interface to a predetermined value when the apparatus is powered through the external host. The power section is configured to generate a first voltage from a portion of the limited current drawn by the communication interface. The first voltage powers a data storage circuitry. The power section is further configured to store electrical charges received from another portion of the limited current drawn by the communication interface. The power section is further configured to generate a second voltage from the stored electrical charges in response to a signal from the controller. The second voltage supplements the first voltage during high power events by the data storage circuitry.
US10387331B2	Process for maintaining data write ordering through a cache A cache is maintained with write order numbers that indicate orders of writes into the cache, so that periodic partial flushes of the cache can be executed while maintaining write order consistency. A method of storing data into the cache includes receiving a request to write data into the cache, identifying lines in the cache for storing the data, writing the data into the lines of the cache, storing a write order number, and associating the write order number with the lines of the cache. A method of flushing a cache having cache lines associated with write order numbers includes the steps of identifying lines in the cache that are associated with either a selected write order number or a write order number that is less than the selected write order number, and flushing data stored in the identified lines to a persistent storage.
US10387327B2	Systems and methods for identifying storage resources that are not in use An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for managing a non-volatile storage medium. A storage controller receives a message that identifies data that no longer needs to be retained on the non-volatile storage medium. The data may be identified using a logical identifier. The message may comprise a hint, directive, or other indication that the data has been erased and/or deleted. In response to the message, the storage controller records an indication that the contents of a physical storage location and/or physical address associated with the logical identifier do not need to be preserved on the non-volatile storage medium.
US10387319B2	Processors, methods, and systems for a configurable spatial accelerator with memory system performance, power reduction, and atomics support features Systems, methods, and apparatuses relating to a configurable spatial accelerator are described. In one embodiment, a processor includes a plurality of processing elements; and an interconnect network between the plurality of processing elements to receive an input of a dataflow graph comprising a plurality of nodes, wherein the dataflow graph is to be overlaid into the interconnect network and the plurality of processing elements with each node represented as a dataflow operator in the plurality of processing elements, and the plurality of processing elements is to perform an operation when an incoming operand set arrives at the plurality of processing elements. The processor also includes a streamer element to prefetch the incoming operand set from two or more levels of a memory system.
US10387317B2	Non-volatile memory controller cache architecture with support for separation of data streams A system, according to one embodiment, includes: non-volatile memory; a non-volatile memory controller having a cache; and logic integrated with and/or executable by the non-volatile memory controller, the logic being configured to: retrieve a physical block address corresponding to a logic block address; extract information from the physical block address; perform a lookup operation in cache using the extracted information; perform a range check of the physical block address in response to the lookup operation succeeding; and read data from the cache in response to the range check succeeding. An architecture of the cache supports separation of data streams, in addition to supporting parallel writes to different non-volatile memory channels. The cache architecture also supports pipelining of the parallel writes to different non-volatile memory planes. The non-volatile memory controller is also configured to perform a direct memory lookup in the cache based on a physical block address.
US10387316B2	Method for increasing cache size A method for increasing storage space in a system containing a block data storage device, a memory, and a processor is provided. Generally, the processor is configured by the memory to tag metadata of a data block of the block storage device indicating the block as free, used, or semifree. The free tag indicates the data block is available to the system for storing data when needed, the used tag indicates the data block contains application data, and the semifree tag indicates the data block contains cache data and is available to the system for storing application data type if no blocks marked with the free tag are available to the system.
US10387307B2	Lock-free raid implementation in multi-queue architecture Systems and methods (including hardware and software) are disclosed where all common RAID storage levels are implemented for multi-queue hardware by isolating RAID stripes to a single central processing unit (CPU) core affinity. Fixed CPU affinity is used for any piece of data that may be modified. Instead of blocking CPUs that must access or modify a piece of data, the request is efficiently moved to the CPU that owns that data. In this manner the system is completely asynchronous, efficient, and scalable.
US10387305B2	Techniques for compression memory coloring Techniques and computing devices for compression memory coloring are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include at least one memory, at least on processor, and logic for compression memory coloring, at least a portion of the logic comprised in hardware coupled to the at least one memory and the at least one processor, the logic to determine whether data to be written to memory is compressible, generate a compressed data element responsive to determining data is compressible, the data element comprising a compression indicator, a color, and compressed data, and write the compressed data element to memory. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10387300B2	System and method for transferring control of instruction execution between address spaces Disclosed are system and method for controlling execution of a computer program. An example method includes determining whether code instructions or data of interest are found in a portion of a page in an original virtual address space, when the code instructions or data are found in the portion of the page of a first type, tagging it as non-executable and tagging the portion of no interest as executable, when the code instructions or data are found in the portion of the second type, tagging it using an opcode and tagging the portion of no interest as executable, when the code instructions or data are found in the portion of the first type, duplicating the original virtual address space and tagging the portion of interest as executable and tagging the portion of no interest as non-executable and transferring execution of the computer program to a memory location other than the one in which a notification was received.
US10387299B2	Apparatuses and methods for transferring data The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to shifting data. An example apparatus comprises a cache coupled to an array of memory cells and a controller. The controller is configured to perform a first operation beginning at a first address to transfer data from the array of memory cells to the cache, and perform a second operation concurrently with the first operation, the second operation beginning at a second address.
US10387292B2	Determining application test results using screenshot metadata A system generates screenshots of a graphical user interface (GUI) of an application that is displayed by target devices testing the application. Each screenshot includes an image of the GUI and metadata indicative of elements of the GUI present in the image or a state of the application or target device when the image is generated. The system determines, based on the metadata of a screenshot from a first set of the screenshots and the metadata of a screenshot from a second set of the screenshots, whether the screenshots are similar and if so, the system assigns the screenshot from the second set of screenshots to a cluster that includes the screenshot from the first set of screenshots. The system outputs an indication of the cluster (e.g., a notification or graphical indication) indicative of the similarity or discrepancy between the screenshots.
US10387291B2	Virtualization of ephemeral organization structures in a multitenant environment Apparatuses and techniques to utilize a scratch organization as a unit of virtualization. Potential hosts for a scratch organization are evaluated. The potential hosts include at least the first group of hardware processing devices and a second group of the plurality of hardware processing devices to provide remote client computing environments. A target host is selected from the potential hosts. The scratch organization to be hosted by the target host is generated. Data is loaded from a test source that is not the subject organization into the scratch organization. One or more test operations are performed on the scratch organization using the loaded data with the target host. The scratch organization is destroyed on the selected host after the one or more test operations have been performed.
US10387284B2	Verifying interconnection between media devices and meters using touch sensing integrated circuits Example methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to verify interconnection between media devices and device meters with touch sensing integrated circuits are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include accessing an output of a touch sensing integrated circuit associated with a meter, the touch sensing integrated circuit to electrically couple with an interface of a media device monitored by the meter. Example methods disclosed herein also include determining the meter is coupled to the media device via the interface in response to the output of the touch sensing integrated circuit.
US10387270B2	Data backup, storage, transfer and retrieval system, method and computer program product A data storage system including a virtual server on a network managing a plurality of user accounts, each user account including one or more files; the virtual server adapted to verify user access information for a particular user account; the virtual server transferring over the network information relating to files stored on the virtual server in the particular user account to a verified user on a user computer; the virtual server further adapted to transfer files associated with the particular user account to and from the user computer.
US10387262B1	Federated restore of single instance databases and availability group database replicas A system identifies availability group database replicas and a single instance database scheduled for backup. The system configures backup storage based on an identifier of a cluster of nodes associated with the availability group database replicas. The system backs up the availability group database replicas based on their corresponding preferred nodes and the single instance database from a node in the cluster of nodes based on the identifier of the cluster of nodes. The system outputs information associated with the single instance database and a database replica in any availability group that is backed up based on the identifier of the cluster of nodes in response to a user request for the information. The system restores a user-selected single instance database and/or a user-selected database replica to a user-selected node in the cluster of nodes based on a user selecting at least some of the information.
US10387259B2	Instant restart in non volatile system memory computing systems with embedded programmable data checking An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a memory controller having a programmable component. The programmable component is to implement a data checking function. The programmable component is to receive and process partial results of the data checking function from two or more DIMM cards that are coupled to the memory controller.
US10387253B2	System and method to utilize larger block sizes for logical disk and further decompose into smaller physical block sizes for redundant encoding by utilizing erasure coding Disclosed are a method and device in a network for utilizing larger block sizes for a logical disk, and further decomposing into smaller physical block sizes for a redundant encoding by utilizing an erasure coding logic to avoid a read□modify□write operation on a plurality of write operations. The device includes a receiving module, an encoding module, and a transmitting module. The receiving module configured to obtain a read request or a write request of a large block size to a storage unit over a network. In an embodiment, the storage unit comprising a plurality of physical devices of a smaller blocks size that is a divisor of the large block size. The encoding module to encode the received requests redundantly to persist media failures by reconstructing the requests on reads using the redundancy. The transmitting module transmits either a request command to initiate a read operation or an acknowledgment data on completion of a write operation.
US10387241B2	Cognitive analysis for healing an IT system A computer-implemented embodiment heals an information technology (IT) system. A cognitive computing hardware system receives an error history log that describes a history of past errors that have occurred in the IT system. The cognitive computing hardware system receives a listing of alternative IT systems that have been predetermined to have a same functionality as the IT system and that have a history of experiencing one or more errors currently being detected in the IT system. The cognitive computing hardware system receives a record of real-time events, which are external to the IT system and which impact a performance of the alternative IT systems. The cognitive computing hardware system generates a prioritized set of solutions to overcome the one or more errors currently being detected in the IT system, based on the error history log, the listing of alternative IT systems, and the record of real-time events.
US10387228B2	Symmetric bridge component for communications between kernel mode and user mode A symmetric, cross-platform, bridge component is described herein. The bridge component creates an interface (through a set of application programming interfaces (APIs)) to enable the sending of data between a pair of components, called “endpoints,” a first endpoint component of the pair being executed in a kernel mode of a computing device, and a second endpoint component of the pair being executed in a user mode of the computing device. A process for sending data between a kernel-level endpoint component and a user-level endpoint component executing on a computing device involves opening a communications port, setting the communications port to a connected state, and sending a message containing the data via the communications port. Data may be transmitted in this manner between the user mode and the kernel mode of the computing device in either direction.
US10387227B2	Method and electronic apparatus for executing application A method for executing an application of a display apparatus is provided. The method includes: storing a first request list that includes items of data that an application requests from other applications; comparing the first request list with a second provision list that includes items of data provided from the other applications and acquiring data that corresponds to the items included in the first request list; and executing the application based on the acquired data.
US10387223B2	Processing application programming interface (API) queries based on variable schemas The present disclosure relates to accessing data using application programming interface (API) calls. According to one embodiment, a method generally includes receiving, at the API, a request from a client device, where the requesting a data operation. Determining context data associated with the request. Receiving an entity schema based on the context data, where the entity schema includes a metamodel. Processing the request using the entity schema and metamodel, generating a response including the entity schema, and returning the response to the client device.
US10387219B2	Enabling multiple secure elements in a card computing device Multiple host elements, such as smart cards, embedded secure elements, smart micro SD cards, or other card computing devices, within a mobile computing device (e.g., a mobile phone) may utilize a host API enabling applications to communicate over a network within the computing device. Applications may discover one another, establish themselves as hosts, obtain a host ID, request communication pipes, and utilize a host registry storing information regarding host elements. Additionally, multiple runtime execution environments may co-exist within a single host element of a mobile computing device, communicating and operating as hosts on the computing device even if the host element is associated with a single host ID. Messages from/to the multiple environments may be exchanged with other hosts while the environments share a physical communication link.
US10387217B2	Distributed processing of mixed serial and concurrent workloads Provided is a process, including: obtaining a task tree; traversing the task tree to obtain an unordered set of tasks and an ordered list of tasks; adding the unordered set of tasks to at least some of a plurality of queues of tasks; adding the ordered list of tasks to at least some of the plurality of queues of tasks; and receiving a first task request from a first worker process in a concurrent processing application and, in response to the first task request: accessing a first queue from among the plurality of queues, determining that the first queue is not locked, accessing a first task in the first queue in response to the first task being a next task in the first queue, determining that the first task is a member of a sequence of tasks specified by the ordered list and, in response, locking the first queue, and assigning the first task to the first worker process.
US10387214B1	Managing data processing in a distributed computing environment Data processing can be managed in a distributed computing environment (DCE). In one example, the DCE can receive a sequence of computing operations to be consecutively executed in the DCE. For each computing operation in the sequence, the DCE can receive input data for the computing operation, partition the input data into subsets, and determine whether the computing operation is linear or non-linear. The DCE can then apply different processing techniques to the subsets depending on whether the computing operation is linear or non-linear.
US10387199B2	Container chaining for automated process completion A method obtains a configuration for an automated process that includes discrete tasks. The configuration specifies a corresponding container image, of a plurality of different container images, for each discrete task of the discrete tasks, and further specifies a sequence in which to instantiate a plurality of containers from the plurality of container images to perform the discrete tasks and complete the automated process. The method identifies from the configuration a next container image from which to instantiate a next container for execution to perform a next discrete task, the next discrete task corresponding to the next container image and next container instantiated from the next container image. The method initiates instantiation of the next container from the next container image to initiate execution of the container to perform the next discrete task. The method also repeats the identifying and the initiating instantiation for each next container image.
US10387193B2	Method for identifying application causing temperature rise of terminal, and terminal A method for identifying an application causing a temperature rise of a terminal, and a terminal are provided. The method includes: obtaining a value range of temperature of a current component of the terminal during operation of a current application; calculating a ratio of a difference between the value range and a normal value range of the temperature of the current component when the terminal is in an idle state in the environment to the normal value range; and if the ratio is greater than a preset threshold, determining that the current application is the application causing the temperature rise of the terminal. The method accurately identifies the APP causing the temperature rise, so that the user may be reminded to process the APP when the APP causing the temperature rise of the terminal is determined, so as to reduce the effect on the terminal of the APP.
US10387187B2	Saving data for virtual machine (VM) sessions upon update of host operating system A method of rebooting a computing system in which a virtual machine (VM) runs on top of a hypervisor and a host operating system (OS) includes the following steps. Those steps are sending, from the host OS to the hypervisor, a pre-reboot notification that the host OS is going to reboot, in response to reception of the pre-reboot notification, saving by the hypervisor state of a session that is executing in the VM, rebooting the host OS, after the host OS is rebooted, logging on to the host OS using a credential provider that was previously registered with the host OS and sending a post-reboot notification from the host OS to the hypervisor, and in response to reception of the post-reboot notification, instantiating by the hypervisor a VM in which the session is resumed using the saved state of the session.
US10387185B2	Performing monitoring and migration of virtual machines in a data center to prevent service level degradation due to the load imposed by the monitoring The present disclosure relates to a method for monitoring virtual machines in a data center, to a computer program for executing the method, to a monitoring control unit for monitoring virtual machines in a data center, as well as to a data center comprising the monitoring control unit. The method comprises: receiving (S502) a request to monitor a target virtual machine executing on a target computing unit hosted in the data center; identifying (S504) a current allocation of one or more virtual machines to one or more computing units hosted in the data center; determining (S506) an enhanced allocation of the one or more virtual machines to one or more computing units hosted in the data center, the enhanced allocation reducing a load imposed on the target computing unit compared to the load imposed on the target computing unit under the current allocation; migrating (S508) the one or more virtual machines so as to reallocate the one or more virtual machines from the current allocation to the enhanced allocation; and monitoring (S510) the target virtual machine upon completion of the migration of the one or more virtual machines.
US10387175B2	Method and system for providing software application end-users with contextual access to text and video instructional information A tool data engine displays instructional information to an end-user of a software application that pertains to one or more tools associated with the software application. The tool data engine displays the instructional information within a graphical user interface (GUI) after the user has indicated interest in that tool. The instructional information includes a detailed description of the tool and one or more video clips associated with the tool. The tool data engine also allows end-users to record and/or upload video clips that demonstrate usage of the tool.
US10387173B1	Method and system for using emotional state data to tailor the user experience of an interactive software system Emotional state data is used to tailor the user experience of an interactive software system, by monitoring and obtaining data about a user's emotional state. Invoice data is further used, and organized in a particular manner for presentation to the user based on a predicted future emotional state of the user. Emotional state data is analyzed and used to dynamically modify the user's experience by selecting user experience components and invoice presentation characteristics based on the analysis of the user's emotional state data. Different types of user experience components can be utilized to adjust the user experience to adapt to the user's new emotional state, prevent the user from entering an undesirable emotional state, and/or encourage the user to enter into a desirable emotional state.
US10387169B2	Plug-in packaging method, device, terminal and storage media A plug-in packaging method, device, terminal and storage media. The method includes: obtaining an executable file created by compiling a source code of a host project; obtaining a base library of the host project that includes at least one compiled public base method; compiling plug-ins required to be packaged respectively by multi-thread based on the base library of the host project; storing the compiled plug-ins required to be packaged into resources of the host project; and packaging the executable file and the resource of the host project together into an apk packet. The above method could improve the packaging speed of the entire apk.
US10387167B2	Action-based computing resource configuration Provided are examples of apparatus and methods which relate to action-based computing resource configuration. In an example, an instruction indicating an action to be executed by a plurality of computing resources is received. An identification is made that input of data indicating values of one or more user-specified configuration parameters of the plurality of computing resources is required to configure the plurality of computing resources to execute the action. The identifying can include retrieving configuration information from at least a portion of the plurality of computing resources and formatting the retrieved configuration information to present the user with a dynamically-generated graphical user interface which restricts the user to entering only certain values for the data. A description of the one or more user-specified configuration parameters is displayed with a video display.
US10387165B2	Choosing optimum nodes to boot in multi-node server In an approach for selecting a boot-up path in a multi-node server, a processor receives a first set of computing capability data for a first boot-up path of a server and a second set of computing capability data for a second boot-up path of the server. A processor compares the first set of computing capability data to the second set of computing capability data. A processor determines that the first boot-up path has greater computing capabilities than the second boot-up path based on the comparison. Responsive to determining the first boot-up path has greater computing capabilities, a processor boots-up the server using the first boot-up path.
US10387155B2	Controlling register bank access between program and dedicated processors in a processing system A processing system includes a program processor for executing a program, and a dedicated processor for executing operations of a particular type (e.g. vector processing operations). The program processor uses an interfacing module and a group of two or more register banks to offload operations of the particular type to the dedicated processor for execution thereon. While the dedicated processor is accessing one register bank for executing a current operation, the interfacing module can concurrently load data for a subsequent operation into a different one of the register banks. The use of multiple register banks allows the dedicated processor to spend a greater proportion of its time executing operations.
US10387151B2	Processor and method for tracking progress of gathering/scattering data element pairs in different cache memory banks Methods and apparatus are disclosed for accessing multiple data cache lines for scatter/gather operations. Embodiment of apparatus may comprise address generation logic to generate an address from an index of a set of indices for each of a set of corresponding mask elements having a first value. Line or bank match ordering logic matches addresses in the same cache line or different banks, and orders an access sequence to permit a group of addresses in multiple cache lines and different banks. Address selection logic directs the group of addresses to corresponding different banks in a cache to access data elements in multiple cache lines corresponding to the group of addresses in a single access cycle. A disassembly/reassembly buffer orders the data elements according to their respective bank/register positions, and a gather/scatter finite state machine changes the values of corresponding mask elements from the first value to a second value.
US10387150B2	Instructions to count contiguous register elements having a specific value in a selected location A machine instruction to find a condition location within registers, such as vector registers. The machine instruction has associated therewith a register to be examined and a result location. The register includes a plurality of elements. In execution, the machine instruction counts a number of contiguous elements of the plurality of elements of the register having a particular value in a selected location within the contiguous elements. Other locations within the contiguous elements are ignored for the counting. The counting provides a count placed in the result location.
US10387135B2	System and method for remotely flashing a wireless device A system and method for flashing an electronic device. An electronic device is received for remote flashing. The electronic device is in direct communication with a remote device. The identifying information is received for the electronic device. User instructions associated with the electronic device are displayed for flashing the electronic device. The electronic device is flashed in response to the identifying information.
US10387126B2	Data marshalling optimization via intermediate representation of workflows An intermediate representation of a workflow that comprises software functions may be generated to efficiently perform data marshalling. The workflow is analyzed, including identifying that a first software function is implemented in a first language, a second software function is implemented in a second language, and a third software function is not explicitly implemented in an implementation language. Factors associated with the software functions are analyzed, including implementation languages of the software functions. Based on the analysis of the factors, an implementation language is assigned to the third software function that comprises either the first or second language. Based on the analysis of the workflow, an intermediate representation of the workflow is generated that represents each of the plurality of software functions using declarative language. Generating the intermediate representation includes configuring the third software function to be implemented in the assigned implementation language upon compiling the intermediate representation.
US10387117B2	Executing perform floating point operation instructions Execution of a machine instruction in a central processing unit. A perform floating-point operation instruction and a test bit are obtained. If the test bit has a first value, a specified floating-point operation function is performed, and a condition code is set to a value determined by the specified function. If the test bit has a second value, a check is made to determine if the specified function is valid and installed on the machine. If the specified function is valid and installed on the machine, the condition code is set to one code value, and if the specified function is either not valid or not installed on the machine, the condition code is set to a second code value.
US10387112B2	Multi-dimensional audio interface system In one example, the disclosure is directed to providing a multi-dimensional audio interface in which a plurality of different spatial locations is defined, wherein each of the plurality of different spatial locations is based on a common reference point and is uniquely identifiable by a computing device; associating, by the computing device, an information type with a first spatial location of the plurality of different spatial locations, the information type included in a plurality of different information types; responsive to determining that first information is of the information type, outputting, using an audio output device and simulating localization of sound at the first spatial location, a first sound that indicates the first information; receiving an indication of user input that selects the first information; and performing at least one operation corresponding to the first information selected based at least in part on the indication of user input.
US10387111B1	Electronic device and method for adjusting sound A method for adjusting the output of sound to allow for orientation and reorientation of a sound source device in relation to a listener comprises the control of sound generators in the device to output successive sounds to ambient environment and collect the sound echoes from listening surfaces of user to form a lookup history. Horizontal distance λ and an included angle α between the electronic device and the ear cavities or other surfaces of user, and a vertical displacement d of the electronic device are calculated. Horizontal distance difference λ′ and a Doppler factor D are further calculated. A gas generator is controlled to input gas into deformable areas of platform which holds the sound generators to allow for instant particular orientations. A shape deformation factor S of the deformable areas is determined. Original factory settings of the device can be adjusted according to instant calculations and lookup history.
US10387109B2	Interaction of sound, silent and mute modes in an electronic device This is directed to controlling the output of audio based on the mode of an electronic device. In particular, this is directed to an electronic device having a sound mode, silent mode, and mute mode controlling the output of audio along different audio output routes. In the sound mode, all audio can be output, while only registered or authorized audio can be output in the silent mode. In the mute mode, no audio can be output. The sound and silent modes can be enabled using an interface of the device (e.g., a switch having two possible states), while the mute mode can be enabled using an accessory coupled to the device. To disengage the mute mode, a user can provide a corresponding instruction using the accessory, or providing an instruction on the device related to volume control. For example, a user can change the device volume using an on-device interface, or toggle a sound/silent switch to a sound mode.
US10387107B2	Utilizing athletic activities to augment audible compositions Example embodiments relate to methods and systems for playback of adaptive music corresponding to an athletic activity. A user input is received from a user selecting an existing song for audible playback to the user, the song comprising a plurality of audio layers including at least a first layer, a second layer, and a third layer. Augmented playback of the existing song to the user is initiated by audibly providing the first layer but not the second layer. Physical activity information derived from a sensor corresponding to a real-time physical activity level of a user is received. If the physical activity level of the user is above a first activity level threshold, the augmented playback of the existing song is continued by audibly providing the first layer and the second layer to the user.
US10387102B2	Playback device grouping In general, user interfaces for controlling a plurality of multimedia players in groups are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a user interface is provided to allow a user to group some of the players according to a theme or scene, where each of the players is located in a zone. When the scene is activated, the players in the scene react in a synchronized manner. For example, the players in the scene are all caused to play a multimedia source or music in a playlist, wherein the multimedia source may be located anywhere on a network. The user interface is further configured to illustrate graphically a size of a group, the larger the group appears relatively, the more plays there are in the group.
US10387101B2	Electronic device for providing content and control method therefor Disclosed is a control method for an electronic device. An electronic device according to an embodiment comprises: at least one speaker; and a processor. The processor may be configured to: obtain sound source data; obtain first sound source data, corresponding to a first designated frequency band, from the sound source data by using a filter; generate second sound source data by applying sound effect to at least a portion of sound source data corresponding to a second designated frequency band among the sound source data; generate synthesized sound source data corresponding to the sound source data by synthesizing the first sound source data and the second sound source data; and output the synthesized sound source data through the at least one speaker. Other embodiments may also be possible.
US10387099B2	System, method and computer program product for generating remote views in a virtual mobile device platform using efficient color space conversion and frame encoding Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods and computer readable media for generating remote views in a virtual mobile device platform. A virtual mobile device platform may be coupled to a physical mobile device over a network and generate frames of data for generating views on the physical device. These frames can be generated using an efficient display encoding pipeline on the virtual mobile device platform. Such efficiencies may include, for example, the synchronization of various processes or operations, the governing of various processing rates, the elimination of duplicative or redundant processing, the application of different encoding schemes, the efficient detection of duplicative or redundant data or the combination of certain operations.
US10387098B2	Method for processing inputs between devices and electronic device thereof The present disclosure provides a wearable device that can be attached to or detached from a user. The wearable device includes a first display having a first size, a processor, and a memory storing instructions thereon that, when executed, allow the processor to display, through the first display, a user interface for obtaining a text input, transmit, to an external device that includes a second display having a second size, a request for obtaining the text input through the external device, receive, from the external device, input information related to the text input obtained through the external device, and display the received input information in the user interface.
US10387096B2	Electronic device having multiple displays and method for operating same Disclosed is a method for operating an electronic device. A method for operating an electronic device may include: determining an angle between a first body and a second body in an electronic device including the first body having a first display and the second body having a second display, the second body being rotatably connected to the first body; determining a movement state of the electronic device; and displaying a first screen on the first display and displaying a second screen on the second display based on the determined movement state of the electronic device and the determined angle.
US10387094B2	User interface based on device-state information A portable electronic device with a touch-sensitive display (such as a cellular telephone) provides a wireless remote control for an entertainment device (such as a consumer-electronic device). Based on device-state information that specifies a current state of the entertainment device (which is received from an audio/video (A/V) hub that communicates with the entertainment device) and one or more related states of the entertainment device, the portable electronic device may generate a user interface that includes one or more virtual command icons. Note that the one or more related states are related to the current state in a state diagram by corresponding operations that transition the entertainment device from the current state to the one or more related states. Then, the portable electronic displays the user interface on the touch-sensitive display. In this way, the portable electronic device dynamically adapts the user interface.
US10387093B2	Image forming apparatus that sets a time-out value based on an executed application, information processing method, storage medium storing program There is provided an image forming apparatus which comprises: a memory for storing an application, and a platform being a program environment for executing the application; a setting unit for setting a time-out value related to execution time of the application operating on the platform stored in the memory; and a controlling unit for controlling execution of the application based on the time-out value, set by the setting unit, related to the execution time of the application.
US10387088B2	Apparatus, method and system for detecting whether an MFP is within a threshold distance To enhance the convenience of devices which can be operated through a smart device, a first information processing apparatus includes a processor, and a memory device configured to store a program. The processor executes the program to perform determining whether or not the first information processing apparatus is within a predetermined distance from a second information processing apparatus, and sending authorization information with which an authorization for an operation is requested to the second information processing apparatus, in response to determining that the first information processing apparatus is within the predetermined distance from the second information processing apparatus.
US10387061B2	Performance of coprocessor assisted memset( ) through heterogeneous computing Techniques herein perform coprocessor assisted memory filling in a pipeline. A computer receives a request to fill multiple ranges of memory addresses with a value. The computer selects a first subset of the multiple ranges and distributes the first subset of ranges to multiple coprocessors. The coprocessors begin to fill the memory locations of the first subset of ranges with the value. At the same time as the coprocessors fill the first subset of ranges, the computer selects a second subset of the multiple ranges of memory addresses. Also while the coprocessors are still filling the first subset of ranges, the computer distributes the second subset of ranges to the coprocessors This overlapping activity achieves a processing pipeline that can be extended for any amount of additional subsets of memory ranges.
US10387060B2	Memory device configuration commands Apparatuses and methods for configuring a memory device using configuration commands are provided. A method can include executing a first command while the memory device is in a ready state to configure the memory device to a particular mode and executing a second command to perform a first operation while the memory device is in the particular mode.
US10387055B2	Multiple endianness compatibility Examples of the present disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for multiple endianness compatibility. An example method comprises receiving a plurality of bytes and determining a particular endianness format of the plurality of bytes. The method can include, responsive to determining the particular endianness format is a first endianness format, reordering bits of each byte of the plurality of bytes on a bytewise basis, storing the reordered plurality of bytes in an array of memory cells, and adjusting a shift direction associated with performing a number of operations on the plurality of bytes stored in the array. The method can include, responsive to determining the particular endianness format is a second endianness format, storing the plurality of bytes in the array without reordering bits of the plurality of bytes.
US10387045B2	Apparatus and method for managing buffer having three states on the basis of flash memory The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for managing a buffer having three states on the basis of a flash memory and, more specifically, to an apparatus and a method for improving the performance of a database management system (DBMS) on the basis of the flash memory and a use life span of a storage device by reducing a writing operation for a flash memory device in which the writing operation is very slow in comparison with a reading operation, through an efficient buffer managing method and a new index node split policy. To this end, the buffer management device having three states on the basis of the flash memory according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a buffer memory unit; a list management unit; a buffer memory management unit; and a log buffer unit.
US10387041B2	Data migration system Disclosed are some implementations of systems, apparatus, methods and computer program products for facilitating data migration. Data migration is customizable according to user-specified data formats. A data migration system monitors the data migration process and automatically retries data migration tasks that have failed. In addition, the results of data migration are reversed according to detected threshold conditions.
