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US10607191B2	Efficient calendar creation Systems and methods for creating a calendar event on a calendar are presented. In response to a request to create a calendar event on a calendar, a first set of calendar event suggestions are presented to a user on a computing device. In response to a selection of a calendar event suggestion, an attribute corresponding to the selected calendar event suggestion is added to an attribute set. A subsequent set of calendar event suggestions are then presented on the computing device. In response to a selection of a subsequent calendar event suggestion, an attribute corresponding to the subsequent calendar event suggestion is added to an attribute set. A calendar event is created on the calendar according to the attributes in the attribute set in response to an instruction to create the calendar event.
US10607169B1	Method, apparatus, and computer program product for programmatically updating data for communication to a social network system Provided herein are systems, methods and computer readable media for programmatically updating budgeting data, target consumer profile data, and promotion component data for communication to a social network system. An example method may include transmitting, via a social network system interface, budgeting data, target consumer profile data, and promotion component data to the social network system, receiving, at a promotion and marketing system, consumer transaction data, consumer redemption data, and consumer-promotion interaction data, determining, via the promotion and marketing system, at least one of updated budgeting data, updated target consumer data, and updated promotion component data based on the consumer transaction data, the consumer redemption data, and the consumer-promotion interaction data, and transmitting, via the social network system interface, the updated budgeting data, the updated target consumer profile data, and the updated promotion component data to the social network system.
US10607165B2	Systems and methods for automatic suggestions in a relationship management system A method and apparatus for the automatic suggestion generation in a relationship management system is described. The method may include obtaining an electronic communication associated with one or more users of a relationship management system, where the communication is part of a series of communications in a process managed by the relationship management system. Furthermore, the method may include analyzing content of the electronic communication to determine a suggested future action within the process managed by the relationship management system. The method may also include generating a suggestion by the relationship management system to notify at least one user of the suggested future action, and storing the generated suggestion within a database coupled with the relationship management system.
US10607164B1	Architects space programming process that determines new classroom sizes and count for educational institutions Subject invention is a method that determines classroom needs for higher education institutions when they consider new buildings. The architect in charge of programming the new building can use existing tools available to them, in effect computer hardware and 3d modeler software, and utilize this method, which first plots classes as boxes in a virtual 3d space from course schedule data, then uses application programming interface (API) to execute geometry intersections, next performs matching processes to determine the number and sizes of classrooms needed for the course schedule, and lastly visualize room utilization and matching results on a computer screen.
US10607161B2	Processing insurance related address information A technique of processing insurance-related address information includes receiving a starting address specification. It further includes determining a geocode location that is associated with the starting address specification. It further includes providing display information associated with the geocode. It further includes receiving updated address information that is generated within a display of the display information. It further includes determining a reverse geocode associated with the updated address information.
US10607159B2	Systems and methods implementing an intelligent optimization platform A system and method includes receiving a tuning work request for tuning an external machine learning model; implementing a plurality of distinct queue worker machines that perform various tuning operations based on the tuning work data of the tuning work request; implementing a plurality of distinct tuning sources that generate values for each of the one or more hyperparameters of the tuning work request; selecting, by one or more queue worker machines of the plurality of distinct queue worker machines, one or more tuning sources of the plurality of distinct tuning sources for tuning the one or more hyperparameters; and using the selected one or more tuning sources to generate one or more suggestions for the one or more hyperparameters, the one or more suggestions comprising values for the one or more hyperparameters of the tuning work request.
US10607150B2	Machine-learning data analysis tool Disclosed herein is a computer-implemented tool that facilitates data analysis by use of machine learning (ML) techniques. The tool cooperates with a data intake and query system and provides a graphical user interface (GUI) that enables a user to train and apply a variety of different ML models on user-selected datasets of stored machine data. The tool can provide active guidance to the user, to help the user choose data analysis paths that are likely to produce useful results and to avoid data analysis paths that are less likely to produce useful results.
US10607148B1	User identification with voiceprints on online social networks In one embodiment, a method includes, by one or more computing devices of an online social network, receiving, from a client system of a first user of the online social network, a first audio input from an unknown user, identifying one or more candidate users, wherein each candidate user is a user of the online social network within a threshold degree of separation of a known user, calculating, for each candidate user, a probability score representing a probability that the unknown user is the candidate user, wherein the probability score is based on a comparison of the first audio input to a voiceprint of the candidate user stored by the online social network, wherein each voiceprint comprises audio data for auditory identification of the candidate user, and identifying one of the candidate users as being the unknown user based on the calculated probability scores of the candidate users.
US10607144B2	Systems and methods for modeling machine learning and data analytics Systems and methods for implementing and using a data modeling and machine learning lifecycle management platform that facilitates collaboration among data engineering, development and operations teams and provides capabilities to experiment using different models in a production environment to accelerate the innovation cycle. Stored computer instructions and processors instantiate various modules of the platform. The modules include a user interface, a collector module for accessing various data sources, a workflow module for processing data received from the data sources, a training module for executing stored computer instructions to train one or more data analytics models using the processed data, a predictor module for producing predictive datasets based on the data analytics models, and a challenger module for executing multi-sample hypothesis testing of the data analytics models.
US10607143B2	Profile data camera adjustment Camera settings are managed. A candidate subject for capture by a camera is detected. The detection is based on historical profile data related to a user of the camera. One or more adjustments of the camera are identified for capture of the candidate subject. The one or more adjustments are identified based on the detected candidate subject. A proper capture action is performed based on the identified adjustments.
US10607137B2	Branch predictor selection management Disclosed aspects relate to branch predictor selection management in a pipelined microprocessor architecture. A set of selection factor data may be collected in the pipelined microprocessor architecture. The set of selection factor data may be analyzed using a perceptron-based learning technique with respect to a set of candidate branch predictors. A chosen branch predictor may be selected from the set of candidate branch predictors based on analyzing the set of selection factor data with respect to the set of candidate branch predictors using the perceptron-based learning technique. The chosen branch predictor may be invoked in the pipelined microprocessor architecture.
US10607121B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium Before dimension reduction is performed while local data distribution is stored as neighborhood data, a distance between data to be subjected to the dimension reduction is calculated, and a parameter (a neighborhood number of the k-nearest neighbor algorithm or a size of a hypersphere) which determines the neighborhood data is determined for each data to be subjected to the dimension reduction. Thereafter, the dimension reduction is performed on the target data based on the determined parameter.
US10607116B1	Automatically tagging images to create labeled dataset for training supervised machine learning models A method of automatically producing a labeled dataset for training a supervised Machine Learning (ML) model to identify items purchased in a store. The method comprising receiving images captured by imaging sensor(s) deployed to monitor an interior space of a store in which a plurality of items are offered for sale, detecting items picked up by customers tracked in the store based on analysis of the images, detecting the picked up items while checked out for the tracked customers at a POS comprising a POS reader configured to read an identifier of each checked out item, correlating between the detected picked up items and respective identifiers received from the POS reader according to timestamps of the identifiers read events, labeling each image depicting a detected item with the respective identifier and outputting a labeled dataset comprising a plurality of labeled images.
US10607115B1	Automatic generation of training data for commercial document image classification An automated method for generation of training samples for classification of electronic images of commercial documents such as invoices, bills of lading, explanations of benefits, etc. is described. An image of a page of a document is generated as a representative of similar pages from the same origin regardless whether the page of the document contains permanent and variable information or just permanent information.
US10607103B2	Image processing apparatus, control method therefor, and program An image processing apparatus includes: a hardware processor that: generates image data in a raster form on the basis of PDL data described in a page description language; stores the image data generated by the hardware processor; and outputs a predetermined signal in a case where an image of the image data stored in the hardware processor is determined as an image including a predetermined pattern, wherein the hardware processor executes pattern recognition with respect to a region, which includes printing data, in the image of the image data, and does not execute the pattern recognition with respect to a region, which does not include printing data, in the image of the image data.
US10607097B2	Method and device for guiding fingerprint recognition Provided are a method and a device for guiding fingerprint recognition. The method for guiding fingerprint recognition includes the following steps: determining a current working state of a smart terminal (S1); determining whether a fingerprint input prompting is needed (S2); and if the fingerprint input prompting is needed, displaying a fingerprint input guiding icon within an effective fingerprint detection area of the display (S3); initiating a fingerprint collection function, and collecting fingerprint information within the effective fingerprint detection area (S4). A user is guided to find the location of the fingerprint input quickly by virtue of a fingerprint input guiding icon and improving the efficiency of the fingerprint recognition detection, thereby improving the user experience.
US10607092B2	System and method for detecting the position of a tailgate and adjusting operation of a user interface device based on the tailgate position A system includes an object identification module, a tailgate position module, and a user interface device (UID) control module. The object identification module is configured to identify at least one of a bumper of a vehicle and a tailgate of the vehicle in an image captured by a camera mounted to the tailgate. The tailgate position module is configured to determine that the tailgate is closed when the bumper is identified in the image, and determine that the tailgate is open when at least one of: the tailgate is identified in the image; and the bumper is not identified in the image. The UID control module is configured to adjust operation of a user interface device based on whether the tailgate is open or closed.
US10607084B1	Visual inspection support using extended reality A device having extended reality capabilities may capture a video feed including one or more video frames depicting an object that is visible in a field of view of the device. The device may provide the one or more video frames to a machine learning model that identifies the object and one or more parts of the object that are depicted in the one or more video frames. The device may obtain positional tracking information that represents a position and an orientation associated with the object relative to a coordinate space that corresponds to the field of view of the device. The device may obtain a workflow including a sequence of content items for visually inspecting the object using the extended reality capabilities of the device. The device may render digital content associated with the workflow using the extended reality capabilities of the device.
US10607081B2	Collaboration facilitator for wearable devices A wearable apparatus is provided for capturing and processing images from an environment of a user. In one implementation, a system for facilitating collaboration between individuals includes a transceiver and at least one processing device. The at least one processing device is programmed to obtain and analyze one or more images captured by an image sensor included in a wearable apparatus. The at least one processing device is further programmed to detect, by the analysis, a visual trigger in an environment of a wearer of the wearable apparatus. The visual trigger may be associated with a collaborative action to be taken. The at least one processing device may be further programmed to use the transceiver to transmit an indicator relating to the visual trigger associated with the collaborative action to be taken.
US10607073B2	Systems and methods for classifying payment documents during mobile image processing Systems and methods are provided for processing an image of a financial payment document captured using a mobile device and classifying the type of payment document in order to extract the content therein. These methods may be implemented on a mobile device or a central server, and can be used to identify content on the payment document and determine whether the payment document is ready to be processed by a business or financial institution. The system can identify the type of payment document by identifying features on the payment document and performing a series of steps to determine probabilities that the payment document belongs to a specific document type. The identification steps are arranged starting with the fastest step in order to attempt to quickly determine the payment document type without requiring lengthy, extensive analysis.
US10607072B2	System and method for quantifying reflection E.G. when analyzing laminated documents A system for computerized authentication of a laminated object, the system comprising a digital medium storing a digital image of at least a portion of the laminated object in a computer-implemented memory; a shininess analyzer operative, using a processor, to generate shininess data quantifying shininess of the digital image; and a parameterized computerized authentication sub-system operative to differentially perform at least one laminated object authentication operation based on the shininess data.
US10607071B2	Information processing apparatus, non-transitory computer readable recording medium, and information processing method An information processing method includes: obtaining a sheet-image obtained by scanning a sheet including a name-field, in which a name is to be handwritten, and handwritten-characters written in an area other than the name-field; recognizing the handwritten-characters in the sheet-image; generating handwriting-information indicating characteristics of each character of the recognized handwritten-characters; determining whether or not a name is written in the name-field in the sheet-image; where determining that no name is written, extracting, from a database that stores one or more persons' names, the persons' attributes, and handwriting-informations of the persons in association with each other, one or more names and handwriting-informations in association with a particular attribute, and generating a table; selecting one name stored in the table in association with the generated handwriting-information; generating a name-image indicating the selected name; and combining the name-image and the sheet-image to generate a combined-image.
US10607070B2	Human search and identification in complex scenarios Systems, apparatuses and methods may generate a map of a search environment based on a probability of a target human being present within the search environment, capture a red, green, blue, depth (RGBD) image of one or more potential target humans in the search environment based on the map, and cause a robot apparatus to obtain a frontal view position with respect to at least one of the one or more potential target humans based on the RGBD images.
US10607060B2	Electronic device an operating method thereof An apparatus and method for setting a fingerprint recognition region in an electronic device are provided. An electronic device includes a display, a finger scan sensor overlapped with at least a partial region of the display, and a processor. The processor controls to detect a touch input for at least one object displayed at the display, when detecting a first fingerprint image through a fingerprint recognition region corresponding to the touch input, enlarge a size of the fingerprint recognition region, detect a second fingerprint image through the enlarged fingerprint recognition region, and when having succeeded in user authentication by using the second fingerprint image, perform a function corresponding to the at least one object.
US10607055B2	Method for authenticating a finger of a user of an electronic device The present invention generally relates to a method for authenticating a finger of a user of an electronic device comprising a fingerprint sensor for sensing a fingerprint pattern, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring a candidate fingerprint image; determining, based on the candidate fingerprint image, a humidity level indication indicative of the humidity level of the finger; performing an authentication pre-process based on the humidity level indication; performing a fingerprint authentication process based on the pre-process to authenticate the user.
US10607050B2	Service processing using a digital object identifier A digital object identifier (DOI) display request is received. A service type of a service corresponding to the display request is determined. Basic user information of a first user and identity type information corresponding to the service type is determined based on the service type and stored calibration information, where the identity type information is pre-authenticated to ensure validity based on a validity period associated with the identity type information. A DOI of the first user is generated based on the basic user information and the identity type information. The DOI is displayed for a second user to perform service processing based on the basic user information and the identity type information in the DOI.
US10607045B2	Apparatus and respective method for communicating with a transponder and system for communicating The invention relates to an apparatus for communicating with a transponder. The apparatus includes a transmit apparatus, a receive apparatus and an evaluation apparatus. The transmit apparatus transmits a transmit signal to the transponder. Based on a signal emitted by the transponder, the receive apparatus receives a receive signal. Based on the transmit signal and/or a signal portion, the evaluation apparatus evaluates the receive signal with respect to data errors. Further, the invention relates to a respective method as well as to a system for communicating.
US10607041B2	Reinforcement learning based document scanner Apparatus and methods for transformation of a digital scanner image using machine-learning algorithms are provided. The apparatus and methods may include a portable USB device configured for connection to a scanner port. The device may access and store a scanned digital image captured by the scanner. A device processor may use OCR to generate an editable PDF file and use one or more machine-learning algorithms to apply auto-corrections to the PDF file. The processor may communicate with a user interface configured to display each line from the scanned digital image in line with the corresponding auto-corrected text. The user interface may receive separate inputs accepting each line of auto-corrected text. Auto-correction acceptance data may be transmitted to the device processor. Each accepted auto-correction may be associated with a quantified value. A machine-learning algorithm may be configured to maximize a total value for auto-corrections in a scanned document.
US10607032B2	Cryptographic ASIC for key hierarchy enforcement A cryptographic ASIC and method for enforcing a derivative key hierarchy for managing an information stream. A programming user provides a user passphrase that is used to generate a transform key and is then deleted. The transform key is inaccessibly, invisibly, and indelibly generated and stored in a one-time programmable memory with externally generated programming pulses during or after manufacture, without being reported out to the user who provided the user passphrase. A transform-enabled cryptographic circuit or method customized with the transform key processes a predetermined input message to obtain a predetermined output message indicating an identity of a particular information stream. Other input messages may also be processed, such as for verifying a blockchain, but replication requires knowledge of the transform key. Only a programming user with knowledge of the user passphrase is capable of creating an information stream, such as a blockchain.
US10607026B2	System and method for data backup using unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Disclosed are systems, methods and computer program products for performing data backup using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). An example method includes in response to detecting a data backup request from a user device, determining a geographic location of the user device and dispatching the UAV to the geographic location; controlling the UAV to obtain user data from the user device; and controlling the UAV to navigate to a data center to back up the obtained user data onto a cloud storage.
US10607023B2	Digital payload sharing protection A computing device includes a network interface, a storage controller, a sharing tool and a protection service. The network interface communicatively couples the computing device to one or more computing devices. The storage controller is configured to access a plurality of digital payloads. Each of the digital payloads is associated with a plurality of access tags including content tags and context tags. The sharing tool is configured to share, with a recipient computing device via the network interface, a selected digital payload. The protection service configured to automatically control sharing of the selected digital payload with the recipient computing device based on determining that a prospective recipient associated with the recipient computing device has a work designation or a personal designation that is inconsistent with one or both of a context indicated by the context tags and a content indicated by the content tags.
US10607020B2	Securing files Data security access and management may require a server dedicated to monitoring document access requests and enforcing rules and policies to limit access to those who are not specifically identified as having access to the data. One example of operation may include selecting data to be protected via a user device, applying at least one policy to the data, storing the at least one policy in a data record identifying the data, modifying a data format of the data to create a modified data, and storing the modified data in memory.
US10607017B2	Restricting access to sensitive data using tokenization A method includes receiving a security profile comprising user-defined rules for processing sensitive data, and identifying a plurality of sensitive data components in a data file according to the security profile. The method further includes generating a respective format-preserving token for each of the identified plurality of sensitive data components. The method additionally includes generating a corresponding token key for each of the respective-format preserving tokens, and replacing each of the plurality of sensitive data components in the data file with the respective format-preserving token. Further, the method includes cryptographically camouflaging each of the token keys using a first password and storing each of the cryptographically camouflaged token keys.
US10607006B2	Security supervision There is disclosed a system for monitoring the security of a target system (110) with a circuit (120), the target system (110) comprising at least one processor (111) and wherein: the circuit (120) comprises a finite-state machine (122) configured to receive data from one or more sensors (130) distributed in the target system (110), at least one sensor (1303) being located on the processor (111) of the target system (110); the finite-state machine (122) is configured to determine a state output in response to data received from sensors (130); the system monitoring the security based on said state output. Developments describe the use of a self-alarm mechanism comprising an encoder to encode states with redundancy, the application of an error correction code, comparisons with predefined valid encoded states, the triggering of an alarm to the processor, the determination of actions and/or retroactions on sensors and/or diagnostics and countermeasures.
US10606997B2	Remote identity authentication method and system and remote account opening method and system Provided in the present application are a remote authentication method and system and a remote account opening method and system. The remote authentication method includes: by an electronic cipher device, acquiring information to be validated, generating and displaying a graphic identification code on the basis of the information to be validated; by a terminal, acquiring a picture including a facial image of a user and the graphic identification code displayed on the electronic cipher device and transmitting the picture to a background server; and by the background server, receiving the picture and validating the graphic identification code and the facial image of the user provided on the picture.
US10606994B2	Authenticating access to a computing resource using quorum-based facial recognition According to certain embodiments, an authentication system comprises memory operable to store instructions and processing circuitry operable to execute the instructions, whereby the authentication system is operable to receive first user data depicting a facial expression of a first user, authenticate the first user based on the first user data, and restrict the first user from performing an operation in response to determining that the operation requires authenticating at least one other user in addition to authenticating the first user.
US10606989B2	Computational systems and methods for verifying personal information during transactions Methods, apparatuses, computer program products, devices and systems are described that carry out accessing at least one persona that includes a unique identifier that is at least partly based on a first user's device-identifier data and the first user's network-participation data; verifying the persona by comparing the first user's device-identifier data and the first user's network-participation data of the unique identifier to a second user's device-identifier data and the second user's network-participation data; and presenting the persona in response to a request for personal information.
US10606986B2	Systems and methods for managing and protecting electronic content and applications Systems and methods are disclosed for managing and protecting electronic content and applications. Applications, content, and/or users can be given credentials by one or more credentialing authorities upon satisfaction of a set of requirements. Rights management software/hardware is used to attach and detect these credentials, and to enforce rules that indicate how content and applications may be used if certain credentials are present or absent. In one embodiment an application may condition access to a piece of electronic content upon the content's possession of a credential from a first entity, while the content may condition access upon the application's possession of a credential from a second entity and/or the user's possession of a credential from a third entity. Use of credentials in this manner enables a wide variety of relatively complex and flexible control arrangements to be put in place and enforced with relatively simple rights management technology.
US10606979B1	Verifying equivalence of design latency Verifying a circuit design may include, in response to modification of the circuit design involving at least one of inserting or removing a flip-flop, determining, using computer hardware, latency change values for pins of components of the circuit design, determining, using the computer hardware, total latency for the pins of the components of the circuit design based, at least in part, upon the latency change values, and comparing, using the computer hardware, total latency of the pins of the components of the circuit design. Verifying the circuit design may also include detecting, using the computer hardware, a latency error within the circuit design based upon the comparing and generating, using the computer hardware, a notification of the latency error in the circuit design, wherein the notification specifies a type of the latency error detected.
US10606977B2	Graphical view and debug for coverage-point negative hint The present invention provides a graphical view of this connected network that allows the user to navigate throughout a network. The graph view consists of a series of nodes that correspond to a set of test, testbench, design or coverage items in the simulation. Various nodes in the network are colored or shaped differently to represent either test, class, stimulus, testbench, design or coverage points. The graph may be drawn so that all items that occur at the same time are lined up in the same horizontal or vertical region, to give the user an intuitive view of time going left to right or top to bottom.
US10606971B2	Testing netlists based on singular independent signals Examples of techniques for modifying testing tools are described herein. An example computer-implemented method includes receiving, via a processor, a netlist comprising a complex coverage event that depends on a singular independent signal. The method includes detecting, via the processor, that complex coverage event can be separated into the singular independent signal and a logic state based on a structural logic analysis. The method also includes modifying, via the processor, a testing tool to test the netlist based on the singular independent signal.
US10606960B2	System and method to facilitate translation of communications between entities over a network A system and method to facilitate translation of communications between entities over a network are provided. The system receives a first language construct transmitted by a first entity that is directed to a second entity. The system identifies a construct identifier corresponding to the first language construct and determines a language preference of the second entity. A second language construct is retrieved by the system by locating an entry in a translated construct table that contains both the construct identifier and a language identifier corresponding to the language preference of the second entity, whereby the second language construct is a translation of the first language construct into a second language corresponding to the language preference. The second language construct is used to update information associated with the first entity.
US10606954B2	Topic kernelization for real-time conversation data Embodiments for text segmentation for topic modelling by a processor. Real-time conversation data may be analyzed and time intervals (e.g., inter-arrival times) between messages of the conversation data may be recorded. Each of the messages may be defined (and/or segmented) as burst segments or reflection segments according to the analyzing and recording. One or more topic modelling operations may be enhanced for text segmentation using the burst segments or reflection segments.
US10606950B2	Controlling playback of speech-containing audio data A control method improves a user's ability to navigate in speech-containing audio data during playback of the audio data on a computing device. The control method is executed by a processor in the computing device and comprises operating (51) a media player on the computing device to play the audio data, detecting (52) a user-initiated time-shift command to step forward or backward in the audio data, and, after detecting the time-shift command at a current time in the audio data, identifying (55) a starting point of a sentence in the audio data and operating (56) the media player to play the audio data from the starting point.
US10606949B2	Artificial intelligence based method and apparatus for checking text This disclosure discloses an artificial intelligence based method and apparatus for checking a text. An embodiment of the method comprises: lexing a first to-be-checked text and a second to-be-checked text respectively, determining word vectors of the lexed words to generate a first word vector sequence and a second word vector sequence; inputting the first word vector sequence and the second word vector sequence respectively into a pre-trained convolutional neural network containing at least one multi-scale convolutional layer, identifying vector sequences in a plurality of vector sequences outputted by a last multi-scale convolutional layer as eigenvector sequences, to obtain eigenvector sequence groups respectively corresponding to the texts; combining eigenvector sequences in each eigenvector sequence group to generate a combined eigenvector sequence; and analyzing the generated combined eigenvector sequences to determine whether the first text and the second text pass a similarity check. The embodiment improves the flexibility in checking a text.
US10606946B2	Learning word embedding using morphological knowledge In some examples, a machine learning system may use morphological knowledge to enhance a deep learning framework for learning word embedding. The system may consider, among other things, morphological similarities between and among words in a learning process so as to handle new or rare words, edit distances, longest common substring similarities, morpheme similarities, and syllable similarities as morphological knowledge to build a relation matrix between or among words. The system may apply the deep learning framework to query classification, web search, text mining, information retrieval, and natural language processing tasks, for example. The system may accomplish such tasks with relatively high efficiency and speed, while utilizing less computing resources as compared to other systems.
US10606942B2	Device for extracting information from a dialog Computer-implemented systems and methods for extracting information during a human-to-human mono-lingual or multi-lingual dialog between two speakers are disclosed. Information from either the recognized speech (or the translation thereof) by the second speaker and/or the recognized speech by the first speaker (or the translation thereof) is extracted. The extracted information is then entered into an electronic form stored in a data store.
US10606939B2	Applying matching data transformation information based on a user's editing of data within a document A mechanism is provided for applying matching data transformation information based on a user's editing of data within a document. User input identifying inputs provided by a user while editing a document within an application executing on the data processing system is received. A matching algorithm is executed based on user input to identify one or more candidate transformation operations within a transformation operation data structure that matches the user input. Responsive to failing to identify any candidate transformation operations, an indication is provided that no candidate transformation operations are identifiable. Responsive to one or more candidate transformation operations being identified, a list of transformation operations is provided that includes the one or more candidate transformation operations to the user via the data processing system.
US10606929B2	Template selection for mapping a third-party web page to an object in a social networking system A social networking system includes a mechanism for customizing display of content from an external web page. Nodes associated with a web page are included in the social graph based on one or more tags included in a web page, which contain meta-information for defining the node in the social networking system, such as the type of the node. The social networking system retrieves the tags from the markup language document and stores their information in connection with the node for the web page while using the tags to identify a template that describes display of content from the web page. The template may include user interface elements for receiving input, allowing a user to interact with a node in the social graph associated with the web page, allowing user interactions with the web page content to be tracked by and reflected back within the social networking system.
US10606924B2	Contextual file manager A contextual file manager is described herein. Contextual information regarding files and folders of a file system of an operating system is collected. The contextual information may be collected from a variety of different sources, such as contents of the file or folder, an application associated with the file, a service provider, or a cloud storage service. The contextual information is then exposed in a file system interface of the operating system along with representations of the files and folders. In some cases, the contextual information is exposed in response to detection of an intuitive user action to a representation of one of the files or folders via the file system interface.
US10606923B1	Distributing content via content publishing platforms Content provider systems publish content via content publishing platforms. An online system is associated with multiple content publishing platforms. Each content publishing platform is associated with policies that determine whether a content item is acceptable for publishing via the content publishing platform. For example, the policy may specify dimensions of a media object of the content item, keywords that are unacceptable for publishing via the content publishing platform, and so on. The online system receives requests from content provider systems to publish content via a particular content publishing platform. The online system determines whether the content item is suitable for publishing via one or more other content publishing platforms. The online system determines whether the content provider system approves publishing content via any of the identified content publishing platforms. The online system may deliver the content item to all content publishing platforms approved by the content provider system.
US10606909B2	Optimizing searches A method, executed by a computer, for optimizing searches includes receiving a boolean search query comprising a plurality of operators and operands and usage information corresponding to a user, determining modifications to be made to the boolean search query according to the usage information, and modifying the boolean search query according to the modifications. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein.
US10606907B1	Interactive browsable content items Interactive browsable content items can be used to browse and explore through content items responsive to a search query. A content item selection system can receive a search query and generate a result set identifying a plurality of products that define an n-dimensional space of the products. Pivot points are selected for the n-dimensional space to provide distinct products representative of the entire n-dimensional space. The pivot points are displayed in the interactive browsable content item on the client device. A subset of similar products are selected from the n-dimensional space of products responsive to the selection of a pivot point and displayed on the client device. Responsive to a zoom out touch input, a new set of pivot points are selected based on the prior selected pivot point.
US10606905B2	Systems and methods for saving and presenting a state of a communication session A system comprising a computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for saving and presenting a state of a communication session are presented. The communication session may be established between a client device and an application server of a content publisher, and may include the presentation of content on the client device. In some embodiments, the method may include receiving user input to save a state of the communication session, and in response, temporarily storing session data representative of the state of the communication session for a predetermined duration of the communication session. The method may further include generating and presenting an interface that includes a visual representation of the session data, and allows a user to return to the saved state of the communication session.
US10606903B2	Multi-dimensional query based extraction of polarity-aware content A method of multi-dimensional query based extraction of polarity-aware content from a plurality of documents. An input query tuple comprising: at least one keyword, polarity, and quantification of polarity corresponding to a polarity score is received from a user via an interface. A search of metadata of indexed documents based on the input query tuple is conducted to identify documents which satisfy at least some of the input query tuple. For each document which satisfies at least some of the input query tuple from the user, keywords, polarity associated with the keywords, and excerpts of each of the documents including the keywords and text containing polarity context associated with the keywords are extracted and for each document which satisfies at least some of the input of the input query tuple, the query results to the user via the user interface are outputted.
US10606902B1	Method and system for cached early-binding document search A method for servicing document search requests. The method includes receiving, by a document management service, a document search query from a requesting user, and injecting, into the document search query, a user access vector. The user access vector specifies, for the requesting user, access control lists that are associated with the requesting user. The method further includes identifying, in a document repository, documents that match the document search query with the injected user access vector. A matching document requires a match of terms in the search query with terms in the matching document, and a match of at least one access control list specified in the matching document and at least one of the access control lists specified in the user access vector.
US10606891B2	JSON data validation A JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) data validation method may include generating a description schema for defining JSON data using one or more JSON constructs. The method may further include converting the description schema to an Extensible Markup Language (XML) schema. The method may also include converting the JSON data to XML data, and validating the JSON data based on the XML Schema and the XML data.
US10606888B2	Image inventory production There are disclosed methods and apparatus for manufacture of image inventories from frames of a digital work including audio which corresponds to objects in still images of the digital video work. Objects are detected in each frame's image, and the objects are recognized. Metadata is assigned to the objects, the object metadata linking audio from the digital video work to the corresponding object in the frame's image which produces the audio. For each frame, at least one cryptographic hash of the object metadata is generated, and the hash is written to a node of a transaction processing network.
US10606878B2	Technology for visualizing clusters of electronic documents Systems and methods for generating visualizations of a set of processed electronic documents are disclosed. According to certain aspects, a set of clusters may be generated to reflect similarities among content of a set of electronic documents. An electronic device may generate a visualization of the set of clusters, where the visualization may include a set of representations corresponding to the set of clusters. A user interface may display the visualization, where the representations may be positioned to reflect similarities and differences between a set of documents included in a target cluster and additional sets of documents included in additional clusters.
US10606876B2	Topic recommendation In one implementation, a system for topic recommendation includes an information engine receives topic information relating to a number of events. In addition, the system includes an analysis engine performs a text analysis on the received topic information. In addition, the system includes an index engine indexes the topic information based on the text analysis. In addition, the system includes a display engine compares a search term to the indexed topic information and displays a number of topics on a display of a mobile device, wherein the number of topics are displayed in a size that corresponds to a quantity of topic information associated with each of the number of topics.
US10606855B2	Embedding analytics within transaction search A system and method facilitating data search, analysis, and/or related actions or data modifications in an enterprise computing environment. An example method includes providing a first user option to specify a transaction search; providing a second user option to specify an analytic; and employing an integrated analytics and search framework to present one or more search results via the analytic in response to user selection of the first user option. In a more specific embodiment, the first user option further enables user specification of one or more dimensions of a data component used for a search, by manipulation of an analytics setting. A third user option enables user modification of search data returned as search results and/or may enable users to perform related actions, e.g., approval of expense reports. Additional controls may enable selective user access to functionality depending upon content of the search results.
US10606852B2	Performing data mining operations within a columnar database management system Data mining operations are performed within a columnar database management system. The columnar database management system stores input sets of data for a data mining operation. An input set of data is represented as a column of data in the columnar database management system. The columnar database management system stores instructions to perform one or more data mining operations for processing the input sets of data. The columnar database management system receives requests for performing data mining operations and performs the processing of the data mining operation within the columnar database management system. As a result, the processing of data mining operations is performed without requiring multiple data transfers between an application implementing the data mining operations and the columnar database management system.
US10606850B2	Updating a knowledge base of a spam detection system A mechanism is provided for updating a knowledge base of a spam detection system for email messages. A first and a second email set of email messages related to a time window are created. The first email set comprises email messages currently classified as spam messages, the second email set email messages currently classified as non-spam messages. A natural language term that is not present in the knowledge base is extracted from one of the email messages contained in one of the two email sets. Based on a frequency of occurrence of the extracted term in email messages contained in one or more of the two email sets and based on whether the respective email messages are spam messages or non-spam messages, a score value of the extracted term is calculated. The extracted term and the calculated score value are stored into the knowledge base.
US10606849B2	Techniques for assigning confidence scores to relationship entries in a knowledge graph A technique for assigning confidence scores to relationship entries in a knowledge graph includes assigning respective initial confidence scores to relationship n-tuples in a knowledge graph. Each of the relationship n-tuples designates at least a first entity, a second entity, and a relationship between the first and second entities or a single entity and a relationship between the single entity and one or more properties of the single entity. Respective feature vectors are associated with each of the relationship n-tuples. A training set that includes at least a subset of the relationship n-tuples labeled with respective ground truth labels is generated. Respective initial weights are learned for the feature vectors based on the training set. Respective subsequent confidence scores are generated for each of the relationship n-tuples based on the initial weights for the feature vectors.
US10606846B2	Systems and methods for human inspired simple question answering (HISQA) Described herein are systems and methods for determining how to automatically answer questions like “Where did Harry Potter go to school?” Carefully built knowledge graphs provide rich sources of facts. However, it still remains a challenge to answer factual questions in natural language due to the tremendous variety of ways a question can be raised. Presented herein are embodiments of systems and methods for human inspired simple question answering (HISQA), a deep-neural-network-based methodology for automatic question answering using a knowledge graph. Inspired by human's natural actions in this task, embodiments first find the correct entity via entity linking, and then seek a proper relation to answer the question—both achieved by deep gated recurrent networks and neural embedding mechanism.
US10606840B2	Parallel Lempel-Ziv decompression for highly-parallel computer architectures One embodiment provides a method comprising receiving a plurality of encoded and compressed data blocks, decoding the data blocks, and decompressing the data blocks utilizing a plurality of processor sets. Each processor set is assigned a data block to decompress. The processor sets decompress in parallel to exploit inter-block parallelism. Each processor set comprises one or more processors that collaborate in decompressing an assigned data block to exploit intra-block parallelism. The method further comprises generating a final uncompressed output sequence based on uncompressed data blocks resulting from the decompressing.
US10606839B2	Preventing staleness in query results when using asynchronously updated indexes A method, computer program product, and computer system for optimizing query processing is provided. An asynchronously updated index is provided for a main dataset. A time-sequences log of data modifications to the main dataset is provided. A query of the main dataset is received. The main dataset is joined with the time-sequenced log data resulting in a first intermediate result. The query is processed by keeping one or more entries satisfying the query by emulating a function of the asynchronously updated index resulting in a second intermediate result. Updated, deleted dataset entries are deleted from the asynchronously updated index. The query is processed resulting in a third intermediate result. A union of the second intermediate result and third intermediate result is built defining a final result.
US10606838B2	Relational operations between database tables and application tables Disclosed aspects perform a join operation between a database table and second in-memory data of an application may be provided. The operation is expressed as an join query between first data residing in the relational database and second data residing in a memory space of an application. Aspects can include serializing rows of the second data into a character large binary object, generating a composite statement by decoding, using a table function, rows of the character large binary object into columns of associated database data-types. The rows are substrings of the character large binary object. Aspects may include sending the character large binary object and the composite statement to a relational database, executing it, and receiving a result.
US10606837B2	Partitioned join with dense inner table representation To perform a join operation on database objects, data structures contained in a first database object are distributed across database partitions in accordance with a partitioning scheme. Data structures of the first database object are associated with respective indices computed complementarily to the partitioning scheme. Other indices are computed from the respective data structures of a second database object. The join operation is performed at each of the database partitions on the data structures in the respective first and second database objects having the indices and the other indices in common.
US10606833B2	Context sensitive indexes Context-sensitive index visibility is used to reduce the number databases indexes that are considered and evaluated as an access path by query optimization. For a database statement that references or otherwise requires access to a set of database tables for which a DBMS defines a set of database indexes, context-sensitive index visibility limits the selection of database indexes. A query context comprises query context attributes, each of which is associated with a requested execution of a database statement. Query context attributes dictate whether a database index can be considered for query optimization. An example of a query context attribute is database user of a database session in which a database statement is issued. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a query context attribute is a session attribute stored as part of a session state of a database session.
US10606830B2	Multi-version data system nested transactions isolation A data system in which a parent transaction that has multiple nested transactions has isolation between the nested transactions. Each of at least some of the plurality of operations are included within a nested transaction within the parent transaction. For each of at least some of the nested transactions, a begin transaction identifier is assigned to the nested transaction; and on or around completion of the nested transaction, a completion transaction identifier is assigned as a statement identifier at least one object version operated upon by the nested transaction. Visibility of a particular version of an object to an active nested transaction may be verified by comparing the begin transaction identifier of the active nested transaction to the statement identifier of the particular version of the object. The comparison is done such that visibility achieves the proper isolation between nested transactions.
US10606826B2	Fixing anomalies in a preserved data structure used to generate a temporary data structure during system initialization Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for fixing anomalies in a preserved data structure used to generate a temporary data structure during system initialization. A preserved data structure in persistent storage is used to build a temporary data structure in a memory of the computing system during initialization of the computing system. The temporary data structure represents computational resources in the computing system and is rebuilt from the preserved data structure during the initialization. The preserved data structure and the temporary data structure are processed to determine whether the preserved data structure includes at least one anomaly that would result in rebuilding the temporary data structure with an error. Information on the preserved data structure and the temporary data structure having the anomaly are processed to determine modifications to correct the preserved data structure. The determined modifications are processed to correct the preserved data structure.
US10606825B1	Flexible installation of data type validation instructions for security data for analytics applications A method and apparatus for extracting and displaying a feature data set is provided. A method comprises: retrieving a digitally stored first data set from a first digital data storage source; selecting a first data set type of a plurality of data set types for the first data set based at least in part on the first source, and creating and storing an association of the first data set type to the first data set; selecting a first validation process from among a plurality of validation processes based at least in part on the first data set type; executing program instructions corresponding to the first validation process using at least a portion of the first data set to determine if the first data set is valid; in response to determining that the first data set is valid, assigning a validator instruction set to the first data set; assigning at least a portion of the first data set to a first analytics instruction set of a plurality of analytics instruction sets based on the first type and the validator instruction set; causing execution of the first analytics instruction set using at least a portion of the first data set to extract and store a feature data set representing features of the first data set; in response to a query, causing a feature represented in the feature data set to be displayed on a computer display device using a graphical user interface.
US10606816B2	Compression-aware partial sort of streaming columnar data According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system for sorting data records generates a plurality of data structures associated with corresponding record fields used to sort the data records, and inserts values of the record fields into the corresponding data structures. Each of the data structures comprises one or more ordered parts, and each inserted value is inserted into a part of the corresponding data structure. Each part of a data structure corresponding to a record field having a sort priority immediately below another record field corresponds to a distinct value inserted into a part of the data structure corresponding to the other record field. The system processes the generated data structures to determine sorted data records. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for sorting data records in substantially the same manners described above.
US10606815B2	Creation of indexes for information retrieval The present invention may be a method, system, and a computer program product. An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for creating one or more indexes for information retrieval. The method comprises reading a document having hinting information into memory; the hinting information being associated with each unique expression in an original document; and creating the indexes from the document which was read into memory. A first analysis method for generating a contiguous sequence of items from text in the document is used for creating the indexes for each sequence in the unique expression with which the hinting information is associated. A second analysis method for dividing the text into meaningful units is used for creating the indexes for each word in the text other than the unique expression. The first analysis method may be an n-gram analysis and the second analysis method may be a morphological analysis.
US10606812B2	Continuous replication for secure distributed filesystems Embodiments are directed to file systems. A replication engine may establish a secure communication channel between a source file system and a target file system. The replication engine may: instantiate a replication job associated with rules; determine changes in the source file system; determine characteristics of the replication job that may be based on the changes; compare the to the characteristics and a black-out schedule; execute the replication job to communicate the changes in the source file system to the target file system based on a result of the comparison. Upon completion of the replication job, the replication engine may automatically instantiating a next replication job to copy subsequent changes in the source file system to the target file system.
US10606809B2	Multi-master text synchronization using deltas A server enforces a policy for selecting what received change to process. The non-selected changes are not processed by the server. Instead, after the selected change is processed and is incorporated into the current version of the text, the server sends an update to each of the clients indicating the change made to the current version of text. A client performs a conflict resolution procedure when its change was not processed by the server. The conflict resolution procedure detects the differences between the updated text version and its text change that was not accepted by the server and uses the differences to deduce the intent of the user and come up with a merged version of the text which preserves the intent and avoids data loss. The updated version is then sent back to the server to update the current version of the text.
US10606804B2	Computerized systems and methods for distributed file collection and processing Systems and methods are disclosed for distributed file collection and processing. According to certain embodiments, a producer system may detect a producer configuration file that specifies a file type, identify at least one file of the specified file type, and send the at least one identified file to a collector system. A conductor system may receive a request from a consumer system and allocate the at least one identified file to the consumer system based on the request. The collector system may receive the at least one identified file from the producer system. The consumer system may send the request to the conductor system and pull the at least one identified file from the collector system.
US10606802B2	Catalog backup and recovery using logical mirroring A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes intercepting one or more updates made to a catalog data set, storing the one or more updates in an update buffer, retrieving the one or more updates from the update buffer, sequentially applying the one or more updates to a backup catalog data set, identifying a request to replace the catalog data set, and replacing the catalog data set with the backup catalog data set, in response to the request.
US10606796B2	On-board network system, communication control method in the on-board network system, and on-board gateway An on-board network system includes a plurality of controllers connected to a bus, a detecting unit that detects an error that occurs, a measuring unit that measures a degree of error occurrence detected by the detecting unit, and a communication controller that reduces a communication speed and a communication data amount of at least one of the controllers from a first speed and a first data amount to a second speed and a second data amount, when the error occurrence degree becomes equal to or larger than a first degree. The communication controller reduces the communication speed and the communication data amount, such that a first communication time it takes for data to be transmitted at the first speed in the first data amount is longer than a second communication time it takes for data to be transmitted at the second speed in the second data amount.
US10606794B1	Clock signal monitor for slave device on a master-slave bus A slave device may receive a clock signal from a master device via a bus. The slave device may detect a first pulse of the clock signal. The first pulse indicates that a bit is to be written to a slave shift register of the slave device. The slave device may identify a timeout threshold associated with the clock signal. The slave device may determine that the timeout threshold expired without a second pulse from the clock signal being detected. The slave device may reset, based on the timeout threshold expiring, the slave shift register to synchronize the slave shift register with a master shift register of the master device.
US10606785B2	Flex bus protocol negotiation and enabling sequence Systems, methods, and devices can involve a host device that includes a root complex, a link, and an interconnect protocol stack coupled to a bus link. The interconnect protocol stack can include multiplexing logic to select one of a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) upper layer mode, or an accelerator link protocol upper layer mode, the PCIe upper layer mode or the accelerator link protocol upper layer mode to communicate over the link, and physical layer logic to determine one or more low latency features associated with one or both of the PCIe upper layer mode or the accelerator link protocol upper layer mode.
US10606784B1	Software filtering of redundant sideband device management bus communications Sideband device management bus messages are filtered using software operations in order to minimize dropped messages and to maintain the bus in an operable state. Redundant sideband device management buses are utilized in order to provide fail-over transmission of messages in scenarios where one of the buses becomes inoperable. Multi-packet messages are transmitted to managed devices via the sideband bus connections. If an inoperable state is detected in a sideband bus connection during transmission of a multi-packet message, the portion of the multi-packet message not received by the managed device is transmitted via a redundant sideband bus connection with the managed device. Software filtering of bus transactions utilizes a circular DMA buffer for storing all incoming transactions. Transactions of interest are copied to buffers associated with specific endpoints for processing.
US10606782B2	Aligning received bad data indicators (BDIS) with received data on a cross-chip link Aligning received BDIs with received data on a cross-chip link including receiving, from the cross-chip link, a control flit comprising incoming data flit information for a plurality of incoming data flits; adding the incoming data flit information to a control structure; receiving, from the cross-chip link, the plurality of incoming data flits; directing each of the plurality of incoming data flits to virtual channel queues based on the incoming data flit information at a first read pointer in the control structure; receiving a bookend flit comprising a plurality of BDIs for the plurality of data flits; and associating each of the BDIs with the plurality of data flits based on the incoming data flit information at a second read pointer in the control structure.
US10606770B2	Microcontroller system and method for controlling memory access in a microcontroller system A microcontroller system including a main core and a secondary core and a communication bus for transmitting data and a data memory for storing data, wherein the data memory has a memory area for which the secondary core at least does not have any write rights, and wherein the microcontroller system includes a memory access module and a configuration memory area, wherein a configuration for authorizing writing of data provided by the secondary core to the memory area of the data memory is provided in the configuration memory area, wherein the data are written to the memory area of the data memory by the memory access module. The invention furthermore describes a corresponding method.
US10606762B2	Sharing virtual and real translations in a virtual cache Disclosed herein is a virtual cache directory in a processor that eliminates address translations when the virtual address and the real address in the cache directory are the same. The processor is configured to support virtual memory and multiple threads. The virtual cache directory includes a plurality of directory entries, each entry is associated with a cache line. Each cache line has a tag. The tag includes a logical address, an address space identifier, a real address bit indicator, and virtual address to real address indicator. This virtual address to real address indicator indicates if the logical address and the real address are the same. When activated, address translation is not performed.
US10606760B2	Nonvolatile memory devices and methods of controlling the same A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory device having a plurality of physical sectors, a mapping table, and a memory controller including a plurality of hash functions. The memory controller is configured to access the physical sectors using the mapping table and the hash functions. The memory controller is configured to receive a sequence of logical block addresses (LBAs) from a host and logical sector data for each of the LBAs, generate a first virtual address by operating a selected hash function among the hash functions on a first logical block address (LBA) among the sequence, compress the logical sector data to generate compressed data, and store the compressed data in a first physical sector among the physical sectors that is associated with the first virtual address.
US10606759B2	Firmware or hardware component assist for memory mapped I/O A method is provided for providing access to a data block in a device of a processing system. The device is connected to a processor of the processing system via an extension bus, and the processing system includes a memory connected to the processor via a memory bus, an operating system and hardware and/or firmware components for controlling access to the device. The method includes adding by the operating system for the data block a first entry in a page table of the processing system. The added entry represents the data block. A memory management unit (MMU) of the processing system may receive a request of the data block. Upon receiving the request, the MMU may instruct one of the hardware or firmware components to provide access to the data block using the added entry.
US10606757B2	Method, device and computer program product for flushing metadata in multi-core system Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, device and computer program product for flushing metadata in a multi-core system. The method comprises: moving a metadata identifier included in a sub-list of a first list to a corresponding sub-list of a second list, the sub-list of the first list and the corresponding sub-list of the second list being associated with the same processing unit; moving the metadata identifier from the corresponding sub-list of the second list to a third list based on a storage position of the metadata identifier; and determining metadata to be flushed from the third list to a metadata repository. By means of the method and device for flushing metadata as proposed in the present disclosure, metadata synchronization contention can be reduced, IO efficiency can be improved, response time can be decreased, and the cache hit can be increased.
US10606754B2	Loading a pre-fetch cache using a logical volume mapping Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include receiving a storage command from a host computer to retrieve first data from a specific physical region of a storage device, and responsively retrieving second data from one or more additional physical regions of the storage device based on a logical mapping managed by the host computer. The second data is conveyed to a cache. In some embodiments, the logical mapping is received from the host computer prior to receiving the storage command. In alternative embodiments, the logical mapping is retrieved from the storage device prior to receiving the storage command.
US10606752B2	Coordinated cache management policy for an exclusive cache hierarchy Embodiments include a method and system for coordinating cache management for an exclusive cache hierarchy. The method and system may include managing, by a coordinated cache logic section, a level three (L3) cache, a level two (L2) cache, and/or a level one (L1) cache. Managing the L3 cache and the L2 cache may include coordinating a cache block replacement policy among the L3 cache and the L2 cache by filtering data with lower reuse probability from data with higher reuse probability. The method and system may include tracking reuse patterns of demand requests separately from reuse patterns of prefetch requests. Accordingly, a coordinated cache management policy may be built across multiple levels of a cache hierarchy, rather than a cache replacement policy within one cache level. Higher-level cache behavior may be used to guide lower-level cache allocation, bringing greater visibility of cache behavior to exclusive last level caches (LLCs).
US10606750B1	Computing in parallel processing environments A computing system comprises one or more cores. Each core comprises a processor. In some implementations, each processor is coupled to a communication network among the cores. In some implementations, a switch in each core includes switching circuitry to forward data received over data paths from other cores to the processor and to switches of other cores, and to forward data received from the processor to switches of other cores.
US10606748B2	Apparatus and method for garbage collection on socket objects An upper limit is set on the number of socket objects that can be generated by a virtual machine. If the upper limit is exceeded when a socket object is to be generated, garbage collection is executed. In garbage collection, a socket object is closed, and a resource that has been used by the socket is released.
US10606741B2	Process for buddy allocation A process improves upon the binary buddy allocation approach by salvaging memory units that are typically unused during the binary buddy technique. A free power of 2 size block of memory, retrieved in response to an allocation request, is decomposed by releasing units in power of 2 sizes until the requested size is reached. Released units are made available for subsequent allocation requests. The deallocation of a previously allocated block causes the decomposition of the block into power of 2 size sub-blocks. These sub-blocks may be merged with adjacent free blocks using the binary buddy approach now that units in power of 2 are available. The process keeps free blocks maximally coalesced, so that additional steps of defragmentation or merging are not required. A maximum size value restriction may be attached to some blocks of memory which remains preserved during any of the allocation or deallocation processes.
US10606732B2	Hybrid genetic concolic co-verification of hardware and software An apparatus, a computer program product and a method for hybrid genetic concolic co-verification of hardware and software. The method comprises repeatedly obtaining a test input for a system comprising a software and a hardware; performing a symbolic co-simulation of the system executing the test input to generate a symbolic co-simulation constraint and utilizing the symbolic co-simulation constraint to generate a new test input. The symbolic co-simulation comprises iteratively performing concolic execution of the software and symbolic simulation of the hardware. The concolic execution is guided using the test input and monitors software symbols. Iteratively performing the concolic execution and the symbolic simulation comprises collecting both software symbolic constraints over the software symbols and hardware symbolic constraints over at least a portion of the software symbols to generate the symbolic co-simulation constraint that comprises the software symbolic constraints and the hardware symbolic constraints.
US10606730B2	Networked digital data processor log file viewer A server digital data processor includes an application server providing an execution environment in which a web application comprising a plurality of classes or functions (collectively, “classes”) executes. The application server or execution environment generate a log file entry identifying an error in connection with execution of a class and store that message to a log file. A log file viewer executing on the server digital data processor augments the log file entry to include a link or other reference to a source file in a repository maintained on a remote workstation or server containing source code to the offending class and application version.
US10606722B2	Method and system for diagnosing remaining lifetime of storages in data center A method and a system for diagnosing remaining lifetime of storages in a data center are disclosed. The method includes the steps of: a) sequentially and periodically collecting operating attributes of failed storages along with time-to-fail records of the failed storages in a data center; b) grouping the operating attributes collected at the same time or fallen in a continuous period of time so that each group has the same number of operating attributes; c) sequentially marking a time tag for the groups of operating attributes; d) generating a trend model of remaining lifetime of the storages from the operating attributes and time-to-fail records by ML and/or DL algorithm(s) with the groups of operating attributes and time-to-fail records fed according to the order of the time tags; and e) inputting a set of operating attributes of a currently operating storage into the trend model to calculate a remaining lifetime therefor.
US10606720B2	Automatic qubit calibration Methods and apparatus for automatic qubit calibration. In one aspect, a method includes obtaining a plurality of qubit parameters and data describing dependencies of the plurality of qubit parameters on one or more other qubit parameters; identifying a qubit parameter; selecting a set of qubit parameters that includes the identified qubit parameter and one or more dependent qubit parameters; processing one or more parameters in the set of qubit parameters in sequence according to the data describing dependencies, comprising, for a parameter in the set of qubit parameters: performing a calibration test on the parameter; and performing a first calibration experiment or a diagnostic calibration algorithm on the parameter when the calibration test fails.
US10606703B2	Monitoring circuit Provided is a monitoring circuit equipped with a first abnormality detection circuit which detects a first abnormal state of a semiconductor device under surveillance, a second abnormality detection circuit which detects a second abnormal state of the semiconductor device under surveillance, a reset circuit which outputs a reset signal based on a logical sum of a first abnormality detection signal output from the first abnormality detection circuit and a second abnormality detection signal output from the second abnormality detection circuit to a first output terminal, and an output holding circuit which stores which of the first abnormality detection signal and the second abnormality detection signal is supplied, and outputs an abnormality discrimination signal corresponding thereto to a second output terminal.
US10606702B2	System, information processing apparatus, and method for rebooting a part corresponding to a cause identified A reboot system for controlling rebooting of an apparatus includes a first device including first circuitry and a second device including second circuitry and third circuitry. The first circuitry sends a query periodically to the second circuitry, determines whether a communication failure between the first device and the second device occurs according to whether a response is received, and reports the communication failure between the first device and the second device to the third circuitry based on a determination result. The second circuitry sends the response in response to the query sent from the first circuitry. The third circuitry identifies a cause of the communication failure when being reported the communication failure from the first circuitry, and reboots a part of the apparatus corresponding to the cause identified to recover the communication failure between the first device and the second device.
US10606701B2	Resilient data storage and retrieval Data recovery following the loss of a volume manager is described, wherein a volume manager receives a command, and location information and credentials to access a distributed storage. The data to be recovered may include one or more data files stored as one or more discrete portions. Each portion includes metadata, including at least a file ID tag. The volume manager retrieves each portion of data from the distributed storage and records, in an index, the location that each portion of data was retrieved from. The volume manager reads and stores the file ID tag with the associated location of the attached portion of data in the distributed storage in the volume manager index.
US10606699B2	Data storage device employing multi-level parity sectors for data recovery procedure A data storage device is disclosed wherein a first plurality of codewords are generated each comprising a plurality of symbols, and a first parity sector is generated over the first plurality of codewords. A second plurality of codewords are generated each comprising a plurality of symbols, and a second parity sector is generated over the second plurality of codewords. A third parity sector is generated over a first subset of the first plurality of codewords and a first subset of the second plurality of codewords, and a fourth parity sector is generated over a second subset of the first plurality of codewords and a second subset of the second plurality of codewords. When processing of a first codeword fails, the first codeword and the first parity sector are processed using a LDPC type decoder, and the first codeword and the third parity sector are processed using the LDPC type decoder.
US10606682B2	System and method of collecting serviceability data in containers based cloud infrastructure Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, system, and computer program product for collecting serviceability data for analyzing a customer's issue. An analysis agent is launched upon initiation of a trace as a result of an error. The analysis agent accesses trace specification on a customer environment to determine an order of processing for a specific task. The analysis agent maps the trace specification to a set of APIs invoked by an operating system for the specific task. The analysis recreates the error in the customer environment based on the mapping of the trace specification to the set of APIs invoked by the operating system. The analysis agent diagnoses the error while monitoring the recreation of the error in the customer environment.
US10606681B2	Incremental dump with fast reboot Methods and systems for executing dumping of main memory content and CPU states and for an adaptive boot. The methods and the systems provide a configuration list of the computer system comprising a pre-defined set of dedicated resources for the dumping, provide threshold values for a pre-defined set of minimum resources for executing a reboot of the computer system, assign the pre-defined set of the dedicated resources for executing the dumping, start the dumping, release ones of the dedicated resources after content of the ones of the dedicated resources has been dumped, start a reboot process of the computer system in response to determining that the ones of the dedicated resources exceeds the threshold values for the pre-defined set of the minimum resources for executing the reboot process, and continue to release others of the dedicated resources to the reboot process until the dumping is completed.
US10606678B2	System and method for handling errors in a vehicle neural network processor A system for handling errors in a neural network includes a neural network processor for executing a neural network associated with use of a vehicle. The neural network processor includes an error detector configured to detect a data error associated with execution of the neural network and a neural network controller configured to receive a report of the data error from the error detector. In response to receiving the report, the neural network controller is further configured to signal that a pending result of the neural network is tainted without terminating execution of the neural network.
US10606673B2	Apparatus and method for running plurality of threads The present invention proposes an apparatus and method for running a plurality of threads. The apparatus includes a memory, a client and an RPC manager. The client is configured to generate, for each of the plurality of threads an RPC request for executing an operation and to store the generated RPC requests in a database in the memory. The RPC manager is configured to order the stored RPC requests. Furthermore, the client is configured to send the ordered RPC requests in an RPC batch.
US10606667B2	Precondition exclusivity mapping of tasks to computational locations Computational tasks are mapped with computational locations in a distributed system such as a cloud computing environment. Mapping does not rely on workload estimates. Instead, tasks whose prerequisite tasks or other preconditions are determined to be mutually exclusive are co-located, while other tasks are mapped to different locations than one another. Locations are servers, processor cores, virtual machines, applications, or computational processes, for example. Mutual exclusivity may be determined by detecting that preconditions require different values of a shared variable in order to be satisfied, for example, or determining that preconditions correspond to different branches of a conditional programming statement. A satisfiability engine may also provide a satisfiability determination. Co-located tasks may also be batched, for improved execution performance. Co-location based on mutual exclusivity may result in fewer operations to save and restore task state, fewer cache misses, greater co-allocation of computational resources by the tasks, and easier debugging.
US10606665B2	Job scheduling and monitoring in a distributed computing environment Job execution can be scheduled and monitored. Execution of a job results in generation of one or more data slices, which can be consumed as input by one or more related jobs. Data slices can be presented in an interactive view. Selection of a data slice in the view can trigger automatic identification of related data slices based on dependencies between data slices. Each data slice can also include and be presented with a status indicating the availability of corresponding data, such as pending, ready, or failed. Furthermore, selection of a data slice that failed to generate successfully can trigger identification of related data slices that failed or are predicted to fail to generate successfully.
US10606661B2	On-demand provisioning of customized developer environments Systems and techniques are provided for managing and creating customized testing and development environments by a custom environment manager for computer or data management systems. In a specific implementation, the custom environment manager includes request receivers that receive orders associated with a prioritization from custom environment requestors and store the received orders in a request queue that holds multiple orders having different prioritizations and made by different requestors. The custom environment manager also includes pooled resource managers that track available virtual and physical computing resources needed to build custom environments. The custom environment manager also includes configurators that create custom environments based upon prioritization of the orders and available resources and return the custom environment to the requestor of the order.
US10606660B1	Planned cloud resource management One embodiment is directed to a method of managing hardware resources of a plurality of client nodes. The method includes providing a plan that indicates when to execute a plurality of applications and identifying one or more concurrent applications which are one or more of the plurality of applications that are scheduled to execute concurrently according to the plan. The method also includes determining which of the one or more concurrent applications to execute on which of a plurality of client nodes by maximizing a utility function that factors in aspects of each of one or more concurrent applications and the hardware resources of the plurality of client nodes. Respective client nodes of the plurality of client nodes are instructed to execute respective applications as determined.
US10606655B2	Non-directional transmissible task According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a non-directional task comprising a user's requirement is generated. The non-directional task is sent to a first resource node in a task network. The task network comprises a plurality of resource nodes that provide services accessible to the user. The non-directional task does not specify which resource node to perform the non-directional task. It is determined whether the first resource node can perform at least part of the non-directional task. The non-directional task is forwarded from the first resource node to a second resource node of the task network.
US10606645B2	Generating timing sequence for activating resources linked through time dependency relationships A method, and associated computer program product and computer system. A Direct Acyclic Graph (DAG) includes nodes and directed edges. Each node represents a unique resource and is a predefined Recovery Time Objective (RTO) node or an undefined RTO node. Each directed edge directly connects two nodes and represents a time delay between the two nodes. The nodes are topologically sorted to order the nodes in a dependency sequence of ordered nodes. A corrected RTO is computed for each ordered node.
US10606643B2	System and method to control heat dissipation through service level analysis The system and method generally relate to reducing heat dissipated within a data center, and more particularly, to a system and method for reducing heat dissipated within a data center through service level agreement analysis, and resultant reprioritization of jobs to maximize energy efficiency. A computer implemented method includes performing a service level agreement (SLA) analysis for one or more currently processing or scheduled processing jobs of a data center using a processor of a computer device. Additionally, the method includes identifying one or more candidate processing jobs for a schedule modification from amongst the one or more currently processing or scheduled processing jobs using the processor of the computer device. Further, the method includes performing the schedule modification for at least one of the one or more candidate processing jobs using the processor of the computer device.
US10606634B1	System and method for application isolation A system, method, and computer readable medium for providing application isolation to one or more applications and their associated resources. The system may include one or more isolated environments including application files and executables, and one or more interception layers intercepting access to system resources and interfaces. Further, the system may include an interception database maintaining mapping between the system resources inside the one or more isolated environments and outside, and a host operating system. The one or more applications may be isolated from other applications and the host operating system while running within the one or more isolated environments.
US10606631B2	Security enhanced hypervisor userspace notifications Systems and methods for enabling a user space process of a guest operating system to initiate hardware operations in a security-enhanced manner. An example method may comprise: configuring a storage unit to store one or more resource requests, the storage unit being accessible to a user space process managed by a guest operating system and to a hypervisor; determining, by a processing device, that the user space process managed by the guest operating system is authorized to store a resource request at the storage unit; and transmitting to the hypervisor a signal associated with the storage unit comprising the resource request, the signal being initiated by a hypercall executed by the user space process.
US10606628B2	Systems and methods for modifying an operating system for a virtual machine Systems, methods, and software are described herein for operating a data management system, including executing an attached application and application data on a first virtual machine running a first operating system, separating the attached application and application data from the first virtual machine, and dynamically attaching the application and application data to a second virtual machine running an updated version of the first operating system.
US10606616B2	Method for control in a process control system implemented in part by one or more computer implemented run-time processes A method for control in a process control system, where a graphical user interface of said process control system is arranged with graphic representations of one or more control objects for monitoring and/or control of a process or an equipment. The control system GUI is displayed by a control system client application on a computer or workstation. In addition, one or more applications for monitoring and/or controlling at least one said control object are run in a computing process environment separate from said process control system. No code components execute in the same processing space as that running the GUI for the process control system. Any flaw or error in the extended applications cannot affect the control system program controlling an industrial process in real-time. A control system and a computer program are also disclosed.
US10606614B2	Container-based language runtime using a variable-sized container for an isolated method Embodiments include a code loader method for loading attributes corresponding to an isolated method by a container-based language runtime. The attributes are received by the container-based language runtime without any specified container for storage of the isolated method attributes. The attributes received as parameters of code loader method and include instructions, live objects, and parameter types corresponding to the isolated method. The container-based language runtime selects a first-order container for storing the attributes of the isolated method.
US10606612B2	Context check bypass to enable opening shared-object libraries Techniques to bypass system context checks to facilitate opening shared-object libraries are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, a copy of a header of a shared-object library loaded by a runtime system is created. The header of the shared-object library loaded by the runtime system is patched with code configured to call an open function, wherein the code patched into the header of the shared-object library executes and calls the open function from the shared-object library loaded by the runtime system, the call to the open function is recognized as within a context of the runtime system, and the shared-object library is allowed to be opened. A pointer to the shared-object library opened in memory is received, and the header of the shared-object library is restored to an original version using the copy of the header of the shared-object library.
US10606604B2	Predictive queue control and allocation A predictive queue control and allocation system includes a queue and a queue control server communicatively coupled to the queue. The queue includes a first and second allocation of queue locations. The queue stores a plurality of resources. The queue control server includes an interface and a queue control engine implemented by a processor. The interface monitors the plurality of resources before the plurality of resources are stored in the queue. The queue control engine predicts that one or more conditions indicate that a queue overflow will occur in the first allocation of queue locations. The queue control engine prioritizes the plurality of resources being received by the queue. The queue control engine may apply a machine learning technique to the plurality of resources. The queue control engine transfers the plurality of resources prioritized by the machine learning technique.
US10606602B2	Electronic apparatus, processor and control method including a compiler scheduling instructions to reduce unused input ports An electronic apparatus is provided for obtaining compiling data used in an external processor including a function unit including a plurality of input ports. The electronic apparatus includes a storage configured to store a plurality of instructions, and a processor configured to schedule each of the plurality of instructions in a plurality of cycles, assign a plurality of input data corresponding to the plurality of instructions to the plurality of input ports in a corresponding cycle, and if an unassigned input port among the plurality of input ports is present in a first cycle, assign a part of input data corresponding to an instruction scheduled in a second cycle after the first cycle to the unassigned input port in the first cycle, and obtain the compiling data by assigning remaining data of the input data corresponding the instruction to one of the plurality of input ports in the second cycle.
US10606597B2	Nontransactional store instruction A NONTRANSACTIONAL STORE instruction, executed in transactional execution mode, performs stores that are retained, even if a transaction associated with the instruction aborts. The stores include user-specified information that may facilitate debugging of an aborted transaction.
US10606595B2	Data processing systems A data processor in which execution threads may be grouped together into thread groups in which the plural threads of a thread group can each execute a set of instructions in lockstep, one instruction at a time. The data processor comprises a plurality of execution lanes for executing respective execution threads of a thread group. For each thread group in a pool 51 of thread groups available to be issued to the execution lanes, an indication 54 of the active threads of the thread group is stored, and sets of at least one thread group from the pool 51 of available thread groups to issue 73 to the execution lanes for execution are selected 72 based on the indications of the active threads for the thread groups in the thread group pool.
US10606594B2	Method and apparatus for executing multi-thread using mask value A method of executing, by a processor, a multi-thread including threads of the processor, includes setting a mask value indicating execution of one of the threads of the processor based on an instruction, setting an inverted mask value based on the set mask value; and executing the thread of the processor based on the set mask value and the set inverted mask value.
US10606593B2	Effective address based load store unit in out of order processors Technical solutions are described for out-of-order (OoO) execution of one or more instructions by a processing unit. An example method includes looking up, by a load-store unit (LSU), an entry in an effective address directory (EAD) for an effective address (EA) of an operand of an instruction to be launched. Further, the method includes, in response to the EA being present in the EAD, launching, by the LSU, the instruction with the RA from the EAD, and in response to the EA not being present in the EAD, looking up, by the LSU, the EA in an effective real table (ERT) entry, and launching the instruction with the RA from the ERT entry. Further, in response to the ERT entry to be removed, the ERT entry including an ERT index and a mapping between the EA and the RA, removing the entry of the EA from the EAD.
US10606590B2	Effective address based load store unit in out of order processors Technical solutions are described for out-of-order (OoO) execution of one or more instructions by a processing unit. An example method includes looking up, by a load-store unit (LSU), an entry in an effective address directory (EAD) for an effective address (EA) of an operand of an instruction to be launched. Further, the method includes, in response to the EA being present in the EAD, launching, by the LSU, the instruction with the RA from the EAD, and in response to the EA not being present in the EAD, looking up, by the LSU, the EA in an effective real table (ERT) entry, and launching the instruction with the RA from the ERT entry. Further, in response to the ERT entry to be removed, the ERT entry including an ERT index and a mapping between the EA and the RA, removing the entry of the EA from the EAD.
US10606587B2	Apparatus and methods related to microcode instructions indicating instruction types The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to microcode instructions. One example apparatus comprises a memory storing a set of microcode instructions. Each microcode instruction of the set can comprise a first field comprising a number of control data units, and a second field comprising a number of type select data units. Each microcode instruction of the set can have a particular instruction type defined by a value of the number of type select data units, and particular functions corresponding to the number of control data units are variable based on the particular instruction type.
US10606575B2	Efficiency of computing resource consumption via improved application portfolio deployment A device may process application data or historical data to identify a set of metrics to be used to analyze a set of applications or to identify baseline values for the set of metrics. The device may determine a score, for each application of the set of applications, based on values for the set of metrics for the each application of the set of applications. The device may determine a refined classification for the each application of the set of applications based on the historical data or information related to the classification or the score. The device may generate a set of recommendations related to optimizing a current deployment of the set of applications. The device may perform an action to implement the set of recommendations related to optimizing the current deployment of the set of applications.
US10606572B2	Apparatus and method for assisting preparation of flow using visual programming tool A flow preparation assisting apparatus calculates a difference between one or more flow data sets and a template flow data set having been a base of the one or more flow data sets, and calculates a dependency relation between node attributes for a template flow indicated by the template flow data set, from the calculated difference. The flow preparation assisting apparatus issues a notification according to the calculated dependency relation.