US10387037B2	Microarchitecture enabling enhanced parallelism for sparse linear algebra operations having write-to-read dependencies Techniques for enabling enhanced parallelism for sparse linear algebra operations having write-to-read dependencies are disclosed. A hardware processor includes a plurality of processing elements, a memory that is heavily-banked into a plurality of banks, and an arbiter. The arbiter is to receive requests from threads executing at the plurality of processing elements seeking to perform operations involving the memory, and to maintain a plurality of lock buffers corresponding to the plurality of banks. Each of the lock buffers is able to track up to a plurality of memory addresses within the corresponding bank that are to be treated as locked in that the values stored at those memory addresses cannot be updated by those of the threads that did not cause the memory addresses to be locked until those memory addresses have been removed from being tracked by the plurality of lock buffers.
US10387035B2	Electronic device and method for controlling the same A method for controlling an electronic device includes determining a software application that is running in the electronic device. Pressing information in relation to a predetermined physical button of the electronic device is detected and a probability of use of each of buttons corresponding to the software application is obtained by searching a preset list according to the software application. An operation is performed according to the pressing information and the probability of use of each of buttons corresponding to the software application.
US10387034B2	Modifying captured stroke information into an actionable form A computer-implemented technique is described herein that receives captured stroke information when a user enters a handwritten note using an input capture device. The technique then analyzes the captured stroke information to produce output analysis information. Based on the output analysis information, the technique modifies the captured stroke information into an actionable form that contains one or more actionable content items, while otherwise preserving the original form of the captured stroke information. The technique then presents the modified stroke information on a canvas display device. The user may subsequently activate one or more actionable content items in the modified stroke information to perform various supplemental tasks that pertain to the handwritten note. In one case, for example, the technique can recognize the presence of entity items and/or list items in the note and then reproduce them in an actionable form.
US10387031B2	Generating a touch-screen output of a selected character with a selected diacritic A method, system, and/or computer program product operate a touch-screen device. A first touch on a touch-screen is detected, and a character is selected therefrom. A second touch on the touch-screen is detected, and a diacritic is selected therefrom. A location of the second touch on the touch-screen is determined. A location for the diacritic is selected according to a determined location of the second touch on the touch-screen. A specific touch-screen output of a selected character and a selected diacritic is then generated, where the selected diacritic is located on the selected character according to a selected diacritic location.
US10387030B2	Bendable display device and displaying method thereof A bendable display device and a display method of the bendable display device including a bendable display are provided. The bendable display device includes a display; and a controller configured to display an object on the display, and in response to receiving a user input in a state which the display is rolled, change the object displayed on the display. The method includes displaying an object on the display; and in response to receiving a user input in a state which the display is rolled, changing the object displayed on the display.
US10387029B2	Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for displaying and using menus An electronic device displays, on a display, a map that is associated with a first orientation. The electronic device receives a touch input on a touch-sensitive surface, and, in response to receiving the touch input on the touch-sensitive surface, rotates the map on the display in accordance with the touch input. While rotating the map on the display in accordance with the touch input, in response to determining that a displayed orientation of the rotated map corresponds to the first orientation of the map, the electronic device generates a first tactile output.
US10387025B2	Multi-mode user interface An approach is provided to display a grid user-interface on a display. The grid user-interface includes a number of medium-sized windows that are displayed in a grid format. Each of the medium-sized windows has a substantially common width and a substantially common height to the other medium-sized windows. The system receives a mixed-mode request from a user. The mixed-mode request corresponds to a selected application that is displayed in one of the medium-sized windows. A second user-interface is displayed in response to receiving the mixed-mode request. The selected application is displayed in a large window and a plurality of small-sized windows is displayed adjacent to the large window. Each of the small-sized windows also has a substantially common width and a substantially common height to the other small-sized windows.
US10387022B2	Method for controlling information apparatus A method is provided for controlling a networked information apparatus that includes a touch panel display. An electric shutter device is controlled over the network to open and close a shutter remotely. A processor of the information apparatus causes display of an operation icon on a display screen of the information apparatus, and the operation icon causes an operation screen for the electric shutter device to be displayed. When a swipe operation is sensed on the operation screen, a movement control command is output for moving the shutter in a swipe direction of the swipe operation, in which positional information indicating an end position in a vertical direction of the shutter of the electric shutter device is received. State information representing the end position of an end portion of the shutter is displayed in a region corresponding to the shutter image in accordance with the received positional information.
US10387019B2	User interface device and method for displaying user interface This relates to a technology capable of efficiently deciding a screen layer to which a user input event should be delivered even when screen layers that do not receive the user input event are displayed in an overlapping manner other than a screen layer that should receive the user input event. A user interface device includes an acquisition unit, a transmission unit, a determination unit, and a decision unit. On the basis of inquiry information from the transmission unit, the determination unit concurrently determines, for a plurality of screen layers, whether input information is accepted in each of the screen layers. The decision unit decides the screen layer based on a determination result.
US10387017B2	Electronic device for displaying multiple screens and control method therefor An electronic device having a plurality of display areas and an operation method therefor are provided. The electronic device includes a first display area; a second display area; and a processor configured to display an application screen including a control object on the first display area, detect an input to move the application screen from the first display area to the second display area, rearrange the control object on the application screen, based on a type of the control object and a movement direction of the application screen, and display the application screen including the rearranged control object on the second display area.
US10387002B2	Adding interactivity to slide presentation An apparatus, system, program product, and method are disclosed for adding interactivity to slide presentations. A slide module presents a slide of a presentation. The slide is one of a plurality of slides comprising a slide deck. An overlay module displays one or more interactive elements over the presented slide. An interactive module receives input in response to an interactive element of the one or more interactive elements being interacted with.
US10387000B2	Changing HDMI content in a tiled window An audio/video (A/V) hub determines display instructions specifying information to be displayed on a display in an A/V display device that includes icons associated with content sources. Then, the A/V hub provides the display instructions to the A/V display device for display on the display. In response to receiving a user selection of a content source based on activation of a single command feature in a portable electronic device that is associated with the content source, the A/V hub provides a request for high-definition multimedia-interface (HDMI) content to the content source. When the A/V hub receives the HDMI content from the content source, the A/V hub provide the HDMI content and second display instructions to an A/V display device as frames with the HDMI content are received from the content source, so that the HDMI content is displayed in a tiled window on the display in the A/V display device.
US10386997B2	Integrating functions for a user input device The embodiments described herein relate to an improved technique for integrating zoom, pan and select functions for a user input device in a data processing system. The described novel selection pattern allows for relying on user input device actions and a context menu to integrate multiple functions for a user input device to reduce significantly the travel required for the user input device. In one embodiment, the systems and methods integrate zoom, pan and select functions for a user input device that are applicable to many different data processing device types and sizes.
US10386987B2	Remote controller apparatus and control method thereof A remote controller apparatus including: a communicator configured to communicate with an external device displaying a pointing object thereon; a sensor configured to sense a movement of the remote controller apparatus; and a controller configured to control movement of the pointing object based on the movement of the remote controller apparatus, determine position information corresponding to the movement of the remote controller apparatus with a first method when the remote controller apparatus operates in a first operating mode, determine the position information corresponding to the movement of the remote controller apparatus with a second method when the remote controller apparatus operates in a second operating mode, control the movement of the pointing object based on the position information, and change the operating mode of the remote controller apparatus in response to a preset event occurring.
US10386985B2	User interface pattern mapping A method for a mapping of user interfaces includes providing a mapping description between first data elements of a first user interface and second data elements of a second user interface, receiving input events via the first user interface, and intercepting a communication between the first user interface and an application by an interface mapper. The method also includes aggregating a series of the received input events to a first user interface pattern, transforming the first user interface pattern to a second user interface pattern based on the mapping description, and rendering the second user interface pattern in a second user interface in parallel to rendering the first user interface pattern in the first user such that both user interfaces are visible at the same time.
US10386984B2	Display unit with touch detection function, and electronic device A display unit with a touch detection function including: a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged side by side to extend in a direction, each of the touch detection electrodes being formed in a predetermined electrode pattern including electrode portion and opening portion and outputting a detection signal, based on a variation in capacitance due to an external proximity object; and a plurality of display elements formed in a layer different from a layer of the touch detection electrodes, a predetermined number of the display elements being arranged within a width dimension of a region corresponding to each of the touch detection electrodes. The predetermined electrode pattern corresponds to a layout pattern of the display elements.
US10386981B2	Display device with touch detection function, and electronic unit A display device with a touch detection function including: a plurality of elements performing display operation; a plurality of touch detection electrodes arranged side by side to extend in one direction, and each outputting a detection signal based on a change in an electrostatic capacitance caused by an external proximity object; a conductive film insulated from or connected with high resistance to the touch detection electrodes, and disposed to cover the touch detection electrodes; and a touch detection circuit detecting the external proximity object by sampling the detection signal. The conductive film has a sheet resistance equal to or smaller than a predetermined resistance value, and has a time constant larger than a predetermined minimum time constant defined by sampling timings in the touch detection circuit.
US10386979B2	Touch panel structure having a shielding layer and manufacturing method thereof The present disclosure provides a touch panel structure, including a display device, a dielectric layer, a first sensing circuit, a second sensing circuit and a shielding layer. The dielectric layer is disposed on the display device. The first sensing circuit includes a plurality of first sensing electrodes and a plurality of conducting bridges, wherein the first sensing electrodes are disposed on the dielectric layer, and the conducting bridges are disposed between the dielectric layer and the display device. Adjacent ones of the first sensing electrodes are electrically connected with each other through one of the conducting bridges. The second sensing circuit includes a plurality of second sensing electrodes, which are disposed on the dielectric layer. The second sensing circuit is insulated from and crosses the first sensing circuit. The shielding layer is disposed between the dielectric layer and the display device and coplanar with the conducting bridges.
US10386972B2	Touch panel A touch panel includes a base substrate, a first pattern, a first insulation layer, a second pattern, and a second insulation layer. The first pattern is disposed on the base substrate. The first pattern includes a driving line extended in a second direction that crosses a first direction and first sensing electrodes that are electrically connected to the driving line and arranged in the second direction. The first insulation layer is disposed on the first pattern and the base substrate covering the first pattern. The second pattern is disposed on the first insulation layer. The second pattern includes a sensing line extended in the first direction and second sensing electrodes that are electrically connected to the sensing line and arranged in the first direction. The second insulation layer is disposed on the second pattern and the first insulation layer covering the second pattern.
US10386956B2	Organic light-emitting display panel and organic light-emitting display device having built-in touchscreen An organic light-emitting display panel having a built-in touchscreen and an organic light-emitting display device having a built-in touchscreen is disclosed. The organic light-emitting display panel includes a plurality of subpixels defined therein by a plurality of data lines and a plurality of gate lines, an encapsulation layer having an encapsulating function, and a color filter layer located on the encapsulation layer. The organic light-emitting display device includes the organic light-emitting display panel. Both the organic light-emitting display panel having a built-in touchscreen and the organic light-emitting display device having a built-in touchscreen is provided with a structure enabling a touchscreen disposed therewithin.
US10386952B2	Force sensing touch system including a strain amplifying structure and computing device with a force sensing touch system A computing device configured to take action based on user touch position and force comprises a touch system and a strain amplifying force sensing structure attached to an underside of the touch system. The strain amplifying force sensing structure comprises a force sensing layer and a support plate with a strain amplifying structure.
US10386951B1	Driving method, driver circuit and design method of driver circuit for in-cell touch display panel A driving method, a driver circuit and a designing method of a driver circuit for an in-cell touch display panel are provided. The driving method includes: connecting all horizontal scan lines of the touch display panel to a first GOA circuit, the first GOA circuit performing display scanning according to a preset timing sequence; and after completing each time of TP scanning according to preset timing sequence, a first horizontal scan line in a following scanning according to preset timing sequence still connected to a second GOA circuit, the second and first GOA circuits synchronously performing display scanning to the first horizontal scan line. The driving method, driver circuit and design method of driver circuit for in-cell touch display panel provided by the invention solve the dark line problem appearing in time-sharing scanning between display and TP terms for in-cell touch display panel, and improve display quality.
US10386943B2	Electronic device comprising rotating body and control method therefor According to various embodiments, provided are an electronic device and a control method therefor, the electronic device comprising: a main body comprising at least one electronic component; a rotating body rotatably provided in a manner such that the rotating body encompasses at least a part of a region of the main body; a rotation detection means for detecting a rotation parameter of the rotating body; and at least one processor for performing a corresponding function of the electronic device on the basis of the detected rotation parameter.
US10386924B2	Systems and methods for haptically-enabled neural interfaces One illustrative system disclosed herein includes a processor configured to receive a sensor signal from a neural interface configured to detect an electrical signal associated with a nervous system. The processor is also configured to determine an interaction in with a virtual object in a virtual environment based on the sensor signal. The processor is also configured to determine a haptic effect based at least in part on the interaction with the virtual object in the virtual environment. The processor is also configured to transmit a haptic signal associated with the haptic effect. The illustrative system further includes a haptic output device configured to receive the haptic signal and output the haptic effect.
US10386923B2	Authenticating users and improving virtual reality experiences via ocular scans and pupillometry Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a method, computer system, and computer program product for biometric-enhanced virtual reality experience modification. One or more ocular scans of a user are conducted using a sensor, wherein at least one scan within the one or more conducted ocular scans is a pupil scan. A plurality of pupillometry data is associated with the user based on the one or more conducted ocular scans. A plurality of user information is inferred by the plurality of gathered pupillometry data. The virtual environment is modified based on the plurality of inferred information.
US10386919B2	Rendering rich media content based on head position information Rich media content, such as advertising, can be provided for display on a two-dimensional screen to give the user an impression that the screen is a window into a three-dimensional (3D) environment. For example, the user's head can be tracked and the graphical elements of the advertisement can be rendered based on the position of the user's head relative to a computing device such that the graphical elements appear to have 3D depth. A full or substantially full 3D view of a product can be presented. Additional information, such as a product description, features, pricing, user ratings, user reviews, among others, can also be displayed based on the position of the user's head relative to the computing device. A 3D video can also be presented, and a user can view different perspectives of the video based on the position of the user's head with respect to the computing device.
US10386918B2	Method for generating an augmented reality content and terminal using the same A method for generating augmented reality content includes receiving an augmented reality mode execution request for generating augmented reality content based on electronic book content, activating a camera in response to the request to provide a preview image, loading book data of the electronic book on the preview image, detecting an event occurring in the augmented reality mode, retrieving reaction data pre-mapped to the event, and loading the reaction data on the preview image.
US10386912B2	Operating pulsed latches on a variable power supply Operating pulsed latches on a variable power supply including turning on a first power rail powering a first latch of an integrated circuit, wherein the first latch is a pulsed latch; turning on a second power rail powering a second latch of the integrated circuit, wherein the second latch is operatively coupled to the first latch; performing a scan operation using the first latch and the second latch; turning off the first power rail powering the first latch; and performing a functional operation using the second latch, wherein the first power rail powering the first latch is off during the functional operation.
US10386903B1	Rack power shelf migration between single-phase and three-phase power A method for migrating a power shelf between being supplied single-phase power and three-phase power includes coupling a second power adapter to an input of a power shelf of a rack while power is being supplied to the power shelf via a first power adapter coupled to another input of the power shelf. The first power adapter includes a multi-pin connector coupled to the input and three other connectors each coupled to respective single-phase power sources and the second power adapter includes a multi-pin connector configured to couple with the other input and another connector configured to couple with a three-phase power source.
US10386902B2	Methods and systems for supplying and receiving power over ethernet Methods and systems for supplying more power than a power limit to a powered device (PD) if the PD is capable of receiving power more than the power limit, and receiving power more than the power limit from a power sourcing equipment (PSE) if the PSE is capable of supplying power more than the power limit. The PD and the PSE operates in a power over Ethernet (PoE) environment. The system comprises a power receiving section and a power supply section. The power receiving section comprises a first power-receiving circuit and a second power-receiving circuit, where the first power-receiving circuit is used when receiving power up to the power limit, and the second power-receiving circuit is used when receiving power more than the power limit. The power-supply section comprises a first power-supply circuit and a second power-supply circuit, where the first power-supply circuit is used when supplying power up to the power limit, and the second power-supply circuit is used when supplying power more than the power limit.
US10386890B2	Electronic device having a plurality of displays and operating method thereof Disclosed is an electronic device that includes a first display arranged to face a first direction, a second display arranged to face a second direction, a memory configured to store display data to be output on the first display or the second display, and a processor which executes an application, outputs a function execution screen corresponding to execution of an application on the first display and outputs additional information associated with the function execution screen on the second display while transmitting application execution data according to the execution of the application to an external electronic device, in response to a specified input.
US10386889B2	Cover glass for an electronic device An electronic device can include a camera and a cover glass arrangement disposed over the camera. The cover glass arrangement includes a thinner region or cover glass that is positioned over a light-receiving region of the camera. Additionally, the thinner region or cover glass can be disposed over the light-receiving region and at least parts of one or more non-light receiving regions of the camera.
US10386881B2	Power supply circuit and a method of controlling the same A power supply circuit, its generating and control methods are presented, relating to smart wearable devices. The power supply circuit comprises a Bandgap voltage reference, a real-time detection and control circuit, and a substitute voltage source. The real-time detection and control circuit is connected to the Bandgap voltage reference and the substitute voltage source, and adjusts an output voltage of the substitute voltage source to match an output voltage of the Bandgap voltage reference. After these output voltages are equal, the output voltage of the power supply circuit is provided by the substitute voltage source, and the Bandgap voltage reference can be disconnected from the circuit. This circuit can lower the power consumption of the Bandgap voltage reference without affecting the stability of the voltage output.
US10386870B2	Thermostatic device for controlling the flow of a fluid, and thermostatic valve comprising such a device A first module includes a thermostatic element and a main seal. The main seal is, axially movable to open and close a main valve, and is linked to a movable part of the thermostatic element to open the main valve. A spring biases the movable part towards the fixed part of the thermostatic element, controlling the closing of the main valve. A bracket supporting the spring is interposed axially between the spring and a fixed casing. A cradle supports the first module, and removably inserts the first module therein, by axially interposing the cradle between the first module and the spring. The cradle includes a by-pass seal axially movable to open/close a by-pass valve when the main valve is opened/closed. The cradle is linked to the bracket in an axially movable manner, with the spring interposed axially and held fixedly to the bracket to keep the spring compressed.
US10386868B2	Piston sensor with baffle plate A valve assembly includes a sensing cavity and a piston cavity defined in valve body and/or in a bonnet. A piston head of a piston may be disposed within the piston cavity, and a piston stem has an end portion in contact with valve plug. A baffle plate has a first surface defining a portion of the sensing cavity and a second surface defines a portion of the piston cavity. The baffle plate includes at least one baffle aperture such that the sensing cavity is in fluid communication with the piston cavity, and pressure in the sensing cavity acts on a surface of the piston head to displace the piston and the valve plug between an open and closed position. The at least one baffle aperture is adapted to restrict the flow of fluid between the sensing cavity and the first working volume.
US10386866B2	Automatic control of plunge velocity based on depth of cut A system for automatically controlling operation of a milling drum on a cold planer includes an input device, a display device, a memory device configured to store a database of recommended plunge velocities at which a rotating milling drum having particular operational characteristics should be lowered into a pavement surface to break up and remove pavement material for various depths of cut to be achieved by the milling drum, and a processor in communication with the input device, the display device, and the memory device. The processor may be configured to receive, via the input device, a signal indicative of a particular depth of cut desired by an operator of the cold planer, determine from the database at least one plunge velocity at which the rotating milling drum should be lowered into the pavement surface during a milling operation for achieving the particular depth of cut, display the at least one plunge velocity for the particular desired depth of cut on the display device, generate a command control signal indicative of the at least one determined plunge velocity, and communicate the command control signal to an actuator configured to regulate a rate of descent of the milling drum into the pavement surface.
US10386861B2	Pressure type flow control system with flow monitoring, and method for detecting anomaly in fluid supply system and handling method at abnormal monitoring flow rate using the same A pressure type flow control system with flow monitoring includes an inlet, a control valve including a pressure flow control unit connected downstream of the inlet, a thermal flow sensor connected downstream of the control valve, an orifice installed on a fluid passage communicatively connected downstream of the thermal flow sensor, a temperature sensor provided near the fluid passage between the control valve and orifice, a pressure sensor provided for the fluid passage between the control valve and orifice, an outlet communicatively connected to the orifice, and a control unit including a pressure type flow rate arithmetic and control unit receiving a pressure signal from the pressure sensor and a temperature signal from the temperature sensor, and a flow sensor control unit to which a flow rate signal from the thermal flow sensor is input.
US10386855B2	Method and device for the decentralized coordination of driving maneuvers A method for the decentralized coordination of driving maneuvers of at least two motorized transportation vehicles. A planned trajectory and a desired trajectory are transferred from a first motorized transportation vehicle to a second motorized transportation vehicle. In the second motorized transportation vehicle, a planned trajectory of the second motorized transportation vehicle is compared with the desired trajectory of the first motorized transportation vehicle. The planned trajectory of the second motorized transportation vehicle is adapted in response to satisfaction of adaptation criterion. The planned and desired trajectories of the first motorized transportation vehicle are combined with a strategic trajectory of the first motorized transportation vehicle. The planned trajectory and a desired trajectory of the second motorized transportation vehicle are combined with a strategic trajectory of the second motorized transportation vehicle. The planned trajectories of the first and second motorized transportation vehicles are collision-free with respect to one another.
US10386849B2	ECU, autonomous vehicle including ECU, and method of recognizing nearby vehicle for the same Disclosed herein is a method of recognizing a vehicle near an autonomous vehicle. The method includes, using an autonomous driving logic of an electronic control unit (ECU) extracting nearby vehicle information by sensing at least one nearby vehicle from a distance sensed at each angle within a certain angular range. The method further includes calculating an misrecognition index indicating a degree of closeness of a shape of the nearby vehicle to a shape of an exhaust gas based on the nearby vehicle information, executing an exhaust gas removal algorithm for correcting the nearby vehicle information when the misrecognition index is greater than a threshold misrecognition index, and estimating movement of the nearby vehicle after a current frame using the nearby vehicle information or the corrected nearby vehicle information obtained through the exhaust gas removal algorithm.
US10386836B2	Interactions between vehicle and teleoperations system A method for operating a driverless vehicle may include receiving, at the driverless vehicle, sensor signals related to operation of the driverless vehicle, and road network data from a road network data store. The method may also include determining a driving corridor within which the driverless vehicle travels according to a trajectory, and causing the driverless vehicle to traverse a road network autonomously according to a path from a first geographic location to a second geographic location. The method may also include determining that an event associated with the path has occurred, and sending communication signals to a teleoperations system including a request for guidance and one or more of sensor data and the road network data. The method may include receiving, at the driverless vehicle, teleoperations signals from the teleoperations system, such that the vehicle controller determines a revised trajectory based at least in part on the teleoperations signals.
US10386834B2	Control systems for water-sports watercraft An adjustable surf wake system can enhance a wake formed by a watercraft travelling through water. A rider control device can enable a rider to control the wake of the watercraft while riding the wake, such as for wake surfing. The rider can adjust the speed of the watercraft, can adjust the height of the wake, and/or can change the watercraft between a surf-left configuration and a surf-right configuration. The rider control device can include a position sensor. A drone can position a camera based on the position sensor of the rider control device for filming the rider.
US10386833B2	Methods and apparatus for reducing energy consumed by drones during flight Methods and apparatus for reducing energy consumed by drones during flight are disclosed. A drone includes a housing, a motor, and a route manager to generate a route for a flight of the drone based on wind data. The wind data includes turbine-generated wind data provided by turbines that detect airflows received at the turbines. The turbines are located in an area within which a segment of the flight of the drone is to occur. The route is to be followed by the drone during the flight to reduce energy consumed by the drone during the flight.
US10386832B2	Redundant control system for an actuator and method for redundant control thereof A method and redundant control system for an actuator in which two redundant control computers are connected via buses to a respective peripheral station containing an interface module and at least one periphery module, wherein the actuator is connected to mutually decoupled signal outputs of two periphery modules, each forming an output module, of the two peripheral stations, where output values generated by the two redundant control computers for the actuator are transmitted by the interface modules to the output modules, wherein upon detection of a bus fault, the respective interface module transmits a command to all downstream output modules to output substitute values, and where output modules to which the actuator is connected exchange information about receipt of the command via a communication link and implement it only if another output module concerned has also received the command so as to prevent failure modes in redundant operation.
US10386816B2	Manufacturing management system for changing abnormality detection condition according to manufacturing period-of-time information A manufacturing management system includes a manufacturing management device and a machine control device. The machine control device includes an abnormality detection unit that changes a predetermined abnormality detection condition in response to an instruction from the manufacturing management device, and a control unit that transmits manufacturing period-of-time information of a robot to the manufacturing management device. The manufacturing management device includes a storage unit that stores a manufacturing start time of the robot, a storage unit that stores the manufacturing period-of-time information of the robot, an operation instruction unit that instructs, based on the manufacturing start time and the manufacturing period-of-time information of the robot, the control unit for an operation of the robot, and an abnormality detection condition change instruction unit that instructs, based on the manufacturing start time and the manufacturing period-of-time information of the robot, the abnormality detection unit to change the predetermined abnormality detection condition.
US10386803B2	Account number substitution for dial capture and IP based communicators A system and method for providing account number substitution for dial capture and IP based communicators (panel communicators) is disclosed. The system processes alarm information sent from building management systems such as fire alarm systems and security systems. In the system, control panels of the building management systems are located at one or more premises, and provide raw signals which include the alarm information and account numbers for identifying the control panels. A station receiver installed at a monitoring station provides site account numbers for the account numbers of the control panels. In an embodiment, panel communicators at the premises enable communications between legacy control panels having telephony interfaces and the station receiver. The monitoring station then uses the site account numbers to identify the premises at which each control panel is installed for responding to the alarm information sent from the control panels.
US10386801B2	Methods of forming and methods of repairing earth-boring tools A method of forming at least a portion of an earth-boring tool using an electronic representation of at least one geometric feature of at least a component of an earth-boring tool stored in memory accessible by a processor operatively connected to a multi-axis positioning system, a direct metal deposition apparatus, and a material removal apparatus. The processor generates a deposition path for the direct metal deposition apparatus is based at least in part on the electronic representation of the at least one geometric feature of the at least a component of the earth-boring tool. The direct metal deposition tool is operated according to the generated deposition path to deposit metal material on an earth-boring tool component coupled to the multi-axis positioning system to at least partially form the at least one geometric feature of the earth-boring tool. Methods also include methods of repairing earth-boring tools.
US10386800B2	Variable air volume modeling for an HVAC system Using information available from the controller or controllers of air-handling units, a remote server uses a heuristic model to determine settings for the air-handling units. Rather than just using rules for each air-handling unit, a model-based solution determines the settings. The model is used to optimize operation of the air distribution. In additional or alternative embodiments, measurements are gathered and used to derive analytics. The measurements may include data not otherwise used for rule-based control of the air handling unit. The analytics are used to predict needs, as inputs to the modeling, identify problems, and/or identify opportunities.
US10386799B2	Method and system for defining a 3D printed object Provided is a method and system which uses a 3D additive manufacturing system having more than a single 3D additive manufacturing subsystem. The operation employs a set of control files including a first control file with part names and method names which correspond to particular ones of the part names. Additional files in the set of control files include a plurality of method control files, describing the methods named in the first control file. The method control files are configured to include (i) control parameter names, and (ii) values associated with the parameter names.
US10386792B2	Sensory systems for autonomous devices A method of training a heterogeneous sensory system, including: accepting data of an environment from a first sensor, identifying objects in the data from the first sensor by a first processing unit, accepting data of the environment from a second sensor corresponding to the data of the first sensor, identifying objects in the data from the second sensor by a second processing unit, comparing the identified objects from the first processing unit and the corresponding objects from the second processing unit with a system processing unit, determining cases of discrepancies, between the objects identified in the data of the first sensor and not in the data of the second sensor or vice versa, tagging the data of the cases with discrepancies, storing the tagged data in a training buffer; and training the first processing unit and/or the second processing unit with the data stored in the training buffer.
US10386787B2	Holographic projections for securing content Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for generating a holographic masking surface to obscure content displayed on a user device from view of third parties. At least one of a gaze direction of a user of the user device or a direction of interaction of the user with the user device is detected and user interaction data indicative thereof is generated. A set of holographic projectors to activate is then determined based at least in part on the user interaction data, and a holographic masking surface is generated at least in part by activating the set of holographic projectors. A gaze direction of a third party proximate to the user device may also be determined such that the holographic masking surface is generated when the third party is viewing or potentially can view the display of the device and the content being displayed is confidential in nature.
US10386782B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member unit and a supporting member supporting a developer cartridge and movable between an inside position, wherein the supporting member is movable to the outside position independently from the photosensitive member unit. When the supporting member is in the inside position, the photosensitive member unit and the cartridge are disposed at positions overlapping with each other, and by the cartridge rotating about a coupling during the supporting member moving to the outside position, the cartridge is displaced from a first position taken when the supporting member is in the inside position to a second position in which the cartridge does not interfere with the photosensitive member unit when the supporting member is moved the outside position independently from the photosensitive member unit which remains inside the main assembly.
US10386779B2	Waste toner system of an electrophotographic image forming device A waste toner system includes a rotatable photoconductive drum and a cleaner member. A first toner sump extends along a length of the photoconductive drum for receiving waste toner removed from the outer surface of the photoconductive drum by the cleaner member. A first rotatable auger extends along the first toner sump. A pass-through opening extends from the first toner sump to a second toner sump. A second rotatable auger extends along the second toner sump. The first auger is positioned to move waste toner in the first toner sump to the pass-through opening upon rotation of the first auger in an operative rotational direction of the first auger and the second auger is positioned to distribute waste toner received through the pass-through opening into the second toner sump upon rotation of the second auger in an operative rotational direction of the second auger.
US10386773B2	Projection arrangement for binding device A binding apparatus includes a first pressing member including a base part and multiple projections projecting from the base part, the first pressing member presses a recording media stack from one side; and a second pressing member including a base part and multiple projections projecting from the base part, the second pressing member facing the first pressing member and pressing the recording media stack from the other side. At least one of the first and second pressing members has at least one lower projection whose apex in a projecting direction closer to the base part than the apexes of the other projections are, and the lower projection is provided in the first or second pressing member that has more projections than the other, or more lower projections are provided in the first or second pressing member that has more projections than the other.