US10606570B2	Representing software with an abstract code graph According to an aspect of an embodiment, a method may include generating an abstract code graph (ACG). The method may include obtaining an abstract syntax tree (AST). The AST may include a first AST node that may represent a first construct at a first level of abstraction and a second AST node that may represent a second construct. The method may further include generating an ACG, based on the AST. The generating of ACG may include generating a first ACG node based on the first AST node and a second ACG node based on the second AST node. The generating of ACG may also include generating, based on the first ACG node, a third ACG node that represents the first construct at a second level of abstraction. The third ACG node may be connected between the first ACG node and the second ACG node based on the AST.
US10606568B2	Method and apparatus for compiling computer language A method including detecting, according to a preset syntax, whether an incorrect syntax unit exists in a to-be-compiled statement; when the detection result is yes, determining whether a child node at which the syntax unit is located is an optional node of a corresponding parent node; and when the determination result is yes, deleting the syntax unit. The present disclosure addresses the problem of low computer language compiling efficiency caused by the lack of a fault-tolerant computer language compiling technology in the conventional techniques.
US10606563B2	Programming in a precise syntax using natural language A method facilitates development of instructions in a precise syntax, such as built-in functions of a computational system such as a spreadsheet application, using natural language (NL) input. A user may enter NL input in a workspace. An NL processing system may process the NL input to generate instruction(s) in a precise syntax that corresponds to the NL input. The instruction(s) in the precise syntax then may be included in the workspace.
US10606562B2	Method and system for generating PLC code with a connectivity model The preferred embodiments described below include methods, systems and computer readable media for generating programmable logic controller (PLC) code based on a connectivity model in a multidisciplinary engineering system. The connectivity model provides interfaces 613 and 617 and connections 619 between various aspects of the multidisciplinary engineering system to provide engineering data, code scripts, executables, calls and other information that is used to generate PLC code. Code generation rules 621 are employed utilizing the engineering data, code scripts, executables, calls and other information received using the connectivity model to generate PLC code.
US10606561B2	Quantum random number generator A system for generating random numbers comprising a first particle source configured to emit sequentially a plurality of particles towards a first screen comprising one or more slits configured to produce a first diffraction pattern at a first detector by random scattering of the particles; wherein the first detector comprises a plurality of regions each configured to trigger the generation of an output signal upon stimulation of the region by a particle, such that the output signals generated by the first detector are indicative of the positions of the plurality of particles in the first diffraction pattern; and a processor configured to process the output signals from the plurality of regions to thereby generate at least one random number based on the random scattering of the particles.
US10606558B2	Error bounded multiplication by invariant rationals A hardware logic representation of a circuit to implement an operation to perform multiplication by an invariant rational is generated by truncating an infinite single summation array (which is represented in a finite way). The truncation is performed by identifying a repeating section and then discarding all but a finite number of the repeating sections whilst still satisfying a defined error bound. To further reduce the size of the summation array, the binary representation of the invariant rational is converted into canonical signed digit notation prior to creating the finite representation of the infinite array.
US10606555B1	Media playback system with concurrent voice assistance Example techniques involve invoking voice assistance for a media playback system. In some embodiments, a NMD stores in memory a set of command information comprising a listing of playback commands and associated command criteria. The NMD captures a voice input and detects inclusion, within the voice input, of one or more particular playback commands from among the playback commands in the listing. In response, the NMD selects a local voice assistant that supports (a) one or more additional playback commands relative to a cloud-based VAS and (b) fewer non-playback commands relative to the cloud-based VAS, determines, via the local voice assistant, an intent in the captured voice input, and performs a response to the determined intent. The NMD foregoes selection of the cloud-based VAS when the local voice assistant is selected.
US10606550B2	Dynamic range control for a wide variety of playback environments In an audio encoder, for audio content received in a source audio format, default gains are generated based on a default dynamic range compression (DRC) curve, and non-default gains are generated for a non-default gain profile. Based on the default gains and non-default gains, differential gains are generated. An audio signal comprising the audio content, the default DRC curve, and differential gains is generated. In an audio decoder, the default DRC curve and the differential gains are identified from the audio signal. Default gains are re-generated based on the default DRC curve. Based on the combination of the re-generated default gains and the differential gains, operations are performed on the audio content extracted from the audio signal.
US10606546B2	Orientation based microphone selection apparatus An apparatus comprising: an input configured to receive at least one audio signal input from at least one microphone; at least one microphone configuration determiner configured to provide for the at least one microphone a location on the apparatus; at least one sensor configured to provide at least one orientation of the apparatus; a recording mode determiner configured to determine at least one recording mode for the apparatus based on the location of the at least one microphone and the at least one orientation of the apparatus; a recording mode controller configured to determine at least one recording parameter for the at least one audio signal input from the at least one microphone based on the at feast one recording mode; and a digital signal processor configured to apply the at least one recording parameter to the at least one audio signal input.
US10606543B2	Systems for displaying media on display devices The present disclosure provides methods and computer systems for displaying or projecting media on a remote visual curvilinear display. In a computer system, a computer server may be in network communication with a mobile electronic device of a user. A selection of the media may be received at a computer server from the mobile electronic device. The media may be provided from the computer server for display or projection on the remote visual curvilinear display per a display and/or location preference or schedule.
US10606542B2	Image display apparatus An image display apparatus is disclosed. The image display apparatus includes a display, an interface unit to exchange data with a mobile terminal, and a controller configured to display an mirroring image received from the mobile terminal and to display additional information related to the mirroring image in a blank area other than a display area for display of the mirroring image.
US10606532B1	Systems and methods for generating printable maps Provided is a system and a method for generating a printable map of a facility. The method includes receiving a request sent by a device at a print server, retrieving electronic wayfinding data by the print server, generating an initial printable map based on the electronic wayfinding data, displaying the initial printable map on the device, receiving one or more customizations entered on the device by a user, and updating the initial printable map to include the one or more customizations.
US10606530B2	Printing apparatus that prevents communication between components of the printing apparatus from becoming impossible, control method therefor, and storage medium A printing apparatus which prevents communication from becoming impossible. The printing apparatus has a control unit and a printer unit. At start-up of the control unit, a first communication speed is set as a communication speed for communication between the control unit and the printer unit, and also a predetermined command is transmitted to the printer unit. Whether or not a response to the predetermined command has been received from the printer unit is determined. As a result of the determination, when no response to the predetermined command has been received from the printer unit, a second communication speed different from the first communication speed is set as the communication speed for the communication between the control unit and the printer unit, and also, a reset command is transmitted to the printer unit.
US10606529B2	Printer and method for controlling printer A composite processing device includes a check printing mechanism and a roll printing mechanism and executes printing using selected one of the printing mechanisms by a command. The composite processing device includes a sensor that detects whether the check printing mechanism and the roll printing mechanism are in a enabled state or a disabled state, and a processor causes a display to display check printing mechanism state information and roll printing mechanism state information based on results of the detection by the sensor. When the check printing mechanism is selected and is in the enabled state, the processor causes the display to display the check printing mechanism state information and the roll printing mechanism state information. When the check printing mechanism is selected and is in the disabled state, the processor causes the display to display information on the disabled state of the check printing mechanism.
US10606527B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus has an operation portion, an operation sensing portion, a human detecting portion, and a sensing period adjusting portion. The operation portion accepts operation by a user. The operation sensing portion senses operation on the operation portion. The human detecting portion detects the presence of a human body within a previously set detection distance. The sensing period adjusting portion adjusts a operation sensing period of the operation sensing portion based on the detection distance of the human detecting portion.
US10606525B1	Color transforms for print job processing Embodiments described herein utilize a color transform that maps input colors in print jobs to output colors of a printing system. The color transform defines colorant limits that vary based on where the input colors are represented within a color space. When a print job is processed using the color transform to generate rasterized image data, input colors in the print job are converted into output colors of the printing system where a colorant amount for printing each of the output colors is within the colorant limit defined by where its respective input color is represented in the color space.
US10606520B2	Methods and apparatus to read from a nonvolatile memory device A disclosed apparatus to access a nonvolatile memory includes a physical geometry selector to select a first assumed physical geometry of a nonvolatile memory from among a plurality of assumed physical geometries supported by a memory controller, an information supplier to supply information about the first physical geometry to a set of registers, and a boot up controller to cause the memory controller to access data in the nonvolatile memory. The memory controller to access data in the nonvolatile memory uses the information supplied to the set of registers. Example disclosed apparatus further include a feedback input to receive feedback from the memory controller.
US10606515B2	Memory system managing a command/address sequence and method of operating the same Provided herein may be a memory system and a method of operating the memory system. The memory system may include: a nonvolatile memory device configured to perform internal operations in response to command/address sequences; and a memory controller configured to provide the command/address sequences to the nonvolatile memory device. The memory controller may include: a firmware section configured to manage read/write characteristic information about the nonvolatile memory device; and a hardware section configured to generate command/address sequences based on the read/write characteristic information.
US10606513B2	Volatility management for non-volatile memory device A Memory Device (MD) includes a configurable Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) including a first memory array and a second memory array. The configurable NVM stores temporary data designated for volatile storage by a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and persistent data designated for non-volatile storage by the CPU. An address is associated with a first location in the first memory array and with a second location in the second memory array. In performing a command to write data for the address, it is determined whether to write the data in the second location based on a volatility mode set for the MD. According to another aspect, a CPU designates a memory page in a virtual memory space as volatile or non-volatile based on data allocated to the memory page, and defines the volatility mode for the MD based on whether the memory page is designated as volatile or non-volatile.
US10606509B2	Data storage device managing write tag, writing operation method thereof, and storage system including the same A data storage device includes a storage medium; a buffer memory configured to temporarily store data to be inputted to, or outputted from, the storage medium; and a controller configured to control data exchange with the storage medium, allocate a write tag to a write command, and change an attribute of the write tag according to a processing status of the write command.
US10606488B2	Selective data flush in a storage device In one embodiment, a storage drive is configured to receive a selective flush command which causes the storage drive to selectively flush write data which has been identified in connection with the selective flush command, from volatile buffer memory to a nonvolatile storage memory. Conversely, write data stored in the volatile buffer memory which is not identified in connection with the selective flush command, may remain unaffected by the selective flush command, and thus may remain stored in the volatile buffer memory without being flushed to the nonvolatile storage memory as a result of the selective flush command. Other aspects are described herein.
US10606486B2	Workload optimized planning, configuration, and monitoring for a storage system environment In one embodiment, a method includes determining requirements of a storage system by a planning module. The method also includes calculating, by the planning module, an initial configuration for the storage system, the initial configuration specifying a plurality of components that are interoperable to satisfy the requirements of the storage system. In addition, the method includes outputting a purchase file that describes all components that are specified by the initial configuration of the storage system. Moreover, the method includes outputting a configuration file that is interoperable with at least one of the components specified in the purchase file and is configured to automatically initialize the storage system in response to the components of the storage system being installed. In another embodiment, the method includes a management module receiving the configuration file and monitoring performance metrics of a plurality of workloads of the storage system during operation of the storage system.
US10606471B2	Electronic device that communicates with a movement detection apparatus including a barometric pressure sensor An electronic device includes a communication interface, a display, and a controller that controls screen display of the display. The communication interface communicates with a movement detection apparatus provided with a barometric pressure sensor. The controller enlarges or reduces a screen of the display in accordance with a change in the barometric pressure detected by the barometric pressure sensor. The controller may enlarge the screen if the change is a rise in barometric pressure and reduce the screen if the change is a drop in barometric pressure.
US10606469B2	Device, method, and graphical user interface for managing multiple display windows A method is performed at an electronic device with a touch screen. The method includes: selecting one or more windows to be rendered on the touch screen and a display order associated with the selected windows; determining a respective display location for each of the selected windows based at least in part on the display order and a total number of the selected windows; and rendering the selected windows on the touch screen according to their respective display locations in a card fan manner.
US10606465B2	Dynamic adjustment of a user interface Apparatuses, methods and storage media for user interface adjustment are described. In one instance, an apparatus may include a processor and a user interface engine operated by the processor to detect a user interface to be provided on a computing device, with the user interface including at least one user interface component, identify one or more color characteristics of an image to be used as a background for the user interface, and adjust one or more color parameters of the at least one user interface component of the user interface or the background image identified, based at least in part on the identified color characteristics of the background image, or the at least one user interface component of the user interface. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US10606461B1	Snapping a pointing-indicator to a scene boundary of a video A method and system are provided to facilitate navigating through a video. An example method includes determining one or more scene boundaries of scenes of a video before completing loading content of the video, and identifying the scene-boundaries in a user interface, the user interface presenting a seekbar with a scrubber representing a currently-played location in the video and one or more boundary markers visually representing the scene boundaries. The method further includes receiving a request to move the pointing-indicator in the user interface, calculating a distance between the pointing-indicator and a particular boundary marker visually representing a scene-boundary of the scene boundaries, determining whether the distance between the pointing-indicator and the particular boundary marker is less than a threshold radius associated with the scene-boundary, and responsive to the determining, snapping the pointing-indicator to the particular boundary marker.
US10606457B2	Shake event detection system Systems, apparatuses, and methods for performing a user interface action are provided. In one embodiment, an example method includes receiving, by one or more computing devices, data indicative of a user input directed to causing a motion of a virtual camera associated with a user interface. The method further includes detecting, by the one or more computing devices, a shake event associated with the user interface based at least in part on the motion of the virtual camera. The method further includes performing, by the one or more computing devices, an action associated with the user interface based at least in part on the detected shake event.
US10606456B2	Method to provide user interface to display menu related to image to be photographed, and photographing apparatus applying the same A method to provide a user interface (UI) includes the UI, the present general inventive concept provides the UI to specify a certain region of an image to be photographed and to display a menu for an image displayed on a specified region.
US10606455B2	Method for processing information The method of organizing a system of software objects having attributes comprises: a step (405, 410, 425, 440) of forming a hierarchical tree of groups of objects called “contexts”, the tree comprising a root context in which all the other contexts and all the objects are found, each object of said tree being in a so-called context; a step (428) of forming, for at least one context, a so-called “global” subcontext so as to expose objects from a point of the tree of contexts; a step (430) of forming, for at least one context, a so-called “contextualization” directory of values of attributes for the objects of said context; and a step (450) of allocating, to each attribute of an object of the tree to be displayed, the value of the higher-rank attribute of the same name, of the same type and with the same modifiers, to which a value has been allocated in a contextualization directory.
US10606445B2	Vehicle diagnostic systems and methods A system for diagnosing and repairing vehicles is provided. An example apparatus includes a vehicle interface configured to transmit one or more instructions to an adaptor connected to a vehicle and retrieve an indication of one or more diagnostic trouble codes from the adaptor. The apparatus includes a communication module configured to transmit the diagnostic trouble codes to a remote server along with a user identifier or a vehicle identification number, and receive repair information from the remote server. The apparatus further includes a user interface configured to receive user requests for information and to display information regarding the adaptor, the vehicle information, the one or more diagnostic trouble codes, and/or the repair information. Finally, the apparatus includes a memory and a processor configured to control the vehicle interface, the communication module, the user interface, and the memory.
US10606444B2	Trust map management and user interface In an example embodiment, a user interface is presented for interacting with a trust map identifying trust relationships between clients/users and servers/hosts. The trust relationships are defined by public/private key pairs in Secure Shell (SSH), Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer (TLS/SSL), Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME), Internet Protocol Security (IPsec), and so forth. A selected entity such as a server, client, client/server, key set, policy, and so forth is selected and displayed at the center of a hub/spoke diagram. Non-selected entities having a trust relationship with the hub entity are displayed as spokes. Similar spoke entitles may be grouped together. Trust relationships and related properties are displayed as lines between the hub and spoke entities. A user performs actions on the entities by manipulation of the hub, spoke, trust relationship and related user interface elements.
US10606437B2	Visual mining of user behavior patterns Systems and methods of visual mining of user behavior patterns are disclosed. A plurality of clickstreams may be received. Each clickstream may represent a corresponding sequence of user actions. A visual representation of each clickstream may be caused to be displayed on a device. Each visual representation may comprise a distinct graphical element for each user action of the corresponding clickstream, and each visual representation may be configured to indicate a frequency level of the corresponding clickstream. Each distinct graphical element may comprise a geometric shape and a corresponding color that distinctly represents the corresponding user action. Graphical elements of each visual representation may comprise a size that is proportional to the frequency level of the corresponding clickstream. An indication of a selection of one of the visual representations may be received, and additional information about the corresponding clickstream may be caused to be displayed on the device.
US10606432B2	Capacitance type touch panel with built-in pressure sensor The present invention simultaneously detects a location of an electric conductor and pressure that is applied by the electric conductor. A touch panel (1) includes a plurality of sensing electrodes (2) that extend in a first direction for detecting a touch location based on an electrostatic capacitance; and pressure detecting electrodes (4) each of which extends in the first direction and is provided between adjacent two of the plurality of sensing electrodes (2). Each of the pressure detecting electrodes (4) has a width smaller than that of each of the sensing electrodes (2) and has resistance that changes in response to applied pressure.
US10606430B2	Capacitive coupling reduction in touch sensor panels Touch sensor panel configurations and methods for improving touch sensitivity of some or all of the electrodes or portions of the touch sensor panel are disclosed. The touch sensor panel configurations can allow increased speed at which the panel can operate. In some examples, the performance of a given touch electrode can differ from the performance of another touch electrode due to differences in capacitance and/or resistance. The performance of the touch sensor panel can be limited by the touch electrode with the lowest performance relative to the other touch electrodes. The configurations and methods can increase the performance of the touch sensor panel by minimizing the capacitive coupling and/or resistance of touch electrodes. Examples of the disclosure can provide configurations of touch sensor panels and methods for improving optical uniformity of the panel.
US10606426B2	Touch panel electrode comprising a base, two or more first electrode patterns, and two or more second electrode patterns, touch panel, and display device A touch panel electrode includes a transparent base, two or more first electrode patterns, and two or more second electrode patterns. The first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern face each other being insulated, and overlap each other. Each of the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern is a combination of a plurality of cells formed by thin metal wires. The area of an overlapping portion between the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern is greater than 4 mm2 and less than 20 mm2.
US10606415B2	Add-on touch device and sensing module thereof The present disclosure provides an add-on touch device and the sensing module thereof. The add-on touch device comprises at least a sensing module and a plurality of fixing modules. The sensing module and the plurality of fixing modules are disposed on the four edges of a display and connected by at least a reflective connector for forming a touch area corresponding to a display area of the display. The touch area covers the display area, so that the sensing module can sense the position in the display area touched by a user in the touch area. The length of the reflective connector of the add-on touch device disclosure is adjusted according to the sum of the distances between the sensing module and the plurality of fixing modules; the sum of the distances between the sensing module and the plurality of fixing modules changes according to the size of the display.
US10606412B2	Method, device and mobile terminal for preventing false-touch on touch screen The embodiment of the disclosure discloses a method, a device and a mobile terminal for preventing a false-touch on a touch screen. The method may include comparing an area of a touch area corresponding to a touch event with a preset area threshold; determining whether the touch area overlaps with a touch button area, when the area of the touch area is smaller than the preset area threshold; marking touch points inside the touch button area as invalid touch points, shielding location coordinates of the invalid touch points and location coordinates of the touch points inside a preset area, reporting location coordinates of remaining touch points, when the touch area corresponding to the touch event partially overlaps with the touch button area; and reporting location coordinates corresponding to the touch event, when the touch area corresponding to the touch event does not overlap with the touch button area.
US10606408B2	Touch-sensing device and touch-sensing method with unexpected-touch exclusion A touch-sensing method with unexpected-touch exclusion includes detecting sensing area to obtain touch point; checking total number of detected points forming the touch point with first and second numbers; determining a touch of the touch point as normal touch when the total number is less than or equal to the first number; determining the touch of the touch point as invalid touch when the total number is greater than or equal to the second number; checking if the touch point belongs to an edge region or not when the total number is greater than the first number and less than the second number; determining the touch of the touch point as the invalid touch when the touch point does not belong to the edge region; and determining the touch of the touch point as an unknown touch when the touch point belongs to the edge region.
US10606406B2	Electronic device and operation method thereof An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first antenna part configured to exchange a first wireless signal with a coordinate sensing sensor of a second electronic device by electromagnetic induction, and a second antenna part configured to exchange a second wireless signal with a data communication antenna of the second electronic device by electromagnetic induction.
US10606400B2	Touch panel driving apparatus A touch panel driving apparatus generates a differential signal corresponding to a detection result of a touch panel. The touch panel driving apparatus includes a driving circuit, a first integrating sampling circuit, and a second integrating sampling circuit. The first integrating sampling circuit generates a first end signal of the differential signal. The second integrating sampling circuit generates a second end signal of the differential signal. When a touch event does not occur, a level of the first end signal and a level of the second end signal are in a common mode signal range of the differential signal. When the touch event occurs, the first integrating sampling circuit pulls up the level of the first end signal out of the common mode signal range, and the second integrating sampling circuit pulls down the level of the second end signal out of the common mode signal range.
US10606398B2	Method and apparatus for generating preview data An electronic device comprising: a display configured to output image data; and at least one processor configured to: detect an input; select a portion of the image data based on the input; and generate a preview of the image data based on the selected portion.
US10606389B2	Touch display device, pen, touch system, touch circuit, and pen recognition method A touch display device may include: a panel including a plurality of touch electrodes, and a touch circuit configured to: transfer a panel driving signal to the panel, and receive a pen information signal, output from a pen in response to the panel driving signal, through the panel, each of the panel driving signal and the pen information signal including a plurality of pulses, the pen information signal including one or more state sections among: an in-phase state section including pulses in phase with the pulses of the panel driving signal, an antiphase state section including pulses having a different phase from the pulses of the panel driving signal, and a passive state section distinguished from the in-phase state section and the antiphase state section.
US10606386B2	Mixer circuit An input device associated with a sensing region is provided. The input device includes: a sensor electrode configured to receive a resulting signal associated with the sensing region; an auxiliary component configured to generate an output based on a differential current; a mixer circuit coupled to the sensor electrode and including: a current conveyor configured to generate a replica of the resulting signal; and a switch array, in series with the replica and the differential current, and configured to generate the differential current by demodulating the replica of the resulting signal.
US10606385B2	Display device including a sensor reducing influence of parasitic capacitance upon the sensor, and method of driving a display device A display device provided with a touch sensor, includes a plurality of common electrodes, a plurality of display elements arranged in a matrix, a plurality of gate lines electrically connected to the display elements and arranged in a row direction, and a plurality of source lines electrically connected to the display elements and arranged in a column direction. The plurality of common electrodes for display are also used for the touch sensor. An image display operation of the plurality of common electrodes for display and a driving operation of the plurality of common electrodes for the touch sensor are performed in a time sharing manner, and all of the gate lines and the source lines are caused to be in a floating state in the driving operation of the common electrodes for the touch sensor.
US10606382B2	Stylus and sensor controller for bi-directional communication using stylus identifier Allocation of slots to different styluses is flexibly changed in units of the slot that is shorter than a frame. A stylus bi-directionally transmits and receives signals to and from a sensor controller connected to a sensor via capacitive coupling. The stylus includes a memory that temporarily stores a value of a local ID. The stylus includes a controller that determines whether or not a detected uplink signal includes the value of the local ID stored in the memory every time the uplink signal transmitted by the sensor controller is detected. The controller, in response to determining the detected uplink signal includes the value of the local ID stored in the memory, generates a downlink signal that is based on an operation state and transmits the downlink signal to the sensor controller.
US10606372B2	System and method for interaction with a computer implemented interactive application using a depth aware camera System for interaction between a computer implemented interactive application and a user (1) located in an interactive zone (2) of said system, said system comprising: a passive object (3) comprising a grasping portion for receiving the hand of a user and a marked portion comprising a distinctive spot (4) having distinct visual property; a depth-aware camera (5); a controller (7) for receiving the images produced by said depth-aware camera (5) and being configured to compute two possibilities for the 3D coordinates of said distinctive spot (4) from the knowledge of (i) the 3D coordinates of the wrist joint (9) of said user, (ii) the 2D coordinates (M,N) of said distinctive spot (4) in a contrast image (6) received from said depth aware camera and of (iii) an estimated distance R between the wrist of the user's hand holding the passive object (3) and the distinctive spot (4) of said passive object (3).
US10606370B2	Multi-mode keyboard A method includes receiving a first keystroke signal from a keyboard indicating a first key has been pressed while operating in a first state, switching the keyboard from the first state to a second state. During the second state, a second keystroke signal is received from the keyboard indicating a second key has been pressed. In response, a plurality of keystroke signals is determined and sent to a second computing device during the second state. Further during the second state, a third keystroke signal is received from the keyboard indicating a third key has been pressed. In response, the keyboard switches from the second state to a third state. During the second state, the keyboard is compatible with a first type of computing device or word processing application. During the third state, the keyboard is compatible with a second type of computing device or word processing application.
US10606369B2	Information display method and information display system An information display method for a computer having a keyboard. The method includes selecting a first system information among a plurality of system information, wherein the system information is configured to respectively indicate statuses of a plurality of devices of the computer; selecting a first display pattern among a plurality of display patterns according to the first system information; selecting a first keyboard region for applying the first display pattern; and showing the first system information in real-time by a plurality of first buttons corresponding to the first keyboard region of the keyboard according to the selected first display pattern, the first keyboard region and the first system information.
US10606368B1	Method for dynamically adjusting a keyboard output signal A method for dynamically adjusting a keyboard output signal that is applicable to a host that is electrically connected to a keyboard. The method includes: detecting an application currently running by the host, wherein the application is in a foreground window, and obtaining a function key configuration file corresponding to the application, intercepting one of the standard key codes generated by pressing a function key, and outputting a custom key code combination to the host according to the standard key code and the function key configuration file.
US10606359B2	Systems and methods for haptically-enabled interactions with objects One illustrative computing device disclosed herein includes a sensor configured to detect a user interaction with a physical object and transmit a sensor signal associated with the user interaction. The illustrative computing device also includes a processor in communication with the sensor, the processor configured to: receive the sensor signal; determine a characteristic of the physical object based on the sensor signal; and determine a function based at least in part on the user interaction and the characteristic. The processor is also configured to determine a haptic effect associated with the function; and transmit a haptic signal associated with the haptic effect. The illustrative computing device further includes a haptic output device in communication with the processor, the haptic output device configured to receive the haptic signal and output the haptic effect.
US10606358B2	Haptic effect conversion system using granular synthesis A system is provided that converts an input, such as audio data, into one or more haptic effects. The system applies a granular synthesis algorithm to the input in order to generate a haptic signal. The system subsequently outputs the one or more haptic effects based on the generated haptic signal. The system can also shift a frequency of the input, and also filter the input, before the system applies the granular synthesis algorithm to the input.
US10606350B2	Deformable display device and image display method using same Provided are a deformable display device for displaying an image and a method of displaying an image. The method includes determining a current shape of the display device, capturing an image of a user of the display device, detecting a relative position of the user with respect to the display device, based on the captured image of the user, determining a visible region among an entire screen region of the display device, based on the determined current shape and the detected position, and displaying the image on the determined visible region.
US10606345B1	Reality interactive responding system and reality interactive responding method A reality interactive responding system, comprising a first server configured to receive first input data from a user and to determine whether the first input data conform to any one of a plurality of variation conditions or not; and a second server coupled to the first server and configured to receive second input data from the first server when the first input data conform to any one of the plurality of variation conditions and to determine a plurality of interactions in response to the first input data from the user; wherein the first input data from the user are related to an action, a facial expression, a gaze, a text, a speech, a gesture, an emotion or a movement generated by the user.
US10606343B2	Keyboard for virtual reality An embodiment of a graphics apparatus may include an image generator, and a gesture tracker communicatively coupled to the image generator. The image generator may be configured to generate an image of a virtual input device, the gesture tracker may be configured to determine a position of a user's finger relative to the virtual input device, and the image generator may be further configured to generate an image of a virtual finger based on the determined position of the user's finger relative to the virtual input device. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US10606342B2	Handsfree user input method for controlling an immersive virtual environment application A handsfree user input method controlling an immersive virtual environment application for a user with head-mounted device including: detecting input events generated by the user walking motion; determining if the movement type performed by the user is rotation or translation, and if the movement performed by the user is translation, then: determining an equivalent walking distance; calculating a virtual translation distance in the virtual environment notifying virtual translation distance to the virtual environment application; if the movement performed by the user is rotation, then: determining an actual rotation angle; calculating a virtual rotation angle in the virtual environment; notifying the virtual rotation angle to the virtual environment application; interpreting the virtual values by applying virtual environment; and updating the device head mounted display in accordance with virtual content.
US10606336B2	Electronic device with improved power management An electronic device may have a power system with a battery. The power system receives power such as wireless power or wired power and uses a portion of the received power to charge the battery as needed. Control circuitry in the portable electronic device is used to run background processes such as image processing tasks, data synchronization tasks, indexing, and other background processes. In some circumstances, such as when the battery is below a certain state of charge threshold, background processes may be stopped so that the battery is charged as fast as possible. Once above this initial state of charge threshold, background processes may be performed during charging as long as the temperature and state of charge of the battery do not exceed safety temperature and safety state of charge values. Performing background processes in these conditions ensures requisite background processing tasks are completed while preserving battery health.
US10606332B2	Information processing apparatus with non-contact power supply An information processing apparatus includes a wired electric power supply connector configured for connection with a wired electric power supply to receive electric power therefrom, non-contact electric power supply connector configured for electric coupling with a non-contact electric power supply to receive electric power therefrom, and a processor. The processor selects, for electric power supplied to each component of the information processing apparatus, one of the wired electric power supply and the non-electric power supply, wherein the wired electric power supply is selected at a time of startup of the information processing apparatus, and the non-contact electric power supply is selected if an operation state of the information processing apparatus or the non-contact power supply meets a predetermined condition. The processor controls the wired electric power supply connector and the non-contact electric power supply connector to supply electric power to each component based on the selection.
US10606326B2	Electronic device for liquid immersion cooling An electronic device, immersed in a coolant filled in a cooling apparatus, and directly cooled, is configured to be housed in a housing part of the cooling apparatus, and includes a pair of substrate groups that includes a first circuit board having at least one processor and main memories mounted onto one surface of the board, coprocessors, each having a housing with a rectangular cross-section, and an electric connection terminal, and a connector for electric connection between the first circuit board and the coprocessors. When each of the electric connection terminals of the coprocessors is inserted into the connector, a distance between the one surface of the first circuit board and a housing bottom surface of each of the coprocessors is longer than a height of the processor and each height of the main memories. The pair of substrate groups is combined while having the first circuit boards arranged at a rear surface side in a direction for reducing a distance between the one surface of the first circuit board of one of the substrate groups and a housing upper surface of each of the coprocessors of the other of the substrate groups.
US10606321B2	Systems and methods of lateral torsional resistance in a hinge A hinge includes a frame, an arm, a torque element, and a link. The frame and arm are rotatably connected about a first lateral axis. The torque element is displaced from the first lateral axis in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the first lateral axis, and the torque element being rotatable about a second lateral axis. The link is connected to the arm and the torque element such that rotation of the arm about the first lateral axis translates the torque element in the longitudinal direction.
US10606319B1	Transformative information handling system display height brake A portable information handling system transforms from a clamshell configuration to an all-in-one configuration by removing a keyboard from a main housing, sliding the display housing in a guide formed under the keyboard and raising a rear side of the main housing to elevate the display. A brake interfaces with the display housing through the guide to lock the display at variable heights. A brake release selectively releases the brake to allow display height adjustment by adjusting the relative position of the display housing at the main housing.
US10606308B2	Game station and methods of using game stations The present invention relates to a computer station made compact in storage mode and expanded in play mode. In a feature, the invention relates to a game station for a computer, including an articulating wall assembly, a base and floor assembly, and a rotating mechanism secured to the articulating wall assembly and the base, wherein the articulating wall assembly is adapted to support a computer with a monitor, wherein the base and floor assembly provides a floor for a gamer in front of the monitor during play mode and a housing for the articulating wall assembly during storage mode, and wherein the rotating mechanism is adapted to rotate the articulating wall assembly with the computer with the monitor from a vertical position in play mode to a horizontal position in storage mode. In a feature, the computer station is used as a game station, especially for multiplayer game stations.
US10606301B2	Tactile gain control One example aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method for receiving input. The method can include receiving, by one or more processors, data indicative of finger placement on a three dimensional knob that is associated with a parameter. The method can include determining, by the one or more processors, a height associated with the data indicative of finger placement. The method can include determining, by the one or more processors, a gain associated with the parameter based on the height. The method can include receiving, by the one or more processors, a signal indicative of an adjustment to the parameter. The method can include causing, by the one or more processors, an adjustment to the parameter based on the determined gain and the signal indicative of an adjustment to the parameter.
US10606299B2	Circuit for regulating leakage current in charge pump A circuit for regulating a leakage current in a charge pump is disclosed. The circuit includes a bias voltage generating circuit and a first transistor, wherein: the bias voltage generating circuit generates a bias voltage that is proportional to a supply voltage; a gate of the first transistor is coupled to the bias voltage; the first transistor has a drain that is coupled to an output of the charge pump and a source that is grounded; a voltage the drain of the first transistor is proportional to the supply voltage; and a current flowing through the source and drain of the first transistor is proportional to the supply voltage that powers the charge pump.
US10606294B1	Low dropout voltage regulator and related method A low dropout voltage regulator, coupled to a load circuit receiving a clock signal, includes an amplifier; a power transistor comprising a control terminal, coupled to an output terminal of the amplifier; and a first terminal, coupled to a positive input terminal of the amplifier and the load circuit; and a control circuit, configured to control a current flowing through the power transistor in response to the clock signal.
US10606288B2	Pressure control method for process chamber and pressure control device for process chamber A gas pressure within a treatment chamber 2 can be more accurately regulated to a predicted target pressure whereby there can be provided a pressure control apparatus which can easily and speedily regulate the gas pressure for various combination of the treatment chamber 2, a sanction chamber 3 and a valve 4. A required inflow rate (Qi) at which it is necessary for gas to flow into the treatment chamber 2 in order to reach a preset target pressure (Psp) within the treatment chamber is calculated on the basis of the expression of Qi=Qo+(P/□t)V and the thus calculated required inflow rate (Qi) is flown into the treatment chamber 2 to control the pressure within the treatment chamber 2 to the required pressure (Psp). In calculation of a current predicted outflow rate (Qo(n)) at which gas is discharged from the treatment chamber on the basis of the expression Qo(n)=P2*f1(P2), using a current pressure (P2) within the suction pump and a known characteristic suction rate (Sp=f1(P2)) of the suction pump under prescribed pressure, the current pressure (P2) within the suction pump is calculated according to the expression P2=P1−(Qo(n−1)/f2(θ, P)) from an accurate conductance (Cv(θ, P)=f2(θ, P)) calculated by adding the error between the current pressure (P1) actually measured within the treatment chamber and a known specified pressure (P) within the treatment chamber at the characteristic conductance (Cv=f2(θ)) of the valve at the opening/closing angle (θ) associated with the current position of the switching plate of the valve to the known characteristic conductance (Cv=f2(θ)) of the valve at the opening/closing angle (θ) associated with the current position of the switching plate of the valve, and the current predicted outflow rate Qo(n) at which gas is discharged from the treatment chamber is calculated.
US10606287B2	Compact and balanced regulator for delivering pressurized fluid A compensated pressure regulator for fluid under pressure including a hollow body, at least one intake for a fluid at high pressure, at least one outlet for this fluid at low pressure, a mobile regulation piece which slides in a cylindrical bore, able to stop the intake of the fluid at high pressure, and such that it includes a piece of generally cylindrical form with two heads of which the two partial inner and opposing faces are of quasi-equal surface; these two partial inner faces, a part of a bore surrounding the piece in a seal-tight manner and a seal integral with this bore delimits a high-pressure chamber, and the piece with two heads and this bore being mobile in relation to one another, and the intake for the high-pressure fluid emerges laterally in this high-pressure chamber, which fluid transmits to the mobile regulation piece loads which are cancelled out.
US10606279B2	3D map generation by a robotic work tool A robotic work tool (100) comprising an altitude sensor (185) for providing a current altitude reading (HRL) and a controller (110) configured to receive the current altitude reading (HRL) from the altitude sensor (185); determine an altitude (H) based on the current altitude reading (HRL); determine a current position; and generating a map indicating elevations by including the determined altitude (H) for the current position in the map. A robotic work tool system (200) comprising a robotic work tool (100) and a reference altitude sensor (285) for providing a reference altitude reading (HCS), wherein the robotic work tool (100) is further configured to receive the reference altitude reading (HCS) from the reference altitude sensor (285); and determine the altitude (H) based on the current altitude reading (HRL) and the reference altitude reading (HCS).
US10606275B2	System for accurate object detection with multiple sensors A system and method for providing safety for a motorized mobile system (MMS) are optimized for accurate object detection, the system comprising at least two sensors that are operably configured to generate one or more of a range measurement and a bearing measurement to an object, wherein the range and bearing measurements have associated uncertainties.
US10606272B2	Method for guiding parking mode in remote automatic parking support system A method for guiding a parking mode in a remote automatic parking support system is provided. The remote automatic parking support system includes a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, automatic parking is performed based on a parking request from a smart key or a smartphone of a driver positioned extraneous to a vehicle and in the second mode, automatic parking is performed based on a parking request from a switch mounted within the vehicle. The vehicle is guided in first mode or the second mode based on a surrounding environment, thereby providing optimal convenience to the driver.
US10606269B2	Semantic obstacle recognition for path planning Systems, methods, devices, and techniques for planning travel of an autonomous robot. A system identifies one or more obstacles that are located in proximity of at least a portion of a planned route for the autonomous robot. For each obstacle, the system: (i) determines a semantic class of the obstacle, including selecting the semantic class from a library that defines a set of multiple possible semantic classes for obstacles, and (ii) selects a planning policy for the obstacle that corresponds to the semantic class of the obstacle. The system can generate a trajectory along the at least the portion of the planned route using the selected planning policies. The robot can then initiate travel according to the trajectory.
US10606262B2	Method for monitoring automated driving On the basis of a sensed driving situation of a vehicle which will occur in the future, it is determined whether a driving assistance system is able to control the vehicle in the automated driving mode in the future driving situation. If it is determined that an automated driving mode is not possible in the future driving situation, and a time (Ts) up to the occurrence of the future driving situation is longer than a time (Tu) necessary for the driver to assume control of the vehicle, it is checked whether the manual control processes sensed by sensors of the vehicle correspond, in the current driving situation, to the automated control processes, determined by the driving assistance system, for the current driving situation. In this case, the assumption of control of the vehicle by the driver is confirmed, and the vehicle continues to be controlled in the manual driving mode.
US10606252B2	Control device including one microcomputer for controlling a motor vehicle which may immediately stop rotations of the motor when an abnormal condition occurs A control system includes a system power supply IC that operates based on a voltage outputted from a power supply circuit and supplies a voltage for operating a microcomputer to the microcomputer, monitors an abnormal condition of the microcomputer, and outputs a reset signal for resetting the microcomputer to the microcomputer when detecting an abnormal condition of the microcomputer. When detecting the abnormal condition of the microcomputer, the system power supply IC outputs a switch opening signal for forcibly turning off a switch, which, in response to the switch opening signal, stops supplying the voltage outputted from the power supply circuit to the motor driving circuit.
US10606251B2	Method for controlling a process plant using transition data The present invention discloses a method for controlling a process in a process plant using a controller. The method comprises receivable associated with the process, determining a first value of at least one key performance indicator associated with the transition from the process data of the first process variable between the first steady state and the second steady state, comparing the determined first value of the at least one key performance indicator against a threshold value of the at least one key performance indicator; and determining a correction factor for modifying a set point of the process variable based on the comparison, for controlling the process.
US10606249B2	Multi-vector engineering methods and apparatus for isolated process control systems The present disclosure describes a new method to virtualize a plant facility with remote sites that are separated from a central site. The method includes: assembling, by a server computer located at the central site of the plant facility, an engineering package addressed to a particular remote site of the plant facility, the administrative package comprising a command script and a data component; and dispatching, by the server computer located at the central site of the plant facility and through a transport network of one or more transport vehicles, the engineering package to the particular remote site such that, when the engineering package arrives with a particular transport vehicle at the particular remote site, the command script is extracted and executed to perform control systems management and engineering tasks at the particular remote site for routine maintenance as if a human control system engineer is present to perform such systems management and engineering tasks on-site.
US10606240B2	Generating optimized tool paths and machine commands for beam cutting tools A facility for automated modelling of the cutting process for a particular material to be cut by a beam cutting tool, such as a waterjet cutting system, from empirical data to predict aspects of the waterjet's effect on the workpiece across a range of material thicknesses, across a range of cutting geometries, and across a range of cutting quality levels, all of which may be broader than, and independent of the actual requirements for a target workpiece, is described.
US10606236B2	Control device, control method, and control program A control parameter is adjusted without the need to operate a driver of a control target. A control device (10) includes a model identification unit (12), a parameter determination unit (132), a data evaluation unit (131) and an operation data calculation unit (133). The model identification unit (12) identifies a physical model of an operation of the control target. The operation data calculation unit (133) calculates operation data by using the physical model and the control parameter. The data evaluation unit (131) calculates an evaluation value by using normative data of the operation of the control target and the operation data. The parameter determination unit (132) determines the control parameter by using the evaluation value.
US10606235B2	Motor control device, motor position control method, and industrial machine A motor control device includes a movement command generation unit, a movement command processing unit, and a control unit. The movement command generation unit outputs a movement command of a motor. The movement command processing unit includes a buffer, a filter, and a processing unit. The buffer holds the movement command. The filter performs filter processing of a constant and generates a new constant. The processing unit performs arithmetic processing based on the movement command held in the buffer and the new constant generated by the filter, and generates and outputs a new movement command proportional to the new constant. The control unit controls the motor based on the new movement command.
US10606233B2	Machine learning apparatus that learns setting value in machining program of machine tool, and machining system A machine learning apparatus learns a setting value in a machining program of a machine tool configured to machine an impeller. The machine learning apparatus includes a state observation unit configured to acquire the thermal displacement amount during a period of machining a workpiece, as a state variable, and a determination data acquisition unit configured to receive the imbalance amount in the impeller after machining as determination data. The machine learning apparatus includes a learning unit configured to learn the setting value in the machining program on the basis of output from the state observation unit and output from the determination data acquisition unit.
US10606201B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes: a display unit; a storage unit in which sheet setting information for specifying a sheet to be printed is stored in advance; a sheet accommodating unit in which the sheet to be printed is accommodated; a sheet detection unit that detects whether or not there is a sheet in the sheet accommodating unit; and a confirmation display control unit that causes the display unit to display a sheet setting confirmation screen that includes the sheet setting information stored in the storage unit, in which in a case where the sheet detection unit detects that a sheet is supplied to the sheet accommodating unit, the confirmation display control unit causes the display unit to display the sheet setting confirmation screen.
US10606200B2	Image forming apparatus having toner concentration detection A developing roller is rotatable while carrying a liquid developer containing toner and a carrier liquid and contains an electroconductive agent, and includes a squeeze roller provided in contact with the developing roller through at least the carrier liquid, a voltage source capable of generating a potential difference between the developing roller and a squeeze roller, and a current detecting sensor for detecting a current passed between the developing roller and the squeeze roller. In addition, a controller controls the voltage source, and a display device outputs information on a lifetime of the developing roller. The controller outputs the information on the lifetime from the display device on the basis of a detection result by the current detecting sensor when a predetermined potential difference is generated between the developing roller and the squeeze roller by the voltage source.
US10606199B1	System and method for controlling a power supply in an image forming device An image forming device includes a controller and a power supply unit in communication with the controller. The power supply unit includes a voltage converter for supplying voltage to a component of the image forming device. A memory unit on the voltage converter stores characterization data specific to the voltage converter having been characterized during production of the power supply unit and defining a predefined voltage response characteristic of the voltage converter. The controller is configured to selectively adjust a voltage response of the voltage converter to deviate away from the predefined voltage response characteristic based on a detected error condition relating to a replaceable unit installed in the image forming device. When the error condition has been corrected, the controller is configured to adjust the voltage response of the voltage converter to the predefined voltage response characteristic.
US10606190B2	Image forming apparatus that collects toner remaining on intermediate transfer member using member in abutment with intermediate transfer member An intermediate transfer belt includes a surface layer with a solid lubricant added therein on an outer peripheral surface side in abutment with a photosensitive drum and a cleaning blade in a thickness direction. Further, the surface layer includes a plurality of grooves formed along a movement direction of the intermediate transfer belt in a width direction of the intermediate transfer belt. The intermediate transfer belt including the grooves satisfies J×(1/K)×L×(Q/ρP)/((Q/ρP)+(100/ρA))<240.
US10606179B2	Projection exposure apparatus for semiconductor lithography with reduce thermal deformation A projection exposure apparatus for semiconductor lithography has a mirror arrangement that is exposed to thermal loads in operation. The mirror arrangement includes a mirror carrier having an optically active surface arranged on a top surface of the mirror carrier. A cooling system is integrated into the mirror carrier. The cooling system has cooling lines through which a cooling fluid circulates. The cooling system is designed so that the thermal load introduced into the mirror carrier via the optically active surface is dissipated at least partially into a rear region remote from the top surface of the mirror carrier.
US10606171B2	Superstrate and a method of using the same A body of a superstrate can be used to form an adaptive planarization layer over a substrate that has a non-uniform topography. A body of a superstrate can have bending characteristics that are well suited to achieve both conformal and planarization behavior. The body can have a surface and a thickness in a range of t1 to t2, t1=(Pd4/2Eh)1/3; t2=(5Pd4/2Eh)1/3; P is a pressure corresponding to a capillary force between the body and a planarization precursor material; d is a bending distance; E is Young's modulus for the body; and h is a step height difference between two adjacent regions of a substrate. In an embodiment, a thickness can be selected and used to determine the maximum out-of-plane displacement, wmax, for conformal behavior is sufficient and that wmax for planarization behavior is below a predetermined threshold.
US10606169B2	Pellicle frame, pellicle containing same, method for producing pellicle frame, and method for producing pellicle The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a pellicle frame which is not susceptible to deterioration even if irradiated with short-wavelength light such as excimer light, and which is not susceptible to generation of an outgas or foreign substance; and a pellicle which uses this pellicle frame. In order to achieve the above-described purpose, this pellicle frame for supporting the outer periphery of a pellicle film is configured to comprise a frame and a film that is formed on the surface of the frame and contains a polyimide resin.
US10606163B2	Projection screen configured to be projected with multi-angle images A projection screen configured to be projected with multi-angle images includes a base membrane and a coating layer. The base membrane includes a body layer and a plurality of toothed portions connected with the body layer. A profile of each of the toothed portions includes at least one first plane and at least one second plane, where the first plane and the second plane each has a reflection angle different from each other, for providing multi-angle images of projection. The coating layer includes a reflection layer and a light-absorbing layer, where the reflection layer is disposed on the profile of each of the toothed portions; whereas the light-absorbing layer is disposed on the reflection layer, such that, as viewed from a projection position, the coating layer is disposed behind the base membrane. Thereby, the projection screen not only can provide multi-angle images of projection under the circumstance of maintaining the capability of resisting ambient light, but also can prevent the coating layer from contact and abrasion by human behaviors when in use, and as such, the life of use can be prolonged.
US10606161B2	Projection video display apparatus A projection video display apparatus includes: a video projection screen, having a front and a rear surface, arranged in an indoor space. The video projection screen transmits video light from behind the rear surface or in front of the front surface to display video on the front surface. The front surface functions as a video display surface. A video projecting apparatus, arranged in a side of the rear surface or the front surface, enlarges and projects the video light from the rear or front surface. The video projecting apparatus is configured by an optical scanning video projecting apparatus that forms the video by scanning video light composed of coherent light on the video projection screen. The video projection screen guides the video light from the video projecting apparatus toward a direction to the front surface, and causes part of the light in the indoor space to be transmitted therethrough.
US10606159B2	Method and apparatus for controlling projector A method and apparatus for controlling a projector are provided. A specific embodiment of the method includes: determining position information of a target position in a to-be-projected area; determining a scanning power of scanning the target position based on a pre-generated scanning power table and the position information of the target position, the scanning power table used for characterizing a corresponding relationship between the scanning power and the position information; adjusting a tilt angle of a reflector to change the tilt angle of the reflector, and to enable a light beam incident onto the reflector to be reflected to the target position; and controlling a light source to emit the light beam to the reflector at the determined scanning power. The embodiment has achieved scanning a to-be-projected area at an adjustable scanning power.
US10606153B2	Projector To improve general versatility by being capable of using a different kind of light source as well as to improve the maintainability.Included is an optical unit including an optical system including a modulator; a signal unit that sends a signal to the modulator; a light source block including a light source that emits light, a lens that allows the light emitted from the light source to enter the optical unit, and a case including the light source inside; a power source block for light source that supplies electric power to the light source; a power source unit that supplies electric power to the signal unit and the power source block for light source; and an outer casing in which the optical unit, the signal unit, the power source unit, the light source block, and the power source block for light source are arranged, and the light source block is replaceable with a different kind of light source block including a different kind of light source.
US10606150B2	Lighting system and control thereof The present invention relates to a lighting control device, the device comprising means for receiving a trigger; and means for switching operation of a lighting device from a continuous mode to a flash mode upon receipt of said trigger; wherein said lighting device comprises at least one light emitting diode; and said flash mode is at a higher brightness than said continuous mode. The invention also relates to a lighting system comprising: a lighting device comprising at least one light emitting diode; and a lighting control device; wherein the lighting control device is operable to switch operation of said lighting device between a continuous mode and a flash mode; wherein the flash is at a higher brightness than said continuous mode.
US10606149B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and program [Object] Technology capable of adjusting a view angle area more easily and intuitively is desired.[Solution] According to the present disclosure, there is provided an information processing device including: a control unit which superimposes an adjustment view angle area for adjusting a view angle area of one imaging device among a plurality of imaging devices onto the view angle area of the one imaging device. According to the present disclosure, since a control unit superimposes an adjustment view angle area onto a view angle area of one imaging device, a user can adjust the view angle area more easily and intuitively. Of course, the effects of the present disclosure are not limited thereto.
US10606147B2	Lens driving device Disclosed is a lens driving device includes: a lens frame; a support frame that elastically supports the lens frame in the optical-axis direction through plate springs; a base support member that elastically supports the lens frame supported by the support frame, in a direction intersecting the optical axis, through support wires; and a driving unit that drives the lens frame in one or both of the optical-axis direction and the direction intersecting the optical axis. The plate springs include elastic arm sections, respectively, which project outward of a portion at which the support frame is attached; and wire attaching sections which are connected to the elastic arm sections, respectively. A connecting position at which the wire attaching section and the elastic arm section are attached to each other is disposed outward of a fixing position where the leading end portion of a corresponding one of the support wires is fixed to the wire attaching section.
US10606137B2	Composition for black matrix and method for preparing the same, display substrate and display device Disclosed are a composition for a black matrix and a method for preparing the same, a display substrate, and a display device. The composition for a black matrix comprises an adhesive, a light-shielding material, a solvent, a first dye and a monomer, wherein the light-shielding material comprises light-shielding particles, and an electrically insulating material and a base material with which the light-shielding particles are coated sequentially; and the adhesive, the first dye and the light-shielding material are bonded by the monomer.
US10606134B2	Display device According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first subpixel and a second subpixel. An area, in a plan view, surrounded by a first signal line, a second signal line, a first scanning line, and a second scanning line and including a first pixel electrode is a first area. An area, in a plan view, surrounded by the first signal line, the second signal line, the second scanning line, and a third scanning line and including a second pixel electrode is a second area. The first area has a first distance in the first direction and the second area has a second distance in the first direction. The first distance is greater than the second distance.
US10606132B2	Display panel, display device, and method for manufacturing display panel The present disclosure relates to a display panel, a display device, and a method for manufacturing a display panel. The display panel has an electrode region, the electrode region including a substrate, a data line layer, and an isolation layer which are provided on the substrate and alternated in a direction parallel to an upper surface of the substrate, wherein the height of the data line layer is equal to the height of the isolation layer. Since there is no height difference between the data line layer and the spacer layer and there is no groove, the possibility that conductive foreign objects are accumulated at the isolation layer at this time is greatly reduced, the smooth surface is more conducive to the movement of foreign objects, and a cleaning tape can remove the foreign objects.
US10606128B2	Method for preparing photoalignment layer The present invention relates to a method for preparing a photo-alignment layer. The photo-alignment layer prepared by the preparation method exhibits a high imidization ratio as well as an excellent aligning stability of liquid crystal, chemical resistance and strength, and has an excellent afterimage suppressing effect by an AC driving of a liquid crystal display element.
US10606119B2	Color filter substrate comprising first, second, and third pixel units each having color filters with different areas, display panel and display device The application discloses a color filter substrate, an array substrate, a display panel and a display device. The color filter substrate comprises a first base substrate and a plurality of pixel units provided above the first base substrate, each of the pixel units comprising color filters of various colors; from a pixel unit close to a first side of the first base substrate towards a pixel unit close to a second side of the first base substrate opposite to the first side, a ratio of an area of a color filter of a specific color to that of any one of color filters of other colors is increased gradually. In the application, the color filter of the specific color is able to compensate for the color shift of the light guide plate, alleviating the color shift of the display device, and thereby improving the image quality of the display device.
US10606115B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a gate line disposed on the second substrate, an electrode layer disposed on the second substrate, and a light shielding portion disposed at a side of the first substrate facing the second substrate. The electrode layer includes a first electrode portion and a second electrode portion. The gate line is disposed between the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion. A projection area of the light shielding portion projected on the second substrate is overlapped with the gate line, and the projection area has a first side and a second side. The first electrode portion has a third side and a fourth side. The third side is disposed away from the gate line, and the first side is disposed between the third side and the fourth side.
US10606114B2	Liquid crystal display panel and display device A liquid crystal display panel, including a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, the first substrate provided with a pixel area and a periphery area at a side facing the second substrate, a metal line provided in the pixel area and the periphery area, a black matrix provided on the second substrate at a side facing the first substrate, wherein the metal line includes a preset portion disposed in the periphery area, and an opening is provided in the black matrix at a position overlapping the preset portion of the metal line. A display device including the liquid crystal display panel is also provided.
US10606106B2	Display panel and electronic display apparatus A display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a display layer, and a driving unit. The first substrate has a display area, an extended area, and an edge area located between the display area and the extended area. The display layer is positioned between the first and second substrates. The length of a boundary line of the edge area and the extended area is greater than the length of a bottom edge of the extended area that is away from the edge area.
US10606105B2	Privacy apparatus comprising a light-transmissive layer having a plurality of trenches disposed with first and second electrically switchable optical structures A driving method of a privacy apparatus is provided. The privacy apparatus includes a light-transmissive layer and a plurality of electrically switchable optical structures. The light-transmissive layer includes a plurality of trenches not crossing over each other. The electrically switchable optical structures are respectively disposed in the trenches. The driving method of the privacy apparatus includes applying a driving electric field to a part of the trenches to render a part of the electrically switchable optical structures light-transmissive, and maintaining the other part of the electrically switchable optical structures opaque. Besides, a privacy apparatus and a manufacturing method thereof are also provided.
US10606100B2	Optical filters affecting color vision in a desired manner and design method thereof by non-linear optimization The invention generally relates to optical filters that provide regulation and/or enhancement of chromatic and luminous aspects of the color appearance of light to human vision, generally to applications of such optical filters, to therapeutic applications of such optical filters, to industrial and safety applications of such optical filters when incorporated, for example, in radiation-protective eyewear, to methods of designing such optical filters, to methods of manufacturing such optical filters, and to designs and methods of incorporating such optical filters into apparatus including, for example, eyewear and illuminants.
US10606092B1	Integral imaging system with array of horizontally elongate rectangular microlenses An imaging device having an array of rectangular microlenses is disclosed, each of the microlenses having a first side that extends in an X direction a first amount, a second side that extends in a Y direction a second amount and an optical axis that is oriented in a Z direction, wherein the first amount is at least fifty percent greater than the second amount, and an angle of view of each of the microlenses is at least fifty percent greater in the X direction than in the Y direction. An opaque, low-reflectivity wall may adjoin each of the sides, and a portion of the wall adjoining one of the first sides may be arched. Each of the microlenses has a convex surface and a curvature of the convex surface in an X-Z plane may be approximately equal to the curvature of the convex surface in a Y-Z plane.
US10606089B2	Wavelength beam combining laser systems with micro-optics In various embodiments, wavelength beam combining systems feature multiple beam emitters each emitting an individual beam, as well as multiple micro-optics arrangements each disposed optically downstream from a beam emitter to intercept the beam emitted thereby and direct the beam toward a dispersive element for combination into a multi-wavelength output beam.
US10606086B2	Near-eye-display (NED) that employs rapid spherical image scanning A NED-RapSIS with concentric imaging and optical elements comprising a display with spherically curved concave image surface topped with polarizer; a spherically curved concave composite reflector having polar arrayed alternating mirror-quarterwavelength retarder strips, and clear optical slits; a spherically curved transparent counter-balance; a motor-driven driving crank near the edges that drives the reflector and counter-balance to circular-spherical movement; a slave crank near the opposite edge of composite reflector with its shaft and crank arms aligned to the concentric center another slave crank near the opposite edge of the counter-balance with its shaft and crank arms aligned with the shaft and crank arms respectively of the latter crank and aligned with the concentric center; a see-thru spherically curved mirror-polarizer composite with mirror at the convex side and polarizer at the concave side, and a support frame.
US10606079B1	Image integrity monitoring systems and methods for light processing based head up displays A head up display HUD can be a worn display, a helmet mounted display (HMD, or other display system. The HUD includes a projector including a light processor. The projector provides light to a projector path and a dump path. The HUD also includes a camera disposed to capture the light in the dump path and a processor. The processor is configured to process image data from the camera and image data associated with the light in the projection path to determine an error.
US10606077B2	Display switching device, switching method, wearable display device and displaying method A display switching device, switching method, wearable display device and displaying method are disclosed. The display switching device includes a collector configured to operate in an enable mode for enabling a wearable display device to acquire entity information or a disable mode for disabling the wearable display device to acquire entity information, and a first controller configured to determine display switch of the wearable display device based on an operation mode of the collector. The wearable display device displays an AR image based on the entity information when the collector operates in the enable mode, and the wearable display device displays a VR image when the collector operates in the disable mode. The wearable display device includes the display switching device.
US10606075B2	Head-up display for vehicle The present invention relates to a head-up display for a vehicle configured to change display positions of a plurality of virtual images displayed through a windshield of the vehicle or the like to implement augmented reality and a control method thereof, and a head-up display for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a mirror unit comprising a first mirror for reflecting first and second image lights toward a windshield of the vehicle; a display layer located at the windshield of the vehicle to display a first virtual image corresponding to the first image light in a first region, and display a second virtual image corresponding to the second image light in a second region; and a controller configured to change an inclination of the first mirror to change a display position of the first and the second virtual image.
US10606063B2	Reversing system for telescopic sights, and telescopic sight having such a reversing system A reversing system for telescopic sights has a guide sleeve, an outer sleeve and a mount with an optical element, the outer sleeve being axially fixed and rotatable on the guide sleeve, and an inner cam slot in the guide sleeve, and an outer cam slot in the outer sleeve. The mount is axially displaceable in the guide sleeve and has a guide pin that projects into the inner cam slot and the outer cam slot, the guide pin having a carrier shaft with a first pivot bearing and a second pivot bearing seated thereon. The first pivot bearing is guided within the outer cam slot, and the second pivot bearing is guided within the inner cam slot. The first pivot bearing and/or the second pivot bearing have an inner ring that sits on the carrier shaft and an outer ring that is rotatably supported on the inner ring.
US10606061B2	Viewing optic with an integrated display system The disclosure relates to a viewing optic. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a viewing optic having an integrated display system. In one embodiment, the disclosure relates to a viewing optic having an integrated display system for generating images that are projected into the first focal plane of an optical system.
US10606060B2	High content imaging system and a method of operating the high content imaging system A high content imaging system and a method of operating the high content imaging system are disclosed. A microscope has a first objective lens and a second objective lens, and an objective lens database has first and second transformation values associated with the first and the second objective lenses, respectively. A microscope controller operates the microscope with the first objective lens to develop first values of acquisition parameters. A configuration module automatically determines second values of the acquisition parameters using the first values of the acquisition parameters, first transformation values associated with the first objective lens, and second transformation values associated with the second objective lens. The microscope controller operates the microscope using the second objective lens and the second values of the acquisition parameters.
US10606059B2	Sample processing for microscopy In some instances, an apparatus can include a light sensitive imaging sensor having a surface to receive a fluid sample, a body to be moved relative to the light sensitive imaging sensor and having a surface to touch a portion of the fluid sample, and a carrier to move the body toward the surface of the light sensitive imaging sensor to cause the surface of the body to touch the portion of the fluid sample, so that as the surface of the body touches the portion of the fluid, the surface of the body (i) is parallel to the surface of the light sensitive imaging sensor, and (ii) settles on top of the fluid sample independently of motion of the carrier.
US10606056B2	Method for producing preview images with an inclined-plane microscope, inclined-plane microscope, and image producing device for an inclined-plane microscope A method for producing a preview image with an inclined-plane microscope with a tilted illumination plane include illuminating, at successive points in time, different illumination planes, which are tilted relatively to an optical axis of an optical viewing element and spaced apart from one another. The illumination planes are imaged onto a sensor with photosensitive elements arranged line-by-line. The preview image is produced by successively reading out strip-type read-out areas of the sensor, a longitudinal extension of the read-out areas being oriented parallel to the lines of the photosensitive elements, such that the preview image reproduces a viewing plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical viewing element.
US10606050B2	Portrait lens system suitable for use in a mobile camera A portrait lens configuration for meeting handheld device form factor constraints. First and second meniscus lenses each have a reflective surface to provide internal reflections for transmitting light toward a focal plane. A third lens is positioned between the meniscus lenses and the focal plane. The first lens includes an anterior concave surface having a reflective material extending over a portion thereof. Light received by the first meniscus lens can be transmitted therethrough. The reflective material is positioned along the anterior concave surface to receive light transmitted therethrough and reflected back from the second lens. In an associated method the first meniscus lens is positioned to receive light through a first of two opposing refractive surfaces. After each lens provides an internal reflection, reflected light is transmitted through the second of the two opposing surfaces and then through a bore positioned within the second lens to the third lens.
US10606047B2	Variable magnification optical system, optical apparatus, and method for manufacturing variable magnification optical system A variable magnification optical system includes, in order from an object: a first lens group (G1) having a negative refractive power; a second lens group (G2) having a positive refractive power; a third lens group (G3) having a negative refractive power; and a fourth lens group (G4) having a positive refractive power. The system performs varying magnification by changing the distance between the first lens group and the second lens group, the distance between the second lens group and the third lens group, and the distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group. The third lens group includes a 32nd lens group (G32) configured to be movable so as to have a component in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis in order to correct image blur as a vibration-reduction lens group (VR) and a 31st lens group (G31) disposed at an object-side of the 32nd lens group. The 32nd lens group has negative refractive power, and the system satisfies Conditional Expression (1) below. 0.200
US10606046B2	Zoom lens A zoom lens arranged along an optical axis includes a first lens group and a second lens group. The second lens group has at least one aspheric lens. The first lens group moves toward an image side and the second lens group moves away from the image side along the optical axis during zooming. The first lens group is moved for focusing, and the second lens group is moved for zooming.
US10606044B2	Zoom lens and imaging apparatus An object of the present invention is to provide a zoom lens that can perform favorable correction of chromatic aberration in the entire zoom range, and can have higher performance and a smaller size than conventional ones; and an imaging apparatus including the zoom lens. To achieve the object, provided are a zoom lens and an imaging apparatus including the zoom lens. The zoom lens includes, in order from an object side: a positive first lens group G1; a negative second lens group G2; and a GR group including one or more lens groups. In the zoom lens, changing focal length is performed by varying intervals between the lens groups. The GR group includes convex lenses GpH and GpL satisfying predetermined conditional expressions. The convex lens GpH is the positive lens which is arranged second position or after from the object side in positive lenses in the GR group.
US10606043B2	Optical imaging lens An optical imaging lens includes first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth lens elements arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The third lens element is a first lens having a refracting power and sequentially counted from an aperture stop toward the object side. The fourth lens element is a first lens sequentially counted having a refracting power and from the aperture stop toward the image side. At least one of the third lens element and the fourth lens element has a positive refracting power and is a glass material. The optical imaging lens is complied with: 2.4≤(G1+G2)/T6.
US10606038B2	Photographing lens assembly, image capturing unit and electronic device A photographing lens assembly includes five lens elements, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region. The second lens element has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region. The third lens element has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region. The fourth lens element has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region, wherein two surfaces thereof are both aspheric. The fifth lens element has an object-side surface and an image-side surface being both aspheric. At least one surface of the lens elements has at least one inflection point.
US10606035B2	Image capturing lens assembly, imaging apparatus and electronic device An image capturing lens assembly includes seven lens elements, which are, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, a sixth lens element and a seventh lens element. The fifth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The sixth lens element has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof. The seventh lens element has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, and the image-side surface thereof includes at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof.
US10606031B2	Imaging apparatus, imaging system that includes imaging apparatus, electron mirror system that includes imaging apparatus, and ranging apparatus that includes imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a lens optical system, a color image sensor that includes at least first pixels and second pixels, and a first optical element array disposed between the lens optical system and the color image sensor. In the imaging apparatus, the lens optical system includes optical regions, and the optical regions include a first optical region and a second optical region that differ in terms of at least one selected from the group of spectral transmittance characteristics and transmissive polarization characteristics. The first pixels include respective spectral filters having mutually different spectral transmittance characteristics, and the second pixels include respective spectral filters having at least one type of spectral transmittance characteristics. The first optical element array directs light that has passed through the first optical region to the first pixels and directs light that has passed through the second optical region to the second pixels.
US10606027B2	Camera optical lens The present disclosure discloses a camera optical lens. The camera optical lens includes, in an order from an object side to an image side, an aperture, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. The camera optical lens further satisfies specific conditions.
US10606025B2	Lens moving apparatus A lens moving apparatus, including a cover can; a base disposed below the cover can; a bobbin disposed in the cover can; a coil provided at an outer surface of the bobbin; a driving magnet facing the coil and disposed in the cover can; a sensing magnet coupled to the bobbin; and a sensing unit coupled to a circuit board and facing the sensing magnet. In addition, the coil is disposed between the sensing magnet and the driving magnet.
US10606020B2	Lens module A lens module, including: a lens barrel, a first lens group having at least one lens and accommodated in the lens barrel, a spacer provided at an end of the lens barrel close to an image side, and a second lens group having at least one lens and accommodated in the spacer, the lens barrel includes a first barrel wall forming a light aperture, a second barrel wall bending and extending from the first barrel wall, the lens barrel further includes a first inner wall and a first outer wall corresponding to the first inner wall, the spacer includes a second inner wall and a second outer wall corresponding to the second inner wall, the lens barrel is fitted and fixed with the spacer. The lens module provided by the present disclosure can be assembled section by section, which is more convenient and makes the module structure more stable.
US10606019B2	Cable breakout assembly A breakout assembly for transitioning a multi-fibre optical cable into one or more individual fibres is disclosed. The breakout assembly includes a first housing segment engageable at a first end to the cable and engageable at a second end with one or more furcation tubes that each receive an individual fibre from the cable, and a second housing segment engageable at a first end to the cable and engageable at a second end with one or more furcation tubes that each receive an individual fibre from the cable. The first housing segment is securable to the second housing segment so as to encapsulate at least a portion of the individual fibres as they break out from the cable.
US10606018B2	Distribution cabling tape and system A distribution cabling tape comprises a resilient polymeric base sheet having a first major surface and a second major surface, the first major surface having a continuous lengthwise channel formed in a first portion thereof. The tape also includes an adhesive layer disposed on a second and third portion of the first major surface, the adhesive layer capable of adhering to a concrete or asphalt surface, such as a road, curb, or walkway.
US10606016B2	Fiber demarcation point and slack storage A cable spool includes first and second curved flanges extending radially outwardly from first and second axial ends of a drum. The flanges have outer edges that cooperate to define an annular slot providing access to a passageway surrounding the drum. The slot has a width that is less than half the height of the drum. A cable is wrapped around the drum. A closure having an environmentally sealed interior may receive an end of the cable. A second cable can be deployed from a second spool and coupled to the end of the cable within the closure. The second spool can be mounted with the cable spool. A cover can be placed over the spools for aesthetic or protection reasons.
US10606015B2	Fiber optic payout assembly including cable spool A fiber optic enclosure assembly includes a housing having an interior region and a bearing mount disposed in the interior region of the housing. A cable spool is connectedly engaged with the bearing mount such that the cable spool selectively rotates within the housing. A termination module disposed on the cable spool so that the termination module rotates in unison with the cable spool. A method of paying out a fiber optic cable from a fiber optic enclosure includes rotating a cable spool, which has a subscriber cable coiled around a spooling portion of the cable spool, about an axis of a housing of the fiber optic enclosure until a desired length of subscriber cable is paid out. A termination module is disposed on the cable spool.