US10386759B2	Belt unit and image heating apparatus A belt unit for forming a heating nip portion configured to heat a toner image in cooperation with a rotary member facing the belt unit, includes an endless belt, an nip forming member provided along a longitudinal direction of the endless belt on an inner side of the endless belt and configured to contact to an inner surface of the endless belt for forming the heating nip portion, a regulation member configured to regulate a position of the endless belt in the longitudinal direction, and a snap-fit unit formed of the nip forming member and the regulation member and configured to regulate the regulation member from being disengaged from the nip forming member.
US10386758B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, a fixing unit, a sheet discharge unit to stack sheets, an acquisition unit, and a controller. The fixing unit fixes a toner image formed on a sheet by the image forming unit. The acquisition unit acquires information corresponding to a maximum toner application amount per unit area of the formed toner image. The controller controls the number of image formations on the sheets per unit time based on the acquired information. The controller executes a first job with a first number of image formations on the sheets per unit time during a period from an Lth sheet to an Mth sheet in the first job, and executes a second job with a second and smaller number of image formations on the sheets per unit time during the period from the Lth to the Mth sheet in the second job.
US10386754B2	Belt device and image forming apparatus incorporating same A belt device includes a movable belt, a detection target, an optical detector, and a cleaner. The belt is looped around a plurality of supporting members. The detection target is disposed extending along a direction of belt movement on at least one side of the belt in a width direction of the belt intersecting with the don of belt movement. The optical detector detects the detection target. The cleaner is attached to at least one of the plurality of supporting members to clean the detection target.
US10386751B2	Developer container, cartridge, and image-forming apparatus A cleaning unit includes a cleaning frame, a drum, a sheet member coming in contact with a surface of the drum, and an adhesive sealing member compressed between the cleaning frame, the drum, and the sheet member. The cleaning unit includes an end seal portion that is integrally molded with the cleaning frame by injection molding of a resin material, and the end seal portion is compressed and deformed between the cleaning frame and the adhesive sealing member and between the cleaning frame and the sheet member.
US10386749B2	Developing device including a developing tank and image forming apparatus for the developing device A developing device includes: a developing tank that is long in shape and that stores a developer; and a developer carrier that carries the developer stored in the developing tank. The developing tank includes a filling portion through which the developing tank is filled with the developer, the developer carrier is provided on one side in a width direction that is orthogonal to both a longitudinal direction of the developing tank and a vertical direction of the developing tank, and the filling portion is provided on the other side of the developing tank in the width direction, the other side is apart from the developer carrier.
US10386746B2	Communicating a classification of a consumable product A non-volatile memory includes a mechanism that communicates a classification of the consumable product to a device.
US10386742B2	Muffling member for image forming apparatus A muffling member for an image forming apparatus includes a thermoplastic member disposed in a photoconductor drum and having a substantially hollow cylindrical shape. The thermoplastic member has a slit-shaped opening at a certain position in a circumferential direction of the thermoplastic member. The thermoplastic member also has a second opening at least at a certain position along the slit-shaped opening, the second opening having an opening width greater than an opening width of the slit-shaped opening.
US10386734B2	Method of reducing effects of reticle heating and/or cooling in a lithographic process A method of reducing effects of reticle heating and/or cooling in a lithographic process, the method including calibrating a linear time invariant reticle heating model using a system identification method; predicting distortions of the reticle using the reticle heating model and inputs in the lithographic process; and calculating and applying a correction in the lithographic process on the basis of the predicted distortions of the reticle.
US10386732B2	Bearing assembly for a lithography system, and lithography system The disclosure relates to a bearing assembly for a lithography system, having an optical element, a base, and a bearing device that moveably supports the optical element relative to the base. The bearing device has at least one torsion decoupling element that reduces a transmission of torsional moments between the optical element and the base. The torsion decoupling element has at least two leaf springs which have respective opposing narrow sides and which bring about torsional moments about an axis perpendicular to the narrow sides. The at least two leaf springs are also positioned at an angle to one another and are coupled to one another in such a way that a force flow through the torsion decoupling element simultaneously flows through the at least two leaf springs.
US10386717B2	Imprint method and apparatus An imprint method includes: placing a light-curable composition on a workpiece substrate (placement); bringing the light-curable composition and a mold into contact with each other an atmosphere of a condensable gas (contact); aligning the mold and the workpiece substrate (alignment); irradiating the light-curable composition with light to obtain a light-cured composition (irradiation); and separating the light-cured composition and the mold from each other after the irradiation (release). The film thickness of the light-curable composition during the alignment is 20% or more greater than that of the light-cured composition after the release.
US10386708B2	Light synthesis apparatus and light separation apparatus A light source apparatus includes a first light source module and a second light source module. The first light source module emits first emission light. The second light source module includes a light source unit that generates second emission light, and a switch unit that switches a position of an emission optical axis of the second emission light generated by the light source unit between a first optical axis position for emitting synthetic light of the first emission light and the second emission light and a second optical axis position for separating the first emission light and the second emission light for emission.
US10386706B2	Structured-light projector A structured-light projector includes a diffractive optical element (DOE) that receives a collimated light and generates a plurality of light tiles. The DOE includes a plurality of optical components disposed on a substrate, wherein the optical components of the DOE are randomly arranged on the substrate.
US10386698B2	Optical logic gates In the examples provided herein, an optical logic gate includes multiple couplers, where no more than two types of couplers are used in the optical logic gate, and further wherein the two types of couplers consist of: a 3-dB coupler and a weak coupler with a given transmission-to-reflection ratio. The optical logic gate also includes a first resonator, wherein the first resonator comprises a photonic crystal resonator or a nonlinear ring resonator, wherein in operation, the first resonator has a dedicated continuous wave input to bias a complex amplitude of a total field input to the first resonator such that the total field input is either above or below a nonlinear switching threshold of the first resonator, where the optical logic gate is an integrated photonic circuit.
US10386686B2	Liquid crystal display panel The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display panel having a predetermined size, containing a wiring film formed of a metal, an insulating film containing an inorganic substance and a substrate formed of a non-alkali glass, in which the metal has the product of a Young's modulus (E) and a thermal expansion coefficient (α) at room temperature falling within a predetermined range, α of the inorganic substance is smaller than that of the non-alkali glass, the non-alkali glass has E of from 70 GPa to 95 GPa and α of from 32×10−7 to 45×10−7 (1/° C.) in which E and α satisfies a predetermined formula, and has a predetermined composition.
US10386675B2	Display panel and display apparatus The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and particularly relates to a display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel comprises a backlight source and a display substrate, wherein the display substrate comprises a plurality of pixel regions each comprising a transmissive region and a reflective region, a first polarizer is provided in an area corresponding to the transmissive region and at a side proximal to the backlight source, the first polarizer extends within the transmissive region only; and a reflective unit is provided in an area corresponding to the reflective region and close to the backlight source, and the reflective unit and the first polarizer are substantially provided in a same layer.
US10386674B2	Light-emitting film The present application relates to a light-emitting film, an illumination device, and a display device. The present application may provide a light-emitting film and the use thereof, the light-emitting film being capable of effectively generating a desired light, such as white light, and stably maintaining the performance thereof for a long period of time.
US10386669B2	Display substrate and manufacturing method thereof and display device Provided is a display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof a display panel and a display device. The display substrate comprises: a base substrate, and black matrixes, color filters and a blocking layer provided above the base substrate, the blocking layer being provided above the black matrixes and the color filters and being configured to block diffusion of particles generated by the color filters and/or the black matrixes. In the solutions of the display substrate and a manufacturing method thereof and a display device provided in the present application, the blocking layer is provided above the black matrixes and the color filters, and can block the particles generated by the color filters and/or the black matrixes, preventing the generated particles from diffusing to the opposite substrate facing the display substrate, generation of the progressive Zara can be prevented.
US10386668B2	Display device, input detection device and electronic apparatus In, for example, such an in-cell touch panel of an electromagnetic induction method as to generate a magnetic field for touch detection in a display device, provided is an input detection device in which even an end portion of a display area can generate the same magnetic field as that generated at a center of the display area. The input detection device includes a plurality of first drive electrodes placed in a detection area; a second drive electrode placed in a frame area; and a second drive circuit driving the second drive electrode. In addition, the plurality of first drive electrodes and the second drive electrode extend in a first direction to be arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction, and the second drive electrode and the second drive circuit are arranged in the first direction in the frame area.
US10386664B2	Adhesive layer-equipped transparent plate and display device To provide an adhesive layer-equipped transparent plate which makes it easy to bond a display device to a transparent support such as a glass plate and which can suppress a decrease in the image quality.The adhesive layer-equipped transparent plate 1 of the present invention comprises a transparent plate 2 having a first surface and a second surface, a light-shielding portion 3 provided on at least one of the periphery of the first surface 2a and the periphery of the second surface 2b of the transparent plate 2, a first adhesive layer 4 provided on the first surface 2a of the transparent plate 2, and a second adhesive layer 5 provided on the second surface 2b of the transparent plate 2, in a formation region with an area smaller than the formation region of the first adhesive layer 4.
US10386648B2	Image display system An image display system is provided. The image display system includes a display device; a reflecting unit; a first polarizer disposed between the display device and the reflecting unit; and a second polarizer, wherein the reflecting unit is located between the first polarizer and the second polarizer; wherein a first angle from an absorption axis of the first polarizer to an absorption axis of the second polarizer in counterclockwise direction is between 0±10 degrees.
US10386647B1	Magnetic interpupillary distance adjustment Disclosed herein are techniques for adjusting the interpupillary distance (IPD) of an optical device. A system for IPD adjustment includes a first nonmoving component, a sliding assembly comprising a button, and a pair of magnets, wherein a first magnet of the pair of magnets is coupled to the sliding assembly. The pair of magnets is configured to exert a magnetic force on the sliding assembly in a first direction to press the sliding assembly against the first nonmoving component to lock the sliding assembly to the first nonmoving component. The sliding assembly is configured to, when the button of the sliding assembly is pushed by a force in a second direction opposite the first direction of the magnetic force, disengage with the first nonmoving component and become slidable with respect to the first nonmoving component.
US10386646B1	Light control devices and methods for regional variation of visual information and sampling Exemplary light control devices and methods provide a regional variation of visual information and sampling (“V-VIS”) of an ocular field of view that improves or stabilizes vision, ameliorates a visual symptom, reduces the rate of vision loss, or reduces the progression of an ophthalmic or neurologic condition, disease, injury or disorder. The V-VIS devices and methods may optically move, at a sampling rate between 50 hertz and 50 kilohertz, one or more apertures anterior to a retina between one or more positions anterior to the retina that are non-coaxial with a center of a pupil and a position anterior to the retina that is coaxial with the center of the pupil. Certain of these V-VIS devices and methods may be combined with augmented or virtual reality, vision measurement, vision monitoring, or other therapies including, but not limited to, pharmacological, gene, retinal replacement and stem cell therapies.
US10386645B2	Digital therapeutic corrective spectacles Devices for testing, identifying, and compensating for ocular pathologies affecting the vision of a patient are provided in the form of digital therapeutic corrective spectacles that provided personalized, customized visual field corrected/enhancement. The devices include wearable spectacles with one or more digital monitors that are used to recreate an entire visual field as a digitized corrected image or that include custom-reality glasses that can be used to overlay a visual scene with generated image to correct or enhance the visual field of the subject.
US10386644B2	Light guide plate made of lead-free glass having a high refractive index and image display device using a light guide plate Provided is a light guide plate for an image display device which uses lead-free glass, has excellent color reproducibility and a light weight, and may obtain a wide viewing angle. A light guide plate for an image display device, which guides image light inputted from an image display element and outputs the image light toward a user's pupil, is configured to be made of lead-free glass having a refractive index of 1.8 or more with respect to a wavelength of the image light, and to have internal transmittance of 0.6 or more with respect to a wavelength of 400 nm when a plate thickness is 10 mm.
US10386642B2	Holographic see-through optical device, stereoscopic imaging system, and multimedia head mounted system A holographic see-through optical device, a stereoscopic imaging system including the same, and a multimedia head mounted system are provided. The holographic see-through optical device includes a micro display; a relay optical system, which relays an image generated by the micro display; at least one waveguide comprising at least two portions having different thicknesses or different refractive indexes; at least one first holographic optical element, which is arranged at one of the two portions; and at least one second holographic optical element, which is arranged at the other one of the two portions.
US10386628B2	Dosing and sealing of fluid-based electro-optical devices and displays A method for manufacturing an electrofluidic device comprising the steps of providing a first plate with features for holding a first fluid, filling a first fluid into features on a first plate; providing a second plate and sealing a second plate onto the first plate forming stacked plates with at least one cavity between the plates, and leaving at least one fill port for a second fluid. Thereafter, the stacked plates are cooled to increase the viscosity of the first fluid so that the first fluid maintains a fixed position as a second fluid is filled into the cavity. Methods are disclosed.
US10386624B2	Microscope-image processing apparatus, microscope-image processing method, and microscope-image processing program A microscope-image processing apparatus including: a processor including hardware, wherein the processor is configured to implement: a captured-region-image generating portion configured to generate a captured-region image by pasting together a plurality of partial images acquired by using a microscope while changing a viewing field with respect to a sample; an uncaptured-region-color setting portion configured to set pixel values of an uncaptured region based on pixel values of rows of pixels at at least one side of the partial images that are positioned at edge portions of the captured-region image generated by the captured-region-image generating portion; and an image combining portion configured to generate a combined image by combining the captured-region image generated by the captured-region-image generating portion and an uncaptured-region image that has the pixel values set by the uncaptured-region-color setting portion.
US10386607B2	Optical imaging lens An optical imaging lens includes a first lens of negative refractive power, a second lens of negative refractive power and of an image-side surface with a concave portion near its optical-axis, a third lens of an object-side surface with a convex portion near its optical-axis and an image-side surface with a convex portion near its optical-axis, a fourth lens of an object-side surface with a convex portion near its optical-axis, a fifth lens of an object-side surface with a concave portion near its periphery and an image-side surface with a concave portion in a vicinity of its optical-axis and a six lens of an image-side surface with a convex portion near its optical-axis. ALT is a total thickness of all six lens elements, AAG is a sum of all five air gaps and the first lens element has a first lens element thickness T1 to satisfy ALT/T1≤6.70 or AAG/T1≤4.71.
US10386604B1	Compact wide field of view digital camera with stray light impact suppression A point action camera or other compact digital camera having a wide field of view, includes an optical assembly that includes multiple lens elements, including at least one lens element that has an aspheric lens surface. The optical assembly is configured to provide a field of view in excess of 120 degrees. The digital camera is configured such that not less than 90% of return ghosts foci are more than +/−2 mm from the image sensor plane.
US10386599B2	Ocular optical system Present embodiments provide for ocular optical systems. An ocular optical system for imaging of imaging rays entering an eye of an observer via the ocular optical system and a pupil of the eye of the observer from a display screen, may comprise four lens elements positioned sequentially from an eye side to a display side. By controlling the refracting power and the surface shape of the lens elements and designing parameters satisfying at least one inequality, the ocular optical system may exhibit better optical characteristics and the half apparent field of view of the ocular optical system may be broadened.
US10386597B2	Moving mechanism A moving mechanism for holding a lens is provided, including a carrier having an accommodating space, a coil, a sensing object, a base, at least one magnetic member, and a position detector, wherein the lens is disposed in the accommodating space. The coil and the sensing object are disposed on the carrier, and the coil surrounds the accommodating space. At least a portion of the coil is disposed between the sensing object and the accommodating space. The magnetic member and the position detector are disposed on the base, and the position detector is adjacent to the sensing object. When a current flows through the coil, the carrier moves relative to the base.
US10386594B2	Tactical deployable cables A tactical deployable cable is provided. The cable includes a fiber optic unit. The fiber optic unit includes a plurality of optical fibers, each of the plurality of optical fibers having a maximum nominal outer diameter of less than or equal to about 250 microns. The fiber optic unit further includes a UV cured resin layer surrounding and encapsulating the plurality of optical fibers. The fiber optic unit further includes a thermoplastic elastomer buffer layer surrounding the UV cured resin layer. The cable may include a thermoplastic jacket surrounding the fiber optic unit, and a plurality of strength members disposed between the jacket and the fiber optic unit.
US10386591B2	Electrical connector for use with optoelectronic module An electrical connector assembly for connection between the optical device and the printed circuit board, includes a frame, a housing received in the frame, a retention lever pivotally mounted upon the frame for retaining the optoelectronic module, an optical jumper module located on a front portion of the housing and optically connected with the optoelectronic module wherein the retention lever includes a pressing section adapted to downwardly press the optoelectronic module, an handling section, and a downwardly protruding stopper formed on the handling section and adapted to abut against the printed circuit board when the retention lever is downwardly moved excessively. The frame is equipped with a locking hook to lock the retention lever in position so as to retain the optoelectronic module in position.
US10386589B2	Hybrid cable-to-board connector The present invention relates to a hybrid connector. The connector comprises an insulating housing having parallel rows of first and second terminals disposed in the housing. Each first and second terminal includes a terminal portion configured to make contact with an electrically conductive trace of a circuit board; and a mating portion configured to contact a terminal of a mating connector, the mating portions of the first terminals parallel to and facing the mating portions of the second terminals. The housing defines a cavity formed therein between the mating portions of the first and second terminals, wherein the cavity defining a cavity opening at an external surface of the housing for receiving light therefrom. An optical relay portion is disposed in the cavity, wherein the optical relay portion comprises at least one of an optical transceiver, an optical lens and an optical waveguide.
US10386585B2	Attachment apparatus for field installable cable termination systems and method A fitting for signal connector coupling has a bayonet attachment mechanism including a groove in a fitting wall including guiding groove and retaining groove portions, the retaining groove portion having a recess forming a positive lock to interact with a protruding member of a locking cap or collar, which may be turned onto the fitting until the protruding member resiliently snaps or springs into the recessed portion resisting loosening and providing haptic feedback indicating accomplishing secure attaching. A method of attaching a fitting to another device, includes placing and turning the another device on a cylindrical wall of the fitting while interaction between a groove in the fitting wall and a protuberance on the another device guides the another device rotationally about the fitting wall, and continuing turning moves the protuberance into a positive lock location in a retaining portion of the groove and also provides haptic feedback indicating attachment.
US10386584B2	Optical connectors with locking and keying features for interfacing with multiports Fiber optic connectors and connectorized fiber optic cables include connector housings having locking portions defined on the connector housing that allow the connector housing to be selectively coupled to a corresponding push-button securing member of a multiport assembly. Methods for selectively connecting a fiber optic connector to, and disconnecting the fiber optic connector from the multiport assemblies allow for connector housings to be forcibly and nondestructively removed from the multiport assembly.
US10386579B2	Optical transmitting module and multi-lane transmitter optical module A transmitter optical module that provides an LD, a first lens with a focal point aligned with an optical output point of the LD, a second lens that generates an optical output of the first lens as a concentrated optical signal, and a third lens that provides an optical output of the second lens in an optical fiber. The second lens is set at a position offset toward the third lens from a position at which the second lens outputs a collimated optical signal. The third lens concentrates an optical output thereof within the optical fiber.
US10386576B2	Optical waveguide circuit having identical polarization-cancelling S-shaped curves An optical waveguide circuit includes a polarization beam splitter connecting to a first input optical waveguide; an optical interference element receiving one of orthogonally polarization-split lights of a first light from the polarization beam splitter, and one of orthogonally-polarized lights from a second light input to a second input optical waveguide, the optical interference element causing interference therebetween; a first connection optical waveguide connecting the polarization beam splitter and the optical interference element; and a second connection optical waveguide connecting the second input optical waveguide and the optical interference element. The first and the second input optical waveguides have a straight-line shape or an S-shape including a first bending portion and a second bending portion to cancel the polarization-rotation of light taking place in the first bending portion. The polarization beam splitter, the first and the second connection optical waveguides, and the optical interference element are arranged in an S-shape.
US10386572B1	Electronic device display with a backlight A backlight unit may be used to produce backlight illumination for a display. The backlight unit may have a row of light-emitting diodes that are mounted on a flexible printed circuit and that emit light into a light guide layer. The backlight unit may include a chassis that extends around the periphery of the light guide layer. The chassis may have a first portion that is mounted on the flexible printed circuit adjacent to the light-emitting diodes and a second portion that extends over the light-emitting diodes. A heat spreading layer may be attached to a reflector layer and the flexible printed circuit. The heat spreading layer may have a width that is less than the width of the reflector layer. Adhesive patches may attach the light guide layer to the flexible printed circuit. A patterned adhesive layer may be formed over the light-emitting diodes and the light guide layer.
US10386569B2	Optical member, optical element, liquid crystal display device, and near-to-eye optical member Provided is an optical member having a high brightness, a low haze, and a small color change, an optical element, a liquid crystal display device, and a near-to-eye optical member. The optical member includes a plurality of cholesteric liquid crystal dots that are provided on a substrate, in which a shape of each of the dots is a hemispherical or elliptical hemispherical shape in which the substrate side is planar, a conical or elliptical conical shape in which the substrate side is set as the bottom, or a shape in which a plurality of shapes selected from the shapes are laminated, the cholesteric liquid crystal dot has a reflection center wavelength with respect to visible light, the cholesteric structure of the dot has a stripe pattern including bright portions and dark portions in a cross-sectional view of the dot when observed with a scanning electron microscope, the dot includes a portion having a height which continuously increases to a maximum height in a direction moving from an end portion of the dot to the center of the dot, and in the portion, an angle between a normal line perpendicular to a line, which is formed using a first dark portion from a surface of the dot opposite to the substrate, and the surface of the dot is in a range of 70° to 90°.
US10386568B2	Combined rear cover and enhanced diffused reflector for display stack Disclosed herein is a combined enhanced diffused reflector and back cover for a display stack. The back cover may be assembled proximate to a light guide panel layer of a display stack to receive light from a light guide panel and to reflect and diffuse light received from the light guide panel back to the light guide panel.
US10386566B2	Vehicle cup-holder with illuminating light guide A vehicle lighting device includes a storage member with an opening for receiving an object and a support bottom portion; a light source; and a light guide member including an incident portion positioned on an outer peripheral portion side of the light guide member, a light emission surface arranged along an edge of the opening, and a shielding wall positioned between the outer peripheral portion and the inner peripheral portion and extending along the receiving opening. The light guide member further includes a portion where a distance between the inner peripheral portion and the outer peripheral portion is gradually reduced as it moves in from the incident portion.
US10386565B2	Surface light source assembly having light guide with groove structures for out-coupling light, and backlight module having the surface light source assembly A backlight module includes a plurality of surface light source assembly. Each surface light source assembly includes a light source with a plurality of light emitting surfaces having a light emission angle range each; a light guide plate with a bottom surface having a groove for receiving the light source, a light exit surface opposite to the bottom surface, and at least one side surface between the bottom surface and the light exit surface; and a plurality of groove structures configured to reflect a portion of a light emitted from the light emitting surfaces to outside their light emission angle range.
US10386561B2	Display device and method for manufacturing the same A display device including a backlight unit and a display panel disposed on the backlight unit. The backlight unit includes a light guide plate, a wavelength conversion layer, and a cover member. The light source unit is disposed adjacent to a surface of the light guide plate. The wavelength conversion layer is disposed between the light source unit and the light guide plate, and contacts the surface of the light guide plate. The cover member is disposed between the light source unit and the light guide plate, and seals the wavelength conversion layer.
US10386550B2	Retroreflective articles with anti-staining properties Methods for preparing retroreflective articles include providing a thermoplastic polymeric carrier layer, partially embedding transparent microspheres into the surface of the carrier layer so that the beads partially protrude from the surface of the carrier layer, depositing a metal reflective layer on the microspheres, applying a treatment solution to the metal layer, and applying a bead bond layer to the treated metal layer, to form an intermediate article. Upon removal of the carrier layer, the deposited metal layer not in contact with the surface of the microspheres remains present on the carrier layer, to form retroreflective articles with a discontinuous layer of reflective metal disposed only on the surface of the transparent microspheres.
US10386547B2	Textured high refractive index surface for reflective image displays A textured surface on the inward side of the high refractive index transparent front sheet in a reflective image display may lead to a display with a wider viewing angle. The textured surface may be in a random or a patterned array and may comprise microstructures that exhibit total internal reflection and Fresnel reflections. Electrophoretically mobile particles of similar size to the microstructures may improve coverage on the front sheet and improve frustration of TIR leading to darker dark states.
US10386535B2	Photoelectric sensor A photoelectric sensor capable of preventing a malfunction caused by mutual interference is provided. The photoelectric sensor includes: a light projecting unit that repetitively emits a set of pulse light, which follows a projected light pattern in which a light projecting period is made different by a fixed time, as signal light; a light receiving element that receives the signal light; and a light receiving controller that distinguishes a light incident state and a light blocked state based on a received light signal from the light receiving element. The light projecting unit has a first pattern having the light projecting period increased by a fixed time and a second pattern having the light projecting period reduced by a fixed time as the projected light pattern, and in the first and second patterns, a pulse indicating a shortest period is included in the light projecting period other than the shortest period.
US10386533B2	Downhole tool apparatus, system, and methods A downhole tool can include a photon beam source configured to transmit a photon beam into materials lining a wellbore. The materials may comprise fluid, casing, and cement. A photon detector in the tool is configured to count detected photons received at a predetermined angle from the materials. The density of the borehole material may be determined in response to the number of detected photons. Changes in a distribution of a plurality of photon count ratio values may indicate the standoff distance. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10386531B2	Geological model analysis incorporating cross-well electromagnetic measurements A method for geological formation analysis may include collecting time-lapsed well-based measurement data from a first borehole in a geological formation over a measurement time period, and collecting time-lapsed electromagnetic (EM) cross-well measurement data via a plurality of spaced-apart second boreholes in the geological formation over the measurement time period. The method may further include determining simulated changes to a hydrocarbon resource in the geological formation over the measurement time period based upon a geological model using a processor, and using the processor to determine if the simulated changes are within an error threshold of the time-lapsed well-based measurement data and the time-lapsed cross-well EM measurement data. If the simulated changes are not within the error threshold, then the geological model may be updated.
US10386529B2	Subsurface estimation of level of organic maturity A method for determining a level of organic maturity of a shale gas formation includes inverting multifrequency complex conductivity data to estimate a volume fraction of graphite, turbostatic carbon nanostructures, and pyrite. The inversion is validated using estimates of the volume fraction of graphite, turbostatic carbon nanostructures, and pyrite. The volume fraction of graphite and turbostatic carbon nanostructures is correlated to a level of organic maturity log of the shale gas formation. The level of organic maturity log is validated using sulfur content obtained from pyrolysis or vitrinite reflectance. A variation of an electromagnetic response due to the volume fraction of graphite, turbostatic carbon nanostructures, and pyrite is quantified. The electromagnetic response is modified by removing the quantified variation to obtain resistivity and permittivity values.
US10386526B2	Methods and systems for determining formation properties and pipe properties using ranging measurements Methods and systems are presented in this disclosure for estimation of formation properties and pipe properties using ranging measurements. Embodiments of the present disclosure utilize ranging measurements to first determine a defined slope (e.g., leakage rate) of an electrical current signal flowing along a wellbore. The determined slope (e.g., leakage rate) may be then used to estimate properties of a formation surrounding the wellbore (e.g., formation resistivity) and properties of a conductive material (casing pipe) deployed in the wellbore (e.g., pipe resistance). Based on the estimated properties of the formation and the conductive material, drilling operation in a drilling well can be adjusted, and repair of defects or mechanical deformations on the casing pipe can be initiated.
US10386515B2	Method and apparatus for analyzing fractures using AVOAz inversion Fracture orientation ambiguity in the results of amplitude variation with offset and azimuth inversion is overcome by using additional geological information. Methods, apparatus and executable codes stored on non-transitory media cause, for each interface encountered by traces in a CMP gather, calculating angle-dependent azimuthal Fourier coefficients, performing a nonlinear inversion of amplitude versus offset and azimuth, AVOAz, equations built using the angle-dependent azimuthal Fourier coefficients to determine possible fracture orientations, and selecting one of the possible fracture orientations using constraints based on the additional geological information.
US10386512B2	System and method for petro-elastic modeling A method is described for creating a petro-elastic model including receiving, at a computer processor, well log data; computing in situ rock properties; calculating dry frame moduli for a range of porosities based on a rock physics model such as a modified critical porosity model; performing fluid substitutions and computing elastic properties by statistical sampling for the range of porosities; creating a petro-elastic model in a seismic domain; and identifying and producing target hydrocarbon reservoirs based on the petro-elastic model. The method may be executed by a computer system.
US10386508B2	Method of calibrating an X ray diffraction analysis system The invention is a method of calibrating an X ray diffraction measuring system. The method includes moving a so-called calibration object along a propagation axis along which an irradiation beam propagates, the calibration object being adapted to occupy a plurality of successive positions along that axis. At each position of the object a spectrometry detector including at least one pixel acquires a spectrum of scattering radiation emitted by the object at an acute angle relative to the propagation axis. The method includes, in various spectra corresponding to various respective positions of the object, the identification of a so-called calibration peak and obtaining a parameter of said peak, which parameter can be the intensity or the energy of said peak. The parameters obtained on the various peaks then make it possible to establish an associated pixel dispersion function.
US10386502B2	Dual energy detector and radiation inspection system The present application relates to a dual energy detector and a radiation inspection system. The dual energy detector comprises: a detector module mount and a plurality of detector modules. The detector module includes a higher energy detector array and a lower energy detector array, which are juxtaposedly provided on said detector module mount to be independently irradiated. The present application may simplify the arrangement of the photodiodes and printed circuit boards to which the higher and lower energy detector arrays are connected, such that necessary thickness dimension of the detector module mount is reduced, thereby facilitating the installation and use of the dual energy detector of the present application. On the other hand, the radiation beam in the present application may be independently irradiated to the higher and lower energy detector arrays juxtaposed to each other, which reduces to certain extent the mutual restriction during selection of the higher and lower energy detector arrays.
US10386500B2	Imaging panel and x-ray imaging device provided therewith Provided is a technique that reduces patterning defects of data lines in an imaging panel and drain electrodes in thin film transistors without lowering the aperture ratio of the imaging panel. The imaging panel captures scintillation light, which are X-rays that have passed through a specimen and been converted by a scintillator. The imaging panel includes a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines. The imaging panel includes, in each of the pixels, a conversion element that converts scintillation light to electric charge, and a thin film transistor connected to the gate line, data line, and conversion element. A drain electrode of the thin film transistor is formed such that edges of the drain electrode near the data line are more inside the pixel than edges of the conversion element near the data line.
US10386497B2	Automated localization for GNSS device Systems and methods for performing automated localization are provided. In one example method, a plurality of coordinates representing positions of a plurality of locations may be received. The plurality of coordinates may be from two or more different coordinate systems. The numerical values of each of the plurality of coordinates may be evaluated to determine the coordinate system to which the coordinate belongs. The coordinates may be grouped into sets of coordinates based on their determined coordinate systems. Coordinates from one coordinate system may be paired with coordinates that represent the same locations from another coordinate system. A shape matching algorithm may be used to determine coordinates from different systems that represent the same locations. A localization process may then be used to convert the coordinates of the first coordinate system into coordinates of the second coordinate system based on the paired coordinates.
US10386495B1	Method and apparatus for detecting poor Doppler measurement results in global navigation satellite system navigation Methods, systems, and apparatus for detecting poor Doppler measurements results in GNSS navigation, in one aspect, a method including: calculating a first Doppler shift value, wherein the first Doppler shift value is based on movement of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver and calculated according to a Doppler measurement result; calculating a second Doppler shift value, wherein the second Doppler shift value is based on movement of the GNSS receiver and calculated according to a projection of velocity of the GNSS receiver on a line of sight (LOS) vector; comparing the first Doppler shift value with the second Doppler shift value to check an accuracy of the Doppler measurement result; and determining at least a direction of movement of the GNSS receiver in accordance with the checked accuracy of the Doppler measurement result.
US10386494B2	Method for determining a wrong synchronization of a receiver with a satellite, associated module and computer program product This determination method for determining a wrong synchronization including the steps of determining an ad hoc correlator corresponding to the value of correlation between the received signal and the local signal, and determining N additional correlators corresponding to the values of correlation between the received signal and an offset signal, each offset signal including a spreading code that is offset in relation to the local spreading code, and determining a value for the amount of inconsistency between the frequency of the local carrier wave and the frequency of the local spreading code; if the value of inconsistency is higher than a predetermined threshold value of inconsistency, determining a wrong synchronization; otherwise, determining an indicator of wrong synchronization as a function of the correlators determined, comparing the indicator of wrong synchronization with at least one threshold value, determining a wrong synchronization based on the result of the comparison.
US10386492B2	Verifiable authentication services based on global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals and personal or computer data A verified authentication device has a navigation receiver, a processor, and a verification device. Navigation signals are transmitted from a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). The processor authenticates the navigation signals and determines position coordinates of the navigation receiver. The verified authentication device receives input from a user of the verified authentication device. The verified authentication device provides reliability of the position coordinates based on the input from the user.
US10386489B2	Beam scanner for autonomous vehicles A light beam steering transmissive element with an arbitrarily sized aperture comprising at least one layer of a insulating matrix modified for increased polarizability under electrical, magnetic or optical stimulation, between two or more substrates that can be electrically configured to provide signal modulation (optical, magnetic or electrical) that will control the wavefronts of incident light, thereby taking off-axis electromagnetic signals and aligning them to the aperture of a receiving element positioned near the device, or the reverse, sending signals originating behind the steering device to a variety of user-defined angles in two or more dimensions.
US10386484B2	Optical apparatus and light sensitive device with micro-lens There is provided an optical apparatus including a substrate, a light emitting device, a light sensitive device and a plurality of micro-lenses. The light emitting device is disposed on the substrate and adapted to provide a light beam. The light sensitive device is disposed on the substrate and adapted to receive a light beam reflected from an object, wherein the light sensitive device has a plurality of photosensitive units arranged in matrix. The micro-lenses are disposed above the light sensitive device and respectively opposite to the associated photosensitive units. There is further provided a light sensitive device with micro-lens and a manufacturing method thereof.
US10386479B2	Metamaterial devices and methods of using the same Compressive imaging captures images in compressed form, where each sensor does not directly correspond with a pixel, as opposed to standard image capture techniques. This can lead to faster image capture rates due to lower I/O bandwidth requirements, and avoids the need for image compression hardware, as the image is captured in compressed form. Measuring the transformation of an emitted multimodal signal is one method of compressive imaging. Metamaterial antennas and transceivers are well suited for both emitting and receiving multimodal signals, and are thus prime candidates for compressive imaging.
US10386475B2	Method of detecting collisions on an airport installation and device for its implementation A method of detecting collisions between an equipped mobile object travelling around an airport installation and at least one obstacle. The method comprises the following steps. Determining the real-time positions of the equipped mobile object in a reference frame tied to the airport installation. Reading at least one item of information contained in at least one marker fixed to the equipped mobile object. Determining an outline of the equipped mobile object on the basis of the read item of information contained in the marker. Positioning the outline determined in the reference frame tied to the airport installation. Triggering an alert if the distance between the outline of the equipped mobile object and the obstacle is less than a given threshold.
US10386474B2	Systems and methods for RFID tag locating using constructive interference A system and method for locating radio-frequency identification tags within a predetermined area. The method can incorporate sub-threshold superposition response mapping techniques, alone, or in combination with other methods for locating radio-frequency identification tags such as but not limited to time differential on arrival (TDOA), frequency domain phase difference on arrival (FD-PDOA), and radio signal strength indication (RSSI). The system can include a plurality of antennas dispersed in a predefined area; one or more radio-frequency identification tags; a radio-frequency transceiver in communication with said antennas; a phase modulator coupled to the ra-dio-frequency transceiver; and a system controller in communication with said transceiver and said phase modulator. Calibration techniques can be employed to map con-structive interference zones for improved accuracy.
US10386473B2	Radar apparatus using chirp wave and signal processing method of radar apparatus A radar apparatus includes a first processing unit, a second processing unit, and a speed determining unit. Of these units, the first processing unit determines at least speed including ambiguity caused by phase folding back within a predetermined speed measurement range, from phase rotation of frequency components detected in time-series for a same target, using a beat signal obtained by transmitting and receiving, a plurality of times, a predetermined first modulation wave. The second processing unit determines at least speed that is uniquely determined within the speed measurement range, from Doppler frequency included in frequency components indicating a target, using a beat signal obtained by transmitting and receiving a predetermined second modulation wave. The speed determining unit determines a measurement result for speed expressed by a resolution obtained by the first processing unit by comparing a calculation result of the first processing unit and a calculation result of the second processing unit.
US10386472B2	Radar device signal processing device and signal processing method for radar device There is provided a radar device. A transmitting unit transmits a first transmission signal generated based on a first parameter for computing a relative velocity or a distance in a first detection range, and a second transmission signal generated based on a second parameter for computing a relative velocity or a distance in a second detection range narrower than the first detection range. A receiving unit receives first and second reception signals from a target. A measuring unit computes a first relative velocity or a first distance in the first detection range based on the first reception signals, and compute a second relative velocity or a second distance in the second detection range based on the second reception signals, and selects any one of the first and second relative velocities, or any one of the first and second distances, as the result of measurement.
US10386467B2	Ladar pulse deconfliction apparatus Disclosed herein are a number of example embodiments that employ controllable delays between successive ladar pulses in order to discriminate between “own” ladar pulse reflections and “interfering” ladar pulses reflections by a receiver. Example embodiments include designs where a sparse delay sum circuit is used at the receiver and where a funnel filter is used at the receiver. Also, disclosed are techniques for selecting codes to use for the controllable delays as well as techniques for identifying and tracking interfering ladar pulses and their corresponding delay codes. The use of a ladar system with pulse deconfliction is also disclosed as part of an optical data communication system.
US10386461B1	Automotive sensor alignment with external IMU tool An inertial measurement unit (IMU) may be used to align a plurality of radar units coupled to a vehicle via a plurality of mounting structures. The IMU may be placed at a reference location and reference-location data may be captured. The IMU may be coupled to each of the mounting structures and, at each mounting structure, respective mounting-location inertial measurement data may be captured using the IMU. For each mounting structure, a measured roll angle, measured elevational angle, and measured azimuthal angle is determined based on at least the mounting-location inertial measurement obtained at the mounting structure and the reference inertial measurement. Further, for each mounting structure, offsets are determined for the measured roll angle, the measured elevational angle, and the measured azimuthal angle. One or more of the mounting structures and/or radar units are adjusted based on one or more of the offsets.
US10386453B2	Methods and systems for position tracking Various embodiments are described herein for methods and systems that can be used to track a position of a mobile receiver on a production line. In one example embodiment, the position of the mobile receiver is tracked by receiving at least information signal from at least one location tag from among a plurality of location tags positioned at fixed locations along the length of a conveyor belt in a production line, by determining a signal strength of the at least one information signal, and by determining the position of the mobile receiver based on the signal strength of the at least one information signal.
US10386450B2	Method and system for refined positioning via intersection of hyper zones The present invention relates to a system and a method for refined zoning via intersection. Specifically, anchor nodes (200) of a zone-based positioning system are divided into multiple hyper zones (40, 50) in different ways, where the different ways of dividing the hyper zones may be orthogonal to each other, with possibly partial overlapping. For each way of dividing the hyper zones (40, 50), the most likely candidate hyper zone is selected based on a user zoning method. Thereafter, the intersection (42) of the identified hyper zones is taken as the final location result of a mobile node to be located.
US10386448B2	Systems and methods for selecting atmospheric data of reference nodes for use in computing the altitude of a receiver Using atmospheric data from one or more reference nodes to estimate an altitude of a receiver. Assistance data associated with a set of reference nodes within a region is identified, and the assistance data is used to identify atmospheric reference data associated with a subset of selected reference nodes. An estimate of the receiver's altitude is generated using the atmospheric reference data from the subset of reference nodes.
US10386441B2	Method and apparatus for attenuation correction of emission tomography scan data In a method for attenuation correction of emission tomography scan data acquired from an examination object in a combined magnetic resonance emission tomography apparatus, wherein an interference object is situated in the examination region, which causes a magnetic interference field during combined magnetic resonance emission tomography imaging, magnetic resonance scan data of the examination object are acquired by executing a magnetic resonance sequence designed to at least partially compensate inference due to the magnetic interference field. Emission tomography scan data are acquired and an attenuation map is generated using the acquired magnetic resonance scan data. Attenuation correction of the emission tomography scan data is implemented using the generated attenuation map.
US10386432B2	Radiofrequency shielding conduit in a door or a doorframe of a magnetic resonance imaging room A radiofrequency (RF) shielding conduits that can be embedded within a doorframe and/or a door of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) room are disclosed. The RF shielding conduits can form, upon closing of door onto the doorframe, an RF shielding channel to enclose and/or allow passage of tubing of medical equipment extending from an interior of the MRI room to an environment that is external to the MRI room, while providing a RF shielding of the MRI room.
US10386422B2	Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in battery management systems The invention pertains to a method of determining the State of Health (SoH) and/or State of Charge (SoC) of a rechargeable battery during use of said battery, the method comprising the steps of: generating a first excitation signal within a first selected frequency range, generating a second excitation signal within a second selected frequency range, applying said first and second excitation signals on said rechargeable battery, measuring the response signal for each of said two excitation signals, and then calculate the Electrochemical Impedance (El) as the ratio between the excitation signals and respective response signals, and then determine the SoH and/or SoC of the rechargeable battery by comparing the calculated El to a circuit model for the battery and/or determining the SoH and/or SoC of the rechargeable battery by directly evaluating characteristics of the El. The invention also pertains to a battery management system configured for executing the steps of the method according to the invention.
US10386421B2	Energy based battery backup unit testing Several embodiments perform battery backup unit (BBU) degradation testing. For example, a BBU testing system can be coupled to or part of a BBU. The BBU testing system can discharge the BBU by engaging a variable load to the BBU. The BBU testing system can monitor a discharge energy consumption over time as the BBU discharges until the discharge energy consumption reaches a specified amount of energy. The BBU testing system can determine a discharge time for the discharge energy consumption to reach the specified amount of energy. The BBU testing system can then compute a degradation state of the BBU based on the discharge time.
US10386417B2	Electronic battery sensor and method for determining an internal resistance of a battery An electronic battery sensor and a method for determining an internal resistance of a battery, including at least one first detector for detecting measured values, and a battery model for ascertaining the internal resistance. Each measured value includes simultaneous information concerning at least two corresponding measured variables, in particular battery current and battery voltage, and every two successive measured values represents a measuring pair. The battery sensor includes at least one selector which is configured for selecting from a specified number of measuring pairs at least one measuring pair as a selection pair, and for providing the selection pair to the battery model in order to ascertain the internal resistance, the number of measuring pairs being greater than the number of selection pairs.
US10386410B2	Highly flexible performance counter and system debug module According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a plurality of performance and debug monitoring circuits (PDMCs). Each performance and debug monitoring circuit (PDMC) may include an input stage, a combinatorial stage, and a counter. The input stage may be configured to receive a plurality of input signals, wherein the input signals include: signals from other performance and debug monitoring circuits, signals from combinatorial logic circuits, and configuration values. The combinatorial stage may be configured to perform one or more logical operations on a selected sub-set of the input signals. The counter may be configured to increment based, at least in part, upon a result of the combinatorial stage.
US10386408B2	Methods and apparatus for testing millimeter wave devices Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for testing millimeter wave devices. The method includes determining a reference antenna response of the DUT for at least one antenna of a test chamber, generating one or more fading coefficients for the at least one antenna based on the determined reference antenna response, applying the generated one or more fading coefficients to at least one signal, and transmitting the at least one signal via the at least one antenna to the DUT in the test chamber.
US10386405B2	Method for continuous tester operation during multiple stage temperature testing A method is provided for performing continuous single insertion semiconductor testing of a group of semiconductors that are divided into a first subgroup and a second subgroup at multiple different temperatures. The single insertion semiconductor testing is performed by sequentially executing testing cycles, characterized by the tester alternately executing temperature testing periods and temperature ramping periods for the first subgroup, while simultaneously executing temperature ramping periods and temperature testing periods for the second subgroup. The temperature testing periods operate at two or more different temperatures. The single insertion testing sequence entirely eliminates tester index time when the testing time is equal to or greater than the ramping times, and substantially reduces tester index time when the testing time is less that the ramping times.
US10386397B2	Method for detecting signals in a frequency-ambiguous digital receiver, and digital receiver implementing such a method A digital receiver comprising at least two reception pathways, the method carries out a digital inter-correlation of the signals obtained as output from at least two filters of different central frequencies and different ranks, the rank and the central frequency of the filters being chosen as a function of a determined frequency-wise search domain. For a determined search domain, the various sampling frequencies of the reception pathways are chosen so that the ambiguous frequencies resulting from the spectral aliasings vary as a monotonic function of the true frequency of the signals.
US10386395B1	Subcircuit physical level power monitoring technology for real-time hardware systems and simulators Methods and systems, include, in one aspect, a system including: receiving a total static power indicating a static power dissipation from a complete circuit, wherein the circuit comprises a plurality of components; receiving dynamic power weights indicating changes in the static power dissipation from the complete circuit over time; applying an algorithm including the dynamic power weights to partition the total static power, based on the changes in the static power, into a summation of individual per-component static power values, wherein the per-component static power values indicate a decomposition of the static power dissipation from the complete circuit into separate amounts of per-component static power dissipation corresponding to each of the plurality of components; and processing the per-component static power to evaluate a performance of the circuit, the plurality of components, or both.
US10386394B2	Run-time configurable graphical interface for measuring device A measuring device providing a display device. The operation of the measuring device can be adapted by a user. In this context, operation includes the input and output of parameters in dialogs and the switching between dialogs. The display device displays the dialogs and can display several dialogs simultaneously. The input of given values in given dialogs effects the opening and/or closing of at least one respectively associated further dialog. The content and/or the position and/or the form and/or the linking of the dialogs are adapted. The operation of the measuring device is functional during the adaptation. Exclusively the currently-displayed dialogs are adaptable.
US10386383B2	Waveguide arrangement for measuring the speed of a projectile during passage through a weapon barrel arrangement A waveguide arrangement for measuring the speed of a projectile during passage through a weapon barrel arrangement includes a main waveguide and at least one auxiliary waveguide. The main waveguide has a cross-section suitable for the passage of the projectile. The auxiliary waveguide extends adjacent to the main waveguide and is connected to the main waveguide via an opening. An isolator is arranged in the auxiliary waveguide. The waveguide arrangement is particularly suited for large-caliber ordinance and has at least one coupler extending at least partially in the isolator. The speed of the projectile in the main waveguide is measured at a frequency below the limiting frequency. The transmitting coupler is arranged at a spacing distance from the muzzle in order to prevent an exit of the generated signal from the weapon barrel arrangement.
US10386376B2	Sample container with integrated test strip A test device for detection and visual identification of a specific analyte in a liquid sample such as a bodily fluid is disclosed. The device includes a collection container, a test strip affixed to an interior surface of the collection container, and a removable protective strip adhered over the test strip. The protective strip is configured to be removed from contact with the test strip after the liquid sample has been collected in order to prevent unnecessary exposure and/or contamination of the test strip. In certain embodiments, the protective strip may be removed from the contact with the test strip when the collection container is in a sealed configuration. In other embodiments, the protective strip may be dissolvable when placed in contact with the desired liquid sample. An assay specific to the anticipated analyte may be provided on the test strip.
US10386368B2	Isolation of human lung progenitors derived from pluripotent stem cells Provided herein are methods and compositions relating, in part, to the generation and isolation of human lung progenitor cells from pluripotent stem cells.
US10386361B2	Long term hematopoietic stem cell specific reporter mouse and uses thereof Hoxb5 identifies long-term hematopoietic stem cells. Expression of Hoxb5 distinguishes between LT-HSCs and non-LT-HSCs, and the marker identifies substantially all LT-HSC in the bone marrow. By utilizing fluorescent proteins under the endogenous expression control of Hoxb5, LT-HSC can be monitored and isolated, including without limitation detection and monitoring of HSC in bone morrow; production of LT-HSC from pluripotent stem cells such as iPS cells; for analysis of early stage LT-HSC; in screening methods for expansion and manipulation of LT-HSC, and the like.
US10386350B2	Mobile device for determining a component in ambient air A mobile device includes an opening defining a fluid connection between a fluid channel in the mobile device and ambient air, and a sensor arranged in the fluid channel, configured to sense at least one component of the ambient air. The mobile device further includes a micropump configured to draw in the ambient air through the opening and to convey the same to the sensor. According to the invention, the sensor is arranged spaced apart from the opening, and the volume of the fluid channel between the sensor and the opening is less than 200 microliters.
US10386344B2	Strain induced face seal The invention relates to tubing assemblies and methods for forming a fluidic connection to make the same. The assemblies include an outer tube having disposed therein a first inner tube affixed to the outer tube, a second inner tube and a support tube disposed in the second inner tube. The second inner tube is abutted against the first inner tube. A radial crimp is made in the outer tube over the second inner tube a distance x from where the tubes abut; the distance x being such that the end of the second inner tube seals against the end of the first inner tube. Various embodiments provide assemblies suitable for use with high fluidic pressure (e.g., greater than an about 70 MPa, approximately about 10,000 psi) and formation of chromatographic column assemblies comprising a capillary tube predisposed within the first or second inner tube prior to formation of the seal.
US10386341B2	Carbon dioxide liquid phase forming using high volume head displacement Systems and methods for pumping carbon dioxide in a chromatography system include an actuator that receives and compresses carbon dioxide at or above room temperature at a given pressure to put the carbon dioxide in or near supercritical form. This actuator can be a pre-pump disposed on the intake side of a pumping system. Alternatively, this actuator can be a primary actuator in the pumping system. The actuator includes an intake chamber that receives the carbon dioxide and a movable plunger extending into and closely received by the intake chamber. The plunger has a diameter and stroke length adapted to compress the carbon dioxide received by the intake chamber in sufficient volume at the given pressure to put the carbon dioxide in or near supercritical form at or above room temperature. A metered amount of the carbon dioxide in or near supercritical form can then be pumped.
US10386331B2	Particle manipulation and trapping in microfluidic devices using two-dimensional material Method, apparatus, and computer program product for a microfluidic channel having a cover opposite its bottom and having electrodes with patterned two-dimensional conducting materials, such as graphene sheets integrated into the top of its bottom. Using the two-dimensional conducting materials, once a fluid sample is applied into the channel, highly localized modulated electric field distributions are generated inside the channel and the fluid sample. This generated field causes the inducing of dielectrophoretic (DEP) forces. These DEP forces are the same or greater than DEP forces that would result using metallic electrodes because of the sharp edges enabled by the two-dimension geometry of the two-dimensional conducting materials. Because of the induced forces, micro/nano-particles in the fluid sample are separated into particles that respond to a negative DEP force and particles that respond to a positive DEP. Microfluidic chips with microfluidic channels can be made using standard semiconductor manufacturing technology.
US10386330B2	Biochemical analysis instrument An analysis instrument comprises plural modules connected together over a data network, each module comprising an analysis apparatus operable to perform biochemical analysis of a sample. Each module comprises a control unit that controls the operation of the analysis apparatus. The control units are addressable to select an arbitrary number of modules to operate as a cluster for performing a common biochemical analysis. The control units communicate over the data network, repeatedly during the performance of the common biochemical analysis, to determine the operation of the analysis apparatus of each module required to meet the global performance targets, on the basis of measures of performance derived from the output data produced by the modules. The arrangement of the instrument as modules interacting in this manner provides a scalable analysis instrument.
US10386328B2	Chemical sensor with air via In one embodiment, a chemical sensor is described. The chemical sensor includes a chemically-sensitive field effect transistor including a floating gate conductor having an upper surface, a first opening extending through a first material and through a portion of a second material located on the first material and a second opening extending from the bottom of the first opening to the top of a liner layer located on the upper surface of the floating gate conductor.
US10386324B2	Susceptance measurement for identifying biochemical sensors Subject matter herein can include identifying a biochemical test strip assembly electrically, such as using the same test circuitry as can be used to perform an electrochemical measurement, without requiring use of optical techniques. The identification can include using information about a measured susceptance of an identification feature included as a portion of the test strip assembly. The identification can be used by test circuitry to select test parameters or calibration values, or to select an appropriate test protocol for the type of test strip coupled to the test circuitry. The identification can be used by the test circuitry to validate or reject a test strip assembly, such as to inhibit use of test strips that fail meet one or more specified criteria.
US10386312B2	Systems and methods for determining water-cut of a fluid mixture Provided in some embodiments are systems and methods for measuring the water content (or water-cut) of a fluid mixture. Provided in some embodiments is a water-cut sensor system that includes a helical T-resonator, a helical ground conductor, and a separator provided at an exterior of a cylindrical pipe. The helical T-resonator including a feed line, and a helical open shunt stub conductively coupled to the feed line. The helical ground conductor including a helical ground plane opposite the helical open shunt stub and a ground ring conductively coupled to the helical ground plane. The feed line overlapping at least a portion of the ground ring, and the separator disposed between the feed line and the portion of the ground ring overlapped by the feed line to electrically isolate the helical T-resonator from the helical ground conductor.
US10386302B2	Multiview light-sheet microscopy A live biological specimen is imaged by generating a plurality of light sheets; directing the plurality of light sheets along an illumination axis through the biological specimen such that the light sheets spatially and temporally overlap within the biological specimen along an image plane, and optically interact with the biological specimen within the image plane; and recording, at each of a plurality of views, images of the fluorescence emitted along a detection axis from the biological specimen due to the optical interaction between the light sheets and the biological specimen. The temporal overlap is within a time shift that is less than a resolution time that corresponds to a spatial resolution limit of the microscope.
US10386300B2	Spectrally and spatially multiplexed fluorescent probes for in situ cell labeling Methods are provided to identify spatially and spectrally multiplexed probes in a biological environment. Such probes are identified by the ordering and color of fluorophores of the probes. The devices and methods provided facilitate determination of the locations and colors of such fluorophores, such that a probe can be identified. In some embodiments, probes are identified by applying light from a target environment to a spatial light modulator that can be used to control the direction and magnitude of chromatic dispersion of the detected light; multiple images of the target, corresponding to multiple different spatial light modulator settings, can be deconvolved and used to determine the colors and locations of fluorophores. In some embodiments, light from a region of the target can be simultaneously imaged spatially and spectrally. Correlations between the spatial and spectral images over time can be used to determine the color of fluorophores in the target.
US10386295B2	Vegetation index calculation method and vegetation index calculation device A vegetation index calculation method is a method for calculating a vegetation index indicating a vegetation state in an earth's surface using an imaging unit and a flight vehicle, and the vegetation index calculation method includes an illumination spectrum acquisition step of acquiring a spectrum of illumination light with which the earth's surface is irradiated and a reflection spectrum acquisition step of acquiring a reflection spectrum of the earth's surface by the illumination light. The vegetation index calculation method also includes a calibration step of calibrating the reflection spectrum using the illumination spectrum and a step of calculating the vegetation index of the earth's surface based on a calibrated spectrum obtained through the calibration step.
US10386290B2	Apparatuses, systems and methods for imaging flow cytometry The present disclosure provides apparatuses, systems, and methods for performing particle analysis through flow cytometry at comparatively high event rates and for gathering high resolution images of particles.
US10386288B2	System and method of label-free cytometry based on Brillouin light scattering The present invention relates to a method and system for a label-free cell analysis based on Brillouin light scattering techniques. Combined with microfluidic technologies according to the present invention, Brillouin spectroscopy constitutes a powerful tool to analyze physical properties of cells in a contactless non-disturbing manner. Specifically, subcellular mechanical information can be obtained by analyzing the Brillouin spectrum of a cell. Furthermore, a novel configuration of Brillouin spectroscopy is provided to enable simultaneous analysis of multiple points in a cell sample.
US10386273B2	3D time series vector sediment trap A 3D time series vector sediment trap includes a base disposed with trap pipes which includes water flow pipes and sedimentation pipes. The water flow pipes have a horizontal water inlet at the front end, a vertical downward water outlet at the back end and the water flow pipe is internally provided with a filter screen which tilts towards the water inlet. The filter screen is internally tangential to the water flow pipe, and the sedimentation pipes are vertically fixed underneath the water flow pipes. The top end of the sedimentation pipes have an opening and bottom end thereof is closed. The opening is connected to the water flow pipe and directly faces the filter screen so that materials with a diameter greater than the screen pore diameter are intercepted by the filter screen in the water flow pipe and collected in the sedimentation pipe.
US10386266B2	Optical inspection device having a mirror for reflecting light rays, a method of producing a lens using the optical inspection device, and an optical inspection method using the optical inspection device An optical inspection device includes: an LED; a chart; a collimator; and a mirror. The LED irradiates the chart with light to deliver light rays to the collimator as on-axis light rays. This allows a pattern on the chart to be projected onto a center of an image sensor through the collimator and an optical system under inspection. The mirror reflects light rays delivered to the mirror through the collimator among the on-axis light rays. This allows the pattern on the chart to be projected onto a periphery of the image sensor through the optical system under inspection.
US10386253B2	Vehicle wheel supporting rolling bearing unit A vehicle wheel supporting rolling bearing unit includes a stationary side bearing ring member, a rotation side bearing ring member, and plural rolling elements. The rotation side bearing ring member is provided with a first acceleration sensor, a second acceleration sensor, and a third acceleration sensor which are fixed on a virtual plane orthogonal to a center axis of the rotation side bearing ring member. The first acceleration sensor and the second acceleration sensor are arranged on a virtual line passing through a rotation center of the rotation side bearing ring member with a same distance from the rotation center while detection directions thereof are directed in a radial direction and are opposite to each other in the radial direction. The third acceleration sensor is arranged such that a detection direction thereof is non-parallel to the detection directions of the first acceleration sensor and the second acceleration sensor.
US10386244B2	Compositions, apparatus and methods for capacitive temperature sensing A passive temperature-sensing apparatus, which includes a capacitive sensing element that includes a capacitive sensing composition that includes a ferroelectric ceramic material that exhibits a measurable electrical Curie temperature that is below 30 degrees C. The capacitive sensing composition exhibits a negative slope of capacitance versus temperature over the temperature range of from 30 degrees C. to 150 degrees C.
US10386240B2	Thermal pile sensing structure integrated with capacitor The present invention discloses a thermal pile sensing structure integrated with one or more capacitors, which includes: a substrate, an infrared sensing unit and a partition structure. The infrared sensing unit includes a first and a second sensing structure. A hot junction is formed between the first and the second sensing structures at a location where the first and the second sensing structures are close to each other. A cold junction is formed between the partition structure and the first sensing structure at a location where these two structures are close to each other. Another cold junction is formed between the partition structure and the second sensing structure at a location where these two structures are close to each other. A temperature difference between the hot junction and the cold junction generates a voltage difference signal. Apart of the partition structure forms at least one capacitor.
US10386219B2	Shower head nozzle The shower head nozzle as disclosed herein includes a quick-connect coupling for selectively attaching the nozzle to a downwardly extending conduit or tube for directing tested water through a test unit and into a bucket or drain, wherein the test unit may include a flow meter for measuring real-time water flow rate and a temperature sensor for measuring real-time water temperature dispensed from the shower head, thereby reducing the testing time, more accurately determining flow-rate and water temperature, and decreasing the amount of waste water.
US10386212B2	Flow-induced noise source contribution A system and method for simulating activity of a fluid in a volume that represents a physical space, the activity of the fluid in the volume being simulated so as to model movement of elements within the volume. The method includes at a first time, identifying a first set of vortices in a transient and turbulent flow. The method includes at a second time that is subsequent to the first time, identifying a second set of vortices. The method includes tracking changes in the vortices by comparing the first set and the second set of discrete vortices. The method includes identifying one or more noise sources based on the tracking. The method includes determining the contribution of one or more noise sources at a receiver. The method also includes outputting data indicating one or more modifications to one or more geometric features of a device or an entity.