US10606013B2	High density fiber enclosure and method A high density fiber enclosure system includes a chassis, cassette trays, an optional unification clip, cassettes, and an optional trunk cable management system. The chassis, cassette trays, and cassettes are configured such that individual cassettes may be installed, removed, and otherwise positioned for easy access by a user. The unification clip allows two adjacent cassette trays to be connected to one other such that cassette trays move as one unit. The trunk cable management system is designed to organize trunk cables and trunk cable furcation legs as well as relieve strain on the trunk cables and trunk cable furcation legs.
US10606001B1	Optical fiber transceiver An optical fiber transceiver includes: a cartridge, formed with two opposite sidewalls and a front end thereof disposed with an insertion part, wherein each sidewall is transversally formed with a runner; and a sliding member, formed with a pair of extending arms inserted in the pair of runners, wherein bottom ends defined at front portions of the pair of extending arms are connected via a connecting sheet, and rear ends thereof are protrudingly disposed with a pair of unlocking flanges; wherein, a top surface of the connecting sheet and a bottom surface of the insertion part are oppositely disposed with an elastic member and an abutting unit, two sides of the elastic member have a pair of elastic arms, and two sides of the abutting unit respectively have a guiding part symmetrically arranged and allowing each elastic arm to be in contact and displaced thereon.
US10605996B2	Expanded beam optical connector and method of making the same An expanded beam (EB) optical connector. In some embodiments, the EB optical connector includes: a rigid, hollow, straight contact tube having a centerline axis; and a collimator assembly having an optical axis and comprising an optical fiber and a collimating lens, wherein the centerline axis of the contact tube is at least substantially aligned with the optical axis such that collimated light produced by the lens from light exiting the fiber travels though the contact tube and the loss of light caused by misalignment of the axes is not more than 2 dB.
US10605989B2	Method of manufacturing an integrated semiconductor optical waveguiding device A method of manufacturing an integrated semiconductor optical waveguiding device comprising an elongated waveguide, the method comprising: providing a material stack comprising a substrate layer, an anisotropically wet etchable conductive layer, a waveguiding core layer, an etch-guiding layer between the substrate layer and the waveguiding core layer, and InP material between the etch-guiding layer and the waveguiding core layer; etching said material stack down to and including said waveguiding core layer, to form an elongated shape of the elongated waveguide together with an etched area laterally beside the waveguide; providing an etch mask material across the formed waveguide; and wet etching parts of said etched areas that are not protected by the etch mask, to remove material of the etch-guiding layer across a lateral direction of the waveguide, forming a laterally extending through tunnel in the etch-guiding layer and in the conductive layer.
US10605988B2	Optical beam spot size converter An optical beam spot size convertor is provided having a body. The body comprises a first optical waveguide having a first refractive index and a plurality of second optical waveguides each having a second refractive index higher than the first refractive index. The first optical waveguide is arranged to receive an input optical beam. The first optical waveguide is further arranged such that light from the input optical beam is coupled from the first optical waveguide into the plurality of second optical waveguides. The body further comprises an output optical waveguide and a reflective part coupled to the plurality of second optical waveguides and to the output optical waveguide. The reflective part is arranged to focus optical beams received from the plurality of second optical waveguides into a single optical beam which is directed to the output optical waveguide.
US10605979B2	Latitudinal color gradient light guide A latitudinal color gradient light guide emits colored light having a color gradient that changes continuously from a base of the light guide to a top or apex of the guide.
US10605975B2	Light distributor, a system comprising a light distributor and at least one LED luminaire and a method for producing a light distributor A light distributor, a system consisting of a light distributor and an LED luminaire, and a method for producing a light distributor are provided. The light distributor may include a transparent main body having a light entrance area and a light exit area, at least one light-scattering structure with a changed refractive index inside the main body for scattering light, and at least one light-guiding structure with a changed refractive index inside the main body for guiding light. The light-scattering structure and the light-guiding structure may be produced by means of ultrashort pulse laser processing. The light-scattering structure and the light-guiding structure with a changed refractive index may be arranged in the main body.
US10605969B2	Optical filter and device using the same An optical filter is provided with a structure that contains a green coloring matter and a black coloring matter and satisfies the following requirements (i) and (ii). Further a device is provided with such an optical filter. (i) An average transmittance of light in the wavelength range of 400 to 730 nm is 2% or less. (ii) A continuous 50 nm wavelength range where an average transmittance is 80% or more exists in the wavelength range of 800 to 1000 nm.
US10605968B2	Imaging system An imaging system is provided. The imaging system includes a display including a first display half screen and a second display half screen, a retroreflective device provided on the display, a first beam splitter facing the first display half screen, a second beam splitter facing the second display half screen, a first optical shutter located on a surface of the first beam splitter, and a second optical shutter located on a surface of the second beam splitter.
US10605964B2	High resolution optical system The present invention relates to a high resolution optical system.The optical system of the present invention includes, sequentially from an object side, a first lens having a positive refractive power and an object-side surface convex toward the object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power and an upwardly concave upper surface; a third lens having a positive refractive power; a fourth lens having a negative refractive power; a fifth lens having a positive refractive power and an upwardly convex upper surface; and a six lens having a negative refractive power and an upwardly concave upper surface.
US10605963B2	Telephoto camera lens having a plurality of lenses providing telephoto performance A telephoto camera lens sequentially includes from an object side to an image side, a first lens with positive optical power, an object-side face of the first lens being convex; a second lens with optical power; a third lens with optical power; a fourth lens with optical power; a fifth lens with optical power, an object-side face of the fifth lens being concave; and a sixth lens with optical power, an object-side face of the sixth lens being concave near an axis, and an image-side face of the sixth lens being convex near the axis. The telephoto lens satisfies: 0.75
US10605955B2	Multi-step subsidence inversion for modeling lithospheric layer thickness through geological time A method, apparatus, and program product utilize a multi-step subsidence inversion to model lithospheric layer thickness through geological time for a rift basin in a subsurface formation.
US10605949B2	Methods and apparatus for performing a well survey An imaging tool that includes an array of pads. The array of pads are in communication with a hot terminal of a single phase electrical alternating current power source in communication with the array of pads. The single phase electrical alternating current power source includes two return electrodes. One of the return electrodes is located above the array of pads, and the other return terminal is located below the array of pads.
US10605946B2	Metal detection apparatus A metal detection apparatus has a passage channel (100) through which products (P) that may contain metal contaminants (C) pass. The apparatus has at least one transmitter unit (1) that provides transmitter signals to a transmitter coil (2) that is inductively coupled to a first and a second receiver coil (31; 32). The receiver coils are balanced and connected separately or combined to an input of a receiver unit (4). The transmitter coil has at least two coil sections (211, 212; 221, 222) that are arranged inclined to one another, with each coil section generating at least a first and a second magnetic field (My; MZ). Each of the first and the second receiver coils has at least a first coil section (311; 321) that is engaged in the first magnetic field and at least a second coil section (312; 322) that is engaged in the second magnetic field.
US10605943B2	Coherent noise reduction in ultrasonic data Acoustic imaging waveforms are measured utilizing a downhole acoustic tool within a wellbore, and then aligned relative to a main echo of each waveform. The aligned waveforms are then subjected to a first low-pass filter. Residuals are extracted by determining differences between the aligned waveforms and the filtered waveforms. The residuals are aligned to corresponding acoustic firing pulses of the downhole acoustic tool. The aligned residuals are subjected to a second low-pass filter. The measured waveforms are aligned to the corresponding acoustic firing pulses. Noise associated with the downhole acoustic tool is removed from the pulse-aligned, measured waveforms utilizing the filtered residuals.
US10605942B2	Multi-array seismic tool synchronization A technique facilitates accumulation of information via arrays of seismic tools to enable improved assessment of subterranean reservoirs. A plurality of seismic tool arrays may be combined to increase the quantity of downhole seismic tools, e.g. sensors. The seismic tool arrays are synchronized, via downhole clock synchronization technology, in a manner which enhances seismic data collection via the combined seismic tool arrays. In drilling applications, the seismic tool arrays may be combined with a bottom hole assembly. For example, multiple seismic tool arrays may be combined in a logging-while-drilling platform.
US10605941B2	Methods for simultaneous source separation A multi-stage inversion method for deblending seismic data includes: a) acquiring blended seismic data from a plurality of seismic sources; b) constructing an optimization model that includes the acquired blended seismic data and unblended seismic data; c) performing sparse inversion, via a computer processor, on the optimization model; d) estimating high-amplitude coherent energy from result of the performing sparse inversion in c); e) re-blending the estimated high-amplitude coherent energy; and f) computing blended data with an attenuated direct arrival energy.
US10605937B2	Device and method for smart picking surface waves dispersion curves Device and method for calculating a set of surface wave dispersion curves. The method includes receiving seismic data recorded with seismic sensors over an area to be surveyed; selecting region units that cover the area to be surveyed; gathering traces for the region units; processing in a computing device the traces to obtain a set of candidate measurements for each region unit; teaching a decision algorithm based on a first subset of the set of candidate measurements; and calculating the set of surface wave dispersion curves by running the decision algorithm on a second subset of the set of candidate measurements.
US10605932B1	Compact directional radiation detector system Disclosed is a directional gamma ray or neutron detector system that locates a radioactive source both horizontally and vertically. In some embodiments, the system comprises four “side” detectors arrayed around a detector axis, and an orthogonal “front” detector mounted frontward of the side detectors. Embodiments can calculate the azimuthal angle of the source based on the detection rates of the side detectors, while the polar angle of the source may be calculated from the front detector rate using a predetermined angular correlation function, thereby localizing the source from a single data set without iterative rotations. In applications such as hand-held survey meters, walk-through portals, vehicle cargo inspection stations, and mobile area scanners, embodiments enable rapid detection and precise localization of clandestine nuclear and radiological weapons.
US10605930B2	Analyzer device for radiation detector An analyzer device can receives a pulse from a photosensor, obtain an initial calculated area under a curve representing the pulse, and obtain a recalculated area under the curve representing the pulse. In an embodiment, the initial calculated area and the recalculated area can base obtained via initial and subsequent integrations, respectively. The initial and subsequent integrations can be performed for different integration time periods. The subsequent integration may allow for the pulse height resolution to be determined more accurately.
US10605928B2	Dosimeter and radiotherapy system The dose measurement device includes: a radiation sensor constituted by a light emitting portion that is made of a polycrystalline scintillator and emits light of intensity dependent on an amount of incident radiation and a cover covering the light emitting portion; an optical fiber that is connected to the radiation sensor and transmits the photons emitted by the polycrystalline scintillator; a photoelectric converter for converting the photons transmitted by the optical fiber into electrical signals; a calculation device for measuring each of the electrical signals through the conversion by the photoelectric converter of each photon, calculating a count rate, and specifying a dose rate; and a display device for displaying measurement results calculated by the calculation device.
US10605927B2	Relay vehicle for transmitting positioning signals to rovers with an optimized dilution of precision The invention discloses a constellation of relay vehicles comprising a receiver of navigation signals and a transmitter of positioning signals to an area of service where a number of rovers manoeuver, wherein the position of the relay vehicle may be adjusted to optimize one or more of an SNR or a DOP index of the positioning signals. In some embodiments, the optimal configuration of the constellation of relay vehicles may be further defined based on priority indexes allocated to the rovers. The invention is applicable to terrestrial or underwater rovers, respectively serviced by aerial or nautical relay vehicles.
US10605925B2	Processing GPS drifting Processing GPS drifting. A method and system for processing GPS drifting is included. The method includes: determining predicted error information on position correction of a device within a region; obtaining a GPS initial position and a corrected position of the device within the region; and determining GPS drifting of the region based on the predicted error information, the GPS initial position, and the corrected position of at least one device within the region. The method and system of the present application can effectively ameliorate GPS drifting issues.
US10605923B2	Downsized reflecting device having oscillation part constituted by mirror pare and hinge part for making mirror part oscillate with respect to support frame for performing wide angle scanning Provided a reflecting device in which a mirror area is large, wide angle scanning is possible, and a size thereof is reduced, and particularly a downsized reflecting device that has a suitable specification as vehicle-mounted LiDAR. The reflecting device includes an oscillation part, and the oscillation part includes a mirror part supported on a support frame, and a hinge part engaging the mirror part and the support frame. The mirror part oscillates with respect to the support frame, and the hinge part has a tensile strength of 1500 MPa or higher. A mass M of the mirror part and a resonance frequency f0 of the oscillation part satisfy a relational expression (1) below, 0.49f0+6.23≤M≤68.6f0+46.8 (1)
US10605916B2	Depth field imaging apparatus, methods, and applications A depth of field imaging apparatus includes a light field imager and a time of flight imager combined in a single on-chip architecture. This hybrid device enables simultaneous capture of a light field image and a time of flight image of an object scene. Algorithms are described, which enable the simultaneous acquisition of light field images and a time of flight images. Associated hybrid pixel structures, device arrays (hybrid imaging systems), and device applications are disclosed.
US10605910B2	Golf ball tracking system The invention discloses a golf ball tracking system, which includes a distributed sensor and processor system adapted to simultaneously track the trajectories of multiple golf balls hit by one of more golfers. The system is adapted to keep track of the location of the golfers to enable the allocation of shots to the correct golfer. The system is operated at a golf driving range, where multiple players can hit balls from anywhere within a designated area and/or fixed hitting bay locations. Multilateration is used to determine the location of multiple targets in 3D space, based on the reported range and Doppler from distributed radar sensors.
US10605909B2	Device for implement localization on an agricultural tractor A device for implement localization on an agricultural tractor includes a first tractor-side transponder and a second tractor-side transponder. The first tractor-side transponder includes a first transmission and reception region corresponding with a first mechanical implement interface located on the agricultural tractor, and the second tractor-side transponder includes a second transmission and reception region corresponding with a second mechanical implement interface located on the agricultural tractor. An implement-side transponder is in communication with the first and second tractor-side transponders. Each of the first and second tractor-side transponders transmits a separate position identifier to the implement-side transponder via one of the first or second transmission and reception region, and the position identifier is transmitted back to the respective first or second tractor-side transponder.
US10605891B2	Positioning system, positioning method, and positioning program The purpose of the present invention is to reduce the introduction cost of an indoor positioning system using inaudible sound. A positioning system according to one embodiment includes a first acquisition unit, a second acquisition unit, and a positioning unit. The first acquisition unit acquires a reception log indicating that a fixed receiver receives signal source-specific inaudible sounds from multiple signal sources. The second acquisition unit acquires, from a storage unit, signal source information on multiple signal sources corresponding to a fixed receiver installed near a mobile terminal. Here, the signal source information contains information for identifying a signal source from inaudible sound, the transmission timing of inaudible sound at the signal source, and the location of the signal source.
US10605885B2	Phase offset determination in magnetic resonance imaging The disclosed subject matter relates to a method for determining phase offsets in a complex-valued image in Magnetic Resonance Imaging, including the steps of, immobilising an object and acquiring a first image thereof at a predetermined first echo time and a second image thereof at a predetermined second echo time, the first and second images being separated into first and second magnitude images and first and second phase images, respectively, wherein a ratio between said first echo time and said second echo time is chosen to be n:(n+1), n being a positive integer; generating, pixel by pixel, a phase evolution image; and subtracting, pixel by pixel, an n-fold of the phase evolution image from the first phase image to obtain a phase offset image containing said phase offsets.
US10605884B2	Transverse field MRI apparatus The invention relates to an MRI apparatus and a method of MRI involving the acquisition of a first and a second MRI image with mutually different orientations between the BO magnetic field and the object to be investigated. For instance, when imaging structures such as a tendon, due to the magic angle effect, this results in a change in image contrast. According to the invention, a coregistration can be performed between the first and the second MRI image. Moreover, the orientation of a structure within the object can be determined on the basis of the different orientations and the image intensity in the first and the second MRI image. The invention further discloses an apparatus for carrying out the method and a method of shimming the BO magnetic field of the apparatus.
US10605879B2	Magnetic resonance method and apparatus for artifact prevention in fast 3D spin echo sequences In a method and magnetic resonance (MR) apparatus for creating an MR 3D image dataset, spin echo sequences are used to acquire two raw datasets that are each undersampled, wherein the excitation pulses or the refocusing pulses radiated in the data acquisitions have an opposite phase for the two raw datasets. These two raw datasets are combined into a combined 3D raw dataset that is not undersampled, and a weighting matrix is calculated for use in calculating the raw data points that were not acquired in the first raw dataset and the raw data points not acquired in the second raw dataset. A first complete raw dataset and second complete raw dataset are thereby calculated, which are then combined. The MR 3D data is then reconstructed from tis combined raw dataset.
US10605878B2	System, method and computer-accessible medium for highly-accelerated dynamic magnetic resonance imaging using golden-angle radial sampling and compressed sensing Exemplary method, system and computer-accessible medium can be provided which facilitates an acquisition of radial data, which can be continuous, with an exemplary golden-angle procedure and reconstruction with arbitrary temporal resolution at arbitrary time points. According to such exemplary embodiment, such procedure can be performed with a combination of compressed sensing and parallel imaging to offer a significant improvement, for example in the reconstruction of highly undersampled data. It is also possible to provide an exemplary procedure for highly-accelerated dynamic magnetic resonance imaging using Golden-Angle radial sampling and multicoil compressed sensing reconstruction, called Golden-angle Radial Sparse Parallel MRI (GRASP).
US10605871B2	Method and device for determining state of rechargeable battery A method for determining a state of a rechargeable battery includes obtaining a complex impedance measured by applying AC voltage or AC current to a rechargeable battery that is subject to determination and determining a state of the rechargeable battery based on the obtained complex impedance. The determining a state of the rechargeable battery includes determining whether or not a first capacity shift is occurring based on a comparison of a value of the complex impedance at a predetermined frequency with a first determination value used to determine a negative electrode capacity shift, and when determined that the first capacity shift is not occurring, determining whether or not a second capacity shift is occurring based on a comparison of a gradient of the complex impedance with respect to a real axis in a diffusion resistance region with a second determination value used to determine a positive electrode capacity shift.
US10605866B2	IC TSV scan cells with sensed and reference voltage inputs This disclosure describes a novel method and apparatus for testing TSVs within a semiconductor device. According to embodiments illustrated and described in the disclosure, a TSV may be tested by stimulating and measuring a response from a first end of a TSV while the second end of the TSV held at ground potential. Multiple TSVs within the semiconductor device may be tested in parallel to reduce the TSV testing time according to the disclosure.
US10605863B2	Mapping physical shift failures to scan cells for detecting physical faults in integrated circuits Information is received describing test response signals generated by scan cells of an integrated circuit and physical shift failures representing mismatches between the test response signals and expected test response signals of the integrated circuit. The test response signals are mapped to a subset of the scan cells associated with the physical shift failures. Fault simulation is performed for the mapped subset of the scan cells to identify physical faults located within the integrated circuit causing the physical shift failures.
US10605855B2	Method, test line and system for detecting semiconductor wafer defects A method, a test line and a system for detecting defects on a semiconductor wafer are presented. The method includes measuring a current-voltage (IV) curve of a plurality of metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistors which are connected in series in a test key; comparing the measured IV curve with a reference curve to obtain a first drain current drop in a linear region and a second drain current drop in a saturation region; and determining whether at least one of the MOS transistor among the MOS transistors of the test key is defected according to at least one of the first drain current drop and the second drain current drop.
US10605848B2	Probe heater remaining useful life determination A probe system configured to receive a radio-frequency (RF) signal from a radio-frequency (RF) antenna includes a heater and a control circuit. The heater includes a resistive heating element routed through the probe system. An operational voltage is provided to the resistive heating element to provide heating for the probe system and the resistive heating element has an element capacitance. The control circuit is configured to determine an antenna response of the resistive heating element and determine a remaining useful life of the probe system based on the antenna response over time.
US10605847B1	Verification of installation of vehicle starter disable and enable circuit A verification procedure is performed when a tracking device is newly installed in a vehicle. The procedure involves transmitting a command to the tracking device to either disable or enable the vehicle starter. The installer is then prompted to engage the starter to start the vehicle. The tracking device then monitors the voltages on the vehicle's ignition wire and starter disable and starter enable wires going to a starter relay. The tracking device also monitors the state of a starter relay control wire. Measurement of the proper voltages on these wires provides verification that the tracking device has been connected properly. Continuing to monitor these voltages after installation provides an indication when a driver engages the starter in an attempt to start the vehicle.
US10605846B2	Diagnostic system for a vehicle electrical system having a voltage regulator A diagnostic system having first and second applications is provided. The first application multiplies a first voltage value associated with a voltage regulator by a first correction value to obtain a first corrected voltage value. The first application receives a second corrected voltage value from the second application. The first application sets a first voltage regulator status flag equal to a first fault value when a difference between the first and second corrected voltage values is greater than a threshold difference value. The first diagnostic handler application generates control signals if the first voltage regulator status flag is equal to the first fault value.
US10605845B2	Estimation of the insulation resistance between a motor vehicle battery and the earth A method for estimating an insulation resistance between a point of a high-voltage circuit including a high-voltage motor vehicle battery and a ground of the vehicle includes measuring a voltage value at terminals of a measurement circuit that includes a capacitive element connected to the battery and calculating a standard deviation value based on the measured voltage value and based on a theoretical voltage value estimated from a model of the measurement circuit. The model is a function of a capacitance value of the capacitive element. The method also includes calculating an averaged deviation value from the standard deviation value and previous deviation values and estimating an updated insulation resistance value in accordance with the averaged deviation value.
US10605843B2	Inverter open/short failure detection The present invention relates to a power circuit of an inverter for an electric vehicle, and, more specifically, to a power circuit supplying a high voltage direct current from a high voltage power source to a drive circuit for driving an AC motor for the electric vehicle. In one case, the present invention provides a method of detecting an IGBT short circuit failure or an IGBT open circuit failure during electric vehicle key ON and charging conditions. The method includes the steps of: a) receiving information that a vehicle key has been turned on; b) detecting whether there is an IGBT short circuit failure; c) initiating vehicle failure action if an IGBT short circuit failure is detected, but detecting whether there is an IGBT open circuit failure if IGBT short failure is not detected; d) determining that the vehicle is ready to drive if IGBT short failure was not detected.
US10605840B1	Vapor cells having reduced scattering cross-sections and their methods of manufacture In a general aspect, a vapor cell is presented that includes a dielectric body. The dielectric body includes a surface that defines an opening to a cavity in the dielectric body and a plurality of holes between the cavity and a side of the dielectric body. The vapor cell also includes a vapor or a source of the vapor in the cavity of the dielectric body. An optical window covers the opening of the cavity and has a surface bonded to the surface of the dielectric body to form a seal around the opening. Methods of manufacturing vapor cells are also presented.
US10605837B2	Abnormality diagnosis apparatus An abnormality diagnosis apparatus performs: a first step of diagnosing a shortage of precharge voltage or a short-circuit failure between electrodes of a capacitor based on a detection value of a precharge voltage detection circuit in a state where a first relay and a second relay are turned off, and a precharge circuit is operated; a second step of diagnosing, after a normal determination in the first step, a disconnection failure of a precharge path based on the detection value of the precharge voltage detection circuit or a detection value of an inter-relay voltage detection circuit in a state where the first relay and the second relay are turned off, and the precharge circuit is not operated; and a relay failure diagnosis step of diagnosing, after a normal determination in the second step, a short-circuit failure and an open failure of the first relay or the second relay.
US10605834B2	Clamp meter A clamp meter to be used for detecting resistance of a ground loop on which the detection is to be performed includes a source transformer unit that is configured to receive an alternating input voltage signal and is capable of being electrically coupled to the ground loop on which the detection is to be performed; an induction transformer unit that is capable of being electrically coupled to the ground loop and the induction transformer unit being configured to be capable of generating an induced current signal as a response to the input voltage signal; a reference resistance loop that is electrically coupled to the source transformer unit and the induction transformer unit; and a processing controller that receives the induced current signal and the processing controller is configured to be capable of determining the resistance of the ground loop based on the induced current signal.
US10605818B2	Automated analyzer The purpose of the present invention is to stably hold the lid of a reagent container in an open state without being influenced by reagent container lid opening and closing operations. An automated analyzer is provided with reagent containers 116-118, a cassette 100, a reagent container lid opening and closing mechanism, and a lid holding mechanism 131. The reagent containers 116-118 accommodate the reagent and have lids 101a-101c that pivot about a pivot point. The reagent containers 116-118 are mounted on the cassette 100. The reagent container lid opening and closing mechanism opens and closes the lids 101a-101c. The lid holding mechanism 131 holds the lids 101a opened by the reagent container lid opening and closing mechanism.
US10605815B2	Fully-automatic excrement analyzer The present invention provides a full-automatic feces analyzer, comprising an automatic controller; at least one sample box for containing a feces sample; a sample box support for placing the sample box; a dilution and stirring unit for adding diluent into the feces sample in the sample box and performing stirring to obtain feces sample liquid; a physical detection unit for performing a physical detection on the feces sample liquid; at least one chemical detection unit for performing a chemical detection on the feces sample liquid, each chemical detection unit comprising a driving roller and a driven roller, a reagent strip roll being wound on the driven roller, an end portion of the reagent strip roll being fixed on the driving roller, and the reagent strip roll comprising a plurality of reagent strips which are abreast distributed and sequentially connected; and a sample sucking and adding unit for sucking the feces sample liquid and delivering the feces sample liquid to the physical detection unit and the chemical detection unit. The full-automatic feces analyzer can perform continuous physical detections and chemical detections to a plurality of feces samples, and the detection efficiency thereof is very high.
US10605814B2	Detecting protein-protein interactions The present invention relates generally methods and kits for detecting binding interactions, in particular protein-protein interactions, and particularly to high throughput methods for labelling, analysing, detecting and measuring protein-protein interactions.
US10605801B2	Method and device for determining the coagulation time of a blood sample, and reaction cuvette This determination method comprises the steps consisting of providing a reaction vessel (2) containing a blood sample (33) and a ferromagnetic ball (11) placed on a raceway (9) provided in the bottom of the reaction vessel (2), subjecting the ball (11) to a magnetic field so as to move the ball along the raceway (9) in an oscillatory motion, exposing the blood sample to an incident light beam (36), detecting a light beam (38) transmitted through the reaction vessel (2) and coming from the incident light beam (36) in such a way as to provide a measurement signal, carrying out a first processing of the measurement signal in such a way as to provide a first signal representative of the variation of at least one physical quantity representative of the movement of the ball (11), carrying out a second processing of the measurement signal in such a way as to provide a second signal representative of the variation of at least one optical property of the blood sample, determining a first value of the coagulation time of the blood sample from the first signal, and determining a second value of the coagulation time of the blood sample from the second signal.
US10605800B2	Planar high-speed molecule sequencer A molecule sequencer uses a planar nanochannel for aligning molecules to flow past impedance interrogation electrodes mounted across the channel for rapid sequencing. The electrodes may be fixed to the channel walls to provide improved registration by co-fabrication with the channel. Extended channel length over normally used nanopores can provide improved control of longer molecules and allow parallel sequencers to be readily fabricated on a single substrate.
US10605787B2	Quantitative liquid texture measurement apparatus and methods A photo acoustic non-destructive measurement apparatus and method for quantitatively measuring texture of a liquid. The apparatus includes a laser generating tool, an acoustic capturing device, and a data processing unit. The laser generating tool directs a laser towards a surface of a liquid contained in a container and creates pressure waves that propagate through the air and produce an acoustic signal. The acoustic capturing device records and forwards the signal to a data processing unit. The data processing unit further comprises a digital signal processing module that processes the received acoustic signal. A statistical processing module further filters the acoustic signal from the data processing unit and generates a quantitative acoustic model for texture attributes such as hardness and fracturability. The quantitative model is correlated with a qualitative texture measurement from a descriptive expert panel. Textures of liquids are quantitatively measured with the quantitative acoustic model.
US10605777B2	Method for inspecting electroconductive composite material and device for inspecting electroconductive composite material Provided is a method for inspecting an electroconductive composite material including disposing a detection magnetic field measurement unit, disposing a correction magnetic field measurement unit, applying a current, acquiring a detection magnetic field strength, acquiring a correction magnetic field strength, and detecting a portion in which arrangement of carbon fibers is disordered. The operation includes calculating a correction coefficient using the correction magnetic field strength and correcting the detection magnetic field strength using the correction coefficient.
US10605769B2	Sensing device and biological detection method A sensing device including a transistor, at least one response electrode, and a receptor is provided. The transistor includes a gate end, a source end, a drain end, and a semiconductor layer. The source end and the drain end are located on the semiconductor layer, and the gate end is located between the source end and the drain end. The at least one response electrode is disposed opposite to the gate end of the transistor and spaced apart from the transistor. The receptor is bonded onto the at least one response electrode. When a voltage is applied to the at least one response electrode, an electric field between the at least one response electrode and the gate end of the transistor is F, and F≥1 mV/cm.
US10605768B2	Nanofluid sensor with real-time spatial sensing A semiconductor structure capable of real-time spatial sensing of nanoparticles within a nanofluid is provided. The structure includes an array of gate structures. An interlevel dielectric material surrounds the array of gate structures. A vertical inlet channel is located within a portion of the interlevel dielectric material and on one side of the array of gate structures. A vertical outlet channel is located within another portion of the interlevel dielectric material and on another side of the array of gate structures. A horizontal channel that functions as a back gate is in fluid communication with the vertical inlet and outlet channels, and is located beneath the array of gate structures. A back gate dielectric material portion lines exposed surfaces within the vertical inlet channel, the vertical outlet channel and the horizontal channel.
US10605764B2	Solid electrolyte carbon dioxide sensor and manufacturing method thereof A solid electrolyte CO2 sensor may include a solid electrolyte bonded to a substrate to join and seal the substrate, a sensing electrode formed at a first side of the solid electrolyte, and a reference electrode formed between a second side of the solid electrolyte and one surface of the substrate, and sealed by the solid electrolyte and the substrate.
US10605763B2	Method of reducing output degradation of gas sensor A gas sensor includes a sensor element made of an oxygen-ion conductive solid electrolyte, at least one electrode provided to the sensor element so as to contact a measurement gas, and a controller configured to control the gas sensor. The sensor element is heated, by a heater provided to the sensor element, at a temperature higher than an operating temperature set in advance for a predetermined time period at start of the gas sensor, and then the temperature of the sensor element is decreased to the operating temperature.
US10605759B2	Verifying operation of a meter A method of verifying operation of a meter for reading electrochemical test devices, includes obtaining a reference output signal indicative of a response generated at an electrochemical test device when the electrochemical test device reacts with a reference test fluid; applying with the meter an algorithm to the reference output signal so as to obtain a reference test result, wherein the algorithm is for use in estimating an unknown concentration of an analyte in a sample of the reference test fluid; and determining whether the reference test result is valid so as to verify operation of the meter.
US10605737B2	Signal noise reduction for imaging in biological analysis A system and method for characterizing contributions to signal noise associated with charge-coupled devices adapted for use in biological analysis. Dark current contribution, readout offset contribution, photo response non-uniformity, and spurious charge contribution can be determined by the methods of the present teachings and used for signal correction by systems of the present teachings.
US10605726B2	Analysis apparatus, program for analysis apparatus, and analysis method The present invention is adapted to include: a light source adapted to emit reference light that is light whose wavelength is modulated at a predetermined modulation frequency; a light detector adapted to detect the intensity of measurement target light that is light after the reference light has transmitted through the measurement target component, and the intensity of the reference light; a first calculation part adapted to calculate an intensity ratio logarithm that is the logarithm of the ratio between the intensity of the measurement target light and the intensity of the reference light; a frequency component extraction part adapted to lock-in detect the intensity ratio logarithm with a reference signal having a frequency n times the modulation frequency; and a second calculation part adapted to, on the basis of the result of the detection by the frequency component extraction part, calculate the concentration or absorbance of the measurement target component.
US10605724B2	Multi-component gas analysis system and multi-component gas analysis method A multi-component gas analysis system includes a spectrometric analysis device configured to obtain ratio of each of first components in a multi-component gas based on an absorption spectrum of light that has transmitted through the multi-component gas; a density measurement device configured to measure a first density of the multi-component gas; and a calculation device configured to calculate a ratio of each of second components in the multi-component gas using the ratio of each of the first components obtained by the spectrometric analysis device and the first density measured by the density measurement device, the second components being components that cannot be obtained by the spectrometric analysis device.
US10605720B2	Alignment of responses for thickness estimations in a corrosion detection tool Systems and methods for corrosion detection of downhole tubulars. A method may comprise disposing a corrosion detection tool in a wellbore, wherein the wellbore comprises a plurality of concentric pipes, wherein the corrosion detection tool comprises: a primary array section comprising a primary array transmitter and primary array receivers; and a high resolution array section comprising a high resolution array transmitter and high resolution array receivers; making a measurement with the primary array section to obtain primary array measurements; making a measurement with the high resolution array section to obtain high resolution array measurements; equalizing resolutions of the primary array section and the high resolution array section; calculating an offset using cross-correlation between the primary array measurements; shifting the primary array measurements or the high resolution array measurements using the offset to provide shifted data; and performing an inversion on the shifted data to calculate thicknesses of one or more of the concentric pipes.
US10605719B2	Equipment condition-based corrosion life monitoring system and method An analysis controller determines multi-dimensional characteristics of one or more corrosion pits in equipment. These characteristics can include depths, widths, and/or aspect ratios of the corrosion pits. The controller also determines one or more stresses on the equipment based on the characteristics of the corrosion that are determined. The analysis controller also generates a control signal to implement one or more remedial actions to one or more of remove the one or more corrosion pits, repair the equipment, or restrict operation of the equipment based on the one or more stresses that are determined.
US10605718B2	Arrangement for individualized patient blood analysis An arrangement for the individualized in-vitro patient blood analysis includes a holography module, a Raman spectroscopy module, a biomarker module and a flow controller which are connected in a data and information transmitting manner to a central control and computer unit, which has an information transmitting connection to a database, wherein the modules are fluidically connected to a common blood sample supply and supplies for fluid other than blood via the flow controller.
US10605710B2	Method for preparation of liquid mixtures The present invention relates to the preparation of liquid mixtures, and more particularly to the preparation of a liquid mixture, such as a buffer, wherein the conductivity of the liquid mixture is measured and the pH indirectly determined if the buffer concentration is known. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of preparing a liquid mixture with a predetermined pH value by using conductivity as feedback control parameter.