US10386202B2	Systems and methods for determining quality and integrity of source information to determine navigation information of an object A navigation system for determining quality and integrity of source information includes one or more data sources that provide the source information, a situation module that provides situation data, an information module that determines an estimate of the quality and an estimate of the integrity of the source information based on the source information and the situation data, an integrity monitor module that determines the integrity and the quality of the source information based on the estimate of the quality and the estimate of the integrity of the source information from the information module, and that validates the source information based on the integrity of the source information and/or the quality of the source information, and a navigation state estimator that determines the navigation information of the one or more objects based on the validated source information and corresponding quality of the source information received from the integrity monitor module.
US10386195B1	Route guidance system with emergency state indications A system receives an indication from a first vehicle that the first vehicle is traveling on a drive associated with an emergency to a destination that is associable with the emergency, updates map data to include a representation of the emergency at the location of the first vehicle, and provides the updated map data to a plurality of vehicles executing a navigation application providing route guidance to the plurality of vehicles to respective destinations, so that the instances of the application running for the plurality of vehicles each includes a representation, such as an icon, that represents the indicated emergency at a map location corresponding to the real space location of the first vehicle.
US10386193B2	Route guidance apparatus, route guidance method and computer program There is provided a route guidance apparatus including a route search unit which searches for at least one route, to a predetermined destination, which is to be traveled by an electric vehicle propelled by electric power stored in a secondary battery provided within the vehicle, and a power consumption calculation unit which calculates power consumption of the electric vehicle when a route to a destination, which was searched for by the route search unit, is traveled by the electric vehicle, based on information on electric power to be consumed when the electric vehicle travels and geographical information relating to the route.
US10386192B1	Autonomous vehicle routing Methods and systems for autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicle routing are disclosed. Roadway suitability for autonomous operation is scored to facilitate use in route determination. Maps of roadways suitable for various levels of autonomous operation may be generated. Such map data may be used by autonomous vehicles or other computer devices in determining routes based upon criteria for vehicle trips. Such routes may be automatically updated based upon changes in road conditions, vehicle conditions, operator conditions, or environmental conditions. Emergency routing using such map data is described, such as automatic routing and travel when a passenger is experiencing a medical emergency.
US10386191B2	Synthetic data collection for vehicle controller A method for providing waypoint data to a vehicle controller. This method may include obtaining a plurality of coordinate locations describing a vehicle route, performing a computation of the vehicle route using said coordinates, obtaining route data describing the route, transforming the route data into coordinate data comprising a plurality of data points expressed in longitude and latitude form, converting the coordinate data into properly-spaced waypoint data, storing the waypoint data in a form accessible to a vehicle controller, and accessing the waypoint data via a vehicle controller. According to an exemplary embodiment, the properly-spaced waypoint data may be created from improperly-spaced data via interpolation. The vehicle controller may control other devices associated with a vehicle, such as an automated voice announcement system or an external display.
US10386190B2	Cognitive guide system for multi-objective excursion Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The methods include, for instance: providing a cognitive guide service to a group of participants for an excursion with an initial route planned by participants registration information and environment information along the initial route. During the excursion, real time sensory data on the participants and change in environment are collected by a cognitive agent accompanying the group to lead the excursion are relayed to a cognitive guide engine, and real time multi-objective optimization is modeled and performed. The participants are regrouped responsive to objectives of the excursion as represented by respective levels of interest in certain stage of the excursion as well as circumstances of the environment. Respective subgroups are formed from the participants per respective objectives, and respective new routes are selected from a set of optimal solutions for each subgroup. During the excursion, the cognitive guide engine iteratively optimizes routes responsive to incoming real time sensory data and objectives of the excursion.
US10386187B1	Rotation and acceleration sensor based on nondegenerate ring lasers Ring laser gyroscopes, in which rotation is detected by the Sagnac effect between counterpropagating lasers, are in common use in navigation applications. The invention disclosed here uses lasers operating at different frequencies; the resulting device is referred to as a Nondegenerate Ring Laser Gyroscope (NRLG). The invention disclosed here also incorporates an acceleration-sensing element that modifies the path length of the ring lasers in the gyroscope, the effects of which on the output of the gyroscope can be separated from those of rotation. The resulting composite device is a Nondegnerate Ring Laser Gyroscope/Accelerometer (NRLGA).
US10386176B2	Metrology method, target and substrate A diffraction measurement target that has at least a first sub-target and at least a second sub-target, and wherein (1) the first and second sub-targets each include a pair of periodic structures and the first sub-target has a different design than the second sub-target, the different design including the first sub-target periodic structures having a different pitch, feature width, space width, and/or segmentation than the second sub-target periodic structure or (2) the first and second sub-targets respectively include a first and second periodic structure in a first layer, and a third periodic structure is located at least partly underneath the first periodic structure in a second layer under the first layer and there being no periodic structure underneath the second periodic structure in the second layer, and a fourth periodic structure is located at least partly underneath the second periodic structure in a third layer under the second layer.
US10386173B2	Integrated sensory systems This invention describes the structure and function of an integrated multi-sensing system. Integrated systems described herein may be configured to form a microphone, pressure sensor, gas sensor or accelerometer. The system uses Fabry-Perot Interferometer in conjunction with beam collimator, beam splitter, optical waveguide and a photodetector integrated. It also describes a configurable method for tuning the integrated system to specific resonance frequency using electrostatic actuators.
US10386165B1	Flexible energy management kill vehicle for exo-atmospheric intercept A method and concept for employing a T-sin-alpha kill vehicle with energy flexibility is disclosed. The energy flexibility method applies divert pulses at multiple phases of the kill vehicle flight time and allows for range extension to increase the kill vehicle coverage of targets outside the normal reach, reaction to target updates, removal of navigation error, and homing divert to intercept the target. Each of these capabilities is essential to the successful intercept of exo-atmospheric ballistic targets in their midcourse phase of flight. A flight vehicle includes a main body, a number of attitude control mechanisms, a control unit, a divert system, a sensor unit, and an attitude control system. The divert system provides acceleration of the flight vehicle in a desired direction. The sensor unit tracks a target along a line of sight (LOS) of the sensor unit. The attitude control system maintains an orientation of the main body.
US10386162B2	Automatic apparatus for high speed precision portioning of granules by weight An automated granule portioning system includes at least one volumetric measuring chamber capable of adjusting the volume of the chamber automatically to a programmed target volume and arranged to receive a first portion of granules into the chamber to fill the target volume. A transport system automatically delivers the target volume of granules from the chamber to a weighing device. A granule metering device dispenses granules and, depending on a signal from the weighing device that the first portion of granules is below a programmed target weight, dispenses granules to the first portion to increase the weight to achieve a second portion having the target weight.
US10386152B1	Adjustable width bowstring sled An adjustable width bowstring sled preferably includes a first frame member, a second frame member, a first cross rod, a second cross rod, a thumb wheel, and two rollers. The first frame member includes a first rod base and a first line yoke. The second frame member includes a second rod base and a second line yoke. The thumb wheel is rotatably retained in the first rod base. An opposing end of the first cross rod is threadably retained in the second rod base. One end of the second cross rod is slidably retained in the second rod base. An opposing end of the second rod base is secured to the second rod base. The first roller is retained in the first line yoke. The second roller is retained in the second line yoke.
US10386148B1	Heat displacement tool and method of displacing heat A heat displacement tool firearm accessory, and a method for mounting such a firearm accessory to a firearm, the heat displacement tool providing a frame, including a base for mounting along a firearm mounting rail, the frame defining a generally hollow core adapted to receive and dissipate firearm barrel heat. The heat displacement tool is at least half the length of the firearm barrel and is capable of being mounted in a location between a firearm barrel and an optic or rear sight, so as to reduce or eliminate barrel mirage.
US10386137B2	Operating system for small caliber rifles A weapon system is provided. The weapon system includes a receiver and an operating group. The operating group includes a bolt at least partially housed within the receiver; an operating rod (op-rod) assembly arranged to axially translate within the bolt. The operating group also includes a carrier assembly, a bolt assembly, and a recoil assembly. The system further includes a hinge or pivot joint at a connection between the recoil assembly and the carrier assembly, a firing pin lock, an elastomeric cone interface between the bolt assembly and the receiver, a hollowed out piston, and/or tapering on the lug of the bolt assembly.
US10386131B2	Self-regulating thermal insulation and related methods Presently disclosed self-regulating thermal insulation may include one or more thermal actuators that may expand and contract in response to changes in temperature adjacent the thermal insulation, thereby automatically changing the thermal resistance of the thermal insulation. In this manner, a self-regulating thermal insulation may be configured to locally adjust in response to local changes in temperature of a part being insulated, for example, during curing or some other manufacturing process. Such self-regulating thermal insulation may be configured to respond to temperature changes without feedback control systems, power, or human intervention. One example of self-regulating thermal insulation may include a first plate, a second plate, a support structure coupling the first plate and the second plate and defining an insulation thickness therebetween, an internal partition positioned between the first plate and the second plate, and at least one thermal actuator positioned between the second plate and the internal partition.
US10386122B2	Nucleation device, heat storage device, and nucleation method for heat storage material A nucleation device for changing a phase of a heat storage material from a liquid state to a solid state includes a plurality of substrates in close contact with each other in the heat storage material, and a pressing part that presses a portion of the plurality of substrates so as to elicit a change in the state of close contact of the plurality of substrates.
US10386121B2	Open-loop thermal management process and system Open-loop thermal management systems and open-loop thermal management processes are disclosed. The process includes providing an open-loop thermal management system, saturating a reactor of the system with gas while a flow control unit prevents flow of the gas from the reactor, and maintaining a gas dissociation pressure range of the gas within the reactor. The system includes the reactor being arranged to receive a heat load. The reactor contains metal hydrides, metal organic framework, or a combination thereof. The reactor includes at least one venting line extending from the reactor. Also, the flow control unit is configured to adjustably control the flow of gas from the reactor to maintain the gas dissociation pressure range.
US10386119B2	Method for operating a shaft furnace A method for operating a shaft furnace, in particular a blast furnace, is disclosed wherein at least one gas is introduced into the furnace. To achieve an acceleration of the reaction processes in the furnace, shockwaves are introduced into the furnace.
US10386117B2	Quick-chill beverage cooler with post-chill storage chamber Methods and apparatuses are provided for cooling of beverages containers, such as cans or bottles, quickly, or on demand. An apparatus may provide for quickly cooling a number of beverage containers when power is available and for storing them, once they have been cooled. The apparatus may include a thermoelectric cooler configured to rapidly cool a beverage container in a cooling cell. The methods may include detecting the presence of a beverage container in a cooling cell and cooling the beverage container to a selected temperature. The availability of external power may be detected and a rapid cooling of a beverage container may begin when power becomes available.
US10386116B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include a main body having a storage compartment, a first door rotatably installed at a first side of the main body to open and close a first portion of the storage compartment, and a second door rotatably installed at a second side of the main body to open and close a second portion of the storage compartment. A first camera may be installed at the first door to take a picture of an interior of the first storage compartment during rotation of the first door, and a second camera may be installed at the second door to take a picture of the interior of the first storage compartment during rotation of the second door. A controller may combine plural pictures taken by the first camera and the second camera into a single corrected image of a region of the first compartment spanning from the first door to the second door.
US10386113B2	Refrigerator and method for controlling a refrigerator A refrigerator that may include a cabinet to define a storage space, a door to open and close the storage space, a dispenser provided in the door to dispense hot water, a hot water tank through which water flows so as to heat water introduced into the door, a heater provided in the door to heat the hot water tank, a water inflow passage through which water is supplied to the hot water tank, a water discharge passage guiding hot water discharged from the hot water tank to the dispenser, a flow rate sensor provided in the water inflow passage to measure a flow rate of water flowing through the water inflow passage, a water inflow valve provided in the water inflow passage to adjust a flow of water in the water inflow passage, a water discharge valve provided in the water outlet passage, an input provided in the door to input a temperature of the hot water to be dispensed and a hot water dispensing command, and a controller to control the water inflow valve and the water discharge valve.
US10386112B2	Method and assembly aid tool for assembling a sliding door fitting A method for assembling a sliding door fitting used for coupling an appliance door to a furniture door, which is coupled to a furniture body. The appliance is installed into the furniture body and an assembly aid tool is fixed to the device door. The appliance and furniture doors are closed so that markings are introduced onto an inner surface of the furniture door by pins of the assembly aid tool. The furniture door is opened and the assembly aid tool is released and removed. A base housing of the sliding door fitting is positioned using the markings. The base housing is secured to the furniture door and a slider of the sliding door fitting is fixed to the device door. The assembly aid tool has an angular shape with a first limb and a second limb. The first limb has at least one pin for introducing at least one marking onto the furniture door, and the second limb has a securing opening for fixing the assembly aid tool onto an end face of the device door.
US10386110B2	Chest freezer A chest freezer includes a chest body which includes a cooling chamber which is accessible from above, a covering hood which covers a top of the chest body, and two access sides arranged opposite to each other from which an access to the cooling chamber exists when the covering hood is in an open position. The covering hood includes a triple sliding lid arrangement which includes two three-track rail profiles arranged parallel to each other and transversely to the two access sides, each of the two three-track rail profiles include a lower, a middle and an upper track, two side sliding lids which, in a closed position, are arranged at the two access sides, and a central sliding lid which, in a central position, is arranged approximately centrally between the two side sliding lids. The central sliding lid is guided in the lower track of the two three-track rail profiles.
US10386109B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator includes an evaporator inclined in a left-right direction and a defrosting water tray provided below the evaporator to collect defrosting water, and having inclined surfaces corresponding to a shape of the evaporator.
US10386108B2	Refrigerator having outer case and inner case for distributing cool air A refrigerator includes an outer case. The refrigerator further includes an inner case that is located in the outer case and that defines a storage space. The refrigerator further includes a metal plate that is coupled to inner surfaces of an upper portion and both sides of the inner case and that includes a front end that is spaced apart from a front end of the inner case a first distance.
US10386099B2	Desicating synthetic refrigeration oil composition for fluoro-olefin refrigeration systems A working fluid for use in a compression refrigeration, air conditioning or heat pump system, is described, which has a refrigerant composed of a fluoro-olefin, and a lubricant which is a mixture of polyol ester and a polyoxyalkylene glycol, and the polyol ester is present in an amount of at least 50% by weight based on the total weight of the polyol ester and the polyoxyalkylene glycol. A lubricant, being a mixture of a polyol ester and a polyoxyalkylene glycol, is described and comprises at least 10% by weight of polyoxyalkylene glycol based on the total weight of the polyol ester and the polyoxyalkylene glycol.
US10386097B2	Systems and methods for radiative cooling and heating Systems and methods for radiative cooling and heating are provided. For example, systems for radiative cooling can include a top layer including one or more polymers, where the top layer has high emissivity in at least a portion of the thermal spectrum and an electromagnetic extinction coefficient of approximately zero, absorptivity of approximately zero, and high transmittance in at least a portion of the solar spectrum, and further include a reflective layer including one or more metals, where the reflective layer has high reflectivity in at least a portion of the solar spectrum.
US10386094B2	Composite solar collector A solar collector adapted to absorb thermal heating from the sun, wherein said solar collector comprises hollow sections adapted to house a medium. The solar collector is a self-supporting composite solar collector produced from a composite material constituted of at least a first and second material, wherein said first and second materials have equal or substantially equal coefficients of elasticity.
US10386090B2	Reconfigurable system allowing air flow through an open window while blocking precipitation This invention relates to two devices that are used to let fresh air in or through a window or opening but at the same time keep rain or any other kind of precipitation out. This is a device that will enable people to keep a window or an opening open even in inclement weather or when precipitation of any kind threatens to enter the opening or window. This is a device that will also save energy as it will significantly decrease the use of air conditioning in homes and offices.
US10386086B2	Building management system with central plant optimization user interface A chilled water plant includes a communications bus, chilled water plant devices connected to the communications bus, and a chiller device connected to the communications bus. The chiller device is configured to detect the chilled water plant devices connected to the communications bus during a commissioning process, determine device status modules based at least in part on a type of each of the chilled water plant devices, control an operation of the chilled water plant, and display a user interface containing the device status modules.
US10386085B2	Semiconductor-based air conditioning device The semiconductor-based air conditioning device includes at least a thermoelectric cooling chip, a cooling circulating member, a heat dissipating member, and a power provisioning and temperature controller. The cooling circulating member is joined to a cold production surface, and the heat dissipating member is joined to a heat production surface, of the thermoelectric cooling chip. Each of the cooling circulating member and the heat dissipating member includes a circulating box, a fan, and an auxiliary conduction device. Each circulating box is covered with fins and surrounding pipes. Each fan is located adjacent to corresponding fins. Each auxiliary conduction device includes an electrical pump. Fluid is stored and circulated in the surrounding pipes of each circulating box. Each electrical pump is configured to pump the fluid in a corresponding circulating box, and fluid is circulated to absorb the cold or heat from the thermoelectric cooling chip.
US10386076B2	Systems and methods for heat recovery A filter unit heat exchanger is provided that may include a housing substantially surrounding a heat exchange assembly. Provided through the housing are one or more tortuous fluid flow paths used to direct airflow therethrough around portions of the heat exchange assembly for efficient operation. The tortuous path(s) may be provided by one or more nozzle openings on an input side of the housing and one or more diffuser openings on an output side of the housing, where the nozzle openings and diffuser openings are offset to cause desired airflow deflection. The filter unit may include desired symmetries to improve manufacturability and/or installation.
US10386075B2	Cooktop appliance with a gas burner assembly A cooktop appliance includes a gas burner assembly with an annular burner body that defines a central combustion zone. Gaseous fuel is flowable from a fuel chamber within the annular burner body into the central combustion zone through a plurality of flame ports. A temperature probe is spring loaded away from a top surface of a top panel such that a distal end of the temperature probe is normally positioned above the annular burner body. The cooktop appliance also includes features for limiting or preventing flame impingement against the temperature probe.
US10386073B2	Burner for a can combustor A burner for a combustion chamber of a gas turbine with a mixing and injection device, which includes a limiting wall that defines a gas-flow channel and at least two streamlined bodies. Each streamlined body extends in a first transverse direction into the gas-flow channel, and has two lateral surfaces that are arranged essentially parallel to the main-flow direction. The lateral surfaces are joined to one another at their upstream and downstream sides to form leading and trailing edges of the body, respectively. At least one of the streamlined bodies includes a mixing structure and at least one fuel nozzle at its trailing edge for introducing at least one fuel essentially parallel to the main-flow direction into the flow channel. At least two of the streamlined bodies have different lengths along the first transverse direction such that they may be used for a can combustor.
US10386066B2	Turbine engine multi-walled structure with cooling element(s) A multi-walled structure is provided for a turbine engine. This structure includes a shell with a textured first surface, and a heat shield with a second surface. The heat shield is attached to the shell. The first and the second surfaces vertically define a cooling cavity between the shell and the heat shield. The cooling cavity fluidly couples a plurality of cooling apertures defined in the shell with a plurality of cooling apertures defined in the heat shield.
US10386065B2	Concentric resonators for machines A system for attenuating acoustic energy in machines is provided. The system may include an inner tube disposed about a central axis, an outer tube disposed about the inner tube and the central axis, and a middle tube disposed about the central axis and between the inner tube and the outer tube. The system may also include a first annular ring extending radially from the outer tube and configured to couple the outer tube to the middle tube. The system may further include a second annular ring extending radially from the inner tube and configured to couple the inner tube to the outer tube, such that an acoustic resonator may be formed by the first annular ring, the second annular ring, a portion of the inner tube, a portion of the outer tube, and a portion of the middle tube.
US10386062B2	Method for operating a combustion system including a perforated flame holder A method for operating a combustion system includes outputting fuel and oxidant from a fuel and oxidant source onto a perforated flame holder. The method further includes sustaining a combustion reaction of the fuel and oxidant within the perforated flame holder.
US10386058B1	LED luminaire A luminaire having corrosion resistant and vapor tight properties. The luminaire comprises a first lighting module having a first housing with heat sink fins located thereon, a second lighting module having a second housing with heat sink fins located thereon, a raised junction box affixed between the first lighting module and the second lighting module, and at least one LED containing printed circuit board in each of the first lighting module and the second lighting module. The first housing and the second housing are each comprised of a thermally conductive plastic resin material.
US10386057B2	Light including a heat sink and LEDs coupled to the heat sink A light includes a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion defines a battery port. The light also includes a heat sink extending upward from the lower portion. The heat sink includes a body defining a central aperture that extends along a central axis, a plurality of light support surfaces arranged around a perimeter of the body, and a top support member attached to tops of the plurality of light support surfaces. The light further includes a first plurality of LEDs coupled to the plurality of light support surfaces to emit light in a 360 degree pattern, a second plurality of LEDs supported on a surface of the top support member that is perpendicular to the plurality of light support surfaces, and a battery pack received in the battery port to power the first plurality of LEDs and the second plurality of LEDs.
US10386053B2	Heatsink and luminaire Disclosed is a luminaire (100) comprising: a heatsink (10) comprising a rim (20) 5 having a first rim section (21), a second rim section (22) and an intermediate rim section (23) in between the first rim section and the second rim section; a first heatsink region comprising a mounting region (40) and a plurality of first fins (31, 32) extending from the mounting region to at least one of the first rim section and the second rim section; and a second heatsink region comprising a plurality of second fins (33) looping from the 10 intermediate rim section; a light module (110) mounted in the mounting region (40) and thermally coupled to the first heatsink region, the light module comprising at least one light engine (120) and a controller (140) for the at least one light engine; and a sensor (50) mounted on the second heatsink region, the sensor being communicatively coupled to the controller, the controller being adapted to control the at least one light engine in 15 response to a sensor signal from the sensor.
US10386042B2	Wavelength conversion member, method of manufacturing the same, and backlight assembly including the same A wavelength conversion member is disclosed. In one aspect, the wavelength conversion member includes a first substrate, a second substrate formed over the first substrate, and a wavelength conversion layer interposed between the first and second substrates. A sealant is interposed between the first and second substrates and surrounds the wavelength conversion layer.
US10386041B2	Simplified control panel for a beverage machine A selection device (2) for a beverage preparation machine (1), comprises a fixed selection element (3) and a mobile selection element (4), the fixed selection element (3) comprising a set of marks (33) each corresponding to a parameter value, the mobile selection element (4) being movable in relation to the set of marks (33) for selecting a parameter value by positioning the mobile selection element (4) in visual association with a selected mark (33X). The selection device (2) further comprises a light-sending layer which is disposed in the fixed selection device (3), a polarization layer for polarizing said sent light, and at least one polarization modifying layer able to modify the polarization of the polarized light such that the visual aspect of a selected mark (33X) is modified when the mobile selection element (4) is positioned in visual association with the selected mark (33X), the polarization modifying layer being disposed in superposition relative to the polarization layer and relative to the selected mark (33X).
US10386038B2	Diffusion lens and light emitting module having the same A light emitting module is provided that has a diffusion lens that both reduces lens radius and renders uniform light luminance by preventing luminance non-uniformities caused by lens radius reduction. The light emitting module includes a circuit board, a light emitting device mounted on the circuit board, and a diffusion lens that controls the light emitted from the light emitting device and is installed on the circuit board so as to be located above the light emitting device.
US10386028B2	Fast-mounted ceiling lamp convenient in wiring A fast-mounted ceiling lamp convenient in wiring comprises a mounting frame, a base, a light source assembly and a lampshade, wherein a hook is arranged at one end of the mounting frame, a clamping ring is arranged on an outside wall of the base, the hook is hooked into the clamping ring, and a vertical beam of the mounting frame is fixedly connected to the base; a plurality of mounting parts are arranged on the outside wall of the base, and a plurality of elastic clamping sheets are arranged on an inside surface of the lampshade and are clamped onto the mounting parts. According to the fast-mounted ceiling lamp disclosed by the present invention, by arranging the hook on the mounting frame, the base can be directly hooked to the mounting frame when a wire on the base is connected to or disconnected from an external wire, without manual lifting.
US10386022B2	Light-emitting device and method for manufacturing the light-emitting device Various embodiments may relate to a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device includes an encapsulation housing and a light engine arranged in the encapsulation housing. The light engine is arranged in the encapsulation housing in such a manner that a cavity is formed between the light engine and the encapsulation housing. At least the exit surface of a light source arranged on one side of the light engine is located in the cavity.
US10386021B2	LED light An LED light includes a holder, a connecting member, a first case, a second case, a power supply, a connecting plate, a heat sink and a base. The power supply includes a spring and an inducting portion. The connecting member includes a cylindrical hole for receiving the spring therein to connect the connecting member with the power supply, and the base includes an induction module for inducting with the inducting portion to drive the LED light lighting or extinguishing. The connecting plate includes a housing and a post portion, and the heat sink includes a plurality of cooling units to form an aperture, a through-hole receiving the post portion therein and a connecting tube received in the through-hole. The present disclosure is simple, portable and high heat dissipation effect, and can automatically intelligent sense the ambient environment to determine lighting conditions and improve induction by adjusting the induction module and the inducting portion.
US10386019B2	Flow control and gas metering process A system for controlling a flow may be provided. The system may comprise a first flow controller and a gas density meter. The gas density meter may be in fluid communication with the first flow controller. The gas density meter may be configured to calculate a gas density for a first gas flowing through the gas density meter. In addition, the gas density meter may be configured to output a first signal configured to cause the first flow controller to alter a first flow rate of the first gas flowing through the first flow controller. Furthermore, the gas density meter may be configured to output a density signal going to the second controller.
US10386017B2	Low emission nozzles and receptacles A method consistent with the present disclosure may include: (a) equalizing pressure between a nozzle inner void and a receptacle main inner void by pressing a nozzle check against a receptacle check to open the nozzle check and the receptacle check; (b) extending the nozzle into the receptacle such that a receptacle main body surrounds at least a portion of the nozzle probe; (c) flowing fluid from the nozzle inner void into the receptacle main inner void.
US10386014B2	Desk platform structure for fitness bike A desk platform structure for a fitness bike, including a desk platform, a desk platform fixing and sliding mechanism and a supporting rod is provided. The desk platform fixing and sliding mechanism includes a pair of fixing bars, a pair of sliding rails, and a fixing rack. The desk platform is installed on the fixing bars which are installed on the sliding rails. The sliding rails are fixed on guiding bars at two sides of the fixing rack which is connected to the supporting rod. A braking mechanism and a control mechanism for sliding and positioning of the fixing bar are disposed between the fixing bar and the fixing rack. Accordingly, the desk platform is more stable and reliable, and may slide and be positioned at any location. It is convenient to use the desk platform by further adjusting the inclination angle of the desk platform.
US10386007B2	Coating/membrane repair kit There is disclosed a coating/membrane device for repairing defects such as holes or cracks in the membranes used to coat oil and gas metal pipes used in oil and gas pipelines and other metal based holding tanks, metal water pipes and the like. In one embodiment the device includes an applicator for applying a patch over a defect in the membrane. The device is placed over the defect and is temporarily bonded to the membrane, and an applicator having a patch removably attached thereto is activated to apply the patch to the membrane covering the defect. In another embodiment the device is placed over the defect and is temporarily bonded to the membrane, and a liquid sealant is injected into a chamber which then sets to seal the sealant over the defect and the device is removed.
US10386005B2	Self-contained, fully mechanical, 1 out of 2 flowline protection system A flowline protection system includes a first and second isolation valve connectable to a fully rated pipeline to prevent the flow of fluid through the fully rated pipeline when either of the isolation valves are in a closed position, interrupting the flow of fluids to a downstream underrated piping system to reduce the risk of overpressure or quantity of hydrocarbon released into the environment in the event of a line break. First and second hydraulic control assemblies each include high and low pressure safety pilot valves. Both the isolation valves return to the closed position if either high pressure safety pilot valve senses an operating pressure greater than a high pressure setting or if either low pressure safety pilot valve senses the operating pressure is less than a low pressure setting. The system is self-contained and free of a connection to any component other than the fully rated pipeline.
US10386002B2	Non-terminating double containment fitting A double containment fitting for connection to a double containment tubing system with an outer, secondary containment tubing surrounding an inner, primary tubing. The fitting includes a fitting body defining a central passageway, the fitting body having a center portion disposed between opposed first and second body ports. The fitting body is configured to receive the tubing system into the first body port. The central passageway has a diameter in the first port selected to allow the secondary tubing into the first body port. A connection system mechanically secures the secondary tubing to the first body port.
US10385995B2	Fluidic coupling seal Described is a coupling seal that includes a polymeric body having a bore extending from a first end to an internal sealing surface and a fluid channel extending from the internal sealing surface to a second end. The bore is configured to receive a tube having a fluid channel so that an endface of the tube engages the internal sealing surface. The second end of the polymeric body is configured to contact a sealing surface of a coupling body that has a fluid channel extending from the sealing surface. A fluidic seal occurs when the coupling seal is compressed between the endface and the sealing surface. A void between an outer surface of the polymeric body and an inner surface of the coupling body receives the deformation of the coupling seal while under compression to thereby prevent the fluid channel of the tube from being crushed or obstructed.
US10385990B2	Pressure-balanced pull-type manual actuation mechanism for a valve An example manual actuation mechanism includes (i) a piston having: (a) a first flanged portion with a first annular surface area, (b) a second flanged portion with a second annular surface area, (c) a longitudinal cavity bounded by an interior peripheral surface of the piston, and (d) a shoulder on the interior peripheral surface of the piston; and (ii) a pin disposed in the longitudinal cavity of the piston, where the pin has an area with an enlarged diameter configured to interface with and rest against the shoulder of the piston, such that a force applied on the pin in a given axial direction is transferred to the piston, and where a difference between the second annular surface area of the second flanged portion and the first annular surface of the first flanged portion is substantially equal to a cross-sectional area of the pin.
US10385982B2	Robust in-line valve A poppet valve is provided wherein the poppet and seat are integrally aligned to a bore within a housing of the valve. The poppet is configured to reciprocate within a guide also aligned to the bore, and a spring is provided between the guide and the poppet to bias the poppet against the seat. The poppet guide is positioned, with respect to the bore, by having an alignment portion thereof fixed in a feature of the housing in which it extends, and a second housing secures the feature in the first housing. A pilot, selectively positionable by a piston, is provided to mechanically move the poppet off of the seat.