US10605702B2	Fluid analysis and monitoring using optical spectroscopy Systems, methods, and computer-program products for fluid analysis and monitoring are disclosed. Embodiments include a removable and replaceable sampling system and an analytical system connected to the sampling system. A fluid may be routed through the sampling system and data may be collected from the fluid via the sampling system. The sampling system may process and transmit the data to the analytical system. The analytical system may include a command and control system to receive and store the data in a database and compare the data to existing data for the fluid in the database to identify conditions in the fluid. Fluid conditions may be determined using machine learning models that are generated from well-characterized known training data. Predicted fluid conditions may then be used to automatically implement control processes for an operating machine containing the fluid.
US10605688B2	Load cell input unit A load cell input unit capable of determining whether load cell connection cables have a broken line is provided. When the load cell input unit (30) is in a broken line detection mode, a voltage applying element (311) applies a voltage to distribution lines of an amplifying element (31), and a broken line determination element (33) determines whether the load cell connection cables (40) have a broken line based on a voltage measured by a load measuring element (32).
US10605684B2	Multi-transducer modulus, electronic apparatus including the multi-transducer modulus and method for manufacturing the multi-transducer modulus A transducer modulus, comprising: a supporting substrate; a cap, which is arranged on the supporting substrate and defines a chamber therewith; a pressure transducer in the chamber; an acoustic transducer in the chamber; and a processing chip, or ASIC, operatively coupled to the pressure transducer and to the acoustic transducer. The pressure transducer and the acoustic transducer are arranged on top of one another to form a stack.
US10605681B2	High pressure processing pressure sensor A pressure sensor and its use for visually determining whether a preselected pressure threshold has been achieved, for example during high pressure processing treatment of a foodstuff. The pressure sensor includes a contained color-changing system having a dye, a developer, and a solvent; upon achievement of the preselected pressure threshold, the dye and the developer interact, resulting in a visible color change. Further, the visible color change can be retained upon a decrease in pressure and upon an increase in temperature, thereby effectively recording the achievement of the preselected pressure threshold during the high pressure processing treatment.
US10605671B2	Chromatograph data processing device, chromatograph database, chromatograph data processing method, and program for chromatograph data processing device To provide a chromatograph data processing device and the like that can estimate and calculate a retention index or a retention time that would be measured by performing programmed-temperature analysis with any desired rate of temperature increase from known retention indices measured by programmed-temperature analysis, a receiving unit that receives a rate of temperature increase, an RI-r relationship storage unit that stores an RI-r relationship, the RI-r relationship being a relationship between a retention index and a rate of temperature increase and being identified based on a plurality of retention indices with respect to different rates of temperature increase and the corresponding rates of temperature increase, and a retention index calculation unit that calculates an estimated retention index based on the RI-r relationship, the estimated retention index being a retention index corresponding to the received rate of temperature increase received by the receiving unit.
US10605668B2	Thermography process for converting signal to temperature in a thermal imaging system A thermography process for thermal imaging systems produced in quantity, including an imaging sensor and an ambient temperature sensor, that includes operations at three different places in the manufacture and actual use of the system. A temperature calibration may be performed on all units of a given design at a small number of controlled scene temperatures at one ambient temperature to produce a function that relates sensor signal to scene temperature. The function is determined for each individual unit and may be unique for each unit. Selected calibrated units may be subjected to a qualification test where they are exposed to larger number of controlled scene temperatures at a plurality of controlled ambient temperatures and the errors between the calibration derived function and the observed results and/or the actual scene temperatures at the various scene/ambient temperature combinations may be derived and put into a table that is loaded into all production units. In actual use of the imaging system, for any given actual observed signal and temperature sensor values, the corresponding scene temperature and/or error may be derived from the table and used to modify the temperature value from the calibration function.
US10605660B2	Spectral imaging method and system A hyperspectral imaging system and method are presented for use in reconstruction of spectral data of an object. The system comprises: a pixel matrix of a detector; a tunable dispersive unit in front of the pixel matrix; and a control system. The control system comprises: a controller for tuning the dispersive unit during n image acquisition sessions to provide n different partially overlapping spectral transmission profiles of the dispersive unit; and a control unit which is in data communication with the detector and is configured and operable for processing n image data pieces generated by the pixel matrix in said n image acquisition sessions respectively, each being indicative of a spectral image detected by the pixel matrix and corresponding to the different spectral transmission profile of the dispersive unit, and determining the reconstructed spectral data of the object.
US10605644B2	Complementary apparatus for measuring urea water level Provided is a complementary apparatus for measuring a level of urea water includes an ultrasonic measurement unit installed inside a urea water tank to measure a level of urea water using an ultrasonic wave, an inductance measurement unit including a winding coil wound in a vertical direction inside the urea water tank and having a winding density varied toward one side, and measuring a level of urea water using inductance measured as a current is applied to the winding coil, a temperature measurement unit installed in the urea water tank and measuring a temperature, and a controller determining whether to operate the ultrasonic measurement unit or the inductance measurement unit according to the temperature measured by the temperature measurement unit or selectively outputting a level of urea water measured by the ultrasonic measurement unit and the inductance measurement unit.
US10605631B2	Structural pi joint with integrated fiber optic sensing A structural health monitoring system includes a first component and a second component associated at a joint. At least one sensor is embedded within the joint to monitor a health of at least one of the first component, the second component, and the joint.
US10605629B2	Contactless angular sensor A sensor for sensing angular movement of an object with a structure. Mounted on the structure are a stationary first portion and a second portion that is movable in rotation carrying respectively a first printed circuit and a second printed circuit centered on the axis of rotation and that face each other and that include conductive areas for forming capacitive sectors and, respectively, a primary excitation winding and a secondary excitation winding connected to the conductive areas of the second printed circuit; the first printed circuit being connected to an electronic control circuit arranged to create excitation signals that are transmitted by the first printed circuit to the second printed circuit by magnetic coupling, and to demodulate signals transmitted by the second printed circuit to the first printed circuit by capacitive coupling.
US10605620B2	Method for detecting parasitic movements during static alignment of an inertial measurement unit, and associated detection device The present invention concerns a method for detecting parasitic movements during static alignment of an inertial measurement unit (3), the method being characterised by steps of: receiving radio navigation measurements acquired (100) by a receiver (1) from signals previously transmitted by a set of radio navigation satellites (S), estimating (260) a movement of the inertial measurement unit from the acquired measurements, comparing (280) the estimated movement with a predefined threshold, indicating (290) a parasitic movement of the inertial measurement unit when the movement crosses the predefined threshold, in which the estimation (260) of the movement of the inertial measurement unit (3) from the acquired measurements comprises the following steps, implemented by the data processing unit for each satellite: calculating (262) a position variation from a phase of a first radio navigation signal transmitted by the satellite and received by the receiver at an initial reception time, and from a phase of a second radio navigation signal emitted by the satellite and received by the receiver at a subsequent reception time, estimating (264) a movement of the receiver relative to the satellite between the initial reception time and the subsequent reception time, calculating (266) a deviation between the calculated position variation and the estimated movement of the receiver relative to the satellite, the estimated movement of the inertial measurement unit depending on this deviation.
US10605618B2	Assembly for implementing an aircraft trajectory and related process An assembly for implementing an aircraft trajectory includes a flight management system including a viewer, and a display application, on the viewer, for navigation data of the aircraft including waypoints of the aircraft along a trajectory. The flight management system includes an application for recovering tactical track monitoring data, the display application being able to display, dynamically on the viewer, a tactical track positioning symbol corresponding to the or each tactical track being monitored, the position of the positioning symbol being updated by the display application as a function of position data of the aircraft and tactical track monitoring data corresponding to the tactical track, received from a data acquisition apparatus, via a data transmission system.
US10605605B2	Method of determining GNSS-INS vehicle attitude based on single antenna The present invention discloses a GNSS-INS vehicle attitude determination method based on a single antenna, including the steps as below: mounting a GNSS antenna at a centroid and in the center of the vehicle, and mounting the IMU measuring unit of the MEMS sensor on the steering shaft of the vehicle; obtaining the position and velocity information of the vehicle by means of the GNSS antenna, obtaining the heading angular speed information of the vehicle by means of the IMU measuring unit; calculating the attitude angle of the vehicle by means of the combination with accelerometer and gyroscope; calculating the heading angle of the vehicle based on the position, velocity, and heading angular speed of the vehicle. The method combines the advantages of the short-term high precision of the IMU gyroscope and the long-term high stability of the GNSS single antenna, so as to avoid the divergence phenomenon.
US10605603B2	Navigation systems and methods A navigation method includes imaging a first celestial object with an imaging device and calibrating the pointing of the imaging device to position of the first celestial object in the image. A second celestial object and a satellite are imaged and position of the platform determined using position of the conjunction of the second celestial object and the satellite in the image of the second celestial object and satellite. Navigation systems are also described.
US10605601B2	Surveying system A system is disclosed that comprises a camera module and a control and evaluation unit. The camera module is designed to be attached to the surveying pole and comprises at least one camera for capturing images. The control and evaluation unit has stored a program with program code so as to control and execute a functionality in which a series of images of the surrounding is captured with the at least one camera; a SLAM-evaluation with a defined algorithm using the series of images is performed, wherein a reference point field is built up and poses for the captured images are determined; and, based on the determined poses, a point cloud comprising 3D-positions of points of the surrounding can be computed by forward intersection using the series of images, particularly by using dense matching algorithm.
US10605598B2	Clamping indicator tool A clamping indicator tool utilizes a clamping mechanism having a set of clamping arms and optionally a number of clamping paws. The clamping arms and paws can grasp and hold onto a wide variety of items to ensure that the clamping mechanism is secured to the item. The clamping arms are actuated by a set of clamp handles that are spring loaded so as to automatically close the clamping arms and clamping paws around an item when the user releases the clamp handles. In one embodiment, a tool plate fits over the clamp handles and removably engages with the clamp. Mounted onto the tool plate is a level indicator and a plumb indicator. In an alternate embodiment a slope plate mounts on the clamp in place of the tool plate. In this embodiment, a slope indicator is present on the slope plate and allows the tool to indicate slope.
US10605594B2	Method and apparatus for measuring thickness of electrolyte membrane An electrolyte membrane thickness measurement apparatus includes a detecting medium supplying portion configured to emit a detecting medium, a detecting portion configured to detect a metal catalyst, and an analyzing unit. A thickness direction profile of a detection signal is generated by the detecting portion, and first and second inflection points are determined in the thickness direction profile based on the intensity of the detection signal by the analyzing unit. The distance between the first and second inflection points is evaluated as the thickness of the electrolyte membrane by the analyzing unit.
US10605591B2	Shape measurement apparatus and shape measurement method A shape measurement apparatus includes: a linear light source that includes a superluminescent diode and applies linear light spreading in a width direction of the strip-shaped body to a surface of the strip-shaped body; a screen on which reflected light of the linear light off the surface of the strip-shaped body is projected; an area camera that captures an image of the reflected light of the linear light projected on the screen; and an arithmetic processing apparatus that calculates the surface shape of the strip-shaped body using the captured image of the reflected light of the linear light captured by the area camera.
US10605588B2	Determining moving properties of a target in an extreme ultraviolet light source A moving property of a target is measured as the target travels toward a target space. The target including a component that emits light when converted to a plasma. A diagnostic probe system is interacted with a current target moving toward the target space. The interaction occurs prior to the current target entering the target space and after an immediately preceding target has interacted with a prior radiation pulse in the target space. First and second light that is produced at least in part from the interaction between the diagnostic probe system and the current target is detected prior to the current target entering the target space and after an immediately preceding target has interacted with the prior radiation pulse in the target space. One or more moving properties of the current target are determined based on an analysis of the detected first and second light.
US10605586B2	Photo-detection apparatus including light-shielding film, optically-coupled layer, photodetector, and optical system A photo-detection apparatus includes a light-shielding film, an optically-coupled layer, a photodetector, and an optical system. In the light-shielding film, light-transmitting regions and light-shielding regions are alternately arranged in at least a first direction within a plane. The optically-coupled layer faces the light-shielding film and includes a grating that propagates light in the first direction. The photodetector includes first photo-detection cells and second photo-detection cells arranged on an imaging area. The optical system is disposed between the optically-coupled layer and the photodetector. An image of light transmitted by parts of the optically-coupled layer that face each of the light-transmitting regions and light-shielding regions is enlarged or reduced by the optical system and formed on a corresponding one of the first and second photo-detection cells.
US10605585B2	Systems and methods for frequency shifting resonance of an unused via in a printed circuit board In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a circuit board may include a first trace formed in a first layer of the circuit board, a second trace formed in a second layer of the circuit board, a via, and a termination pad. The via may be configured to electrically couple the first trace to the second trace, the via comprising a via stub corresponding to a first portion of a length of the via not within a second portion of the via between a first location in which the first trace is electrically coupled to the via and a second location in which the second trace is electrically coupled to the via. The termination pad may be formed at an end of the via stub opposite at least one of the first location and the second location.
US10605584B2	Magnetic detection method A computing device includes a first component comprising a magnetic field sensor with a sensing region and a second component comprising a magnetic portion. The computing device also includes a controller communicatively coupled to the magnetic field sensor. In the computing device, the second component is movable between a first position relative to the first component, and one or more second positions relative to the first component, whereby the magnetic portion is positioned in the sensing region when the sensing portion is in the first position. The magnetic field sensor is configured for generating one or more first signals in response to detecting the magnetic portion within the sensing region. The controller is configured for generating a second signal in response to the first signals indicating the second component is in the first position.
US10605581B2	Articulating probe head for measuring system An articulating probe head for a measuring system comprising cooling elements. The cooling elements are modulated in response to the temperature of or the power dissipated in the probe head such that its temperature remains stable during operation.
US10605578B2	Electronic ignition circuit The present disclosure describes an electronic ignition circuit (“EIC”) for controlling at least one detonator. The EIC may include a protection circuit, an input circuit coupled to the protection circuit, a logic circuit electrically coupled to the input circuit, and an ignition circuit electrically coupled to the logic circuit. The protection circuit may include at least one of a fuse, a circuit breaker and an automatic switch. The logic circuit may include an answer back circuit, and a switching circuit adapted to switch to the next detonator or igniter. The ignition circuit may include a capacitor charging circuit, a capacitor discharge circuit to discharge a firing capacitor through a fuse head, and a shot detection circuit adapted to measure a voltage across the firing capacitor before discharging through the fuse head and to measure a voltage after discharging through the fuse head.
US10605575B2	Self-defense device for handheld electronic devices A two-part self-defense apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus is configured for use with a handheld electronic device such as a cellular phone. A removable protective case configured for installation on the handheld electronic device is one part of the apparatus, and a self-defense module containing a self-defense weapon is the other part. The two parts may be connected to form a unitary working unit, and may be disconnected when the self-defense module is not needed or desired. In a preferred embodiment, the self-defense weapon is a stun gun and the handheld electronic device is a cellular phone.
US10605574B2	Load bearing harness Load carriage systems are described including one or more of a first chest panel, a first back panel, and a self-adjusting cummerbund connecting the first chest panel and the first back panel. The self-adjusting cummerbund may include a tensioning mechanism configured to allow the cummerbund to extend and retract, and may be configured to provide varying resistive force. The tensioning mechanism may include one or more of a sliding portion, a continuous patterned length of material that is folded over itself, and an elastic member that is attached to the sliding member and the length of material. Body armor plates may be held between outer and inner chest panels and/or between outer and inner back panels. A strip of webbing may be used to secure the body armor plate between the outer and inner panels.
US10605567B1	Sighting device for handheld mortar system A sighting assembly for a mortar employed in handheld mode. The sighting assembly is attached to the discharge end of a mortar tube by a mounting collar. The collar includes first and second distance indicator dials that employ a pointer to indicate the distance a mortar projectile will travel at different mortar angles and charges. The sighting assembly further includes structure allowing a compass to be locked in a housing by a first cam lever. The entire housing pivots about a cam bolt attached to a second cam lever that can lock the housing in a position parallel to the ground at any angle the mortar is positioned. This will allow a measurement of azimuth to a target to be taken. The azimuth and distance measurements can be used to deliver a mortar projectile to the target while keeping the target in the mortarman's line of sight.
US10605561B2	Ejection launcher An ejection launcher is an apparatus that effectively ejects a payload while maintaining a compact structure. The apparatus includes an elongated enclosure, a cover, a trigger mechanism, a spring-loaded piston, and a payload. The elongated enclosure positions and connects the trigger mechanism with the spring-loaded piston. The elongated enclosure also houses the spring-loaded piston and the payload. The trigger mechanism releases the spring-loaded piston which forces the payload from within the elongated enclosure. The payload is a desired delivered item and is preferably a parachute. The trigger mechanism and the spring-loaded piston translates horizontal force into vertical force which releases the payload and reduces the release resistance. The trigger mechanism preferably utilizes and includes a servo motor with a output arm. The output arm pushes against a catch plate of the trigger mechanism and releases a catch pin of the spring-loaded piston.
US10605558B1	Suppressor for a firearm A suppressor for a firearm includes a casing that defines a rear end opposed to a front end. A plurality of baffles are inside the casing. A rear cap is upstream from the plurality of baffles and releasably coupled to the rear end of the casing, and the rear cap includes an upstream surface. A rear cap surface feature is defined by the upstream surface of the rear cap. A front cap is downstream from the plurality of baffles and releasably coupled to the front end of the casing, and the front cap includes an upstream surface. A front cap surface feature is defined by the front cap, and the front cap surface feature has a complementary shape to the rear cap surface feature so the front cap surface feature can engage with the rear cap surface feature to remove the rear cap from the casing.
US10605555B1	Trigger assembly Provided is a crossbow trigger apparatus comprising a housing, a first lever operationally engaged with the housing to pivot about a first pivot axis; a second lever operationally engaged with the housing to pivot about a second pivot axis between an actuated orientation and an unactuated orientation; a third lever operationally engaged with the housing to pivot about a third pivot axis between an actuated orientation and an unactuated orientation; a fourth lever operationally engaged with the housing to pivot about a fourth pivot axis between an actuated orientation and an unactuated orientation wherein the fourth lever comprises a fourth lever catch adapted to selectably engage the second lever to prevent the second lever from operating to move from the unactuated orientation of the second lever to the actuated orientation of the second lever when the fourth lever is in the unactuated orientation of the fourth lever.
US10605550B1	Firearm quick release pin with arm extension A quick release pin is used in a firearm to secure a barrel assembly to a frame and a recoil assembly within a slide. The cylindrical body of the pin functions similarly to traditional takedown pins and pivot pins used with firearms while the lever arm has unique features that are an improvement over traditional takedown pins. The arm has a locking lip at its proximate end, a detent at its distal end, and a cut-out center section which is thinner than the distal end and proximal end. The cut-out center section creates a space between the arm and the firearm's side when the arm is in its locked configuration which provides side edges for a user to grasp the edges of the arm between a finger and thumb while the thicker distal end of the arm is in flush contact with the side of the firearm.
US10605534B2	Plate heat exchanger The prevent invention provides a plate heat exchanger. The plate heat exchanger comprises heat exchange plates each forms one or more first fluid channels and one or more second fluid channels. The one or more first fluid channels each has a fluid channel upstream portion and a fluid channel downstream portion separated from the fluid channel upstream portion, wherein the fluid channel upstream portion is fluidly communicated via a fluid communication device with the fluid channel downstream portion. The plate heat exchanger according to the present invention achieves uniform distribution of the refrigerant while being independent of the distributors, and, provides different heat exchange regions in the channels on the basis of heat-transfer mechanism correlated to refrigerant evaporation, to reinforce the heat transfer. The plate heat exchanger, without the distributors, according to the present invention not only reduces difficulties on productions and processes, but also, widens practical application scopes and conditions. In addition, as there is no distributor in the plate heat exchanger, compared with other similar products, the refrigerant stream has a lower total pressure drop, which brings more spaces for type selection of the expansion valve.
US10605533B2	Deaerator A deaerator includes a tank, a spray unit, a steam supply unit, a bleed unit and a discharge pipe. The spray unit is disposed at an upper portion of the tank and configured to supply water to the tank. The steam supply unit is disposed inside the tank to supply steam to the tank. The bleed unit is disposed at the upper portion of the tank and adjacent to the spray unit. The bleed unit is configured to bleed air from an inside of the tank. The discharge pipe is configured to discharge water without air to an outside of the tank.
US10605522B2	Methods and configurations for LNG liquefaction Embodiments relate generally to systems and methods for pre-cooling a natural gas stream to a liquefaction plant. A system may comprise a compressor configured to receive a first natural gas stream at a first pressure and produce a second natural gas stream at a second pressure; an exchanger, wherein the exchanger is configured to receive the second natural gas stream as the second pressure and cool the second natural gas stream to produce a cooled natural gas stream; and an expander, wherein the expander is configured to receive the cooled natural gas stream and expand the cooled natural gas stream from the second pressure to a third pressure.
US10605521B2	Air purifier for refrigerator A refrigerator and an air purifier for a refrigerator are provided. The air purifier may include a case configured to be mounted on an upper surface of a cabinet of a refrigerator and in which inlet holes and an outlet hole are formed, a plurality of fan motor assemblies provided inside of the case to force a flow of air, a plurality of filter assemblies mounted in the case to partition a space between the inlet holes and the plurality of fan motor assemblies and purify suctioned air, a controller that controls driving of the plurality of fan motor assemblies, and a gas sensor connected to the controller to detect harmful gas in a kitchen space. The controller may control driving of the plurality of fan motor assemblies through detection of the harmful gas by the gas sensor.
US10605517B2	Refrigeration appliance comprising a delivery door A refrigeration appliance includes a refrigerated inner space and a refrigeration appliance door for closing the refrigerated inner space. The refrigeration appliance door includes a dispenser area with a drink dispenser device on an exterior of the refrigeration appliance door. The refrigeration appliance door has a dispenser door and the dispenser door is constructed to close the dispenser area.
US10605506B2	Heat pump A heat pump includes a control device configured to control conduction and shutting-off of electric power to a first compressor heater, and to control whether or not an alarm unit notifies an alarm. The control device causes the alarm unit to notify the alarm when the control device determines that duration of electric conduction to the first compressor heater is a predetermined period or longer. With this, it is possible to provide a heat pump that can control electric conduction to the heater to enable saving of electricity, and that can detect a problem in the controlling of the electric conduction to the heater.
US10605497B2	Device for regulating the temperature of at least one object and method for checking the functional capability of a sensor device having at least two sensors A device for regulating a temperature of at least one object. The device includes a thermoelectric element for release of heating and/or cooling energy to the object. The device includes a processor unit, which is coupled for regulation to the thermoelectric element. The device includes a sensor device, Which has at least one sensor for detecting a de facto temperature trending in an area of the thermoelectric element; and at least one additional sensor configured as a component of the processor unit for detecting a de facto temperature trending in an area of the processor unit. The processor unit is connected with the sensor device, and is configured for comparison of the detected de facto temperatures, and while allowing for the comparison, the processor unit can derive an assessment of a functional capability of the sensor device.
US10605494B2	System and method for reusing waste heat of a transcritical refrigeration system A method for a refrigeration system includes applying, by a gas cooler of the refrigeration system, a first cooling stage to refrigerant circulating through the refrigeration system load. The method further comprises applying, by a heat exchanger located downstream from the gas cooler, a second cooling stage to the refrigerant, wherein the second cooling stage removes heat from the refrigerant, and applying, by the heat exchanger located downstream from the gas cooler, the heat removed during the second cooling stage to a water heating system operable to heat water.
US10605485B2	Water heater A water heater having a casing (100) in which a burner body (1) and a fan case (2) are accommodated, wherein the burner body (1) includes a main burner body unit (12) having a flat burner (3) on a lower surface thereof, and an introducing unit (11) projected from an upper surface of the main burner body unit (12), wherein the introducing unit (11) has an inlet port (10) communicated with the fan case (2), and an fan installation surface (13) having the inlet port (10) is provided so as to face to a front direction or a diagonally front direction as viewed from a frontward direction.
US10605473B2	Intelligent LED bulb and vent method, apparatus and system Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with an intelligent LED light apparatus are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an intelligent LED light apparatus may include a communication interface, a processor, a body that encases at least the communication interface and the processor, and a plurality of sensors of a plurality of sensor types disposed on the body. The processor may be configured to receive sensor data from the sensors, and transmit the sensor data or results from processing the sensor data to an external recipient. Further, for some embodiments, the intelligent LED bulb apparatus may further comprise LED lights, and the body further encases the LED lights. In other embodiments, the body may include a male connector to mate with a bulb receptor, and a female connector to mate with a LED bulb. Other embodiments may be disclosed or claimed.
US10605472B2	Multiple adaptive geo-fences for a building A building automation system may include a memory for storing a first geofence for a first building component and a second geofence for a second building component. A controller may be operably coupled to the memory and may be configured to cause an adjustment to operation of the first building component in response to a user's mobile device crossing the first geofence and may cause an adjustment to operation of the second building component in response to the user's mobile device crossing the second geofence. The controller may be configured to receive one or more current conditions and to adapt a size of the first geofence and/or a size of the second geofence based on the received one or more current conditions.
US10605469B2	System and method for capture of waste heat in an HVAC unit In one embodiment of the present disclosure, a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system includes a refrigerant circuit configured to flow a refrigerant. The refrigerant circuit includes a compressor configured to compress the refrigerant, a condenser configured to receive the refrigerant from the compressor and to condense the refrigerant, a valve configured to receive a first portion of the refrigerant from the condenser and to decrease a pressure of the first portion of the refrigerant, and an evaporator configured to receive the first portion of the refrigerant from the condenser and configured to evaporate the first portion of the refrigerant. The refrigerant circuit also includes a refrigerant sub-circuit configured to receive a second portion of the refrigerant from the condenser and to convert thermal energy of the second portion of the refrigerant to electrical energy.
US10605468B2	Flow sensing ozone converter with replaceable core A flow sensing ozone converter includes an inlet housing, an outlet housing, and an ozone converter core. The flow sensing ozone converter integrates flow sensing and oxygen removal components. The inlet housing is provided with an inlet housing flange. The outlet housing is provided with an outlet housing flange. The ozone converter core is at least partially received within the inlet housing. The ozone converter is provided with an ozone converter flange that abuts the inlet housing flange and the outlet housing flange.
US10605463B2	Cooking appliance with a user interface A cooking appliance can include a cooking chamber and an imaging device for capturing an image of a food item inside the chamber. A computing device can be configured to compute a parameter for the food item based on the captured image which can be displayed on a user interface.
US10605461B2	Cooktop appliance with a gas burner assembly A cooktop appliance includes a top panel. A gas burner assembly includes an annular burner body positioned on the top panel at a top surface of the top panel. The annular burner body defines a central combustion zone. The annular burner body also defines a plurality of flame ports at the central combustion zone. Gaseous fuel is flowable from a fuel chamber within the annular burner body into the central combustion zone through the plurality of flame ports. The gas burner assembly further includes features for direction the gaseous fuel into the fuel chamber of the annular burner body. The annular burner body is open at the central combustion zone such that the top panel is exposed through the annular burner body at the central combustion zone.
US10605457B2	Burner arrangement with resonator A burner arrangement having a combustion chamber, a multiplicity of mixing ducts discharging into the combustion chamber, in which ducts combustion air and fuel introduced during proper operation are mixed, and at least one resonator which has a defined resonator volume and resonator openings. The mixing ducts have mixing tubes which extend axially through an annular space defined between a tubular outer wall, a tubular inner wall arranged with the radial separation from the outer wall, an annular end plate arranged upstream and an annular end plate arranged downstream, wherein the end plates are provided with through openings which receive and/or prolong the mixing tubes. The resonator openings of the at least one resonator are designed as air ducts that extend through the downstream end plate, and the resonator volume of the at least one resonator is formed by at least one part of the annular space.
US10605455B2	Combustion burner and boiler In this combustion burner and boiler, interference of ignition in a flame stabilizer is suppressed and flame stabilizing performance is improved by providing: a fuel nozzle which ejects a fuel gas that is a mixture of pulverized coal and air; a combustion air nozzle which ejects a fuel gas combustion air from outside of the fuel nozzle; a secondary air nozzle which ejects secondary air from the outside of the combustion air nozzle; and a flame stabilizer which comprises a first flame stabilizer main body which is arranged at the leading end of the fuel nozzle and separated by a prescribed space from the inner wall surface of the fuel nozzle and which forms a ring shape having as the center an axial line along the ejection direction of the fuel gas.
US10605454B2	Exhaust structure for combustion apparatus An exhaust structure for combustion apparatus includes an exhaust tube connected to a water heater, an exhaust pipe through which the exhaust tube is introduced, and an exhaust tube fixing member for fixing a position of the exhaust tube relative to the exhaust pipe. The exhaust tube fixing member includes a first fixing portion having a cylindrical shape and fixed to the exhaust tube, and an attaching portion connected to the first fixing portion and attached to the exhaust pipe. The attaching portion have a first cylindrical portion having a first inner diameter D2, and a second cylindrical portion having a second inner diameter D3 smaller than the first inner diameter D2 of the first cylindrical portion.
US10605451B2	Surface combustion burner The invention relates to a burner with surface burning, which comprises a burner head (12) having a housing (14), which has a supply (18) for a fuel-air mixture upstream and has a fabric membrane (16) downstream on an outlet side and comprises a flame flash-back barrier (17), which is arranged upstream of the fabric membrane (16) at a distance to this, wherein at least the fabric membrane (16) and the flame flash-back barrier (17) are arranged by at least one releasable connection element (54) which engages with a receiving region (47) in the housing (14).
US10605449B2	Hot water supply apparatus using rotary magnetic body The present invention relates to an apparatus for supplying hot water and, more particularly, to a hot water supply apparatus using a revolving magnetic body, wherein the apparatus is driven with low power consumption while being environment-friendly and having excellent safety when hot water and heating are supplied, the apparatus including: a heat exchange body containing water, and including a circular heating pipe circumferentially provided in the heat exchange body; a stator provided to encompass an outside of the heat exchange body and wound with a plurality of coils, the stator being magnetized when an electric current is applied thereto, wherein the heating pipe includes therein a magnetic body that revolves along the circumference of the heating pipe due to a magnetic field formed by the stator, so that water is heated by frictional heat generated when the magnetic body revolves.
US10605437B2	Light projecting device In order to make it possible to image the surface of a workpiece from a plurality of directions without reducing the amount of light to be projected to the workpiece, a light projection device having light emitting surfaces opposite to the workpiece and formed with a slit allowing light reflected by the workpiece to pass from the light emitting surface side toward an opposite side thereof is adapted such that the slit is formed in a tapered shape whose width gradually increases from the light emitting surface side toward the opposite side.
US10605424B2	Light guide assembly for daytime running lamps A light guide assembly for a vehicle headlamp is provided. The light guide assembly generally includes a light guide, a retainer defining an elongated channel for the light guide, and a carrier within the retainer and partially surrounding the light guide. The carrier is a standalone component in some embodiments, while in other embodiments the carrier is a layer or a coating on the retainer. The carrier is substantially black and is visible on either side of the light guide to mask a break in the carrier, the break providing an opening for the light guide to enter the headlamp housing. The light guide assembly thereby achieves a consistently-dark border on either side of the light guide along its entire length, even in the location of the housing opening.
US10605417B2	Multi-function focusing flashlight A multi-function flashlight that includes a flashlight body, an optic having a focusing portion and a non-focusing portion, a main LED positioned to direct light through the focusing portion, and one or more additional LEDs positioned to direct light through the non-focusing portion. A power source may be disposed within the flashlight body adapted to provide power to the main and additional LEDs, and a first control may be included that is configured to selectively provide power to the primary LED.
US10605409B2	Additively manufactured pressurization diffusers Example implementations relate to Additive Manufacturing (AM) pressurization diffusers. An example diffuser includes an integral component configurable for receiving and diffusing pressurant. Particularly, the integral component includes multiple elements manufactured as a single-piece structure, including an inner filter, outer shell, and flange. The inner filter includes micro-diamond holes that enable pressurant received at an opening of the inner filter to diffuse out of the inner filter and subsequently through holes positioned in a shell surface of the outer shell. The flange can position the diffuser such that the opening of the inner filter is in pressurant communication with a pressurant source (e.g., opening of a tank) enabling the diffuser to receive and diffuse pressurant in a predefined pattern. For example, when the diffuser is positioned inside a tank, the diffuser can have a frustum configuration that helps diffuse pressurant upwards towards inner sidewalls of a pressure vessel, tube or channel.
US10605407B2	Protective housing for a testing, measuring or production device A protective housing for a testing, measuring or production device has a protective element, which seals a housing opening and is held and guided by guide devices and can be moved into an open position by a drive device. The guide devices have arched sections which are outwardly curved forward and extend backwards in a straight line on an upper side of the protective housing. The protective element includes two flexurally stiff rectangular plates, which have straight longitudinal sides and a curve approximating the arched sections and are connected to each other on a longitudinal side via a hinge. The guide devices include a number of guide elements guided on a guide rail, wherein a respective guide element is arranged on the hinge and further guide elements are arranged on both sides of the hinge. The drive device drives the rearmost guide element via two traction transmissions, which have traction mechanisms running parallel to the straight section of the guide devices.
US10605405B2	Electric grease barrel pump The present invention relates to an electric grease barrel pump and, more particularly, to an electric grease barrel pump which is configured to supply an appropriate amount of grease to an attachment connected to a distribution valve by enabling an actuator of the distribution valve to operate in conjunction with and according to a change in the number of stages of a driving means.
US10605404B2	Lubricant injection system A lubricant injection system is provided, which includes a pedestal, a robotic arm including a plurality of arm bodies sequentially coupled from pedestal, lubricant injecting hand having a discharge part configured to be sequentially coupled to each of a plurality of filler ports of a target machine, robot control device configured to control operation of robotic arm, a lubricant pumping device in which pumping of lubricant is controlled, a lubricant pumping channel configured to lead lubricant from the lubricant pumping device to the discharge part, and a flow rate sensor provided to the lubricant pumping channel and configured to send the detected flow rate information to the robot control device. Robot control device calculates an injection quantity based on the flow rate information sent from flow rate sensor, and when calculated injection quantity reaches target injection quantity, robot control device controls to stop pumping of lubricant.
US10605390B2	Geotextile A geotextile tube connecting unit comprises a flange ring (20), a support ring (30), and connection means (22) for connection of the flange ring (20) to the support ring (30) while including the geotextile base fabric (10) in-between. The geotextile base fabric (10) is subdivided into at least two segments (14) in the area of the filling opening (11), each segment (14) being bent outwards over at least one welt element (12). The welt element (12) is interlockingly held in place on the flange ring (20) and/or on the support ring (30) on at least one contact edge.
US10605387B2	Multiple layer hardness ferrule and method A ferrule and associated method characterized by an outer layer having a hardness; an intermediate layer below the outer layer, the intermediate layer having a hardness that is less than the hardness of the outer layer; and a core below the intermediate layer, the core having a hardness that is less than the hardness of the intermediate portion.
US10605386B2	Method for attaching filler pipe and filler pipe attachment structure Provided is a method that is for attaching a filler pipe. The method for attaching a filler pipe attaches a filler pipe to the aperture of a fuel tank with an attachment member therebetween, and is characterized by containing: a fitting step for fitting the tubular attachment member to the inside of the aperture of the filler pipe; a contact step for contacting, to the surface at the periphery of the aperture of the fuel tank, a first flange protruding outwards in the radial direction from the outer peripheral surface of the attachment member, and a second flange protruding outwards in the radial direction from the outer peripheral surface of the filler pipe; and a welding step for welding the first flange and second flange to the surface.
US10605380B1	Clamping ring and shell structure having the same A clamping ring including a connecting beam and two engaging members is provided. The two engaging members are respectively disposed at two ends of the connecting beam, and the connecting beam and the two engaging members are adapted to accommodate and clamp a wire. At least one of the two engaging members has a curved portion, a column foot, and a hook. The curved portion has an obliquely extended neck block. The neck block is coupled to the corresponding end of the connecting beam, such that the curved portion has a vertical distance with respect to the connecting beam. A hollow groove is formed inside the curved portion. The column foot is coupled to a bottom of the curved portion opposite to the neck block, and an angle is formed between the column foot and the connecting beam. The hook is coupled to the column foot, and a deforming groove is formed between the column foot and the hook.
US10605376B2	Electric actuator with priortized charging for electric valve return An electric actuator comprises an electricity storing portion that stores electric energy, a charging portion that charges the electricity storing portion when the electric actuator is energized by receiving electric power from outside, and a controlling portion that controls the entire actuator. The controlling portion controls the opening degree of a valve according to an opening degree target value when the electric actuator is energized and operates the valve to a desired opening position using energy stored in the electricity storing portion when interruption of electric service occurs. In addition, the controlling portion causes the charging portion to start charging of the electricity storing portion when a charge waiting time that depends on predetermined priority of charging has elapsed after electric power is turned on.
US10605366B2	Pressure ring A pressure ring includes a first pressure ring fitted in a first ring groove of a piston; and a second pressure ring fitted in a second ring groove of the piston, and positioned between the first pressure ring and an oil ring. The second pressure ring is provided with a groove that extends across a surface of the second pressure ring from an inner peripheral side to an outer peripheral side. The groove is configured such that at least one of a width and a depth of the groove becomes larger toward the outer peripheral side from the inner peripheral side.
US10605358B2	Transmission and control method for transmission A transmission includes a sub-transmission mechanism, a variator having lower shift responsiveness than the sub-transmission mechanism, and a controller configured to carry out a coordinated shift for changing a speed ratio of the variator in a direction opposite to a changing direction of a speed ratio of the sub-transmission mechanism as the sub-transmission mechanism is shifted so that a through speed ratio reaches a target through speed ratio. The controller sets a target speed ratio of the sub-transmission mechanism on the basis of the target through speed ratio and an actual speed ratio of the variator in carrying out the coordinated shift.
US10605357B2	Double disconnect transmission reverser with disconnect synchronizer A control system for a transmission reverser, which includes an output shaft, an output gear, a reverse gear, a forward clutch, an input power clutch, a first reverse disconnect device, and a second reverse disconnect device, has one or more controllers with processing and memory architecture configured to execute control logic to control the transmission reverser in a start-up mode, a forward mode and a reverse mode. In the start-up mode, the one or more controllers command the input power clutch and the first reverse disconnect device to simultaneously engage momentarily to apply an engagement torque to the second reverse disconnect device.
US10605346B2	Deceleration device A deceleration device for a vehicle seat comprises an external gear comprising teeth with tops projecting radially outward. A tooth of the external gear comprises a straight portion and a critical cross-section located in a dedendum flank of the tooth of the external gear. The straight portion is provided in a vicinity of the critical cross-section and a thickness of the straight portion becomes linearly larger toward a root of the tooth.
US10605336B2	Transmission for vehicle A transmission for a vehicle is provided to reduce a full length and a weight of the transmission. The transmission includes: first and second input shafts, output and transfer shafts disposed in parallel with the first and second input shafts; a transfer idler shaft to reduce rotational power transmitted to the transfer shaft and transfer the reduced rotational power to the output shaft via a gear structure; and a shaft gear apparatus. The shift gear apparatus selects a gear pair suitable for a traveling speed by a synchronizer by meshing gear pairs with: the first input shaft and the output shaft, the second input shaft and the output shaft, and the first input shaft and the transfer shaft. In particular, the gear pairs include a gear pair to form a lowermost stage, a gear pair forming an upper most stage, and a gear pair for forming a reverse stage.
US10605333B2	Transmission device for dividing the torque between two coaxial gears, in particular for a planetary gear train for aeronautical applications A transmission device to divide torque between gears. The device comprising a coaxial motion input member and transmission members and comprising shafts having gears at an axial end. Flanges which project radially outwards from the shafts, at the opposite axial end with respect to the gears, are axially facing and arranged abutting against each other, and are fixed to the motion input member to divide the torque transmitted by the motion input member between the flanges. The second shaft being axially hollow. The first shaft comprising a first intermediate portion having an outside diameter smaller than the inside diameter of the second shaft and housed at least with radial clearance in the second shaft. The flanges comprise respective portions configured to deform under the action of forces acting between the motion input member and the gears to enable a fluctuation of the shafts with respect to an axis.
US10605329B2	Drive belt A drive belt having a main body formed of an elastomeric material, preferably a v-belt or v-ribbed belt, the drive belt including a top layer as belt backing, a power transmission zone having two or more tensile strands as strength members, and also a substructure optionally provided with some profiling preferably having a v-shape or a v-rib profile. The strength members are formed of cords made of mutually twisted plies (final twist), the plies being in turn twisted out of individual yarns (first twist). The cords consist essentially of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and of two plies, the number of turns introduced into the plies twisted into a cord (final twist) and the number of turns introduced into the yarns twisted into a ply (first twist) differing by not more than 10 turns per meter (t/m).
US10605322B2	Hydraulic mount for vehicle A hydraulic mount for a vehicle includes: a core bush coupled to a bolt; a main rubber formed on an outer surface of the core bush; an orifice portion coupled to a lower portion of the main rubber so as to divide an upper fluid chamber and a lower fluid chamber, the orifice portion including a lower plate and an upper plate; and a membrane mounted between the lower plate and the upper plate. A fluid path is formed on an upper surface portion of the lower plate, a lower inlet and outlet port is formed on a predetermined position of the fluid path, an upper inlet and outlet port communicating with the fluid path is formed on the upper plate, a concave groove portion and a fixing end are repeatedly and uniformly formed along a circumference of the upper plate so as to cover the fluid path on the lower plate and be coupled thereto, and the membrane is exposed through the concave groove portion.
US10605310B2	Landing bearing assembly and rotary machine equipped with such an assembly A landing bearing assembly for a rotary machine rotatable around a central axis and having a stator, a rotor with a shaft, a magnetic bearing, an auxiliary rolling bearing with two lateral faces, a landing sleeve facing, in normal operation of the rotary machine when the rotor is supported only by the magnetic bearing, the auxiliary rolling bearing at a nominal distance defined as the landing airgap El, the auxiliary rolling bearing coming into contact with the landing sleeve upon landing of the rotor in the event of a high shock. The assembly further provides a compliance ring with a nominal thickness Eo made from a material with a lower mechanical stiffness than the material constituting the other components of the landing bearing assembly to first absorb some energy of the shock by elastic deformation resulting in a reduction of its thickness.
US10605305B2	Vibration reduction apparatus for bearing and bearing having the same Provided is a vibration reduction device for a bearing, including: a bearing tube (50) which is spaced apart from an outer race of a bearing at a predetermined interval and surrounds the outer race; and a link (100) which is disposed between the outer race and the bearing tube, in which the link includes an outer race connecting portion (120) which is in contact with the outer race, and a tube connecting portion (130) which is in contact with the bearing tube, such that vibration reduction performance is implemented by the bearing tube and the link installed at an outer side of the bearing, and as a result, the vibration reduction device may be applied to various fields in which it is necessary to minimize vibration.
US10605300B2	Powder for thermal spray, thermal spray coating film, coating film and roll in molten metal bath A thermal spray powder is provided that contains, as constituent elements, a first element selected from W and Mo; a second element selected from Co, Ni, and Fe; a third element selected from C and B; and a fourth element formed of Si. The amount of the second element in the thermal spray powder is 40% by mole or less. The mole ratio of the fourth element to the second element in the thermal spray powder is 0.002 or greater and 0.03 or less. The thermal spray powder has a crystal phase containing Co, Ni, or Fe; W; and C or a crystal phase containing Co, Ni, or Fe; W or Mo; and B. In an X-ray diffraction spectrum of the thermal spray powder, the peak intensity attributed to Co, Ni, or Fe is at most 0.1 times the largest peak intensity in the same X-ray diffraction spectrum.
US10605291B2	Coating agent device and coating device Various exemplary illustrations of a coating agent device are disclosed. In one example, a coating agent device may be a coating agent valve, e.g., for influencing the discharge of a coating agent. The coating agent device may include a plug-in or pluggable fastening base configured to facilitate a plug-in or pluggable mounting of the coating agent device. In some examples, the coating agent device may prevent relative rotation of the device relative to a mating component.
US10605288B2	Hidden deck fastener A hidden fastener and associated method for attaching decking members with side grooves to a support member includes a cross member and an elongate anchoring member. The cross member has a body with a front and rear end and defines a hole. The front end has at least one prong and the rear end includes a bent wing. At least one leg extends downward from the body intermediate the front and rear ends. Each of the front and rear ends are configured to engage with the groove of adjacent decking members. The front end is inserted into the groove of a leading decking member and the anchoring member is driven through the hole into the support member. A trailing decking member is placed with the rear end in the groove adjacent the leading decking member.
US10605282B1	Panel mounting device Panel mounting devices are disclosed herein. The disclosed panel mounting devices comprise a clamp assembly and a configurable leg. The clamp assembly comprises a bolt, a nut and a body. The body comprises a first pressure surface operative to apply pressure to a first adjacent panel. The leg is configurable in at least two positions. In one position the leg rests on a rail thereby preventing lateral movement of the device.
US10605281B2	Component retention assembly A component retention assembly is fixed to an associated part and configured to be engaged with a bracket of a component. The component retention assembly may include a pair of cantilever prongs and a clip. The clip includes a hinge and an extension that is removably disposed between the pair of cantilever prongs when the clip is in a closed position. A prong is disposed on an end of the extension opposite the hinge. The prong includes a retaining face configured to engage the bracket and retain the clip in the closed position.
US10605277B2	Method to automatically detect parameter for pressure dynamics control Systems and methods for auto-commissioning first and second valve assemblies associated with an actuator in an electro-hydraulic system are disclosed. In one method, a controller performs an automatic test protocol to determine a bulk modulus over fluid volume parameter used by the controller to control the valve assemblies. In one aspect, the test protocol can include pressurizing each side of the actuator to two different pressures with one of the first and second valve assemblies and blocking the other side of the actuator with the other of the first and second valve assemblies. The bulk modulus over fluid volume parameter for each valve assembly can be calculated based on recorded fluid pressures at the actuator and consumed flow at the first and second valve assemblies.
US10605269B2	Fan comprising an impeller with blades A fan has an impeller (20) that is equipped with blades (26, 28, 30, 32, 34; 58). The blades are configured so that the blade loading of individual blades differs during operation. As a result of this variable blade loading, the frequencies associated with the blade-passing noise (BPF) of the fan can be distributed over a broader frequency spectrum, and thus have a less obtrusive effect.
US10605267B2	Blower apparatus This blower apparatus includes an air blowing portion including a plurality of flat plates arranged with an axial gap defined between adjacent ones of the flat plates; a motor portion arranged to rotate the air blowing portion; a clamper portion fixed to the motor portion; and a housing arranged to house the air blowing portion and the motor portion. The housing includes an air inlet and an air outlet. The air blowing portion is held by the motor portion and the clamper portion from upper and lower sides in the axial direction. Once the air blowing portion starts rotating, an air flow traveling radially outward is generated between the flat plates by viscous drag of surfaces of the flat plates and a centrifugal force.
US10605263B2	Internally-cooled compressor diaphragm An internally-cooled diaphragm for an internally-cooled compressor is provided. The internally-cooled diaphragm may include an annular body configured to cool a process fluid flowing through a fluid pathway of the internally-cooled compressor. The annular body may define a return channel of the fluid pathway, and a cooling pathway in thermal communication with the fluid pathway. The return channel may be configured to at least partially diffuse and de-swirl the process fluid flowing therethrough, and the cooling pathway may be configured to receive a coolant to absorb heat from the process fluid flowing through the return channel.
US10605261B2	Air-blowing device An air-blowing device has a blower fan that is an axial fan located on a downstream side of a heat exchanger in an airflow direction and supplies air to the heat exchanger and a shroud that supports the blower fan and forms an air passage extending from the heat exchanger to the blower fan. At least one side of a periphery of the heat exchanger is arranged to overlap with an outermost peripheral portion of the blower fan that is outermost in a radial direction of the blower fan when viewed in the airflow direction. The shroud has an air-introduction part that is (i) disposed, in a portion in which the ring part and the connection part connect to each other, on a surface of the connection part facing the heat exchanger and (ii) formed concentrically to be centered at a rotational axis of the blower fan. A part of the air-introduction part protrudes outwardly from a periphery of the connection part in the radial direction of the blower fan when viewed in the airflow direction. A protruding part is provided in the connection part on a boundary between the air-introduction part and a portion other than the air-introduction part.
US10605255B2	Shaft-sealing device A shaft-sealing device for a pump includes a seal housing attached to a pump housing in which a rotary shaft is mounted. The seal housing is provided with a coolant inlet passage and a coolant outlet passage, both of which interconnect with a seal space in the seal housing. The coolant outlet passage intersects with the seal space at an opening at which first and second sides are defined according to a flowing direction of a coolant. The seal space includes an inner annular surface having a first section adjacent to the first side of the opening. A guide slot is provided in the first section of the inner annular surface. With a pump ring in the seal housing rotating, the coolant is guided into the seal space via the coolant inlet passage and further discharged from coolant outlet passage through the opening smoothly due to the guide slot.
US10605254B2	Bearing element and turbomachine with a bearing element A bearing element for at least one adjustable guide vane of a turbomachine, in particular an aircraft engine, is provided. The bearing element comprising a porous matrix made of carbon and/or graphite and at least one metallic phase or a metal salt that is at least partially arranged inside the pores of the matrix, so that what results is a metal-infiltrated or a metal-salt-infiltrated material.
US10605251B2	Turbo compressor A turbo compressor is provided that may include an impeller housing having an impeller accommodation space, an inlet formed at a first side of the impeller accommodation space, and an outlet formed at a second side of the impeller accommodation space that communicates with the inlet; an impeller accommodated in the impeller accommodation space of the impeller housing, rotated together with a rotary shaft by being coupled to the rotary shaft, and configured to centrifugally-compress a fluid suctioned through the inlet of the impeller housing and discharge the compressed fluid outside of the impeller housing through the outlet; a back pressure space formed between a rear surface of the impeller and the impeller housing; a back pressure passage connected between the outlet of the impeller housing and the back pressure space; and a back pressure control valve installed between the back pressure passage and the back pressure space, and configured to selectively open and close a region therebetween.
US10605248B2	External rotor motor with integrated bearing housing and box for control electronics A fan has an electronically commutated external-rotor motor serving to drive it. The motor has an internal stator (20) having a stator lamination stack (64) and a winding arrangement (66; 164, 166, 168, 170) associated with the stack. The internal stator has a central opening (149) for journaling a shaft (42). The fan further has a permanent-magnet rotor (28) separated from the internal stator (20) by a magnetically effective air gap (99). The internal stator (20) has a plastic coating (56, 58) that surrounds the stator windings, forms a bearing tube for journaling the shaft (42), and defines a wall element (62), implemented integrally with the plastic coating (56, 58), forming a compartment or cavity (108) for electrical components (112) of the motor. The plastic coating, bearing tube and compartment are preferably molded in a single working step.
US10605239B2	Pump unit and method of manufacturing same The pump unit comprises a pump including a piezoelectric element and a discharge mechanism for discharging fluid according to operation of the piezoelectric element, and a valve mechanism attached to the pump. The discharge mechanism and the valve mechanism are separately formed by joining a plurality of metal layer pieces stacked in a predetermined stacking direction by diffusion welding, and are secured to each other by diffusion welding.
US10605231B1	Electric turbine charger system A support assembly secured to a vehicle has a fixedly positioned exterior tube, an interior tube removably received in the exterior tube, an open input, and an open output. A support shaft is positioned in the interior tube. A plurality of bearings support the support shaft for rotational movement. A plurality of fans are mounted on the support shaft for rotation in response to airflow through the support assembly. A plurality of alternators/generators are mounted on the support shaft for generating electricity. An electrical assembly has a plurality of batteries and a controller coupling the alternators/generators and the batteries.
US10605224B2	Hydroelectric power generator using ebb and flow of seawater The present invention relates to a hydroelectric power generator using ebb and flow of seawater. More particularly, the hydroelectric power generator is able to continuously generate power through high tide and low tide created according to a tidal difference that continuously occurs, while being submerged in seawater, using a marine current that flows fast. The hydroelectric power generator is also able to utilize eco-friendly energy that does not require a reservoir by adjusting the amount of inflow of seawater and to be installed at various places, while being varied in size, as necessary.
US10605222B2	Internal combustion engine and method of igniting a fuel An internal combustion engine includes a fuel nozzle for injecting a fuel into a combustion chamber, and a plasma igniter for generating one or more pluralities of free radicals within the chamber, and initiating a flame to ignite the fuel. The igniter protrudes into the chamber. A method of igniting a fuel within a combustion chamber and controlling combustion phasing includes injecting a first portion of the fuel into the combustion chamber, energizing the plasma igniter to generate one or more pluralities of free radicals, each plurality having a known voltage, subsequently injecting a second portion of the fuel into the combustion chamber, and closely coupling activation of the plasma igniter with the second injection to ignite the fuel. Combustion phasing of the ignition event is controlled by controlling the number and voltage of the pluralities of free radicals generated by the plasma igniter.
US10605220B2	Motor vehicle combustion engine starter with air vent opening The invention relates mainly to a starter (11) for a motor vehicle combustion engine, comprising: an electric motor (15), a drive pinion (60), a pinion body (61) on which said drive pinion (60) is mounted, a drive shaft (12) able to transmit a torque derived from the electric motor (15) to the drive pinion (60) via the pinion body, the pinion body (61) being mounted with the ability to slide axially with respect to the drive shaft (12), and in which, with there being a chamber (86) delimited notably by one end of the drive shaft (12) and one end of the pinion body (61) opposite the end of the drive shaft (12), the chamber (86) is vented via a through-opening (85) made in an annular wall of the drive shaft (12) or of the pinion body (61).
US10605206B2	Fuel vapor processing apparatus A fuel vapor processing apparatus may include a canister and a valve device. The canister may include a canister case and may adsorb fuel vapor and allow desorption of fuel vapor. The valve device may include a valve housing defining a fuel vapor passage therein. A valve may be disposed within the valve housing and may control a flow of fuel vapor through the fuel vapor passage. The valve housing may be directly connected to the canister case, so that the fuel vapor passage communicates within the canister case.
US10605204B2	Methane/oxygen rocket engine with specific impulse enhancement by hot helium infusion An apparatus and method to enhance the performance of rockets engines which utilize liquid methane/oxygen propellants by injecting optimized amounts of pressurized hot helium gas into the combustion chamber with the propellants. In one embodiment, the pressurized helium gas is stored at low temperatures near those of the cryogenic propellants and is used for regenerative cooling of the combustion chamber and nozzle during rocket operation in order to raise the temperature of the helium gas before being injected into the combustion chamber.
US10605203B2	Device, system, and method for pressurizing and supplying fluid A heat exchanger generally employs a method for supplying liquid having critical pressure or higher or high pressure in order to suppress boiling. However, gas obtained by a evaporator behind the heat exchanger has relatively low pressure, and therefore supplying the liquid to the heat exchanger requires a system for converting an energy form of the obtained gas into kinetic energy or electrical energy, and increasing the pressure by a mechanical pump. Thus, the complicated system involving an efficiency loss is only solution, and it is difficult to achieve simplification of a system or reduction in the weight of a propellant supply device in a moving body, specifically, a flying object.
US10605195B2	Manufacturing method for engine A cylinder head material of an engine is casted (Step S1). Next, the cylinder head material is machined (Step S2). Next, a heat shielding film is formed on a ceiling surface of the cylinder head material (Step S3). Next, the film thickness of the heat shielding film is measured (Step S4). Next, a rank of a piston to be combined with the ceiling surface is selected (Step S5). The rank of the piston selected in Step S5 is a rank according to depth of a cavity. Next, the rank of the piston selected in Step S5 is stamped on the cylinder head (Step S6).
US10605191B2	Precise determining of the injection quantity of fuel injectors A method for determining an injection quantity of a fuel injector determines a first time at which an injection process of the fuel injector starts, a second time at which the injection process of the fuel injector ends, calculates a model on the basis of the first time and the second time, which model represents the position of a nozzle needle of the fuel injector as a function of the time, and calculates the quantity of fuel to inject.
US10605190B2	Injection control unit An injection control unit includes a constant-current control unit executing a constant current control to control a current of a coil to be in a predetermined current range lower than a peak current by allowing or interrupting a first voltage applied to the coil after the peak current starting to open an injector is applied to the coil driving the injector, and a high-voltage applying control unit applying a second voltage higher than the first voltage to the coil in a case where a condition that the current of the coil becomes lower than the predetermined current range is met when the constant-current control unit executes the constant current control.
US10605183B2	Apparatus and method for controlling low-pressure EGR system An apparatus for controlling a low-pressure EGR system may include a driving information detector configured to detect a vehicle driving state, an EGR amount detector configured to detect an amount of external EGR controlled by a low-pressure EGR valve, and a controller configured to control the low-pressure EGR valve and intake and exhaust valves of an engine, based on the result detected by the driving information detector and the EGR amount detector, wherein the controller controls timings of the intake and exhaust valves to decrease an amount of internal EGR introduced into a cylinder through an exhaust port for a predetermined time when the amount of external EGR is decreased.
US10605179B2	Engine misfire mitigation An engine misfire mitigation system is disclosed. The engine misfire mitigation system may include a sensor system; a fuel system to provide fuel to the engine; and an engine control module to: estimate an air pressure of a combustion chamber of the engine based on measurements from the sensor system, determine a probability that a threshold amount of hydrocarbons are present in an exhaust system of the engine based on the air pressure of the combustion chamber, determine that a fuel injection pressure is to be adjusted based on the probability that the threshold amount of hydrocarbons are present in the exhaust system of the engine and the air pressure of the combustion chamber, and cause the fuel system to reduce the fuel injection pressure.
US10605176B2	Control method for engine variable valve timing of hybrid electric vehicle A method for controlling an engine variable valve timing of a hybrid electric vehicle, may include providing a cam position setting table of a fuel efficiency prioritized intake/exhaust cam control mode, and a cam position setting table of a normal intake/exhaust cam control mode, the cam position setting table of the fuel efficiency prioritized intake/exhaust cam control mode being differentiated from the cam position setting table of the normal intake/exhaust cam control mode; selecting one of the fuel efficiency prioritized intake/exhaust cam control mode and the normal intake/exhaust cam control mode by a canister loading amount and whether or not diagnosis of an intake cam and diagnosis of an exhaust cam are completed; and determining position control values of the intake and exhaust cams by using the cam position setting table and then controlling positions of the intake cam and the exhaust cam by the determined position control values.
US10605174B2	Fuel flow control A method (30) of controlling fuel flow in a gas turbine engine. First, detect a surge condition. Set fuel flow demand (Wf_D) proportional to compressor discharge pressure (P30). Detect actual fuel flow (Wf_A). Then apply an enhanced schedule (50) for fuel flow demand (Wf_D) while fuel flow demand (Wf_D) is less than a predefined proportion (k) of actual fuel flow (Wf_A). Also a gas turbine engine (10), fuel flow system (68) and fuel flow control system (76) each implementing the method (30).
US10605163B2	Power unit The invention relates to a power unit, in particular for a hybrid vehicle, comprising a reciprocating piston engine and comprising a generator which can be in driving engagement therewith, wherein the reciprocating piston engine has at least two pistons, which are guided in at least two cylinders in tandem arrangement, and two counter-rotating crankshafts, which are connected to the pistons by connecting rods and which are mechanically coupled so as to be in phase, wherein a first generator can be driven by the first crankshaft and a second generator can be driven by the second crankshaft.
US10605160B2	Turbomachine A turbomachine includes: a rotational shaft; a pair of thrust collars disposed around the rotational shaft; a thrust bearing disposed around the rotational shaft at an axial directional position between the pair of thrust collars; and an oil-drain channel disposed around the rotational shaft, for draining lubricant oil after lubricating a sliding portion between the thrust bearing and the thrust collars. The oil-drain channel includes: an oil-drain port portion for discharging the lubricant oil inside the oil-drain channel downward; and an oil-guide channel portion disposed above the oil-drain port portion and configured to guide the lubricant oil from the sliding portion in a circumferential direction of the rotational shaft to the oil-drain port portion. The oil-guide channel portion has an asymmetric shape with respect to a rotational direction of the rotational shaft, the oil-guide channel portion having a minimum flow-path cross sectional area at a first position on an upstream side in the rotational direction, and a maximum flow-path cross sectional area at a second position on a downstream side of the first position.
US10605155B2	System and method for operating an electric assisted variable geometry turbocharger Methods and systems are provided for operating an electric assisted turbocharger. In one example, a method may include adjusting a position of a turbine of the turbocharger responsive to a level of a power deficiency, and operating an electric motor of the turbocharger based on the power deficiency.
US10605149B2	Waste heat recovery integrated cooling module Integrated cooling systems including a frame configured for mounting to a vehicle chassis in a path of ram air entering an engine compartment of a vehicle, a radiator connected to the frame in the ram air path, a waste heat recovery (WHR) condenser, a recouperator connected to the frame above a ram air path and coupled to the WHR condenser, and a coolant boiler connected to the frame below the ram air path and coupled to the radiator and recouperator are disclosed. Cooling systems configured for use in a WHR system, including an inlet header fixedly disposed on a first end of a condenser, the inlet header fluidly coupled to a heat exchanger to receive the working fluid, and a receiver fixedly disposed on a second end of the condenser opposite the first end, the receiver configured to receive the working fluid from the condenser are also disclosed.
US10605148B1	Systems and methods for controlling vehicle exhaust output An article of manufacture includes a rigid plate, first and second tab members defined by a pair of substantially diametrically-opposed U-shaped apertures within the plate, and a third tab member defined by a U-shaped aperture proximal to the first and the second tab members. The article of manufacture can be used as an active exhaust defeat device, providing the capability of locking a butterfly valve of a vehicle active exhaust system in a desired orientation. Although the butterfly valve is locked, which may be a non-standard exhaust configuration, the article of manufacture provides that vehicle error codes specific to an exhaust valve actuator are avoided.
US10605142B2	Methods and systems for an exhaust aftertreatment device Systems are provided for an exhaust gas aftertreatment device, in particular in a motor vehicle, having a catalyst accommodated in a housing which, along its length, has a first end section, a catalyst section, and a connecting section. The housing further comprising a particulate filter located downstream of the catalyst.
US10605140B2	Honeycomb body for exhaust gas aftertreatment A honeycomb body for exhaust-gas aftertreatment and a method for producing the honeycomb body for exhaust-gas aftertreatment, the honeycomb body having a housing and a honeycomb structure with a multiplicity of channels. The honeycomb structure is formed with a partially structured layer and a smooth layer the smooth layer provides that, in at least one axial portion of the honeycomb structure, a first cell density in an inner radial zone is increased in relation to a second cell density in an outer radial zone.
US10605139B2	Catalytic converter for classic cars Provided is a catalytic converter (1) for cleaning exhaust gases in pre catalytic converter vehicles. The catalytic converter (1) comprises a body of an elongated shape having a first end portion (11) and a second end portion (12). The first end portion (11) comprises an exhaust inlet (110) through which exhaust gases from the engine enters and the second end portion (12) comprises an exhaust outlet (120) through which the treated gases exit. The body has an internal space (14), wherein the internal space (14) at least partially comprises a plurality elongated passages (140) which are in fluid communication with said exhaust inlet (110) and exhaust outlet (120), the passages (14) being arranged at a density of 100-200 cells per square inch (cpsi).
US10605132B2	Lubricating system, an engine and method for providing lubricant to an engine The invention relates to a lubricating system for an internal combustion engine (1). The system includes a first conduit means (7) connecting a lubricant supply source (5) to the internal combustion engine (1) for supplying lubricant to the internal combustion engine (1). According to the invention, the system further includes a second conduit means (8) connecting a gas supply source to the first conduit means (7) for supplying gas to the first conduit means such that gas bubbles are formed in the first conduit means (7). A sensor (3) detects whether lubricant or whether gas is present in a certain part of the first conduit (7). The certain part being located downstream the connection of the second conduit means (8) to the first conduit means (7). A control unit (6) is connected to the sensor (3), which control unit (6) is arranged to determine whether lubricant is flowing through the first conduit means (7) or not, in response to the detections of the sensor (3). The invention also relates to an internal combustion engine, to a power tool and to a method for providing lubricant to an internal combustion engine.
US10605131B2	Rocker arm assembly for engine braking An exhaust valve rocker arm assembly operable in a combustion engine mode and an engine braking mode can include a rocker shaft and a rocker arm. The rocker shaft can define a pressurized oil supply conduit. The rocker arm can receive the rocker shaft and is configured to rotate around the rocker shaft. The rocker arm can have an oil supply passage defined therein. A valve bridge can engage a first exhaust valve and a second exhaust valve. A hydraulic lash adjuster assembly can include first and second plunger bodies, the first plunger body can engage the valve bridge. A pressure relief valve assembly can be configured to selectively release oil from the hydraulic lash adjuster assembly.
US10605127B2	Hydraulic valve for a cam phaser A hydraulic valve, in particular for a phaser of a cam shaft, the hydraulic valve including a bushing including a piston that is displaceable in a bore hole along a longitudinal direction; a supply connection configured to supply a hydraulic fluid; at least a first operating connection and a second operating connection; and at least one tank drain configured to drain the hydraulic fluid, wherein the first operating connection and the second operating connection are alternatively connectable with each other and/or with the supply connection and/or with the at least one tank drain through at least one check valve by displacing the piston.
US10605118B2	Turbocharger A turbocharger has a turbine for expanding a first medium and a compressor for compressing a second medium utilizing energy extracted in the turbine. The turbine includes a housing with a turbine inflow housing and a turbine rotor. The compressor has a compressor housing and a compressor rotor coupled to the turbine rotor via a shaft. The turbine inflow housing is constructed in a spiral-like, one-piece and double-walled manner such that between an outer wall of the turbine inflow housing and an inner wall of the turbine inflow housing a water duct for conducting cooling water is formed. The inner wall delimiting the water duct on a side of the inner wall facing away from the water duct is directly followed by a guide duct of the first medium to be expanded.
US10605115B2	Waste gate valve for turbocharger A waste gate valve for a turbocharger includes a valve body including a valve plate and a valve shaft, a swing arm including a shaft and a lever, a supporting plate fixed to a portion of the valve shaft that protrudes from the lever, and an elastic member clamped between the supporting plate and the lever or between the lever and the valve plate. One of the supporting plate and the lever that clamp the elastic member or one of the lever and the valve plate that clamp the elastic member includes a protruding portion that is positioned closer to the valve shaft than the elastic member or farther from the valve shaft than the elastic member and that protrudes toward the other of the supporting plate and the lever or toward the other of the lever and the valve plate.
US10605111B2	Turbine generator with an internal rotor support shaft A turbine generator comprises an elongate member, a support structure, a turbine wheel and an electrical generator. The support structure comprises a shaft and support the elongate member for rotation about a rotation axis. The turbine wheel is attached to the elongate member. The electrical generator comprises a rotor and a stator, the rotor being attached to the elongate member and the stator being arranged around the elongate member. The elongate member is provided with a bore and the shaft extends through an end of the elongate member into the bore so as to support it for rotation about the rotation axis.
US10605108B2	Optical fiber probe, optical fiber measuring device, and clearance control system An optical fiber probe includes a probe body, an optical fiber, and a position regulating member. The probe body has a first bottom plate with an outer surface, a second bottom plate opposite to the first bottom, and an internal space. The optical fiber is housed in the internal space. The position regulating member is attached to the probe body. The optical fiber includes a small-diameter portion and a large-diameter portion. The first bottom plate has an inner surface in the internal space and a through hole for communicating the outer surface and the inner surface. The small-diameter portion is inserted into the through hole. The large-diameter portion is arranged such that a first end face thereof is in contact with the inner surface while being bent by the position regulating member in contact with a second end face thereof.
US10605103B2	CMC airfoil assembly A ceramic airfoil system includes a ceramic airfoil shell support by a pair of radially extending pins which penetrate through the shell and connect with a carrier. This pins are disposed at the leading and trailing edges of the airfoil and can be preloaded against the corresponding leading and trailing edge walls to manage thermal growth rates.
US10605099B2	Cooling arrangements in turbine blades A rotor blade (16) for a turbine of a gas turbine that includes an airfoil (25). The airfoil may have a leading edge, a trailing edge, an outboard tip, and an inboard end where the airfoil attaches to a root configured to couple the turbine blade to a rotor disc. The airfoil (25) may include a tip shroud (55) at an outboard tip. The rotor blade may have a cooling configuration that includes: elongated cooling channels (33) for receiving and directing a coolant through the airfoil (25); and branching passages (75) formed through the tip shroud (55), each of which elongates between a connection with one of the cooling channels (33) and an outlet port (37) formed on a surface of the tip shroud (55). The branching passages (75) may have a canted orientation relative the outboard surface of the tip shroud (55).