US10385972B2	Self-sealing bellows for use with vehicles Self-sealing bellows for use with vehicles are disclosed. An example bellows includes a tubular body being expandable and contractible along an axis of the body. The bellows also includes a lining disposed along a surface of the body and a liquid or gelatinous material disposed between the body and the lining. The liquid or gelatinous material hardens when exposed to a fluid.
US10385971B2	Piston ring Provided is a piston ring (10) comprising a sliding surface (11) covered with a Cr—B—V—N alloy film (3), wherein a B content is within a range of 0.1-1.5 mass % inclusive, a V content is within a range of 0.05-1 mass % inclusive, and a ratio [B content/V content] is within a range greater than 1 and 30 or less, thereby achieving a piston ring (10) having higher wear resistance, cracking resistance, and peeling resistance. This alloy film (3) preferably further includes Ti, the Ti content being within a range greater than 0 mass % and 8 mass % or less. Such a piston ring (10) is preferably mounted on an engine that uses an alcohol fuel or an alcohol-containing fuel.
US10385963B2	Power transfer device A power transfer device that includes a transmission, a drive pinion gear to which power from the transmission is transferred, a differential ring gear disposed below the drive pinion gear and meshed with the drive pinion gear, a differential gear coupled to the differential ring gear, and a cover that covers at least a part of the differential gear.
US10385961B2	Planetary gear system A planetary gear system is disclosed. The planetary gear system includes a carrier, a planet gear defining a central planet axis, a pin coupling the planet gear to the carrier and a bearing disposed between the planet gear and the pin. The bearing includes a plurality of rolling elements. Each of the rolling elements is in contact with an inner race and an outer race. The planet gear has a formed therein cooling passage for allowing a coolant to pass therethrough to cool the planet gear.
US10385957B2	Follower mechanism A follower mechanism including an outer cup having a substantially cylindrical side wall, an annular lip portion disposed at a first end of the side wall, and an annular ledge disposed on the side wall, the annular ledge being disposed in a plane that is transverse to a longitudinal center axis of the follower mechanism. An inner cup includes an annular lip extending outwardly therefrom and a pair of shaft apertures, and is disposed in the outer cup so that the lip abuts the annular ledge of the outer cup and is non-rotatably fixed thereto by the annular lip of the outer cup which abuts the lip of the inner cup. A shaft is received in the shaft apertures, and a roller follower is rotatably received on the shaft such that a portion of the roller follower extends axially outwardly beyond the annular lip portion of the outer cup.
US10385947B2	Belt attachment tool The present invention relates to a belt attachment tool used for further winding a belt, which is wound on a first pulley (1) and a second pulley (2), on a third pulley (3), the belt attachment tool containing a side surface part (10), an attaching part (11), a first belt holding part (14), and a second belt holding part (15), and the second belt holding part (15) is arranged so that a point (F) of intersection between a first extension line (L1) extending the belt wound on the first belt holding part (14) from an outer periphery of the second pulley (2) and a second extension line (L2) extending the belt wound on the second belt holding part (15) from an outer periphery of the first pulley (1) is located to a front side in a rotation direction (A) of the third pulley (3) with respect to a center line (L3) connecting a center (1S) of the first pulley (1) with a center (3S) of the third pulley.
US10385945B2	Multi-speed transmission A multiple speed transmission having an input member, an output member, a plurality of planetary gearsets, a plurality of interconnecting members and a plurality of torque-transmitting mechanisms. The plurality of planetary gear sets includes first, second and ring gears. The input member is continuously interconnected with at least one member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets, and the output member is continuously interconnected with another member of one of the plurality of planetary gear sets. At least eight forward speeds and one reverse speed are achieved by the selective engagement of the five torque-transmitting mechanisms.
US10385937B2	Disc brake caliper A disc brake caliper is basically provided with a caliper housing, a brake pad and an intermediate member. The caliper housing defines a slot that is configured to receive a brake rotor. The caliper housing is made of a first material. The brake pad includes a mounting plate. The brake pad is disposed in the slot. The intermediate member is disposed between the caliper housing and the brake pad. The intermediate member is made of a second material having a thermal conductivity that is smaller than a thermal conductivity of the first material.
US10385935B2	Method for increasing the availability of a hybrid separating clutch in a hybrid drive train of a motor vehicle The invention relates to a method for increasing the availability of a hybrid separating clutch in a hybrid drive train of a motor vehicle, wherein the hybrid separating clutch is disposed between an internal combustion engine and an electric traction drive. In the method where even in the event of a fault the motor vehicle continues to be driven, the hybrid separating clutch is controlled by a hydrostatic actuator, and when a malfunction of the hydrostatic actuator is detected, for actuation of the hybrid separating clutch which is engaged in the non-actuated state, the last state of the hydrostatic actuator detected by a control mechanism is used for estimation of a minimum clutch torque which can be transmitted.
US10385932B2	Viscous clutch and associated flux circuit configuration A viscous clutch includes a shaft, a rotor attached to the shaft, a housing located adjacent to the rotor, a working chamber defined between the rotor and the housing, a reservoir used to store a shear fluid, a valve assembly, an electromagnetic coil, and a flux insert in the housing. Selective introduction of the shear fluid to the working chamber facilitates selective torque transmission between the rotor and the housing. The valve assembly regulates flow of the shear fluid between the reservoir and the working chamber, and includes an armature. Selective energization of the electromagnetic coil governs actuation of the valve assembly. A flux circuit is provided that extends from the electromagnetic coil to the armature and back to the electromagnetic coil. The flux circuit passes through the flux insert and through the shaft, and the flux circuit crosses a radial air gap between the flux insert and the armature.
US10385927B2	Torque limiter having over-speed protection An apparatus for connecting a rotational drive member to a rotational driven member brakes rotation when either the torque transmitted between the members exceeds a predetermined torque limit or the rotational speed of the drive member exceeds a predetermined rotational speed limit. The apparatus includes a torque limiter configured to actuate a braking mechanism or disconnect transmission when the torque limit is exceeded, and an over-speed governor configured to trigger the torque limiter when the rotational speed of the input element exceeds the rotational speed limit. The over-speed governor may trigger the torque limiter by reducing the torque limit of the torque limiter, or by introducing rotational drag in the apparatus to increase transmitted torque.
US10385925B2	Clutch hub The invention relates to a clutch hub. The clutch hub (1) comprises a hub body (2) with an axial passage opening (4) for receiving a shaft (5) and with in each case one face side (3a, 3b) at the two axial ends of the passage opening (4). An internal surface (6) is formed in the passage opening (4), and a flat surface (7a, 7b) annularly surrounding the passage opening (4) is formed on each of the face sides (3a, 3b). The internal surface (6) is covered by an electrical insulation coating (8) in the form of a ceramic coating. The electrical insulation coating (8) also, in continuous fashion, covers a respective annular region (9a, 9b), surrounding the passage opening (4), on the flat surfaces (7a, 7b) and a transition region (10a, 10b) formed between the internal surface (6) and the respective annular region (9a 9b).
US10385923B2	Bearing housing in particular designed for the food industry Bearing housing including a housing element designed to be adapted to receive internally a bearing, and a fastening base or flange to a frame of machinery provided with through holes for screws or bolts and having a shoulder face intended to go into use in contact against the frame of the machine equipment, the face of the shoulder being traversed by through holes. The housing element is made of a synthetic molded plastic material and the base or flange has its shoulder face covered by a layer of elastomeric material which has been molded integrally fixed in one piece with the base or flange.
US10385921B2	Combination bearing and seal assembly for rotatable shafts A combination bearing and seal assembly includes a tubular inner body disposable about a shaft so rotate about an axis and has a first outer circumferential surface section providing an inner bearing race and a second outer circumferential surface section spaced axially from the first surface section and providing a seal engagement surface. A tubular outer body is disposed about the inner body and has an inner circumferential surface section providing a bearing outer race and rolling elements are disposed between the two races to form a bearing. A seal member(s) form an annular seal between the inner and outer bodies and is spaced axially from the bearing. The seal member(s) have inner sealing surface(s) engageable with the inner body engagement surface when the inner body is generally stationary and the seal is configured to displace radially outwardly from the engagement surface when the inner body rotates about the axis.
US10385914B2	Dual-shaft hinge with the two pivot shafts thereof designed to rotate in turn A dual-shaft hinge includes a hinge body, a pivot shaft set including a first pivot shaft and a second pivot shaft and pivotally mounted in the hinge body in parallel, and a rotation constraint unit mounted in the hinge body and so configured for allowing the first pivot shaft and the second pivot shaft to be rotated in turn.
US10385913B2	Length-adjustable Samer rod A Samer rod has length adjustable along a longitudinal axis. A first element extends along the axis between a first coupling end and an engagement section end, and a second element extends along the axis between a second coupling end and a receiving end. A receiving hole extends along the axis, inside the first element, away from the receiving end to the second coupling end. The engagement section has an outer row of teeth extending parallel to the axis with evenly spaced teeth extending perpendicular to the axis in the circumferential direction of the engagement section. The receiving hole has an inner row of teeth extending parallel to the axis with evenly spaced teeth extending perpendicular to the axis in the circumferential direction of the receiving hole wall. The spacing of the teeth of the two rows in the direction of the axis corresponds to one another.
US10385902B2	Screw and drive element with chamfer Screw for introducing into an underground, comprising a screw shaft and a screw head which is adjoining the screw shaft, in which a drive is formed for rotary driving the screw by a drive element, wherein the drive comprises a hollow wing section at an outer side of the screw with a circular hollow core and hollow wings which are provided along the circumference, wherein the drive comprises a hollow recess section at an inner side of the screw, and wherein the drive at a transition between the hollow wing section and the hollow recess section comprises a chamfer section whose outer surface is angled with respect to an outer surface of the hollow wing section and with respect to an outer surface of the hollow recess section.
US10385897B2	Dowel element, fastening device, method for producing a dowel element, and method for installing a fastening device In order to provide an anchor element for fastening an article to a further article, this anchor element being simple and inexpensive to produce and enabling an article to be fastened to a further article simply and reliably, it is proposed that the anchor element should include a base body that takes a hollow form, at least in certain regions, and surrounds a receiving space for receiving a fastening element, wherein the base body includes one or more elastically yielding spring elements that are formed by one or more wall portions of the base body, and these project into the receiving space in an installed condition of the anchor element.
US10385895B2	Hand-actuated closing device with a delaying system A hand-actuated closing device is provided. The closing device includes two closing parts which are fittable together along a closing direction, are mechanically interconnected in a closed position and are releasable from one another as by releasing the mechanical connection. One of the closure parts includes a housing and a locking element which is arranged so as to be movable on the housing and is in connection with the other closure part in the closed position to produce the mechanical connection between the closure parts. In the closed position, the locking part assumes a first position on the housing, is manually movable from the first position into a second position to release the closure parts and is resettable from the second position into the first position under the action of a resetting force. The closing device further includes a delaying system.
US10385873B2	Fan A fan includes a hub, a plurality of blades, and a heat dissipation module. The blades surround the hub. The heat dissipation module includes a plurality of fins. The fins are disposed around the hub with respect to the blades. The end face of each fin facing the blades includes a noise reduction structure. The noise reduction structure is an inclined plane.
US10385872B2	Variable pitch rectifier for a turbomachine compressor comprising two inner rings A variable pitch rectifier for a compressor includes a plurality of radial vanes having respectively, at outer and inner ends of same, outer and inner pivots, the inner pivots being received between two upstream and downstream inner rings, which are assembled by a link device. The link device includes only a set of angular sectors of elastically deformable stirrups, arranged to grip together the inner peripheral edges of the upstream and downstream rings by clamping one against the other.
US10385867B2	Multi-directional cooling fan A cooling fan extending vertically to define a longitudinal axis, the cooling fan configured to blow air and mist therefrom. The cooling fan includes a base and multiple stacked duct housings with a fan housing therebetween, each of the duct housing being rotatably coupled to each other. The base includes a water tank associated with an atomizer, an axial flow fan, and a misting tube, the misting tube extending upward from the atomizer along the axis through an air duct defined by the duct housings. Each of the duct housings include an air outlet and a misting outlet to independently disperse air and mist therefrom to be mixed upon exiting the cooling fan. With this arrangement, each one of the duct housings is rotatable about the longitudinal axis relative to an adjacent one of the multiple duct housings to provide directional misted air flow from multiple selected positions.
US10385845B2	High pressure fuel pump A high pressure fuel pump includes a pump head from which extends a turret, a bore extends along a main axis from a pumping chamber through the turret to an open end. A piston is arranged in the bore and protrudes out of the turret, an outer extremity being provided with a cam follower. A spring is arranged around the piston and slipped over the turret, the spring is compressed between the cam follower and the main part of the pump head. A cup shaped sleeve is arranged around the turret and defines a volume between the turret and the peripheral wall which fills with fuel that has leaked between the piston and the blind bore from the pumping chamber. A bottom face of the sleeve is provided with a hole through which the piston extends. An opening in the peripheral wall allows fuel to exit the volume.
US10385837B2	Electric compressor Disclosed herein is an electric compressor including: a main housing (4) having therein a suction chamber into which low-temperature refrigerant is drawn; an inverter housing (1) including an internal seating surface (1a) formed adjacent to the suction chamber, with at least one inverter element (2) fixed at a surface thereof to the internal seating surface (1a) while making contact with the internal seating surface (1a), the at least one inverter element (2) conducting heat to the main housing (4); and at least one heat dissipation cover (6) disposed toward the main housing (4) while facing another surface of the inverter element (2) and enclosing the inverter element (2), the at least one heat dissipation cover (6) having therein a receiving space (64) in which the inverter element (2) is received.
US10385832B2	Systems and methods of utilizing axial flow expanders An exemplary embodiment of the present techniques provides a system for decreasing a temperature of a fluid. The system includes an axial flow expander for expanding gas flowed in a direction along an axis thereof. The axial flow expander includes: an outer casing made as a unified structure having an inlet port and an outlet port. An inner casing is fixed inside the outer casing. A rotor shaft is accommodated inside the inner casing, and is aligned with the axis. A number of bearings allow the rotor shaft to rotate around the axis. Moving blades protrude from the rotor shaft and are arranged inside the gas passage in an alternating fashion with a number of stator vanes. The inner casing, the rotor shaft, the bearings, the stator vanes, and the moving blades are integrally assembled, and inserted into the outer casing in the direction along the axis.
US10385819B2	Multi-strike ignition system for an internal combustion engine An ignition system for an internal combustion engine has a power source, a transformer having a first primary winding and a second primary winding and a secondary winding, a connector extending from the secondary winding so as to connect with a terminal of a spark plug, and a multi-strike circuit cooperative with the electronic spark timing circuit so as to fire the transformer with multiple strikes between the falling edge and the rising edge. A booster circuit is cooperative at the electronic spark timing circuit so as to collect and store energy from the power source while the electronic spark timing circuit fires the transformer. A delay circuit fires the transformer at a time subsequent to the falling edge and before the rising edge.
US10385813B2	Fuel injection valve A fuel injection valve includes: a circular plate portion that is abuttable against an end surface of a needle opposite from a valve seat while the needle being provided to open and close an injection hole upon lifting and seating of the needle relative to the valve seat; and a tubular portion that extends from the circular plate portion toward the valve seat and has an end part, which is opposite from the circular plate portion and is abuttable against a movable core second contact surface of a movable core opposite from the valve seat. In a state where the circular plate portion abuts against the needle, and the tubular portion abuts against the movable core, a gap is formed between a flange member end surface of a flange of the needle and a movable core first contact surface of the movable core opposite from the valve seat.
US10385806B2	Solid propellant grain A solid rocket propellant grain having rocket propellant and a membrane in contact with the rocket propellant. The membrane includes a highly heat conductive pattern which affects the propellant burning rate through localized conductive heat transfer from the combustion zone and into the uncombusted propellant. Different geometries for the thermally conductive pattern produce different combustion results.
US10385805B2	Thrust vectoring nozzle A variable geometry exhaust nozzle arrangement includes a plurality of hingable exhaust petals defining a perimeter of an exhaust duct and an annular ring slidably engagable against a radially outer surface of each petal. The annular ring is coupled to a plurality of circumferentially spaced actuator arrangements, each including first and second circumferentially spaced parallel actuator arms pivotably coupled to the annular ring at a first end and to a slide arrangement at a second end. Each slide arrangement is mounted for linear sliding movement relative to the annular ring, such that sliding movement of each slide arrangement causes pivoting of the first and second actuator arms to thereby translate the annular ring in one or both of a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction.
US10385797B2	Linear motor valve actuator system and method for controlling valve operation A linear motor actuated valve assembly in which a linear motor enables electrical actuation and control of intake and exhaust valves of an internal combustion engine.
US10385795B2	Fuel tank pressure sensor rationality testing using V2X technology Methods and systems are provided for conducting a fuel tank pressure transducer rationality test diagnostic procedure in vehicles with sealed fuel tanks. In one example, vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) or vehicle-to-infrastructure-to-vehicle (V2I2V) technology may be utilized to obtain fuel tank pressure transducer data from a select crowd of vehicles, where the select crowd may be based on the vehicles in the select crowd experiencing similar ambient temperature and weather as the vehicle being diagnosed. In this way, FTPT data from vehicles in the select crowd may be compared to FTPT data in the vehicle being diagnosed, in order to indicate whether the FTPT in the vehicle being diagnosed is functioning as desired, where such a diagnostic can be performed without unsealing the fuel tank on either the vehicle being diagnosed or the vehicles in the select crowd, and which may thus reduce undesired evaporative emissions.
US10385784B2	Clevis link for toggle mechanism of ram air turbine actuator A clevis for use in a toggle mechanism of a ram air turbine actuator is provided comprising a first side; a second side parallel to the first side; a first set of parallel pivot holes; second set of parallel pivot holes; a set of parallel through holes; and a helicoil blind hole. The second side rigidly connected to the first side via at least one brace perpendicular to the first side and the second side. The helicoil blind hole being located in the first side and extending into the at least one brace. The first side having a first hole of the first set of parallel pivot holes, a first hole of the second set of parallel pivot holes, and a first hole of the set of parallel through holes. The second side having the hole pattern reflective of the first side, composed of second holes.
US10385774B2	Split compressor turbine engine A turbine engine includes a first compressor and a second compressor fluidly parallel to the first compressor. A reverse flow combustor is fluidly connected to the first compressor and the second compressor. A first turbine and a second turbine are fluidly connected in series, and fluidly connected to an output of the reverse flow combustor.
US10385769B2	Fuel reformer cooler A fuel reformer cooler for cooling a hydrogen-containing effluent released from a fuel reformer is disclosed. The fuel reformer cooler may comprise a heat transfer wall separating an effluent conduit from a coolant conduit and permitting heat transfer from the effluent in the effluent conduit to a coolant in the coolant conduit therethrough. The heat transfer wall may be formed from a base that includes a first surface facing the coolant conduit and a second surface facing the effluent conduit. The cooler may further comprise an anti-hydrogen embrittlement layer applied to the second surface of the base to shield the base from exposure to the effluent, and a plurality of symmetrical fins each extending through the anti-hydrogen embrittlement layer and contacting the second surface of the base. The plurality of symmetrical fins may project into the effluent conduit.
US10385767B2	Format-specific bids based on goal-oriented targeting of content Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a method for determining bids for campaigns. The method comprises receiving an indication from a sponsor to create a video campaign and presenting a user interface for the sponsor to designate a goal for the video campaign. The goal is expressed in terms of a balance between maximizing any views versus engaged views. Engaged views arise when a user indicates their desire to view a video content item or where the user performs one or more actions related to the video content item while or after viewing the video content item. The method further comprises receiving a sponsor selection of a goal, receiving a maximum bid to be applied to all video campaign formats, automatically determining an adjusted maximum bid for each format based on the maximum bid and sponsor goal selection, and storing the campaign.
US10385744B2	Method for producing a gasoline engine exhaust gas system having a particulate filter, and exhaust gas system of a gasoline engine A method for producing a gasoline engine exhaust gas system having a particulate filter includes using at least one spacer for positioning at least two components provided for the passage of exhaust gas from the engine. The spacer includes ash-forming constituents. The method then includes permanently connecting the components, and burning the spacer element during a first heating up of the exhaust gas system, thereby releasing the ash-forming constituents and depositing the ash-forming constituents on the particulate filter. An exhaust gas system of a gasoline engine also is provided in a state before a first heating up of the exhaust gas system. The exhaust gas system includes a burnable spacer element between two exhaust gas system components that are provided for the passage of exhaust gas. The burnable spacer elements include ash-forming constituents.
US10385741B2	Oil system with clog resistant oil filter Systems are provided for an oil system including a filter with a large surface area. In one example, a system may include an oil filter with a prismatic shape. This shape may include a filter surface area greater than an inlet area of an oil port and the filter surface area may also be located a distance away from the oil port.
US10385739B2	Camshaft adjuster having a chamber short-circuiting, pressure-controlled control unit A vane-type camshaft adjuster (1) including a rotor (2) which has radially projecting vanes (3) and forms vane cells (5) along with a stator (4) rotatably accommodating the rotor (2), each vane cell (5) being subdividable by a vane (3) into two adjustable chambers provided for holding hydraulic fluid; a hydraulic fluid-controlling device (12) for conducting hydraulic fluid is disposed and/or connected between the chambers (6, 7) in such a way that a drop in pressure in the chambers (6, 7) caused or reinforced by camshaft switching moments occurring during operation is used to open the hydraulic fluid-controlling device (12) such that fluid flows therethrough.
US10385731B2	CTE matching hanger support for CMC structures A flow path assembly for a gas turbine engine is provided. The flow path assembly may include an outer casing comprising a metal material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion, a ceramic structure comprising a ceramic material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion, and a mounting component attached on a first end to the outer casing and attached on a second end to the ceramic structure. The mounting component may be constructed from at least two materials transitioning from the first end to the second end such that the coefficient of thermal expansion is different at the first end than the second end.
US10385725B2	Abradable coating made of a material having a low surface roughness The present invention relates to an abradable coating for a turbine engine part, characterized by the fact that said coating includes a layer made of an abradable material, the surface asperities of which are filled with thermally bonded ceramic grains, forming a smooth, free surface having a low roughness.
US10385722B2	Adjustment ring damper A variable turbine geometry turbocharger (100) with an adjustment ring assembly (45) having an adjustment ring (50) and a series of pivotable guide vanes (30) that are operably connected to the adjustment ring (50). A spring-biased retention clip (60) is between adjacent vane levers (36) and is attached to the adjustment ring (50). The retention clip (60) applies a force against the adjacent vane levers (36) and dampens and reduces movement of corresponding components.
US10385720B2	Method for providing coolant to a movable airfoil A gas turbine engine with an adjustable vane includes a platform with a hole and an aperture. A vane is supported for rotation relative to the platform by a trunion that is received in the hole. The vane has an opening that is laterally spaced from the trunion and is in alignment with the aperture. The vane includes an airfoil with a cooling passage in fluid communication with the opening.
US10385717B2	Multi-ply seal A seal may comprise a first ply including an annular shape and a second ply including a discontinuous annular shape having an axial split. The second ply may be positioned adjacent to a surface of the first ply.
US10385712B2	Support assembly for a gas turbine engine A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a first member including a first seal land for contacting a first structure. A second member includes a second seal land for contacting a second structure and a third seal land for contacting a third structure. The first member and the second member form a pivotable connection.
US10385708B2	Guide assembly with optimised aerodynamic performance The invention relates to a turbine engine air flow guide assembly including: a structural arm (30); and a guide vane (21) on the lower surface of the structural arm, comprising a leading edge (22), a trailing edge (23), and a camber line (24), said vane and arm extending radially about an axis (X-X) of the turbine engine and defining therebetween an air flow channel. The structural arm (30) comprises: an upstream end (31) having a guide vane profile (21) and comprising a leading edge (32) aligned with that of the vane; and a shoulder (35) located on the lower surface of the arm, defining a neck in the channel. The assembly is characterized in that the area (Aneck) of the section of the channel at the neck is between 0.7 and 0.9 times the area (Ainlet) of the section of the channel at the leading edges.
US10385706B2	Rotary assembly for a turbomachine The invention relates to a rotary assembly for a turbomachine, comprising: a disk (16) having an external periphery exhibiting an alternation of slots (22) and of teeth (20), vanes (14) extending radially from the disk (16), the roots (24) of which are engaged axially and retained radially in the slots (22) of the disk, upstream and/or downstream of the disk, an annular sealing flange (52) of cavities (36) formed radially between, respectively, the roots of the vanes and the bottoms of the slots of the disk, said flange comprising an external part (56) arranged axially facing the upstream and/or downstream ends, respectively, of the teeth of the disk and of the roots of the vanes. According to the invention, the assembly further comprises an intermediate ring (66) which is arranged axially between the flange (52) and the teeth (20) of the disk, and also comprises a seal (70) which is arranged axially between, on the one side, the intermediate ring (6) and, on another side, the teeth (20) of the disk and the vane roots (24).
US10385700B2	Turbomachine turbine blade squealer tip A turbomachine turbine blade includes a suction face, a pressure face, a leading edge and a trailing edge as well as a squealer at the tip thereof. The squealer tip includes at least one internal rib that extends from a point of attachment of the rim of the squealer on the suction-face side to a point of attachment of the rim of the squealer on the pressure-face side, and includes a portion for absorbing the load of leakage flows which extends from the suction face and a deflector-forming portion which extends the load absorber portion with an inflection and guides the leakage flows toward the pressure face.
US10385692B2	Apparatus and method for pre-loading mechanical constant-resistance single prop An apparatus for pre-loading a mechanical constant-resistance single prop includes a rhombic stretchable bracket, a screw rod, a first cylindrical sleeve ring, and a second cylindrical sleeve ring. The screw rod is connected to two opposite apex corners of the rhombic stretchable bracket. A tail end of the screw rod is fixedly connected to one apex corner of the rhombic stretchable bracket. An end head of the screw rod passes through another apex corner of the rhombic stretchable bracket. The remaining two opposite apex corners of the rhombic stretchable bracket are respectively fixedly connected to edges of the first cylindrical sleeve ring and the second cylindrical sleeve ring through connecting rods. The screw rod is threadedly connected to the apex corner of the rhombic stretchable bracket through which the screw rod passes. A method for pre-loading a mechanical constant-resistance single prop is also provided.
US10385684B2	Systems and methods for communicating downhole data Systems and methods for communicating downhole signals using a mud pulser. The method includes encoding data collected from a downhole sensor as symbols into electrical pulses received by the mud pulser; transmitting the electrical pulses as pressure pulses through using the mud pulser; converting the pressure pulses into full wave pressure signals; processing the full wave pressure signals to recover the symbols; and decoding the symbols to provide the data.
US10385679B2	Pressure monitoring A system and associated method for monitoring pressure of water at a sub-surface water location. The system includes a chamber, enclosing a fluid, and a fluid line. The system includes a differential pressure sensor with first and second fluid pressure inputs connected to the chamber and the fluid line, respectively. The system includes a first valve configured to have a first position in which the chamber is in fluid communication with the fluid line through the first valve and configured to have a second position in which the chamber is blocked from fluid communication with the line. The system includes a second valve configured to have a first position in which the fluid line is blocked from fluid communication with the water at the sub-surface location and is configured to have a second position in which the line is in fluid communication with the water through the second valve.
US10385675B2	Estimation and calibration of downhole buckling conditions A method for estimating an axial force transfer efficiency of a drillstring in a borehole includes lifting the drillstring so that the drill bit is off the bottom of the borehole, measuring a hook load, slacking off a first reference amount of the hook load, determining a first weight on bit at the bottom of the drillstring and determining the axial force transfer efficiency based, at least in part, on the measured hook load, the first weight on bit, and the first reference amount of hook load.
US10385669B2	Apparatus and method for servicing a well A blender apparatus is disclosed having a chassis, a mixer positioned on the chassis, and a transfer pump positioned on the chassis. The mixer has a mixer housing defining a first mixer inlet, a second mixer inlet, and a mixer outlet. The first mixer inlet receives a liquid component, and the second mixer inlet receives a dry component. The mixer pressurizes at least the liquid component within the housing and discharges the liquid component through the mixer outlet at a first pressure above hydrostatic pressure. The transfer pump has a pump housing defining a pump inlet, a pump outlet and is devoid of an inlet configured to receive a dry component through a gravity feed. The transfer pump receives the liquid component through the pump inlet, pressurizes the liquid component within the pump housing, and discharges the liquid component through the pump outlet at a second pressure above hydrostatic pressure.
US10385666B2	Oil recovery with fishbone wells and steam The present disclosure relates to a particularly effective well configuration that can be used for steam-drive based oil recovery methods. Fishbone multilateral wells are combined with steam drive, effectively allowing drive processes to be used where previously the reservoir lacked sufficient injectivity to allow steam drive or cyclic steam based methods.
US10385658B2	In-situ wellbore, core and cuttings information system Systems and methods for generation of in-situ wellbore, core and cuttings information systems. An image and image derivative based property visualization, analysis and enhancement system is provided, which utilizes various types of image data, such as digital rock physics and physical laboratories, petrographic analysis and the in-situ wellbore imaging and derivative products of image segmentation in the construction of a static earth model.
US10385646B1	Sealed grease head and top drive guide The top drive guide assists with insertion of the drill string through the inner barrel and a rubber found in the RCD. The top drive guide aligns the drill string with the inner barrel and rubber for insertion through the inner barrel and the rubber. The top drive guide positions the drill string within the rubber for rotation of the inner barrel with the drill string. The contact of the drill string with the rubber caused by the top drive guide rotates the inner barrel with the drill string. The top drive guide may be used either in a low pressure head or a high pressure head. The sealed grease head provides a grease compartment with no oiler or oil lines. The grease compartment is sealed by a top seal and a bottom seal that seals between the inner barrel and the outer barrel.