US10605097B2	Turbine rotor blade and turbine A turbine rotor blade comprises: a blade effective part; a snubber disposed on radially outer side of the blade effective part; a platform disposed on radially inner side of the blade effective part; and an implanted part disposed on radially inner side of the platform. A first flow path is formed inside the implanted part for a cooling medium to pass through. A second flow path is formed inside the platform for the cooling medium having passed through the first flow to pass through. A blade effective part flow path is formed inside the blade effective part for the cooling medium having passed through the second flow path to pass through. A snubber flow path is formed inside the snubber for the cooling medium having passed through the blade effective part flow paths to pass through.
US10605095B2	Ceramic matrix composite airfoil cooling Airfoils for gas turbine engines are provided. In one embodiment, an airfoil formed from a ceramic matrix composite material includes opposite pressure and suction sides extending radially along a span and defining an outer surface of the airfoil. The airfoil also includes opposite leading and trailing edges extending radially along the span. The pressure and suction sides extend axially between the leading and trailing edges. The leading edge defines a forward end of the airfoil, and the trailing edge defining an aft end of the airfoil. Further, the airfoil includes a trailing edge portion defined adjacent the trailing edge at the aft end of the airfoil; a plenum defined within the airfoil forward of the trailing edge portion; and a cooling passage defined within the trailing edge portion proximate the suction side. Methods for forming airfoils for gas turbine engines also are provided.
US10605091B2	Airfoil with cast features and method of manufacture An apparatus and method for forming a film hole in an outer wall of an airfoil. The film hole includes a blind opening adjacent the interior of the airfoil and a hole adjacent the exterior of the airfoil. The blind opening fluidly couples to the hole to form the film hole for providing a volume of fluid as a surface cooling film along the exterior of the outer wall.
US10605086B2	Turbine engines with ceramic vanes and methods for manufacturing the same A vane assembly includes first and second annular metal rings configured to accept a compressed gas flow therebetween. The first and second annular rings each include a cutout portion. The assembly further includes a ceramic matrix composite vane configured as an airfoil having a blunt rounded nose and a flattened and tapered tail. A first radial end of the vane is rigidly disposed on the first annular ring and a second radial end of the vane is slidably disposed within the cutout portion of the second annular ring such that the vane is encompassed by the first and second annular rings. The vane includes a hollow through opening portion extending radially therethrough. Still further, the assembly includes a metallic elongated member disposed within and extending through the hollow portion of vane and through the cutout portion of the first annular ring.
US10605078B2	Energy-absorbing rockbolt An energy-absorbing rockbolt includes an anchorage structure, wherein two ends of the anchorage structure are respectively provided with a mixing blade and a threaded fastening section; a nut is screwed to the threaded fastening section; a plate is mounted at one end, which is close to the threaded fastening section, of the anchorage structure in a sleeving manner; one side of the plate abuts against the nut; the anchorage structure consists of first anchorage structure parts and second anchorage structure parts, wherein the second anchorage structure parts are arranged between two first anchorage structure parts; each of the second anchorage structure parts is an elliptical rod-shaped structure; a plurality of inwardly-concave arc-shaped grooves are formed in an outer wall of the second anchorage structure part in an axial direction, and a reinforcing rib is convexly formed at an intersection of two adjacent arc-shaped grooves.
US10605077B2	Drill stem module for downhole analysis An apparatus is described that can be added to a drill stem and used during a drilling operation to measure downhole conditions in real-time. These measurements may include, but are not limited to, X-ray fluorescence, gamma density, depth, rotation speed, and image collection. In some embodiments, these measurements are stored within the apparatus for later retrieval. In other embodiments, the measurements are transmitted immediately to the surface. In some embodiments, the data is used immediately to control the operation of other devices both within and without the drill stem. The described apparatus may also include an air management system configured to clear debris from the measurement regions to improve the quality of the measurements obtained in those regions. This air management system may be configured to process air receive air from one end of the drill stem and transmit air out an opposite end of the drill stem.
US10605074B2	Mapping of fracture geometries in a multi-well stimulation process Systems and methods for assessing geometric fractures parameters in a subsurface formation are disclosed. A first pressure signal and a second pressure signal in a first (observation) wellbore in the subsurface formation may be assessed using a pressure sensor in direct fluid communication with a fluid in the first wellbore. The fluid in the first wellbore may be in direct fluid communication with at least a first fracture in the subsurface formation. The first pressure signal may include a pressure change that is induced by a second fracture being formed from a second (stimulation) wellbore in the subsurface formation. The second pressure signal may include a pressure change that is induced by a third fracture being formed from the second wellbore. One or more geometric parameters of the second and third fractures may be assessed using the first pressure signal and the second pressure signal.
US10605073B2	System and methodology of look ahead and look around LWD tool The present invention provides a methodology and system for formation boundary detection ahead and around of a drilling bit. By setting symmetrical design of receivers/transmitters around a transmitter/receiver and the direction of the receivers/transmitters, the system can measure the signals reflected by a formation boundary ahead of and around the drilling bit. The measured signals can be used to determine formation boundary positions.
US10605069B2	Methods and means for casing, perforation and sand-screen evaluation using backscattered X-ray radiation in a wellbore environment An x-ray-based cased wellbore environment imaging tool is provided, the tool including at least an x-ray source; a radiation shield to define the output form of the produced x-rays; a direction controllable two-dimensional per-pixel collimated imaging detector array; sonde-dependent electronics; and a plurality of tool logic electronics and PSUs. A method of using an x-ray-based cased wellbore environment imaging tool to monitor and determine the integrity of materials within wellbore environments is also provided, the method including at least: producing x-rays in a shaped output; measuring the intensity of backscatter x-rays returning from materials surrounding the wellbore; controlling two-dimensional per-pixel collimated imaging detector arrays; and converting image data from said detectors into consolidated images of the wellbore materials.
US10605068B2	Downhole electrochemical fluid sensor and method of using same An electrochemical fluid sensor for a downhole production tool positionable in a wellbore penetrating a subterranean is provided. The wellbore has a downhole fluid therein. The electrochemical fluid sensor includes a sensor housing positionable in the downhole tool, a sensing solution positionable in the housing (the sensing solution including a mediator reactive to target chemicals), a gas permeable membrane to fluidly isolate the downhole fluid from the sensing solution (the gas permeable membrane permitting the passage of gas to the sensing solution), and a plurality of electrodes positioned about the housing a distance from the gas permeable membrane to measure reaction by the sensing solution whereby downhole parameters may be determined.
US10605062B2	Downhole flow control device A downhole flow control device includes a housing, an inlet port, an outlet port and a valve seat surface surrounding the inlet port. A valve plate is mounted within the housing to move between an open position in which the valve plate is separated from the valve seat surface to define a separation flow path therebetween to permit flow in a forward direction from the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet, and a closed position in which the valve plate is engaged with the valve seat surface to close the separation flow path to restrict flow in a reverse direction from the fluid outlet to the fluid inlet. At least one of the valve seat and valve plate defines a geometry to encourage an increase in static pressure of fluid flow in the separation flow path when the valve plate is in the open position.
US10605047B2	Multi-stage valve actuator An actuator assembly for effective interventionless activation of a valve in wells of multilateral architecture. The assembly may be pressure actuated from an oilfield surface even in certain circumstances where another valve in another leg of the well has been opened in a manner compromising pressure control of the well. Due to the multi-stage nature of the actuator, pressure based activation remains viable as a result of supplemental and/or fail-safe modes of actuation, for example, where such pressure control becomes compromised.
US10605046B2	Flow control device A downhole flow control device includes a body to be secured within a wall of a tubular, wherein the body defines a flow path therethrough, with a nozzle mounted within the flow path. A dissipation structure is positioned on a first side of the nozzle, such that fluid flowing through the body in a first direction will exit the nozzle and impinge on the dissipation structure prior to exit from the flow control device.
US10605043B2	Degradable pump in shoe By incorporating a dissolvable or degradable material into the wiper dart and/or float equipment, a fluid can be pumped during the cement phase (or spotted by other means) to begin degradation of the dissolvable material. Once the material is dissolved, a flow path is exposed, allowing communication to the backside or formation of the wellbore through the plug set and shoe track.
US10605041B2	System and method for isolating a wellbore zone for rigless hydraulic fracturing Systems and methods for hydraulically fracturing a subterranean formation include a fracturing assembly with a tool body having a central bore. A downhole isolating assembly is moveable between a downhole unengaged position and a downhole engaged position. A downhole piston assembly is moveable between a downhole piston contracted position and a downhole piston extended position and is operable to move the downhole isolating assembly between the downhole unengaged position and the downhole engaged position. An uphole isolating assembly is moveable between an uphole unengaged position and an uphole engaged position. An uphole piston assembly is moveable between an uphole piston contracted position and an uphole piston extended position, where the uphole piston assembly is operable to move the uphole isolating assembly between the uphole unengaged position and the uphole engaged position.
US10605040B2	Large-bore downhole isolation tool with plastically deformable seal and method A downhole isolation tool for sealing a well, the downhole isolation tool including a sealing element having an internal surface that defines a bore of the downhole isolation tool. The sealing element includes a plastically deformable material that irreversibly deforms when swaged.
US10605026B2	Establishing communication downhole between wellbores A method of establishing fluid communication between wellbores can include forming a flow path from one wellbore to another wellbore, a flow area of the flow path increasing in a direction from the first wellbore toward the second wellbore. An explosive assembly for use in a well can include an explosive device having multiple explosive charges, the explosive charges producing longitudinal shock waves that collide with each other and result in a laterally directed shock wave, and a shield that focuses the laterally directed shock wave into a predetermined angular range of less than 360 degrees. A method of establishing fluid communication between wellbores can include forming a flow path from one wellbore to another wellbore, the flow path intersecting an uncased portion of the second wellbore.
US10605025B2	Well bore casing mill with expandable cutter bases A casing mill for downhole casing milling has multiple elongated cutter bases hingedly connected to a main body by a plurality of positioning arms. An operating mechanism within the main body of the casing mill, actuated by fluid flow, moves the cutter bases to an extended position. Multiple cutters fixed to the cutter bases are then positioned to engage a casing end surface. Preferably, the cutters are arranged in vertically spaced apart rows, such that when one row is worn out in the milling process a visual indication is seen at the surface, as the casing mill drops to the next row of cutters.
US10605022B2	Wireline cable for use with downhole tractor assemblies A wireline cable includes an electrically conductive cable core for transmitting electrical power, an inner armor layer disposed around the cable core, and an outer armor layer disposed around the inner armor layer, wherein a torque on the cable is balanced by providing the outer armor layer with a predetermined amount of coverage less than an entire circumference of the inner armor layer, or by providing the outer armor layer and the inner armor layer with a substantially zero lay angle.
US10605020B2	Downhole tool and method of use A downhole tool having a mandrel, with a fingered member and a conical member being disposed around the mandrel. There is a solid-body insert positioned proximately to each of the fingered member and the first conical member. The fingered member comprises a plurality of fingers configured to move from a first position to a second position.
US10605017B2	Unseating tool for downhole standing valve A standing valve puller is provided. The standing valve puller is configured to latch onto an engagement pin when the engagement pin is run into the standing valve puller within a wellbore, downhole. The standing valve puller generally includes a tubular housing having an upper end and a lower end. The upper end comprises a pair of pivoting arms dimensioned to receive the engagement pin, while the lower end offers a threaded connector that connects to a standing valve. When the engagement pin is lowered through a through-opening preserved within the arms, the arms pivot to latch onto the engagement pin. When the engagement pin is lowered again, the arms pivot away from the engagement pin, providing a “latch and release” cycle. A method of unseating a standing valve from a seating nipple in a wellbore is also provided herein.
US10605012B2	Drop in anti-rotation key A tubular member connection system includes a box having an inner diameter surface and internal box threads. A pin has an outer diameter surface and external pin threads, the pin threads shaped to mate with the box threads to releasably secure the pin to the box so that the pin and the box are aligned along a common central axis. A slot is located in one of the inner diameter surface and the outer diameter surface, the slot having a pair of sidewalls. An anti-rotation profile is located in the other of the inner diameter surface and the outer diameter surface. A key is sized to fit within the slot and have a key profile shaped to engage the anti-rotation profile and prevent relative rotational movement between the box and the pin.
US10605009B2	Impregnated cutting structures, earth-boring tools including the impregnated cutting structures, and related methods A method of forming an impregnated cutting structure for an earth-boring tool comprises providing a powder mixture comprising diamond particles and a metal binder in a press and subjecting the powder mixture to a pressure greater than about 4.0 GPa and a temperature greater than about 1,200° C. to densify the powder mixture and form an impregnated cutting structure comprising the diamond particles dispersed in a continuous phase comprising the metal binder, wherein the impregnated cutting structure is substantially free of diamond-to-diamond bonds and of carbides. Related methods of forming an earth-boring tool and a related earth-boring tool including the impregnated cutting structure.
US10605008B2	Methods of forming a cutting element including a multi-layered cutting table, and related cutting elements and earth-boring tools A method of forming a cutting element comprises forming a first material comprising discrete coated particles within a container. The first material is pressed to form a first green structure comprising interbonded coated particles. A second material comprising additional discrete coated particles is formed over the first green structure within the container. The second material is pressed to form a second green structure comprising additional interbonded coated particles. The first green structure and the second green structure are sintered to form a multi-layered cutting table. Additional methods of forming a cutting element, a cutting element, and an earth-boring tool are also described.
US10605006B2	Semi-sealed rotary drill tool A rotary drill tool for cutting rock includes at least one journal leg mounting a spindle and a respective rotary cone cutter. The spindle includes a plurality of fluid distribution passageways arranged to provide a supply of a cooling and cleaning fluid to the bearing assembly. Vent holes are provided through the cutter to allow an exhaust flow of fluid and an annular seal is provided at a base region of the spindle to maintain a positive fluid pressure within the cutter cavity to prevent dust and dirt ingress.
US10605001B2	Method for controlling a door arrangement, as well as a door arrangement of this kind and a safety device therefor A door arrangement (1), includes a safety device. A door arrangement monitoring method monitors a monitored area positioned in front of a door opening, offset and parallel to a door closing plane, and performs a failure routine when an object (6) is detected in the monitored area and there is a risk of a collision of the object (6) with a door leaf (2). A current position of the object (6), and of a leading edge (23) of the door leaf (2), are detected. A direction of movement of the door leaf (2) is detected. The failure routine is initiated as a function of the current position of the object (6) and the leading edge (23) of the door leaf (2) as well as the direction of movement of the door leaf (2).
US10604993B2	Energy saving security composite window An energy-saving security composite window comprising a peripheral side frame and glass installed on the side frame, in which the side frame is of composite structure. A rectangular high strength metal pipe is located centrally to serve as a main body of the side frame and a cavity of the rectangular high-strength metal pipe is filled with a filling material. A plurality of non-metal profiles are respectively fixed on an outer surface of the rectangular high-strength metal pipe, and an installation groove for installing glass is formed between the rectangular high strength metal pipe and the non-metal profile. An external profile is a metal alloy material, a wooden material, a plastic material, or a glass material fixed on an outer surface of the non-metal profile. The performances of external windows of buildings, such as heat insulation, heat preservation, energy saving, sound insulation, and wind pressure resistance, is improved.
US10604991B2	Overhead door and frame assembly A frame assembly supporting an overhead door has a horizontal header connected to upright columns or posts with splice assemblies. Fasteners mounted on the columns cooperate with retainers on the splice assemblies to position and connect the columns to the header. Hinges pivotally mount the door on the header for movement between open and closed positions. Linear actuators connected to the frame assembly and door are operable to move the door between door open and door closed positions.
US10604990B2	Passive door bolt assembly A bolt assembly for securing a passive door panel relative to an entryway frame. The bolt assembly comprises an anchoring base fixed relative to the passive door panel. The base has at least one column of spaced apart teeth extending from a side there. The column of spaced apart teeth provides notches between the teeth and adjacent to at least one end of the at least one column. The bolt assembly also has a bolt to slide relative to the base between at least a first position and a second position. The bolt includes a slide having a finger for mating into at least one of the notches in the first position and the second position. The bolt also has a pin attached to the slide for movement therewith. The pin is able to engage the entryway frame when the bolt is in the second position.
US10604989B2	Window frame protection system for use in areas prone to storms A window frame protection system, for holding an exterior and an interior protective panel against a window, includes an extruded lineal having a first stacked screw boss, an exterior protective panel and a groove with covering cap. Anchoring screws driven through the exterior panel and into the stacked screw boss hold the panel to the lineal. A chamber for a second stacked screw boss, and a part of the extruded lineal, is to attach an interior panel to the window frame when additional window protection is needed and when the exterior of the window frame is not accessible. The second stacked screw boss may be inserted into the chamber during construction or, if the chamber is left open, may be added only when needed. A sash support on the interior of the window frame receives a sill riser for meeting higher design loads on the window sash.
US10604984B2	Vehicle sliding closure non-contact obstacle detection system A non-contact obstacle detection (NCOD) system for an opening in a vehicle includes a cover panel, such as a glass pane, slidable between opened and closed positions within the opening. The system includes one or more infrared time-of-flight (IR-TOF) sensors which measure the length of a beam of infrared light by measuring the time that the infrared light in the beam takes to travel the length of the beam and to reflect back to the sensor. The IR-TOF sensors may be configured to provide a beam of light along either the side edge of the frame parallel to the sliding direction or a terminal edge generally transverse to the sliding direction. Methods are provided for detecting obstacles within the opening of the frame by controllers using the lengths of beams from each of those different beam configurations, and for self-calibrating the system.
US10604978B2	Adjustable-angular positioning and self-closing hinges An adjustable-angle positioning and self-closing hinge has two hinge leaves, a fixing pin, a screw knuckle, a screw ring, a fixing base, and an adjusting base; each leaf of the hinge comprises a knuckle and a leaf fastened outside the knuckle; the fixing pin has a threaded pin; the screw knuckle is fastened inside the knuckle of one of the hinge leaves, the fixing base is fastened inside the knuckle of one of the hinge leaves, and the screw knuckle and the fixing base are spaced separately; between the screw knuckle and fixing base in the knuckles of the two hinge leaves are disposed the fixing pin, the screw ring, two magnets, springs, and the adjusting base; the threaded pin of the fixing pin is screwed to the screw knuckle; a first spring abuts between the fixing pin and the front ring edge and gasket of a cup body.
US10604975B2	Reversible activation unit for alternate impingement of two separate motor vehicle functional elements The object of the invention is a reversible activation unit for the alternate impingement of two separate motor vehicle functional elements (1, 2), in particular two motor vehicle door latches (1, 2). The activation unit possesses a single motor (3, 4) and two connecting elements (8, 10). The motor (3, 4) impinges either the distanced first functional element (1) via the connecting element (8) or the distanced second functional element (2) via the second connecting element (10) dependent on its working direction. According to the invention, the first connecting element (8) is connected to a first lever (7) and the second connecting element (10) to a second lever (9). The respective lever (7, 9) is impinged dependent on the working direction of the motor (3, 4) which preferably works in a linear manner. Furthermore, the two levers (7, 9) are connected via an interposed spring (15).
US10604971B2	Door handle system for a vehicle door A door handle system for a vehicle door has a door handle and at least one flap for reversibly closing a grip recess set back to the rear of the door handle. An actuating device pivots the one or more flaps between a closed position that covers the handle recess and an open position that exposes the handle recess. A distance sensor is disposed on the flap. A control and evaluation unit uses a first measurement signal that is output by the distance sensor in the closed position, to deduce that a vehicle user is approaching so as to activate the actuation device to move the one or each flap into the open position. A second measurement signal that is output by the distance sensor in the open position indicates that the door handle is grasped by the vehicle user.
US10604963B2	Motorized lock and trim assembly A lock trim assembly incorporates an escapement assembly comprising a control member and an escapement spring. The escapement assembly is movable between a locking position that blocks rotation of the spindle and an unlocking position that does not block rotation of the spindle. A coupling assembly that couples the handle to the spindle rotates between a default orientation and a blocking orientation. The default orientation allows the escapement assembly to move into the locking position. The blocking orientation blocks the escapement assembly from moving into the locking position. When the coupling assembly is in the blocking orientation, operation of the motor to drive the blocked escapement assembly into the locking position causes the escapement assembly to store energy in the escapement spring for forcing the escapement assembly into the locking position once the coupling assembly is reoriented back to the default orientation.
US10604962B1	Barrier infill system A barrier framework is formed from vertical posts and horizontal rails. Infill sections cover major openings in the barrier framework. Elongate junction elements overlay each rail and join adjacent infill sections. Edges of the infill sections fit within channels formed in the junction elements. Each junction element has an H-shaped cross-sectional profile, with the arms on one side shorter than those on the other. A cover element encloses the shorter arms of each junction element and clamps infill material against the longer arms.
US10604958B2	Storage facility for object of paying of respects An opening for allowing an object of paying of respects to be moved therethrough is formed in a wall. An inside support position for an object of paying of respects to be supported at is set at a position that is in the internal area and across from the opening and in a range over which the transport device is capable of moving an object of paying of respects. A support portion configured to support an object of paying of respects is also configured to be moved, through the opening, between the inside support position and an outside support position for an object of paying of respects to be supported at such that at least a portion of the object of paying of respects is located outside the internal area.
US10604957B1	Safety apparatus A safety apparatus configured to be releasably secured to an exposed portion of a construction element so as to provide improved visibility thereof and provide enhanced safety in the proximate environment. The safety apparatus includes a body having an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion and lower portion of the body are integrally formed wherein the lower portion of the body extends downward from the lower surface of the upper portion. The lower portion of the body includes three receiving members equidistantly positioned along the width of the upper portion. The three receiving members include walls forming a cavity having an opening operable to provide access thereto. One of the three receiving members has a length that is greater than the other two receiving members. Further, a pair of apertures are formed in opposing walls of one of the three receiving members.
US10604947B2	Loosefill insulation blowing machine A machine for distributing loosefill insulation material. The machine includes a chute having an inlet end and an outlet end. The inlet end is configured to receive loosefill insulation material. The chute has a first portion in fluid communication with a second portion and forms an angle with the second portion. A shredding chamber includes a plurality of shredders configured to shred, pick apart and condition the loosefill insulation material. A discharge mechanism is mounted to receive the loosefill insulation material exiting the shredding chamber. The discharge mechanism is configured to distribute the loosefill insulation material into an airstream. A blower is configured to provide the airstream flowing through the discharge mechanism. The angle between the first portion of the chute and the second portion of the chute is configured to control the descent of the loosefill insulation material into the shredding chamber.
US10604946B2	Method of manufacturing an acoustical flooring tile An acoustical vinyl tile having an integral acoustical layer is disclosed. The vinyl tile includes a vinyl portion and an acoustical portion. The acoustical portion may comprise a crumb rubber component and a polyurethane foam component. The acoustical portion can include 10-40% crumb rubber and 60-90% polyurethane foam. The acoustical portion may comprise a plurality of individual layers, the combination of which is customized to the particular sub-floor structure to which the tile will be adhered or overlain. The individual layers of the acoustical portion can include any of a variety of combinations of rubber, cork, polyurethane foam, and the like. The resulting tile meets one or more of ASTM E 2179, ASTM E 989, ASTM E 492, and ASTM E1007 IIC sound requirements. A method of designing the disclosed tile to suit a particular flooring application is also disclosed. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US10604941B2	Spring action clip for balusters A railing system includes an upper rail and a lower rail spaced from the upper rail. The railing system also includes a plurality of balusters positioned between the upper rail and the lower rail. The railing system further includes a clip configured to attach one baluster of the plurality of balusters to the lower rail or the upper rail. The clip includes a baluster engagement portion configured to be received within an open end of the one baluster. The clip further includes a tab extending from the baluster engagement portion. The tab includes a fin portion configured to be inserted within one aperture of a plurality of apertures of the upper rail or the lower rail. The tab also includes a spring portion coupled to the fin portion. The spring portion is configured to secure the clip to the upper rail or the lower rail.
US10604926B2	Drain apparatus for marine vessel A drain pot includes a body and at least one flexible catch. The body has an inlet and an outlet. The inlet and the outlet are at opposing ends of the body and in fluid communication with each other. The at least one flexible catch extends from and is disposed around the body.
US10604925B2	Tile floor drain A tile drain and method of installing a tile drain is provided. The tile drain includes a drain body and a drain cover. The drain body defines a top opening, top weep apertures, and bottom weep apertures. The top opening receives the drain cover and serves as the primary drain for the tile drain. The top weep apertures are positioned below a top layer, such as a tile layer, of the base so as to receive fluid positioned between the top layer and a top waterproofing layer of the base. The sub weep apertures are positioned below the top waterproofing layer of the base so as to receive fluid positioned between the top waterproofing layer and a bottom waterproofing layer of the base. The drain body is encapsulated within the base, but the drain cover is adjustable relative to, and removable from, the drain body.
US10604922B2	Volume controllable toilet flush systems and methods of use A volume controllable toilet flush system, comprising: a cistern configured to hold and retain a fluid; a vertically moveable siphon assembly comprising a siphon portion, a pipe and at least one resilient element attached to the pipe; a toilet bowl shaped to retain and hold waste; an actuator operatively connected to the pipe by a stud attached to the pipe and configured to provide vertical movement to the siphon assembly, wherein movement of the siphon assembly by the actuator stores or releases energy in the at least one resilient element and, wherein downward vertical movement of the siphon assembly puts the toilet bowl in fluid communication with the cistern by creating a siphoning action between the siphon portion and the fluid in the cistern and wherein subsequent upward vertical movement of the siphon assembly terminates the siphoning action to stop fluid flow from the cistern to the toilet bowl.
US10604921B2	Flush toilet A flush toilet is provided, which can advance timing for startup of a siphon action that discharges waste, and can efficiently discharge waste from a water discharge trap conduit. A flush toilet of the present invention has a bowl section, a water discharge trap conduit connected to a lower portion of the bowl section, and a jet spout port that is opened toward the water discharge trap conduit, in the lower portion of the bowl section, and the jet spout port includes an outlet flow path in which a bottom surface extending toward an outlet of the jet spout port and toward a bowl section bottom surface in the lower portion of the bowl section, and a ceiling surface extending toward the outlet and having an inclination toward an upper direction than an inclination of the bottom surface are formed.
US10604920B2	Drainage systems for bathtubs and sinks A drainage system for use in a bathtub, sink, or the like. A bathtub may include a bath basin and a basin drain that drains water from the bath basin. The drainage system forms a p-trap. The drainage system includes an inlet elbow having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is fluidly connected to an outlet of the basin drain. The drainage system also includes a u-bend conduit having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is fluidly connected to the outlet of the first elbow. The drainage system also includes a second elbow having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is fluidly connected to the outlet of the u-bend conduit. The outlet is configured to connect to an inlet of a fluid drain.
US10604919B2	Plumbing fixture with heating element A plumbing component includes a valve provided within a portion of the plumbing component and configured to control the flow of water through the plumbing component. The valve includes a body and at least one waterway within the body. An electric heater extends through at least a portion of the body of the valve and is configured to heat at least a portion of the body to an elevated temperature sufficient to kill organisms within the waterway.
US10604914B2	Control system for hydraulic construction machine The control system for the hydraulic construction machine includes: a hydraulic actuator; a work device driven by the hydraulic actuator; a hydraulic pump supplying a hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic actuator; a pump flow rate control section controlling the delivery flow rate of the hydraulic pump; a pump horsepower control section controlling the horsepower of the hydraulic pump; and a target surface distance acquiring section measuring or computing a target surface distance that is the distance between a construction target surface on which the work device works and the work device. The pump flow rate control section is configured to perform control such that as the target surface distance decreases, the delivery flow rate decreases, and the pump horsepower control section is configured to perform control such that as the target surface distance decreases, the horsepower of the hydraulic pump increases.
US10604907B2	Corner roller cart for excavation support structures and methods for using same An excavation support system and methods for installing and using same. The system includes a corner cart having a generally vertical back plate having a front surface, a back surface, a top end, and a bottom end; a generally horizontal base plate having a top side and a bottom side, the base plate attached to the back plate at about a 90-degree angle, proximate the bottom end of the back plate; at least one roller, connected to the back plate, extending from the back surface thereof, and a corner swivel brace disposed on the top side of the base plate and connected to the front surface of the back plate.
US10604901B1	Cable-panel connector for bridge platform or other scaffolding A connector comprises first and second parts having first and second plates respectively. The plates can abut to cover a panel opening and have slots in their abutting edges. The second part has a portion which extends in the second plate slot and which extends beyond the second plate edge a distance defining a neck. An arcuate portion extends from an end of the neck to receive the cable and has a threaded terminal end portion. In a first orientation of the second part, the neck extends vertically below the first plate to allow ease of manipulation of the second part to receive the cable between the arcuate portion and the panel. In a second orientation thereof, the neck extends horizontally within the first plate slot when the second part is in a closed position with the terminal end portion received in an aperture in the first plate.
US10604890B1	Method for manufacturing high tenacity fiber and high tenacity fiber manufactured thereby The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a high tenacity yarn and a high tenacity yarn manufactured thereby. More particularly, the present invention relates to: a method of manufacturing a high tenacity yarn, the method including coating a yarn made of at least one of nylon and polyester to obtain a coated yarn, wherein the coating material contains 3 to 35 parts by weight of a reinforcing agent composed of a mineral material per 100 parts by weight of a coating liquid containing polyurethane; and a high tenacity yarn manufactured thereby. Therefore, it is possible to manufacture a yarn having high tenacity and improved processability by processing a nylon or polyester yarn having a relatively low tenacity as compared with a high modulus polyethylene (HMPE) yarn by use of a yarn coating technique, and further to reduce production cost.
US10604888B2	Steam ironing apparatus A steam ironing apparatus including a handle connected to a steam-emitting head including a treatment surface intended for being placed vertically opposite a garment to be ironed and including at least one steam outlet opening, the steam-emitting head including a heating body including a steaming chamber including a bottom wall forming an angle of 45° to 90° with the treatment surface and including an injection system to inject liquid into the steaming chamber, wherein the injection system to inject liquid includes at least two nozzles injecting liquid onto two separate steaming areas of the steaming chamber.
US10604887B2	Control method of laundry treatment apparatus A control method of a laundry treatment apparatus is disclosed which includes a course setting procedure receiving a control command including RPM control data of an impeller, RPM control data of a compressor or opening degree control data of an expansion valve, a hot air supply procedure for supplying heated air to a drum through control of the impeller, compressor and expansion valve, a temperature measurement procedure measuring temperature of air introduced into the drum during execution of the hot air supply procedure, a first control procedure for controlling the impeller, compressor and expansion valve based on the control command when the measured temperature is equal to or higher than a reference temperature, and a second control procedure controlling the impeller, compressor and expansion valve based on a control command different from the control command set in the course setting procedure when the measured temperature is lower than the reference temperature.
US10604884B2	Washing machine control method and washing machine A washing machine including: a first drainage pump arranged between a washing drum and a filter membrane assembly. The first drainage pump pumps water in the washing drum into the filter membrane assembly for filtration and ensures that a water level in a water inlet cavity of the filter membrane assembly is not higher than a lower edge of a sewage outlet, so as to prevent reduce of the amount of washing water due to drainage of excessive washing water/rinsing water. Since the first drainage pump is a low-lift water pump, water in the filter membrane assembly moves continuously during filtration, so as to scour pollutants on a surface of a filter membrane/membrane filament, reduce an accumulation degree of the pollutants, effectively prevent blockage and achieve low noise.
US10604866B2	Sea-island composite fiber, composite ultra-fine fiber, and fiber product A sea-island composite fiber in which island components are interspersed in a sea component on a fiber cross-section, wherein the island components have a composite structure formed with two or more different polymers joined together, and the ratio (L/D) of the length (L) of the joint section of the island component and the diameter (D) of the composite island component is 0.1 to 10.0. The sea-island composite fiber has satisfactory high-order processability, and therefore can be produced with high productivity and quality using existing equipment, and thin fibers obtained by removing the sea component have functions of structure control while having an excellent tactile impression.
US10604858B2	Copper electroplating baths containing compounds of reaction products of amines, polyacrylamides and sultones Copper electroplating baths include reaction products of amines, polyacrylamides and sultones. The reaction products function as levelers and enable copper electroplating baths which have high throwing power and provide copper deposits with reduced nodules.
US10604856B2	Reaction products of amine monomers and polymers containing saturated heterocyclic moieties as additives for electroplating baths Reaction products of amines and polymers containing saturated heterocyclic moieties may be used as levelers in metal electroplating baths. The reaction products may plate metal with good surface properties and good physical reliability.
US10604834B2	Titanium nickel niobium alloy barrier for low-emissivity coatings A method for making low emissivity panels, including control the composition of a barrier layer formed on a thin conductive silver layer. The barrier structure can include a ternary alloy of nickel, titanium, and niobium, which showed improvements in overall performance than those from binary barrier results. The percentage of nickel can be between 5 and 15 wt %. The percentage of titanium can be between 30 and 50 wt %. The percentage of niobium can be between 40 and 60 wt %.
US10604828B2	Al—Zn alloy comprising precipitates with improved strength and elongation and method of manufacturing the same The present invention relates to an Al—Zn alloy with improved strength and elongation comprising more than 20 parts by weight of zinc relative to the total weight of the alloy and comprising discontinuous precipitates or lamellar precipitates, formed forcibly in 5% or more per unit area. According to the present invention, the tensile strength and the elongation of an Al—Zn alloy are simultaneously improved.
US10604817B2	High-strength steel plate for pressure vessel having excellent toughness after post weld heat treatment and manufacturing method thereof Provided is a high-strength steel plate for a pressure vessel having excellent low temperature toughness after a post weld heat treatment (PWHT). The high-strength steel plate for a pressure vessel includes: by wt %, 0.02-0.15% of carbon (C), 0.05-0.50% of silicon (Si), 1.0-2.0% of manganese (Mn), 0.005-0.1% of aluminum (Al), 0.015% or less of phosphorus (P), 0.0015% or less of sulfur (S), 0.01-0.03% of niobium (Nb), 0.01-0.03% of vanadium (V), 0.01-0.03% of titanium (Ti), 0.005% or less of chromium (Cr), 0.005% or less of molybdenum (Mo), 0.02-0.50% of copper (Cu), 0.05-0.60% of nickel (Ni), 0.0002-0.0010% of boron (B), 0.0035-0.0065% of nitrogen (N), and a balance of iron (Fe) and other inevitable impurities. A microstructure of the high-strength steel plate includes a complex structure of ferrite having an area fraction of 35-40% and a balance of bainite, and the bainite has a packet size of 15 μm or less.
US10604811B2	Molecular assay kits Methods, kits, and compositions for evaluating the quality of nucleic acids within a biological sample for analysis in a molecular assay are provided.

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