US10385637B2	Stop collar Stop collars may be fixedly mounted on a liner or other tubular member. The stop collar comprises a first sleeve and a second sleeve. The sleeves are adapted to extend around the outer circumference of the tubular member and are engaged by threaded connections. The sleeves provide opposing inner thrust surfaces. The collar further comprises a radially expandable gripping member disposed between the opposing thrust surfaces. The sleeves may be drawn together by rotation about the threaded connection to cause the thrust surfaces to bear on the gripping member and expand the gripping member radially inward into frictional engagement with the tubular member.
US10385632B1	Casing grapple A tubular is automatically gripped below an upset end or coupling and released mechanically or with the use of pressure or other devices such as motors and or gear arrangements. A mandrel connects to a traveling block and/or top drive and enables selective supporting and releasing of an “upset end” tubular (casing, tubing or drill pipe) by changing the load carrying element as well as sealing element, this allows supporting while running or pulling, filling, flow back and/or circulation.
US10385622B2	Precipitation hardened matrix drill bit Forming a precipitation hardened composite material having reinforcing particles and precipitated intermetallic particles dispersed in the binder material may involve heat treating the hard composite material at a temperature above a solvus line for the binder material and below a melting point of the binder material and quenching the hard composite material to a temperature below the solvus line of the binder material. At least some of the precipitated intermetallic particles in the precipitation hardened composite material may have at least one dimension less than 1 micron. Such precipitated intermetallic particles may optionally be grown to larger sizes by heat treating the precipitation hardened composite material at a temperature below the solvus line of the binder material.
US10385617B2	High frequency fluid driven drill hammer percussion drilling in hard formations A fluid pressure driven, high frequency percussion hammer for drilling in hard formations is presented. The hammer piston (20) of the percussion hammer has a relatively large and longitudinally extending bore (41) that provides minimal flow resistance for a drilling fluid flowing through the bore (41) during the return stroke of the hammer piston (20). The bore (41) is closeable in the upstream direction by a valve plug (23) that follows the hammer piston (20) during the stroke. The valve plug (23) is controlled by a relatively long and slender valve stem (49) that is mechanically able to stop the valve plug (23) by approximately 75% of the full stroke length of the hammer piston (20) and separates the plug (23) from a seat ring (40). Thus the bore (41) opens up such that the bore fluid can flow there trough, and the inherent tension spring properties of the valve stem (49) returns the valve plug (23) so rapid that it will be good through flow during return of the hammer piston (20).
US10385609B2	Method and device for producing thermoplastic spacers When producing insulating glass including at least two panes of glass (1) and at least one spacer of thermoplastic material arranged between the panes of glass, to seal the beginning (4) and the end (5) of the strand (2) of thermoplastic material the thermoplastic material is compressed with the aid of jaws placed against the side faces of the strand. In the region of the joint thus formed between the beginning and the end of the strand forming the spacer, the width of the strand is reduced with the aid of a compression die with a convexly curved active face such that a depression is created. This depression has the effect that, after the assembly of an insulating glass blank, placing a second pane of glass onto the free edges of the strand produces an opening that allows a pressure equalization during the subsequent compression of the insulating glass blank.
US10385594B2	Power locking door handle with capacitive sensing A power locking door handle with capacitive sensing is provided for heavy duty vehicles. The door handle includes a base surface mounted to the exterior of the vehicle door and a hand grip mounted or formed with the base. The handle may be a pull type or push button type. A power lock motor and printed circuit board with a capacitive sensor are sealed within the base. When an operator's hand is inserted between the hand grip and the base, the capacitive sensor sends a signal via the PCB to the motor to unlock the door latch. A key lock cylinder on the base overrides the lock motor if power to the motor is disabled.
US10385591B2	EAS tag with shackle An EAS tag has a housing and a shackle. The shackle has a first segment with a first end and a second segment with a second end. The first segment of the shackle is slidably mounted in the housing while the second segment moves in and out of the housing in accord with the first segment. When the second segment is out of the housing, the shackle can be placed through an aperture in an object to be protected or around a portion of an object to be protected. The shackle is then slid into the housing so that the second segment inserts into the housing. A clutch within the housing prevents the shackle from being shifted until the clutch is released. The housing carries at least a passive EAS element. More advanced EAS electronic elements may also be carried in the housing.
US10385564B2	Stackable expansion joint frame assembly A system for attaching a flexible expansion joint to the surface of a building such as the floor of a building. The system for attaching the joint is configured to secure the joint and provide, in effect, a form up to which a top coat of material such as concrete or asphalt can applied over an existing floor structure. The system provides a universal base unit upon which common extension units can be attached and stacked to vary the height of the form for the surface coat.
US10385554B2	Outlet box A utility box for mounting at least in part within a wall for use with a fluid carrying supply pipe, the box comprising, a housing including a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall, a back wall and a front opening providing access into an interior of the housing defined by the top, bottom, first side, second side and back walls, a bottom wall aperture in the bottom wall sized for extending the pipe through the bottom wall aperture with the pipe terminating in a free end portion positioned within the interior of the housing at a location above the bottom wall, a valve attachable to the free end portion of the pipe, the junction of the valve and the pipe being within the interior of the housing above the bottom wall, and a first seal positioned to provide a fluid-tight seal between the bottom wall and the pipe to prevent fluid within the interior of the housing from passing out of the interior of the housing through the bottom wall aperture.
US10385548B2	Lock assembly for an excavator wear member A lock assembly for an excavator wear assembly, the lock assembly a locking pin having at least one dowel extending outwardly therefrom. The lock assembly also includes a retaining member having a seat and a cavity and a biasing member located within the cavity of the retaining member. The biasing member is adapted to exert a biasing force on the dowel to releasably retain the dowel within the seat of the retaining member.
US10385539B2	Unmanned control system of operation lever for operating device An unmanned control system of an operation lever for operating a device includes: a mountable operation unit which is attachably and separably coupled to an operation lever for operating a device and manipulates the operation lever; and an operation unit control part which moves the operation lever coupled to the mountable operation unit by remotely controlling the mountable operation unit, in which the mountable operation unit has the same degree of freedom as the operation lever. The unmanned control system may lower a center of gravity of the mountable operation unit, thereby precisely controlling the operation lever and improving intuition with respect to the movement of the operation lever and the mountable unit.
US10385538B2	Operator's cab arrangement for a construction machine An operator's cab arrangement for a construction machine (100) is proposed which comprises side wall elements, a front wall element, a rear wall element and a roof element (4). At least one of said side wall elements is closable by a door element (1) which is pivotably mounted to said arrangement with a pivot axis being substantially vertical with respect to said construction machine (100). Said door element (1) is inclined towards a central axis of said construction machine when closed.
US10385534B2	Temporary support structure The disclosed technology includes temporary support structures for use in the repair of a transmission tower. A typical transmission tower includes a tripod that receive the load of the tower and distributes it to piles embedded in the ground. A temporary support structure may temporarily remove the load of the transmission tower from the tripod to allow the tripod to be removed and replaced with a new tripod. A temporary support system may include a pile temporary support system, a beam support structure supported by the pile temporary support system, and a flower pot adapter lifting assembly configured to attach to a portion of the transmission tower to transfer a load of the transmission tower to the beam support structure.
US10385527B2	Method for electric power construction warning and device thereof A device for electric power construction warning includes: a guardrail body, a caution light and a second hook, wherein a mobile firmware is provided under the guardrail body; the caution light is provided on a top of the guardrail body, and is covered by a shell; a solar power unit is provided on a top of the shell, and is connected to the caution light; a pair of handles are symmetrically provided on external faces at a top portion of the guardrail body; a first ring is provided on an external face at a bottom portion of the guardrail body; two roller supports are separately provided on a left side of the guardrail body, and a roller is provided on each of the roller supports; a second ring is provided on a right side of the firmware to cooperate with the second hook on a left side of the firmware.
US10385525B1	Temporary traffic control assembly A temporary traffic control assembly includes a traffic barrier that is positioned in a construction zone of a roadway. A mount is coupled to the traffic barrier and a motor is coupled to the mount. A pole is slidably positioned on the motor such that the motor selectively rotates the pole. A display is coupled to the pole such that the display is visible to drivers on the roadway. The display displays indicia comprising traffic information for the drivers. The display is suspended over the roadway when the motor rotates the pole into a displaying position. Moreover, the display is swung across the traffic barrier when the motor rotates the pole into a maintenance position. In this way a worker standing behind the traffic barrier can manipulate the pole and the display without being exposed to traffic on the roadway. A remote control is manipulated by a user for remotely controlling operational parameters of the motor and the display.
US10385497B2	Method of controlling washing machine Disclosed is a control method of a washing machine. The method includes accelerating an angular speed of a wash tub by rotating the wash tub in which water is stored in a washing or rinsing operation, and detecting current angular-speed values with a time gap within a preset preliminary-acceleration range, thereby calculating a preliminary angular-speed variation-value by adding absolute values of differences between the current angular-speed values detected before and after each time gap, comparing the preliminary angular-speed variation-value with a preset preliminary reference variation-value to perform fabric dispersion when the preliminary angular-speed variation-value exceeds the preliminary reference variation-value, and discharging the water and rotating the wash tub so that the angular speed of the wash tub is accelerated in a dehydration operation. The preliminary reference variation-value is preset to the preliminary angular-speed variation-value, calculated when an eccentric rotation degree of the wash tub is a preset maximum tolerance value.
US10385494B2	Laundry treating apparatus with drawer unlocking unit A laundry treating apparatus includes a drawer. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a cabinet that is configured to receive the drawer. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a drum that is configured to rotate and that is located inside the drawer. The laundry treating apparatus further includes fastening units that are configured to dampen one of vertical motion or horizontal motion of the drawer and that are configured to connect the drawer to the cabinet. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a feeding unit that is configured to operate the fastening units. The laundry treating apparatus further includes a driving unit that is configured to reciprocate the feeding unit along another one of the horizontal direction or the vertical direction. The laundry treating apparatus further includes an unlocking unit that is configured to restrict movement of the feeding unit to one direction.
US10385486B2	Garment for foot with triangular ankle panels A knit garment is provided to be worn on the foot that has a toe, foot, and heel area. The garment also has a medial triangular ankle panel and a lateral triangular ankle panel. The medial triangular ankle panel has a first medial vertex near the rear, top portion of the foot area, a second medial vertex near the top of the heel area, and a third medial vertex below and between the first and second medial vertices. The lateral triangular ankle panel has a first lateral vertex near the rear, top portion of the foot area, a second lateral vertex near the top of the heel area, and a third lateral vertex below and between the first and second lateral vertices. The sides of the medial and lateral triangular panels extending between the respective first and second medial and lateral vertices define an opening of the garment for a foot.
US10385482B2	Woven fabric The purpose of the present invention is to improve thermal stability in a lightweight woven fabric that is useful for air bag applications and the like. This woven fabric comprises synthetic fibers, and is characterized in that, with regard to a rising temperature differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) endothermic curve for the woven fabric, the ratio of the amount of heat absorbed on the high temperature side of the maximum temperature of the melting endotherm on the rising temperature DSC endothermic curve for a woven fabric structure, to the overall heat absorbed exceeds 45%.
US10385469B2	Thermal stress compensation bonding layers and power electronics assemblies incorporating the same A thermal stress compensation layer includes a metal inverse opal (MIO) layer with a plurality of hollow spheres and a predefined porosity disposed between a pair of bonding layers. The thermal stress compensation layer has a melting point above a TLP sintering temperature and the pair of bonding layers each have a melting point below the TLP sintering temperature such that the MIO layer can be transient liquid phase bonded between a metal substrate and a semiconductor device. The pair of bonding layers may comprise a first pair of bonding layers and a second pair of bonding layers with the first pair of bonding layers disposed between the MIO layer and the second pair of bonding layers. The first pair of bonding layers may have a melting point above the TLP sintering temperature and the second pair of bonding layers may have a melting point below the TLP sintering temperature.
US10385466B2	Device and method for electrochemically synthesizing intermediate species of a chemical entity The device for electrochemically synthesizing intermediate species of a chemical entity which comprises an electrochemical oxidation cell including a first working electrode and a first counter electrode, capable, when these first electrodes are subject to an electric potential, of generating the intermediate species by oxidation of a solution introduced into the electrochemical oxidation cell and comprising the chemical entity, and an electrochemical stabilization cell including a second working electrode and a second counter electrode respectively distinct from the first working electrode and counter electrode, capable, when these second electrodes are subject to an electric potential, of achieving reduction of a solution. The stabilization cell is connected in series to the oxidation cell so as to allow continuous reduction of the intermediate species generated in the oxidation cell. Applications can be in the pharmaceutical, agri-food and environment fields.
US10385464B2	Transition metal oxide particles and method of producing the same This application relates to oxide particles, preferably transition metal oxide particles, made via the application of a voltage across an electrolyte solution. The electrolyte solution includes a transition metal salt dissolved in water, and preferably also includes a compound for increasing the electrical conductivity of the electrolyte. The particles made by the processes disclosed herein, can have sizes in the micrometer or nanometer ranges. The oxide particles can have a variety of uses, including for charge storage devices. As an example, manganese oxide particles, and methods for making the same, are disclosed for a variety of uses including lithium ion batteries.
US10385460B2	Composition and method for treating white rust A composition and method of inhibiting white rust on galvanized steel in water system. The composition preferably comprises two parts, a first part comprising oleylamine and optionally comprising 2-diethylaminoethanol and cyclohexylamine, and a second part comprising phosphonobutane tricarboxylic acid, tolytrizole, and a polymer, and optionally comprising a tracer or sodium hydroxide. A preferred composition comprises two commercially available products, Cetamine V217 S and Chem-Aqua 31155. A preferred method of inhibiting white rust comprises adding the two parts of the composition or two commerically available products to the water in a water system to be treated in an amount sufficient to provide a concentration of the first part of around 200-500 ppm and of the second part of around 50-150 ppm.
US10385451B2	Controlled coating apparatus, systems, and methods Apparatus and systems may operate to provide a first reactant as a gas that flows under reduced atmospheric pressure to interact with a surface, such as a tool body surface, the interaction confined to a passage within the tool body, wherein the passage includes the surface and extends without interruption from an entrance end of the passage to an exit end of the passage. Additional activity may include providing a second reactant as a gas under the reduced atmospheric pressure, subsequent to the first reactant, to interact with the surface of the tool body; and repeated provision of the first and second reactants until a selected coating thickness on the surface is formed. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US10385447B2	Laminated film and flexible electronic device The invention provides a gas barrier laminated film having high impact resistance when a heterolayer is formed on a thin film layer. The laminated film includes a flexible substrate and a thin film layer formed on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the thin film layer contains Si, O, and C, and the ratio of the number of carbon atoms to the number of silicon atoms which is calculated using peaks each corresponding to each binding energy of 2p of Si, 1s of O, 1s of N, and 1s of C obtained from wide scan spectrums is in the range defined by the following formula (1) when the surface of the thin film layer is subjected to X-ray photoelectron spectrometry, and a intensity ratio of a peak intensity (I2) at 1240 to 1290 cm−1 to a peak intensity (I1) at 950 to 1050 cm−1 is in the range defined by the following formula (2) when the surface of the thin film layer is measured by an ATR method in infrared spectrometry: 0.01
US10385443B2	Device for growing monocrystalline crystal A device for growing large-sized monocrystalline crystals, including a crucible adapted to grow crystals from a material source and with a seed crystal and including therein a seed crystal region, a growth chamber, and a material source region; a thermally insulating material disposed outside the crucible and below a heat dissipation component; and a plurality of heating components disposed outside the thermally insulating material to provide heat sources, wherein the heat dissipation component is of a heat dissipation inner diameter and a heat dissipation height which exceeds a thickness of the thermally insulating material.
US10385437B2	Synthesis of metal-oxygen based materials with controlled porosity by oxidative dealloying Functional materials and methods for making the functional materials are provided. Also provided are methods for utilizing the functional materials in a variety of applications, including catalysis, adsorption, energy storage, and biomedical applications. The functional materials are made from metal alloys via an oxidative dealloying process that selectively removes one or more elements from the metal alloy and converts one or more of the remaining elements into a stable metal-oxygen matrix having a controlled porosity.
US10385436B2	Molten metal plating furnace, system for producing and method for producing plated product, and metal plated steel tube obtained by means of said method for producing [Problem] To provide: a molten metal plating furnace that can increase plating quality and work efficiency; a system for producing and method for producing a metal plated product; and a metal plated steel tube obtained by means of the method for producing. [Solution] The system for producing has at least one plating implementation unit that performs molten metal plating of a plating processing subject, and at least one plating implementation unit has a plating bath and a heating device for heating the plating bath, wherein in the heating device, an array of fuel filling openings and an array of air filling openings are formed that are facing in a manner so as to discharge air and fuel to a combustion region in common along a combustion chamber, the effective opening cross-sectional size of at least the majority of the openings of at least one of the opening arrays can be adjusted by means of an adjustment mechanism for adjusting the extent of a medium filling opening array, and when the size of both opening arrays can be adjusted, individual adjustment of the arrays is possible.
US10385429B2	Hot-rolled ferritic stainless-steel plate, process for producing same, and steel strip Ferritic stainless steel hot rolled sheet and steel strip excellent in toughness and corrosion resistance which have a predetermined chemical composition, have a Charpy impact value at 0° C. of 10 J/cm2 or more, and have a thickness of 5.0 to 9.0 mm.
US10385427B2	Wire rod A wire rod according to an aspect of the present invention has a predetermined chemical composition, a solute N is 0.0015% or less, a structure in an area from a surface of the wire rod to a depth of ¼ of a diameter of the wire rod in a cross section thereof includes 90.0 area % or more of pearlite, and 0 to 10.0 area % in total of bainite and ferrite, a total amount of martensite and cementite in the area from the surface of the wire rod to the depth of ¼ of the diameter of the wire rod is limited to 2.0 area % or less, and the calculated maximum size of TiN-type inclusions in a surface layer area of the wire rod is 50 μm or less.
US10385409B2	Assays for fungal infection Methods and kits are described for testing for the presence or absence of any fungus in a sample. Examples of fungi that can be detected include, but are not limited to, those belonging to the genera Candida, Aspergillus and Pneumocystis. The methods include obtaining a sample suspected of containing fungal nucleic acid, including at least one universal region of fungal nucleic acid, and testing for the presence or absence in the sample of the at least one universal region of fungal nucleic acid. Samples may be biological or non-biological.
US10385407B2	Method for screening induced pluripotent stem cells The present invention provides a method for screening for iPS cells exhibiting differentiation resistance using a marker identified as lincRNA or mRNA that is specifically expressed in an iPS cell line exhibiting differentiation resistance, and such markers.
US10385405B2	Gene expression markers of tumor resistance to HER2 inhibitor treatment The present invention concerns markers of resistance of HER2 expressing tumors to treatment with HER2 inhibitors, such as HER2 antibodies, including trastuzumab.
US10385392B2	Nucleic acid hybridization probes Compositions of nucleic acid hybridization probes for detecting a nucleic acid target sequence and methods for their production are described. In one preferred embodiment, the nucleic acid hybridization probe includes a hybridization domain, an adaptor, a linker, and a signaling domain. The hybridization domain includes a nucleic acid sequence having complementarity to the nucleic acid target sequence. The adaptor is a nucleic acid sequence. The linker includes a moiety having at least one abasic site, such that the moiety blocks extension by an elongating polymerase on a nucleic acid template containing the moiety. The signaling domain comprises a nucleic acid having at least one label or a nucleic acid having at least one nucleic acid domain for binding at least one additional nucleic acid.
US10385384B2	Kinetic exclusion amplification of nucleic acid libraries A method including (a) providing an amplification reagent including an array of sites, and a solution having different target nucleic acids; and (b) reacting the amplification reagent to produce amplification sites each having a clonal population of amplicons from a target nucleic acid from the solution. The reacting can include simultaneously transporting the nucleic acids to the sites at an average transport rate, and amplifying the nucleic acids that transport to the sites at an average amplification rate, wherein the average amplification rate exceeds the average transport rate. The reacting can include producing a first amplicon from a nucleic acid that transports to each of the sites, and producing subsequent amplicons from the nucleic acid or from the first amplicon, wherein the average rate at which the subsequent amplicons are generated exceeds the average rate at which the first amplicon is generated.
US10385378B2	Method for determining toxic substances by plant gel agar coagulation The present invention relates to a method for rapid detection of toxicity comprising the steps of: preparing a plant gel agar and a sample under study, mixing the agar gel with the sample under study to form a mixture, and measuring a coagulation time of the mixture to determine cytotoxicity of the sample under study.
US10385374B2	Processes for producing fermentation products The present invention relates to processes for producing fermentation products from starch-containing material, wherein an alpha-amylase and a thermostable endoglucanase is present and/or added during liquefaction. The invention also relates to compositions suitable for use in processes of the invention.
US10385370B2	Method of making lipids with improved cold flow properties Provided herein are methods of producing oils with reduced saturated fatty acids. The methods include culturing oil-producing microorganisms in a fermentation medium in the presence of one or more antifoaming agents under a controlled carbon consumption rate, wherein the culturing produces oils comprising fatty acids and wherein less than 35% of the fatty acids in the oil are saturated fatty acids.
US10385356B1	Nitrogen uptake in plants This disclosure provides transgenic plants, including crop plants and methods for their production. The transgenic plants comprise recombinant DNA constructs for the expression of polypeptides encoded by the DNA constructs. The polypeptides are capable of conferring improved traits to the transgenic plants when expressed under the control of a tissue-enhanced promoter. This disclosure also pertains to transgenic plants and their progeny plants, wherein the transgenic or progeny plants comprise the recombinant DNA constructs and are selected for having enhanced nitrogen use efficiency and/or nitrogen uptake. Seed of the transgenic plants that can be grown into a plant that comprise the disclosed recombinant DNA constructs and exhibits having enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, and which may be selected for this trait, are also envisioned.
US10385354B2	Papaver somniferum cytochrome P450 This disclosure relates to the isolation and sequencing of nucleic acid molecules that encode cytochrome P450 polypeptides from a Papaver somniferum cultivar; uses in the production of noscapine and identification of poppy cultivars that include genes that comprise said nucleic acid molecules.
US10385348B2	Epidermal growth factor receptor targeted/immunomodulatory fusion proteins and methods of use for them The present invention relates generally to the field of generating fusion proteins to be used in cancer therapy, and more specifically, to nucleotide sequences encoding the fusion proteins, wherein the chimeric fusion proteins comprises at least one targeting moiety and at least one immunomodulatory moiety that counteracts the immune tolerance of cancer cells.
US10385342B2	Methods of treatment using antisense oligomers and conjugates targeting PCSK9 The present invention relates to oligomeric compounds and conjugates thereof that target Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin type 9 (PCSK9) PCSK9 mRNA in a cell, leading to reduced expression of PCSK9. Reduction of PCSK9 expression is beneficial for a range of medical disorders, such as hypercholesterolemia and related disorders.
US10385336B2	Programmable RNA shredding by the type III-A CRISPR-Cas system of Streptococcus thermophilus A Type III-A CRISPR-Cas (StCsm) complex of Streptococcus thermophilus comprising crRNA, Csm4, and Csm3 and use for cleavage of RNA bearing a nucleotide sequence complementary to the crRNA, in vitro or in vivo. Methods for site-specific cleavage/shredding of a target RNA molecule using an RNA-guided RNA endonuclease comprising a minimal complex of crRNA, Csm4, and Csm3, and methods of RNA knock-down and RNA knock-out are disclosed.
US10385335B2	Modified surfaces Provided herein are methods and compositions for coating surfaces with polymers. The methods and compositions are suited for conducting biological reactions.
US10385332B2	Two-hybrid based screen to identify disruptive residues at multiple protein interfaces The present invention is based, at least in part, on the development of a mating-based yeast two-hybrid screen that allows simultaneous screening for mutations that disrupt yeast two-hybrid interactions between a protein and multiple interacting partners. By coupling PCR mutagenesis and homologous recombination/gapped plasmid repair with a mating-based assay, the present invention allows screening for unique mutations that disrupt interaction with one partner, but not others. It also allows identification of specific mutations that may lie at protein-protein interfaces common to two or more partners, without employing multiple rounds of screening. In addition to screening against multiple interacting partners, the present invention removes the need for a two-step selection because truncations, frameshifts, or any mutations that affect folding are eliminated as disruptions that affect all protein partners. The methods of the present invention are named “Hotspot” because of its ability to identify “hotspot residues” in protein-protein interfaces.
US10385328B2	Carbon dioxide fixation via bypassing feedback regulation Genetically engineered cells and methods are presented that allow for the production of various value products from CO2. Contemplated cells have a CBB cycle that is genetically modified such that two molecules of CO2 fixed in the CBB cycle can be withdrawn from the modified CBB cycle as a single C2 compound. In contemplated aspects a CBB cycle includes an enzymatic activity that generates the single C2 compound from a compound of the CBB cycle, while further modifications to the CBB cycle will not introduce additional recombinant enzymatic activity/activities outside the already existing catalytic activities in the CBB cycle.
US10385327B2	Enhanced E. coli for the production of fatty acids and method of producing the same The invention analyzed a protein sequence using the Udwary-Merski algorithm and identified a tetradomain fragment (DH1-DH2-UMA) which consists of two predicted DH-like domains and two pseudodomains N-terminal to them. This arrangement of domains and pseudodomains is fundamentally the opposite of what is typically observed in the DH cassettes of actinobacterial polyketide synthases or mammalian fatty acid synthases, both of which feature C-terminal pseudodomains. The invention modified E. coli by over expressing DH1-DH2-UMA in E. coli resulting in an increase in the overall production of all the fatty acids normally present in the E. coli fatty acid profile.
US10385326B2	Variants of GH family 11 xylanase and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to GH Family 11 xylanase variants. The present invention also relates to polynucleotides encoding the variants; nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides; and methods of using the variants.
US10385319B2	Modified foot-and-mouth disease virus 3C proteases, compositions and methods thereof This application is directed generally to foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) 3C proteases that have been modified by mutating a polynucleotide sequence coding for the FMDV 3C protease. The modified FMDV proteases exhibit proteolytic activity on FMDV P1 precursor protein and exhibit a reduction in one or more toxic or inhibitory properties associated with an unmodified FMDV 3C protease on a host cell used to recombinantly produce it. Vectors carrying polynucleotides encoding modified FMDV 3C protease sequences can induce production of FMDV virus-like particles in a host cell when expressed in the host cell. The modified FMDV 3C proteases can generally be used to produce immunogenic FMDV preparations capable of inducing an immune response against FMDV.
US10385312B2	Media for culturing stem cells Well-defined, xeno-free culture media which comprise a TGF-beta isoform or the chimera formed between IL6 and the soluble IL6 receptor (IL6RIL6), which are capable of maintaining stem cells, and particularly, human embryonic stem cells, in an undifferentiated state are provided. Also provided are cell cultures comprising the culture media and the stem cells and methods of expanding and deriving embryonic stem cells in such well-defined, xeno-free culture media. In addition, the present invention provides methods of differentiating ESCs or EBs formed therefrom for the generation of lineage specific cells.
US10385301B2	Media mixing chamber A method of reconstituting a powdered cell culture media includes providing a mixing apparatus and providing a powdered cell culture media to the fluid chamber of the mixing apparatus, prior to introducing fluid to the chamber. The method further includes introducing fluid to the chamber through an influent port, wherein the influent port is tangentially oriented relative to an inner wall of the fluid chamber to thereby cause the fluid to follow the wall of the fluid chamber in a circular motion, creating a vortex flow in the fluid chamber by introducing fluid at a sufficient flow rate, and enhancing the vortex flow with a geometric fluid flow aid by further channeling the water around the wall of the fluid chamber, around the geometric flow aid. The method further includes continuing to introduce fluid to the chamber and collecting reconstituted fluid that exits the chamber through the effluent port.
US10385297B2	Methods for making encapsulate-containing product compositions Methods relating to making product compositions that include encapsulates and borate compounds, where the encapsulates include polyvinyl alcohol polymer. Compositions made from such methods.
US10385295B2	Compositions for anti pattern collapse treatment comprising gemini additives A method of reducing defects of a semiconductor substrate whereby the substrate is rinsed with an aqueous composition containing a gemini additive of the general formula I after the development of a photoresist or a photolithographic mask wherein X is a divalent group, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are substituted or unsubstituted monovalent groups, n is an integer from 1 to 5, or 1 to 10000 depending on R3 and R4, z is an integer, which is chosen so that the overall surfactant is electrically uncharged, and Z is a counter-ion.
US10385294B2	Leuco polymers as bluing agents in laundry care compositions A laundry care composition including (i) from 2 to 70 wt % of a surfactant; and (ii) from 0.0001 to 20.0 wt % of a leuco polymer including an alkoxylated polyethyleneimine covalently bound to a leuco moiety. At least a first portion of nitrogen atoms of the alkoxylated polyethyleneimine have covalently bound thereto a leuco moiety. At least a second portion of nitrogen atoms of the alkoxylated polyethyleneimine have covalently bound thereto a moiety selected from the group consisting of oxyalkylene moieties, polyoxyalkylene moieties, and mixtures thereof; and at least a third portion of nitrogen atoms of the alkoxylated polyethyleneimine have covalently bound thereto a moiety selected from the group consisting of an alkylene chain, an alkylene chain having covalently bound thereto a phenyl or naphthyl group, and mixtures thereof. Methods of making the leuco polymer and methods of treating textiles with such laundry care compositions.
US10385290B2	Process for preparing polyurea microcapsules The present invention relates to a process for producing perfume-containing microcapsules with improved olfactive performance by using at least one aromatic polyisocyanate with a specific mixture of polyamines. Microcapsules obtainable by such a process and perfuming compositions or the consumer products comprising these microcapsules are also objects of the invention. In particular, the microcapsules can be used in home or personal care products.
US10385282B2	Method and system for upgrading and separating hydrocarbon oils A method and system for upgrading and separating hydrocarbon are provided. The method may include preheating hydrocarbon containing impurities, removing non-hydrocarbon impurities from the hydrocarbon using a hydroprocessing catalyst and hydrogen gas after inserting the preheated hydrocarbon into a reactor, and separating gas from liquid.
US10385281B2	Adsorbents and methods of use Systems, methods and compositions for reducing the heteroatom content of hydrocarbon feed using transition metal complexes and adsorption techniques. The transition metal complexes include titanyl, hafnyl and zirconyl complexes activated using one or more hydroperoxides or peracids. The activated adsorbents are incorporated into one or more vessels as an adsorption bed for adsorbing the heteroatoms present in hydrocarbon feeds. The systems, methods and compositions separate the heteroatoms passed through the system by contacting the adsorption compositions with the heteroatoms of the hydrocarbon feed, adsorbing the heteroatom to the adsorption material, further allowing for the retrieval of a hydrocarbon product having a reduced heteroatom content.
US10385278B2	Use of renewable oil in hydrotreatment process The use of bio oil from at least one renewable source in a hydrotreatment process, in which process hydrocarbons are formed from said glyceride oil in a catalytic reaction, and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron. A bio oil intermediate including bio oil from at least one renewable source and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron.
US10385273B2	Biochar kiln A biochar kiln is disclosed. An example of the biochar kiln includes a body having a one-piece rolled wall, a curved floor attached to the sidewall by a single weld line, and a removable lid. The example biochar kiln includes a plurality of semi-independent combustion cells. The example biochar kiln also includes a ventilation subsystem, an ember suppression subsystem, and a stack subsystem. A control subsystem may configured to monitor a plurality of zones of the biochar kiln for a plurality of process control variables, to produce a quality biochar product with well-managed emissions.
US10385270B2	Liquid crystal composition and display device thereof The present invention discloses a liquid crystal composition, comprising: at least a first compound selected from the group consisting of a compound of general Formula I-1, a compound of general Formula I-2, and a combination thereof, and at least a second compound selected from the group consisting of a compound of general Formula II-1, a compound of general Formula II-2, a compound of general Formula II-3, a compound of general Formula II-4 and a combination thereof. The liquid crystal composition provided in the present invention has the properties of appropriate optical and dielectric anisotropies, high clearing point, existence of a nematic phase over a wide range of temperature, low viscosity and good high-temperature stability. The liquid crystal composition is applicable to a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, to enable the LCD device to have such properties as short response time, excellent display effect at high temperature, and others.
US10385267B2	Method for producing β-sialon fluorescent material A method for producing β-sialon fluorescent material having excellent emission intensity is provided. The method for producing β-sialon fluorescent material includes providing a composition comprising silicon nitride that contains aluminum, an oxygen atom, and europium, heat treating the composition, and contacting the heat-treated composition with a basic substance.
US10385264B2	Phosphor, method of producing same, and light-emitting device A phosphor includes, as a main component, a compound represented by a general formula (3-a)YO3/2.aCeO3/2.(5-b)AlO3/2.bGaO3/2.cKO1/2.dPO5/2, where a, b, c and d satisfy 0.12≤a≤0.18, 1.50≤b≤3.00, 0.01≤c≤0.08, and 0.01≤d≤0.08.
US10385261B2	Coated particles, methods for their manufacture and for their use as proppants Disclosed are coated particles. The coated particles include substrate particles and a coating disposed over at least a portion of the substrate particles. The coating includes a condensation reaction product of a reaction mixture that includes a liquid isocyanate-functional component and an isocyanate-reactive composition. Also disclosed are methods for making such particles and methods for using such particles as proppants in hydraulic fracturing.
US10385255B2	Settable, form-filling loss circulation control compositions comprising in situ foamed non-hydraulic sorel cement systems and method of use This document relates to settable, non-hydraulic foamed cement compositions comprising nitrogen gas-generating compositions used for loss circulation control.
US10385250B2	Thermally conductive composites and method of preparing same A method of preparing a thermally conductive composite including: a) mixing 15% to 60% by weight of a polymer matrix with 0% to 85% by weight of a high-aspect-ratio thermally conductive filler having an aspect ratio of at least 5:1; and (b) mixing a polymer melt obtained from step (a) with 0% to 85% by weight of a low-aspect-ratio thermally conductive filler having an aspect ratio of 2:1 or less. By changing the weight ratio, the structure and mechanical properties of the low-aspect-ratio thermally conductive filler and the high-aspect-ratio thermally conductive filler, thermal conductivity anisotropy can be tuned. A thermally conductive composite having thermal conductivity anisotropy in the range from 1 to 4 is also disclosed.
US10385245B2	One-component moisture-curable urethane composition and method for producing same The present technology is to provide a one-part moisture-curable polyurethane composition having excellent adhesion to an adherend (coated plate), and a method for producing such a composition. The present technology is a one-part moisture-curable urethane composition including a preliminary composition obtained by mixing a urethane prepolymer, an aliphatic isocyanate A, and an aminosilane compound B, and a catalyst; and a method for producing such a composition.
US10385243B2	Block copolymer and adhesive composition Disclosure provides a block copolymer composition having 20% by mass or more and 90% by mass or less of a component (A) and 10% by mass or more and 80% by mass or less of a component (B), wherein the component (A) is a block copolymer having a polymer block mainly comprising a vinyl aromatic monomer unit and a polymer block mainly comprising a conjugated diene monomer unit, and having a weight-average molecular weight of 30,000 or higher and 190,000 or lower; and the component (B) is a block copolymer having a polymer block mainly comprising a vinyl aromatic monomer unit and a polymer block mainly comprising a conjugated diene monomer unit, and having a weight-average molecular weight of 60,000 or higher and 500,000 or lower.
US10385241B2	Pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet and pressure-sensitive adhesive composition A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition according to an embodiment includes: 100 parts by mass of a polymer (A) having a glass transition temperature lower than 0° C.; and 0.1 to 20 parts by mass of a polymer (B) that contains, as monomer units, both a monomer having a functional group equivalent (Fge) of 1000 g/mol≤Fge<15000 g/mol and having a polyorganosiloxane skeleton and a monomer whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of 40° C. or higher, and that has a weight average molecular weight (MwB) of 10000≤MwB≤100000.
US10385240B2	Acrylate-terminated urethane polybutadienes from low-monomer 1:1 monoadducts from reactive olefinic compounds and diisocyanates and hydroxy-terminated polybutadienes for liquid optically clear adhesives (LOCAs) The present invention relates to an optical clear resin and a method for producing a liquid optical clear photo-curable adhesive.
US10385237B2	Organic electronic device The present application relates to an organic electronic device, a method for preparing same, and a lighting apparatus and a display device comprising same. The present application enables an organic electronic device to show excellent moisture-blocking properties and have flexibility as well as excellent and reliable durability at high temperature and high humidity.
US10385236B2	Use of a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) composition for polishing of cobalt and / or cobalt alloy comprising substrates A chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) composition (Q) for chemical mechanical polishing of a substrate (S) containing (i) cobalt and/or (ii) a cobalt alloy, wherein the CMP composition (Q) contains: (A) Inorganic particles, (B) a substituted aromatic compound with at least one carboxylic acid function as corrosion inhibitor, (C) at least one amino acid, (D) at least one oxidizer, (E) an aqueous medium, wherein the CMP composition (Q) has a pH of from 7 to 10.
US10385235B2	Process for preparing a polymerized cashew nut shell liquid and its use for the preparation of a bitumen composition The invention relates to a method for the preparation of a polymerized CNSL composition, the method comprising subjecting a raw or technical CNSL to a heat treatment under reflux to obtain the polymerized CNSL composition, wherein the heat treatment is performed until the polymerized CNSL composition has a molecular weight Mw of about 2800 to about 3700, such as from about 2900 to about 3600, or from about 3000 to about 3500 g/mol. The invention further relates to a polymerized CNSL composition, use of a polymerized CNSL composition according to the invention in a bitumen composition, a modified bitumen composition according to the invention and an asphalt composition comprising a modified bitumen composition according to the present invention.
US10385225B2	Non-aqueous inkjet orange ink composition and ink set using the same A non-aqueous inkjet orange ink composition includes a pigment, a pigment dispersant, and an organic solvent, wherein the pigment contains C.I. Pigment Orange 36 and at least one type of pigment selected from C.I. Pigment Red 242, C.I. Pigment Red 254, and C.I. Pigment Orange 71. The non-aqueous inkjet orange ink composition can offer high weather resistance, good color development property, and excellent dispersion stability, as well as an ink set using such ink composition.
US10385222B2	Coating materials and the use thereof in coating systems for components in vehicle interiors A coating material includes 10 to 30 wt.-% of a polyol, 2 to 15 wt.-% of an etherified melamine-formaldehyde resin, 0.1 to 10 wt.-% of an acid catalyst, and at least one of a flame retardant, a filler, and a pigment in an amount to obtain a filler content in a range of from 60 to 80 wt.-% based on an overall mass of the coating material. The flame retardant is selected from the group consisting of an inorganic flame retardant, a halogenated flame retardant, a nitrified flame retardant, a boracic flame retardant, an intumescent flame retardant, and mixtures thereof.
US10385215B2	Polymerizable dichroic dyes New dichroic dyes having a composition with slave materials. The dyes may be used for a dichroic polymer network, a dichroic liquid crystalline polymer film (LCP film) or a dichroic liquid crystalline polymer gel, which for instance find application as electro-optical or optical devices.
US10385214B2	Fluorescent dyes and their uses as biomarkers The present application relates to new fluorescent dyes and their uses as fluorescent labels. The compounds may be used as fluorescent labels for nucleotides in nucleic acid sequencing applications.
US10385206B2	Polycarbonate resin composition and molded article thereof A polycarbonate resin composition which has excellent low-temperature impact resistance and flowability high enough to enable thin molding and provides a coated molded article having a good appearance and high impact resistance. The resin composition comprises 100 parts by weight of a resin component including a polycarbonate resin (component A) and a polycarbonate-polydiorganosiloxane copolymer resin (component B) and 0.5 to 2.5 parts by weight of a polyolefin resin (component C).
US10385205B2	Polyester resin composition, light-reflector component containing same, and light reflector The present invention is a polyester resin composition that includes a polyester resin A containing 50 to 100% by mass of a polybutylene terephthalate resin and 0 to 50% by mass of a polyethylene terephthalate resin, a metal organic acid salt B being either one or both of an alkali metal organic acid salt and an alkaline earth metal organic acid salt, a polyfunctional glycidyl group-containing styrene-based polymer C in a predetermined amount, and an inorganic filler D having an average particle diameter of 0.05 to 3 μm. The polyester resin composition contains a predetermined amount of alkali metal atoms/alkaline earth metal atoms, and further the content of linear oligomers of polybutylene terephthalate, or the content of linear oligomers of polybutylene terephthalate and polyethylene terephthalate is less than or equal to 1000 mg/kg.
US10385204B2	Biodegradable polyester composition A biodegradable polyester composition based on a total weight of the biodegradable polyester composition, including a weight content of a cyclic ester compound having a structure shown as formula (I), which is 100 ppm-950 ppm is provided. The cyclic ester compound is added into the composition and controlling the content of the cyclic ester compound in a range of 100 ppm-950 ppm to realize an anti-thermal oxidative aging property of the biodegradable polyester composition. In addition, a film is prepared by blow molding or a part prepared by injection molding after being digested with 95% ethanol at 40° C. for 240 hours.
US10385197B2	Polypropylene films with improved sealing behaviour, especially in view of improved sealing properties The present invention relates to a polymer blend and the film of the polymer blend or the film layers of the polymer blend as a surface layer or coating. More particularly, the invention relates to a polymer blend which may be extruded as such or extruded onto one or both sides of packaging film to give a sealing surface(s) which exhibits surprisingly heat sealability suitable for form-fill-and-seal-packaging. The present invention also relates the use of ethylene based plastomer to reduce sealability of films comprising polypropylene.
US10385196B2	Polypropylene films with improved printability The patent application discloses a polypropylene-plastomer-blend comprising ethylene-based plastomer, which—after conversion into final articles and exposing to surface modification like corona treatment, shows improved dyne retention behavior and improved dyne retention ratio over time. Further disclosed are final articles and a process how to provide compositions and final articles having improved dyne retention behavior.
US10385193B2	Polyolefin composition including hollow glass microspheres and method of using the same A composition that includes a polyolefin having first repeating units, hollow glass microspheres, a polyolefin impact modifier that is chemically non-crosslinked and free of polar functional groups, and a compatibilizer comprising the first repeating units and second repeating units, which are the first repeating units modified with polar functional groups. Articles made from the composition and methods of making an article by injection molding the composition are also disclosed.
US10385183B2	Process of recycling mixed PET plastic articles The invention relates to a method for recycling at least one mixed PET plastic article, the method comprising degrading at least PET of the mixed PET plastic article to monomers and/or oligomers using an enzyme and recovering the resulting monomers and/or oligomers. The method of the invention may be used for depolymerizing, simultaneously or sequentially at least two different polymers of the mixed PET plastic article, and/or for recycling at least two mixed PET plastic articles.
US10385175B2	Uspension polymerization compositions, methods and uses thereof The disclosure relates to thermosetting reinforced resin compositions and methods of forming boards, sheets and/or films using of porous particulates impregnated with embedded live monomer and/or oligomer and/or polymer configured to partially leach out a functional terminal end of the live monomer and/or oligomer and/or polymer and react with a cross-linking agent and photoinitiated polymer radicals to form a reinforced board, sheet and/or film of hybrid interpenetrating networks.
US10385173B2	Method for making carbon nanotube composite structure A method for making a carbon nanotube composite structure includes providing a polymer substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. A first carbon nanotube layer including a plurality of carbon nanotubes is placed on the first surface to form a preformed structure, wherein the carbon nanotube layer and the polymer substrate are stacked with each other. The preformed structure is scanned with a laser according to a predetermined pattern. The treated preformed structure includes a first part and a second part. The first part is scanned by the laser, and the second part is not scanned by the laser. The first part includes a plurality of first carbon nanotubes, and the second part includes a plurality of second carbon nanotubes. The plurality of second carbon nanotubes is removed.
US10385171B2	Powder comprising hydrolyzable resin particles A powder comprising hydrolyzable resin particle, containing particles which do not pass through a sieve having an opening size of 500 μm in an amount of 50 mass % or more and having a repose angle of 51° or more. This powder is preferably used as an additive for drilling to enhance the drilling properties of a drilling fluid and improve the retentivity of a fracture extending from a winze.
US10385168B2	Polyarylene sulfide resin and manufacturing method therefor, poly(arylenesulfonium salt) and manufacturing method therefor, and sulfoxide The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a polyarylene sulfide resin comprising: reacting a sulfoxide represented by the following formula (1) with a particular aromatic compound to obtain a poly(arylenesulfonium salt) having a particular constitutional unit; and dealkylating or dearylating the poly(arylenesulfonium salt) to obtain a polyarylene sulfide resin having a particular constitutional unit, wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, etc.; Ar1 and Ar2 each independently represent an arylene group optionally having a substituent; and Z represents a direct bond, etc.
US10385164B2	Process for preparing polyether carbonate polyols The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of polyether carbonate polyols in the presence of a double metal cyanide catalysts that can be obtained by a process comprising (a) synthesizing a solid double metal cyanide catalyst in the presence of an organic complexing agent and a polyether polyol ligand; and (b) first washing the catalyst obtained in step a) with an aqueous solution comprising 90-100% by weight of water and 0-10% by weight of a polyether polyol ligand, to form a slurry, wherein the aqueous solution does not contain any organic complexing agent other than the polyether polyol ligand.
US10385163B2	Polycarbonate resin composition and optical molded article using the same The present invention relates to a polycarbonate resin composition for a light guide plate and an optical molded article using the same. The polycarbonate resin composition according to the present invention is excellent in transmittance and color tone uniformity required as the light guide plate, and also is excellent in processability and thus can be usefully used as a material of the light guide plate.
US10385145B1	Liquid photo initiating compound and uses of the same A liquid photo initiating compound and uses of the same are provided. The compound is represented by the following Formula I: in Formula I, R1 and R2 are independently H or C1-C3 alkyl, and R3 is H or methyl.
US10385138B2	Antibodies directed to membrane transporter NaP12b (SLC34A2) and uses thereof in cancer therapy The present invention relates generally to the membrane transporter NaPi2b (SLC34A2) as a target for therapy, including immunotherapy, and particularly cancer therapy. The SLC34A2 epitope peptide encompassing amino acids 312-340 of SLC34A2 has been identified as an ovarian cancer epitope using the monoclonal antibody MX35. The invention also relates to the use of SLC34A2 and particularly SLC34A2 peptides in generating antibodies which have anti-tumor or anti-cancer activity or in stimulating an immunological response. The invention further relates to antibodies specifically directed against NaPi2b (SLC34A2) and the SLC34A2 peptide(s), including veneered, chimeric, single chain and humanized antibodies. Methods for generating an immune response and for treatment of tumors and cancer are also provided. Assays for screening and identifying compounds directed against SLC34A2, including the SLC34A2 epitope peptide, and additional antibodies are provided.
US10385134B2	CX3CR1-binding polypeptides comprising immunoglobulin single variable domains The present invention relates to CX3CR1-binding polypeptides, in particular polypeptides comprising specific immunoglobulin domains. The invention also relates to nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides; to methods for preparing such polypeptides; to host cells expressing or capable of expressing such polypeptides; to compositions comprising such polypeptides; and to uses of such polypeptides or such compositions, in particular for prophylactic, therapeutic and diagnostic purposes.
US10385125B2	Monoclonal antibodies to progastrin and their uses The present disclosure is directed to progastrin monoclonal antibodies, fragments thereof, compositions comprising progastrin monoclonal antibodies, and methods of making and using progastrin monoclonal antibodies and compositions thereof. The present disclosure is directed to methods of treating colorectal cancer with progastrin monoclonal antibodies and compositions comprising progastrin monoclonal antibodies or fragments thereof. The present disclosure is further directed to methods comprising detection of progastrin, including methods of diagnosing colorectal cancer and methods of monitoring efficacy of anti-cancer therapy in subjects suffering from colorectal cancer.
US10385123B2	Antibody molecules to a proliferation-inducing ligand (APRIL) Antibody molecules that specifically bind to APRIL are disclosed. The antibody molecules can be used to treat, prevent, and/or diagnose disorders, such as IgA nephropathy.
US10385121B2	Antigen associated with rheumatoid arthritis The invention relates to a binding member that binds the Extra Domain-A (ED-A) isoform of fibronectin for the detection and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.
US10385119B2	Compositions comprising AAV expressing dual antibody constructs and uses thereof A recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) having an AAV capsid and packaged therein a heterologous nucleic acid which expresses two functional antibody constructs in a cell is described. Also described are antibodies comprising a heavy chain and a light chain from a heterologous antibody. In one embodiment, the antibodies are co-expressed from a vector containing: a first expression cassette which encodes at least a first open reading frame (ORF) for a first immunoglobulin under the control of regulatory control sequences which direct expression thereof; and a second expression cassette which comprises a second ORF, a linker, and a third ORF under the control of regulatory control sequences which direct expression thereof, wherein the second and third ORF for a second and third immunoglobulin construct. The vector co-expressing these two antibody constructs is in one embodiment an AAV, in which the 5′ and 3′ ITRs flank the expression cassettes and regulatory sequences.
US10385107B2	Lipidated amide-based insulin prodrugs Prodrug formulations of insulin and insulin analogs are provided wherein the insulin peptide has been modified by an amide bond linkage of a dipeptide prodrug element. The prodrugs disclosed herein have extended half-lives and are converted to the active form at physiological conditions through a non-enzymatic reaction driven by chemical instability.
US10385096B2	Pro-Amb reverse turn restricted bioactive peptide analogues The present invention discloses novel peptides acting as angiotensin II analog for therapeutic applications. Said peptides can be used for treatment of Alzheimer's and other neurological and cognitive disorders.
US10385091B2	Compositions and methods for altering second messenger signaling The invention relates to compositions, methods, kits, and assays related to the use and/or exploitation of isomers of cGAMP as well as the structure of the enzyme cGAS.
US10385090B2	Nucleotide derivative or salt thereof, nucleotide-derived 5′-phosphate ester or salt thereof, nucleotide-derived 3′-phosphoramidite compound or salt thereof, and polynucleotide Disclosed is a nucleoside derivative of formulae (I-1) or a salt thereof: in which R1, R2, R3, R5, A1 to A3, B, X, Y, and k are described herein. Also provided are a 5′-phosphate ester and a 3′-phosphoramidite derivative of the nucleoside derivative and substrate solutions thereof. A polynucleotide is produced using the 5′-phosphate ester or 3′-phosphoramidite derivative of the nucleoside derivative. A library of the produced polynucleotide is used in a method of selecting a nucleic acid aptamer. Further provided is a vesicular endothelial growth factor binding agent of formula (i).
US10385088B2	Polynucleotide molecules and uses thereof The present disclosure provides alternative sugar moieties and polynucleotides comprising such sugar moieties, and methods of use thereof.
US10385081B2	Crystal of cyclic phosphonic acid sodium salt and method for manufacturing same An object of the present invention is to provide a crystal of a cyclic phosphonic acid sodium salt (2ccPA) with high purity and excellent storage stability and a method for producing the crystal. The present invention provides a crystal of a cyclic phosphonic acid sodium salt (2ccPA) represented by formula (1):
US10385079B2	Preparation method for tedizolid, tedizolid intermediate, and preparation method therefor The present invention relates to a preparation method for a tedizolid compound in Formula I. In Formula I, R is selected from hydrogen, formula A, formula B, benzyl or benzyl substituted by a substituent, the substituent is selected from a group consisting of halogen, nitryl, C1-C6 alkyl, and C1-C6 alkoxy, and R1 is C1-C6 alkyl or C1-C6 alkyl substituted by halogen. The method comprises: generating a compound having a structure as shown in Formula C and a compound having a structure as shown in Formula D by a coupled reaction under the catalysis of a metal catalyst, a substituent of R being defined as above, where X is a leaving group, the leaving group comprising chlorine, bromine, iodine, and sulfonyl oxy such as trifluoromethane sulfonic oxy, methylsulfonyl oxy and benzenesulfonyl oxy, or benzenesulfonyl oxy substituted by one or more substituents, the substituent being selected from a group consisting of halogen, C1-C6 alkyl, and C1-C6 alkoxy.
US10385072B2	Gold(III) complexes as anticancer agents and a method of treating cancer Gold(III) complexes containing mixed ligands. A method of treating cancer with these complexes is disclosed. The complexes are cytotoxic to prostate, breast, ovarian, and Hodgkin lymphoma cancer cell lines. These complexes were either more potent than cisplatin or had similar potency to cisplatin.
US10385067B2	Sodium (2R,5S,13aR)-7,9-dioxo-10-((2,4,6-trifluorobenzyl)carbamoyl)-2,3,4,5,7,9,13,13a-octahydro-2,5-methanopyrido[1′,2′:4,5]pyrazino[2,1-b][1,3]oxazepin-8-olate The present invention relates to sodium (2R,5S,13aR)-7,9-dioxo-10-((2,4,6-trifluorobenzyl)carbamoyl)-2,3,4,5,7,9,13,13a-octahydro-2,5-methanopyrido[1′,2′:4,5]pyrazino[2,1-b][1,3]oxazepin-8-olate Form I, pharmaceutical formulations, and uses thereof for treating or prophylactically preventing an HIV infection.
US10385066B2	Compounds as diacylglycerol acyltransferase inhibitors This invention relates to methods for the preparation of a compound which is an inhibitor of acyl coenzyme A: diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 (DGAT-1).
US10385065B2	Antibacterial compounds The invention relates to antibacterial and anti-mycobacterial drug compounds of formula I. It also relates to pharmaceutical formulations of antibacterial drug compounds. It also relates to uses of the derivatives in treating bacterial infections, and methods of treating bacterial infections. The invention is also directed to antibacterial drug compounds capable of treating bacterial infections that are currently hard to treat with existing drug compounds, e.g., those caused by resistant bacterial or mycobacterial strains.
US10385057B2	Pyrazole compounds and methods of making and using same Provided herein are pyrazole compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds. The subject compounds and compositions are useful as modulators of MAGL and/or FAAH. Furthermore, the subject compounds and compositions are useful for the treatment of, for example, pain.
US10385054B2	Pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidine derivatives for the treatment of viral infections and other diseases This invention concerns pyrrolo[3,2-d]pyrimidine derivatives, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and their use in treatment and/or therapy of diseases.
US10385036B2	Sulfonamide-substituted indole modulators of RORC2 and methods of use thereof The present invention provides sulfonamide-substituted indoles and Methods of Use Thereof-substituted pyrrolopyridines, pharmaceutical compositions thereof methods of modulating RORy activity and/or reducing the amount of IL-17 in a subject, and methods of treating various medical disorders using such indoles and pharmaceutical compositions thereof.
US10385033B2	Process for preparing furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid A process for preparing furan-2,5-dicarboxylic acid is disclosed. The process includes the following steps: preparing or providing a starting mixture including 5-(hydroxy-methyl)furfural (HMF), 5,5′-[oxy-bis(methylene)]bis-2-furfural (di-HMF), and water; subjecting said starting mixture to oxidation conditions in the presence of an oxygen-containing gas and a catalytically effective amount of a heterogeneous catalyst including one or more noble metals on a support so that both HMF and di-HMF react to give furane-2,5-dicarboxylic acid in a product mixture also including water and oxidation by-products. The use of a catalyst is also disclosed, the catalyst including one or more noble metals on a support as an heterogeneous oxidation catalyst for catalyzing in an aqueous starting mixture the reaction of both HMF and di-HMF to furane-2,5-dicarboxylic acid.
US10385028B2	Compounds for the treatment of neuromuscular disorders The present invention relates to compounds suitable for treating, ameliorating and/or preventing neuromuscular disorders, including the reversal of drug-induced neuromuscular blockade. The compounds as defined herein preferably inhibit the CIC-1 ion channel.
US10385023B2	Compounds, compositions and methods Certain substituted urea derivatives selectively modulate the cardiac sarcomere, for example by potentiating cardiac myosin, and are useful in the treatment of systolic heart failure including congestive heart failure.
US10385007B2	Monamine and monoamine derivatives as inhibitors of leukotriene A4 hydrolase This present disclosure is directed to compounds of formula (I): where r, q, R1a, R1b, R1c, R1d, R1e, R2, R3, R4a, R5a, R5b, R6a, R6b, R8, and R9 are described herein, as single stereoisomers or as mixtures of stereoisomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, clathrates, polymorphs, ammonium ions, N-oxides or prodrugs thereof; which are leukotriene A4 hydrolase inhibitors and therefore useful in treating inflammatory disorders. Pharmaceutical compositions including the compounds described herein and methods of preparing the compounds described herein are also provided.
US10385005B2	Compositions and methods for glucose transport inhibition Glucose deprivation is an attractive strategy in cancer research and treatment. Cancer cells upregulate glucose uptake and metabolism for maintaining accelerated growth and proliferation rates. Specifically blocking these processes is likely to provide new insights to the role of glucose transport and metabolism in tumorigenesis, as well as in apoptosis. As solid tumors outgrow the surrounding vasculature, they encounter microenvironments with a limited supply of nutrients leading to a glucose deprived environment in some regions of the tumor. Cancer cells living in the glucose deprived environment undergo changes to prevent glucose deprivation-induced apoptosis. Knowing how cancer cells evade apoptosis induction is also likely to yield valuable information and knowledge of how to overcome the resistance to apoptosis induction in cancer cells. Disclosed herein are novel anticancer compounds that inhibit basal glucose transport, resulting in tumor suppression and new methods for the study of glucose deprivation in animal cancer research.
US10385003B2	Ophthalmic formulation Disclosed herein is an ophthalmic formulation comprising a compound of formula (I): wherein R1 is a linear or branched C9-C33 alkyl or a linear or branched C9-C33 alkenyl with 1 to 4 double bonds; R2 is a linear or branched C9-C19 alkyl or a linear or branched C9-C19 alkenyl with 1 to 4 double bonds; and an ophthalmologically acceptable carrier.
US10384999B2	Method of producing 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone Provided is a method of producing 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone in a large amount, a high yield, and inexpensively. This method comprises oxidizing 2-hydroxynaphthalene with hydrogen peroxide in (1) an alkaline aqueous solution or in (2) a mixture of an alkaline aqueous solution with an inert organic solvent incompatible with water, in the presence of a vanadium catalyst.
US10384996B2	Fluorene-containing compound and method for making the same A fluorene-containing compound having a formula (I) where X and R are as defined in as defined in the specification.
US10384993B2	Method for producing hydrocarbons and alcohols In accordance with the present invention, disclosed herein is a method comprising the steps for producing lower molecular weight C1-C5 hydrocarbons and alcohols. Also disclosed herein, are systems utilized to produce low molecular weight C1-C5 hydrocarbons and alcohols.
US10384989B2	Composition of matter and structure of zeolite UZM-55 and use in isomerization of aromatic molecules Isomerization processes such as the isomerization of ethylbenzene and xylenes, are catalyzed by the new crystalline aluminosilicate zeolite comprising a novel framework type that has been designated UZM-55. This zeolite is represented by the empirical formula: M+mRAl1-xExSiyOz where M represents a metal or metals selected from zinc or Group 1 (IUPAC 1), Group 2 (IUPAC 2), Group 3 (IUPAC 3) or the lanthanide series of the periodic table including sodium, potassium or a combination of sodium and potassium cations, R is an organic structure directing agent or agents derived from reactants R1 and R2 such as where R1 is diisopropanolamine and R2 is a chelating diamine, and E is an element selected from the group consisting of gallium, iron, boron and mixtures thereof. Catalysts made from UZM-55 have utility in various hydrocarbon conversion reactions.
US10384980B2	Method of forming in-situ boron nitride for ceramic matrix composite environmental protection A method for forming in situ a boron nitride reaction product locally on a reinforcement phase of a ceramic matrix composite material includes the steps of providing a ceramic matrix composite material having a fiber reinforcement material; and forming in situ a layer of boron nitride on the fiber reinforcement material.
US10384977B2	Reinforced building block made of autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) The present invention is directed to a reinforced building block made of autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) comprising rebars formed essentially from A) at least one fibrous carrier and B) and a hardened composition formed from B1) at least one epoxy compound and B2) at least one diamine and/or polyamine in a stoichiometric ratio of the epoxy compound B1) to the diamine and/or polyamine component B2) of 0.8:1 to 2:1, as matrix material, and C) optionally further auxiliaries and additives and to methods of production thereof.

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